IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1975
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: LONDON GROSVENOR BUILDING SOCIETY AND ASSOCIATED BUILDING SOCIETIES
Date(s): 1878-1980
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 11.03 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Duchess Of Kent Building Society
London Grosvenor Building Society
Metropole Building Society
Middlesex Building Society
Official And General Building Society
Saint Marylebone Central Building Society
United Friendly Building Society
West Hampstead Building Society
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The London Grosvenor Building Society was established in 1878 and latterly had offices at 5 Old Brompton Road, London SW7. It was taken over by the Woolwich Building Society.
Between 1950 and 1983 the society took over a number of other building societies based in the London area, including the Middlesex Building Society and the Metropole Building Society.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the London Grosvenor Building Society, 1878-1984, comprising minutes; financial records; Secretary's Board papers; income tax papers; office files and advertisement.
Records of building societies taken over by the London Grosvenor Building Society, including:
*Duchess of Kent Building Society (of Marcol House, 289 - 293 Regent Street): annual reports and various files
*Metropole Building Society: share ledgers, mortgage ledgers, minutes, cash books and other financial records and share certificates
*Middlesex Building Society: minutes and typed financial accounts
*Official and General Building Society: minutes, deeds and deeds register, financial accounts, office files and intention notices
*St Marylebone Central Building Society: financial records, correspondence and office files
*United Friendly Building Society: minutes, deeds registers, mortgage registers, financial records and office papers
*West Hampstead Building Society: minutes, financial records, share transactions and ledgers and deeds register.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Duchess Of Kent Building Society (ACC/1975/01); London Grosvenor Building Society (ACC/1975/02); Metropole Building Society (ACC/1975/03); Middlesex Building Society (ACC/1975/04) Official And General Building Society (ACC/1975/05); Saint Marylebone Central Building Society (ACC/1975/06); United Friendly Building Society (ACC/1975/07); West Hampstead Building Society (ACC/1975/08).
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in 1984
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009