IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 O/191
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BOROUGH MUSEUM
Date(s): 1898-1901
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Brady | Edwin | fl 1882-1901 | publican
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
An article in The Times newspaper of April 13 1901 reports on a court case involving Edwin Brady. It states that he was the publican at the "Hole in the Wall" public house for 19 years and that the public house was "famous in the neighbourhood as a museum, the appellant [Brady] having a very large collection of stuffed animals, skeletons and other curiosities".
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Handbill advertising for corpses for Edwin Brady's "Borough Museum", at the "Hole-in-the wall", formerly St George's Tavern, 204, High Street, Borough, Southwark. The bill refers to the crypt and rates of St George the Martyr, Southwark, c.1898-1901.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the City of London.
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:
Donated to the Archive in 1965 (AC/65/018)
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009