IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 B/PBB
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BATTERSEA BRIDGE PROPRIETORS
Date(s): 1771-1796
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.08 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Proprietors of Battersea Bridge
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Battersea Bridge was built in 1771-2. It was constructed from wood to the designs of Henry Holland to replace the ferry between Chelsea and Battersea. The bridge was demolished in 1881 as boats often collided with the piers, but it had already contributed to the growth of Chelsea from a village to a small town. The present bridge with cast iron arches and designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette was erected 1886-90.
Meetings of the Proprietors took place at the Somerset Coffee House in the Strand, at the White Horse, Mrs Anderson's, or Don Saltero's Coffee House - all in Chelsea, at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill, the Salopian Coffee House, Charing Cross, and frequently on the site at the Ferry House in Battersea.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Proprietors of Battersea Bridge, 1771-1796. The two minute books record the earliest proceedings of the 15 proprietors of Battersea Bridge, and include a list of subscribers and copies of circular letters.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Two volumes
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
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:
Deposited in 1974 (AC/74/041)
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The bridge was purchased by the Metropolitan Board of Works and freed from tolls following the Metropolis Toll Bridges Act, 1877. Other records of the proprietors - i.e. deeds etc., later minutes, accounts and correspondence, 1766-1874, have therefore come into custody as inherited records - see BC/B/001-045 and O/265
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009