IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 B/CHE
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CHESTER, E.G. AND J.W. {SOLICITORS}
Date(s): 1753-1953
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 4.65 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Chester | E G | fl 1930 | solicitor
Chester | J W | fl 1930 | solicitor
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
According to the London Post Office Directory of 1930, E G and J W Chester, solicitors, were based at 86 Newington Butts, Newington, SE11. Their names are given as Jn [John] Woodroffe Chester and Jn [John] Granado Chester.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of E G and J W Chester, solicitors, 1753-1953. Includes records relating to the solicitors' business including financial records, transaction diaries and deed registers; Chester family deeds and wills; deeds and wills relating mainly to South London; and records concerning Saint Mary, Newington; Holy Trinity, Southwark and Saint Peter, Walworth.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
In sections: Business; Chester family and other families: marriage settlements and deeds of separation; Deeds relating to areas Within the County of London; Deeds relating to Birmingham; Probate Will relating to Wiltshire; Probate copies of wills, letters of administration and related testamentary records; Miscellaneous and St. Mary Newington, Holy Trinity, Southwark, and St. Peter, Walworth.
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 1956 (AC/56/038; AC/56/057).
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009