IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1353
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: EDGAR DUCHIN {SOLICITOR}
Date(s): 1884-1967
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Edgar Duchin | solicitor
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
A deed is any document affecting title, that is, proof of ownership, of the land in question. The land may or may not have buildings upon it. Common types of deed include conveyances, mortgages, bonds, grants of easements, wills and administrations.
Conveyances are transfers of land from one party to another, usually for money. Early forms of conveyance include feoffments, surrenders and admissions at manor courts (if the property was copyhold), final concords, common recoveries, bargains and sales and leases and releases.
Probate (also called proving a will) is the process of establishing the validity of a will, which was recorded in the grant of probate.
Abstract of title is a summary of prior ownership of a property, drawn up by solicitors. Such an abstract may go back several hundred years or just a few months, and was usually drawn up just prior to a sale.
From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers, 1884-1967, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Ealing, Edmonton, Hanwell, Harrow Weald and Willesden; including mortgages, leases, agreements, abstracts of title, conveyances, Land Registry searches and probates of wills.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged according to geographical location.
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:
Received in 1976.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009