IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 E/PG
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: MERCERS COMPANY
Date(s): 1920-1929
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.12 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Worshipful Company of Mercers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Mercers were dealers in textiles, exporting wool and importing silks, linen and velvet. The Company received its royal charter in 1394. The Company has connections with many schools and makes grants to various educational bodies. The Company Hall is in Ironmonger Lane, built in 1694.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Mercers Company Page Estate, including plans of estate in Eltham, and plans of estate in Crayford.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
E/PG/001-002: Eltham estate; E/PG/003: Crayford estate.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records 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:
Deposited 23 November 1977.
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: June to August 2010.