IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/030
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BASSISHAW WARD CLUB
Date(s): 1868-1986
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 11 production units.
Name of creator(s): Bassishaw Friendly Association x Bassishaw Ward Club
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Bassishaw Friendly Association was founded in 1840. In 1903 its name was changed to Bassishaw Ward Club.
The City of London was divided into wards for the purpose of government as early as Norman times. The wards had responsibility to keep the peace, supervise trade and oversee sanitation, and each ward has the right to elect an Alderman and Commoners to sit in the Court of Common Council. The Bassishaw ward is bounded north by Cripplegate Ward Without, east by Coleman Street Ward, west by Cripplegate Ward Within and south by Cheap Ward. The ward contained one City parish church: St Michael Bassishaw.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Bassishaw Friendly Association, later known as Bassishaw Ward Club, comprising rules, minutes, correspondence and accounts. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff in 1989 and 1991.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
These records were deposited by Bassishaw Ward Club in 1988 and 1991 at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For the records of Bassishaw Ward see CLC/W/GA.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.