IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/051
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CITY OF LONDON TEMPERANCE UNION
Date(s): 1863
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): City of London Temperance Union
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The temperance movement was started in the early 19th century. Various temperance associations campaigned against excessive drinking, blaming many social ills on alcohol and drunkenness. Members promoted abstinence and campaigned for stronger legislation and licensing.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Request of the City of London Temperance Union to the Licensing Justices in Petty Sessions, requesting that the justices should consider the question of the withholding of licences or restricting the opening hours of public houses in the City.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item catalogued as CLC/051/MS01973.
Conditions governing access:
Access only to holders of a History Card. Please see staff if you require a card.
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:
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.