IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/029-02
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BANKERS' CLEARING HOUSE
Date(s): 1895-1985
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 25 production items.
Name of creator(s): Bankers' Clearing House Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Bankers' Clearing House Limited, of 10 Lombard Street, was formed in 1895 to administer the premises of the London Clearing House which had been established in Lombard Street since 1833 and which was supervised by the Committee of London Clearing Bankers. More recently the company has been known as BCH Property.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Bankers' Clearing House Limited, including minute books, register of share transfers and financial accounts.
Restricted access to later records.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Conditions governing access:
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection 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
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: November 2010 to January 2011.