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BANKERS' CLEARING HOUSE


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.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Banking | Occupations
Banks | Financial institutions | Finance
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Clearing houses | Information systems
Banking x Banks

Personal names

Corporate names
Bankers' Clearing House Ltd

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe