IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-206
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WOOD, Thomas (fl 1705-1746)
Date(s): 1735-1737
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): Wood | Thomas | fl 1705-1746 | carpenter
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Thomas Wood (fl 1705-1746) citizen and carpenter, was a builder, of Beech Lane, Red Cross Street in the parish of St Giles Cripplegate. Wood was from 1717 carpenter to the Draper's Company and tenant of their estate in Cripplegate Without Ward (source: Drapers' records).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Note, account and estimate book of Thomas Wood, carpenter. He worked on the almshouses and school of the Drapers' Company in Mile End left to them by Francis Bancroft in 1728: a substantial portion of the volume contains detailed notes and calculations on the erection and fittings of the buildings to the design of Henry Barratt, architect.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One volume.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to the Manuscripts section of Guildhall Library by a private individual in 1972. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.