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PRIDDEN, John (fl 1783-1825)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/492

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: PRIDDEN, John (fl 1783-1825)

Date(s): 1771-[1825]

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 7 production units.

Name of creator(s): Pridden | John | fl 1783-1825 | clergyman

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Pridden, minor canon of St Paul's and of Westminster, was curate of St Bride Fleet Street from 1783 to 1803, and rector of St George Botolph Lane with St Botolph Billingsgate from 1813 to 1825.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of John Pridden, clergyman. The records comprise: notes on the history of St Bride Fleet Street [1800]; topographical collections relating to London and Middlesex [180-]-1825; transcripts of early 16th and late 17th century documents concerning St Paul's Cathedral, compiled 1785 and late 18th century; topographical collection relating to St Paul's Cathedral, 1779-1854; and correspondence with the Dean of St Paul's, 1795-1797.

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 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:

Ms 5763 and Ms 5872 were purchased by Guildhall Library in 1964 and 1949 respectively. Ms 5872A was photocopied by Guildhall Library staff in 1982 from the collections held at St Paul's Cathedral. Ms 22298-9 were deposited in Guildhall Library in 1987. These records have been catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates since 1964. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

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: Records prepared May to September 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Church history | Religious history
Historical research | History
Personal archives | Archives
Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Topography | Geomorphology

Personal names
Pridden | John | fl 1783-1825 | clergyman

Corporate names
Parish of St Bride | Fleet Street | City of London | Church of England
St Paul's Cathedral | London

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe