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McMURRAY, William (1881-1945)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/478

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: McMURRAY, William (1881-1945)

Date(s): [1900-1945]

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 80 production units.

Name of creator(s): McMurray | William | 1881-1945 | antiquarian

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

William McMurray (1881-1945), antiquarian, was a vestry clerk of the united parishes of St Anne and St Agnes with St John Zachary. He probably compiled these records in the first half of the 20th century.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Research notes of William McMurray, antiquarian, comprising: notes for a history of St Anne and St Agnes with St John Zachary; notes on parish clerks; extracts from various parish registers and churchwardens' accounts; lists of signs in London; extracts from diocesan and other sources; and notebooks concerning various antiquarian matters.

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:

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:

The records were purchased by Guildhall Library in 1946 and were catalogued in the same year by Guildhall Library staff. 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
Antiquaries | Historians | Social scientists
Church history | Religious history
Historical research | History
Personal archives | Archives
Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources

Personal names
McMurray | William | 1881-1945 | antiquarian

Corporate names
Parish of St Anne and St Agnes | City of London | Church of England
Parish of St John Zachary | City of London | Church of England

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