IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 F/ANS
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ANSELL, John (1860-1936)
Date(s): 1690-1935
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres (27 documents).
Name of creator(s): Ansell | John | 1860-1936 | Chief Clerk of the Middlesex Deeds Registry
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
John Evelyn Ansell (1860-1936) was Chief Clerk of the Middlesex Deeds Registry, later the Middlesex Deeds Department of the Land Registry Office, from 1889, when Lord Truro was Registrar, until c 1921. Ansell's report of 1891 (Ref. F/ANS/014) gives a detailed picture of the operation and staffing of the Registry at that date. From the evidence in F/ANS/001, 002, 003/1 and 009 it appears that he was concerned in the 'Office of Universal Knowledge' set up by Lord Truro before 1889.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Personal correspondence of John Ansell, Chief Clerk of the Middlesex Deeds Registry, including letters from Lord Truro and papers relating to the administration and management of the Middlesex Deeds Registry.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
F/ANS/001 to F/ANS/027.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Records gifted to the Archive in 1971 and 1981.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See reference MDR for the Middlesex Deeds Registry.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.