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London Metropolitan Archives

BYNG FAMILY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4259

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: BYNG FAMILY

Date(s): 1840-1961

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.83 linear metres.

Name of creator(s): Byng | family | of Wrotham Park, Barnet

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Wrotham Park, Barnet, was constructed by Admiral John Byng in 1754. The Admiral was executed in 1757 for negligence after his failure to save Minorca from the French, and the house and estates were passed to his brother. The Byng family still own the house.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Byng family relating to their estates, including Wrotham Park and surrounding lands, Barnet; and properties in South Mimms; Potters Bar; Westminster; Berkshire and Hertfordshire. The collection includes some family papers including marriage settlements and wills.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

LMA/4259/01/001-026.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

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 deposited in February 2000.

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
Estate management | Land management | Land economics | Agricultural economics
Estates (land) | Land use
Family archives | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Family records | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Property owners | People by roles | People
Property ownership | Civil law | Legal systems | Law
Property transfer | Property
Right to property | Civil and political rights | Human rights
Title deeds | Deeds | Documents | Information sources
Property law x Right to property

Personal names
Byng | family | of Wrotham Park | Barnet

Corporate names

Places
Barnet (district) | Barnet | Hertfordshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Berkshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Potters Bar | Hertfordshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
South Mimms | Hertfordshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Westminster | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
City of Westminster