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Wandsworth Heritage Service

Records of the Proprietors of Battersea Bridge


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0347 D72

Held at: Wandsworth Heritage Service

Title: Records of the Proprietors of Battersea Bridge

Date(s): 1764-1884

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 51 files

Name of creator(s): Please contact the Archive for further information.

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

The collection includes correspondence, deeds and miscellaneous records of Battersea Bridge, along with a number of records from other London bridges. There is also a small amount of material concerned with railways, canals, turnpikes and so on.

Please note that the original order of these items had been considerably disturbed, and whilst efforts have been made to ensure that all items included in the catalogue are still present it has not been possible to do so definitively. Some items may not have been filed with their correct reference number, and additional items may be included but are not on the catalogue.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Conditions governing access:

This material is only available in the Wandsworth Heritage Service search room at Battersea Library. Please contact Heritage Service staff for more information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

The contents of this catalogue are in the copyright of the place of deposit; Rights in the Access to Archives database are the property of the Crown.

Finding aids:

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Accession: MS72-90, Oct 1933.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

Other records of the Battersea Bridge Company can be found at the London Metropolitan Archives (BC/B). Wandsworth District Board of Works material is at the Wandsworth Heritage Service, ref: WDBW.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

Finding aid created by export from CALM v8.0.2.40 Archives Hub EAD2002. Entry amended by Barbara Ball

Rules or conventions: 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: April 2011


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Bridges | Transport infrastructure
Records and correspondence | Information sources

Personal names

Corporate names
Battersea Bridge

Places