WEMBLEY PARK ESTATE COMPANY
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 ACC/1297/WPE |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : WEMBLEY PARK ESTATE COMPANY |
Date(s) | : 1890-1931 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 0.25 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : Wembley Park Estate Company | property developers |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Metropolitan Tower Construction Company, formed to construct a tower and pleasure gardens at Wembley Park, was converted into the Wembley Park Estate Company in 1906, remaining a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Railway Company. The aim of the Company was to develop property near to the newly-built railway lines, thus increasing passenger numbers. In 1919 the Company became Metropolitan Railway Country Estates Limited.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Wembley Park Estate Company, property developers, comprising minutes of General meetings and minutes of Board meetings.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/WPE/01: Minutes.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in 1975 as part of an accession of records from London Transport.
Allied Materials
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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:
November 2009 to February 2010
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