LONDON WHARF AND WAREHOUSE COMMITTEE
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 CLC/B/017-26 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : LONDON WHARF AND WAREHOUSE COMMITTEE |
Date(s) | : 1842-1975 |
Level of description | : Collection
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Extent | : 198 production units. |
Name of creator(s) | : Fire Offices' Committee | London Wharf and Warehouse Committee |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The London Wharf and Warehouse Committee was established in 1861, as the Warehouse Improvement and Wharf Committee, by offices involved in fire insurance (later the Fire Offices' Committee); it was renamed in 1872. It surveyed and rated wharfs, warehouses and goods covered by the London Mercantile and Insurance Tariffs.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the London Wharf and Warehouse Committee, including minute books; surveyors' reports; and plans of wharfs, warehouses and docks.
Access & 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:
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
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:
Deposited in Guildhall Library in 1974 and 1975. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Fire Offices' Committee: CLC/B/017-11.
Publication note:
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 2010 to January 2011.
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