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London Metropolitan Archives

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL: BUNHILL FIELDS COMMITTEE


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): COL/CC/BFC

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL: BUNHILL FIELDS COMMITTEE

Date(s): 1865-1869

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 0.1 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Corporation of London

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Bunhill Fields Committee is responsible for the administration of Bunhill Fields cemetery, under the supervision of the City Lands Committee. In 1665 part of the Finsbury and Halliwell estates were set aside to create the burial ground, which was closed in 1852. The Corporation undertook to continue maintaining the grounds.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Bunhill Fields Committee, Court of Common Council, comprising minutes and committee papers, 1865-1869.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

In sections according to catalogue.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright: City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Corporation of London Records Office.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

For Corporation of London records relating to open spaces, parks, forests and gardens, see: CLA/077: Epping Forest, CLA/078: Open Spaces, COL/CC/BFC: Bunhill Fields Committee, COL/CC/CCF: Coal, Corn and Finance Committee, COL/CC/CCR: Coal, Corn and Rates Finance Committee, COL/CC/EFC: Epping Forest and Open Spaces Committee, COL/CC/HHM: Hampstead Heath Management Committee, COL/CC/HWJ: Highgate Wood Joint Consultative Committee, COL/CC/MGC: Metage on Grain Committee, COL/CC/WHP: Committee of Managers of West Ham Park, and see COL/CCS/PL, COL/PL, COL/PLD/PL and COL/SVD/PL for plans and maps.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

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: February 2009


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Graveyards | Burial grounds | Public utilities | Public enterprises | Enterprises
Maintenance | Engineering
Open spaces

Personal names

Corporate names
Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
Bunhill Fields Burial Ground | Corporation of London
Bunhill Fields Committee | Court of Common Council | Corporation of London

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe