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London Metropolitan Archives

CEDARS LODGE


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): LMA/4039

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: CEDARS LODGE

Date(s): 1936-1970

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.08 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Cedars Lodge | Clapham; Welfare Department | London County Council

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Cedars Lodge was an old people's home administered by the London County Council Welfare Department, and situated in Cedars Road, Clapham. It was transferred to Southwark Council in 1965 and closed down in 1969.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Visitors book (includes signature of George Lansbury, Member of Parliament and leader of the Labour Party 1931-1935), 1936-1969 and typescript "A Brief History of Cedars Lodge" by Brian Morley of Southwark Council, 1970.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

2 items.

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:

Received in 1998 (B98/079).

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

See LCC/WE for other records of the London County Council Welfare Department.

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: April to June 2009


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Elderly | Disadvantaged groups
Residential care homes | Housing | Accommodation | Building standards | Building design | Construction engineering

Personal names
Lansbury | George | 1859-1940 | Labour politician

Corporate names
Cedars Lodge | Clapham
Welfare Department | London County Council

Places
Clapham | Lambeth | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe