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METROPOLITAN RIFLE RANGE COMPANY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/3190

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: METROPOLITAN RIFLE RANGE COMPANY

Date(s): 1902

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.01 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Metropolitan Rifle Range Company Ltd

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Metropolitan Rifle Range Company was set-up to provide ranges close to London at which the Metropolitan Volunteers could practice rifle shooting. Directors included Colonel Deane of the 21st Middlesex; Lieutenant-Colonel Cantlon of the 2nd London; Major Cunningham of the 9th Middlesex and Major Gallie of the 21st Middlesex. Mr Mortimer was Secretary.

In 1892 the Company opened a rifle range called the Runemede or Runnymede Range, near Staines. This comprised 1000 acres of flat land bordered by a river, marsh land, a railway and a road, along which a concrete wall was constructed. Nevertheless, the range was later closed because of safety concerns, particuarly relating to the railway.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Auctioneer's recognizance and bond in High Court case Reffell v. The Metropolitan Rifle Range Company, 1902.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Two documents.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright rests with the depositor.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

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 1993.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES 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: July to October 2009


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Army ranges | Military facilities | Facilities
High courts | Courts | Administration of justice
Legal case records | Documents | Information sources
Rifles | Guns | Firearms | Weapons | Military equipment | Equipment

Personal names

Corporate names
Metropolitan Rifle Range Company Ltd

Places