IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2819
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: PETTIT AND WESTLAKE {SOLICITORS}
Date(s): 1892-1963
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.16 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Pettit and Westlake | solicitors
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
A deed is any document affecting title, that is, proof of ownership, of the land in question. The land may or may not have buildings upon it. Common types of deed include conveyances, mortgages, bonds, grants of easements, wills and administrations.
Conveyances are transfers of land from one party to another, usually for money. Early forms of conveyance include feoffments, surrenders and admissions at manor courts (if the property was copyhold), final concords, common recoveries, bargains and sales and leases and releases.
From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers, 1892-1963, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Chelsea and Harrow; including leases, mortgages, conveyances and building agreements.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
ACC/2819/01-18
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 1990.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009