IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1297/WPE
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WEMBLEY PARK ESTATE COMPANY
Date(s): 1890-1931
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.25 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Wembley Park Estate Company | property developers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Metropolitan Tower Construction Company, formed to construct a tower and pleasure gardens at Wembley Park, was converted into the Wembley Park Estate Company in 1906, remaining a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Railway Company. The aim of the Company was to develop property near to the newly-built railway lines, thus increasing passenger numbers. In 1919 the Company became Metropolitan Railway Country Estates Limited.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Wembley Park Estate Company, property developers, comprising minutes of General meetings and minutes of Board meetings.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/WPE/01: Minutes.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in 1975 as part of an accession of records from London Transport.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010