IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/3571
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: RUISLIP COTTAGERS ALLOTMENTS CHARITY
Date(s): 1880-1983
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.22 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Ruislip Cottagers Allotments Charity
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Charity was established under an Award dated 12 September 1814 in pursuance of an Act of Parliament dated 1804 for enclosing lands in the Parish of Ruislip.
Sixty acres were allotted to the use of cottagers whose rents did not exceed £5.00 per year. Administration was carried out by a representative committee, later Trustees. In 1880, 95 cottagers were licensed to pasture cattle on this land.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Ruislip Cottagers Allotments Charity, including minutes, leases, correspondence and accounts.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
ACC/3571/001 to ACC/3571/011.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records 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:
Records deposited in August 1995.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.