IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 O/174
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM
Date(s): 1796-1866
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s): London Orphan Asylum
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The London Orphan Asylum was founded in 1813 by Congregationalist minister Andrew Reed. In 1820 land was purchased in Clapton, off Lower Clapton Road, and a purpose built orphanage erected by 1825. In 1871 the orphanage was moved to Watford.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the London Orphan Asylum, including assignments; voting forms for admission of orphans; and legal documents relating to property.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
O/174/001-010: Administrative records.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
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 June 1964.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.