IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/153
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WEST HAM PARK PRESERVATION FUND COMMITTEE
Date(s): 1873
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production item.
Name of creator(s): West Ham Park Preservation Fund Committee
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
West Ham Park was attached to a private residence, owned from 1812 by banker Samuel Gurney. In 1872 the house was demolished and the Gurney family sold the park for £25,000 on the condition that it become a public open space.
Information from The London Encyclopaedia, eds. Weinreb and Hibbert (LMA Library Reference 67.2 WEI).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Illuminated vote of thanks from the Committee of the West Ham Park Preservation Fund to the Corporation of London, for a gift of £10,000 towards the purchase of West Ham Park.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
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 the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.