IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/168
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: NEW RIVER COMPANY
Date(s): 1686-1696
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3 production units.
Name of creator(s): New River Company
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
In the late 16th-century, there was a pressing need for a fresh water supply to the City of London. Work was begun on a new conduit in 1609, which was completed in 1613. The New River rises from Chadwell Spring in Hertfordshire and ends in the Round Pond at New River Head. The New River Company was incorporated in June 1619.
In 1902 the provision of London's water supply passed to the newly created Metropolitan Water Board. Following this takeover, the New River Company was re-incorporated as a modern property company.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
New River Company records comprising: transcript of the 1619 charter, made 1696; agreement for the supply of water, 1692, and inventory of the records of the company, 1686.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection 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:
NOTE: Ms 02924 (lease by the Company to the Barbers' Company) was returned to the Barbers' Company in 1992.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Ms 04883 was donated to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1948. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
There are several collections of New River Company material at the London Metropolitan Archives. See ACC/2558/NR for the main series; and also ACC/3645, ACC/1953, ACC/2919, ACC/2246, and ACC/1262.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.