IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/180
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY
Date(s): 1720-1916
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 15 production units.
Name of creator(s): Various.
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Port of London Authority was established in 1908 to take full control of the tidal river Thames and its docks.
The Authority was housed in a large stone office in Trinity Square, overlooking Tower Hill. The offices were built between 1912 and 1922 to designs by Edwin Cooper.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Deeds and papers relating to property owned by the Port of London Authority, acquired in 1911 mostly in Crutched Friars and its immediate vicinity.
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 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:
These deeds and papers were deposited by the Port of London Authority (PLA) in 1969. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The main archive of the Port of London Authority and its predecessor private dock companies is held by the Museum in Dockland's Library and Archive. See also LMA record O/561.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.