CITY OF LONDON AND TOWER HAMLETS CEMETERY COMPANY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 O/495
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: CITY OF LONDON AND TOWER HAMLETS CEMETERY COMPANY
Date(s)	: 1843-1865
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery Company

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

By the mid 19th century churchyards within London were becoming overcrowded, unsanitary and unfit to be used for further burials. Local government therefore looked for suitable unused land outside the spread of the city. The Corporation of London, for example, bought land at Ilford, Essex, for a large cemetery and crematorium.

The City of London and Tower Hamlets Company opened its burial ground to the south of Mile End Road, Stepney, in 1841; the last burial took place in 1966.

The cemetery ground was acquired by the Greater London Council in 1966 and was thereafter managed by the GLC Parks Department.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery Company, comprising share certificates, 1843-1865.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Three documents.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright 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:

Deposited in 1978 (AC/78/027)

Allied Materials

Related material:

For further records relating to the City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery please see reference CTHC.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
July to October 2009