RUISLIP COTTAGERS ALLOTMENTS CHARITY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/3571
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: RUISLIP COTTAGERS ALLOTMENTS CHARITY
Date(s)	: 1880-1983
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.22 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Ruislip Cottagers Allotments Charity

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Charity was established under an Award dated 12 September 1814 in pursuance of an Act of Parliament dated 1804 for enclosing lands in the Parish of Ruislip.

Sixty acres were allotted to the use of cottagers whose rents did not exceed £5.00 per year. Administration was carried out by a representative committee, later Trustees. In 1880, 95 cottagers were licensed to pasture cattle on this land.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Ruislip Cottagers Allotments Charity, including minutes, leases, correspondence and accounts.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

ACC/3571/001 to ACC/3571/011.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records 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:

Records deposited in August 1995.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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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:
June to August 2010.