ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING THE EQUALIZATION OF THE POOR RATES

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/026
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING THE EQUALIZATION OF THE POOR RATES
Date(s)	: 1857-1867
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 4 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Association for Promoting the Equalization of the Poor Rates

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Association was established in 1857 to promote the equalization of the poor rates and uniformity of assessment throughout the Metropolitan District. Meetings were held in the Vestry Room, St Andrews Court, Holborn Hill, and at 32 Fleet Street. It was dissolved in 1867.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Association for Promoting the Equalization of the Poor Rates, comprising: minutes, 1857-67 (Ms 1088); report of the inaugural meeting, 1857 (Ms 1089); and rough cash book, 1857-60 (Ms 1090).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

CLC/026/MS01088: Minutes; CLC/026/MS01089-90: Papers.

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:

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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:
June to August 2010.