WESTMINSTER PAVING COMMISSIONERS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/162
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: WESTMINSTER PAVING COMMISSIONERS
Date(s)	: 1771-1813
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 5 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Westminster Paving Commissioners

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Westminster Paving Commissioners were established in 1762 with responsibility for the maintenance of the streets and roads, including repairing paving and cobbles and improving drainage. The Commissioners' powers diminished as individual parishes began to establish their own committees for street maintenance.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Westminster Paving Commissioners, comprising assignments and agreements relating to contracts and loans.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Documents in chronological order.

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:

Immediate source of acquisition:

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

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Westminster Archives Centre holds minutes, financial accounts, works books, agreements and correspondence, 1762-1835.

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:
August to October 2010.