DE CASTRO, John Paul (fl 1926-1940)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 CLC/245 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : DE CASTRO, John Paul (fl 1926-1940) |
Date(s) | : 1930 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 4 production units. |
Name of creator(s) | : de Castro | John Paul | fl 1926-1940 | historian |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
John Paul de Castro wrote The Gordon Riots (1926) and The law and practice of hall-marking gold and silver wares (1935).
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
A Dictionary of the Principal London Taverns since the Restoration, manuscript by John Paul de Castro, containing the names, sites and some of the recorded activities of taverns, chocolate houses and coffee houses; with some maps and prints.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Four volumes in alphabetical 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:
These volumes were purchased by Guildhall Library in 1933, and were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Allied Materials
Related material:
The Bishopsgate Institute holds handwritten notebooks by del Castro, entitled The London and Surburban Coffee-Houses, Taverns and Inns of the Eighteenth Century, 1932-36, reference LONDON COLLECTION MANUSCRIPTS/2.
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.
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