ALCHIN, WILLIAM TURNER

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/235
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: ALCHIN, WILLIAM TURNER
Date(s)	: 1856
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 3 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Alchin | William Turner | 1790-1865 | Guildhall Librarian

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Turner Alchin was born in 1790 in Billingsgate. He practised as a solicitor while also pursuing antiquarian interests. In 1845 he was appointed librarian at Guildhall Library, a post he held until his death in 1865.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Transcripts of an extract from "St Paul's Liber" (folios 51-54), a survey of property in London belonging to St Paul's Cathedral, 1130.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Three items.

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:

The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

For the original item see CLC/313/B/001/MS25504. For more papers of William Alchin see COL/AC and COL/CN.

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.