SHADWELL FAMILY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/0289
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: SHADWELL FAMILY
Date(s)	: 1451-1930
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.45 linear metres.
Name of creator(s)	: Various.

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Sir Lancelot Shadwell, the last Vice Chancellor of England, bought Northolt manor from George Villiers, Earl of Jersey, in 1827. The manor comprised 269 acres. The Shadwell family owned the manor until the early 20th century when the estate was broken up and sold.

From: 'Northolt: Manors and other estates', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4: Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood with Southall, Hillingdon with Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow with Pinner (1971), pp. 113-116 (available online).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Shadwell family relating to Northolt, Ruislip and Greenford. Records include papers relating to the sale of estates and property transactions in Northolt and Ruislip; estate administration; sales particulars; manorial records; financial papers; legal papers; and notes on the history of the area.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

ACC/0289-1: Northolt;
ACC/0289-2: Ruislip;
ACC/0289-3: Estate administration;
ACC/0289-4: Manorial;
ACC/0289-5: Legal cases;
ACC/0289-6: Historical notes.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection 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 1948.

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:
January to May 2011.