ANSELL, John (1860-1936)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 F/ANS
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: ANSELL, John (1860-1936)
Date(s)	: 1690-1935
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.01 linear metres (27 documents).
Name of creator(s)	: Ansell | John | 1860-1936 | Chief Clerk of the Middlesex Deeds Registry

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Evelyn Ansell (1860-1936) was Chief Clerk of the Middlesex Deeds Registry, later the Middlesex Deeds Department of the Land Registry Office, from 1889, when Lord Truro was Registrar, until c 1921. Ansell's report of 1891 (Ref. F/ANS/014) gives a detailed picture of the operation and staffing of the Registry at that date. From the evidence in F/ANS/001, 002, 003/1 and 009 it appears that he was concerned in the 'Office of Universal Knowledge' set up by Lord Truro before 1889.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Personal correspondence of John Ansell, Chief Clerk of the Middlesex Deeds Registry, including letters from Lord Truro and papers relating to the administration and management of the Middlesex Deeds Registry.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

F/ANS/001 to F/ANS/027.

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:

Records gifted to the Archive in 1971 and 1981.

Allied Materials

Related material:

See reference MDR for the Middlesex Deeds Registry.

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:
Records prepared May to September 2011.