Chelsea College Title Deeds and Legal Documents

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA CA/T, C/CSA, 1997 CAS, 1985/CAS
Held at	: King's College London College Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/archivespec/ ›
Full title	: Chelsea College Title Deeds and Legal Documents
Date(s)	: 1891-1985
Level of description	: Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives
Extent	: 1.5 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Chelsea Polytechnic Chelsea College of Science and Technology Chelsea College

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology and Chelsea College Title Deeds and Legal Documents, 1891-1985. This comprises title deeds and leasehold agreements to Chelsea property including the original South-Western Polytechnic site, 1891-1899, in King's Road and High Street Kensington, 1962-1984, and a register of deeds, 1972-1985; Grant of Arms to Polytechnic, 1922; Chelsea Charter and Statutes, 1969, 1971.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Administrative records are generally closed for thirty years.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, can be supplied to appropriate College staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.

Finding aids:

A list of contents is available in hard copy in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Received from the College Secretary in two tranches, 1988-1991.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Chelsea College Secretary's files contain material related to property and the legal status of the College (Ref: CAS).

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.

Rules or conventions:
National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000.

Date(s) of descriptions:
February 2002