Main Number: (978) 322-9000 On behalf of the committee, John Cordy Jeaffreson, an inspector of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, sorted the records covering 1549–1820 into 87 classes comprising more than 10,000 volumes and nearly 5,000 rolls. Uncatalogued collections can be made available only by prior appointment made at least 48 hours in advance of the intended visit. These areas, however, had become densely populated and, given the sphere of influence of the city, traditional boundaries were no longer practical. The deposited records also include Land and Hearth tax assessments, electoral registers, licensed victuallers, recognizance's, building surveyors returns, enclosure awards and maps and plans of numerous public undertakings such as canals, docks and railways. Two very important series of records have been classified under the heading London Local Authorities. Get a 15% discount on an order above $ 120 now. The collection of records is not arranged alphabetically as many different hospitals may be covered by one particular management trust, therefore it is worth asking at the reference room desk and they will direct you to the particular binder that you need. Some of these films are accessible on YouTube. The two archives finally came together in 1979, when the Dartmouth Street site was sold by the GLC, and both archives were housed at County Hall. In 1913 the new Middlesex Guildhall at Westminster opened and was equipped with specially constructed muniment rooms, with an assistant to arrange and supervise their transfer from temporary storage. The records of the Diocese of London have been split between the LMA and the Guildhall Library. Access property records, Access real properties. The LMA holds many films produced by bodies including London Transport, the Greater London Council and the Corporation of London. Records with the prefix CLA are deposited collections from organisations and bodies that operate in close association with the City of London Corporation. The records of these bodies are as broad as the functions of modern local government, with documentation on education, housing, health services, welfare, transport, building regulations, drainage, culture and leisure. Further block estates were built in Southwark, Lambeth, Westminster, Chelsea, Islington and Tower Hamlets. It was the records of these bodies and similar groups such as the London School Board and Metropolitan Asylums Board that would form the nucleus of the London County Record offices holdings, which were based at County Hall on the south bank of the River Thames. Other documents include records of the lives of the children, nursing methods, apothecaries' prescriptions, and inspectors' reports. This protracted dispute lasted some five years, with a high court judge eventually deciding in favour of Middlesex. It is also arranged both topographically and by subject. Around the same time, a Middlesex County Council act empowered the council to spend money preserving, arranging, indexing, classifying and publishing such records of the county that may be in the public interest. The budget signed by Governor Baker included the following language amending sections of the M.G.L. These include the Middlesex area prior to 1889, the London and Middlesex areas from 1889 onwards and the Greater London area after 1965. For those interested in the parish registers of the ancient City of London within the walls, these will be found at the Guildhall Library. From the mid-19th century this also often included a plan of the property. The final areas that would not deposit their records at the LMA are the modern London Boroughs that prior to the formation of the Greater London Council in 1964 would have been part of the former counties of Essex, Kent and Surrey. It will be possible for visitors to view this data at no cost on terminals in the library. By 1894 it had become a public company and it rapidly established a chain of teashops, corner houses and restaurants. Such roles and responsibilities included county bridges, prisons, lunatic asylums and Feltham Industrial School. The Hampstead Garden Suburb was the vision and accomplishment of Henrietta Barnett who together with her husband Canon Samuel Augustus Barnett set about creating an estate where the working classes could live within pleasant surroundings. A total of 323 acres (1.31 km2) were purchased for £140,000 by 1907. This is one of the most intriguing business collections deposited, for as well as all the usual corporate records such as management, finance and administration, the collection is particularly strong in what may be termed ephemera. The archive contains the official records of how the City was governed and developed, through bodies such as the Court of Aldermen and Court of Common Council and many other official departments like the Chamberlains (which dealt with people being given the freedom of the city). It attracts over 30,000 visitors a year and deals with a similar number of written enquiries. Under the Public Records Act 1958, the record office became recognised as a place of deposit for public records. The archive consists of records of suburb organisations and recreational societies, education institutions and approximately 10,000 plans and 10,000 photographs. LMA's holdings of charities records date from the early 17th century and include notable foundations such as Archbishop Tenison's Grammar School, the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy and Sutton's Hospital (Charterhouse) which was founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 for the benefit of distressed gentlemen and the education of poor boys. Not all collections are available for consultation. Contact us at 978-322-9000 or … According to a leaflet from the LMA (made available in September 2008): Digitised parish records went online on 16 September 2009, as an alternative to microfiche searches. Anybody wishing to find out what hospital records are held at the LMA would do well to first consult the hospital records database on the national archives website. Records with the prefix COL are the administrative and corporate records of the City of London Corporation. The formation of the London County Council in 1889 had seen the County of Middlesex much reduced in size. 534 Likes, 9 Comments - University of Rochester (@urochester) on Instagram: “Rochester graduate Emma Chang ’20 is a classically trained musician. The library was originally that of the members of the London County Council and reflected their interests.