Fire Insurance Records for Family and Local Historians, 1696 to 1920

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Author(s) Hawkings, David T
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2003
Pages 316pp; illus
Publisher Francis Boutle Publishers
Place Published London

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Source guides - businesses & industries
Source guides - types

Notes:

Deals with fire insurance records as a source for family and local history providing an introduction to the industry and to fire insurance practice dealt with largely by extracts from company records. Deals at length with fire policy registers as source material and contains extensive appendices detailing the location of insurance records in record offices, etc