Subject: Legal documents - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP314/4/3
Title:: Land transactions [1870-1959]
Scope & Content:: This series contains two files of various land transactions such as land mortgage deeds, sale deeds, leases, etc. 116 handwritten and printed documents. Legal size paper (height 35.56 cm/width 21.59 cm) and other formats.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1870-1959
Extent:: 352 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP314/4/3/1
Title:: Land sale deeds [1870-1953]
Scope & Content:: This file contains documents relating to land management such as sale deeds, leases, agreements of the share of harvest, plot measurements, etc. Several documents concern land belonging to the King of Sivangangai. 50 handwritten and typed paper documents. Legal size paper (height 35.56 cm/width...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1870-1953
Extent:: 150 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP314/4/3/2
Title:: Mortgage deeds [1883-1959]
Scope & Content:: This file contains mainly mortgage deeds involving dry land, wet land and a few houses. It is noteworthy that many documents contain the caste origin of the lenders and the borrowers. The amounts vary from Rs10 to Rs 6000. 70 handwritten and printed paper documents. Legal size paper (height 35....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1883-1959
Extent:: 202 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP314/4/4
Title:: Village panchayat court [1869-1953]
Scope & Content:: This file contains documents relating the Village Panchayat Court (VPC) of Adalai as well as other dispute settlement documents. It includes correspondence between the VPC and the District Magistrate, as well as documents produced by the VPC such as orders, witness summons, judgements. There are...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1869-1953
Extent:: 342 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP314/4/5
Title:: Temple management [1862-1947]
Scope & Content:: This series contains two files documents regarding temple accounts and management.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1862-1947
Extent:: 81 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP314/4/5/1
Title:: Temple accounts notebook [1916-1935]
Scope & Content:: This file contains a notebook recording information from four temples located in the village of Adhalai such as lists of the vessels owned by a temple and construction accounts. 61 pages out of 100 pages notebook have been filled in. 100 pages notebook: height 36 cm; width 22 cm
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1916-1935
Extent:: 67 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP314/4/5/2
Title:: Temple papers [1862-1947]
Scope & Content:: This file contains loose documents covering various temple management issues. 5 handwritten paper document. Various format.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1862-1947
Extent:: 14 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP314/5
Title:: Ayyavu Ambalam's collection of honour dispute documents [1889-1953]
Scope & Content:: This collection has 3 hand written documents pertaining to disputes over 'honour', or 'precedence', The notion of honour establishes ritual, and therefore social, status at the level of the locality and takes the shape of the order in which ritual offerings are distributed during the annual temp...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1889-1953
Extent:: 40 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP314/5/1
Title:: Honour dispute documents [1889-1953]
Scope & Content:: This scope and content of this series are identical to that of the collection (as there is one series) 3 handwritten and typed paper documents
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1889-1953
Extent:: 40 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP314/5/1/1
Title:: Honour Dispute 1 [1889]
Scope & Content:: This document is related to a conflict over the honour given at the Kallazhakar Temple annual festival to the document holder's family, it was settled by the Madras Endowment Board. It is an old photocopy of the original document which no longer exists, it is partly typed and partly handwritten...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1889
Extent:: 8 TIFF images

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