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      GB 0074 P89/ALL1 · Collection · 1845-1978

      Records of the parish of All Saints, Finchley Road, Saint John's Wood, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and banns; registers of services and preachers; papers relating to personnel; Parochial Church Council minutes and correspondence; financial records; parish magazines; photographs; citations, faculties, agreements and reports relating to the maintenance of the church building.

      Parish of All Saints, St John's Wood , Church of England
      GB 0074 P90/ALL2 · Collection · 1843-1909

      Baptism and marriage registers for the church of All Saints, Gordon Street, St Pancras.

      Parish of All Saints, St Pancras , Church of England
      GB 0074 P69/ALL · Collection · 1858-1869

      Records of All Saints, Skinner Street, City of London, comprising registers of baptisms, 1858-67, and marriages, 1864-9, (Ms 21142-3); and a voucher book including miscellaneous papers and correspondence, 1858-68 (Ms 5140).

      Parish of All Saints, Skinner Street, City of London , Church of England
      GB 0074 DRO/056 · Collection · 1872-2015

      Records of the parish of All Saints, South Acton, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; annual reports and parish magazines.

      Parish of All Saints, South Acton , Church of England
      GB 0074 P85/ALL1 · Collection · 1874-1949

      Records of the parish of All Saints, South Lambeth, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; registers of church services; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; orders of service; parish magazines; papers relating to parish boundaries; and records relating to church buildings.

      Parish of All Saints, South Lambeth , Church of England
      GB 0074 P94/ALL · Collection · 1872-1956

      Records of the parish of All Saints, Aden Grove, Stoke Newington, comprising registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; parish magazines; and a preachers' book.

      Parish of All Saints, Stoke Newington , Church of England
      GB 0074 P95/ALL4 · Collection · 1897-1953

      Records of All Saints, Sunnyhill Road, Streatham, including registers of services; register of baptisms; financial records; correspondence and plans relating to parish boundaries; and specifications for building works.

      Parish of All Saints, Streatham , Church of England
      GB 0074 P95/ALL5 · Collection · 1904-1953

      Records of the parish of All Saints, Brudenell Road, Tooting Graveney, comprising plans and drawings of a proposed new church, vicarage and parish hall.

      Parish of All Saints, Tooting Graveney , Church of England
      GB 0074 P83/ALL2 · Collection · 1885-1983

      Records of the parish of All Saints, Tufnell Park, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; registers of church services; papers relating to changing parish boundaries; papers relating to the maintenance of the church building and the Hocking Memorial Hall; financial records; Parochial Church Council and Vestry minute books; and volume containing copies of documents relating to the creation of the parish and parish events.

      Parish of All Saints, Tufnell Park , Church of England
      GB 0074 P92/ALL1 · Collection · 1870-1973

      Records of the parish of All Saints, Surrey Square, Walworth, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of preachers; financial records; correspondence, faculties and plans relating to maintenance work on the church building, parsonage and the church hall; records of All Saints National School; map of the parish.

      Parish of All Saints, Walworth , Church of England
      GB 0074 P95/ALL1 · Collection · 1603-1942

      Records of the parish of All Saints, High Street, Wandsworth, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Churchwardens' accounts; plans of the church and faculties; papers relating to parish boundaries, including maps; financial records; papers of the Vestry; papers relating to the benefice and tithes; and papers of the Overseers of the Poor.

      Parish of All Saints, Wandsworth , Church of England
      GB 0074 P85/ALL3 · Collection · 1892-1980

      Records of the parish of All Saints, West Dulwich, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and church services; notices and orders of service; papers and maps relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to church income including the benefice, sequestration, and the Clergy Maintenance Fund; records of Dulwich College Chapel of Ease; financial records; papers relating to the church building and vicarage, including faculties, plans and correspondence; Churchwardens' records; and papers of parish charities.

      Parish of All Saints, West Dulwich , Church of England
      GB 0074 P79/ALS · Collection · 1881-1988

      Records of the parish of All Souls, Clapton, including registers of baptisms, marriages and church services; Parochial Church Council minutes and conveyance of land.

      Parish of All Souls, Clapton , Church of England
      GB 0074 P81/ALS · Collection · 1865-1982

      Records of the parish of All Souls, Hampstead, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and banns of marriage; registers of church services; papers relating to parish boundaries including plan; Parochial Church Council minutes and correspondence; offertory books; papers relating to the benefice including terrier and sequestration orders; papers relating to the maintenance of the church and church room, including correspondence, inventories and plans; papers relating to the parish school.

      Parish of All Souls, Hampstead , Church of England
      GB 0074 DRO/089 · Collection · 1875-1979

      Records of All Souls, Harlesden, including registers of baptism, marriage, banns of marriage and church services; financial accounts; Vestry minutes and Parochial Church Council minutes.

      Records of Saint Luke's Church, Willesden Junction, comprising Vestry minutes and registers of church services.

      Parish of All Souls, Harlesden , Church of England
      GB 0074 P89/ALS · Collection · 1812-1990

      Records of the parish of All Souls, Langham Place, including registers of baptisms and marriages; preachers' books; financial accounts; plans, sketches and designs relating to changes to the church building; annual reports; parish magazines; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; orders of service; booklets; photographs; papers relating to the organ including music; papers relating to church social activities; and historical notes.

      Parish of All Souls, Langham Place , Church of England
      GB 0074 P92/ALS · Collection · 1869-1956

      Records of the parish of All Souls, Grosvenor Park, Newington, including registers of baptisms and marriages; church services registers; and Parochial Church Council minutes.

      Parish of All Souls, Newington , Church of England
      GB 0074 DRO/169 · Collection · 1867-2000

      Records of the parish of All Souls, St Margaret's-on-Thames, Twickenham. This collection includes parish registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations (1898-1986); registers of services and orders of service (1896-1995); duplicate returns of parish statistics (1907-1931); correspondence relating to staff (1959-1994) and parish boundaries (1967-1981); documents, drawings and photographs relating to the church building and its contents (1867-1994); documents and plans relating to church halls (1930-1993); bishop's visitation papers (1966-1969), Parochial Church Council and Vestry minute books and correspondence (1888-2000); financial statements, account books and ledgers (1886-1999); records relating to Wooldridge Legacy Trust (1957-1984) and Sick and Poor Fund (1911-1927) and parish magazines (1898-1971).

      Parish of All Souls, St Margaret's-on-Thames, Twickenham , Church of England
      GB 0120 MSS.929-932 · c 1845

      Alphabeta litterae, caracteres et habitus variorum populorum, besides the alphabets, there are numerous traced copies of illustrations-a few in colour-from travel books, etc of the 16th to the early 19th centuries, depicting costumes, ceremonies, occupations, etc. The fourth volume, uniformly bound, is lettered on the spine: 'Salutatio angelica. Symbolum Apostolorum Nicenum S. Athanasii. Decalogus. Praecepta Ecclesiae. Te Deum laudamus. Signum S. Crucis. Orationis Dominicae. Fragmenta polyglotta'. Probably compiled in France: the latest entry is dated 1840.

      Depositor
      GB 0102 PP MS 60 · Created 1931-1990

      Papers, 1931-1990, of Sir James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, comprising correspondence, articles and documents concerned with Islamic law in the Middle East and East Africa; sermons, lectures and notes on Christianity; personal correspondence including an exchange of letters with the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1960; and personal documents.

      Anderson , James Norman Dalrymple , b 1908 , Knight , Professor of Oriental Laws
      N/C/66 · Collection · 1883-1899

      Minutes of Committee of Beckenham Road Chapel/Branch Church, 1883-1887; bills for entertainment expenses, 1887; minutes of "Saturday Nights for the People" Committee, 1888-1899; minutes of Anerley Congregational Church Guild Committee, 1891-1894.

      Congregational Church of England and Wales
      ANGEL ALLEY CHAPEL
      N/M/015-1 · Collection · 1836-1897

      Minutes of the Trustees, 1862-1897 and minutes of the Sunday School Committee and Teachers, 1836-1856.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      ANGEL ALLEY METHODIST CHAPEL
      ACC/2997 · Collection · 1877

      Papers regarding the Angel Alley Methodist Chapel, Stepney, 1877, comprising correspondence regarding the actions of the trustees of the chapel over the site of the former building.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      GB 2388 · 1894-1980s

      Records of the Anglican and Eastern Churches Association and its predecessors comprising:

      minutes of the Eastern Churches Association, 1893-1914 (1 vol);

      minutes of the General Committee of the Anglican and Eastern Churches Association 1913-1960 (1 vol);

      OEOCU attendance book, 1908-1920, at various meetings and conferences of the Union/Association (1 vol);

      Notebook of the Bournemouth Branch of the Anglican and Eastern Churches Association (formed 1922), containing addresses of members, minutes of meeting, 1937 and related papers, 1940s (1 vol);

      Scrap book of cuttings relating to Eastern churches and prelates, 1945-1950 (1 vol);

      Papers relating to the Eastern Churches Students Committee re theological education of Serbian Students at Oxford including minutes, 1919-1922 (1 file);

      Papers relating to anniversary meeting of the Association, 1932-1941 (2 files);

      Secretary's Correspondence and related papers relating to the concerns of the Association, 1890s-1980s (12 files);

      Papers and letters relating to the Fynes-Clinton row, 1932-33 (1 file);

      Copies of printed journals of Eastern churches including Serbia, Greece, Russia, Bulgaria, 1900s, 1960s-1970s; (1 bundle);

      printed reports of the Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Churches Union, 1906-1914, (4 vols);

      printed reports of the Anglican and Eastern Churches Association 1914-1935 (5 vols);

      publications including Eastern Churches Newsletter (ECNL) 1969-2002 (incomplete); Koinonia, from 2003.

      Anglican and Eastern Association (for promoting Intercommunion between the Anglican and Eastern-Orthodox churches) , 1914- Eastern Churches Association , 1864-1914 Anglican and Eastern-Orthodox Churches Union , 1906-1914
      ANGLICAN CHURCH IN FINLAND
      GB 0074 CLC/321 · Collection · 1920-1981

      Records of the Anglican Chaplaincy in Finland, comprising:
      minutes, 1922-67 (Ms 20884);
      papers of the chairman and/or secretary, 1941-70 (Ms 20885);
      financial records, 1949-67 (Ms 20886-7);
      annual reports, 1923-52 (Ms 20888);
      newsletters and other circulars, 1952-80 (Ms 20889);
      registers of services, 1920-73 (Ms 20890);
      roll of membership, [1900?]-1956 (Ms 20891);
      registers of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials and cremations, 1920-61 (Ms 20892-2A);
      papers relating to marriages, 1965-72 (Ms 20892B);
      architect's drawings of proposed new church, 1928 (Ms 20893); and
      correspondence and related papers, 1937-81 (Ms 20894-900).

      Finland Anglican Chaplaincy
      ANGLO-JEWISH EDUCATION
      GB 0074 ACC/2712/AJE · Collection · 1861-1995

      Records of the United Synagogue's own Board of Jewish Religious Education, as well as the London Board of Jewish Religious Education and its predecessor the Jewish Religious Education Board, and other bodies such as the Union of Hebrew and Religious Classes, the Jewish Association for the Diffusion of Religious Knowledge, the Jewish Memorial Council, the Central Council for Jewish Religious Education and the Jewish Voluntary Schools Association. Also records of individual schools and institutions such as the Jews Free School, Jewish Infant Schools, Westminster Jews Free School, Ilford Jewish Primary School and Michael Sobell Sinai School. The records themselves include minutes, correspondence, reports, annual reports, financial records, registers of bar mitzvah tests, printed material such as publicity, brochures, prospectuses, journals and press cuttings, and the papers of Governing bodies.

      PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

      United Synagogue , Board of Jewish Religious Education
      GB 1556 WL 876 · 1933-1945

      Leaflets advertising demonstrations and meetings in protest against antisemitic measures in Germany and exhorting readers to boycott German products, by a number of British Jewish interest groups and political groups, 1933-1935, and series of prayers and intercessions on behalf of German Jewry produced in London by the office of the Chief Rabbi, 1933-1945.

      Various Office of the Chief Rabbi, London
      GB 0109 MU · Fonds · [1790-2000]

      Records of the headquarters of the Mothers' Union, Mary Sumner House, Westminster. The majority of the archive dates from when the Mothers' Union established a centralised structure in the 1890s, and contains a small number of papers from members who, although not always based at Mary Sumner House, played important roles within the MU (see MU/MSS/2). Although some files run into the 1990s, many of the series stop in the early 1980s, which coincides with a survey undertaken of the archive in Mary Sumner House (see MU/CO/1/127).

      The foundation of the Mothers' Union is dated to the publication of the first membership card in 1876. The society was established by Mary Sumner, wife of the Rector of Old Alresford in the Diocese of Winchester, to defend the institution of marriage and promote Christian family life. This concern broadened over time to consider all factors affecting the morality of society, within the home and without.

      Initially a network of meetings in parishes in the Diocese of Winchester, by the mid 1890s, the MU had established a centralised governing body in London, and had a number of branches overseas; from the early twentieth century, departments were established to deal with specialised tasks in the society's work. Although the society was primarily concerned with the role of the mother and the upbringing of children, married women without children and unmarried women were allowed to join as Associate Members from the outset. Throughout the twentieth century the MU addressed a variety of contemporary social issues (such as runaway children, drug dependence, venereal disease, housing conditions and birth control), but reserved particular efforts for campaigning against divorce and marriage breakdown.

      Faced with a need to address a liberalisation in both society and the Church in the decades following the Second World War, the Mothers' Union revised its constitution in 1974 giving greater autonomy to the MU overseas and no longer excluding divorcées. Further reassessment took place in the early 1990s when the need to comply with charity regulations prompted a restructuring of the organisation.

      Mothers' Union
      ARCHWAY ROAD CHURCH
      LMA/4009/AR · Subfonds · 1865-1932

      Records of the Archway Road Methodist Church, including register of baptisms, 1865-1897; Leaders' Meeting minute books; financial accounts; Trustees' Meeting minute books; Trustees' correspondence and notes; papers of the Missionary Society and papers of the Sunday School.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      ACC/2172 · Collection · 1909-1918

      Collection journal for the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Archway Road, detailing monies collected after each service or meeting, 1909-1918.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      Arnott, David Whitehorn
      GB 0102 PP MS 73 · 1950s-1980s

      Papers, 1950s-1980s, of Professor David W Arnott on West African languages, comprising papers, including notes and questionnaires, from his study leave (1955-1956) spent travelling from Nigeria through Niger, Dahomey (Benin), Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), French Sudan (Mali), Senegal and Gambia to Guinea and Sierra Leone; copies (photocopied and photographic) of manuscripts; translations and transcriptions; transcriptions of language recordings; seminar and conference papers; teaching material; offprints of articles by Arnott; typescripts or corrected proofs of articles; and reviews of books by other authors. The papers relate largely to Nigeria but also to Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Senegal, relating mainly to Fulfulde, Fula and Fulani (language of the Fulani people of West Africa), and also to Tiv and to Hausa poetry and songs. The subjects include literature, including poetry (religious and non-religious), oral literature and folklore, proverbial lore, Islamic influences on African literary cultures, grammar, including morphology, verbal and nominal systems, nouns, vocabulary, and the distribution of dialects.

      Arnott , David Whitehorn , fl 1955-2000 , linguist
      GB 0074 P95/ASC · Collection · 1884-1952

      Records of the parish of Ascension, Malwood Road, Balham Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; Churchwarden's financial accounts and other financial accounts.

      Parish of Ascension, Balham Hill , Church of England
      GB 0074 O/537 · Collection · 1956

      Records relating to the Church of the Ascension, Blackheath, comprising leaflet and photograph regarding a new stained glass window installed in 1956 and designed by Francis Spear.

      Church of England , Parish of the Ascension, Blackheath
      GB 0074 DRO/105 · Collection · 1939-1975

      Records of the parish of the Ascension, Hanger Hill, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; and minute books of the Vestry and Parochial Church Council.

      Parish of the Ascension, Hanger Hill , Church of England
      GB 0074 P97/ASC · Collection · 1899-1942

      Records of the parish of the Ascension, Timbercroft Road, Plumstead, comprising minutes of Church Council and Parochial Church Council meetings.

      Parish of Ascension, Plumstead , Church of England
      Aylward, Gladys
      GB 0102 MS 291571 · Created 1936-1970s

      Papers, 1936-1970s, of Gladys Aylward, comprising correspondence (1936-1939) with the Whiskin family during her time in China, press cuttings (1936-1970s), publications, notices, Chinese texts for children, calendars, photographs and miscellaneous items including Chinese accessories.

      Aylward , Gladys , 1902-1970 , missionary
      Bach, Thomas and Lucy
      GB 0102 CWM/LMS India Personal Box 5 · 1894-1900
      Part of COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION

      Papers, 1894-1900, of Thomas and Lucy Bach, comprising correspondence, 1894-1898, largely between Thomas and Lucy Bach and their families, including comments on Lucy's health, life in India, and missionary work; photographs, 1895-[1899], of people and scenes in India, including religious and educational subjects; printed papers, 1898-1900, relating to London Missionary Society (LMS) missionary work and the Bachs' life in India; St John's Gospel written on palm leaves in various languages and another palm leaf book, both undated.

      Bach , Thomas William , b 1868 , missionary Bach , S H , fl 1894-1900 , née Mudie Smith , known as Lucy
      Baldwin, Arthur
      GB 0102 MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/FBN 12-13 (Box 608) · 1889-1902
      Part of (WESLEYAN) METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY/METHODIST CHURCH OVERSEAS DIVISION

      Papers, 1889-1902, of Arthur Baldwin, comprising diaries, 1889-1899, describing his journeys, work and life in Africa, including domestic activities and agricultural concerns; letters from Baldwin to his mother, 1889-1902, recounting his activities; letters from F Coillard to Baldwin, 1893-1895, concerning missionary work and concerns; undated manuscript notes on Coillard; undated map marked 'Proposal for a new mission Moomba'; letter to Mr Baldwin from F Pickering, 1897; letter to Mrs Baldwin from Mrs C Thackeray in New Zealand [1908]; nine photographs of southern Africa, mostly undated landscapes but including one of mission staff, 1899, among them some indigenous workers.

      Baldwin , Arthur , 1864-1937 , missionary
      BALHAM WESLEYAN CHURCH
      O/253 · Collection · 1901

      First issue of Balham Wesleyan Methodist Church Welcome Magazine, December 1901.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      LMA/4153 · Collection · 1950-1971

      Marriage registers for Ballards Lane Presbyterian Church, Finchley Central, 1950-1971.

      Presbyterian Church of England
      Banks Photograph Collection
      GB 0102 MS 380389 · Created c1897-1949

      Papers, c1897-1949, of Alexander Banks, comprising photographs taken chiefly by Alexander Banks showing groups of missionaries, including the Banks, Hicks and Hodge families, Indian Christians, including the Das family, Hindus and Muslims, local festivals, buildings and views. Also included are copies of circular letters (1900-1902) and letters (1903-1906) from Alexander Banks; his diary (1899-1900); a record of orphanage children in India (1906) including photographs; and publications of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union.

      Banks , Alexander L , fl 1897-1949 , missionary
      O/525 · Collection · 1867

      Parchment found under the memorial stone of Barbican Congregational Church, Hoxton, listing the name of the minister, deacons, New Building Committee, architects and builders, 1867.

      Congregational Church of England and Wales
      N/M/042 · Collection · 1811-1965

      Records of the Barking Road Methodist Society, Canning Town, and related churches, 1811-1965: Brunswick Methodist Chapel, Limehouse; Saint George's East Chapel, Cable Street, Poplar; Caledonian Road Chapel; Camden Town; Deptford Circuit; First West London and Second London Circuits; Forest Hill Chapel; Grove Wesleyan Mission; Islington Circuit; Seamen's Mission Circuit; Spitalfields Chapel and Walworth Chapel.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      BARKING SYNAGOGUE
      GB 0074 ACC/2712/BKS · Collection · 1947-1948

      Records of Barking Synagogue, consisting of an account book.

      PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

      Barking Synagogue
      LMA/4350 · Collection · 1912-1925

      Records of Ipswich Presbyterian Church comprising Sunday service sheets; correspondence; marriages, 1912-1925; and deaths and funerals, 1912-1924.

      Presbyterian Church of England