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      N/C/39 · Collection · 1821-1894

      Volume containing entries of burials, roll of members and Confession of Faith, 1821-1894.

      Congregational Church of England and Wales
      GB 0101 PG.ZW · 1953-

      Zimbabwe: Pressure Groups Material, 1953 onwards, including press statements, letters, membership cards, statements of accounts, newsletters, pamphlets, constitutions, reports, minutes and miscellaneous materials issued by the African Peoples Association, the Christian Action Group, the Catholic Bishops of Rhodesia, the Conservative Association of Rhodesia, the Christian Council of Rhodesia, the Cold Comfort Farm Society, the Commission for Justice and Peace in Rhodesia, the Committee to Organise Support for a Settlement (COSS), the Interracial Association of Southern Rhodesia, the Legal Aid Organisation (Rhodesia), the Masase Residents' Association, Moral Re-Armament, the Movement for Democracy in Rhodesia, the Rhodesia Christian Group, the Ruskin Students' Action Committee on Rhodesia, the Salisbury Committee for Prison Education, the Save Rhodesia Campaign, the Settlement Council (Rhodesia), Silveira House, Women for Rhodesia, the Zimbabwe Information Group, the Zimbabwe Solidarity Action Committee and Zimbabweans in Great Britain.

      Institute of Commonwealth Studies
      ZERMATT ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY
      GB 0074 CLC/416 · Collection · 1979-1981

      Records of the Zermatt Anglican Chaplaincy, comprising a Commonwealth and Continental Church Society "chaplains' book", i.e. register of services.

      Zermatt Anglican Chaplaincy
      YIEWSLEY METHODIST CHURCH
      ACC/2116 · Collection · 1876-1980

      Records of Yiewsley Methodist Church including marriage registers, 1932-1947; baptism register, 1914-1961; Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1891-1972; Trustees' papers and correspondence, 1937-1973; Trustees' Treasurer's Accounts, 1876-1908 and 1951-1980; Leaders' meetings minutes, 1930-1970; Finance Committee minutes, 1965-1969; collection journals, 1894-1903 and 1927-1946; pulpit notices, 1914-1948; Young Disciples' Roll, 1954 and 1961; and order of service programmes and leaflets, 1927-1977.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      N/C/40 · Collection · 1831-1907

      Records of Wycliffe Congregational Church, Stepney, including register of baptisms, 1850-1899; volume containing minutes of Church meetings, register of collections, register of marriages and register of baptisms, 1873-1906; volume containing minutes of deacons meetings, minutes of Church meetings and minutes of Organ Committee, 1849-1877; volume containing minutes of deacons' meetings and minutes of Church meetings, 1877-1888; volume containing minutes of deacons' meetings, Sunday School meetings and minutes of Church meetings 1889-1896; minutes of Church meetings, 1895-1906; minutes of deacons' meetings, 1896-1905; volume containing minutes of deacons' meetings and minutes of special meeting of deacons with representatives of Wycliffe Congregational Church, Ilford, 1905-1907; annual report of Church activities, 1901; rolls of Church members, 1827-1891; financial accounts, 1848-1907; minutes of Wycliffe Chapel Restoration Fund, 1873, with catalogue of sale of fancy articles in aid of Restoration Fund; minutes of committee of Wycliffe Christian Association, 1893-1902; minutes of meetings of teachers of Girls' Sunday School and Sunday School Excursion Sub-Committee, 1849-1868; minutes of meetings of teachers of Boys' Sunday School, 1843-1849; minutes of meetings of teachers of Sunday Schools, 1849-1907; register of burials in Wycliffe Chapel Burial Ground, 1831-1902, with index of graves in Wycliffe Chapel Burial Ground and list of charges.

      Congregational Church of England and Wales
      GB 0099 KCLMA Wright-Holmes · Created 1981-1983

      Copies of extracts from 'One man's war', a memoir of his service with the Royal Armoured Corps and the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1942-1946, written in 1981-1983. The extracts relate mainly to the practice of religion in the UK, India and Burma, 1942-1946, particularly the role of Christianity in army life.

      Untitled
      GB 0102 IMC FBN 125-9 · 1906-1948

      Microfiche copy of the archive, 1906-1948, of the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches, including minutes of International Council and committees including a refugee committee, records of the Youth Commission, records of its conferences, records on relations with other organizations, records on peace negotiations and minority questions, and correspondence between its leaders.

      World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches
      N/C/36 · Collection · 1861-1963

      Minutes of Church Meetings, 1861-1963; minutes of Church Committee, later called Deacon's meeting, 1873-1963; membership roll, 1866-1870; counterfoils of marriage certificates, 1924-1940; documents relating to Church property, 1856-1914; handbill advertising meeting to be held on 18 Aug 1861 in the [small school] rooms "to unite together those friends willing to devote themselves to the establishment of a permanent Religious [Cause] for Protestant Nonconformists at Wood Green, [suited to] the increasing of the village", 1861.

      Congregational Church of England and Wales
      Wolf (Lucien) Collection
      GB 0103 WOLF · 19th century-20th century

      Papers of Lucien Wolf, 19th-20th century, comprising genealogical notes and notes on Anglo-Jewish history relating to various countries.

      Wolf , Lucien , 1857-1930 , journalist
      Withers, Henrietta
      GB 0102 CIM/PP 93-118 · 1914-1974
      Part of CHINA INLAND MISSION (OVERSEAS MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP)

      Papers, 1914-1974, of Henrietta (Hettie) Withers, comprising correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1936-1974 (mainly 1930s-1950s), including letters to her family, 1937-1941, letters from the China Inland Mission (CIM) London Council, 1947, and two booklets on the Emmanuel Home for the Homeless, Shanghai, 1939, 1945; diaries, 1915-1945 (some gaps), including typescript circular letters, 1927-1932, describing her work, activities and experiences in China, including references to the Sino-Japanese War and World War Two; notes, on talks given [post-1930], meetings addressed in Chefoo (Yantai), 1938-1939, and on Sisiang in Shensi province, undated; photographs and some watercolours, 1914-1965 and undated, the subjects including Chefoo, Miss Withers, other teachers, and children; passport, 1932, with endorsements for escorting children; typescript list of publications about CIM missionaries and readers' comments, 1960s-1970s.

      Withers , Henrietta Ethel Frances , b 1889 , missionary
      LMA/4359 · Collection · 1853-1855

      Court of Session minute book for Windsor Presbyterian Church, 1853-1855.

      Presbyterian Church of England
      LMA/4041/WH · Collection · 1884-1981

      Records of Winchmore Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1884-1981, including minutes of the Trustees, Finance Committee, Church Choir, Overseas Committee and Sunday School; original building tender for the new church; correspondence relating to the maintenance of the building; church accounts; Seat Rent; Collection Journals; plans and specifications for rebuilding and later developments; orders of service; Year books and magazines; a history of Winchmore Hill Church; Sunday school certificates all awarded to Gladys May Howard for scripture and religious knowledge and 3 Sunday school attendance medals.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      WILSON STREET CHAPEL
      N/M/020-1 · Collection · 1850-1872

      Wilson Street Welsh Wesleyan Methodist Chapel financial account book, 1850-1872.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      Willoughby, William Charles
      GB 0102 CWM/LMS Africa Personal Boxes 4, 6 · 1883-1939
      Part of COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION

      Papers, 1883-1939, of and relating to William Charles Willoughby, comprising sketches of Urambo, 1883; photographic negative of Mirambo, king of Urambo; building accounts, 1894, 1897; correspondence, 1897-1904, 1917, 1923-1924, relating to his missionary work and writing, comprising letters received and copies of letters sent; pass for travel, 1900; invitation, 1900; various undated typescript and manuscript notes by Willoughby, some for sermons and addresses, others including information about Africa and Tiger Kloof; The Congregationalist, Jan 1914, publishing a speech by Willoughby; undated article by Willoughby in a London Missionary Society (LMS) newsletter; miscellaneous photographs of people and scenes in Africa; sketch map, undated; press cuttings, 1924-1932, of articles by Willoughby and reviews of his books on race relations in Africa and African beliefs and customs; correspondence and papers relating to Willoughby and Tiger Kloof, 1938-1939 and undated, including press cuttings.

      Willoughby , William Charles , 1857-1938 , missionary
      Williams, John
      GB 0102 CWM/LMS South Seas Personal Box 2 · 1807-1962
      Part of COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION

      Papers, 1807-1962, of and relating to John Williams and his family, comprising letters and papers of John Williams, c1816-1839, the recipients including his parents and his son Samuel; letters and draft letters of John Williams, 1837, chiefly concerning his Narrative of Missionary Enterprises; his copy of The works of Horace (translated by Philip Francis, London, 1807); correspondence and papers of John C Williams and his wife, 1837-1845; letter from Mary Williams to the Rev Timothy East, 1846; glass negatives of the Rev Samuel Williams and his wife, undated; papers relating to John Williams, 1838-1930, mainly biographical information; photographs and engravings of people and places connected with John Williams; genealogical charts of the Williams family, undated; correspondence and papers, 1867-1962, concerning John Williams's descendants and commemorative events.

      Williams , John , 1796-1839 , missionary
      LMA/4349 · Collection · 1883-1927

      Records of Willesden Presbyterian Church, later Saint Margaret Presbyterian Church, comprising Deacons' Court minute book, 1910-1922 and annual reports, 1883-1927.

      Presbyterian Church of England
      WILLESDEN GREEN SYNAGOGUE
      GB 0074 ACC/2712/WGS · Collection · 1933-1939

      Records of the Willesden Green Synagogue, consisting of minute books.

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

      Willesden Green Synagogue
      N/C/59 · Collection · 1815-1916

      Register of marriages, 1884-1916; volume containing historical account of Church, minutes of Church meetings and index of Church members, 1815-1882; minutes of Church meetings, 1883-1914 and financial accounts, 1882-1916.

      Congregational Church of England and Wales
      WILLESDEN CIRCUIT
      N/M/034 · Collection · 1957-1962

      Schedule of trust property, 1957-1962; schedule of trust property, amalgamated with Kilburn and Hampstead Circuit, 1962. Also Women's Work minute book, 1955-1962; list of speakers, 1961 and Women's Work officers, 1962.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      Whitelands College
      GB 0347 S19 · Collection · 1966-1982

      This collection relating to Whitelands College consists of minutes of meetings from 1966-1970, as well a copy of the annual report for 1966-1967, and two students handbooks.

      Please contact the Archive for further information.
      ACC/1801 · Collection · 1790-1939

      Records of the Whitefields Chapel, Tottenham Court Road, 1790-1939, including registers of burials, service sheets, index of speakers, financial accounts, Council and Finance Committee agenda and minutes, magazines, notices and calendars of activities, correspondence relating to financial, management and organisational arrangements and inventories.

      Whitefields Chapel , Tottenham Court Road
      ACC/1926 · Collection · 1876-1978

      Records of the Whitechapel Methodist Mission, 1876-1978, comprising records of the Whitechapel Station (Circuit), 1897-1975, including quarterly meetings and accounts (Section A); records of the central administration of the social work of the Mission, 1893-1978, including records of the Trustees, Executive Committee, financial records and staff records (Section B); records of the Working Lad's Institute, 1897-1975, including records from before its take over by the Reverend Jackson in 1897, and of its later developments, Whitechapel House Tulse Hill and Whitechapel House Maple Place, including photographs (Section C); records of Brunswick Hall and the Night Shelter, 1900-1970, including some accounts of life as a homeless person in 1926 (Section D); records of the holiday homes, Southend, 1901-1954 (Section E); records of Windyridge Hostel, 1925-1977 (Section F) and records of other stations brought by Revd Jackson to Whitechapel, 1876-1974 (Section G).

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      N/M/019-1 · Collection · 1863-1891

      Minutes of Committee Meetings, 1877-1891 and Log Book for the Boys' School, 1863-1890.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      WESTMINSTER SYNAGOGUE
      GB 0074 LMA/4071 · Collection · 1902-2005

      Records of the Westminster Synagogue, 1902-2005. The records consist of minutes of the Council, Executive Committee, Search Committee, House and Building Committee and Annual General Meetings; correspondence; publications and printed material, reports and newsletters; and papers of Rabbi Harold Reinhart, Rabbi Albert Freidlander and Rabbi Thomas Salamon.

      Westminster Synagogue
      WESTMINSTER JEWS FREE SCHOOL
      GB 0074 LMA/4047 · Collection · 1846-1950

      Records of the Westminster Jews Free School, 1846-1950. This is a short series of records and consists of minutes and financial accounts. The minutes date from 1846 and include the first minute book of the Jewish Girls Free School (1846-1853) which contains lists of pupils and letters.

      Westminster Jews Free School
      WESTERN SYNAGOGUE
      GB 0074 ACC/2712/WNS · Collection · 1906-1991

      Records of the Western Synagogue, Marylebone, consisting of registers of kethubot [marriage contracts].

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

      Western Synagogue , 1761-1991
      WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE
      GB 0074 ACC/2886 · Collection · 1840-1973

      Records of the West London Synagogue of British Jews, 1840-1973. The archive consists mainly of financial records such as cash books, ledgers, journals, accounts books and financial statements, with two scapbooks containing advertisements, news cuttings, programmes and tickets for special events.

      PLEASE NOTE: written permission from the depositors is required to access these records. Contact the Executive Director, West London Synagogue, 35 Seymour Place, London W1H 6AT.

      West London Synagogue of British Jews
      WEST LONDON MISSION
      LMA/4474 · Collection · 1888-1988

      Records of the West London Mission, 1888-1988, including minute books from Staff meetings, Finance Committee meetings, Foreign Missionary Committee meetings, Local Preacher's meetings, Women's Work Committee meetings and Sunday School Committee meetings; financial accounts; general correspondence; annual reports of the West London Mission; annual reports of the Social and Redemptive Work amongst Women and Girls; annual reports of the West London Rehabilitation Centre for Alcoholics; publication Portraits and Pictures of the West London Mission (1893); newsletters and magazines; advertisements and appeals; photographs.

      Also Kingsway Hall Trust lettings ledger; Kingsway Hall collection journal and Kingsway Hall Creche Committee papers and promotional brochures.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      N/C/08 · Collection · 1894-1939

      Records of West Hampstead Congregational Church including register of baptisms and marriages, 1907-1939; roll of members, 1894-1933; register of applications for 'Fellowship', 1896-1904; minute book of Church meetings, 1894-1913; minute book of General Purposes Committee, 1906-1911; minutes of Joint Committee of Lyndhurst Road and West Hampstead Churches, 1911-1915; minute book of Joint Committee, known from April 1918 as 'the Committee' and from August 1919 as 'Meeting of Church Officers', 1915-1923; financial accounts, 1896-1934; printed programme of 'special events' and regular weekly meetings, 1923-1924; Church engagements and notices, 1937; certificate of enrollment of West Hampstead as member of League of Nations Union, 1938; drawing of detail of organ front, 1895 and plan of seating.

      Congregational Church of England and Wales
      WEST HAM SYNAGOGUE
      GB 0074 ACC/2712/WHS · Collection · 1911 - 2004

      Records of the West Ham Synagogue, including a register of reserved graves; Board of Management minutes; administrative files relating to premises, marriages, classes, staffing, centenary celebrations and the closure of the synagogue; financial records; membership lists; kethubah books [marriage contracts]; centenary exhibition boards; and a design for a hall.

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

      West Ham District Synagogue
      WEST HAM CIRCUIT
      ACC/1850-9 · Collection · 1950-1962

      Local Preachers' meeting minute book, 1950-1962.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      GB 0074 P79/WH · Collection · 1824-1957

      Records of West Hackney Church, Hackney, including registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; minutes of the Select Vestry; account books; registers of church services; and papers relating to West Hackney National Schools.

      Parish of West Hackney , Church of England
      ACC/1388-5 · Collection · 1961

      Register of marriages, 1961.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      LMA/4216 · Collection · 1901-1972

      Records of West Ealing Congregational Church including combined register listing baptisms, 1910-1969, marriages, 1910-1970 and burials, 1937-1968; minute book for Annual Church Meetings, 1942-1962; minute book for Church Meetings, 1915-1924; minute books for Deacon's Meetings, 1901-1959; roll of Church members, 1914-1972 and Finance Committee minute book, 1936-1968.

      Congregational Church of England and Wales
      N/C/13 · Collection · 1853-1944

      Records of West Dulwich Congregational Chapel including register of marriages, 1939-1941; lists of members and registers of attendance, 1853-1939; forms of commendation and applications for transfer, 1930-1944; minute book of Church meetings, 1868-1930; minute book of Deacons' meetings, 1868-1935; minute book of Chapel Building Improvement Committee, 1870; correspondence relating to administrative and social matters,1856-1892; financial accounts, 1854-1945; papers relating to property owned by the church, 1855-1856; ground plan of chapel, 1863; papers relating to Trustees, 1855-1889; certificate registering Dulwich Chapel, Park Road, Lower Norwood as a Congregationalist or Independents' place of worship for solemnization of marriages, 1859; minutes of Literary Society and Committee meetings, 1895 - 1908; Musical Committee minute book, 1899-1904 and printed circular letter raising funds for alterations to church, with sketch of proposed alterations, 1938.

      Congregational Church of England and Wales
      GB 0102 MMS · 1744-1976

      Records, 1744-1976, documenting the work of the Methodist Missionary Society (from the Methodist Union of 1932), and the work of its predecessor missionary societies prior to 1932 - the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, and the missionary societies of the churches that formed the United Methodist Church - and covering overseas missionary work in Europe, North America, West Indies, Africa, India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), China, Burma and Australasia.

      The main series for the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society/Methodist Missionary Society include material from the home organisation in London, which directed overseas missionary affairs, including Committee minutes and papers, candidates papers, 1829-1869, finance papers, 1817-1945, and outgoing correspondence. However, the bulk of the material comprises Synod minutes and correspondence send to London from missionaries in the overseas districts, including Europe, North America, West Indies, West Africa, Central Africa, South Africa, Kenya, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Southern India, Northern India, Burma, China & South East Asia, and Australasia/South Seas. Special series include biographical material of missionaries from all denominations; missionary ships' logs and papers; and a miscellaneous assortment of notes, typescripts, unpublished articles and histories. There are approximately 2500 photographs, which cover India, Burma, Ceylon, Australasia, Africa, China and the West Indies.

      The collection also includes minutes of Conference for the Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1744-1976.

      Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Church Overseas Division
      Women's Work of the Methodist Missionary Society Primitive Methodist Missionary Society Methodist New Connexion Missionary Society
      Bible Christian Home and Foreign Missionary Society
      United Methodist Free Church Foreign Missions
      United Methodist Missionary Society
      ACC/1388-20 · Collection · 1931-1962

      Registers of marriage, 1931-1962.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      WENGEN ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY
      GB 0074 CLC/414 · Collection · 1923-1974

      Records of Wengen Anglican Chaplaincy comprising chaplain's books, providing details of services.

      Wengen Anglican Chaplaincy
      LMA/4332 · Collection · 1901-1943

      Records of Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wembley, including Communicants' roll book, 1901-1922; Court of Session minute books, 1901-1929; Managers' minute books, 1902-1943 and photographs of the Scout Troop, particularly of summer camps, 1924-1937.

      Presbyterian Church of England
      WEMBLEY SYNAGOGUE
      GB 0074 ACC/2712/WBS · Collection · 1948

      Wembley Synagogue annual report for 1947-48.

      Wembley Synagogue
      ACC/2493 · Collection · 1925-1933

      Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Falmouth Road, Southwark: income and expenditure weekly account book, Jan 1925-Dec 1933.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      N/C/62 · Collection · 1834-1966

      Leases for property on Fish Street Hill, 1841; papers regarding the appointment of new Trustees, 1885-1952; meeting house certificate, 1834; papers regarding Chancery proceedings relating to the Metropolitan and District Railways Extensions Act, 1884-1887; papers relating to the Chapel relocation to Westminster, 1887-1893; licence and lease for property on Saint George Hanover Square, 1952-1953 and Charity Commission Order permitting the London Congregational Union to sell the Chapel, 1966.

      Congregational Church of England and Wales