Letters from American correspondents relating to business with Britain, comprising: letter from W. E. Jennings to Gillet and Company of Elmira, New York, on notepaper of the Castle and Falcon Hotel, London E.C., about the trade in Great Britain in auger bits and about other woods in the tool and hardware trade, 1880 and letter from W. E. Jennings to Gillet and Company from the same London hotel, about the writer's efforts to collect a debt for Gillet and Company in Hamburg, and about the trade in Europe for American tools, 1880. Also letter from Erdmann and Schanz, of Clapham Junction, to Fitch and Billings, of Elmira, New York, acknowledging their request and sending photographs (as an accompanying statement, missing) for them to choose from, 1889.

Sales particulars, 1834-1947, for the following properties:

• 35 and 36 Foley Street, Regent Street, Saint Marylebone
• 5-storey building, Buckingham Street, Strand, Westminster; with plan and elevation.
• 16 and 17 Kings Parade, Kings Road, Chelsea.
• Estate in Frederick Street, Hampstead Road, Saint Pancras, including a brewery; with plan.
• Suite of chambers, Albany, Piccadilly, Westminster.
• 133 Barnsbury Road, Islington; house and shop.
• 6 Holford Place, Pentonville, Finsbury.
• 2 Pont Street, Belgravia, Westminster.
• 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25 and 27 Malden Crescent, Kentish Town, Saint Pancras and adjacent land; with plan.
• The Queen's Arms, Weston Street, Southwark, with adjoining building land. Land and vaults at Maze Street and Saint Thomas Street, Southwark; with plan.
• 6 Euston Square, Saint Pancras with stabling in Seymour Row.
• 110 and 116 High Street, Poplar. Houses and shops; with plan.
• Building estate, Clifton Road, New Cross, Deptford; with plan.
• 166, 168 and 170 Park Road, Crouch End.
• Building land at Chapel Road, Church Road, Mitcham.
• 5, 7, 10, 12 and 14 Linscott Road, Lower Clapton, Hackney.
• 126 and 127 High Street, Whitechapel, Stepney. Bank, office and warehouse premises.
• Pedrail Transport Works on the corner of Wyfold Rd, and Kingwood Road, Fulham.
• 40-46 and 60-72 (even) Bowland Road, Clapham, formerly Crescent Road, Clapham, Wandsworth.
• 26-40 (even) Balham New Road, Balham, Wandsworth.
• 311-321 (odd) York Road, 254-260 (even) York Road, Lambeth, 61-63 (odd) Battersea Park Rd, Battersea.
• 'Collingtree' 68 Norbury Crescent, Norbury.
• 93 Finchley Road, Hampstead.
• 31 and 35-53 (odd) Pendle Road, 35-41 (odd) Penrith Road, 30 and 32 Parklands Road, Streatham, Wandsworth.
• Property known as 'Clarence Cinema', Hackney in Mare Street at the junction of Clarence Road and Lower Clapton Road, Hackney; with plan.
• 'Neilgherry' 77 Stanhope Avenue, Finchley.
• 8 Balham Hill, Balham, Wandsworth; with plan.
• 11 Motcomb Street, Belgrave Sq., Westminster; corner shop premises.
• Details of forthcoming auction sales.
• Royal Parcel Mail Yard, 11-29 Seward Street, Goswell Road, Finsbury; stabling and cottages; with plan.
• 129, 131 and 133 Mare Street, Hackney; with plan.
• Building site at 11-29 (odd) Seward Street, Goswell Road, Finsbury; with plan.
• 21 Culmore Road, 123 and 125 Asylum Rd 18, 20 and 22 Marmont Road, Peckham, Camberwell.
• 10 St James Street, Bedford Row, Westminster; with plan and photograph
• 1 Fleming Road, Walworth, Southwark.
• Site and premises and 10 houses 65, 66, 67 and 68 George Street, and 80, 82, 86, 88, 90 and 92 Euston Street, at Euston, Saint Pancras; with plan.
• 41 Sloane Avenue, Chelsea.
• 'Clarence House' Mare Street, Hackney.
• 'Villa Bellevue' 23 Umfreville Road, Green Lanes, Harringey.
• 127 Fortess Road, Kentish Town, Saint Pancras; shop premises.
• 'The Poplars' 159 Upper Brockley Road, Brockley, Lewisham; houses and garages; with plan.
• 1 and 3 Bannockburn Road, Plumstead 139 Maxey Road, Plumstead, 13 and 15 Abbey Grove, Abbey Wood.

Prospectus of Mr A Jardine's Academy for Young Gentlemen, Brixton Hill, 1825.

Papers, collected by the estate agents in the course of their work, comprising sales particulars, 1948-1949.

Legal, administrative and financial records, some relating to the Carpenter family, including letters; accounts; papers regarding various companies including the London Life Association and the Liberation Building Society; legal papers and court proceedings; deeds for premises at Hampstead, Ealing, Kentish Town and Wood Green; advertisements and handbills; papers regarding the police forces; job applications; sales particulars for the Globe public house in Shoreditch; deeds for the George public house in Finchley; copies of wills; and pamphlets.

Records of the parish of Saint Alban, Wood Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; register of church services; Vestry minute books; Churchwardens' records; poor rate assessment books; tithe rate assessment books; and account books listing charitable donations.

Records of the parish of All Hallows, Barking by the Tower, City of London comprising baptisms (1558 - 1937), marriages (1564 - 1995), burials (1558 - 1853), banns of marriage, confirmations, preachers' books, parish visitors' books, lists of inhabitants who have served parish offices, benefice papers, vestry minutes, parochial church council minutes, administration and finance committee minutes, muniments, papers and correspondence relating to administrative issues, annual accounts, ledgers, journals, treasurers' accounts, churchwardens' accounts, church rate and rent roll accounts, tithe rate accounts, church rate assessment books, tithe rate assessment books, wills and leases, rent rolls, registers of recipients of charitable gifts, overseers' accounts, poor rate assessment books, general rate assessment books, valuations of property, lists of inmates at the parish workhouse.

Records of the parish of All Hallows, Bread Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Vestry minutes; Churchwardens' financial accounts; poor rate assessments and tithe rate assessments. Some records relate to the united parishes of All Hallows Bread Street with Saint John the Evangelist Friday Street.

Records of the parish of All Hallows, Honey Lane, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Vestry minutes; Churchwardens' financial accounts; and poor rate assessment books.

Records of the parish of All Hallows, Lombard Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns; preachers' books; registers of church services; Vestry minute books; papers of the Churchwardens; accounts, correspondence and papers relating to sequestrations; papers relating to poor relief; church rate assessments; poor rate assessments; tithe rate assessments; Vestry clerk's annual parish accounts; and other papers relating to parochial charities.

Records of the parish of All Hallows, London Wall, City of London. The earliest records are churchwardens' accounts, which date from 1455. There are parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns, church services) from 1559, and vestry minutes from 1700. However, most of the records date from the 18th century or later, including poor rate assessments and tithe rate assessments.

Records of the parish of All Hallows Staining, Mark Lane, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns; Vestry minute books; Churchwarden's financial accounts; poor rate assessment books; tithe rate assessment books; and papers relating to parish poor relief.

The collection includes records of the Society for the Commemoration of the accession of Queen Elizabeth I comprising: minutes, 1683-1787; copy of annual address and rules, 1787; registers of subscribers to the annual dinners, 1766-8; and notes extracted from the minutes, 20th century.

Records of the parish of All Hallows the Great, Upper Thames Street, City of London, including vestry minutes from 1574 and rate assessments from 1586. Other records include registers of baptisms, burials, banns and marriages; Churchwarden's papers; papers relating to charities; and Overseers' receipts and payments relating to the poor rate.

Records of the parish of All Hallows the Less, Upper Thames Street, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms, marriages and burials) from 1558; Vestry minute books; Churchwardens' accounts; Overseers' book of receipts and payments; apportionment of tithe rent charges and poor rate assessment books. Some of these records are for joint meetings with the Vestry of All Hallows the Great.

Records of the parish of Saint Alphage, London Wall. The earliest records are churchwardens' accounts, which date from 1527. There are parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns and burials) from 1613. Vestry minutes commence in 1569. Other records, including rate assessments and papers relating to tithes, date chiefly from the 18th century.

The main archive of the parish of St Anne and St Agnes dates from the 17th century, with parish registers (baptisms, burials, marriages, banns) from 1640, vestry minutes from 1679 and poor rate assessments from 1671. There are also records relating to parish charities and the parochial schools.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe, Queen Victoria Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; preachers' books and service registers; Vestry minute books and notice books; Churchwardens' accounts and vouchers; papers relating to the maintenance of the church building; Overseers' papers; rate assessment books, including poor rates and tithe rates.

The records of St Andrew Hubbard include parish registers (baptisms, burials, marriages) from 1538, vestry minutes from 1600, poor rate assessments, and churchwardens' accounts from 1454.

Records of the parish of Saint Antholin, Budge Row, City of London. Parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials) survive from 1539, churchwardens' accounts and vestry minutes date from 1574 and 1648 respectively. Also overseers' accounts; register of parish apprentices; papers relating to the maintenance of the church building; church rate, tithe rate and poor rate assessments; and papers relating to the Saint Antholin lectureship charity.

Records of the parish of Saint Ann, Blackfriars, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; Vestry minute books; papers of the Vestry clerk including letter books; Churchwardens' accounts and vouchers; papers of the Overseers; papers relating to parish poor relief including the workhouse; poor rate and tithe rate assessments; and papers relating to parish charities and schools. Some records relate to the united parish (with Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe).

Records of the parish of Saint Augustine, Watling Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; preachers' books and church services registers; Vestry and precinct minute books; Churchwardens' and Overseers' financial accounts; poor rate and tithe rate assessment books; and papers relating to the Estate trustees.

C 1558-1840 M 1559-1840 B 1558-1838

Records of the parish of Saint Bartholomew by the Exchange, Bartholomew Street, City of London, including parish registers (marriages, burials, baptisms and banns) from 1557; vestry minutes and churchwardens accounts from the late 16th century; poor rate, church rate and tithe rate assessments; and financial accounts of the Overseers.

Records of the parish of Saint Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, City of London. The records include parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns), rate assessments, Churchwardens' accounts, Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes, legal papers, deeds, plans and photographs, papers relating to the maintenance of the building, charity and school papers, and administrative records.

Records of the parish of Saint Benet Fink, Threadneedle Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns; minutes of the Vestry and the Parochial Church Council; administrative and legal papers; tithe, poor and church rate assessments; and papers relating to the church estate.

Records of the church of Saint Benet Gracechurch, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms, burials, banns and marriages) dating from 1558; churchwardens' accounts dating from 1548; Vestry minutes; tithe rate collectors' books; poor rate assessments and documents relating to property.

Records of the parish of Saint Benet Sherehog, City of London, including Vestry minutes; Churchwardens' accounts and other papers; church rate assessments; poor rate assessments; papers relating to parish charities; and papers relating to parish properties.

Records of the parish of Saint Botolph, Aldersgate. The main archive dates from the 17th century, but it also includes churchwardens' accounts from 1466, vestry minutes from 1601 and muniments of title from 1365. Parish registers include baptisms, burials, banns, marriages and church services. The archive includes poor rate assessments; tithe rate assessments; records of the extra-parochial liberty of Glasshouse Yard, which was in the northern part of the parish; and records relating to a number of parish charities, including Dame Anne Packington's School.

Records of the parish of Saint Botolph Aldgate date from the mid 16th century, but the archive also includes muniments of title from 1279. There are churchwardens accounts from 1547, vestry minutes from 1583, and poor rate assessments, tithe rate assessments and paving rate assessments from 1738. Parish registers include baptisms, marriages, banns, burials, preachers and church services. There are also papers relating to poor relief including the workhouse.

The series of rate books listed here are for the East Smithfield and/or City parts of the parish. East Smithfield was divided for rate collection purposes into Upper and Lower Precincts (UP & LP) and the extents of these precincts are given in the catalogue entries. The Upper Precinct included some of the Tower of London liberty until 1829 when separate rate books survive for the liberty (denoted as TL). St Katharine's Precinct appears not to have been included in any rate assessments for East Smithfield, apart from the paving rate books (Ms 2537) which include a small section of the Precinct. The City part of the parish is divided into five precincts, Houndsditch (H), High Street (HS), Tower Hill (TH), Barrs (B) and Covent Garden (CG). The extents of these precincts is given in the catalogue entries. The parish of Holy Trinity Minories does not appear in rate assessments for either the City or East Smithfield parts before its union with St Botolph.

Records of the parish of Saint Botolph Billingsgate, Church of England, mainly dating from the 16th century, but also including a cartulary compiled 1418-1530 (Ms 59). Other records include parish registers (baptisms, burials and marriages); Vestry minutes; Churchwardens' accounts and vouchers; Overseers' receipts and payments; poor rate collectors' books; and church rate assessments.

Records of the parish of Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate, City of London. The archive dates from the 16th century, with parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns, burials) from 1558, churchwardens' accounts from 1567 and vestry minutes from 1616. Poor rate and tithe rate assessments are particularly well represented, with a number of extensive and comprehensive series spanning 1703-1946.

Records of the parish of Saint Bride, Fleet Street, City of London. The records include parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns, burials, church services) from 1587, but the main archive dates from the 17th century, including vestry minutes from 1644 and poor rate and tithe rate assessments from 1666. Other records include Churchwardens' accounts and papers relating to parish charities.

Records of the parish of Saint Clement Eastcheap, City of London. They include parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials and banns), vestry minutes, churchwardens' accounts, plans, papers of the overseers of the poor, poor and tithe rate books, and material relating to parish charities and estates.

Records of the parish of Saint Christopher le Stocks, Threadneedle Street, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials and banns) from 1557; poor rate assessment books; vestry minutes and church wardens' accounts; and a churchwardens' remembrancer, 1483-1725.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Newgate Street, City of London, including some records for Saint Nicholas Shambles (1538-1547 only). Records include parish registers from 1547-88 and then from 1724 (baptisms, banns, marriages); Vestry minutes from 1869; Churchwardens' accounts from 1891; church rate and tithe rate assessments books; and poor rate assessment books.

Records of the parish of Saint Dionis, Backchurch, Lime Street, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns, burials) dating from 1538; registers of coffins; Vestry minutes, correspondence and notices; financial accounts; papers of the Churchwardens; papers relating to parish poor relief; poor, church and tithe rate assessment books; and papers relating to parish charities and properties.

Records of the parish of Saint Dunstan in the East, City of London. The records held include parish registers (marriages, burials, baptisms, banns) from 1558, vestry minutes from 1537, churchwardens' accounts from 1494, and poor rate assessment books.

Records of the parish of Saint Dunstan in the West, Fleet Steet, City of London. The records include parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns, burials), Vestry minutes and Churchwardens' accounts, rate assessments and rentals, deeds and legal papers and records relating to the parish schools.

Records of the parish of Saint Edmund the King and Martyr, Lombard Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, banns, marriages, burials and church services; Vestry notices; papers relating to poor relief; Churchwardens' accounts; photographs; faculties; poor rate and church rate assessments; and papers relating to parochial charities.

Parish of Saint Ethelburga, Bishopsgate, City of London. The records include registers of baptisms, banns, marriages, burials and church services, Churchwardens' financial accounts, rate assessments, Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes, plans and photographs, the parish magazine, title deeds and miscellaneous administrative papers.

Records of the parish of Saint Gabriel Fenchurch including parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials) from 1571 (and a fragment of a 13th century biblical manuscript found in the binding of the earliest parish register), vestry minutes from 1693 and churchwardens' accounts from 1765. Also poor and church rate assessment books from 1768.

Records of the parish of Saint George, Botolph Lane, City of London. The main archive dates from the 16th century, including parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns) from 1546 and vestry minutes and churchwardens' accounts from 1590. Also poor rate and tithe rate assessment books.

Records of the parish of Saint Giles Cripplegate, Fore Street, City of London. The main archive dates from the 17th century, but there are also parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns, burials) from 1561 and estate records from 1553. The archive includes estate and charity material which relates jointly to Saint Giles and Saint Luke Old Street. Saint Luke was established in 1733 from the Middlesex part of St Giles.

Records of the Metropolitan Dispensary, Fore Street: The records comprise minutes of the managing committee, 1833-1924; ledger, 1854-88; and draft petitions and notes, 1854, [1857?].

Records of the Cripplegate Church Foundation: The records comprise minutes 1892-1959 and financial records 1892-1966. Further material relating to the Foundation may be found amongst other parish records: see Ms 25026-7 for meeting papers, 1945-53, and accounts authorised for payment, 1942-62; and Ms 6048/12 for minutes of joint meetings of the vestry and the Cripplegate Church Foundation, 1963-5.

Records of the Cripplegate Foundation: The records comprise minutes 1891-1954 and printed particulars of the constitution of various parish charities with list of meetings 1951-52.

The archive of St Gregory by St Paul includes parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns) from 1559, but the main archive dates from the 17th century. It includes Vestry minutes, parish notices, Churchwardens' accounts, plans, registers of parish apprentices; poor rate books and tithe rate assessments.

Records of the parish of Saint Helen Bishopsgate, City of London. The records include parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns, burials), service registers, Churchwardens' accounts, church rate and poor rate assessments, Vestry minutes, administrative papers and deeds, estate papers, and faculties. Date ranges of registers: Christenings 1575-2011; Marriages 1575-1870, 2004-2010; Burials 1575-1853; Banns 1653-1993; Confirmations 1956-2011.

Records of the parish of Saint John the Baptist, Walbrook, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms and burials) from 1682; Vestry minute books; churchwardens' account books; poor rate, tithe rate and church rate assessments; and papers relating to parish properties.

Records of the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Friday Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, burials and marriages; Vestry minutes; Churchwardens' accounts; poor rate assessment books and valuation lists.

Records of the parish of Saint John Zachary, Gresham Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Vestry minute books; financial records of the Churchwardens and the Overseers; poor rate assessments and church rate assessments.

Records of the parish of Saint James, Garlickhithe (or Garlickhythe), Garlick Hill, City of London. The archive includes an arbitration in a dispute involving the parish of St. James Garlickhithe dated 1436, but the main archive dates from the 16th century with parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns, confirmations, preachers) surviving from 1535; churchwardens' accounts from 1555 and vestry minutes from 1615. The bulk of the archive is 17th century or later, including poor rate and tithe rate assessments; and papers relating to parish charities and estates (properties).

Also records of St James' Guild: the records comprise: minute book, 1910-14 (Ms 10795), and ledger 1907-12 (Ms 10796).

Records of the parish of Saint Katherine Coleman, Fenchurch Street, City of London. The parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns) are from 1559, there are vestry minutes from 1659; and Churchwardens' accounts from 1610. There are also papers relating to parish poor relief and papers relating to the collection of poor rates, tithe rates and church rates.

Records of the parish of Saint Katherine Cree, Leadenhall Street, City of London including parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns); Vestry minutes; financial accounts; administrative papers; papers relating to parish poor relief; poor rate and tithe rate assessments, deeds and rentals of parish properties.