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          31 Archival description results for Customary law

          GB 0074 P85/ALL2 · Collection · 1847-1940

          Records of the parish of All Saints, Lower Marsh, Lambeth, including registers of baptisms and marriages; orders relating to the benefice and a charity cash book.

          Parish of All Saints, Lower Marsh , 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 P90/CTC2 · Collection · 1837-1966

          Records of the parish of Christ Church, Albany Street, Regent's Park, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; church services registers; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice, endowments and sequestrations; Churchwardens' financial accounts; legal documents relating to properties; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church including plans, drawings and photographs; financial records; papers of the Parochial Church Council; and papers relating to the Christ Church National School.

          Parish of Christ Church, Albany Street, Regent's Park , Church of England
          GB 0074 P87/CTC · Collection · 1855-1977

          Records of the parish of Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Paddington, including register of baptisms, marriages and church services; financial records; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; general correspondence; papers relating to personnel; papers relating to the benefice; correspondence and other papers regarding the maintenance of the church fabric; photographs; and parish magazines and newsletters.

          Parish of Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Paddington , Church of England
          GB 0074 P85/CTC1 · Collection · 1862-1986

          Records of the parish of Christ Church, Gipsy Hill, Norwood, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and banns; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; records of the Churchwardens; papers relating to the maintenance of the church including faculties; photographs; parish magazines; papers regarding endowments and the benefice; financial records.

          Also papers of Saint Jude's Mission Church including preachers' books; account book; and photographs.

          Parish of Christ Church, Norwood , Church of England
          GB 0074 P93/CTC1 · Collection · 1702-2004

          Records of the parish of Christ Church, Commercial Street, Spitalfields, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; preachers' books; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; legal documents (such as deeds, leases and conveyances) relating to parish property; papers relating to the maintenance of the church fabric; records relating to church personnel; correspondence and working papers of the incumbents; records of the parish school and parish charities; papers relating to parish boundaries and the benefice; parish newsletters and printed items. Also papers of the Overseers of the Poor.

          The collection includes a large amount of material relating to the restoration of the church building by the Friends of Christ Church, including minutes, administrative papers, plans and reports; and a set of papers relating to the work of the Spitalfields Crypt Trust including minutes, press cuttings and photographs.

          Parish of Christ Church, Spitalfields , Church of England
          GB 0074 P93/CTC2 · Collection · 1842-1947

          Records of the parish of Christ Church, Watney Street, Shadwell, including registers of baptisms and marriages; papers relating to parish boundaries and the benefice; and papers regarding the refurbishment of the organ.

          Parish of Christ Church, Shadwell , Church of England
          COL/CC/MIN · Subfonds · 1668-1990
          Part of CORPORATION OF LONDON

          Minutes and papers of various small, temporary committees of the Court of Common Council, 1668-1990. The Committees were formed to consider various matters including the election, remuneration and behaviour of officers and staff of the Corporation of London; consideration of the effects of various Parliamentary Acts and Bills; the historical rights and privileges of the City of London; the provision of cemeteries; parishes and benefices; metage, particularly of coal and corn; the reform of the Corporation; markets; building maintenance and preservation; debtors, insolvency and bankruptcy; the Gresham bequest; food imports; transport including railways; presentation of the Freedom to William Pitt; militia; the erection of monuments and statues; the funerals of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington and Horatio, Viscount Nelson; legacies and bequests; care of orphans; poor relief; estate management; schools and libraries; City finances; water and gas supply; Port of London; sewers; regulation of trade and licensing; street lighting; prisons and compters.

          Also papers relating to the general organisation and running of Court of Common Council Committees, including the decision to allow public and press to attend certain committees, 1974; lists of committee Chairmen and members for various years; committee books, 1690-1727 and 1813-1990; bills books, 1873-1884; notes on the historical powers of the Court of Common Council and the Court of Aldermen and notes on the streamlining of committees and administration, 1835-1965.

          Corporation of London
          COL/CC/JTC · Subfonds · 1875-1945
          Part of CORPORATION OF LONDON

          Minute books containing the minutes of various ad hoc Joint Committees:

          Joint Committee of the Officers and Clerks and the Law, (Parliamentary) and City Courts Committees regarding Admiralty jurisdiction in the City of London Court, 1875; the impact of the Supreme Court of Judicature Acts of 1870 and 1875 and reforms to the practice and pleading of the Mayor's Court, 1875; reform of the Mayor's Court and City of London Court, 1880; the duties of and the pension to be awarded to City of London Court judges, 1894-1895; the nature, duties and emoluments of the Secondary and elections in Common Hall, 1897-1898.

          Joint Committee of the Officers and Clerks and the Port of London Sanitary Committees regarding the salary of Harry Leach, Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London, 1875.

          Joint Committee of the General Purposes and the Special Tithes Committees regarding matters relating to livings and benefices, 1875.

          Joint Committee of the Coal, Corn and Finance and the Officers and Clerks Committees regarding the salary of William Payne, Chamber Principal Clerk, 1878; the nature, duties and emoluments of the Office of Chamberlain and his staff, 1892-1898; the nature, duties and emoluments of the City Solicitor and City Surveyor, 1895.

          Joint Committee of the Law and City Courts and the Local Government and Taxation Committees regarding taking action against the Toll Bridges/River Thames Bill which aimed to free the toll bridges, 1876-1877; and the Supreme Court of Judicature, 1883.

          Joint Committee of the Gas and Water and the Local Government and Taxation Committees regarding the progress of the Metropolis Waterworks Purchase Bill, 1880.

          Joint Committee of the City Lands and the Law and City Courts Committees regarding finding accommodation for the hearing of special jury cases, 1891

          Joint Committee of the City Lands and the Coal, Corn and Finance Committees regarding finding a site for the construction of a new British School of Art (Tate Gallery), 1891.

          Joint Committee of the Coal, Corn and Finance and the Billingsgate and Leadenhall Markets Committees regarding reduction of tolls on fish brought to Billingsgate market, 1894.

          Joint Committee of the Officers and Clerks and the and the Improvements and Finance Committees regarding the retirement of Principal Clerk of the Public Health Department, 1899.

          Joint Committee of the City Lands and the Improvements and Finance Committees regarding cooperation with the London County Council to preserve the historic building at 17 Fleet Street (Prince Henry's Room, part of an inn that was one of the few buildings to survive the Great Fire of London), 1899-1900.

          Joint Committee of Coal and Corn and Finance and Officers and Clerks Committees, ordered to enquire into the nature, duties and emoluments of the office of Chamberlain, to reconsider the terms and conditions of the appointment and to recommend any necessary reform, Sept 1943-Feb 1945.

          Corporation of London
          EDMONTON HUNDRED
          GB 0074 ACC/0581 · Collection · 1769

          Copy of certificate issued by Richard Hassell to William Spencer of South Mimms relating to the privileges of tenants of the Duchy of Lancaster (including exemption from tolls).

          Richard Hassell, Justice of the Peace for Edmonton Hundred
          RELIGION
          CLA/080 · Collection · 1591-1984

          Papers relating to the administration of religious matters, 1591-1984, including reports and other papers relating to Corporation benefices, 1834-1955; petitions, reports and legal papers relating to tithes, 1817-1981 and precepts and orders issued by the Mayor and others relating to religious matters, particularly the regulation of immoral behaviour, 1669-1818.

          Corporation of London
          GB 0074 ACC/3571 · Collection · 1880-1983

          Records of the Ruislip Cottagers Allotments Charity, including minutes, leases, correspondence and accounts.

          Ruislip Cottagers Allotments Charity
          GB 0074 P95/AND1 · Collection · 1885-1966

          Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Garratt Lane, Earlsfield, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; church services registers; orders of service; papers relating to the consecration of the church; papers relating to parish boundaries, the benefice and glebe lands; papers relating to the construction of the church and faculties; minutes of the Vestry, Parochial Church Council and Advisory Church Council; minutes of church societies and clubs; parish magazines; notes on parish history.

          Parish of St Andrew, Earlsfield , Church of England
          GB 0074 P91/AND · Collection · 1865-1948

          Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Hoxton, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, banns, church services and preachers; papers relating to the benefice; faculties and plans for alterations to the church fabric; financial accounts; and Easter Vestry and Church Meeting minute book.

          Parish of St Andrew, Hoxton , Church of England
          GB 0074 P91/COL · Collection · 1864-1975

          Records of the parish of Saint Columba, Kingston Road, Haggerston, including registers of baptisms, marriages, and banns; marriage licences; church service registers; records relating to parish boundaries and the benefice; papers relating to the maintenance of the church fabric including correspondence, photographs, plans and designs; papers relating to the church hall; financial records; papers relating to parish charities and societies; parish magazines and year books.

          Parish of St Columba, Haggerston , Church of England
          GB 0074 P87/JNE2 · Collection · 1845-1970

          Records of the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Harrow Road, Kensal Green, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; papers relating to staff; papers relating to parish boundaries and the benefice; faculties and plans relating to the maintenance of the church fabric; financial records; Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to parochial charities and the parish school, and parish magazines.

          Parish of St John the Evangelist, Kensal Green , Church of England
          GB 0074 P90/LUK · Collection · 1869-1993

          Records of the parish of Saint Luke, Oseney Crescent, Kentish Town, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; papers relating to the benefice; faculties, citations, architect's reports, plans and correspondence relating to the maintenance of the church fabric; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial records; papers of church societies and parish magazines.

          Parish of St Luke, Kentish Town , Church of England
          GB 0074 P84/LUK · Collection · 1872-1965

          Records of the parish of Saint Luke, South Kensington, including registers of baptisms and marriages; church services registers; curates' licences; papers relating to church income including the benefice; papers relating to parish properties and to the church building including faculties; financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; and parish magazines.

          Parish of St Luke, South Kensington , Church of England
          GB 0074 P89/MRK1 · Collection · 1872-1978

          Records of the parish of Saint Mark, Marylebone Road, including registers of baptisms and marriages; church services registers; Parochial Church Council minute books and reports; parish magazines; papers relating to the union of the benefice with another parish; and correspondence.

          Parish of St Mark, Marylebone , Church of England
          GB 0074 P89/MRY2 · Collection · 1825-1963

          Records of the parish of Saint Mary, Bryanstone Square, Marylebone, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; registers of church services; orders of service; papers of the incumbents; correspondence relating to the benefice; correspondence and faculties relating to building works and restoration; Parochial Church Council minutes and papers; financial accounts; parish magazines and newletters; photographs and scrapbooks.

          Parish of St Mary, Bryanston Square , Church of England
          GB 0074 P94/MTS · Collection · 1848-1993

          Records of the parish of Saint Matthias, Wordsworth Road, Stoke Newington, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; registers of church services; financial records; papers relating to the parish schools; Trust records; parish magazines; records of church personnel; papers relating to parish boundaries and the benefice; records regarding the church building, vicarage and church hall; papers of parish charities; and historical publications.

          Parish of St Matthias, Stoke Newington , Church of England
          GB 0074 DRO/034 · Collection · 1896-1972

          Records of the parish of St Michael and All Angels, Brunswick Park, Barnet, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and confirmations; papers relating to the advowson; papers of the Churchwardens relating to the maintenance of the church fabric; minutes of the Parochial Church Council, and parish magazines.

          Parish of St Michael and All Angels, Brunswick Park , Church of England
          GB 0074 P90/PAN2 · Collection · 1848-1985

          Records of Saint Pancras Old Church, Pancras Road, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of church services; orders of service; papers relating to parish boundaries and the benefice; photographs of the church; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; histories; and parish magazines.

          Parish of St Pancras, Pancras Road , Church of England x St Pancras Old Church
          GB 0074 P84/PAU · Collection · 1861-1978

          Records of the parish of St Paul, Onslow Square, Kensington, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; church service registers; staff records; papers relating to the benefice; records of the Parochial Church Council; papers relating to Saint Paul's Church Home; parish magazines and published sermons.

          Parish of St Paul, Onslow Square, Kensington , Church of England
          GB 0074 P84/PET1 · Collection · 1856-1975

          Records of the parish of St Peter, Cranley Gardens, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and burial services; records relating to staff; papers regarding the benefice; Churchwardens' records; papers relating to the church fabric including faculties; financial records; papers of the Parochial Church Council; papers relating to parish charities and societies; parish magazines; and papers regarding parish boundaries.

          Parish of St Peter, Cranley Gardens , Church of England
          GB 0074 DRO/038 · Collection · 1898-1977

          Records of the parish of Saint Peter, Hornsey, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations, and church services; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the advowson; Churchwardens' financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; and Vestry minutes.

          Parish of St Peter, Hornsey , Church of England
          GB 0102 PP MS 74 · 1902-1977

          Records, 1902-1977 and undated, of and accumulated by the Restatement of African Law Project (RALP), School of Oriental and African Studies, comprising papers of RALP relating to administration, including minutes; and research material, such as notes, publications, theses, and other collected papers, on tribes and places including Basutoland (Lesotho), Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia and Zambia, Sierra Leone, the Sudan, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Tanzania, and Uganda, relating to customs, aspects of law including succession, slavery, marriage and divorce, land tenure, legal systems, including customary law, legislation, courts, and particular legal cases.

          School of Oriental and African Studies , Department of Law , Restatement of African Law Project
          GB 0074 ACC/3477 · Collection · [1978-1988]

          Records of the Staines branch of the Citizens' Advice Bureau, including case files and administrative papers such as press packs, day sheets, correspondence and consumer sheets.

          Citizens' Advice Bureau , Staines branch
          TOOTING GRAVENEY MANOR
          GB 0074 ACC/3185 · Collection · 1543-1709

          Records of the Manor of Tooting Graveney, comprising court roll for courts baron with view of frankpledge.

          Manor of Tooting Graveney
          LCC/WE/RP · Collection · 1930-1939
          Part of LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

          Records of the London County Council Welfare Department relating to the rights and powers of parents, 1930-1939, including committee orders and case files. Please note some files may be closed for Data Protection purposes.

          LCC , London County Council x London County Council