Papers of John Newton, brewer, relating to property purchases in Brentford, Isleworth and Twickenham.

Papers, 1868-1941, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, mainly documents relating to the business of Wyndham Hewitt Limited of The Causeway, Staines and 9 Clement's Lane, Lombard Street, City of London; including letters patent and other documents relating to inventions for improvements in generating machines and extractor fans by Henry F. Joel; and business agreements between Wyndham Hewitt and other businesses including Lagonda Motors Limited.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising probates of wills as follows:

• Probate of will of Arundel T. Spens of 27 Hamilton Road, Ealing, late Colonel Bombay Staff Corps (will made 16 Feb 1898; four codicils, 1911-1920), 1921. Bequests include: household, domestic and personal effects to daughter Alice I. Spens (second codicil 12 June 1913); remainder of real and personal estate to be invested by trustees.

• Letters of administration of estate of Ruth C. Fortune of 171 East 60th Street, New York City, USA, widow, 1940. Administration granted to son James C. Fortune of 40 Grange Park, Ealing, member of Auxiliary Fire Service.

• Probate of will of Fanny Crucefix of 15 Elm Park Court, Pinner, widow (will made 16 Mar 1940), 1941. Bequests include: various pecuniary legacies; remainder of property, including trust funds of marriage settlement, 29 June 1885, and settled legacy of £12,000, to trustees for benefit of two duaghters Maud E. Hatch and Rosa G. Miller.

• Probate of will of Evelyn M. Horton of 92 Pope's Lane, Ealing, spinster (will made 28 May 1951), 1951. Bequests include: various pecuniary and other legacies; all real and remainder of personal estate and effects to trustees for benefit of sister-in-law Margaret Horton.

Papers, 1902-1946, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising conveyances relating to properties in Acton.

Records relating to poor relief in the parish of Edmonton, 1705-1770, including examinations, warrants and removal orders.

Papers, 1868-1929, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Bethnal Green and Upper Holloway including sales particulars, leases, deeds of covenant and probate of will.

Documents relating to merchant shipping; including release of 'Adina' at termination of voyage, 1867; release of 'Fontabelle' at termination of voyage, 1867; agreement and account of crew for 'Shalimar', including nature and place of voyages, provisions, special conditions of crew, certificates by consuls, with standard regulations and instructions, 1874; log book of 'Shalimar', 1873-1878; agreement and account of voyages and crew of 'S.S. Newburn, including nature of voyage, special conditions for crew, certificates from consuls, 1884; account of voyages and crew of 'Wood Park', 1884.

Records of the Tottenham and District Gas Company, 1916-1948, consisting of agreements to supply gas and correspondence.

Memorandum book of Daniel Baker. A memorandum book was a note-book which was sometimes used to record financial transactions.

Abstract of title of Perrys (Ealing) Ltd to number 65 Village Way, Ashford, part of Ashford Farm Estate, with plan, 1933.

Papers, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising settlements, probates and other documents of the Mends family of Notting Hill, St. Marylebone, Paddington and Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1846-1905, including marriage settlement of George Butler Clarke Mends of Dover, Kent and Georgina Nisbet of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire with related documents chiefly concerning mortgage of funds under the will of Josiah Nisbet. Also leases for property in Isleworth and Teddington, 30 Jun 1848 and 6 Nov 1895.

Papers, 1867-1910, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to 557 Lordship Lane, Dulwich, including leases, mortgages, assignments of lease, conveyances and covenant to produce deeds.

Two legal documents, comprising an agreement allowing Thomas Earl of Stamford, Sir Henry Hobart and Sir William Rawlinson access to the law books of the late Sir John Maynard, which were being held by Maynard Colchester of the Middle Temple, London, 1694; and a renewal of Commission in bankruptcy against Charles Pearce and James Pearce of Castle Street, Leicester Fields, Middlesex, tailors and co-partners, 1787.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising conveyance and plan for numbers 16 and 18 Brownlow Road, Willesden, 1896; mortgage for numbers 59 and 61 (formerly 16 and 18) Brownlow Road, Willesden, 1896; assignment for numbers 59 and 61 Brownlow Road, 1903 and assignment for numbers 59 and 61 Brownlow Road, 1907.

Records of the Combes family relating to property, including Combs Eyot [Combes' Island], in the Thames at Shepperton; and land in Sunbury and Hatton.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising lease with plan for land in Thames Street, Greenwich, near New Horse Ferry, 1819; counterpart lease for six houses in Thames Street, Greenwich, with plan, 1839; conveyance by devisee of numbers 23-25 Thames Street, Greenwich, Rose and Crown public house, numbers 3-6 Thames Street and numbers 2-4 Norway Street, Greenwich, 1860 and probate of will of Robert Worth, No 3 Bexley Place, Greenwich, gentleman, 1873.

Records of the Linoleum Manufacturing Company, 1863-1949, including eight general meeting minute books (also containing balance sheets and trading accounts (profit and loss accounts from 1895), lists of shareholders and stockholders, creditors and debtors, investments and bills receivable); office papers; cards giving linoleum gauges and weights, rubber cloths gauges and weights and linoleum mean figures; and photographs of the offices, a French linoleum factory, a linoleum design and Frederick Walton seated at a desk.

Records of the Codd family, including journal/diary of Harrison Gordon Codd, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, 1824-40, recording his involvement in society and government, giving for example, his thoughts on the Poor Law Enquiry 1832, and his friendship with Nassau Senior, and details of family life and events (including a list of his children and their dates of birth on page one); journal/diary of Sophy Shirley Codd, daughter of Harrison Gordon Codd, 1835-36, giving details of daily employment (reading, writing, drawing, singing) and places visited (including Regent's Park Zoological Gardens and several picture exhibitions), and describing the death of her sister, Emma; and journal/diary of Frances Anne Codd, daughter of Harrison Gordon Codd, 1840-1879, recording her daily routine but placing emphasis on visits and outings, including pressed flowers and numerous prints of places visited. Also some Codd family papers including obituaries, correspondence, photographs, event programmes and family history.

The records of this collection fall into two related groups: the records of three Huguenot families who came to England between 1685 and 1690 (ACC/2079/A-C); and the records of several successive firms of solicitors in which one of the descendants of those Huguenot families, P A Hanrott, worked (ACC/2079/D-F).

The collection is of interest for the study of Huguenot families, and contains a good deal of genealogical information (see for example the Gascherie family tree in AC/2079/A/1/24). Papers of the Gascherie and Chesneau families are arranged in four groups. The first group is the largest and consists of documents relating to a legal action brought by Madeleine Gashry on behalf of her mother Suzanne Gascherie, widow of Francois Gashry (see ACC/2079/B1), in La Rochelle to reclaim lands inherited by more distant relations on the death of her sister, Suzanne Gashry (Gascherie) in November 1762. The case required extensive proof of family relationships and copies of baptism, marriage and burial register entries were produced, as well as wills and marriage contracts and other legal documents relating to the lands in question (ACC/2079/A1/003-036). The case was conducted by agents in La Rochelle as Madeleine Gashry and her mother were in Amsterdam and The Hague at the time (ACC/2079/A1/001-002). Although these records partly relate to the Gashry family, they chiefly refer to lands held by Estienne Gascherie, Suzanne Chesneau, his wife and the inherited title of their daughter, Suzanne Gascherie, widow of Francois Gashry. Other records of the Gashry family are listed in section B.

The second group consists of other papers of Estienne and Suzanne Gascherie, including receipts for soldiers billetted on them in La Rochelle in 1685 (ACC/2079/A2/001) and a bond concerning a ship which may have been used to bring Estienne Gascherie to England (ACC/2079/A2/002).

The third group represents the papers of Brigadier Paul de la Gascherie, son of Estienne and Suzanne Gascherie, whose invention concerning sails and keels of ships won him a pension from the Estates General of the Netherlands (ACC/2079/A3/001). He worked all over Europe fitting his invention to ships of various fleets. He went to Moscow and Poland (ACC/2079/A3/016-025) and was in Portugal at the time of the Lisbon earthquake (ACC/2079/A3/008).

The fourth group of papers relates to the Chesneau family, principally the parents of Estienne Gascherie's wife, Suzanne Chesneau. They were French Protestants, and it would seem that Suzanne's father was imprisoned (if not even sentenced to death) during anti-protestant feeling in 1656 (ACC/2079/A4/001). This may explain the context of the exhortation written by Suzanne's mother to both her children, encouraging them to stand firm in the Protestant faith (ACC/2079/A4/003).

The records of the Archbishop of York's estates are interesting for a study of development of the Battersea and Wandsworth areas. The arrangement of the documents reflects these four aspects of their work. ACC/2079/F1 consists of general documents relating to the sale of the Battersea estates, the original deeds, precedents for the Archbishop's tenure of the estates, schedules of deeds and leases, and correspondence relating to more than one property. ACC/2079/F2 consists of documents relating to the Battersea and Wandsworth estates arranged alphabetically by tenant, as the holdings are not described fully enough to arrange them topographically. ACC/2079/F3 refers to the purchase of estates in Bishopthorpe and ACC/2079/F4 to the purchase of Lord Petre's house in Grosvenor Square.

There are also several items in the collection which do not appear to have any connection with the families or the solicitors' firms (ACC/2079/G). P A Hanrott collected a large library, and it is possible that these records were also collected by him.

Records of William Edward Sumpner relating to his property, 53 Pennyfields, Poplar. The property was later renumbered 37.

Records of the Metropolitan Electric Supply Company Limited, comprising plan of land lying in Fulham between West Kensington Station (marked as Barons Court Station), North End Road (marked as 'Barons Court Road late North End Road'), Greyhound Road (marked as Old Grey Hound Road), Hammersmith Cemetery, and the District Line Railway (marked as the Metropolitan District and Hammersmith Extension Railway), 1876; site plan showing the position of Marylebone Passage Sub-Station between Marylebone passage and Eastcastle Street (marked as Castle Street East), St Marylebone, 1904; site plan showing the M.E.S. Co. Generating Station between Manchester Street, Aybrook Street (marked as North Street) and Blandford Street (marked as South Street), St Marylebone, 1914 and plan of Woods Place, Bermondsey, 1914.

Papers relating to property ownership for premises in London, Middlesex and Westminster, 1689-1875 and papers relating to court proceedings, 1776-1869, including King's Bench and Chancery.

Records of the Albion Iron and Wire Works Company Limited, 1889-1971. The majority of the records concern the everyday running of the Company and one of its associated companies, Myerson Kilby Limited, and comprise ledgers, journals, cash books and estimate and invoice books. Unfortunately no minute books have been deposited. There is a substantial run of order books which give a good account of the range of goods manufactured and the variety of customers served by the company. There are also some records relating to property owned by the Company.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising lease of two cottages on Williams Farm, Crews Hill, Enfield, by Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux to Crews Hill Club, 1920; agreement between Crews Hill Club and C A Whitcombe for latter to act as professional golfer to club, 1926; lease by Trinity College, Cambridge to Crews Hill Club of land forming part of Rectory Farm, Enfield, 1927.

Also agreement and lease by Earl of Lucan to Captain Edgar Archer of Church Farm, Laleham, 1921 and 1924 and assignment of lease of the same property by Captain Archer to Charles Norris, 1928.

Papers, 1855-1897, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in The Park, Ealing, including conveyances, mortgage and abstract of title. Also papers of George Hill of Millwall, including leases, probates of will, assignments, conveyances and mortgage.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising abstract of title of Edmondsons Limited to freehold land in Edmonton, including plans, 1871-1906.

Records of the National Light and Heat Company, comprising mounted facsimile of programme for admission to meeting at 97 Pall Mall to establish the National Light and Heat Company, to exploit F A Winsor's hydrocarbonic lights. Facsimile undated, original item 1807.

Diaries of Anthony Heap, 1928-1985. The intention of the diarist does not seem to have been to record all the details of his life nor of the world around him. Some major world events are noted, and it is possible to derive some idea of life in London during the Second World War though not of the progress of that war. He recorded the deaths of statesmen and of people connected with the theatre of whom he wrote brief obituaries. He also recorded strikes and similar national events. From the 1960s the increasing cost of living receives frequent comment. Local and national elections are noted.

On the personal side the events which the diarist recorded, apart from reviews of performances and books, fall into a few main categories. He recorded expenditure and savings; his physical ailments (including the near-fatal attack of peritonitis which led to him being in hospital at the outbreak of war and which, with a later rupture, rendered him unfit for military service); the scouting and outdoor activities which he pursued as a youth and young man; his friendships, both male and (far fewer) female, and his family; and the weather.

From 1937 (Acc 2243/10) the diaries are kept in bound notebooks which the diarist paginated. The diarist recorded his attempts to secure a supply of these. The first diary is a pocket diary (Acc 2243/1) issued by Henekys Ltd., wine merchants, and the Sound and third (Acc 2243/2-3) Boy Scouts pocket diaries. Those for 1931-1932 are bound notebooks (Acc 2243/4-5) and those for 1933-1936 (Acc 2243/6-9) are Letts's office desk diaries. The first and second diaries are written in pencil, the third in ink, and the fourth and fifth in ink and indelible pencil. All the others are in ink. Every diary has been covered in brown paper by the diarist. All are in very good condition. There is evidence that the diarist corrected some entries throughout (usually spelling) but it is not known when.

Records of Camwal Limited, soft drinks manufacturers, including price structure policy papers; sales meetings papers; papers relating to the merger with Cantrell and Cochrane; trade returns; and papers on the proposed sale of Cantrell and Cochrane (Southern) Limited to Schweppes.

Property records from the Dartford Brewery Company Limited, comprising insurance register for licensed premises; premises repair order book and tenants' dilapidations ledger.

Financial records of Royal Brewery Brentford Limited, including loans and deposits accounts; general ledger; audited profit and loss accounts; invoices and bank account books.

Premises records of the Camden Brewery Company Limited, including correspondence regarding the brewery site; papers relating to unlicensed premises and papers relating to licenced premises.

Records of Courage (Export) Limited, brewers, comprising board meeting minutes.

Records of Courage (Western) Limited, brewers, comprising Board and annual general meeting minutes and minutes of the Property Committee and Area Properties Committee, with papers.

Corporate records of Nicholson and Sons Limited, brewers, including Board and general meetings minute books; agenda books; register of members; register of mortgages; register of seals; articles of association; annual reports; and papers relating to the acquisition by Courage.

Records of Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited, brewers, including papers of the Board; debenture trust deeds; articles of association; trust deeds; reports; valuations; registers of directors' share interests and holdings; papers relating to acquisitions and papers relating to subsidiary companies.

Records of Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited, brewers, including financial accounts of subsidiary companies incuding Barclay Perkins, Charles Beasley, Courage and Company, Courage and Barclay, the Dartford Brewery, Georges Brewery Properties, Hodgsons Kingston Brewery, Noakes, Reffells Bexley Brewery, Royal Brewery Brentford, Style and Winch, Nicholsons, Harmans Uxbridge Brewery, Clinch and Company, R Halley, and Horselydown Property Investment Company; redemption accounts; papers relating to budgets; papers and correspondence relating to travel insurance; papers and agendas of the Decimalization Sub-committee; papers and correspondence about tenants' goodwill.

Records of Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited, brewers, including minutes and papers of the Group Brewing Committee; minutes of the Production Planning Committee; brewing book; papers relating to the production of Harp Lager; and promotional leaflets for brewing and storage apparatus.

Property records of Charles Beasley Limited, brewers, including rent and loan ledgers; deposit ledgers; premises' insurance books.

Records of Clinch and Company Limited, brewers, including Board and general meeting minutes; annual reports with accounts; papers relating to shares; memorandum and articles of association; register of seals; and rent ledgers for public houses and other premises.

Financial records of Harmans Uxbridge Brewery Limited, including ledgers; journals; estate accounts; cash books; bank passbooks; accounts; bank statements; credit balances; receipts; papers regarding investments; correspondence relating to financial matters including overdraft, stock and the Loan and Slate Club; income tax papers; audit papers; tax demands and brewery accounts.

Staff records of Harmans Uxbridge Brewery Limited, including wages records; staff employment files; accident papers; service agreements; papers relating to pension and life assurance schemes; papers relating to the appointment of the company secretary; and telephone directory.

General records of Harmans Uxbridge Brewery Limited, including family tree of the Harman family; photographs of the visit of a Mayor to the Brewery; and publicity material.

Staff records of R Halley Limited, brewers, including wages sheets; papers relating to taxation, including income tax; papers relating to the fidelity guarantee policy; correspondence about staff, accounts, remuneration and auditors; papers regarding compensation of staff on the closure of the brewery.

Property records of R Halley Limited, brewers, including leases; papers relating to development of Slough premises; papers regarding redevelopment of Slough High Street; correspondence; papers regarding insurance; rate demands.

Records of London and Provincial Shop Centres (Horselydown) Limited, property development company, including papers relating to the formation of the company; correspondence; memorandum and articles of association; agreements; annual reports; Directors' reports and accounts.

Records of London and Provincial Shop Centres Horselydown (Slough) Limited, property development company, including papers relating to the formation of the company; minutes; memorandum and articles of association; annual reports; balance sheets; Directors' accounts and reports.

Records of Wolton and Attwood Limited, wholesalers in beer and spirits, including papers relating to the acquisition of the Company; memorandum and articles of association; balance sheet; copy board and extraordinary general meeting minutes; draft service agreements; stock transfer forms and financial accounts.

Records of Mumford Hotels Limited, comprising deeds and legal documents for 1-2 West Street, Faversham, Queens Head Hotel, Faversham, (formerly The Falcon, Faversham), and the Ship Hotel, Market Street, Faversham.

Records of the South Coast Bottling Company Limited, comprising board and general meeting minutes, agenda and papers and papers and correspondence concerning liquidation.