Registers of baptisms, 1838-1921; register of marriages, 1870-1917; certificate of registration as a place of worship, 1854; certificate for solemization of marriages, 1870; Trustees minute books, 1816-1923; Executive Council minute book, 1917-1920; Leaders' Meeting minute book, 1903-1917 and Sunday School Teachers' Meeting minute book, 1915-1920.

Register of baptisms, 1796-1894.

Register of baptisms, 1864-1925; register of marriages, 1881-1926; Building Committee and Trustees minute book, 1863-1901; Trustees minute book, 1902-1919; Executive Committee minute book, 1922-1925; reports of West London Mission, 1925; correspondence, 1925-1926.

Register of baptisms, 1869-1888; minutes of the Chapel and Schools, 1865-1897 and collection journal, 1870-1881.

Minutes of Quarterly Meetings, 1877-1891; minutes of the Chapel Trusts Liquidation Fund Committee, 1876-1877; minutes of the Circuit Committee for the Renovation of the Chapels in the Hoxton Circuit, 1882-1883; minutes of Local Preachers meetings, 1865-1892; Circuit Account Book, 1865-1890 and Circuit Schedule Book, 1874-1885.

Register of baptisms, 1838-1880; register of marriages, 1843-1880 and 1902-1906; minutes of Sunday School Teachers' Meetings, 1875-1902; collection journal, 1931-1955; financial accounts, 1863-1881; subscription book for a Lying-In Charity, 1854-1905 and Hackney Road Branch of Wesleyan Missionary Society cash book, 1888-1910.

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.

Register of baptisms of Brunswick Chapel, Limehouse, 1909- 1954; baptism certificate stubs, 1947-1963; register of names in Brunswick Chapel burial ground and vaults, 1831-1853; minute book of trustees' meetings, 1847-1965; minute book of meetings of the trustees of Mitre Schools, 1878-1933; booklet of the Limehouse Wesleyan Sunday School of the Seamen's Mission at Brunswick Chapel, 1913; minute book of meetings of the Wesley Guild Executive, 1922-1940; Collection book of the Wesleyan Foreign Missionary Society, Limehouse based at Brunswick Chapel, 1891-1913; schedule of deeds and documents relating to Limehouse Chapel, 1723-1899, compiled 1899; general correspondence, 1901-1902 and 1940; agreement regarding the improvement and alteration of the Mitre Schools, 1819; Memorandum of Choice and Appointment of new Trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School and Trust Property at Mitre Buildings, Limehouse, 1899 and 1911; Fire Insurance Policy of the Wesleyan Methodist Trust Assurance Company Limited, 1884; Conveyance in Trust for vacant ground lying on south side of and near to the Works of the Blackwall Railway Company in street leading from Church Lane to Three Colt Street called Mitre Buildings, Limehouse, 1842; schedule of deeds and other documents relating to Brunswick Chapel and the Mitre Schools, Limehouse, 1934.

Register of baptisms, 1838-1890; account books, 1784-1800, 1815-1834 and 1850-1861; Steward's account book, 1818-1839; Poor account book, 1822-1832; Minute book of the meetings of the Chapel Committee of Spitalfields Wesleyan Chapel, 1862-1877; Minute book of the meetings of the trustees of Globe Road Chapel, Spitalfields Circuit, 1822-1869.

Register of baptisms for ?Walworth Methodist Church, 1850-1897, including people from parishes in Walworth, Newington, Lewisham, Camberwell, Rotherhithe and Bermondsey.

Register of baptisms, 1851-1919. Some entries copied from the Register of Baptisms, Primitive Methodist Chapel, Fetter Lane, Holborn.

Minute book of the trustees meetings, 1926-1934; correspondence and receipt concerning the minute book, 1927-1928 and register of baptisms, 1848-1932.

Registers of marriages for the following Methodist chapels or missions:

Albany Methodist Mission, 1954-1958

Brockley Wesleyan Chapel, 1914-1947

Brunswick Chapel Limehouse, 1900-1954

Calderwood Street Methodist Chapel (Woolwich Methodist Church from 1965), 1939-1977

Cassland Road Wesleyan Chapel, South Hackney, 1900-1940

Charlton Methodist Church, Woolwich Road, Charlton, 1919-1940

Dulwich Road Methodist Church, Herne Hill, 1950-1962

Emery Hall, Augusta Street, Poplar, 1918-1954

Green Lanes Methodist Chapel, Stoke Newington, 1906-1967

Grove Mission, Great Guildford Street, 1889-1913

Highbury Wesleyan Chapel, Drayton Park, Highbury, 1868-1929

High Street Wesleyan Chapel, High Street, Hampstead, 1881-1933

Hither Green Wesleyan Chapel, Hither Green Lane, Lewisham, 1913-1940

Hornsey Road Chapel, Hornsey Road, 1915-1940

Lambeth Wesleyan Chapel, Lambeth Road, 1916-1928

Liverpool Road Chapel, Liverpool Road, 1865-1953

Locksfield Wesleyan Chapel, Rodney Road, Walworth (Lockfeld Methodist Chapel, from 1939), 1926-1955

Lycett Memorial Methodist Chapel, White Horse Lane, 1955-1962

Methodist Chapel, Hackney Road, 1933-1942

Methodist Chapel, Poplar, 1946-1973

Methodist Chapel, St Johns Square, Clerkenwell, 1949-1952

Methodist Chapel (Welsh), City Road, 1933-1940

Methodist Chapel, Westbridge Road, Battersea, 1960-1967

Methodist Church, Crystal Palace Road, East Dulwich, 1940-1942

Methodist Chapel, Grayshott Road, Lavender Hill, 1938-1939

Methodist Church, Herbert Road, Plumstead, 1935-1968

Methodist Church, Lynwood Road, Tooting, 1947-1967

Methodist Church, Waterloo Road, 1935-1941

Mildmay Park Chapel, Mildmay Park, 1862-1963

New Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars Road, 1924-1943

Packington Street Methodist Chapel, 1947-1964

Primitive Methodist Chapel, Chrisp Street, Bromley, 1907-1925

Primitive Methodist Chapel, Eglinton Hill, Plumstead, 1920-1935

Primitive Methodist Chapel, Furber Street, Hammersmith, 1916-1954

Primitive Methodist Chapel, Kilburn Lane, 1921-1934

Primitive Methodist Chapel, Robert Street, Plumstead, 1900-1965

Primitive Methodist Chapel, Stoke Newington, 1928-1940

Queensway Methodist Hall, Queens Road, 1902-1958

Roupell Park Wesleyan Church, West Norwood, 1907-1966

St Georges Hall and Schools, Old Kent Road, 1906-1955

St James Church, Stanstead Road, Forest Hill, 1908-1966

Southwark Park Methodist Chapel, Bermondsey, 1937-1955

Sutherland Avenue Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1899-1977

The Edinburgh Castle, Rhodeswell Road, Mile End Old Town, 1936-1951

United Methodist Church, High Road, Lee, 1927-1971

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, The Broadway, Streatham, 1889-1966

United Methodist Church, Bruce Road, Bromley, 1925-1940

United Methodist Church, Charlotte Street, Caledonian Road, 1908-1940

United Methodist Church, Fentiman Road, Lambeth, 1932-1976

United Methodist Church, Paradise Road, Clapham, 1910-1935

United Methodist Church, Pembury Grove, Lower Clapton, 1918-1941

United Methodist Church, Walham Grove, Fulham, 1911-1971

Victoria Hall, Woolwich Road, East Greenwich, 1929-1969

Victoria Wesleyan Church, Barrow Hill Road, St Johns Wood, 1905- 1940

Waltham Green Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Fulham Road, 1904-1964

Welsh Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Holborn, 1899-1933 (UNFIT for access)

Wesleyan Chapel, Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill, 1924-1939

Wesleyan Chapel, Caledonian Road, Islington, 1867-1915 (UNFIT for access)

Wesleyan Chapel, Camden Street, Camden Town, 1931-1938

Wesleyan Chapel, High Street, Sydenham (Dartmouth Road, Sydenham from 1938), 1918-1945

Wesleyan Chapel, London Street, Greenwich (Central Hall from 1906, West Greenwich Methodist Church from 1935), 1885-1969

Wesleyan Chapel, Wauxhall Walk, 1931-1957

Wesleyan Church, Rushey Green, Catford, 1897-1967

Wesleyan Chapel, Oakley Place, Old Kent Road (later St Georges Methodist Church), 1900-1981

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Brockley Rise, Forest Hill (Honor Oak Park Methodist Church from 1934), 1902-1974

Wesleyan Methodist Central Hall, High Street, Plumstead, 1906-1957

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Danty Street, Hackney Wick, 1909-1935

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Denbigh Road, Westbourne Grove, 1911-1940

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Kitto Road, Nunhead, 1901-1972

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, New Cross Road, 1903-1942

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Prince of Wales Road, Kentish Town, 1922-1964

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, The Avenue, Blackheath, 1866-1945

Wesley Hall, Streatham, 1924-1948

William Street, Methodist Chapel, Woolwich, (Calderwood Methodist Chapel from 1939), 1900-1939

Working Lads Institute, Whitechapel Road, 1905-1906

Methodist Church, Westhorne Avenue, Eltham, 1932-1981

Kingsway Hall, Lesley House, Kingsway, 1931-1980.

Register of marriages, 1914-1940.

Records of the North Surrey School District, 1849-1930, including minutes of the Board of Managers; minutes and reports of various Committees; medical reports; annual reports and statements of accounts; pamphlet 'A Short History of the North Surrey District School'; orders of and correspondence with the Poor Law Board and Local Government Board; admission and discharge registers for Anerley School; registers of apprentices and servants; staff lists and superannuation registers.

Receipts issued to Thomas Strafield for payment of rates to the Westminster Commission of Sewers for the Kings Scholars Pond, and to the parish of Saint James's, Westminster for the care of the poor, 1777-1778.

Items from the Crystal Palace Handel-Mendelssohn Festival including admission ticket, to Orchestra, for Miss M. Bruin, 1909; admission ticket to South Area Stall, 1909; photograph of orchestra and choir, 1909 and label for instrument case, 1912.

Report, dated 1946, prepared by the Civil Defence Department, Home Office, on a flying bomb incident at Lewisham, 28 Jul 1944; and draft report, apparently prepared for Deptford Borough Council, on rocket incidents in the borough, 1944-1945.

Printed list of gross and rateable values of valuation lists for Metropolitan parishes and unions, 1875.

Apprenticeship indenture for John Campbell, resident in the Asylum, apprenticed to George Campbell, shoemaker, 1817.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Bermondsey, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages and Parochial Church Council (PCC) minutes.

Records of the parish of Saint John, Deptford, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; preachers' books; offertory registers; church services registers; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial records; and papers relating to the parish school.

Records of the church of the Annunciation, Bryanston Street, Marylebone, comprising registers of baptism, marriage and banns of marriage, service registers and parish magazines.

Records of the Food Control Committee, Court of Common Council, including agendas and draft agendas, rough, draft or copy minutes, committee papers and correspondence, 1939-1950; reports of City Solicitor on prosecutions, with papers relating to cases, 1940-1946 and applications and indexes regarding licences, 1939-1950.

Records of the Freedom Committtee (19th Century), Court of Common Council, comprising minutes and committee papers, 1844-1855.

Minute book, 1917-1920, and letter book, 1941-1955, of the Local Food Control Committee, Court of Common Council, City of London.

Records relating to the London Militia, including papers of Committee to consider the Militia Acts, 1795-1796; papers of Committee for considering certain matters relative to the City Militia and the Artillery Ground, 1798; papers regarding use of the Artillery Ground, 1799-1800; account of money claimed on each parish for maintenance of wives and families, March 1799; lists of men who never joined or deserted from the East and West Regiments, May 1799; papers regarding raising of men for the Militia and Army of Reserve and offering of bounties, 1800-1804; lists of men enlisted for the East and West Regiments of the London Militia, 1799-1800; papers of Committee for considering certain matters relative to the City Militia, including papers regarding the presentation of Colours to the Loyal London Volunteers and London Militia, 1803-1805 and 1807-1808; Special Militia Committee, including questions proposed to the Commanding Officers of the London Militia with their replies, accounts of Trophy Tax, accounts of the number of men discharged from the two Regiments and of promotions and desertions and returns from the parishes of monies paid to militia men's wives and families, 1810-1814; papers of the Militia Committee, including copy of the Militia Bill (1820), 1817-1828; papers of Special Committee regarding the Trophy Tax and the London Militia, 1831 and 1834; minute books of Special Militia Committee, 1810-1817 and 1820-1821.

The papers include some signed reports of the Committee to the Court of Common Council and also correspondence from the Court of Lieutenancy and up to 1799 from the Honourable Artillery Company enclosing copies of resolutions, reports, proceedings etc. of those bodies.

Records of the Royal Hospitals Committee comprising minute books, 1835-1848 and a draft report considering the report of the Charity Commissioners, 1846.

Records of the Comptroller and City Solicitor including report book, 1945-1980; chamber rentals, 1667-1784; rentals, 1701-1784; Conduit Mead rentals, 1766-1784; Bridge House rentals, 1785-1953; Bridge House rentals collector's books, 1819-1851; City rentals, 1785-1956; Counties rentals, 1858-1953; Markets rentals, 1877-1957; Improvements rentals, 1895-1959; Coal Exchange rentals, 1912-1929; airport rentals, 1952-1956 and general rentals, 1704-1774.

Records of the Comptroller, Corporation of London, including letter books, 1778-1826; letter books regarding renewable leases, 1926-1930; list of renewable leases, 1889-1926; general reports, 1865-1945; reports to the City Lands Committee, 1899-1945; reports to the Bridge House Committee, 1899-1945; reports to the Markets Committee, 1899-1927 and 1931-1945; reports to the Public Health Committee, 1898-1945; order books, 1797-1803, 1807-1843; orders for leases, 1880-1839; general docquet books, 1800-1830 and 1950-1959; City Lands docquet books, 1830-1950; Bridge House docquet books, 1839-1916 and 1927-1950; Public Health department docquet book, 1902-1950; inventories of books, deeds and records held by the Comptroller, 1703, 1717, 1721, 1842, 1852 and 1854; papers relating to Bridge House, 1603-1850, including rentals, orders, repairs, lists of tenants, notices, estimates, contracts, valuations, compensation cases, bills and plans, especially relating to London Bridge; opinions of counsel, 1688-1850; cases and opinions of counsel regarding City rights and privileges, 1758-1822; case book, 1765-1784; bills and fees, 1649-1817; deeds from Spitalfields Market, 1636-1902, passed to the Corporation of London either in 1902 when it bought the freehold of the market or in 1920 when it bought the leasehold and franchise.

Docquet books contained information about leases and other documents which were to be sealed with the City Seal.

Plans of land and property owned by Bridge House estates, 1592-1889, including site or street plans of Avondale Square; Maidenhead Court; Wrestler's Court; White Street, Bermondsey; Webber Street, Southwark; the widening of Upper Thames Street, Tooley Street, Pottery Fields, The Maze, Little Eastcheap, Fish Hill Street; improvements at Temple Bar; a new street at Tottenham Court Road; a burial ground at St Michael, Crooked Lane; Bankside, Southwark, including the Globe Theatre; Wild Marsh, Stratford; Rock Hill and West Hill, Sydenham; St George's Fields, Southwark; Kent Street Road; Finsbury Circus; Great Suffolk Street and Belvidere Row, Bridewell, Surrey. Also drawings, elevations and plans of buildings including premises in Swan Street, Thames Street, Sun Alley, Rood Lane, Fenchurch Street, Paternoster Row, Philpot Lane, Old Change, King William Street, Lewisham High Street, Crucifix Lane, Dirty Lane, Friday Street, Five Foot Lane, Cheapside, Bermondsey Street, Arthur Street and Blackman Street; the Castle Alehouse and other properties, Watling Street; vaults and premises on Water Lane; the Watch House and other premises on Tooley Street; premises near St Paul's Churchyard; the Freemason's School and other premises, St George's Fields, Southwark; premises near King's Bench Prison and Marshalsea Prison; Borough Compter and surrounding premises; a stable on Old Kent Road; Sherwood's Dye House and other premises, Battle Mill Lane; demolished properties on Montague Close, Southwark; The Crown Public House, shops and other premises, Newgate Street; wharves and warehouses, Malt's Wharf; shipyards, wharves and docks, Deptford; designs for Legal Quays, St Catherine's Docks, the Southwark river frontage, West India docks and Cotton's Wharf, Southwark; Bridge House Court, Gracechurch Street; designs for warehouses and almshouses; plans and designs for Bridge House, the administrative headquarters of the old London Bridge; Mr Toulmin's Soap Manufactory, Bridewell, Surrey; stairs at Pepper Alley. Also signed contract drawings for Tower Bridge; designs for St Michael's Bridge, Stratford; survey of watercourses and designs for bridge at Battle Mill Stream; plan of the river Lea from Hertford to the Thames; designs for the reconstruction of Southwark Bridge; designs and plans of the bridge, approach roads, chapel, gate and houses, London Bridge; plans for the Chatham and Dover Railway Bridge over the Thames; designs for footpaths, tramways, railways, approaches and the Fleet Sewer, Blackfriars Bridge, and designs for the Croydon and Rotherhithe Canal and the Grand Surrey Canal.

Plans of land and property owned by the City Lands estates, 1641-1928, including site or street plans of All Hallows church, London Wall; Pickaye Street, Barbican; Bevis Marks near St Mary Axe; Chatham Place; Coleman Street; the Conduit Mead and Finsbury Estates; Earl Street, Blackfriars; Fenchurch Street; Holborn Valley improvements; Leadenhall Street; the Minories; Old Change; St Paul's Churchyard; Shoemaker Row; Temple Bar; Thames Street; Tottenham Court Road; Whitecross Street; plans for the widening of Billiter Lane, Wormwood Street, Bow Lane, Bread Street, Brick Hill Lane, Camomile Street, Cheapside; Snow Lane, Dowgate Hill, Eastcheap, Jewin Street, Mark Lane; Old Jewry; Poultry, Seething Lane; Snow Hill; Tower Street; Walbrook; Watling Street, Wormwood Street. Also drawings, elevations and plans of buildings including premises in Mitre Court and Adams Court, Duke's Place; Aldermanbury; Aldgate High Street; Bangor Court, Shoe Lane; Lothbury; Bell Court, Old Bethlem; Cheapside; Bishopsgate Street; New Broad Street; Budge Row, Castle Street; Cateaton Street; Chancery Lane; Crown Court, Moorfields; Crutched Friars; Dolphin Court, Blackfriars; Duke's Place; Grub Street; City Road, Old Street; Rotten Row; Windmill Hill; Fish Street Hill; Fleet Street; Giltspur Street; Gracechurch Street; Holborn Bridge; Houndsditch; Isle of Dogs; Jewry Street; Lambeth Hill; Ludgate Hill; Moorfields; Moorgate; New Bridge Street; New Broad Street; New Court, St Swithun's Lane; Ratcliffe; St Dunstan's Hill; St Mary Axe; St Swithun's Lane; Shoe Lane; Stonecutters Street; Watling Street; plans of houses to be demolished in Bartholomew Lane; Bethlem Hospital in Moorgate, with adjoining premises and burial ground; plans of Blackwell Hall; plan of the Boar's Head Tavern, Smithfield Barrs; plan of the house of the Keeper, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground; designs for extension, East India House; plan of Hudson's Bay Company premises; plan of the Gresham Almshouses; plan of Guildhall and offices; Watch House and other premises, Old London Wall; designs and plans for Mansion House; plans, designs and elevations for Leadenhall Market, Stocks Market, Honey Lane Market, Fleet Market, Farringdon Market, Smithfield Market, Queenhithe Market, Newgate Market and Street Lane Market; 'a method to fix the ground in Moorfields at a mean depth', Old Bethlem; designs for timber stairs at Old Swan Stairs, near London Bridge; designs for renovations, Paul's Stairs, Vauxhall Stairs, Three Crane Stairs and Stew Lane Stairs; designs and plans, Giltspur Street Compter, Poultry Compter, Newgate Prison, Ludgate Prison, Wood Street Compter; new burial ground at St Andrew's Holborn; plan of Blackwall Wharf; design for Blackfriars Wharf; plan of Broken Wharf; design for rebuilding Custom House Quay; design for Corn Office, Black Swan Court, Tower Street; plans of Artillery Ground, Finsbury; plan of Puddle Dock, Sabbs Dock and Queenhithe Docks; designs for embankments and towpaths along the River Thames; plans for Whitefriars Dock; plan of wharf and approaches, Blackfriars Bridge; plan for repairing London Bridge; plans of Westminster Bridge and section of the Isle of Dogs Canal.

Many of the plans include the names of tenants or owners of the buildings or lands.

Records of the City Solicitor, Corporation of London, including briefs for cases at the Old Bailey, Guildhall Sessions, Mayor's Court and other courts, 1802-1851; papers relating to various suits regarding the Metropolitan railway, police regulations, Holborn Valley Improvement, oyster metage, Thames Navigation, the Coal Exchange, London Bridge approach roads and other subjects, 1800-1870; papers regarding the Corporation decision to demolish All Hallows Church, Lombard Street, including photographs, maps, plans, petitions, reports, parliamentary debates, press cuttings and journals, correspondence and information on the proposed merger with St Edmund the King, 1926-1937; papers regarding William Ward's bequest including his will and documents relating to the creation of the City of London School for Girls, 1881-1892; papers regarding the case of the Mayor vs Lyons Son and Company, 1929-1939; papers regarding the case of Potter Oyler vs the Mayor, 1937; report books, 1797-1798 and 1863-1945; order books, 1764-1778, 1797-1803 and 1834-1837; bills, fees, payments and receipts, 1671-1862; notes on crown prosecutions, 1791-1797 and 1835-1847 and extracts regarding the office of solicitor, 1755-1776 and 1803.

Custumals including the Liber de Antiquis Legibus, an historical, political and domestic chronicle covering 1188-1274, compiled in 1274; the Liber Horn, made in 1311 under the direction of Andrew Horn, City Chamberlain, containing transcripts of charters, statutes, grants, customs, charters of companies and towns, precedents, oaths, writs and the "Laws of Oleron" [code of maritime regulation, written 1150]; the Liber de Assisa Panis containing the customs, regulations and punishments connected with the Assize of Bread, 1293-1438; the Liber Ordinationum, a volume of ordinances, customs, legal treatises and statutes from Magna Carta (1215) to 1330; the Liber Custumarum, a volume of City customs, laws, charters, proceedings and municipal regulations, 1324?; the Carte Antique, illuminated transcripts of charters and statutes, 1327-1498; the Statuta Antiqua Angliae, a copy of the Carte Antique covering the period 1327-1430; the Decretales Gregorii Papae, compilation of decretals [papal decrees] promulgated in 1235, with glosses upon the text; the Liber Dunthorn, containing transcripts of charters and extracts from Letter Books and other City records, compiled under the direction of William Dunthorn, Town Clerk, 1474?; the Liber Fleetwood, presented to the City by William Fleetwood, Recorder, 1576, containing information on the Courts of Law and the Mayor, Aldermen and other officers in the year 1576, as well as the liberties, franchises and customs of the City, the liberties, customs and charters of the Cinque Ports [Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich], the Queen's prerogative in the salt shores and the liberties of Saint Martin le Grand; the Liber Albus, compiled under the direction of John Carpenter, Town Clerk, 1419, containing information regarding customs, laws, social conditions, trade and the general conduct of a municipality; the Liber Legum [or Liber Legum Civitatis], extracts from the City Letter Books, 1342-1590; the Liber Lynne, transcripts of deeds of the possessions of the families of Lawneye and Wyth in Lynne, London and Southwark, 1281-1452; proceedings in the Star Chamber with extracts from charters, statutes, inquisitions and other authorities as to the preservation of the navigation of the River Lea, particularly in relation to Waltham Bridge, 1524 and a book containing proceedings against the Hanse merchants of the Steelyard [Hanse merchants traded with foreign ports] resulting in loss of their privileges, 1551-1556, with papers added in relation to the exemption of the Steelyard from assessments and taxes, 1653-1699.

Records of the Housing Department, Corporation of London, including leaflets produced by the Department; reports on housing in the City of London, 1933 and 1965; Housing Department quarterly performance review, 1992-1995; notes on the history of the Corporation's housing activities, 1980; papers regarding artisan's dwellings built by the Corporation under the Artisan's and Labourers' Dwellings Improvement Act 1875, including developments at Petticoat Square, 1884; papers regarding war damage repairs at Avondale Square, 1940-1945; papers regarding the Cosser Street redevelopment, 1970s; competition to design new housing at Golden Lane, EC, 1951-1952; illustrated brochure describing the Golden Lane development; papers regarding the William Blake estate, 1985 and 1994; notes taken during a case in arbitration between the Corporation of London and contractors, Ilford Housing Scheme, 1923-1924; report on housing for the aged poor at Isledon House, 1951-1953; papers regarding visit of Russian Housing Mission to the City of London, 1955; papers on the public enquiry regarding Shepherdess Walk, 1924-1925; lists of the numbers of houses in each ward, 1772, 1784 and 1858; demolition orders made under the Housing Acts, 1936-1949 and notices and orders regarding curious houses, 1761-1828.

Records of the Corporation of London relating to Charities, including lists of charities under the control of the Corporation, 1829, 1833, 1868, 1903-1904 and 1956-1961; notes on charitable payments made in the year 1632; report by the Charity Commissioners, 1837; report by the Royal City Parochial Charities Commission, 1880; summary of the Charitable Trusts Bill, 1881; minutes, papers, annual reports and accounts relating to the Sir William Coxen trust fund (for the benefit of any orthopaedic hospital in England, and other hospitals or charitable institutions carrying on similar work, with preference being given to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital of Great Portland Street, London), 1946-1994; papers relating to the Signor Pasquale Favale Bequest (a bequest of 18,000 Italian lira to provide marriage dowries to help 'poor, honest and young' women set up home), 1882-1947; papers and financial accounts relating to Sir John Langham's Charity for the relief of poor distressed soldiers and seamen and their families, 1768-1976, including petitions from individual sailors, marines and soldiers seeking financial assistance, dating from 1771 onwards.

Legal papers, reports and correspondence relating to the bequest of Thomas Alexander Mitchell, MP, (to found the Mitchell City of London Charity for the provision of educational grants) 1876-1945; minute books, financial accounts and correspondence for the Wilson's (Dinner and Ring) Trust, 1881-1995 (please note these records are closed); minute books, letter books, papers, financial accounts, administrative and staff records for the Wilson's Loan Trust (providing loans for young people about to set up in some trade, manufacture, business or profession in the area of Greater London or the Counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex, Kent, Hertfordshire, Surrey, East Sussex or West Sussex), 1786-1988 (please note some of these records are closed); notes on the history of the Wilson's Loan Trust, including extract from Samuel Wilson's will of 1766, compiled 1979-1990; papers relating to the Sheriffs' Fund Society, founded by Alderman Christopher Smith and Sir Richard Phillips, Sheriffs in 1807-1808, to help distressed prisoners and their families, including annual reports, rules of the fund, agendas and minutes, financial accounts, administrative papers, papers relating to legacies and grants and papers relating to appeals and case notes, 1810-1997.

Also papers relating to individual charities including the Ada Lewis Winter Distress Fund, 1908-1958; Sheriff's Fund Society, 1940; Lady Catherine Barnardiston's Prison Charity, 1889; letters between the City and Blandford, Tiverton and Ramsey relative to losses sustained by fires and the distribution of the money collected in London for relief of the sufferers, 1731-1734; bequest of A B Bosher, 1926-1930; Sir Martin Bowes' Charity for the maintenance of conduits in the City, 1864 and 1997; distribution of sea coal to the poor under the bequest of Sir J. Cambell, 1676-1678; the Thomas Carpenter Educational and Apprenticing Foundation, 1960; the Sir John Cass Charity, 1873 - 1898; the City Parochial Foundation, 1891-1958; Costin's Bequest for the distribution of coal, 1666-1737; Baron Hilton's Charity, 1675- 1685; the gift of William Lambe, citizen and clothworker of London, 1568; the Lord Mayor Treloar Trust, 1970?; Robert Smyths' gifts for the preacher and school master at Market Harborough, 1666-1816; Walthamstow Monoux Almshouse and Grammar School, 1636-1655; the Leonidas Alcibiades Oldfield bequest, 1949- 1988 (some files are closed); United Society of St. George's, Southwark, and St. Antholin's, Walting Street for relieving the sick and others in circumstances of distress, 1805? and William Ward's bequest for the founding of the City of London School for Girls, 1940s.

Recognizances of debts, 1285, 1291-1296, 1298-1299, 1309-1311, 1313-1317, 1345-1346, 1363-1364, 1377-1393.

Recognizances of freemen and sureties, [1436-1497]

Miscellaneous recognizances on bonds, [1612-1685].

Papers relating to railways, 1839-1983, including reports, evidence and petitions relating to the construction of new lines and stations; papers relating to fires, 1522-1974, including papers on the provision of fire fighting equipment, the introduction of fire insurance policies and the establishment of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade; papers relating to the Great Fire of London, 1667-1966, including acts, orders and financial accounts relating to the rebuilding of the City of London including receipts from Christopher Wren, papers relating to the investigation into the cause of the Fire, financial accounts of funds to relieve those affected, descriptions and accounts of the Fire; papers relating to Royal and Municipal Commissions, 1816-1969; papers relating to war 1692-1995, including papers relating to the Corporation's activities during World War One; air raid precautions and casualties, Roll of Honour of Civilian War Dead in the City of London and papers relating to the bombing of Guildhall, World War Two and City of London salute to the task force, Falklands Campaign, 1982.

Papers relating to transport, 1663-1985, including hackney coaches and hackney carriages, carts and carmen, stage coaches, river traffic, tramways, omnibuses and buses, subways, Heathrow and Fairlop Airports, the London Underground and the Channel Tunnel terminal in London; papers relating to shipping, 1610-1989; papers relating to trades and crafts, 1510-1991, including bills, wages, regulations, acts and petitions regarding bricklayers, carpenters, carters, founders, glaziers, masons, painters, paviors, plasterers, plumbers, smiths, wireworkers, button makers, butchers, chimney sweeps, hairdressers, ironmongers, spoon makers, paper makers, tanners, tailors, rakers, midwives, engravers, clock makers and printers; papers relating to the Honourable Artillery Company, 1503-1967.

Papers relating to the history of London, 1565-1994, including "An exposicion of the Kinges prerogative collected out of the great abridgement of Justice Fitz-Herbert and other olde writers of the lawes of England" by Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, 1565, "Londinopolis: An Historicall Discourse or Perlustration of the City of London, The Imperial Chamber, and chief Emporium of Great Britain: Whereunto is added another of the City of Westminster, with the Courts of Justice, Antiquities, and new Buildings thereunto belonging" by James Havel, 1657, and various other antiquarian and modern books, articles and pamphlets on the history of London; papers relating to health and medicine, 1657-1994, including bills of mortality, papers relating to the outbreak of plague in London, 1665-1666, letters, reports and conference papers relating to the control of cholera; papers regarding provisions, 1607-1990, including warrant authorising the Mayor to receive venison out of the Royal Parks, 1607 and papers of committees investigating the high price of provisions, 1767-1822; papers relating to the government of the City of London and Greater London, 1849-1993; papers relating to the provision and price of gas, 1828-1918; papers relating to the supply of water to the City, 1538-1992; papers relating to the placing, erection and upkeep of statues and monuments in London, 1680-1995; papers relating to weights and measures, 1678-1997, including records of action taken against those using false weights and measures and registers of weighed goods; papers relating to seals and medals, 1285-1995, including examples of medieval seals and register of documents sealed; papers relating to insignia and plate, 1650-1993, including information on the Collar of SS, Diamond Badge or Jewel, Mace, Crystal Mace, Swords, City Purse, Mayoralty Seal, Robes and Sceptre and inventories of City plate; papers relating to the population of the City of London, 1719-1982, including "A compu tation of the increase of London and parts adjacent; with some causes thereof, and remarks thereon", 1719, population returns, 1821-1897 and population studies and articles; papers regarding tolls, 1605-1833, including Acts, bonds, exemptions and leases; papers relating to the postal service, 1741-1938, including examples of early stamps and papers relating to the Penny Post; papers relating to the carrying out of writs, 1460-1965, including writs of habeas corpus, certiorari, subpoenas and jury summons; papers relating to the textile trade, 1674-1995, including orders, rates, inventories, petitions relating to the production of textiles including cloth, lace and wool, bonds of searches and sealers of tanned leather, 1699-1804, and articles on the history of textiles.

Papers relating to probate, 1693-1786, including estate inventories, letters of administration and notes on legal customs; papers relating to the regulation of fireworks and bonfires within the City, 1673-1857; papers relating to archaeological investigations in the City of London, 1972-1989; extracts relating to archery in Finsbury Fields, 1521; reports and articles relating to the armorial bearings of the City, 1216-1973; bullion certificates, 1696-1819; licences issued for the right to use calcium carbide, 1897-1919; papers relating to convex lights, 1692-1694; papers relating to conveyancing, 1770-1948 and various other papers relating to aspects of the administration of the City of London including common soil, conservation, criminal prosecutions, city customs and liberties, the Customs House, erection of hoardings, gifts and presentations, regulation of gunpowder, income tax, the London Building Acts, licensing, lotteries, regulation and licensing of petroleum, precedent books, precepts issued by the Mayor or Common Council, bills for printing and stationery, the Olympic Games, pageantry, proclamations, brewers and public houses, the Shops Act, smoke abatement and clean air, street cleaning, theatres, the unemployed, Viewer's reports, wharves, woods and forests, newspapers and cuttings, fishing, the Festival of the City of London, coffee houses, coinage, the Bank of England and other financial institutions.

Papers relating to the City of London, including plans, 1880-1949; article on "Life in the City in 1900", 1981; papers relating to the City Arts Trust, 1962-1964; correspondence regarding ward boundaries, 1957-1959; planning implications of the City's boundary changes, 1994; papers regarding the City and Guilds of London Institute, 1878-1989; articles, brochures, event programmes and certificates, 1952-1998 and papers and reports of the City Day Census, 1881-[1980]. Papers relating to Corporation of London property, including notices of auction, assessments of value and schedule of rentals, 1798-1934. Also records relating to the Guildhall, including histories, papers on the rebuilding of the Guildhall post Second World War, 1865-1997 and lists of preachers at the Guildhall Chapel, 1670-1717.

Papers relating to London, including surveys, plans, maps, drawings, fundraising appeals, letters, reports, photographs, articles, financial accounts, orders of the Court of Aldermen, graphs, brochures, posters, bills and orders for payment, Parliamentary proceedings, presentments of Leet Juries and solicitor's papers, 1449-1993, relating to various subjects including fairs and markets, individual properties, churches and parishes, synagogues, docks, improvement and construction works, trades, the Great Fire of London, the Fleet Ditch, bridges, the Monument, artisan's dwellings, the Silver Jubilee Walkway and the Tower of London.

Papers relating to Southwark, including papers relating to the Bailiff of Southwark, 1564-1844; papers relating to the Aldermen of the Ward of Bridge Without [Southwark], 1550-1957; copy charters relating to Southwark, 1406-[1680]; papers relating to the jurisdiction of the City of London in Southwark, 1462-1899; various petitions, reports, extracts, appointments, correspondence and indentures relating to Southwark, 1726-1845; official guide books to Southwark, [1940s-1965]; petitions to the Court of Aldermen, 1681-1755; papers relating to the Steward of Southwark, 1683-1836 and poor rate assessment, Southwark, 1777.

Papers relating to the United Kingdom including claim of Aldborough, Suffolk for exemption from the duties of Waterbailage Eastward, 1536-1537; copy of a letter from W. F. Bayley, Prebendary of Canterbury, to Sir William Curtis asking for the support of the Lord Mayor in relation to the restoration of Archbishop Sudbury's Tomb, 1828; guide book to Chirk Castle, Wrexham, home of the Middleton family, including Sir Thomas Middleton, Lord Mayor 1613-1614, 1992; map of a freehold farm situated at Eltisley, Cambridgeshire, belonging to the governors of St Thomas Hospital and the trustees of the Freemen's Orphan School, 1870; "Ironbridge and the City Guilds", an illustrated brochure prepared by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust to raise funds from the City Livery Companies, including various illustrations of items from the Ironbridge area to be found in the City of London or with a City association, [1981]; documents presented at the Mayor's Court relating to the bargain or sale, in consideration of £900, of an annual rent of 6 quarters of wheat, Joshua and Ely. Bonhorne, late of Jersey to John Poingdestre of Jersey, 1675; report of proceedings before arbitration between the Rector of Liverpool and the Corporation of London under the 1864 Liverpool Improvement Act, 1868; papers relating to a suit at King's Bench between the Borough of Queen borough, Kent and Edward Skey relating to the oyster fisheries, 1826 and petition 'to the benevolent and humane British Public,' from the Freemen and Inhabitants of Queenborough, being Oyster Fishermen whose trade is ruined, [1820].

Papers relating to overseas matters, particularly addresses and thanks to the Mayor on the occasion of state visits, but also including letter from the Committee of the Association of New York to the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London, requesting their sympathy and protesting against the tax on tea, 5 May 1775; letter from the American Congress to the Lord Mayor and Livery of London, asking them to mediate in the War of Independence, read in Common Hall, 29 Sep 1775; scroll of friendship presented to the Mayor by the City of New York, 1947; greetings offered to Williamsburg and Richmond on the visit of Mayor Sir Cullum Welch, 1957; reply signed by Colonel Frank Borman, U.S.A.F., NASA Astronaut, to a telegram of congratulation sent by the Lord Mayor on the success of the Apollo VIII flight, 1969; article 'The City and American Independence' by Betty R. Masters in "City Festival" brochure, 1976; article 'The City and America 1776, The Story of the City of London's attempt to avoid the War of Independence', 1976?; notes on freedoms and entertainments connected with America, 1853-1945; article "Transatlantic Threads", paper concerning historical links between the City of London and America, by Alderman G.S. Inglefield, 1964; photograph album of New South Wales, presented to the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of London by G H Reid Prime Minister of New South Wales as a souvenir of the visit of the Colonial Premiers to Great Britain, upon the occasion of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee, 22nd Jun 1897; album of photographs of The City of London Pavilion at Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, 1958; order, dated 19 Mar 1672/73, from Charles II, specifying the wording of the discharge or acquittance to be given by the Chamberlain on receipt of each of four sums of £8,500 from the City of Hamburg, the King by his commission of 12 Mar having authorised the Chamberlain to receive £35,000 payable to the King in equal portions in satisfaction for the burning of several ships by the Hollanders in the River Elke on 24 Aug 1666; warrants of the King's Commissioners to the Chamberlain to pay several merchants their proportions of the monies, 1673; reply by her Majesty The Queen of the Netherlands, signed "Juliana R.", to an Address of Welcome at a Court of Common Council, 22 Nov 1950; papers of the Special Committee and Deputation to the International Exhibition, Paris, 1855-1856; visit to the City of Prague by Col Sir Charles Cheers Wakefield, Acting Lord Mayor, and a Deputation of the Corporation of London, 1920 and deposition of Henry Ferebrance as to two indentures made between Thomas Freeman and George Freeman in relation to estates in Jamaica, 1674.

Registers and day books of burials in consecrated or church ground and unconsecrated or chapel ground, 1841-1952, showing name, abode, when buried, age, place of burial, when and by whom buried, private vault or grave, purchased monuments and where placed (registers are not available for consultation, please use microfilms X64/1-41); fee books, 1902-1966, including remarks, registrar, sub-district, date of certificate, digger, stone, bill number, name of deceased, age, time, depth, received by, minister, undertaker, secretary's signature, price, description of graves, square position (not always), size of coffin, undertaker's commission, amount; registers of private graves, 1841-1941, showing number of graves, description of place of burial, date and consideration of grant, names and addresses of purchasers, name and description of person interred, year and number (registers are not available for consultation, please use microfilms X64/42-46); registers of public graves, 1900-1965, showing number, date, name, age and time of burial (registers are not available for consultation, please use microfilm X64/47); register of private grave transfers, 1938-1966, showing transfer number, date, grave number, transfer from/to, address and remarks; correspondence relating to private graves; incumbents' account book, divided parish by parish, 1922-1966, and plans of the graves.

Also deeds and legal papers, 1841-1898; report to Directors by Committee of Proprietors appointed by an Extraordinary Court, to investigate expenditure and general state of the Company's affairs, 1843; report to Directors by Henry George Haywood on proposals for draining the cemetery, 1857; correspondence relating to staffing, sewers and the East London Eastern Extension Railway, 1849-1871; bills, 1841-1897; specification for sewers and roads, with sections, 1884; plans of cemetery including proposed southern extension, 1800s; impression in red wax of seal of Company, 1841; legal records, 1844-1942.

Records of the parish of Saint Paul, Finchley, Barnet. This collection includes parish registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmation (1886-1991), registers of church services (1886-1989), Parochial Church Council minutes, other committee minutes, annual reports, electoral roll, faculties relating to the maintenance of the church, financial accounts, administrative files, parish societies including Sunday School and Finchley Community Work.

Collection of deeds, correspondence, and plans relating to premises in Kensington and Southwark.

Papers relating to Lambeth Infirmary, later Lambeth Hospital, presented by Norah B. Wallis, Matron, 1919-1945, including dietary plans, notes on 'Training to become a nurse in 1906', hospital notices, statistics, reports, architectural plans, articles and photographs of wards and staff.

Records of the Fulham Poor Law Union, 1842-1931; including minutes of meetings of the Boards of Guardians; minutes and reports of various Committees; financial accounts; staff records; correspondence with and orders from Government departments; general correspondence, particularly relating to the Belmont Institution; plans of Fulham Workhouse; contracts; orders of removal to and from other Unions; registers of lunatics; receiving officer's report on lunatics; registers of Fulham Palace Road Workhouse and Saint Dunstan's Road Infirmary; registers of apprentices; registers of children in various schools, institutions and children's homes.

Copies of Bills, Acts of Parliament and statutory instruments relating to the Festival of Britain and the Festival Pleasure Gardens; memorandum and articles of association; alteration of the articles of association by chartered accountants; report by chartered accountants on financial administration; prospectus, brochure and guides to the Festival Pleasure Gardens; signed visitor's book; register of members of the company and books of share certificates; minutes of the Board of Directors; minutes of Committees; minutes of and papers presented at Annual General Meetings; Chairman's report on future of the Gardens; notes of meetings with London County Council representatives; papers on estimates and budgets; notes on investigations into the affairs of the company; leader of London County Council's papers as Director; Finance Officers files including accounting procedures, audit reports, budgets, statistics, fees and estimates; general correspondence files including applications for concessions, circulars, notices, opening day events, publicity and special events; papers regarding construction work and the delay in opening, including the Clerk of Works diaries; papers relating to the winding up of the company including liquidator's papers; contracts with entertainments, entertainers, concessions and catering; statistics, including turnstile takings, rides and shows takings and daily returns; financial accounts including balance sheets, journals, ledgers and summaries; plans of the layout of the gardens and the construction of attractions and charts of financial comparisons.

Chairman and Managing Director's files and correspondence on a variety of topics including the Beer Garden, catering, entertainments pier, maintenance and miniature railways; General Manager's files regarding the Guinness Clock; General Manager's correspondence with businesses including Aerated Bread Company, Floral Crown, Franco British Electrical Signs, National Car Parks, Royal Family Models, Thames Passenger Owners Association and Walls Ice Cream; Secretary's files on a variety of subjects including accident claims, appointment of Directors, attendance figures, Board of Trade, catering, contracts and agreements, correspondence, designers, insurance, London Electricity Board, London County Council, Metropolitan Water Board, North Thames Gas Board, Public Accounts Committee, staffing, and HM Treasury; general files relating to accidents, accounting, art exhibitions, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), catering, British-American Novelty Company, Brylcream, budgets, closing the Gardens, commission and sales, the crown jewels, conditions of employment, flying cars, solicitors, banking, car parks, miniature railway, statistics, wages and salaries, weekly summaries and works orders.

Records of the Forest Gate School District, 1854-1898, including minutes of the Board; minutes of the training ship Goliath; annual reports of the managers; Superintendent's reports and journal; copies of out-letters; admission and discharge registers; creed registers; and list of officers.

Records of Archbishop Tenison's Secondary School for Boys, including deeds of title; leases; minutes; financial accounts; reports; vouchers mainly for repairs and taxes; correspondence; property management; records of boys admitted, school work and functions; the will of Archbishop Tenison and notes on his life; and records relating to the parish of Saint Martin in the Fields.

Records of the Archbishop Tenison's Secondary School for Girls including deeds of title; leases; financial accounts; vouchers; plans; reports and returns on school by and to authorities e.g. Board of Education; Headmistress's reports to Managers; logbooks; reports; Headmistress's correspondence.

Also papers of Lambeth Subscription Girls' School including deeds of title; minutes; financial accounts and voucher.

Papers of the Lambeth Head Teachers' Conferences including minutes, financial accounts and correspondence.

Records of Bacon's Free School, Bermondsey, including copy of Josiah Bacon's will; copies of Chancery orders relating to the school; copy of articles of agreement for building the school; leases, releases and assignments of annuity relating to school property; minutes of Governor's and Trustee's meetings; financial records; reports; and school log-books.

Records of the Badger's Almshouses, Shoreditch, relating to the ownership of property, including bargain and sales, feoffments, deeds, lease and releases, assignments and abstract of title.

Records of Christ Church Parochial Schools, Southwark, including deeds, leases, agreements and other documents relating to school property and the trustees; minute books of the Trustees and the Managers; financial accounts; letter books; school log books; and plans of the school buildings.