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WHITBREAD (LONDON) LIMITED
GB 0074 LMA/4453/I · Collection · 1964-1971

Records of Whitbread (London) Limited comprising plans and photographs of public houses from the 1960s and 1970s that came under the jurisdiction of Whitbread (London) Limited.

Whitbread and Co Ltd , brewers Whitbread (London) Ltd
WHITBREAD PROPERTIES LIMITED
GB 0074 LMA/4453/H · Collection · 1901-2000

Records of Whitbread Properties Limited, a subsidiary of Whitbread and Company Limited, brewers, including corporate registers, accounts and estate ledgers.

Whitbread and Co Ltd , brewers Whitbread Properties Ltd
WHITBY, Thomas (fl 1834)
GB 0074 CLC/515 · Collection · 1804?-1844?

Records of Thomas Whitby, comprising commonplace books, [1804-1844]; scrapbook containing autographs, mostly of people connected with the Corporation of London, [1830-1835]; and catalogue of Whitby's library, 1834-1836.

Whitby , Thomas , fl 1834 , patron of Guildhall Library
WHITE FAMILY
GB 0074 ACC/2154 · Collection · 1881-1920

Records of the White family including letter from William White to Miss Sophia Horwood proposing marriage, 1881; marriage certificate of William White and Sophia Horwood, 1882; copy birth certificate of Sophia Horwood, born 29 May 1847, daughter of Edward and Sophia Horwood of Westminster, 1911 and copy marriage certificate of James Snell of Stamford Brook, bachelor, and Sophia Lily White of Stambrook, spinster [daughter of William and Sophia White], 1920.

White , family
WHITE FAMILY
GB 0074 F/WHI · Collection · 1809-1812

Certificates of Thomas White's service in the Corps of River Fencibles of the City of London, 1809-1812.

Corps of River Fencibles of the City of London , volunteer force
WHITE family papers
GB 0366 WF · Collection · 1883-1964

Papers of three generations of the White family, including diaries of Louisa White, 1883-1911; Lucy Winifred Nicholls, 1885-1960; and Mary Louisa White, 1905 and 1913; notebooks, mainly kept by Lucy Winifred Nicholls on the subject of education, 1888-1962; scrapbooks, mainly relating to the musical career of Mary Louisa White, [1900-1926]; photographs, 1890s-1960s, mainly of members of the family, but also including albums relating to activities at The Garden School in the 1930s; family correspondence, [1883-1910]; The Garden School Bulletins, 1924-1947; correspondence and papers relating to Lucy Winifred Nicholls' lecture tours and early school engagements, 1899-1915, 1933.

White , family
GB 0064 WHI · Collection · 1903-1905

Papers of Arnold White. The topics covered by the collection include gunnery, 1903 to 1905 and naval policy and strategy, on which White exchanged letters with Lord Fisher (1841-1920), Lord Charles Beresford (1848-1930) and Sir Percy Scott (1853-1924). On lower deck conditions the correspondence is largely with Lionel Yexley (1861-1933) and there are notes and letters on Ireland, emigration and eugenics.

White , Arnold , 1848-1925 , journalist
WHITECHAPEL AND BOW RAILWAY
GB 0074 ACC/1297/W&B · Collection · 1898-1939

Records of the Whitechapel and Bow Railway, comprising Board meeting minutes; General meeting minutes; minutes of the London, Tilbury and Southend and Metropolitan District Railways Whitechapel and Bow Railway Joint Committee; and minutes of the Midland and Metropolitan District Railways Whitechapel and Bow Joint Committee.

Whitechapel and Bow Railway
ACC/1926 · Collection · 1876-1978

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

Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
GB 0074 CLC/196 · Collection · 1777-1781

Interment order book for the Whitechapel Quaker Burial Ground, 1777-1781, comprising printed orders to the gravemaker, annotated with the name, address, age, date and cause of death, monthly meeting membership and date of burial of the deceased.

Whitechapel Quaker Burial Ground
WHITECROSS STREET PRISON
CLA/034 · Collection · 1812-1876

Records of Whitecross Street Prison, 1812-1876, including financial accounts, papers relating to the construction of the prison, lists of prisoners, committee minutes and rules and regulations.

Corporation of London
LMA/4472 · Collection · 1756-1978

Records include registers of baptisms, 1805-1879 and 1930-1974; registers of marriages, 1866-1882 and 1936-1965; registers of burials, 1756-1845 and 1945-1965; roll of members, 1865-1879; minute books; attendance registers; abstract of title to Burial Ground; visitors' books; 'Signal' magazines; leaflets and newsletters; historical articles; reports and correspondence.

Whitefields Chapel , Tottenham Court Road
ACC/1801 · Collection · 1790-1939

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

Whitefields Chapel , Tottenham Court Road
WHITEHOUSE FAMILY
GB 0074 ACC/1742 · Collection · 1849-1942

Records of several generations of the Whitehouse family of Islington. The bulk of the collection comprises a range of family correspondence, including letters from family living or travelling abroad in Pennsylvania and New York, USA; Calcutta, India; Wellington, New Zealand; and France. There are also letters from members of the family serving during the Boer War and the First World War; and letters detailing everyday civilian life in London during the Second World War. Other papers include school reports of Henry Whitehouse junior; papers relating to prizes for artwork; Dramatic Society papers; papers relating to Henry Whitehouse junior acting as Special Constable in Islington; papers relating to property in Hornsey and Islington; financial records and family trees.

Whitehouse , family , of Islington
Whitelands College
GB 0347 S19 · Collection · 1966-1982

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

Please contact the Archive for further information.
GB 0074 A/WSO · Collection · 1891-1967

Records of Whitelands College Girls' School Old Girls' Association including Secretary's annual reports, membership records, cash books, photographs, event programmes and postcards of the College.

Whitelands College Girls' School Old Girls' Association
N/C/25 · Collection · 1756-1908

Registers of baptisms, 1756-1908 and minute book of Church meetings, 1794-1841, including minutes of December 1836-September 1839 relating to the acquisition of a site for and erection of new chapel in Bishopsgate Street and temporary meetings in Bury Street Chapel.

Congregational Church of England and Wales
GB 0064 WHR · Collection · [1914-1919]

Papers of Jack Kilner Whittaker. They contain service papers, logs, charts, photographs and printed material. Most of the collection deals with Whittakers First World War service, especially the Battle of the Falklands, with some items covering the Second World War.

Whittaker , Jack Kilner , 1892-1979 , Captain RNVR
GB 0074 CLC/B/166-04 · Collection · 1859-1894

Whittington Life Assurance Company records comprise constitutional documents, records of policies, prospectuses and other administrative material. 24 hours notice is required for access to this material.

Whittington Life Assurance Co
WHITTON PARK ESTATE
GB 0074 ACC/1149 · Collection · 1621-1824

Records relating to the Whitton Park estate, Twickenham, owned by Archibald Campbell, (1682-1761), 3rd Duke of Argyll, including admissions, surrenders, leases, bonds, and extracts from the court rolls of the manors of Isleworth Syon and Twickenham.

Various.
GB 0074 CLC/516 · Collection · 1815-1829

Records of John Whitwell, general merchant, comprising account books, 1815-22; memorandum books, 1819-20; letterbooks, 1817-1818 and 1821-1823; business diary, 1821-1822 and correspondence with business associates and family, 1819-1829.

Whitwell , John , fl 1815-1829 , general merchant
GB 0074 CLC/B/026-7 · Collection · 1913-1939

Records of the Wholesale Chemists and Allied Trades Protection Association, comprising Trade Advisory Committee minute book; prospectuses, and papers relating to the insolvency of a specific company.

Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.

Wholesale Chemists and Allied Trades Protection Association
WHYMPER, Edward (1840-1911)
GB 0402 EWH · Collection · 1871-1911

Papers of Edward Whymper, 1871-1911, including computations of heights in the Andes, 1880 and watercolour, 'View of Greenland'.

Whymper , Edward , 1840-1911 , wood engraver and mountaineer
GB 0074 CLC/517 · Collection · 1816-1866

These records comprise account books of funerals performed by John Houghton Wickes, 1816-36 and by John Houghton Wickes and Alfred Nelson Wickes 1840-7 and 1855-66.

Wickes , John Houghton , fl 1816-1866 , undertaker
GB 0097 WSOC · Collection · c1958-c2003

Papers of the Wider Share Ownership Council, c1958-c2003, including correspondence, minutes, conference papers, reports and publications, including material relating to the merger with Proshare. Also the personal papers of George Copeman, mainly relating to employee share ownership and business management.

Wider Share Ownership Council
GB 0074 ACC/0673 · Collection · 1773-1913

Papers, 1773-1913, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising legal documents relating to properties in Hackney, Edmonton, Hendon, Golders Green, Swiss Cottage, Finchley, Twickenham, Hampstead, Westmoreland and Lancashire, including papers relating to the Carus Wilson family.

Wigan and Company , solicitors
GB 0097 WIGG · Collection · 1939-1983

The papers consist mainly of correspondence and memoranda relating to the political positions held by Lord Wigg, 1939-1983, and has been divided into the following sections:

  1. Early life and personal papers;
  2. Early Political Career, 1945-1951;
  3. Labour Party Opposition, 1951-1964;
  4. Paymaster General, 1964-1967;
  5. Later Political Career, 1967-1983;
  6. General Elections, 1945-1966;
  7. Constituency Papers, 1945-1966;
  8. Horserace Betting Levy Board, 1964-1972.

    A further 80 boxes of papers relating to the Horserace Betting Levy Board remain closed and unlisted.
Wigg , George Edward Cecil , 1900-1983 , Baron Wigg , politician
GB 0064 WIG · Collection · 1765-1865

Papers of Sir Robert Wigram consisting of two business ledgers, 1810 to 1865, and family legal documents, 1765 to 1826.

Wigram , Sir , Robert , 1744-1830 , Knight , shipbuilder
GB 0120 GC/55 · Collection · 1970s

Unpublished autobiography of Charles Wilcocks: 'A Tropical Doctor in Africa and London' with some associated biographical material. Contents: Chapter 1 The First World War Page 1; Chapter 2 Demobilization Page 33; Chapter 3 First Tour in Tanganyika, 1927-30 Page 41; Chapter 4 Second Tour in Tanganyika, 1927-30 Page 73; Chapter 5 Tuberculosis research Page 85; Chapter 6 Third Tour in Tanganyika, 1934-37 Page 99; Chapter 7 At the Bureau of Hygiene... Page 133; Chapter 8 Retirement from the Bureau, 1961 Page 190; Chapter 9 Interlude on greatness Page 201; Chapter 10 Personalities Page 215; Chapter 11 Conclusions Page 232; Epilogue Page 267; Bibliography Page 272.

Wilcocks , Charles , 1896-1977
WILD FAMILY
GB 0074 LMA/4067 · Collection · 1629-1840

Records relating to the Wild family, including mid 18th century presentments at the Manorial Court, assessments for land tax and house tax and deeds and indentures for the manors of Harmondsworth, Harlington, Hamworth, Cranford and Colham dating from 1550 to 1840.

Wild , family , of Harmondsworth
GB 0402 EWI · Collection · 1926-1929

Diaries of Edward Wilding, 1926-1929, comprising diary in four volumes, illustrated with photographs, postcards, etc, of voyage to South America and a journey to Corriented and Posada on the River Parana and its tributaries, 1926 and diary in five volumes, illustrated with photographs, postcards etc, of a voyage to South America and a journey up the River Parana and in northern and western Argentina, 1929.

Wilding , Edward H , 1875-1939 , naval architect
WILKES, John (1725-1797)
GB 0074 CLC/518 · Collection · 1761-1795?

Papers of John Wilkes, politician, including a narrative of events concerning his controversial political weekly North Briton; and letters from Wilkes regarding his political and social life and views, the Buckinghamshire militia and the pistol duel he fought with Lord Talbot, lord steward of the royal household, over an insult in the North Briton.

Wilkes , John , 1725-1797 , politician
Wilkes, John (1725-1797)
ACC/0967 · Collection · 1769

Address by John Wilkes to voters in Middlesex where he was standing for Parliamentary election, delievered from the Kings Bench Prison where he was imprisoned for seditious libel, 1769.

Wilkes , John , 1725-1797 , politician
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-163 · Collection · 1943-1949

Memorandum and articles of association for Wilkinson Linatex (India) Limited.

Wilkinson Linatex (India) Ltd
WILKINSON NOVATEX LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-164 · Collection · 1943-1949

Records of Wilkinson Novatex Limited, manufacturers in plastics, including articles of association; minutes, agendas and papers presented; annual reports and accounts; and papers relating to liquidation.

Wilkinson Novatex Ltd , manufacturer in plastics
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-165 · Collection · 1926-1981

Records of the Wilkinson Process Rubber Company Limited, including minutes; articles of association; annual reports and accounts; correspondence; papers relating to shareholders; reports relating to production, distribution and trading.

Access to records less than 30 years old (and to records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Wilkinson Process Rubber Company Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-166 · Collection · 1930-1980

Records of Wilkinson Rubber Linatex Limited, including articles of association; minutes; annual reports; correspondence and cables; financial accounts; analysis of sales; and promotional pamphlet.

Access to records less than 30 years old (and to records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Wilkinson Rubber Linatex Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-200 · Collection · 1698

Agreement between Abel Wilkinson and John Timbrell concerning their partnership as linen drapers.

Wilkinson , Abel , fl 1698 , linen draper Timbrell , John , fl 1698 , linen draper
GB 0064 WIL · Collection · [1807-1833]

Papers of William Wilkinson, and comprise fifty-six letters, written mainly by Wilkinson to his wife, 1807 to 1833.

Wilkinson , William , 1777-1857 , Commander
GB 0074 CLC/264 · Collection · 1800-1835

Papers relating to the history of the church and parish of Saint Peter upon Cornhill, including transcripts of documents, research notes and collectanea.

Wilkinson , Robert , fl 1800-1835
GB 0074 ACC/0732 · Collection · 1575-1792

Papers, 1575-1792, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising legal documents relating to properties mainly in Edgware, Hendon and Willesden. Documents include bargain and sales, bonds, quitclaim, mortgages, will and probate, covenants and final concords.

Willes and Gladstone , solicitors
WILLESDEN BOARD OF GUARDIANS
BG/W · Collection · 1896-1930

Records of Willesden Poor Law Union, 1896-1930, including minutes of meetings of the Board of Guardians; standing orders, rules and regulations; orders for removal to and from the Union; apprenticeship indentures; financial accounts; correspondence, tenders, contracts and agreements for construction work and provision of utilities; orders of the Local Government Board; legal correspondence; building plans including Willesden Parish Infirmary and Park Royal Hospital; maps of Willesden Urban District showing boundaries.

Willesden Poor Law Union x Willesden Board of Guardians
WILLESDEN CIRCUIT
N/M/034 · Collection · 1957-1962

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

Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
N/C/59 · Collection · 1815-1916

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

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

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

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

Willesden Green Synagogue
GB 0074 PS/W · Collection · 1873-1986

Records of courts within Willesden Petty Sessional Division, 1873-1986. Records include court registers for Harlesden Magistrates Court; court registers, juvenile court registers and court minute books for Willesden Magistrates Court; court registers, juvenile court registers and court minute books for Acton Magistrates Court and licensing registers for Willesden, Acton and Chiswick.

Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

Willesden Petty Sessional Division Harlesden Magistrates Court Willesden Magistrates Court Acton Magistrates Court