Sales particulars for The Lodge, Hendon Lane, Church End Finchley, 1907.
Sin títuloLegal documents relating to property in Enfield and Whitechapel, 1598-1825, including a bargain and sale and several declarations.
Sin títuloRecords of Horne, Engall and Freeman, solicitors, [1200]-1953, consisting of practice papers, records deriving from clerkships and other official capacities and Mr Scott Freeman's personal records, collection of maps and prints of Middlesex and printed material on the history of Staines. The material relates predominantly to Staines but also includes Ashford, Cranford, Egham, Feltham and Stanwell.
Sin títuloPapers of the Tatem family relating to the Weir Hall estate, Edmonton. The documents relate mainly to the partial sale of the estate in the 19th Century and gradual urban development in the early 20th century.
Sin títuloPapers, 1791-1894, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties mainly in Hornsey; Highgate; Chelsea and Saint Martin in the Fields parish, Westminster; including papers relating to the assignment of leasehold premises in South Wood Lane, Highgate for use for Saint Michael's Infant and Sunday School, Highgate, 1841.
Sin títuloPapers, 1871-1872, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising an abstract of title for The Woodside, Two Chimney House and properties and freehold lands adjoining Finchley Lodge; and plan of freehold building estate known as Torrington Park, Woodside, Finchley.
Sin títuloRecords of the Wood family, including marriage settlement of Major Charles Wood, youngest son of Thomas Wood of Littleton and Miss Susannah Mary Watkins, 1819; marriage settlement of Captain Edward Alexander Wood and Miss Janet Alexander, 1871; probate copy of will of William Wood, rector of Lawford, Essex, 1821; probate of Sir Charles Alexander Wood of Littleton, 1849/90; probate of Major General Edward Wood, of Shorncliffe, Kent, 1898. Also papers relating to Moss Hall, Hampton, including deeds.
Sin títuloPapers of Fysh de Burgh, lord of the manors of West Drayton and Colham, comprising receipts from James Mercer for wages as gamekeeper and bailiff, and for care of dogs.
Sin títuloRecords of the Page family relating to property including the Manor of Uxendon, and premises in Wembley, Harrow on the Hill, Preston, Willesden and Kenton.
Sin títuloRecords of the Parish of Saint Andrew, Enfield, comprising churchwarden's receipts for fines paid for encroachment on Enfield Chase.
Sin títuloCourt books for the Manor of Kempton alias Colkennington (courts leet and courts baron).
Sin títuloRecords of predecessors of the North Thames Gas Company, 1821-1949, comprising minute books of the Harrow and Stanmore Gas Company; Hornsey Gas Company; North Middlesex Gas Company; Pinner Gas Company; Staines, Egham and District Gas Company; Sunbury Gas Company and Uxbridge and Hillingdon Gas Company. Also papers relating to the Brentford Gas Company purchase of the Sunbury Gas Consumers Company, the Staines and Egham District Gas and Coke Company, the Harrow and Stanmore Gas Company and the Richmond Gas Company.
Sin títuloDeeds and legal documents, 1765-1909, relating to property in Great Stanmore, including papers relating to the Great House (later known as Hill House) and Charles Fortnum, antiquarian.
Sin títuloLeases and mortgages 1894-1923, for properties on Masons Avenue and Warrington Road, Wealdstone; Audley Road, Hendon; Glebe Road and Inderwick Road, Hornsey; The Parade, Pinner; Beaconsfield Road, Harlesden Road and Harvist Road, Willesden; Harley Road, Fortune Gate Road, Pember Road, Mortimer Road, Herbert Gardens and Ashburnham Road, Kensal Rise.
Sin títuloPapers relating to the Middlesex and Westminster Royal Volunteers, comprising order for the respite of the execution of John Field, 1779; notice to the public that volunteers applying to be instructed in the use of arms would not be subjected to any service without their consent and not outside the county, 1779 and commission to John Ahmuty, gentleman to be a lieutenant in the Middlesex and Westminster Royal Volunteers, 1780.
Sin títuloPapers of Brown and Merry, estate agents and auctioneers, 1865-1936, including property valuations; papers concerning sales of building plots, properties and furniture; compensation claim for improvements under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1908 and draft leases. Also abstract of title for property owned by A. W. Merry in Gospel Oak.
Sin títuloRental and custumal of the Manors of Harrow and Harrow Rectory, 1609.
Sin títuloPapers, 1774-1820, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising a lease and release, an assignment, a marriage settlement, a will and legal correspondence relating to premises in Bloomsbury, Mile End and Ham Common, Richmond upon Thames.
Sin títuloSurvey map of the parish of Holy Cross, Greenford, by R Binfield of Eton, 1776. Glebe, freehold and copyhold land are identified by coloured boundaries.
Sin títuloRecords of the Hamhaugh Islanders' Association comprising drawings, postcards and photographs of the island, including the first camps and bungalows, aerial views, weirs, floods, and ice; and administrative records of the Assocation including rules, notices and reports.
Sin títuloPapers, 1731-1865, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including deeds relating to premises in Ealing, Saint Marylebone, Hampstead and the City of London; letters of administration and probates of wills, articles of partnership in a glove making business and other legal papers.
Sin títuloPapers, 1796-1919, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties mainly in Hornsey, Twickenham and Tottenham, including insurance policies, leases, conveyances and correspondence.
Sin títuloPapers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising a lease for a dwelling house with coach-house, stable and outbuildings with garden and adjoining parcel of land at north west corner of Tottenham Green, 1812, and articles of partnership between Stanley James Secker and Thomas Percy Secker to remain partners in the business of pawnbrokers, jewellers and general salesmen at 555 Green Lanes, Haringay, 1897.
Sin títuloPapers, 1867-1909, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising leases and agreements relating to properties in Shepperton; Halliford; Littleton; Weybridge; Chertsey, Chobham, Addlestone; Byfleet and Bournemouth, Hampshire. The documents include leases of farmland owned by William Schaw Lindsay, owner of the Manor House, Shepperton.
Sin títuloExtract from the King's Bench Plea Roll 274, relating to an action for debt (Slackford v Bromley) at Westminster, with writ of error bringing judgement in this action before the Court of Exchequer Chamber.
Sin títuloDiploma of doctorate of medicine from Aberdeen University for Edward Whitaker Gray, 1778; with two letters from John Ruskin to a "Dr. Gray", 1871 (not thought to be the same individual).
Sin títuloPapers, 1863-1923, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Ealing and Islington, including leases, conveyances and mortgages.
Sin títuloRecords of James Charles relating to property and local affairs in Harrow, including copies of the court rolls of Harrow Manor; bargain and sales; leases; probates; agreements; abstracts of title; and legal opinions.
Sin títuloPapers, 1876-1878, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising assignments of leasehold premises for properties on Osborne Grove, Upper Tollington Park, Stroud Green.
Sin títuloLetters of the Wood family, comprising letter from Charles Wood, Colonel in the 10th Hussars, to his brother Thomas Wood, MP; and letter from Thomas Wood to Lord Camden.
Sin títuloEstreat to deputy Sheriff of Middlesex Humfrey Wyrley, from roll 1274 of the Court of Common Pleas, in action between Gilbert Wharton of Shandois Street, Covent Garden and Curwen Rawlinson late of Grays Inn, relating to the provision of board and lodging for Rawlinson, his wife Elizabeth and his two servants.
Sin títuloPrinted copy of a sermon preached in the parish church of Finchley and at the parish church of St. Mary Aldermanbury by Nathaniel Marshall, Rector of Finchley and Lecturer of St. Mary Aldermanbury, on the subject of the death of Queen Anne.
Sin títuloRecords of Howards and Sons, manufacturers of pharmaceutical chemicals, 1798-1950, including records relating to the formation of the company; records of partnerships; memoranda and articles of association; notices of resolutions; papers relating to formation of company in 1903 and its reconstruction in 1920; records of shareholders; records of debenture stockholders; Company seal and Board memorandum books.
Papers relating to property owned by the Company, including leases and related papers; insurance records; records of building work and plans of the laboratories and factories at Plaistow, Stratford and Ilford. Financial accounts and bank statements; records relating to staff including wages books and pension papers.
Papers relating to manufacture and trade including papers relating to patents, licences and agreements; records of experiments; records of stock, production and trade, including accounts, correspondence, price lists, advertisements and newscuttings and papers relating to exhibitions. Papers relating to the manufacture of quinine, including patents and agreements; records of production and trade, including records of supply of bark, accounts, technical and business reports, correspondence, price lists and newscuttings.
Records relating to subsidiary companies including Hopkin & Williams Ltd.
Hopkin and Williams Ltd., Thorium Branch; Thorium Ltd.
Hopkin and Williams (Travancore) Ltd.
Hatton Contract Co. Ltd. and Golden Eagle Syndicate; James Anthony and Co. Ltd.
Agatash Estates Ltd.
Barking and Ilford Navigation Co. Ltd.
British Camphor Co. Ltd.
Demerara Development Co. Ltd.
Drogueria de la Estrella Ltda., Buenos Aires; Methylators Ltd. and O. Wallis and Co. Ltd.
Papers relating to the Howard family and associates, including John Williams, Joseph Jewell, R. J. Law. Also photographs and drawings; and a collection of printed technical and historical works relating to the work of the company, including a history of the Company, biographies and local history.
Sin títuloRecords relating to property ownership, including extracts from court rolls for the manors of Hendon, Sutton Court and Harlington, leases, conveyances, mortgages and legal case papers. Premises featured are in Hendon, Acton, East Bedfont, Chiswick, Cranford, Enfield, Finchley, Hanworth, Harlington, Hornsey, Ruislip, Teddington, Tottenham, Twickenham, Willesden, Hackney, Hanover Square, Hammersmith, Islington and Paddington.
Sin títuloDeeds and papers relating to premises in Edmonton, Enfield, Hendon, Hornsey, Teddington and Willesden, and the estates of Charles Brown and Charles James Sanderson.
Sin títuloRecords of the Gibson family, mostly relating to their property and estates, including:
ACC/1045/1-10: Pinner Wood, Shower family property, 1550-1717;
ACC/1045/11-21: Northolt, Islips Manor Farm, Shower family property, 1685-1755;
ACC/1045/22-23: Pinner, Barrowpoint or Berry Pond Hill, 1734;
ACC/1045/24-25: Pinner Street, cottage, 1691;
ACC/1045/26-48: Pinner, Brickwall House, 1664-1762;
ACC/1045/49-105: Pinner, Page family properties, 1664-1723;
ACC/1045/106-111: Pinner, Edlin family properties, 1692-1724.
ACC/1045/112-113: Hendon, Bunns Farm, 1733-1739;
ACC/1045/114: Heston, Upper Grove Meadow, 1750;
ACC/1045/116-117: St. James Westminster, Rupert St., 1736-1743;
ACC/1045/118: St. Paul Covent Garden, Bow St., 1683;
ACC/1045/119-121: Kent, Darenth, 1636-1653;
ACC/1045/122: Kent, West Malling, 1701;
ACC/1045/123-136: Shower and Gibson family wills and settlements, 1701-1797;
ACC/1045/137-140: Stanton family wills and settlements, 1713-1739;
ACC/1045/141-143: Articles of partnership, 1706-1758;
ACC/1045/144-148: Accounts, 1710-1747;
ACC/1045/149-153: Papers of Richard Stanton, 1718-1748;
ACC/1045/154-178: Papers of the Revd. John Gibson, 1740-1762;
ACC/1045/179-181: Miscellaneous items, 1677-1744.
Records deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the Middlesex Quarter Sessions, comprising a parochial list of the poll for the County of Middlesex at the General Election 1802; printed in 1803 with minor handwritten additions, including the signature of Edward Knight, former owner.
Sin títuloTitle deeds, leases and other property documents relating to the Manors of Mockings, Pembrokes, Bruces and Dawbeneys, Tottenham.
A document of wide interest is the will of Richard Turnaunt of 1486, leaving, amongst other bequests, 80 worth of silver and gilt to his daughter. The silver is described in detail and includes, for example, a silver gilt cup with a cover in the shape of a columbine with pearls on the knop (a term used to describe a knob or boss on silver plate), weighing 43 ounces troy, a little gold salt with a cover decorated with a stag, and a standing cup and cover of silver parcel gilt chased with feathers or plumes. The documents are in good condition. Most have been numbered on the dorse in what appears to be a nineteenth century hand, as for example "Mx No.4"
Many of the title-holders, trustees and witnesses concerned with these deeds were City of London drapers. John Gedeney used an interesting seal (see Nos. 8,9,17,20) showing a device which may also have been a trade mark. Another draper, John Bederenden, used one of a somewhat similar style (see No. 22). there are a number of interesting and well-preserved seals in this collection, although some are forms of initial letters, or obvious devices such as the shell of Michell (No.22). Standard forms of seals were also used, such as the commonly found mother and child.
Sin títuloPapers, 1863-1932, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds, correspondence and legal documents relating to property in Saint James Westminster, Edmonton and Highgate.
Sin títuloRecords of the Daubeney family of Isleworth, including official papers and correspondence relating to the military career of Sir Charles Henry Barnston Daubeney; pedigrees and genealogical notes; and notes and illustrations concerning family history, heraldry and property.
Sin títuloParticulars and conditions of sale, with plan, of four freehold newly-erected semi-detached houses in Holden Road, and twenty three freehold building plots fronting Holden Road and Nether Street, Woodside Park, North Finchley, 1905.
Sin títuloPapers, 1827-1894, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising probate copies of wills and letters of administration; leases for property in Haringey, Highgate and Paddington.
Sin títuloCollection of letters, including:
Letter from John Meryett at Hampton to Mr Ware, Scotland Yard, Westminster, 1746, regarding the King's River.
Letter from the Marquess of Tichfield [Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex] to the Rt. Hon. William Windham [Secretary at War], 1796, concerning the identity of Whitfield Harvey, an ensign in the Westminster Regiment. Col Cawthorne suspects that the present holder of the commission is an imposter.
Sworn statement by Thomas Meyer, made before R Ford at Bow Street, 1802, stating that from the examination of John Devlin, in custody at Liverpool, and the description of a hat in his possession, he believes the hat to be that worn by John Cole Steele when he was murdered, and that John Devlin is connected with the crime.
Letter from W Budd to the magistrates of the Police Office, Bow Street, enclosing handbills [missing] giving a description of a former dragoon suspected of the murder of Mr George Sergeant.
Letter from the Duke of Portland [Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex] to Viscount Melbourne, 1831, informing him that no accurate estimate of the numbers who "may be likely to join their colours" for militia exercise can be given from the numbers of those enrolled in the County of Middlesex, except in the case of country parishes.
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.
Sin títuloRecords of the Tottenham and District Gas Company, 1847-1959, including register of shareholders and stockholders; minutes of shareholders' meetings; minutes of directors' meetings; out-letter book of board of directors; reports of the chief engineer and general manager to the directors, containing details of coal stocks, gas consumption, laying of mains, etc.
Reports of the managing director to the directors, incorporating those of both the chief engineer and the gas sales manager; reports of the secretary to the directors; files of printed Acts and Orders and correspondence; financial and accounting records; staff records and estimate and bill of costs for the extension of showrooms and offices at 639 High Road, Tottenham.
Records of the Southgate and District Gas Company, 1858-1938, including volume of Acts of Parliament relating to the Gas Companies; registers of shareholders; list of proprietors; registers of debenture stock and of debenture stockholders; register of transfers of stocks and shares; minutes of shareholders' meetings; minutes of directors' meetings; financial and accounting records.
Sin títuloThis collection consists of architectural drawings (on paper) of Kneller Hall, Twickenham, by George Mair, 1844-1848. The drawings of both First and Second Series bear the signatures: 'J.P. Kay Shuttleworth' and 'John Kelk'. In addition to the signatures all the drawings bear, in Kay-Shuttleworth's hand and following his signature, a date: 'Feb. 8. 1848' in the case of the First Series, and 'June 17 1848' in the case of Second Series. All the drawings bear, near Mair's inscription, the number 51/1844, which is perhaps his commission number or 'job number'. Moreover, all the drawings bear a circular stencilled stamp reading '1861 R.E. Office London' enclosing a number (either 6, 7, or 12).
Drawings in the First Series are all scaled 1 inch to 10 ft. They are all signed; 'Geo. Mair, architect, 18 Charlotte Street, Bedford Sq, London'. Most have original legends which contain clear indication that they relate to proposed alterations to an existing building. Drawings include: basement plan; ground plan; first floor plan; second floor plan; plan of roofs; entrance elevation; back elevation and side elevation.
Drawings of the Second Series show a very substantially altered building as compared with that depicted in the First Series. They are all signed: 'Geo. Mair, archt., May 1848'. Drawings include: plan of footing and drains; basement plan; ground plan; first floor plan; second floor plan; plan of roofs; north elevation; east elevation; west elevation showing additional buildings over the offices; transverse section C-D on plans and longitudinal section A-B.
Sin títuloLand tax assessment for Hampton.
Sin títuloCollection of documents including:
Household and personal account book of Colonel Henry Ferryman Bowles.
Sin títuloRecords of the Page family relating to premises owned by the family in Wembley, Harrow, and Uxendon, including the Manors of Uxendon and Tokington.
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