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Papers relating to turnpike roads, comprising copies of the 1766 Act to repair the highways between Tyburn and Uxbridge... and for amending the road from Brent Bridge over Hanwell Heath, through... Hanwell, New Brentford, and Ealing to the Great Western Road; and for lighting, watching, and watering the highway between Tyburn and Kensington Gravel Pits; a plan of the Great Road from Tybourn to Uxbridge and from Brent Bridge to Brentford; and the 1794 Act to continue the term and enlarge the powers of the 1766 Act.

Records of Bedfont and Bagshot Turnpike Trust, 1763-1850, including minutes; financial accounts; grants of land; correspondence; reports and Acts of Parliament.

Records of Colnbrook Turnpike Trust, 1728-1871, including minutes; financial accounts; assignments; leases of tolls; conveyanves and other deeds; plans; correspondence; bonds and Acts of Parliament.

Minutes of the Hampton and Staines Turnpike Trust, 1826-1859.

Turquand Youngs and Company records entirely comprise financial records apart from a few items in Ms 31382 relating to Parr's Bank, for which accountants' notebooks concerning audit, c 1900-1919 also survive (Ms 31381). Unfortunately, the two main series of ledgers, 1858-1910 (Ms 31377) and cash books, 1860-1910 (Ms 31378) are incomplete.

Photographs and sketches of the Clerkenwell area by Sylvia Turtle, showing the development of the area including images of storm damage in Charterhouse Square in 1987 and a poster produced during office developments in the 1990's showing a skull formed out of buildings and the words 'Death by Development'.

The collection also includes a letter written in 1941 to Sylvia Turtle's aunt from Simpkin Marshall Book Centre regarding their old fashioned service and their 'Dickensian Staff' and displaying War time spirit '... to show the Germans that they cannot part old friends with their bombs, and fires, and bloody murder.'

Papers, 1834-1887, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to messuage lands called Little Strawberry Hill, Twickenham.

Records of the Manor of Twickenham, including court books (courts baron); lists of tenants; and plans of the boundary of the manor.

Records relating to property owned by the Twining family in Alperton and Twickenham, including fines, grants, leases, releases, probates, covenants, extracts from court rolls, inventory, certificates and articles of partnership.

Records of Twining, Crosfield and Company Limited, tea wholesalers, including annual reports and accounts; correspondence; circulars; and financial accounts.

Records of Tyler and Company Limited, wine merchants, including directors' meetings minute books (including annual general meetings); agenda book; register of members and shares; memorandum and articles of association; and financial accounts.

Photocopies of the diaries of Elizabeth Tyrrell (1769-1835) and of her daughter Elizabeth (b 1802). Also photocopy of a Tyrell family pedigree spanning 1545 to the 20th century.

Manuscripts relating to the City of London, mainly comprising extracts and transcripts from medieval records, including patent and close rolls, chronicles, subsidies, and so on. For an inventory of the manuscripts see CLC/511/MS01721.

Records relating to the Manor of Sunbury, owned by Sir John Tyrwhitt, comprising property transactions (lease and releases, fines, and a settlement).

Records of the Tyrwhitt-Drake family of Amersham including financial transactions; papers relating to property transactions including abstracts of title, correspondence, bonds, leases, tithes, repair estimates, tradesmen's bills and inventories; family papers including wills, bequests, annuities, funeral records, legal papers and opinions of counsel. Properties mentioned are in diverse locations across London, primarily Fetter Lane in Holborn, Deptford, Chelsea, and Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street in Westminster.

Records of the manors of Lordshold, Kingshold and Grumbolds, Hackney and of the Tyssen Amherst estates. Manor of Lordshold records include court books; indexes to court books; draft court books; minutes of courts and presentment books; register of officials; papers entered into court books; surrenders and admissions; deeds; rentals, surveys and other documents.

Manor of Kingshold records include court books; indexes to court books; draft court books; minutes of courts and presentment book; papers entered into court books; deeds.

Manor of Grumbolds records include index to court books; minutes of courts and other volumes; papers entered into court books; deeds.

Papers relating to the Tyssen Amherst Estates include marriage settlements; conveyances; building agreements; land tax records; rental; surveys and plans. The collection also includes a minute book of Henry Norris and letters patent regarding Downing College, Cambridge.

The covering dates of the court books are the dates of the actual courts, or proceedings before the steward, as distinct from enrolments of transactions out of court. The original numbers of the volumes are given in inverted commas in the description column and will be needed if use is made of the original indexes. Since the manors of Lordshold, Hackney and of Stepney were held in conjunction until 1652, a few records relating to Stepney are included in this collection, for example M79/LH/128/4. Similarly court books for Lordshold, 1654-1659, 1661-1664 and extracts of Court Baron rolls, 1652-1717, can be found in the list of Stepney manor records (Refs. M93/1-2, 4, 89-92) as well as some deeds (e.g. W93/439-441).

Many of these records were damaged by flooding due to enemy action in the second World War and cannot be consulted in their present state. However where the court books are unfit for consultation, draft court books and papers entered into the court books can be used as an alternative.

Records of U. C. Farmer Limited, fishmonger, comprising articles of association and financial records.

The collection consists of copies of Pension Fund Indicators (1994-2009 in hard copy, 1973-2008 in PDF format) and the annual Surveys of Investment Management Arrangements (1993-2000 in hard copy, 1990-2000 in PDF format). The PDF documents are currently held on 2 CDs.

Series are arranged and numbered by publication date: this numbering system has been applied consistently across both formats.

Records of Ulvik Anglican Chaplaincy, comprising two registers of services.

Records of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited, including minutes of Board meetings; minutes of General meetings; minuts of General Managers Conferences; minutes of the Finance Committee, Works Committee, Advisory Committee and General Purposes Committee; minutes of meetings of Stockholders; minutes of meetings of Executive Officers; registers of designs, trademarks and licences; registers of monthly expenditure; monthly traffic reports and statistics; financial reports; departmental reports; technical handbooks and staff manuals; papers relating to foreign visits by staff; diaries; and publications.

Records of unidentified subsidiary companies of Courage and Company Limited and Barclay Perkins and Company Limited, brewers, including financial records; motor vehicle quarterly account; wages books for a building department; payroll records; maintenance and repair ledger; plant inventory for bottling, cider-making, brewery, laboratory, maltings, Anchor Vaults, engineers, transport, cooperage, and nursery.

Records of unidentified subsidiary companies of Courage and Company Limited and Barclay Perkins and Company Limited, brewers, including brewing books; monthly beer duty book; photographs of beer tanks and brewery premises; deeds and papers for the Arundel Arms, Westbourne Road, Islington, land in Bury Green Road and Lordship Road, Cheshunt, Herts, the White Hart Hotel, Margate, Kent.

Also roll of plans and artist's views of proposed new brewery in Tanganyika, for Ind Coope and Allsopp Ltd, Burton-on-Trent probably from H and G Simonds and drawings, mainly of fermenters, for New Zealand Breweries Ltd, Wellington.

Pension Scheme Explanatory Booklets; 'Retirement and Death benefits for Unilever Employees in the UK: An Explanatory Booklet' (1980) and 'Guide for Members' pack (2008).

Records of the Union Assurance Society, comprising minutes of board meetings, general meetings, and committee meetings. They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice to access.

Marriage registers for Union Chapel, Upper Richmond Road, Putney, 1920-1944.

Records of the Union Club including administrative records such as minutes, reports, and correspondence; financial records; membership records and a history of the Club.

Records of the Union Construction Company, manufacturer of tube and tram cars, comprising minutes of Board meetings and minutes of General meetings.

Records of the Union Discount Company of London Limited, including photographs of offices and board members; notes on businesses and individuals with which the company had contact; agreement; and minutes of annual general meetings.

Director's minute books for Union Lighterage Company Limited.

Records of the Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues (ULPS), dealing mainly with the creation of the new version of the prayer book Service of the Heart which was published in 1995. Rabbi John Rayner edited the new edition with Rabbi Chaim Stern as co-editor. Rabbi Julia Neuberger chaired the anthology committee. As well as aiming to combine general Jewish tradition with Progressive Jewish thought the editors wished to respond to changes in Jewish outlook in the late twentieth century. The use of language, in particular gender sensitivity, was carefully examined.

Other records include minutes and correspondence of the Federation of Womens' Societies Executive Committee and papers relating to ULPS educational courses.

Records of the Union of Post Office Workers, comprising records of several local branches of the Union and an interesting variety of branch newsletters and journals. These reflect the wide range of activities which once came under the Post Office, such as the cable room branch and the telephonists branch; and also include mutual benefit societies and benevolent funds.

Records of the Union of Synagogues, consisting of articles of agreement, minutes of the conjoint committee of the Great, New and Hambro Synagogues, minutes of the Conjoint Committee for managing the West Ham Burial Ground, correspondence, accounts and burial returns.

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

The collection mainly comprises of explanatory booklets for pension scheme members and associated publications such as annual reports which were used by UPS to produce Pension Scheme Profiles.

These are grouped by company (or in a few instances by pension scheme) and arranged alphabetically, following the arrangement of Pension Scheme Profiles. A file's scope and content lists which booklets and other publications are held for a company. The explanatory booklets often included update addendums, application forms or other inserts: these have only been noted if they are unusual. Occasionally a scheme's entry in Pension Scheme Profiles is held.

The collection also includes other PIRC and UPS publications, and publications Bryn Davies acted as a consultant on.

Records of the Union Society of London, debating society. They comprise: regulations, 1877-1938 (Ms 22403-4); minutes, 1844-1947 (Ms 22405-6); report re treasurer's account, 1904 (Ms 22407); records concerning members, 1876-ca. 1959 (Ms 22408-10); accounts, 1862-1962 (Ms 22411-16); instructions regarding procedures, undated (Ms 22417); papers regarding the history of the Society, 1885-ca. 1924 (Ms 22418-19); and papers regarding debates, speeches and annual dinners, 1921-58 (Ms 22420-3). Although the Society appears to have ceased meeting formally in 1957 or 1958 (notices of debates last appear in the Law Journal for 1957), two of its members continued to pay subscriptions until 1961/2 (Ms 22413). Records catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1987.

Records of the Union Surplus Lands Company, comprising minutes of Board meetings and minutes of General meetings.

Records of the Unione Ticinese mutual aid society, consisting of Committee minutes 1925-1992; the minutes of the Ladies section from 1939-1955; Joint Entertainment Committee minutes 1951-1952; Advisory group and Cultural Sub-committee minutes 1984-1986; records of membership, including the first membership record 1874; accounts 1926-1966; circulars 1934-1998; correspondence of the president Peter de Maria 1951-1953; publications including 125 years of the Unione Ticinese and Continental Taste: Ticines emigrants and their Cafe-Restaurants in Britain 1847-1987; and photographs dating from 1903.

The records of Unirea S.A.R. de Petrol comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1921 and trust deed, 1940; annual balance sheets and accounts, 1937-8 and notes on accounts of 1939; petroleum and crude oil stock valuation, 1939; reports on company organisation and methods, 1932-3; reports on internal and external sales departments, 1940-4; papers of Major E. Boaden including correspondence and reports, 1942-8; maps and plans of oilfields, 1919-38 and photograph of royal warrant of appointment, 1930.

Records of UNISON, comprising minutes and papers of various branches and councils (APTEC stands for Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical):

• London District Council For Local Authorities A.P.T.E.C. Services;
• London J.I.C. Manual Workers/ Joint Council For Local Authorities Services Manual Workers;
• Middlesex J.I.C. Manual Workers/ Joint Council For Local Authority Services Manual Workers;
• Middlesex Whitley Council For Local Authorities A.P.T.E.C. Services;
• North Metropolitan J.I.C./ Joint Council For Local Authorities Manual Workers;
• Greater London Joint Council For Local Authority Services Manual Workers;
• Greater London Whitley Council For Local Authorities A.P.T.E.C. Services;
• Trade Union Joint Negotiating Committee For London County Council Staff;
• London, Middlesex, N. Metropolitan District and Provincial Council for Local Authorities non trading Services Manual Workers Joint Grading Committee;
• Metropolitan Education Joint Council For Local Authorities A.P.T.E.C. Services;
• Metropolitan District Council No. 5 For The Waterwork Undertaking Industry;
• Eastern District Provincial Council For Local Authority A.P.T.E.C. Services;
• South Midland Regional Council For County Council Roadmen;
• Essex County Council Local Joint Staff Committee For Manual Workers.

United Associations Limited records comprise: minutes of the board, 1923-1966 (Ms 23250); and financial accounts including ledgers and cash books, 1923-1967 (Ms 23251-5).

United Biscuits Pension Scheme explanatory booklet.

Minutes of the United British Insurance Company Limited.

Circulars of the United Cocoa Development Company Limited.

Corporate records of United Dominions Insurance Company Limited comprising certificates and agreement relating to foundation, board of directors' minutes, shareholders' and annual general meeting minutes.

Financial records of United Dominions Insurance Company Limited comprising yearly figures and petty cash book.

Share records of United Dominions Insurance Company Limited comprising share ledgers and register of transfers.

Records of the United Hospitals' Club, comprising minutes, members' record books and photograph albums.

Records of the United Kingdom Life Assurance Company comprising out-letter book and Directors' reports.

Records of the United Land Company Limited, comprising plans of freehold building plots suitable for moderate sized villa property, off the Harrow Road, adjoining Sudbury Railway Station, Sudbury, property of The United Land Company, Limited, to be sold by auction 17 July 1882 and 1883.

Records of the United Lankat Plantations Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; minute books; annual reports and accounts; and circulars.

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

Records of the United Law Clerks' Society. The records reflect the activities of the society. Its minutes of meetings are almost complete between 1832 and 1979. The rules and annual reports demonstrate how the society adapted to the needs of its members and legislation changes. The statements of account summarise the more detailed transactions recorded in the account books of the various funds set up by the society. Valuation records necessitated by the passing of the Friendly Societies Act, 1875 show how the society calculated its benefits between 1880 and 1954. The records of annual festivals relate the extensive contacts maintained by the Bench, the Bar and the Solicitors with the society.

Trust schedules (providing details regarding church properties, 1924-1933, such as the date and cost of the building, the tenure and the custody of the deeds) of United Methodist Churches in the following Circuits: Lee, Forest Hill, Bermondsey, Willesden, Limehouse, Brixton, Fulham, Thornton Heath, Hackney, Walthamstow, Forest Gate, Lambeth.

United Methodist Church, London District: treasurer's book, 1908-1933; Treasurer's balance sheets, marked 'Ex United Methodist Church London District', 1932-1934.