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BRIDGES
CLA/018 · Collection · 1664-1990

Records relating to the management of bridges in London, 1664-1990, including petitions; reports; financial papers; legal papers; publications; press releases; papers relating to building and maintenance; title deeds relating to Staines Bridge and papers relating to proposals to build 'St Paul's Bridge', abandoned at the outbreak of World War One.

Also papers, 1868-1890, relating to the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Metropolitan Bridges which worked to free all bridges over the Thames and Lea from tolls, including papers on the Staines Bridge, Walton Bridge, Hampton Court Bridge, Kingston-on-Thames Bridge, Kew Bridge, Chingford Mills Bridge, Hellyer's Ferry Bridge and Tottenham Mills Bridge.

Corporation of London
BRIDGER, Charles (fl 1867)
GB 0074 CLC/237 · Collection · [1840-1880]

Extracts from the wills of stationers of London, 1550-1664; and lists of apprentices bound to members of the Stationers' Company, 1555-1640.

Bridger , Charles , fl 1867 , historian
BRIDGEN FAMILY
GB 0074 ACC/0371 · Collection · 1756-1878

Documents relating to Bridgen Hall Estate and Adelaide House Estate, Forty Hill, Enfield; including lease and releases; fines; wills; mortgages; bonds; agreements; conveyances; admittances; copies from court rolls; and other title deeds and legal documents relating to property ownership.

Various.
GB 0074 CLC/215-11 · Collection · 1847-1936

Records of the Bridge, Candlewick and Dowgate Wards Schools, comprising subscribers annual general meetings minute book; and lease and asbstract of title of the schoolhouse, 13 Swan Lane.

Bridge, Candlewick and Dowgate Wards Schools
BRIDGE WITHIN WARD
GB 0074 CLC/W/GE · Collection · 1627-1872

Records of Bridge Within Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise minutes, accounts, rates and inhabitants lists, memoranda, papers relating to the watch and other miscellaneous papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.

Bridge Within Ward , Corporation of London
BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES
CLA/007 · Collection · 1199-1988

Bridge House Estates papers including bridgemasters' accounts rolls, 1381-1398; bridgemaster's annual accounts and rentals, 1404-1850; weekly payments, 1404-1445 and 1505-1849; bill books, 1745-1789 and 1815-1889; receipt books, 1598-1851; cash books, 1602-1784; fair cash books, 1713-1851; rough cash books, 1713-1810, miscellaneous ledgers and cash books, 1787-1819; materials sold, 1614-1682; corn and granary books, 1568-1714; rent and arrears books, 1707-1941; papers relating to individual properties owned by the Trust, particularly leases and grants, and administrative papers.

Corporation of London
BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES
GB 0074 O/520 · Collection · 1800

Draft terrier of lands and buildings in Saint Georges Fields, Southwark, belonging to the Bridge House Estate. A terrier is an inventory of buildings, land, tenants and so on.

Bridge House Estates , Corporation of London
BRIDGE COMPANIES
BC · Collection · 1739-1889

Records of the Battersea Bridge Company, 1771-1882, including deeds and other legal documents; minutes of meetings; financial accounts and correspondence.

Records of the Fulham Bridge Company, 1739-1770, comprising minutes of meetings.

Records of the Joint Committee of the Corporation of the City of London and the Metropolitan Board of Works for freeing Kew and other bridges from toll, 1864-1889, comprising minutes of meetings and reports.

Records of the Staines Bridge Commissioners, 1828-1870, comprising account of bonds. Records of the Vauxhall Bridge Company, comprising plans and sections of the bridge, its approaches and the riverbed, 1878-1880. Records of the Strand Bridge Company, 1809-1814, comprising share and annuities certificates.

MBW , Metropolitan Board of Works x Metropolitan Board of Works Corporation of London x City of London Battersea Bridge Company Fulham Bridge Company Staines Bridge Commissioners Vauxhall Bridge Company Strand Bridge Company
BRIDEWELL HOSPITAL
CLA/066 · Collection · 1660-1960

Records of Bridewell Hospital, 1660-1960, including administrative papers, reports, orders and recommendations.

Corporation of London
BRICE, T. {PRINTER}
GB 0074 O/286 · Collection · 1730?-1760?

Printed broadsheet of the Proverbs of Poor Richard, or the Way to Wealth, by Benjamin Franklin; printed by T. Brice, in Musgrave Alley, High Street, Exeter.

T Brice , printer of Exeter Franklin Benjamin , 1706-1790 , natural philosopher, writer, and revolutionary politician in America
GB 0074 CLC/429 · Collection · 1835-1870

Records of Thomas Brewer, antiquarian, comprising: a calendar of correspondence in Remembrancia 1, 1850 (Ms 00007); a memoir of John Carpenter, town clerk, 1835 (Ms 01555); notes relating to offices and office-holders of the City of London Corporation, mid 19th century (Ms 02173, 03117-8, 10139-40); extracts from the City's records relating to the River Lea and the New River, compiled 19th century (Ms 02194); extract from the wardmote inquest book of the ward of Cheap, compiled 19th century (Ms 02195); extracts and notes relating to the Plaisterers' Company, mid 19th century (Ms 02192, 03555); copies of monumental inscriptions, and extracts and indexes of records of the church of St Lawrence Jewry and St Mary Magdalene Milk Street, mid 19th century (Ms 03119, 03288, 03292-3, 03551); copies of inscriptions in St Mary le Bow church, 1858 (Ms 07820); text of a paper on customs formerly observed in public schools, ca. 1850 (Ms 02193).

The records were catalogued between 1908 and 1959 by members of Guildhall Library staff.

Brewer , Thomas , fl 1835-1870 , antiquarian
BRENTWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT
BSD · Collection · 1877-1886

Records of the Brentwood School District, 1877-1886, including signed mintues of the Board; claims upon the Metropolitan Common Poor Fund; letters and orders of the Local Government Board; creed registers from the Brentwood Industrial School; admission and discharge register of Harold Court School, Harold Wood; list of officers and servants and papers relating to the appointment of staff.

Brentwood School District
GB 0074 PS/B · Collection · 1840-1988

Records of Brentford Magistrates Court, 1840-1976 and Ealing Magistrates Court, 1919-1988.

Records of Brentford Magistrates Court comprise:

  • PS/B/B/01/001-246: Court Registers, 1880-1958, 1965-1976;
  • PS/B/B/02/001: Court Minute Books, 1840-1841;
  • PS/B/B/04/001-012: Juvenile Court Registers, 1933-1959;
  • PS/B/B/08/001-018: Court Administration, 1902-1976.

    Records of Ealing Magistrates Court comprise:

  • PS/B/E/01/001-576: Court Registers, 1919-1988;
  • PS/B/E/02/001-004: Justices' Attendance Books, 1919-1961;
  • PS/B/E/03/001-017: Juvenile Court Registers, 1933-1966.

    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.

Brentford Magistrates Court Ealing Magistrates Court
BRENTFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT
ACC/1741 · Collection · 1924-1925

Circuit plan for Brentford Methodist Circuit, 1924-1925.

Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
BRENTFORD METHODIST CHURCH
ACC/1388-10 · Collection · 1934-1960

Registers of marriages, 1934-1960.

Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
BRENTFORD MARKET
GB 0074 ACC/1295 · Collection · 1610

Deed relating to Brentford Market: exemplification of an inspeximus of letters patent, in which King James VI and I grants rights to hold a market every Tuesday and an annual fair on eve and day of Feast of Saint Laurence and four days following in West Brentford, with right to hold court of pie-powder and to levy tolls and dues, 1610.

An 'inspeximus' is a charter in which the person granting the charter avouches to have inspected an earlier charter which he repeats and confirms.

James VI and I , 1566-1625 , king of Scotland, England, and Ireland
N/C/34 · Collection · 1693-1955

Records of Boston Road Presbyterian Church, Albany Congregational Chapel and the Brentford Congregational Church, Boston Road; including volume containing baptisms, burials, membership and minutes of Church Meetings, 1693-1867; volume containing documents regarding finance, purchase of chapel site and construction of chapel and minutes of meetings, 1731-1840; minutes of deacon's meetings, 1883-1891; volume containing minutes of various Church meetings, membership rolls and correspondence, 1925-1941; volume from Albany Chapel containing history of chapel, minutes of Church meetings, baptisms and collections, 1853-1875; documents relating to property, 1709-1825; and papers concerning the reopening of the Church after damage by enemy action, 1954-1955.

Congregational Church of England and Wales
BRENTFORD BOARD OF GUARDIANS
BG/B · Collection · 1836-1930

Records of the Brentford Poor Law Union, 1836-1930, including minutes of meetings of the Board of Guardians and various Committees; register of apprentices; correspondence from the Local Government Board; financial accounts and legal documents relating to property; plans of the Brentford Union Workhouses; papers relating to the Board's work as a Sanitary Authority; maps of the parishes within the Union and orders of removal.

Brentford Poor Law Union x Brentford Board of Guardians
GB0074 LMA/4752 · Collection · 1991-2003

Records of Brent Community Health Council (CHC) and predecessors (1991 - 2003). Includes Minutes (1999 - 2003), Meeting Papers (1996 - 2003), Annual Reports (1997 - 2003), CHC Reports (1991 - 2002) and Publications (1999 - 2001).

Brent Community Health Council
BREAD STREET WARD
GB 0074 CLC/W/GD · Collection · 1857-1999

Records of the Bread Street Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise minutes, accounts, rates, tax and rate assessments, correspondence, jury lists and a First World War roll of honour. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.

Bread Street Ward , Corporation of London
BRASH BROTHERS (TEA) LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-033 · Collection · 1922-[1960]

Papers of Margaret Irving relating to her work as a tea taster at Brash Brothers (Tea) Limited.

Irving , Margaret , fl 1922-1960 , tea taster
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-12 · Collection · 1910-1977

Records of Brae and Chingoor Tea Estates Limited, comprising ledgers, cash book and bills payable.

Brae and Chingoor Tea Estates Ltd
GB 0074 O/503 · Collection · 1948-1949

Papers, collected by the estate agents in the course of their work, comprising sales particulars, 1948-1949.

Bradwell and Sons , estate agents
BRADFORD, J G (fl 1930-1933)
GB 0074 CLC/428 · Collection · [1900-1933]

Research notes by J G Bradford, including index to pedigrees and arms contained in the heralds' visitations in the British Museum; genealogical notes relating to members of the peerage; genealogical notes on the mayors of London; and collection of county heraldic visitations.

Bradford , J G , fl 1930-1933 , historian
GB 0074 CLC/236 · Collection · [1930-1939]

Two files of research by Charles Angell Bradford relating to the history of the church and parish of Saint Sepulchre, Holborn.

Bradford , Charles Angell , fl 1930-1939 , historian
GB 0074 CLC/B/109-03 · Collection · 1952-1975

Records of Braddan Fishing Company Limited including articles of association, profit and loss accounts and cash book.

Braddan Fishing Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/036-04 · Collection · 1884-1947

Braco de Prata Printing Company Limited records include constitutional documents, Board minutes and an inventory of property in Portugal. The records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.

Braco de Prata Printing Co Ltd
BOYLE FAMILY
GB 0074 Q/CML · Collection · 1632-1877

Records relating to the family of Boyle, Earls of Burlington and Cork, and of the family of Fairfax, Barons Fairfax of Cameron. Papers include notes by Sir Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, on the rise of his family (copy of a document of 1632); commissions of Henry, Lord Fairfax as Colonel of the Regiment of Foot, West Riding, Yorkshire, 1679 and 1685; appointment of Thomas, Lord Fairfax, as Deputy Lieutenant for West Riding and York, 1700; papers of Richard, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, including records of the management of his estates in Ireland and Burlington Gardens, London, legal papers, and correspondence, 1724-25.

Boyle , Richard , 1566-1643 , 1st Earl of Cork Boyle , Richard , 1694-1753 , 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork , architect and patron of the arts Boyle , family , of Ireland and England
BOYES SUTTON AND PERRY
GB 0074 ACC/2862 · Collection · 1906-1982

Papers, 1906-1982, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Clifton Road, Finchley, including abstracts of title, conveyance, lease and assignment.

Boyes Sutton and Perry , solicitors
BOWREY, Thomas (d 1713)
GB 0074 CLC/427 · Collection · 1666-1714

Papers of Thomas Bowrey, sea captain and merchant, including ledger; correspondence; diaries; drawings; charts; and maps; relating to travel and trade in India, Africa, Holland, France, Batavia (Jakarta) and Persia (Iran); the "Coffree" language of Delagoa and the Telenga language; shipping insurance and Lloyd's coffee house; whaling; and piracy.

Bowrey , Thomas , d 1713 , sea captain and merchant
GB 0074 ACC/1180 · Collection · 1897-1906

Household and personal account book of Colonel Henry Ferryman Bowles.

Bowles , Sir , Henry Ferryman , 1858-1943 , baronet , member of Parliament
BOWLES AND GOULD FAMILIES
GB 0074 ACC/0829 · Collection · 1684-1885

Title deeds for property in Edmonton owned by the Bowles family, 1786-1835; property in Highgate owned by the Gould family, 1724-1795; and properties in Ashford, Stanwell, Staines, Enfield, Hornsey and Pinner, 1684-1885.

Various.
GB 0074 O/534 · Collection · 1864-1875

Records of the Bowkett Benefit Building Society, 1864-1875, consisting of declaration by Secretary as to trustees and a mortgage of 89 Grove Road, Upper Islington.

Bowkett Benefit Building Society
GB 0074 ACC/0837 · Collection · 1905

Reconveyance of part of mortgaged property at Albert Road, Edmonton, 1905.

Bower, Cotton and Bower , solicitors
BOW STREET MAGISTRATES COURT
GB 0074 PS/BOW · Collection · 1724-2004

Records of Bow Street Magistrates Court, 1724-2004, including court registers; domestic proceedings registers; gaoler's records; applications for warrants; club licensing; matrimonial case registers; extradition registers; registers of applications for adoption abroad, adoption abroad procedural and case files; papers relating to magistrates' salaries; files of the Chief Clerk; Poor Box financial accounts, bequests and correspondence; papers relating to trust funds and bequests; Committee files and office administration.

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.
Matrimonal cases: A married woman under the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895 and subsequent Acts could go to a magistrates' court and apply for orders which in certain circumstances would enable her to separate from her husband, have custody of any children and receive maintenance from him.

Bow Street Magistrates Court
BOW ROAD CHURCH
ACC/1850-11 · Collection · 1862-1976

Records of Bow Road Wesleyan Methodist Church, including register of marriages, 1866-1916; registers of baptisms, 1862-1955; Trustees meetings minute books, 1888-1976; financial accounts, 1865-1965; Leader's meetings minute books, 1868-1970; Management Committee minutes, 1922-1931; collection journals, 1956-1972; Government Air-Craft Insurance for Merchant Street Wesleyan Chapel, Bow Road, 1915; Wesley Guild minute books, 1929-1957; church magazines, 1946-1969; box containing booklets and newspapers (1863-1865) found under the memorial stone of Bow Road Chapel, after its destruction in 1941; newspaper cuttings, 1937-1970; photographs, 1960-1970 and papers and correspondence (1914-1965) regarding the centenary of Bow Road gathered in preparation for Leslie Farmer's history of Bow Mission, includes photographs.

Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
ACC/1850 · Collection · 1858-1940

Minutes, accounts, schedules and registers of Bow Methodist Mission Circuit and chapels within that Circuit, 1858-1940, including Elizabeth Street Church, Bow Common Church, Millwall Church, Old Ford Church, Old Mahogany Bar Church, Saint George's Methodist Church, Cable Street, Stratford Conference Hall, Tredegar Road Church, Bruce Road Church, Shirley Street Church, London Fields Church, Benledi Street School Chapel, Chrisp Street Church, Custom House Church, Driffield Road Church, Manchester Road Church, Maria Street Church, Mary Street Church and Plaistow Marsh Church.

Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
BOW COUNTY COURT
GB 0074 CCT/AK/15 · Collection · 1847-1962

Records of Bow County Court, 1847-1962, including minute books; plaint and minute books; Workmen's Compensation Act register; and default actions books.

Bow County Court
BOW COMMON ESTATE COMPANY
GB 0074 ACC/2657 · Collection · 1901-1928

Records of the Bow Common Estate Company, 1901-1928, including memorandum and articles of association; sales catalogues; sales books; sales completion statements; bundle of papers and correspondence regarding Company's appeal against assessment for Corporation Profits Tax; statement of facts, history of Company and argument for its status as a holding rather than a trading company and therefore not liable for tax; legal advice relating to the tax status of the company and file of papers of Clerk W.W.T. Worth, including draft title deeds to properties, mortgages and rents, and details of sales.

Bow Common Estate Company
BOW COMMON CHURCH
ACC/1850-10 · Collection · 1904-1971

Records of Bow Common Wesleyan Methodist Church, Devons Road, comprising minute book of meetings of Trustees, 1904-1936; minute book of meetings of Trustees of Bow Common School, Tidey Street, 1935-1971 and Government Air-Craft Insurance for Devons Road Wesleyan Chapel, Bow Common, 1915.

Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
ACC/1850-7 · Collection · 1828-1977

Records of the Bow Circuit (active 1861-1900), Poplar and Bow Mission (active 1900-1961) and Bow Mission (active 1961-date) including Quarterly meeting minute books, 1866-1977; Circuit Steward's account books, 1863-1961; Local Preachers' meeting minute book, 1865-1964; Circuit schedules, 1861-1892; Circuit trust schedule relating to the finance and material condition of each chapel and manse, 1941-1960; Circuit preaching plans, 1931-1966; War damage account book, 1941-1947; book of newspaper cuttings, 1933-1940; Bow and East End mission leaflets, 1887-1964; correspondence and certificates, 1828-1888.

Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
BOVRIL LIMITED
GB 0074 E/BOV · Collection · 1797-1959

Records of Bovril Limited, 1797-1959, comprising leases, mortgages, conveyances and other legal documents relating to the ownership of premises on Old Street, Bunhill Row and Banner Street, Finsbury, Islington and Farringdon Street, City of London.

Bovril Limited , food manufacturers
BOUVERIE SOCIETY
GB 0074 CLC/034 · Collection · 1801-1948

Records of the Bouverie Society, a social club for pawnbrokers. The records comprise: rules, 1934 (Ms 22321); minutes, 1801-1948 (Ms 22322); visitors' book, 1935-45 (Ms 22323); miscellaneous papers, 1897-1914 (Ms 22324-5); and photograph albums, late 19th century-early 20th century (Ms 22326).

Bouverie Society , social club for pawnbrokers
BOURNEMOUTH WINE
GB 0074 ACC/2305/50 · Collection · 1924-1970

Records of the Bournemouth Wine Company Limited, comprising register of seals; papers and correspondence, including those relating to change of name and memorandum and articles of association.

Bournemouth Wine Company Ltd Stratford Catering Company Ltd
BOULNOIS, DREW AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-032 · Collection · 1890-1925

Records of Boulnois, Drew and Company, tea dealers, comprising a ledger and balance sheets.

Boulnois, Drew and Co , tea dealers
BOSTON FAMILY
GB 0074 ACC/0566 · Collection · 1341-1833

Records relating to property owned by the Irby family, barons Boston, in Shepperton, Sunbury, Barnes, Chertsey, Hillingdon and Hanover Square. The records include title deeds, legal documents, orders and inventories.

Various.
LMA/4414 · Collection · 1881-1985

Records of Boscombe Congregational Church, Bournemouth, Dorset, including Year book and accounts, 1881-1938 (some gaps); Visitors book, 1978-1985; Congregational magazine, 1904 and 1907; Congregation Monthly magazine, 1900 and 1936; Boscombe Congregational Church Newsletters, 1951-1957 and 1964-1967 and scrapbook containing financial statements, posters, newsletters, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and other papers relating to the Church, 1887-1969.

Congregational Church of England and Wales
BOROUGH SYNAGOGUE
GB 0074 ACC/2712/BRS · Collection · 1865-1960

Records of Borough Synagogue, consisting of registers of kethubot [marriage contracts], lists of seat holders, chalitza book, financial accounts, and minute books including Burial Society minute book.

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

Borough Synagogue
BOROUGH MUSEUM
GB 0074 O/191 · Collection · 1898-1901

Handbill advertising for corpses for Edwin Brady's "Borough Museum", at the "Hole-in-the wall", formerly St George's Tavern, 204, High Street, Borough, Southwark. The bill refers to the crypt and rates of St George the Martyr, Southwark, c.1898-1901.

Brady , Edwin , fl 1882-1901 , publican
BOROUGH MARKET TRUSTEES
GB 0074 ACC/2058 · Collection · 1572-1973

Records of the Borough Market Trustees, including a complete sets of minutes and financial records dating from the Market's reconstitution by Act of Parliament in 1755. There are many items concerning the market's property, including deeds and plans, and a good series of twentieth century correspondence illustrating many aspects of the administration of the Market. Much of the material comes from the office of the Clerk to the Trustees of the Market.

The records include: Acts relating to the Borough Market; Histories; Byelaws, instructions to officials and standing orders; register of seals; agendas, minutes and reports; correspondence; newspaper cuttings; agreements, bonds, contracts; Acts of Parliament, legal cases; evidences and reports of Commissions; war-time regulations, insurance, air raid damage.

Financial records including balance sheets, statements of account and statements of receipts and expenditure; ledgers; cash books; day books; banking records; income; expenditure; correspondence and share prospectus.

Property records including the Market site, maintenance of the premises, plans and maps, proposals for new building and extensions, the Market offices, correspondence, other sites and buildings owned by the Trustees, tenants records, and insurance.

Staff records including wages books; Health and Safety at work, including accidents, medical insurance and sick certificates; Income Tax, National Insurance and Superannuation and uniform and clothing.

Records of other bodies relating to the Market including Metropolitan Borough of Southwark; London County Council; other markets. Also printed notices and advertisements; statistics; Benevolent Fund Records and Borough Market Sports Records.

Borough Market Trustees