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 , historianPapers, collected by the estate agents in the course of their work, comprising sales particulars, 1948-1949.
Bradwell and Sons , estate agentsRecords of Brae and Chingoor Tea Estates Limited, comprising ledgers, cash book and bills payable.
Brae and Chingoor Tea Estates LtdPapers of Margaret Irving relating to her work as a tea taster at Brash Brothers (Tea) Limited.
Irving , Margaret , fl 1922-1960 , tea tasterRecords 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 LondonRecords 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 CouncilRecords 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 GuardiansRecords 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 WalesDeed 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 IrelandRegisters of marriages, 1934-1960.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchCircuit plan for Brentford Methodist Circuit, 1924-1925.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchRecords 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;
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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;
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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.
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 DistrictRecords 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 , antiquarianPrinted 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 AmericaRecords of Bridewell Hospital, 1660-1960, including administrative papers, reports, orders and recommendations.
Corporation of LondonRecords 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 CompanyBridge 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 LondonDraft 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 LondonRecords 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 LondonRecords 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 SchoolsDocuments 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.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 , historianRecords 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 LondonRecords of the Bridges family relating to premises in Edmonton, Enfield, Pinner, Harrow, Hillingdon, Isleworth, Tottenham, Hackney, Twickenham, Clapton, Hampstead, Islington, Holborn, Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London., Clerkenwell, Shoreditch, Chelsea, Bloomsbury, Stepney, City of Westminster, and Saint Clement Danes. The documents include releases, leases, extracts from court rolls, marriage certificates and settlements, legal case papers including Chancery court, probates, letters of administration, leases, abstracts of title, and conveyances. Also appointments by Justices of the Peace of John George Bridges and John William Bridges, both of 54, Torrington Square, as Special Constables, 1848.
Various.Journal of business and private expenditure of John Bridgman, West India merchant.
Bridgman , John , fl 1766-1803 , West India merchantRecords of Brightwen and Company, bankers and bill brokers, comprising articles of partnership and financial material.
Brightwen and Co , bankers and bill brokersPlan by James Brindley, civil engineer, of a proposed canal between Monkey Island and Isleworth.
Brindley , James , 1716-1772 , civil engineerRecords of the Bristol Brewery Georges and Company Limited, including Board of directors minute book; Directors' report and statement of accounts; rules and list of fixtures, Bristol Brewery Georges and Co. Ltd. Athletic Club; papers relating to wages and salaries; memorandums; correspondence; loan stock registers and report and valuation of properties, including those of subsidiaries (thus Bristol United Breweries, Charlton, Oakhill, Dunlop Mackie, Crocker, St Vincent's Hotel, Lewins Properties).
Bristol Brewery Georges and Co LtdRecords of Bristol United Breweries Limited, including minute books of board, committee and annual general meetings; indexes to minute books.
Bristol United Breweries LtdDocuments acquired by the solicitors in the course of their work, including copies of court rolls for the manor of 'Stebunheath alias Stepney', 1800-1811; particulars and conditions of sale for various premises in Ashford and Stanwell, Paddington, Rotherhithe, Deptford, Whitechapel, Saint George's-in-the-East, Wapping, Hampstead, Westminster, and Feltham, 1855-1895; and abstract of title for property in Ealing, 1870 [abstract of title: a summary of prior ownership drawn up by solicitors showing how title to the land devolved to the party currently possessing it].
Bristow, Cooke and Carpmael , solicitorsRecords of the British and European Insurance Company Limited, comprising board and general meetings minutes.
British and European Insurance Co LtdRecords of the Standing Conference for Local History, later known as the British Association for Local History. The records comprise: minutes and related papers 1949-1982; Regional Meetings correspondence and related material 1968-1973; subject files covering a large number of topics 1949-1981; general correspondence and papers 1938 - 1981; correspondence and papers regarding publications by the Standing Conference/National Council for Social Service 1951-1982; copies of publications 1950-1983; and The Local History Recording Scheme files which originated from an early NCSS scheme and cover certain counties 1935-1979.
Also minutes 1982-1996, correspondence 1979-1994, administrative files and papers 1981-1997, and editorial files relating to the publication The Local Historian 1970-1990.
Standing Conference for Local History x British Association for Local HistoryRecords of the British Australian Telegraph Company Limited comprising minutes of annual general meetings, meetings of the board and meetings of liquidators.
British Australian Telegraph Co LtdRecords of the British Bankers' Association including minutes, accounts, papers relating to public relations, papers relating to bank employees, and papers relating to matters concerning banks such as taxation, legislation, inter-bank cooperation, foreign currency, investments, security and fraud, nationalisation, liquidity, bankruptcy and the European Economic Community (EEC).
Also includes printed extracts of proceedings of Association of the Bankers of London and Westminster (1792).
The British Bankers' Association archive also includes records of a number of other organisations including the London Clearing House, later known as the Bankers' Clearing House Limited, and the Committee of London Clearing Bankers which oversaw it.
British Bankers' Association , society promoting the interests of banksRecords of the British Bankers' Association, including General Council, Executive Committee and Annual General Meeting minute books; annual reports; financial accounts; papers of Committees including the Foreign Exchange Committee and the Fiscal Committee; public relations papers including press releases and circulars; papers regarding bank employees; papers regarding the EEC Banking Federation; rules, regulations and other papers relating to membership; and papers relating to various matters of interest to the banking community including income tax, security, fraud, liquidity, clearing house payments, inter-bank cooperation, legislation, bankruptcy, credit, audits and taxation.
Restricted access to later records.
British Bankers' Association , society promoting the interests of banksRecords of the British Chapel, Moscow, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.
British Chapel , MoscowRecords of British Chemical Projects (Iridion) Limited, comprising articles of association; indenture; correspondence with the Trade Marks branch of the Patent Office; correspondence with Haseltine, Lake and Co, chartered patent agents; and certificates of trademarks issued in the UK, Argentina, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium and France, 1927-1929.
British Chemical Projects (Iridion) LtdArticles of association for British Chrome and Chemicals Limited.
British Chrome and Chemicals LtdRecords of the British Church of Saint Andrew, Moscow, Russia; including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; minute book of meetings of the subscribers; articles defining the position of the church; and cash book.
British Church of St Andrew , Moscow, RussiaRecords of the British Church of Saint James, Oporto, Portugal comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and burials. They were catalogued in 1964 and 1990 by members of Guildhall Library staff.
British Church of St James , Oporto, PortugalRecords of the British Church at Riga, Latvia, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, minutes and accounts of the British Poor Fund, and a volume containing historical records of the church. They were catalogued in 1963-4 by members of Guildhall Library staff.
British Church , Riga, LatviaBanns book for the British Church in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
British Church , St Petersburg, RussiaBritish Commercial Fire Insurance Company minutes of the board and of annual general meetings.
British Commercial Fire Insurance CoRecords of the British Commonwealth Insurance Company, including memorandum and articles of association; papers relating to the acquisition by Legal and General; minutes; annual reports and accounts; financial records; register of investments and specimen policy forms.
British Commonwealth Insurance CoBusiness records of British Crown Assurance Corporation Limited comprising policies and branch standing orders.
Eagle, Star and British Dominions British Crown Assurance Corporation LtdCorporate records of British Crown Assurance Corporation Limited, including board of directors' meeting minutes and agendas, shareholders' meeting and annual general meeting minutes, copy minutes and agreements relating to the sale to Eagle, Star and British Dominions.
Eagle, Star and British Dominions British Crown Assurance Corporation LtdBusiness records of British Crown Assurance Corporation Limited specimen policy and proposal form; contingency policy with premium receipts; board of trade exemption order; agency application; Agency in Belgium and France: government deposit certificate, accounts, cheque books, agreements and papers; Agency in Australia: agreements and papers.
Eagle, Star and British Dominions British Crown Assurance Corporation LtdCorporate records of the reconstituted British Crown Assurance Corporation Limited including certificates of incorporation, memorandum and articles of association, insurance agreements, board of directors' and shareholders' meeting agendas and minutes including annual general meetings, directors' attendance book, annual reports and accounts and related correspondence, registers of directors and secretaries, and seal books.
Eagle, Star and British Dominions British Crown Assurance Corporation LtdShares records of British Crown Assurance Corporation Limited (reconstituted) comprising registers of members and transfers, transfer ledger, share certificate books and dividend mandates, and registers of directors' shareholdings.
Eagle, Star and British Dominions British Crown Assurance Corporation Ltd