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Records of the Methodist Church London North East District, 1880-1992, including minutes of the Local Preachers' Committee and the Education Sub-Committee; correspondence with local preachers; a review of book At Satan's Throne: a history of Methodism in Bath; an original Primitive Methodist Circuit plan of 1880; leaflet "The Union Chapel: a famous Islington landmark" and booklet "Chislehurst Methodist Church: An Invitation to look and see for yourself".

Records of the London Mission (West) Circuit, 1927-1987, including administrative files consisting of material relating to Grove House Hostel for ex-borstal boys, Gilbert Goodliffe House for retired men and women, Saint Luke's and Saint Mary's House for men and women, Emerson Bainbridge House and Hopedene House for Mother and Babies; legal papers concerning legacies; material relating to Kingsway Hall Church including press cuttings and 10 volumes of Orders of Service; slides and photographs; and 106 exhibition boards of photographs and a brief history of the West London Mission created for the centenary exhibition in 1987 along with location maps from 1832 and 1987 showing activities of West London Mission.

Records of constituent churches of the United Reformed Church Southern Province Trust, 1808-1991, including: Battersea Bridge Road United Reformed Church baptism registers 1846-1991 and Church Meeting minute books; Plumstead United Reformed Church baptism registers, 1924-1977; Clapham Congregational Church committee meetings minute book; George Street Chapel, Croydon, committee meetings minute book; Camberwell Green United Reformed Church property trust papers and Hither Green Mission property trust papers.

Marriage registers for Sidcup Congregational Church, 1919-1976.

Registers of marriages, George Street Congregational Church, Croydon, 1957-1962.

Marriage registers for Pilgrim Church House, Southwark, 1949-1974.

Records of 'The Bourne', Southgate Methodist Church, 1890-1979, including Trustees meeting minute books and account books; Leader's meeting minutes; Society Steward account books; Missionary Committee meetings; pulpit notices; Sunday School minute book; Quarterly Circuit meeting minutes and other Circuit administrative papers including correspondence; collection journals; Finsbury Park and Southgate Circuit plans and directories and issues of Church newsletter 'Bourne Tidings'.

Marriage registers for Park Presbyterian Church, Grosvenor Road, Highbury, 1921-1940.

Marriage registers for Wandsworth Presbyterian Church, Briar Walk, Putney, 1915-1944.

Marriage registers for the United Church of Saint James-at-Bowes, Wood Green, 1949-1975.

Marriage registers for Blackheath Congregational Church, Independents Road, 1899-1973.

Marriage registers for Lewisham High Road Congregational Church, Brockley, 1899-1966.

Marriage register for Streatham Hill Congregational Church, Streatham, 1961-1979.

Register of marriages for West Ealing Congregational Church, 1970-1972.

Marriage registers for Villiers Road Congregational Church, Southall, Norwood Green, 1932-1970.

Marriage registers for West Kensington Congregational Church, 1959-1973.

Records of the parish of Saint John the Baptist, Greenhill, Harrow, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriages, confirmations and church services; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; Finance and General Purposes Committee minutes; Building Committee minutes; financial accounts; papers relating to staff; papers relating to the maintenance of the church buildings and fittings including faculties; papers relating to properties and land; papers relating to social events and clubs; notices, orders of service, newspaper cuttings and programmes.

Records of the parish of Saint John, Southall, Ealing, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials; banns of marriage, confirmations, and church services; preacher's books; registers of graves; Parochial Church Council minutes; Churchwardens' minutes and financial papers; plans of the church hall; maps of the parish; papers relating to church property; faculties relating to church fixtures and fittings; printed items including brochures, orders of service, programmes, postcards and histories; photographs of the church building and church services.

Records of the parish of the Ascension, Hanger Hill, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; and minute books of the Vestry and Parochial Church Council.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Uxbridge, including baptism registers (1865-1947), marriage registers (1865-1958), burial registers (1867-1896), banns of marriage registers (1914-1993), service registers, orders of services, Vestry Minutes, Parochial Church Council Minutes, parish magazines, electoral rolls, annual accounts, ledgers, account books of fees, plans of church, and specification of works.

Records of the parish of All Saints, Harrow, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage and confirmations; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minute books; financial accounts; papers of Robinson's Charity; papers of Harrow Weald Old Schools; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint James, Alperton, including registers of baptisms, marriages, and banns of marriage; registers of church services; papers regarding the construction of the church and vicarage; faculties for the maintenance of church fittings; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; papers relating to church societies and clubs; and parish magazines.

Parish magazines of the parish of Saint Mary, Edmonton.

Records of the parish of St Mary Magdalene, Littleton, Surrey, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage, confirmation and church services; papers relating to the benefice and tithes; papers relating to church buildings including faculties, correspondence, plans and drawings and church inspection reports; papers relating to Saint John's Mission Hall including deeds and plans; Churchwardens' financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; Overseers of the Poor rate books; and a history of the church.

Baptism and marriage registers for the parish of St Anselm, Belmont.

Records of the parish of Emmanuel, Northwood, including registers of baptisms, marriage, banns of marriage and church services; orders of service; papers of the incumbent; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice; faculties, inventories, plans, drawings, photographs, reports, contracts and specifications for the church building, vicarage and church hall; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; minutes of other committees; reports and correspondence; financial accounts; correspondence relating to parochial charities; Managers' Minutes, deeds, plans and correspondence relating to the school; papers of church societies and clubs; parish magazines; yearbooks; historical notes and pamphlets; and photographs.

Parish of St Mary, Hampton, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns of marriage; Vestry meeting minutes; financial records; Churchwardens' accounts; Overseers of the Poor rate books; and Surveyor of the Highways rate books.

Records of the parish of St Barnabas, Northolt Park, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; papers of the incumbent; and minutes of the Vestry, Parochial Church Council and Church Hall Building Fund.

Records of the parish of All Saints, Queensbury, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations; church services registers; and Parochial Church Council minutes and financial accounts.

Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, West Ealing, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage and confirmations; church services registers; orders of service; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice and terrier; papers relating to the maintenance of the church, vicarage and church hall including faculties, specifications of works, correspondence and photographs; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; papers of the Churchwardens; papers relating to church organisations including charities, societies and Saint Stephen's School; parish magazines; pamphlets and brochures; and photographs of church activities.

Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Twickenham, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; registers of burials; registers of banns of marriage; registers of church services; and registers of preachers.

Records of the parish of Saint Matthew, Yiewsley, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; preachers' books; correspondence, faculties, plans, and reports relating to the maintenance of the church, vicarage, church hall and churchyard; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; other Committee minutes; financial accounts; parish magazine and papers relating to parish festivals and events.

Records of the parish of Saint Alban, North Harrow, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations.

Records of the parish of Saint Michael and All Angels, Harrow, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations, and church services; service notice sheets; orders of service; incumbent's correspondence; plan of the district; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church and hall; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial records; papers of church societies including the Mothers' Union; photograph of clergy; programmes and posters for church events.

Records of the parish of St Mary the Virgin, Lower Edmonton, comprising registers of baptisms, registers of marriages and a register of confirmations.

Records of the parish of Saint Joseph, Northolt including banns of marriage registers, 1978-1986; baptismal register, 1958-1964; service registers, 1942-2000; Parochial Church Council meeting minutes, 1950-1962; and parish newsletters, yearbooks and magazines, 1971-1993.

Records of the parish of St Edward the Confessor, Greenford, including marriage register (1971-1984); baptism register (1936-1946); church service registers (1936-1984); financial records; Parochial Church Council minutes; and Mothers' Union records.

Records of the parish of Holy Cross, Greenford. This collection includes parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (1539/40-1989); photographs of church services, buildings, furniture and events (1935-1980); faculties, related correspondence, plans and photographs (1898-1997); various correspondence and other papers relating to rectors and curates of the parish (1822-1963); correspondence and plans relating to the changes in parish boundaries 1948-1967); a terrier (1890); altered tithe apportionments and other items related to the collection of tithes (1821-1935); vestry minute meeting books (1776-1912); Parochial Church Council minutes and sub-committee minutes (1945-1995); parish finances (1958-1995); electoral rolls (1920s-1990); Overseers' of the Poor account books (1771-1835); parish charity finances and correspondence (1799-1994); Betham School mangers' records (1903-1940); other Betham School records (1899-1903); parish magazines (1910-2006) and drawings of the churches (1809-1987).

Of particular note are plans for the decorative interior woodwork of the New Church designed by the architectural practice of Professor Sir A E Richardson (1945).

As marriage ceremonies are performed in both the Old and New Churches there are separate registers for the marriage services in the two buildings.

Records of the parish of Saint Martin, West Acton, including registers of baptisms (1903-1988), registers of marriages (1907-1958), registers of banns of marriage (1907-1982), registers of confirmations (1920-1938, 1940-1971), registers of church services (1903-1986), minutes of Committees including the Parochial Church Council (1916-1943), financial records, Churchwardens' Vestry books (1922-1963), papers of church societies including the Choir and Mothers' Union, parish magazines (1909-1911, 1920-1935, 1938-1971), architects' plans (1929-1966), and photographs of church buildings, staff and church activities.

Records of the parish of Saint Martin, Kensal Rise, comprising baptism registers (1895-1980), marriage registers (1901-1965), banns of marriage registers (1964-1975), confirmation registers (1892-1967), and church service registers.

Baptism register for the church of Saint Michael and Saint George, Wilcox Road, Fulwell.

Records of the Diocese of Southwark, 1742-2000. The collection relates to the area of London covered by the Diocese of Southwark south of the River Thames, dating mainly from 1905. It provides a wealth of information on church architecture and fixtures, sources for marriages and clergy (of particular use for family history), and the morals and conduct of clergy and their parishioners. Some records date from when parishes were under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Winchester (before 1877) and the Diocese of Rochester (1877-1904).

The records of Southwark Diocesan Regsistry include the following: grants of faculties relating to church buildings and fittings with a large number of coloured drawings and plans of churches, monuments, stained glass designs and other fittings (1905-2000); consecration and dedication papers including petitions and plans relating to new churches and burial grounds (1905-1976); ordinations and appointments of clergy (1878-1974); records relating to marriages including lists of marriage licences granted to couples intending to marry in churches within the Diocese of Rochester and Southwark (1877-1910, 1940-1958) and marriage warrants and affidavits recording the declarations made by parties intending to marry by licence (1905-1974).

Also records relating to visitations, the process by which the bishop maintained faith and discipline and corrected clerical and lay abuses, including lists of churchwardens (1924-1956), visitation returns (1907-1956) and presentment reports submitted by churchwardens on the state of church buildings and the conduct of clergy and parishioners in the parish (1905-1974).

The collection also contains minutes and property deeds from the Rochester and Southwark Diocesan Church Trust (1817-1966) relating to the College of Saint Saviour, Saint Olave, Southwark and All Saints, North Peckham, including correspondence relating to the removal of remains from the Flemish Burial Ground, adjacent to Saint Olave in 1842 (reference DS/CT); and minutes and related papers of Rural Deaneries of Dulwich, and Newington and Southwark (1869-1990) (reference DS/DRD).

Please note that some of the collection is uncatalogued. Please ask a member of staff for information regarding the procedure to access uncatalogued records.

Records of the Diocese of Winchester, 1480-1936. The archive collections relate mainly to parishes in the ancient county of Surrey, now in the dioceses of Guildford and Southwark and include: the records of the Archdeaconry of Surrey which had jurisdiction over the parishes in the ancient county of Surrey excluding 13 peculiars (administrative areas outside the jurisdiction of the bishop), including Bishop's Transcripts for parishes in the archdeaconry, the issue of licences including marriage bonds and allegations and clergy's licences, registry material, church consecrations and dedications, dissenters' meeting house certificates, and terriers of church property in each parish.

Also the records of the Archdeaconry Court of Surrey, consisting of court probate material including wills; the records of the Commissary Court of Surrey, including the bishop's commissary court probate records including wills and cause papers in court proceedings; and a small collection of office papers of the Archdeaconry of Winchester relating to parishes in Hampshire.

Three note-books by an unidentified naturalist, containing records of insects observed, 1878-1914.

George Edward Shuttleworth's note-books, etc. on mental diseases, especially in children. Author's holograph MSS. Produced in Lancaster and London, 1861-1923.

Alphabeta litterae, caracteres et habitus variorum populorum, besides the alphabets, there are numerous traced copies of illustrations-a few in colour-from travel books, etc of the 16th to the early 19th centuries, depicting costumes, ceremonies, occupations, etc. The fourth volume, uniformly bound, is lettered on the spine: 'Salutatio angelica. Symbolum Apostolorum Nicenum S. Athanasii. Decalogus. Praecepta Ecclesiae. Te Deum laudamus. Signum S. Crucis. Orationis Dominicae. Fragmenta polyglotta'. Probably compiled in France: the latest entry is dated 1840.

Marriage registers for Cricklewood Congregational Church, Chichele Road, 1910-1976.

Marriage register for Park Chapel, Arlington Road, Camden, 1911-1939.

Marriage register for Plumstead Congregational Church, Viewland Road, 1918-1977.

Marriage registers for John Knox Presbyterian Church, Stepney, 1900-1939.