Letter to Reville, Esq. from Henry C. Scott, secretary of H.P. Truefitt Limited, hairdressers, concerning the sale of Truefitt's business at Sandhurst to Mr. Herbert Cottrell, 1884.
Sans titreCollection of bonds relating to business arrangements, and a certified copy of the will of Thomas Compere, St Clement Danes.
Sans titreDraft agreement of employment relating to work in Dulwich, between William Crundall and Company and George Spanswick, commercial traveller, 1887.
Sans titreMap and plans of the estate of Sir Frederick Evelyn in Deptford.
Sans titrePrinted 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.
Sans titreShare certificates in the Grand Surrey Canal (numbers 1513-1522), belonging to Daniel Birkett, Hatton Garden, 1813.
Sans titrePapers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising sales particulars for a leasehold house in South Street, Peckham, near the "Rosemary Branch", 1822.
Sans titreProperty documents relating to the Hatton family estates in Hatton Garden and surrounding area, Holborn. Also papers relating to property in Barking, Clerkenwell, the City of London, Westminster, and Southwark; and share certificates in the Southwark Bridge Company.
Sans titreGrant of letters patent (including a great seal) issued to Edwin William Thomas and Edward Nightscales for an improved self acting steam water lift and injector.
Sans titreTitle deeds relating to two houses in Brompton Road, later 1 Bute Sreet and Bute House, later Prospect House and Bute House, later 1 and 2 (also 2A) Sussex Place, 1846-1931.
Sans titreCollection of title deeds and marriage settlements relating to properties in Fulham, Holborn, Enfield and Hampstead.
Sans titreArticles of partnership in business as fishmongers and venison dealers, 1759.
Sans titreConveyance of the de Leifde coffee plantation on the Island of Wakenaam, Guyana.
Sans titrePapers, 1925-1932, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to 18 and 30 Jasper Road, Upper Norwood.
Sans titrePapers collected by Myers Autographs in the course of their work, comprising abstract of the title of Mr. Vincent Durant to a copyhold half-acre of land with cottage, garden, and appurtenances near Hammersmith, 1776, and brief for defendants in a King's Bench action Holloway v. Rodbard and another relating to a wharf and premises near Essex Street in the Strand, and the erection of certain granaries thereon, 1797.
Sans titrePapers, 1688-1811, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds relating to The Black Bull Victualling House and other properties in Tooley Street, St Olave, Southwark. Documents include wills, marriage settlements, indenture of fine, leases and releases, abstract of title, feoffment, exemplification of recovery, agreements and certificates.
Sans titreRecords relating to shipping, including ship's log books; agreements, usually giving names of crew; and accounts of voyages.
Also plan of Tooting Station Estate and Lower Tooting Estate, known as Collier's Wood, including Lyveden Road, Devonshire Road, Robinson Road, Harewood Road, Wilton Road, Cavendish Road, Norfolk Road, showing plot numbers and building lines; sale particulars for house 'Walden', 80 Fitzjohn's Avenue, Hampstead, including fittings and fixtures, furniture, movable good and horse and carriage; and inspection reports for Belleville Road School, Clapham.
Sans titrePapers, 1843-1898, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including releases, covenant to produce deeds, mortgages, conveyances, lease, assignment, and surrender; relating to properties in Shoreditch and Islington.
Sans titrePapers, 1926-1933, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, relating to 101 High Street, Plumstead, including leases, assignment, plan and sales catalogue.
Sans titreRecords of the Inner London Quarter Sessions, 1790-1974.
Papers of the Justices of the Peace, including Lord Lieutenant's papers; official lists of Justices; papers relating to the jurisdiction of Justices; papers relating to juvenile courts; correspondence and papers relating to the County of London Magistrates Club.
Papers of the Court in Session, including sessions rolls; court books; deposition books; court minute books; registers and indexes of appeals; Sheriff's inquisitions and returns; depositions; certificates of conviction; orders of court; reports and correspondence regarding the Mental Deficiency Acts; calendars of prisoners; estreat papers and rolls; and calendars of viticular licences.
Administrative papers including staff books; papers relating to probationers; County of London Standing Joint Committee minutes and papers; Committee of Quarter Sessions papers; Magistrates' Court Committee minutes and papers; County of London Licensing Committee papers and reports; County of London Licensing Planning Committee minutes and applications and County Confirming and Compensation Committee papers and reports.
Documents registered with the Court including papers relating to licences; maps and plans showing petty sessional divisions, borough boundaries, licensed premises and roads; papers relating to railways; lists of blind persons; register of parliamentary deposits and reports from the Commissioners on the State of the Roads.
Papers of the Clerk of the Peace and the Treasurer, including cash book; papers relating to County Days; correspondence relating to borough maps; general correspondence; indexes of deposited records and plans; and summaries of costs of criminal prosecutions.
Sans titreThis collection consists of legal documents, books, accounts and reports relating to a variety of topics including the construction of the new Palace of Westminster, biblical and religious texts, demographics, the food and lodging of prisoners and religious observances.
Sans titreRecords of the North Hackney Central School for Girls comprising one volume of "The Outlook" school magazine (numbers 16-18), 1933 December-1934 July.
Sans titreRecords of the Commissioners of the Victualling of the Navy comprising deeds relating to property in Aldgate and East Smithfield.
Sans titreRecords of Improved Industrial Dwellings Company Limited, housing developer, 1863-1984. The records relate to company administration and to a much lesser extent, the tenants. The earliest registers in the collection, a register of Estates 1863-1896 is of particular interest as it includes estate accounts, block plans, mortality rates and coloured plans of dwelling type (c.1870). The records relating to Greencoat Properties Ltd and The Soho, Clerkenwell and General Industrial Dwellings Company Ltd include Directors Annual Reports and Accounts 1885-1976. The only register to name tenants is the Deposit Account Register, 1935-1970.
Sans titreMemorial Book produced by the local branch of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association, listing by parish men from Uxbridge serving during the First World War. Indicates whether killed in action or families helped by SSFA. Pamphlets on SSFA bound at back.
Sans titrePlans and elevations of Metropolitan Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Association buildings at Battersea Park, designed by architect Charles Barry Junior.
Sans titreRecords of the Ealing North Divisional/Constituency Labour Party, including attendance books, annual reports, accounts and subject files on election campaigns. Though these files are mainly concerned with finance, many also include campaign material. Also ward/branch material. Each ward or branch had its own committee. Of particular interest are the early minute books of Northolt Labour Party.
Sans titreCourt roll for the Manor of Harmondsworth, 1717-1728, with transcription and index.
Sans titreDeed transferring "The Redd Lyon" [The Red Lion] public house and land in Gray's Inn Lane from Edward Blount to Thomas Smythe, 22 July 1597.
Sans titreRecords of the Artists League of Great Britain, formerly the Imperial Arts League. The records relate mainly to the administration of the league. The earliest material are the council minutes from 1909. There are also files of individual members; especially interesting is the file of Sydney Cockerell, bookbinder, which includes samples of hand made end-papers. Also of interest are the subject files on sketching and painting in war time (1915-1942) and a file of newspaper cuttings (1939-1940) concerning exhibitions and bequests during the war.
Sans titrePapers, 1709-1725, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising leases for chambers in Doctor's Commons and New Inn.
Sans titreDraft 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.
Sans titreRules and regulations for children and parents, issued by the committee of Saint Thomas's Charity School.
Sans titreLists of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of All Hallows Staining, Mark Lane, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns; Vestry minute books; Churchwarden's financial accounts; poor rate assessment books; tithe rate assessment books; and papers relating to parish poor relief.
The collection includes records of the Society for the Commemoration of the accession of Queen Elizabeth I comprising: minutes, 1683-1787; copy of annual address and rules, 1787; registers of subscribers to the annual dinners, 1766-8; and notes extracted from the minutes, 20th century.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of All Hallows the Less, Upper Thames Street, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms, marriages and burials) from 1558; Vestry minute books; Churchwardens' accounts; Overseers' book of receipts and payments; apportionment of tithe rent charges and poor rate assessment books. Some of these records are for joint meetings with the Vestry of All Hallows the Great.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Alphage, London Wall. The earliest records are churchwardens' accounts, which date from 1527. There are parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns and burials) from 1613. Vestry minutes commence in 1569. Other records, including rate assessments and papers relating to tithes, date chiefly from the 18th century.
Sans titreThe main archive of the parish of St Anne and St Agnes dates from the 17th century, with parish registers (baptisms, burials, marriages, banns) from 1640, vestry minutes from 1679 and poor rate assessments from 1671. There are also records relating to parish charities and the parochial schools.
Sans titreRecords of the Justices of the Peace for Middlesex, 1648-1974. MJP/C contains the original Commissions of the Peace and of Oyer and Terminer issued to the Justices of the Peace; MJP/L are lists of the justices in those commissions; MJP/D contains names of justices who had paid subscriptions for dinners held at the Sessions House; MJP/EC concerns the election of a Chairman of the sessions in 1872-1873; MJP/O contains a record of oaths taken by justices upon their appointment to the commission. The series in MJP/Q, MJP/QC and MJP/R are concerned with the qualifications needed by justices in order to be eligible for appointment.
Sans titreRecords of the Children's Homoeopathic Dispensary, London Homoeopathic Convalescent Home, Eastbourne, and the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, 1884-1946.
Sans titreRecords of the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital comprising annotated copy of the laws and bye-laws of the Hospital, 1884; registers of nurses with photographs, 1918-1946 and case books arranged by doctor or practitioner, 1889-1923.
Sans titreRecords of Bolingbroke Hospital, including registers of inpatients, minor operations registers, operations registers, casualty registers, registers of nurses and nursing probationers.
Administrative and financial records are uncatalogued as of February 2012, please see staff for further details.
Sans titreRecords of Grove Hospital, including post mortem examinations; staff registers; records of appointments, transfers and promotions; records of resignations; matron's reports; staff rules.
Administrative and financial records are uncatalogued as of February 2012, please see staff for further details.
Sans titreRecords of Pinewood Sanatorium, 1910-1966, including admission and discharge registers, case register, registers of operations, register of death and mortuary registers.
Sans titreRecords of Hackney Poor Law Union, 1770-1939, including minutes of meetings of the Board of Guardians and various Committees; Guardians handbooks; standing orders; correspondence with the Poor Law Board, Local Government Board and Ministry of Health; orders of the Local Government Board; papers relating to property including contracts and deeds; settlement examinations and orders for removal; orders for the reception of lunatics; registers of lunatics; registers for the Hackney Union Workhouse, the Brentwood Branch Workhouse and the Sidney Road Receiving Home; registers of children including apprentices, children adopted by the Union, children at schools and institutions, children at the Brentwood School and at Chipping Ongar Children's Home; financial accounts and staff records.
Sans titrePapers of the Clare Hall Hospital, 1905-1929, including minutes of the meetings of the Board, Finance Committee, General Purposes and House Committee, Visiting Sub-committee and Farm Sub-committee; annual reports; finance reports; financial papers and papers relating to superannuation.
Sans titreRecords of Hampstead Poor Law Union, 1810-1958, including minutes of meetings of the Board of Guardians; minutes and reports of various Committees; standing orders; correspondence with Government departments; orders for removal to and from the Union; registers of lunatics; registers of emigration; registers for the Union Workhouse; registers of the New End Hospital; apprenticeship and servant registers; registers of children sent to schools and homes; financial accounts and staff records.
Sans titreRecords of the Inner London Education Authority, 1880-1990, including papers of the Education Officer and Chief Executive; Clerk's Department papers, including agendas, papers and minutes of the Education Committee, Development Sub-Committee, Equal Opportunities Sub-Committee, Finance Sub-Committee, Further and Higher Education Sub-Committee, Policy Co-ordinating Sub-Committee, Schools Sub-Committee, Staff Appeals Sub-Committee, Staff General Sub-Committee, Sixteen to Nineteen Review Sub-Committee, Strategic Policy Sub-Committee, Trading and Supplies Sub-Committee; and papers relating to the Communications Unit, External Relations Branch and Members Support Services.
Papers of the Department of Building and Property Services, including the Architecture Branch, Direct Labour Branch, Engineering Division, Ground Maintenance Branch and Quantity Surveying Branch; papers of the Development and Equipment Branch; papers of the Directors of Education; papers of the ten Divisional Offices; papers of the Equal Opportunities Unit; papers of the Finance Department including the Director of Finance; papers of the Inspectorate, including the Inspectorate of the Schools Psychological Service; papers of the Management Services Branch.
Papers of the Personnel Department, including the Environmental Health Service, Employee Relations Branch, Personnel Planning, Monitoring and Financial Control Branch and Recruitment, Pay and Staffing Division; papers of the Post Schools Department, including Area Youth Offices, Community Education and Careers Branch, Careers Service Branch, Further and Higher Education Branch and Sixteen Plus Development; papers of the Research and Statistics Branch.
Papers of the Schools Department including the Education Catering Branch, Domestic Advisers, Educational Social Welfare Service, the Centre for Learning Resources, Medical and Psychiatric Service, Schools Resources, School Management and Government, Provision for under-Fives, Special Boarding Education, Welfare and Health, Sport, Curriculum Support and the Sixteen-Nineteen Section; papers of the Special Education Branch; papers of the Supplies and Transport Services Branch and papers of the Teaching Staff Branch. Also Heritage Collection exhibition boards and photographs; ILEA publications and educational videotapes.
Sans titreRecords of the London County Council, 1721-1983, including the Architect's Department, Chief Engineer's Department, Children's Department, Clerk's Department, Comptroller of the Council's Department, Education Officer's Department, Fire Brigade Department, Housing Department, Legal and Parliamentary Department, Lieutenancy of the County of London, Public Control Department, Public Health Department, Parks Department, Restaurant and Catering Department, Staff Benevolent Society, Supplies Department, Tramways Department, Valuation Department, Welfare Department and Works Department.
The type of records held include committee minutes and papers, administrative records, reports, plans and maps, photographs, log books, registers and samples of case files, examinations, application forms, licences, school report books, publicity material, pamphlets, leaflets and publications. The records deal with various aspects of London governance including the management of schools, hospitals, health centres and other insitutions; the overseeing and regulation of construction work, street improvements, sewers and drains, flood defences and bridges; tax assessments; the construction and maintenance of housing estates; the maintenance of parks and open spaces; the care of children, the elderly and the disabled; the monitoring of legal requirements; licensing and monitoring of establishments including lodging houses, theatres, cinemas, and slaughterhouses; licensing of vehicles and drivers; traffic congestion and transport issues; town planning; financial accounts, estimates and budgets and emergency measures during the First and Second World Wars.
Sans titreRecords of the London County Council Architect's Department relating to the control of buildings and streets under the London Buildings Act 1894 and subsequent Acts. Records include subject and policy files (including procedures, precedents, diagrams, plans, petitions, legislation, sub-committee papers, statistics, bye-laws, reviews, standards and fire reports), 1856-1965; subject and policy files for the District Surveyors, 1856-1936; subject and policy files for new building materials, 1891-1941; returns and abstracts of the District Surveyors, 1889-1954; registers of alterations to names of streets and numbering of houses, 1856-1935; reports, 1889-1965, on matters concerning building regulation, on matters affecting the District Surveyors and on the naming and numbering of streets; Ordnance Survey maps of London amended to show street name changes, proposed new roads, building numbering, borough boundaries and future road positions, 1883-1967.
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