Share records of British Crown Assurance Corporation Limited comprising register of members and share ledger.
Eagle, Star and British Dominions British Crown Assurance Corporation LtdStaff records of British Crown Assurance Corporation Limited comprising employers' handbook.
Eagle, Star and British Dominions British Crown Assurance Corporation LtdBritish Equitable Assurance Company Limited records consist of Board of Directors and Finance Committee minute books. They are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.
British Equitable Assurance Co LtdTranscription of the register of the British Factory chapel at Leghorn [Livorno], covering the years 1707 to 1783.
British Factory , LeghornRegisters of baptisms, marriages and burials for the British Factory at Lisbon, 1721-1807.
British Factory , LisbonRegisters of baptisms, marriages and burials for the British Factory at Oporto, 1716-1807.
British Factory , OportoRecords of British Fire Insurance Company Limited, comprising minutes of general meetings and directors' meetings.
Permission to publish any material must be obtained from the Company Secretary (further information is available from staff).
British Fire Insurance Co LtdRecords of the British Friendly Society, comprising accounts, annual reports and accounts, and receipts for money advanced to British citizens in need.
British Friendly Society , Hamburg, GermanyRecords of the British Funeral Workers' Association, comprising minute books of the Executive Committee and the Cemetery Committee; and minutes of the Southampton Branch.
British Funeral Workers' AssociationRecords of the British General Insurance Company Limited comprising Board minutes, Marine Department loss advice book and Marine Department register of losses.
British General Insurance Co LtdRecords of the Antiquarian section of the British Horological Institute, including minutes and papers.
British Horological InstituteRecords of the British India and Queensland Agency Company, comprising articles of association, agreement, and journal.
British India and Queensland Agency CoRecords of British India Associated Steamers Limited, including board minutes; annual reports; and financial accounts.
British India Associated Steamers LtdRecords of the British Indian Extension Telegraph Company Limited comprising minutes of board meetings, annual general meetings and liquidators; and an agreement.
British Indian Extension Telegraph Co LtdMinutes of board meetings of the British Indian Submarine Telegraph Company Limited.
British Indian Submarine Telegraph Co LtdRecords of the British Insurance Association, mainly minutes of General Meetings and Committee meetings. Many of the minutes are unsigned copies. In addition, many minutes are accompanied by related papers, such as agendas, reports and correspondence. The collection also includes extensive correspondence and circulars. The records are held off-site and require 48 hours notice for access.
British Insurance AssociationThe records comprise memorandum and articles of association, minutes, instructions for agents and financial records.
British Law Fire Insurance Co x British Law Insurance CoMinutes and financial accounts of the British Life Assurance Trust.
British Life Assurance TrustRecords of the British Lying-In Hospital Group comprising papers of the British Lying-In Hospital, 1749-1914, the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, 1905-1984 and the Council for the Promotion of the Higher Training of Midwives, 1903-1941. The papers include committee minutes, diaries, patient records including admission registers and case notes, rules and regulations, histories of the hospitals and financial records.
The British Lying-In Hospital xx The Lying-In Hospital for Married Women xx The British Lying-In Hospital for Married Women British Hospital for Mothers and Babies x The Home for Mothers and BabiesRecords of the British Mercantile Agency, debt collection business, including prospectuses, financial accounts, enquiries, letters and a damping cloth used to take copies of letters and accounts.
Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.
British Mercantile Agency , debt collection businessSouvenir brochure for a Mass Protest Demonstration at Hyde Park, Westminster, organised by the British Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Council to Champion Human Rights. The brochure includes an eye-catching swastika motif (symbol with clockwise arms, officially adopted in 1935 as the emblem of Nazi Germany) incorporating Adolf Hitler as the enemy of the Jewish, Catholic and Protestant religions and Liberty.
British Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Council to Champion Human RightsRecords of the British Northwestern Fire Insurance Company including collected bye-laws, audited and published accounts, and auditors' schedules.
Freehold Fire Insurance Company x Prince Rupert Fire Insurance Company x British Northwestern Fire Insurance Company x Eagle Star Insurance Company of Canada Eagle, Star and British DominionsMinutes of the British Overseas and Commonwealth Banks Association.
British Overseas Banks Association x British Overseas and Commonwealth Banks AssociationRecords of the British Protestant Church of Saint George, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal; comprising register of baptisms, 1827-1902 (Ms 23643), register of marriages, 1827-62 and 1945 (Ms 23644), register of burials, 1827-1955 (Ms 23645), and interment certificates, 1905-6 and civil registrations of death, 1911-42 (Ms 23645A). They were catalogued in 1988 by a member of Guildhall Library staff.
Readers are requested to use the photocopies of the registers (Ms 23643/1A, 23644/1A, 23644/1A) rather than the originals.
British Protestant Church of St George , Ponta Delgada, Azores, PortugalMinutes of the British Radio Cabinet Manufacturers Association.
British Radio Cabinet Manufacturers AssociationPapers and plans relating to the redevelopment of Liverpool Street and Broad Street stations, 1961-1984; and papers and photographs relating to the redevelopment of Blackfriars station, 1975 and 1977.
British RailPapers of the British Records Association, comprising:
ACC/3162/BRA/01: Foundation Papers;
ACC/3162/BRA/02: Council and Committees;
ACC/3162/BRA/03: Conferences and Annual General meetings;
ACC/3162/BRA/04: Finance and Treasurer's Papers;
ACC/3162/BRA/05: Committees;
ACC/3162/BRA/06: Secretary's Files;
ACC/3162/BRA/07: Publications;
ACC/3162/BRA/08: Archives publication and Editor's Papers;
ACC/3162/BRA/09: Technical Section;
ACC/3162/BRA/10: Legislation;
ACC/3162/BRA/11: Staff;
ACC/3162/BRA/12: Press Cuttings.
Papers of the Records Preservation Section, comprising:
ACC/3162/RPS/01: Committee minutes and papers;
ACC/3162/RPS/02: Correspondence;
ACC/3162/RPS/03: Correspondence and memoranda;
ACC/3162/RPS/04: Publications;
ACC/3162/RPS/05: Correspondence and circulars;
ACC/3162/RPS/06: Correspondence concerning types;
ACC/3162/RPS/07: Salvage correspondence;
ACC/3162/RPS/08: Correspondence concerning staff;
ACC/3162/RPS/09: Related documentation;
ACC/3162/RPS/10: Family and Estate records;
ACC/3162/RPS/11: Related documentation;
ACC/3162/RPS/12: Minutes;
ACC/3162/RPS/13: Administrative files.
The focus of much of this collection is the academic work published by the British Music Therapy Society, chiefly the scholarly work delivered at Society conferences and published in the Society newsletter, later journal. This work mainly consists of research into possible uses of music in various therapeutic contexts with a variety of different potential patients. Research is mainly of a practical or observational nature, usually consisting of case studies of individuals or groups, though there is some research into the philosophical under-pinnings of music therapy. One of the main committees of the organisation was the Management Board of the Society Journal (LMA/4578/01/02), which deals with the content and editorial direction of the journal.
Other records deal with the administration and decision making of the Society in the form of minutes of the executive committee, which ran the Society, and the minutes of other committees that were formed as required. One of these committees, the Fund Raising Sub-committee, later the Juliette Alvin Music Therapy Fund Sub- committee (LMA/4578/01/03/002), established the Juliette Alvin Trust to provide support for trainee music therapists.
The Administrative Officer files deal with much of the day to day running of the Society, including correspondence records and files that deal with its charitable status.
The collection also includes records of the internal and external communication of the Society (including newsletters for members, and information booklets and press articles to boost their profile).
Society for Music Therapy and Remedial Music x British Society for Music TherapyJournal of A G R Sutherland, apprentice on the Merchant Vessel "British Renown".
Sutherland , A G R , fl 1950 , merchant sailorDeeds relating to land in manor of Sutton Court, Chiswick, adjoining Experimental Garden of Horticulture Society, Turnham Green, 1822-1860. Deeds deposited in the LMA by the British Telecom Archives.
UnknownRecords of the British Tyre and Rubber Company, and associated merged or subsidiary companies, 1864-1978. This substantial collection consists mainly of statutory business records of associated companies with very little relating to production: meeting minutes of the board 1864-1937, directors minutes, 1868-1871, general meeting minutes, 1864-1918, shareholders committee minutes, 1875, debenture trustee minutes, 1887-97, 1901-02, finance and executive committee minutes 1864-1866; share ledgers, c 1917-38; balance sheets and accounts, 1920-1936; ledgers, c 1931-1934, private ledgers, 1934-61; journals, 1939-1942, private journals, 1934-1960; private cash books, 1926-62, petty cash books, 1938-8; cheque account books, 1933-8; bills receivable books, 1935-64; nominal accounts for Calcutta, 1889-1954, and Christchurch, 1920-44; and Durban private ledger, 1900-1922.
British Tyre and Rubber Company x Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Company Ltd x BTR plcRecords of British Vinegars Limited, 1747-1960. The earliest and greater bulk of the records concern Beaufoy and Company of South Lambeth which became part of British Vinegars Limited in 1932. These records include legal documents, papers relating to property, papers relating to vinegar production, staff records, trade correspondence and sales records, financial accounts, printed matter and photographs.
Papers of British Vinegars Limited including photographs, newspaper cuttings, histories and drawings.
Also in the collection are records of subsidiary companies that merged with British Vinegar Limited, including Beaufoy, Grimble and Company, London; Panter, Woodward and Company, Bristol; Cambrian Vinegar Company, Leeds; Champion and Slee Limited, London; Sarsons Limited, London and Dufrais and Company, London. Records include histories, advertising material, newspaper cuttings, photographs, financial accounts, minutes.
British Vinegars Limited Beaufoy and Company , vinegar producers Panter, Woodward and Company , vinegar producers Cambrian Vinegar Company , vinegar producers Champion and Slee Limited , vinegar producers Sarsons Limited , vinegar producers Dufrais and Company , vinegar producersRecords from the Lee Conservancy Board Engineer's Office at Enfield Lock. The engineer appears also to have been responsible to the Lee Conservancy Catchment Board (for example, see Acc 2423/062).
The collection consists of nineteenth and twentieth century plans, papers and volumes concerning the Lee Conservancy Board, the Lee Conservancy Catchment Board, and the British Waterways Board, covering many aspects of maintenance work on waterways and administration. The papers comprise:
- Plans 1760-1954 (ACC 2423/P/0001-3786) A large proportion of the collection consists of plans, many reused with annotations. Items relate to repair work on sewers and buildings, improvements to rivers and pumping stations, and the purchase of land for new projects.
- Parliamentary Plans 1840-1965 (ACC 2423/PP/001-041) Plans produced for or submitted for Parliamentary Sessions to illustrate forthcoming work on waterways, for example, sewerage work, or waterways affected by the construction of railways.
- Specific Plans 1867-1964 (ACC 2423/R/001-076) A set of plans illustrating large projects, which seems to have been kept as a set distinct and separate from the main ACC 2423/P plan series by the placing of the letter `R' before each original plan number.
- General Plans 1828-1974 (ACC 2423/X/001-300) A collection of more general plans relating to projects focusing on improvements to the Lea River and Navigation, the Stort River and Navigation, the Bow Back Rivers and the Grand Union Canal.
- Ordnance Survey Maps 1838-1955 (ACC 2423/05/001-139) Maps used to plan forthcoming work, with frequent annotations, particularly for the drafting of courses for sewers.
- Engineers' Reports and Letter Books 1858-1961 (ACC 2423/001-136) Sets of volumes and files recording reports, contracts and specifications, and other maintenance records.
- Administrative and Legal Documents 1829-1977 (ACC 2423/AL/001-119) Administrative files relating to accidents and damage, together with inventories of assets, minutes of meetings, and engineers' reports. Legal documents include material on agreements for sale and tenancy, the conveyance of property, and contracts.
- Engineering and Maintenance Records 1892-1978 (ACC 2423/EM/001-097) Records relating to the maintenance and improvement of waterways, including development plans, moratorium surveys, pumping records, and related graphs and operation sheets.
Records of the British Women's International Zionist Organisation, including minutes of the organisation with a few volumes of minutes from affiliated groups; administration including correspondence and conference reports; publications and printed material including some audio-visual items; donors' certificates for the Jerusalem Babies Home and WIZO Vocational Schools in Israel.
British Women's International Zionist OrganisationRecords of the Brixton Synagogue, consisting of financial records, photographs and a kethuba [marriage contract] register.
PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.
Brixton SynagogueRecords of Broad Street Estates Limited, including minutes of director's meetings; statements of account; financial records such as ledgers and cash books; rent rolls; and building plans.
Broad Street Estates LtdRecords of Broad Street Securities Limited, comprising Directors' meeting minute book (with annual general meetings and board meetings minutes); and register of members (including share transfers, charges and register of directors and secretaries).
Broad Street Securities LtdRecords of the Broad Street Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise wardmote minutes, accounts, rate assessments, presentments at inquests and details of officers, and other administrative papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Broad Street Ward , Corporation of LondonThe records of Broad Street Ward School include minutes, subscription books, accounts, correspondence, admission registers and attendance books, reports, copies of hymns and deeds.
Broad Street Ward SchoolRecords of the Broad Street/Richmond Line Joint Committee, including minutes of meeting of the Joint Committee; minutes of meetings with Members of Parliament including the Minister of Transport; correspondence; press releases and publicity material; financial records; Hansard reports on the Parliamentary debate on railways; and press cuttings.
Broad Street/Richmond Line Joint CommitteeMarriage registers for Broadway Congregational Church, Hammersmith, 1936-1967.
Congregational Church of England and WalesRecords of Broadway Congregational Church including minutes and other records of the Sick Benefit Society, later known as the Broadway Congregational Church Friendly Society.
Broadway Congregational Church , HammersmithMarriage registers for Bromley-By-Bow Congregational Church, Bruce Road, 1935-1941.
Congregational Church of England and WalesRecords of Brondesbury Park Congregational Church, Wrentham Avenue, Brondesbury (formerly Craven Hill Chapel, Lancaster Gate, Bayswater), including composite register containing baptisms, 1950-1971 and marriages, 1950-1970; Church Meeting minute book, 1861-1915 and 1952-1959; Church Meeting minutes and elections of deacons, 1914-1933; Deacons' Meeting minute books, 1935-1967.
Congregational Church of England and WalesRecords of the Brondesbury Park Synagogue and its predecessor synagogues, including:
Brondesbury Synagogue (Chevening Road), 1904-1974;
Harlesden Hebrew Congregation / Willesden District Synagogue (College Road), 1933-1939;
Willesden Green Federation Synagogue (Heathfield Park / Brondesbury Park), 1934-1939;
Willesden Synagogue (Brondesbury Park), 1939-1974;
Willesden and Brondesbury Synagogue (Brondesbury Park),1974-2000;
Brondesbury Synagogue (Brondesbury Park), 2000-2007.
Please note the dates refer to the time the Synagogue had that name.
The records include registers of kethubot [marriage contracts]; membership contributions ledgers; membership lists; membership application forms; barmitzvah application forms; Board of Management minute books; Aid Committee minutes; elections for Synagogue officers; Burial Society papers; yahrzeit books; papers relating to high holydays; general correspondence; papers relating to the diamond jubilee of the Synagogue; booklet History of the Willesden and Brondesbury Synagogue, 1934-1994 by Rabbi Bernard Susser; historical research; financial records including account books; printed items such as orders of service, newsletters, tributes and event ephemera; exhibition boards prepared for a display; design for a committee room; drawing of the Chief Rabbi attending the Diamond Jubilee service; and certificates.
PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.
Brondesbury SynagogueRecords of the Brook General Hospital, Woolwich, including patients' registers, 1897-1963; register of staff, 1926-1930; steward's report book, 1929-1936; account book, 1896-1930; inventories, 1896-1924; administrative files and histories of the hospital.
Brook General Hospital xx Brook Fever Hospital , 1896-1948Bills of lading relating to William Brooke's consignments from London to Barbados, and occasionally to Bermuda and Rotterdam; with names of ships, masters and consignees and descriptions of cargoes.
Brooke , William , 1662-1737 , director of the South Sea CompanyRecords of Brooks and Studd, auctioneers and estate agents, comprising particulars of freehold and leasehold properties to be sold by private contract:
Numbers 3, 5, 6, 15 Blenheim Road, St John's Wood; Number 6 Marlborough Hill, St Marylebone; Numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 Fulham Place, Paddington; Number 51 Aldridge Road Villas, Westbourne Park; Number 47 Talbot Road, Westbourne Park; Numbers 2, 3 Inverness Terrace, Bishop's Road, Bayswater; Numbers 29, 31, 33, 35, 37 Arundel Gardens, Kensington Park; Numbers 20-23 Edmunds Terrace, Hammersmith; Bloomfield House, Upper Westbourne Terrace, Paddington.
Brooks and Studd , auctioneers and estate agentsThe records in this collection, 1734-1997, cover the activities of five individual clubs which over 200 years or so were created and merged. Brooks's Club makes up the bulk of this archive. Its records contains those of its inner club, the Fox Club. In 1975 St. James' Club joined Brooks's bringing with it the furniture, art and members of the Society of Dilettanti and the Bachelors' Club which it had taken in years before. In addition to these there is of course mention of many other British and foreign clubs which had links with these five. 'Clubland' is a place of many interconnections between members and the establishments themselves. They often share a common historical heritage as well as members and the collection hints at these links.
The focus of any club is its members and this is reflected in this collection. The members are very well represented, even through records which are not created by them. Chairmen, committees, secretary's and staff are all concerned with providing a good service. They exist to serve the needs of the members and respond to their questions. The large amount of correspondence, minutes, suggestion books and notices illustrates the sort of concerns the membership presented to the management structure. The property has to be maintained, the food, wine and entertainment needs to be provided and of good quality and subscription accounts need to be managed.
The members had to get elected in the first place and the ballot and candidate books detail this process. The main purpose of these clubs was to provide a meeting place in London for like-minded gentlemen who could chat about politics and current affairs but also enjoy themselves. Many of the records are concerned with the pursuits of drinking, eating and gambling. Dinners, routs, card and backgammon games were an integral part of club life. Amongst the archive material are the "betting books". These are infamous amongst members and record wagers (sporting, political and personal) set as far back as 1770s. They represent the ethos of early club life.
This collection is a fascinating and detailed look at several institutions which in the early nineteeth century had within their membership the major social, economic and politcal players of the time and which continue to hold their attraction for those people today.
(It is evident from the records that throughout the history of Brooks's it's name has been spelt in a variety of ways by historians, reporters and members alike. 'Brooks', 'Brookes' and 'Brooks's' have all been used. For the purpose of this list the latter spelling has been used as it is the most commonly found one and is also how the Club is known today. Similarly, St. James' Club is known by this title rather than by its fully expanded title of 'Saint James' Club'. These are the spellings applied in the list unless it has been used specifically in a different format contemporary to the documents).
Brooks's Club , members club Fox Club , inner dining club of Brooks's Club St James' Club , members' club Society of Dilettanti , members' club Bachelors' Club , members' clubSales particulars produced by auctioneers Brown and Merry for premises in Holland Street, Kensington, The Feathers Public House in Plumstead, police station in King Street, Westminster and premises in Rotherhithe and Bermondsey, 1865.
Brown and Merry , auctioneers