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Papers of Charles Middleton. They consist of his private correspondence and his administrative papers. The latter cover the range of Admiralty and Navy Board subjects of business between 1778 and 1806. Originally Middleton arranged them all either by writer or alphabetically by subject; Sir John Knox Laughton may also have contributed to the arrangement. In so far as letters and administrative papers were largely separate, this arrangement has been retained, though extended and carried throughout the collection. Additional letters and papers, obviously added by John Deas Thompson, have been formed into a distinct section. A further group of papers were purchased from Lord Gainsborough via Christie's in 1994. Where possible these have been integrated into the existing catalogue sequence, from MID/1-MID/14. Further correspondence has been added in a new section, MID/15.

Papers of Sir Geoffrey John Audley Miles. The papers chiefly cover the period of Miles' naval career, starting with his examination reports from the Naval College and ending with his time as Commander-in-Chief of the RIN. The papers include top secret correspondence, reports, directives, intelligence reports, photographs, newspaper cuttings, honours, certificates etc. The correspondence includes several letters from Lord Louis Mountbattern.

Records of the Marine Insurance Company. Although some records date from the 1930s, most relate primarily to the 1950s and 1960s. They include: Head Office Books, 1957 to 1968, containing registers of debits against policies, with some details of ships, cargoes and voyages; hull closings, 1957 to 1964; cargo closings, 1957 to 1964; building and port risks, 1937 to 1960; book and proof sheets, 1957 to 1968, summarizing business and premiums paid; declarations and certificates, 1957 to 1970, containing details of cargoes sent; premiums and policies, 1932 to 1970; treaties relating to reinsurance, 1957 to 1967; reinsurance agreements, 1950 to 1969; reinsurance closures and recoveries, 1958 to 1969; records of client companies, 1945 to 1966; claims records, 1933 to 1969; salvage records, 1952 to 1966. The company records include: correspondence, 1945 to 1966; ledgers and cash books, 1917 to 1969; investment records, 1911 to 1948; and results and accounts, 1923 to 1967.

Papers of the Manchester Ship Canal Co, comprising mainly of printed papers, some with marginalia, as in the report of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce on the 'excessive charges' of that port, 1879. Other material includes a detailed analysis of the cost of transit within the region, with a projected estimate of the gains a ship canal would bring, 1885; a copy of the initial bill to authorise the building of the canal, with promoters' case and petitions against, of the same date, as well as maps and plans of the line to be taken by the proposed cut. Copies of numerous bills presented before Parliament on behalf of the company, 1907 to 1956, some with petitions and evidence, are also to be found, together with a copy of the Act authorizing the Manchester City Corporation to lend the company money, 1891, and a report of the special committee appointed by the city to examine the affairs of the company, 1893. There are also some loose papers, including deeds of sale and conveyance, contracts, grants of easement; a register of mortgages, 1885; a shareholders' address book, 1915; a shareholders' prospectus, 1885; and arising out of litigation concerning the company, a number of reports of proceedings in the courts, 1891 to 1927. A collection of pamphlets, 1882, one or two items pertaining to the Bridgewater estates, a user's handbook of instructions, 1894, and a rule book, 1894, have also survived.

Papers of the Nares family including papers of Lt George Nares, consisting of a log, 1892 to 1893; papers of John Dodd Nares, consisting of two logs, 1894 to 1897, and one work book, 1928 to 1932, and papers of Sir George Strong Nares, consisting of a log, 1848 to 1851.

This class consists of eighteen volumes of sailing directions, navigational notes and coastline sketches, seventeenth to twentieth centuries. The earliest volume is French, 'Journal en forme de Borthlan de la campagne des galeres au voyage d'Alger', 1682, but the majority of the items date from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. They include a description of Hadley's quadrant, c 1770; sailing directions for the Mediterranean, 1798, 1830; a nautical description of the south coast of England, 1805 to 1808, compiled by Graeme Spence (1758-1812) from Murdoch Mackenzie's surveys; and a sketchbook of Nelson's anchorages in the Mediterranean, 1804. There are also two twentieth-century volumes, one of which is the current angle and distance tables, 1911.

This class contains thirty-two volumes relating to the theory of navigation, mathematics and astronomy, fifteenth to nineteenth centuries. The earliest is Italian, written between 1470 and 1529, entitled 'Ragioni Antique Spettanti all Arte del Mare et Fabriche de Vaselli', which includes entries in many hands on navigational calculations, astronomy, astrology, sailing directions for the Mediterranean and the building and fitting of galleys. Chronologically, the next volume is the 'Regimento de la Declinacion del Sol', a Spanish navigator's manual, c 1500; the next is English, containing mathematical rules for measuring height and length, 1557; then follows 'L'Arte della Navigatione', Italian, with tables and moveable dials, 1567; and the last of the sixteenth century is by a Jesuit, Francisco da Costa (1567-1604). 'Arte de Navegar', written between 1596 and 1598 and illustrated with sketches of the astrolabe and compass. There are three seventeenth-century volumes; a treatise on astronomy by Thomas Willford entitled 'A genuine description and use of the perpetual calendar', 1654, which also contains a description of measures and of 'moveable fairs' around the country; a volume containing navigational exercises, often illustrated, by William Downman, written between 1685 and 1686, with a large amount of other information, including lists of ships, drawings of flags. poems, victualling and measures; and a workbook by Edward Ward, 1698, containing execises in navigation, astronomy and mathematics. The eleven eighteenth-century volumes include a copy of Robert Wright's 'Treatise on finding longitude at sea', 1726; a volume of lecture notes on navigation and astronomy given in Naples, 1755; and a volume in Turkish by Ibrahim Haggi, ca.1800, entitled 'Marifet Nameh' ('Encyclopedia of Knowledge'), on astronomy, architecture and geography. There are twelve nineteenth-century volumes dating between 1804 and 1883, all of which contain navigational and astonomical exercises transcribed by British seamen.

Papers of Sir Chaloner Ogle ([1681]-1750), consisting of commissions 1716 to 1744; a line of battle 1717; some orders received from Vernon 1740; secret instructions 1740; a summons; and letters received.

Papers of Sir Chaloner Ogle (1727-1816), consisting of a commission as commodore 1780; a letter from the Earl of Sandwich 1780; and a draft letter.

Papers of Sir Charles Ogle, including a brief record of service; minutes of his court martial for the loss of the brig UNION, while captain of the PETTEREL, 1796; papers relating to a mission to Algiers in 1806; and a series of letters 1826 to 1830 from the Duke of Clarence with drafts of two of Ogle's replies.

Papers of Allan Thomas George Cumberland Peachey. They contain collections of signals relating to Jutland and to the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet in 1918; a log, 1936 to 1938; signals, 1939 to 1942; papers and signals relating to the Delhi, 1942 to 1944, and to the reoccupation of Malaya, 1945, and Peachey's papers as Commodore, 1947 to 1948.

Papers of Adml Benjamin William Page. They consist of Page's official and private correspondence 1778 to 1841, contained in three volumes and loose papers.

Records of the Clare College Mission, Bermondsey (also known as the Church of the Epiphany), comprising registers of baptisms, registers of marriages, and a parish magazine.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; registers of preachers; church services registers; papers relating to the parish school; faculties; papers relating to the churchyard; Easter Vestry meeting minutes; Parochial Church Council meeting minutes; cash book; and parish magazines.

Records relating to civil functions including copies of Acts of Parliament; bye-laws of the Directors of the Poor and Overseers of the Poor account books.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary, Rotherhithe, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials. Also records relating to civil functions including paving rate book, poor rate book, and Workhouse Committee minutes.

Records of the parish of Saint Olave, Bermondsey, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; register of apprentices; and register of settlement and bastardy examinations, minutes books, financial records, papers and correspondence relating to Flemish Burial Ground and closure of site.

Registers of baptisms and marriages for the parish of Holy Trinity, Rotherhithe.

Records of the parish of Saint James the Less, Bethnal Green, including registers of burials, baptisms, marriages, banns of marriages and church services; financial accounts; and parish magazines. Date ranges of registers: Christenings 1843-1956; Marriages 1843-1986; Burials 1846-1855; Banns 1934-1991; Confirmations 1898-2012.

Records of the parish of Saint Jude, Bethnal Green, including registers of baptisms and marriages; a Vestry minute book and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Paul, Bethnal Green, including registers of baptisms and marriages; Easter Vestry minutes; an inventory; and a history of the church.

Records of the parish of Saint Simon Zelotes, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and church services.

Records of the parish of Saint Bartholomew, Camberwell, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns, confirmations, and church services.

Records of the parish of Saint Giles, Camberwell, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Churchwardens' account books; legal documents relating to parish properties; papers relating to parish boundaries including maps; faculties; orders of service; papers relating to tithes; and history of the church.

Records relating to the civil functions of the parish including records relating to the poor rates; papers of the Overseers of the Poor; removal orders from and to the parish; settlement examinations; bastardy examinations; Workhouse Committee minutes; workhouse admission and discharge registers; and other papers relating to poor relief.

Records of the parish of Saint Luke, Peckham, including registers of baptisms and marriages; minutes of Vestry meeting and Parochial Church Council meetings; parish magazines; papers relating to the maintenance of church buildings including faculties, plans and correspondence; a range of photographs; orders of service; programmes; and annual reports.

Records of the parish of Saint Saviour, Denmark Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; registers of church services; orders of service; correspondence relating to church personnel; plans and maps of the parish; terriers, deeds and correspondence relating to glebe lands; papers regarding the church building, including minutes regarding restoration work, faculties, plans, drawings, and correspondence; plans, drawings and photographs of the church house; correspondence relating to the vicarage; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; Finance Committee minutes; administrative files including correspondence, reports and electoral rolls; financial records; parish magazines; and photographs.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Chelsea, comprising registers of baptisms and registers of marriages; including baptisms at the Victoria Hospital for Children, Chelsea.

Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Chelsea, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns of marriage; parish magazines; year books; histories of the church; papers of parish charities; preachers' book; curates' licences; papers relating to parish boundaries including plans; papers relating to the maintenance of the church buildings and fittings, including plans; financial records; Vestry minutes and Parochial Church Council minutes.

Records of the parish of Saint Catherine, Hatcham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns, and confirmations; church services registers; Parochial Church Council records; financial accounts; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Paul, Deptford, including registers of baptisms, confirmations, marriages and banns; Churchwarden's accounts; and other financial records.

Records of the parish of Saint Barnabas, Finsbury, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; register of confirmations; and registers of preachers.

Records of the parish of Saint Luke, Old Street, Finsbury, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, burials and banns of marriages; register of headstones and monumental inscriptions; register of church services and preachers; register of poor children; Parish or Chapter books; minutes of General Committee of the (Young) Women's Help Society, Saint Luke's Branch; scrapbook of printed notices and press cuttings relating to services, charities, entertainments, and so on; parish reports and orders of removal.

Records of the parish of Saint Matthew, City Road, Islington, comprising registers of baptisms and registers of marriages.

Records of the parish of Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market, Clerkenwell, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and church services; Parochial Church Council minutes and minutes of the Executive Committee for Preventive and Rescue Work of the Finsbury and Shoreditch Deaneries Association.

Records of the parish of St Andrew, Fulham Fields, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, banns of marriage, church services and preachers; church notice books; papers relating to the Sunday School; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the maintenance of church buildings and fittings including faculties and inventories; papers relating to the church organ; correspondence; financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to parish charities, and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Augustine, Fulham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; Parochial Church Council minutes and financial accounts.

Records of the parish of Saint James, Fulham, including registers of baptisms, marriages and church services; documents relating to church properties; Parochial Church Council minutes; faculties for maintenance to church buildings and fittings; and plans of the church hall.

Records of the parish of Saint Matthew, Fulham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; Parochial Church Council minutes; and registers of baptisms and services for the mission church of Saint Michael, Townmead Road.

Records of the church of Saint Oswald, Anselm Road, Fulham, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; and minutes of meetings of the Parochial Church Council and Vestry.

Records of the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Blackheath, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns, and church services; registers of preachers, readers and collectors; legal documents relating to church properties; Churchwardens' records; papers relating to the maintenance of the church building and fittings including the organ; financial records; Parochial Church Council minute books; parish magazines; and photographs of the church.

Records of the parish of Saint Barnabas, West Hackney, including baptism registers; marriage registers; banns registers; registers of church services and registers of collections.

Records of the parish of Saint Philip, Dalston, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; registers of banns and financial accounts ledger.

Records of the parish of Saint Luke, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, including baptisms (1872-1970), marriages (1872-1981), banns of marriage (1885-1994), confirmations (1937-2005), service registers, papers regarding church personnel, parish boundaries and church building, vestry minutes, parochial church council minutes and correspondence, annual accounts and balance sheets, ledgers, cash books, journals, offertory registers, churchwardens' accounts, Mothers' Union papers, and reminiscences.

Records of the parish of Saint Simon, Hammersmith, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriages and church services; orders relating to the establishment of the parish and parish boundaries; financial accounts; and minutes of the Hammersmith United Christian Council.

Records of the parish of Emmanuel, Hampstead, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations; registers of church services; preachers' books; orders of service; papers relating to the benefice; Churchwardens' financial accounts; minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council and the Annual Vestry; papers of church societies including the Emmanuel Men's Society; newsletters and yearbooks; papers relating to the church building, parsonage, and church hall including legal documents, correspondence, photographs, faculties and plans; and financial accounts. Also, Emmanuel Church of England Primary School is located in this parish. Documents relating to the governance of the school from 1999 are catalogued with the parish records.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill, including registers of baptisms; register of banns of marriages; registers of church services; parish notices; papers relating to parish boundaries; legal documents relating to land owned by the parish; papers regarding maintenance and construction works at the church; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; and photographs of the church interior. Also a series of records relating to the litigation between the Church of St Mary the Virgin and the London and North Western Railway Company.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary, Kilburn, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns of marriage; preachers' books; church services registers; Parochial Church Council minute books; lists of church staff; financial records; faculties relating to fittings inside the church; plans of the church; and legal documents relating to premises owned by the church.

Records of the parish of Saint Paul, Hampstead, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and church services.

Records of the parish of Saint Peter, Belsize Park, including baptism registers; marriage registers; confirmation register; Parochial Church Council minutes and financial accounts; and cash books.

Records of the parish of Saint Stephen the Martyr, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; preachers' books; financial accounts; papers relating to church properties; faculties for the maintenance of church fittings; plan of church; National Schools Committee minute books; correspondence; Sunday School exercise books and church magazines. Also church service registers for Saint Andrew's Mission Church.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Holborn Circus. The main archive dates from the 17th century, with parish registers from 1558 (baptisms, marriages, burials and preachers), vestry minutes from 1601 and rate assessments from 1665. The archive includes records of the City part of the parish and of the Middlesex part ("above Bars"). Most records are joint (City and Middlesex), but rate books in particular are often separate. Also includes papers relating to parochial charities, papers of the trustees, papers of the school and poor law records.

Records of the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Red Lion Square, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; register of confirmations; Vestry minutes; parish reports and annual accounts; history of the parish; photographs of the church; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Peter, Saffron Hill, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; registers of burials; registers of church services; banns book; pew rent books; Parochial Church Council minutes and financial accounts; tithe collectors book; and Churchwardens' Charity account books.