Farringdon Ward Club records comprising: minute books, 1894-1977 (Ms 14274); and loose papers, 1947-1962 (Ms 14274A).
Sans titreFleet Street Choir records comprising programmes, newspaper cuttings, song sheets and related papers.
Sans titreFriendly Society of Tradesmen records comprising rules and orders, account of subscriptions, a record of attendance and a record of wagers laid by members.
Sans titreIncorporated Society of London Meat Trades annual report for 1914.
Sans titreMinute books of the Independent Burial Society.
Sans titreBoard of Directors' minute book for the Journeyman Boot and Shoemakers' Pension Society.
Sans titreRegimental record book of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster, including lists of members, summary of financial accounts, descriptions of premises, minutes of meetings and letters.
Sans titreRecord book of the London Provincial Assembly, 1647-1660.
Sans titreRecords of The National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS) comprising inspection reports of the churches of St Olave Hart Street, St Mary Abchurch, St Stephen Walbrook, St Bartholomew the Less and St James Garlickhithe.
Sans titreRecords of the Rectifiers' Club comprising: minute book 1819-44 and cash accounts 1820-66; and miscellaneous papers, 1819-47.
Sans titreThe records of the Royal Society of St. George, City of London Branch, comprise minutes of the council 1950-2005 and entertainments committee 1974-1995, and dinner menus 1953-2008.
Sans titreIncome and expenditure accounts for the Vintry and Dowgate Wards Club.
Sans titreRecords of associations, usually associations with some connection to the City of London. The collection includes:
minute book of the HS Club, a Whig political club, 1714-1716;
records of several unidentified clubs including a City of London dining club, 1687-1815;
notices regarding the activities of various clubs and societies, 1838 and 1870;
and minutes of the Metropolitan Contractors and Town Carmen, establishing a provident institution, 1864-1876.
Records of the Butchers' Charitable Institution including Committee minute books; reports; papers relating to the merger with the London Meat Traders' and Drovers' Benevolent Association; annual reports; financial accounts; applications for assistance; registers of annual subscriptions; registers of members; press cuttings; photographs; historical notes and dinner menus.
Some material relating to pensioners or personnel has a 30 year closure period. More recent material is retained by the Institution.
Sans titreRecords of the Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association comprising: minutes, 1886-1975 (Ms 31824); financial records, 1886-1984 (Ms 31825-9); and minute book of the Chartered Accountants' Charities Limited, 1955-64 (Ms 31830).
Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from the Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association (contact details may be obtained from staff).
Sans titreRecords of the Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund. The archive comprises: minutes and meetings papers of the Council, annual general meetings and various committees, 1872-1984 (Mss 30585, 30587-94); annual reports and accounts, 1873-1994 (Ms 30586); other financial records, 1934/5 (Ms 30595); correspondence and papers, including papers concerning bequests, 1871-ca 1989 (Ms 30596-609, 616); posters (Ms 30610); and photographs with associated papers, 1959-95 (Ms 30611-15).
Sans titreRecords of Sion Hospital, including minutes, lists of trustees and pensioners, deeds and legal papers, accounts, correspondence, and related items.
Sans titreMinutes of the trustees of the Colonial and Foreign Banks Guarantee Fund.
Sans titreDocument relating to a legacy bequeathed to the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy by Thomas Turner, president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Sans titreCrosby Hall visitors book, c 1833-1837, with minutes and rough accounts of the trustees and committee of the subscribers to the preservation of Crosby Hall, 1833-1835.
Sans titreMinute book of the Poulterers' Benevolent Institution, 1835-41, also containing articles of the institution.
Sans titreMinute book of the committee of the Western City Dispensary.
Sans titreRecords of the Westminster Paving Commissioners, comprising assignments and agreements relating to contracts and loans.
Sans titreCollection of documents relating to local government, including:
- Court book of the Liberty of St Martin le Grand;
- Papers of Saint Saviour's Workhouse and the Whitechapel Union;
- Resolution of thanks from the London School Board to the Corporation of London;
- Tax assessments for the civil parish of Staple Inn and the Liberty of the Rolls;
- Papers relating to the repair of roads in the parish of Saint Margaret Westminster;
- Papers of the Tower Hamlets Libraries Department.
Court roll of the manor of Aldbury, Hertfordshire.
Sans titreRental for the manor of Hendon, Middlesex.
Sans titreRental of the manor of Sticklepath, Devon, 1732-1733.
Sans titreCollection of documents relating to manors, comprising: admittance from the Court Baron of the Manor of Worcesters cum Enfield; legal forms for the use of a steward of a manor; and custumal and precedent book for the manors of Stepney and Hackney.
Sans titrePapers of the Devonshire Square (Particular) Baptist Church and predecessor church the Turners' Hall meeting. The records comprise memoranda and constitutional documents, minutes, records of membership and attendance, and financial material. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff.
Sans titreTranscripts of records of the Baptist Church at Paul's Alley, Barbican. LMA holds no original records of the church, but was presented with a number of transcripts compiled by Hilda Marvell, from the originals at the Library of the Baptist Historical Society and Dr Williams' Library. The transcripts include minutes of church meetings, lists of members, and register of baptisms.
Sans titreRecords of the Baptist Church, White Alley, City of London, comprising minutes of church meetings.
Sans titreRecords of the Hare Court Independent Church, Aldersgate, comprising letters relating to hiring a new minister.
Sans titreRecords of Jewin Street Wesleyan Chapel, comprising annual chapel trust schedules.
Sans titreInterment order book for the Whitechapel Quaker Burial Ground, 1777-1781, comprising printed orders to the gravemaker, annotated with the name, address, age, date and cause of death, monthly meeting membership and date of burial of the deceased.
Sans titreCollection of records relating to non-established religion in London, including papers of the Freethinking Christians, the Dutch churches in Colchester and Norwich and St Martin Orgar French Church. The record of the latter comprise minutes, lists of members and seatholders, and financial material.
Sans titreRecords of Sion College, a society of Anglican clergy. The majority of the collection dates from 1631, with deeds from 1611. The records include notes on the history of the College; constitution, rules and bye-laws; Court of Governor's minutes and other Committee minutes; annual reports; financial accounts; lists of Fellows and subscription books; letter books and correspondence; papers of the Secretary; legal papers; menus and invitations to events; newsletters and promotional material; press cuttings; papers relating to properties and estates owned by the College; papers relating to the library including committee minutes, inventories, lists of borrowed books and registers of rebinding; photographs of past Presidents and Fellows; and photographs of the Library and College.
Sans titreRecords of Saint Katharine by the Tower Hospital, later known as the Royal College of Saint Katharine and the Royal Foundation of Saint Katharine. Records include charters and licences; rules and regulations; legal papers; minutes; correspondence and letter books; annual reports; financial accounts; registers of baptism, marriage and burial; banns books; Vestry minutes; papers regarding the manor of the hospital; papers regarding poor relief; papers of the Commissary Court of the Royal Peculiar including marriage allegations; papers regarding estates and properties including title deeds and surveys; maps and plans.
This catalogue also includes records deposited in the Library from the Valuation and Rates Department of the Corporation of the City of London in 1920. These volumes relate to rate assessments and poor law administration of the Precinct and probably reached the Corporation via the neighbouring parish of St Botolph Aldgate, to which the inhabitants of the Precinct would naturally have turned in 1825. Later Precinct books are catalogued within the archive of St Botolph Aldgate.
Sans titre"Rules of the Monastery of Syon", probably written in the early 16th century for use by the brethren of Syon Abbey, Isleworth, Middlesex.
Sans titrePapers of the City of London School of Instruction and Industry. The records include minutes, accounts, registers of pupils, reports, letter books and administrative papers.
Sans titreRecords of Sir John Cass's Foundation and associated institutions. The archive is arranged as follows:
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Minutes, Ms 31010-18;
- Accounts, Ms 31019-38, Ms 19627;
- Legal papers, Ms 31039-54;
- Correspondence, Ms 31055-63;
- Estates records, Ms 31064-97, Ms 19628;
- Cass School, Ms 31098-124;
- Sir John Cass Technical Institute, Ms 31125-37;
- St Botolph Aldgate Parochial School, Ms 31138-55;
- Billingsgate and Tower Wards School, Ms 31156-64;
- Bridge, Candlewick and Dowgate Wards School, Ms 31165-6;
- Broad Street Ward School, Ms 31167-76;
- Cornhill, Lime Street and Langbourn Wards School, Ms 31177-88;
- Red Coat School, Ms 31189-95;
- Aldgate and Allhallows Barking Exhibition Foundation, Ms 31196-225;
- Aldgate Freedom Foundation, Ms 31226-9;
- Butler's Charity, Ms 31230-46;
- St Botolph Aldgate Union Fund, Ms 31247-9;
- St Dunstan's Educational Foundation, Ms 31250-78;
- Miscellaneous records, Ms 31279-85.
The records of the Hackney estate remain uncatalogued at present, as do a large number of miscellaneous deeds and legal papers, mostly 18th century, which probably belonged to the private clients of Jeremiah Bentham, the Charity's receiver.
Legal papers of the Sir John Cass's Foundation, including scheme for the administration of the foundation; administrations and will of John Cass; copy of John Cass's second will; copy inventory and accounts of John Cass's goods and estates; trust deeds; trustee's petition to the Lord Chancellor regarding the school in Hackney; cases in Chancery brought against the Trustees; Charity Commissioners' reports and schemes; and grants of arms.
Sans titreCorrespondence of the Sir John Cass's Foundation, including Schoolmaster's out-letter books; Hackney Estate Office out-letter books; Registrar's out-letter books; Clerk's out-letter books; and Clerk's correspondence about Billingsgate Ward School.
Sans titreRecords of the St Botolph Aldgate Parochial School, later the Sir John Cass Junior School. The surviving records of the parish school begin in 1729 (Ms 31138). These include minutes, accounts, reports, correspondence, admission registers and title deeds. Separate pupil records exist from 1896 only.
Sans titreRecords of the Aldgate and Allhallows Barking Exhibition Foundation and predecessors Death's Charity and Starling's Trust, including minute books; conveyances; appointment of trustees; Chancery Court papers; financial accounts; schemes for management of the charity; litst of candidates and scholars; title deeds and other papers relating to properties owned by the Charity.
Sans titreRecords of the St Botolph Aldgate Union Fund apprenticeship charity, comprising Management Committee minutes; statements of accounts; and apprenticeship indentures.
Sans titreCripplegate Within Ward Schools records, comprising minutes, attendance registers and log books, a declaration of trust, inspector's reports and deeds.
Sans titreFarringdon Within Ward Schools records comprising a register of sermons preached for the benefit of the children, and volume of accounts.
Sans titreThree volumes of a magazine entitled The Monthly Instructer, possibly produced by Worship Street Sunday School.
Sans titreTwo files of research by Charles Angell Bradford relating to the history of the church and parish of Saint Sepulchre, Holborn.
Sans titreTranscripts of baptism, marriage and burial registers for Saint John at Hackney (1545-1812); White Colne, Essex (1558-1812); and Little Waltham, Essex (1538-1812).
Sans titre