Records of Cave Austin and Company Limited kept by the Stamp Family, comprising director’s report and printed material including Christmas brochures issued to staff, articles and event material. The survival of other records is unknown.
Cave Austin and Company LimitedRecords of Cawnpore Electric Supply Corporation, comprising general ledger.
Cawnpore Electric Supply CorporationRecords of Cazenove and Company, investment bankers. The records are especially strong for financial records (including partners' and staff ledgers), and the company's late 20th century history, particularly the period around "Big Bang" in the 1980s, and leading up to incorporation in 2001. As well as partnership deeds, minutes, accounts and financial records, they include the papers of a number of partners, including Mark Loveday who was Senior Partner 1994-2001 and retired on the point of incorporation, and a significant amount of material gathered in the course of research for the company's history. The archives include copy material dating from 1823.
The archives are subject to a 30 year closure rule and are on 24 hours call. Access to some of the correspondence is subject to special conditions. For further details about access, please enquire with staff.
Cazenove and Co , investment bankersVisitors book (includes signature of George Lansbury, Member of Parliament and leader of the Labour Party 1931-1935), 1936-1969 and typescript "A Brief History of Cedars Lodge" by Brian Morley of Southwark Council, 1970.
Cedars Lodge , Clapham; Welfare Department , London County CouncilRegisters of members of the Centenary Club dining society, 1695-1872.
Centenary Club , dining societyRecords of the Central Association of Bankers, a society promoting the interests of banks, comprising annual reports and accounts; minutes; circulars and reports.
Restricted access to later records.
Central Association of Bankers , society promoting the interests of banksMinute book of the trustees of the Central Bahia Railway Trust.
Central Bahia Railway TrustRecords of the Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief, predecessor organisations and associated organisations. The archive details the work of the Fund in shelters, hostels, internment camps, schools and foster homes.
Records include correspondence; reports; appeals; records relating to relief organisations including the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad, the Pioneer Welfare Fund; the Medical Committee for Relief Abroad and the Jewish Board of Guardians; records relating to refugee organisations including the Central Committee for Refugees; the Central Office for Refugees; Jewish Refugees Committee and Children's Refugee Movements; records relating to the Agudas Israel World Organisation and the Israel Colonisation Organisation; administrative papers including Committee minutes and papers; and case files for Afghan, Argentine, Austrian, Belgian, British, Czech, Egyptian, Ethiopian, German, Hungarian, Iranian, Lebanese, Moroccan, Polish, Rumanian, Russian, South African, Syrian, American and Yugoslavian cases.
LMA also holds case files for the "Kindertransporte" through which children were evacuated from Germany and Austria in 1938 and 1939. PLEASE NOTE: These case files are only accessible in digital form and by application to World Jewish Relief.
Central British Fund for World Jewish ReliefBoard minutes and financial accounts for the Central Catering Company, dating from 1905-1907.
Central Catering Company , suppliers of catering to public housesRecords of Central Gurdwara (Khalsa Jatha), 62 Queensdale Road, Kensington, comprising marriage registers, 1984-1987.
Central GurdwaraRegisters of marriage, 1943-1973.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchLondon Committee minutes of the Central Insurance Company, formerly the Birmingham Mutual Fire and General Insurance Association.
Central Insurance Co x Birmingham Mutual Fire and General Insurance AssociationRecords of the Central London Railway comprising Board Meetings minutes; General Meetings minutes and Assented Stockholders Meetings minutes; correspondence; reports; contracts; handbills; maps and other administrative papers.
Central London RailwayPapers of the Central London School District, 1788-1935, including signed minutes of the Board; minutes, agendas and reports of various Committees including the Education Committee, House Committee, Farm Committee, Ophthalmia Committee, Industrial Training Committee and the Visiting Committee; financial accounts; outgoing letter books; correspondence with local government bodies including the Poor Law Board, Local Government Board and Local Board; title deeds and legal documents; weekly returns of children maintained at the school; admission and discharge registers; creed registers; ophthalmia registers; lists of boys and girls for domestic service; and plans of the Hanwell school.
Central London School DistrictMinutes of the Central London Sick Asylum Board of Management, 1868-1914; minutes of Committees including the Finance Committee, Cleveland Street Asylum Visiting Committee, Hendon Asylum Visiting Committee and Special Committees, 1868-1914; financial records, 1868-1914; Local Government Board orders, 1871-1913 and correspondence, 1877-1912.
Cleveland Street Asylum registers of admission and discharge, 1875-1915, creed, 1875-1915, births, 1902-1915, deaths, 1875-1915 and burials, 1877-1915.
Highgate Infirmary and Asylum registers of admission and discharge, 1870-1883, creed, 1870-1883 and deaths, 1870-1883.
Hendon Asylum registers of admission and discharge, 1900-1917.
Central London Sick Asylum DistrictRecords of Central Middlesex Hospital, 1907-1951, including record cards and a programme of a royal visit to the hospital.
Willesden Workhouse Infirmary x Willesden Institution x Park Royal Hospital x Central Middlesex County Hospital x Central Middlesex HospitalThe records listed below are of the London office of the Central Provinces Manganese Ore Company. They include:
Ms. 15907-21: Foundation and constitution: initial activities, agreements, memoranda and articles of association, share capital, shareholders, allied companies etc;
Ms. 15922-7: Management: AGMs, powers of attorney, proprietors and board minutes;
Ms. 15928-40: Finance: accounts, ledgers, journals, cash books, assets, taxation;
Ms. 15941-71: Administration: office diaries, correspondence;
Ms. 15972-8: Prospecting licences;
Ms. 15979-97: Mining leases;
Ms. 15998-16040: Mines inspections, reports, plant and machinery etc;
Ms. 16041-54: Ore analysis, mining methods etc;
Ms. 16055-83: Marketing: sales, contracts, prices, freight, shipments, duties;
Ms. 16084-95: Photographs, maps, plans, drawings of mines and activities;
Ms. 16096-116: Personnel: records of directors, managers, engineers, mineworkers etc., salaries, contract labour, staff provident fund;
Ms. 16117-20: Property: India (except mines) and England;
Ms. 16121-31: Miscellaneous papers: the company, the industry, Indian affairs;
Ms. 16132-43: Manganese Ore (India) Limited: foundation, agreements, minutes, reports etc.
All the records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.
Central Provinces Manganese Ore Co Ltd , 1924-1975Executive Committee minute book of the Central St Pancras District Nursing Association. This volume was catalogued in 1974 by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The location of any further records is unknown.
Central St Pancras District Nursing AssociationRecords of the Central Sumatra Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; circulars to shareholders and a ledger.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Central Sumatra Rubber Estates LtdRecords of the Central Synagogue, Great Portland Street, consisting of minute books of the sub-committee for Building the Central Synagogue, 1866-1871; architect's report to the Building Committee, 1856; seat book; financial records and photograph of the synagogue interior, 1928.
Material added in 2010 included Board of Management minute books; seatholders minute books; book of Laws of the Synagogue; marriage authorizations; registers of members; press cuttings, brochures, circulars, orders of service, reports, flyers, appeals, correspondence and death notices; a history of the congregation; photographs of Second World War bomb damage; designs for fittings; blank certificates; a seating plan; and photographs of notable members of the Synagogue.
PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.
Central Synagogue , Great Portland Street, LondonSoil surveys for a number of buildings and sites in London, 1971-1984; project files, 1987-1988, containing plans, drawings, site surveys, elevations, tenders, contracts and notes for a number of buildings including Kilmonie School, Settle Street School, Raines Tertiary College, Eliot Bank School, Fairlawn School, Tewkesbury Estate School, Jewish Free School, Camden, Templars School, County Hall boiler-house and calorifiers, Durrington Road and Courage Industrial Site; remedial works and conditions surveys for sites including Yeading Green Estate, Pilgrim Estate, Copley Close Estate, Hanwell Estate, Islip Manor Estate, Northolt Park Estate and Ruislip Gardens Estate, 1970-1988; electrical and mechanical condition surveys for various locations, 1970-1988.
Central Technical Unit , Greater London CouncilMinutes of the Central Committee for the Unemployed and various sub-committees, 1904-1905.
Minutes of the Central Unemployed Body for London, 1905-1930, with minutes, agendas and reports of sub-committees including the Classification Committee, Emigration Committee, Employment Exchanges Committee, Finance Committee, Hollesley Bay Rota Committee, Women's Work Committee, Local Advisory Committees, Working Colonies Committee, Works Committee and Special and Joint Committees. Also legal papers, 1905-1914, including tenancy agreements, insurance policies, agreements to supply labour for carrying out works and retention of services of clerical staff on war service; file regarding Workmen's Compensation Insurance, 1906; file regarding deputation to the Local Government Board, 1900s; correspondence with the Ministry of Health, 1919-1929; correspondence regarding activities of the Central Unemployed Body, 1905-1928; annual reports, 1906-1930; report on work in workrooms for women, 1915; report on employment of disabled soliders and sailors, 1915; report on Salvation Army Colonies, 1905; emigration and immigration tables, 1914; report on trade and employment after the First World War, 1916; standing orders, 1906-1913; newspaper cuttings, 1905-1930; emigration register, 1909; Sailing Register (giving age, occupation, destination and number of dependents), 1912-1914; emigration loan registers, 1906-1915; financial records, 1905-1930; plans showing a proposed swimming pool at Burnham on Crouch, 1900s.
Papers relating to the Hollesley Bay Labour Colony including particulars of the sale of the Colonial College, report of surveyors and legal papers, 1903-1926; subject files, 1914-1938, on various subjects including emigration, payment of war bonus to staff, schemes of work, employment of discharged soldiers, administration of the Colony, reports of London Boards of Guardians, publicity, Burnt House Farm, accidents, and sale of the Colony to Prison Commissioners; papers regarding staff including salary forms, 1930-1938; individual case notes, cards and registers of inmates, 1930-1938, including register of applications, admissions and discharge registers and creed register; visitor's books, 1922-1938 and cash books, 1907-1930.
County of London Appeal Tribunal (for Conscientous Objectors) minutes, 1916-1918.
Central Committee for the Unemployed Hollesley Bay Labour Colony x HM Prison Hollesley BayPapers of the Chamber of Ships Insurance relating to the appointment of a French agent to the Chamber.
Chamber of Ships InsuranceApprenticeship indentures for John Mallett and Frank Tringham, to be apprenticed as painters and gas fitters.
Chamberlayne Charity, ChelseaPractice papers of solicitor A Chamberlayne, relating to property in Chiswick, Hornsey, Highgate, East Finchley, Tottenham, Harlesden and Willesden, 1886-1896. The documents include agreements, settlements, probates, leases and mortgages.
A R Chamberlayne , solicitorRecords of A R Chamberlayne, solicitor, 1882-1924. The records include financial ledgers and account books; cash books; bills books; property management ledgers, cash books and letter books; bank books; and deeds and other legal papers relating to individual properties.
Chamberlayne , A R , fl 1882-1924 , solicitorRegisters of services at the Champery Anglican Chaplaincy, Switzerland.
Champery Anglican Chaplaincy , SwitzerlandRecords of Major Sir William Henry Champness, comprising journals recording his years as undersheriff and sheriff of the City of London, 1928-1938, autobiographical notes, 1873-1925 and personal diaries, 1926-1938.
Champness , Sir , William Henry , 1873-1956 , knight , solicitorLegal proceedings for various courts, 1701-1783, including Exchequer proceedings, Common Pleas proceedings, Queens Bench proceedings, and Chancery proceedings. The court cases relate to debts, damages, disputes over wills and inheritance, perjury, assault and theft.
Court of King's Bench x Court of Queen's Bench Court of Exchequer Court of Common Pleas Court of ChanceryRecords of Chandler, Hargreaves, Whittall and Company Limited, insurance brokers, comprising general correspondence and papers relating to the purchase of the company by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited.
Chandler, Hargreaves, Whittall and Co Ltd , insurance brokersRecords of Chandlers Limited, brewers, including London committee minutes with agendas; papers about share transfers; list of ordinary shareholders, divided into London, South Africa and other registers; correspondence; memorandum and articles of association; financial accounts; reports and notes on accounts and plant; and forms of proxy.
Chandlers Ltd , brewers Union Breweries Ltd , brewersRecords of the Brydges family, dukes of Chandos, including marriage settlement of James Brydges and Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Lake of Canons, 1696; letter patent of Queen Anne, granting annuity to George Brydges, 1707; marriage settlements of James Brydges and Cassandra Willoughby, 1713, relating to the manor of Little Stanmore (Canons); settlement relating to Clarendon House, later called Albermarle House, in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster; assignment of estates of Henry Brydges, 1734; leases of premises in Chipping Barnet, Great and Little Stanmore, and Edgware, 1734; marriage settlement of James Brydges, 1753; and settlement of the estates in Great and Little Stanmore of Anna Eliza, Duchess of Chandos, 1780.
Brydges , family , Dukes of ChandosPapers relating to the Warren House estate in Great Stanmore, including deeds, covenants, leases, assignments, conveyances, extracts from wills, grants and agreements.
Various.Collection of title deeds and legal documents relating to the estates of Sir John Chapman and of his family and descendants.
Various.Records of Charing Cross Hospital (1914 - 1974) including: bed occupancy statistics; new hospital planning; delivery registers for babies (birth registers); records of the School of Nursing; and handbooks for staff and patients.
Charing Cross Hospital xx West London InfirmaryRecords of the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway, comprising Board meeting minutes and General meetings minutes.
Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead RailwayRecords of small collections relating to charities, comprising:
- Account of the trusts in which all or some of the Broad Street Lecturers are parties, 1819.
- Account of subscriptions to the fund for making a causeway over Tothill Fields, 1677-1679.
- Copy deed and schedule of regulations dated 10 May 1854 relating to the use of the working men's fund raised as a memorial of gratitude to Sir Robert Peel for the repeal of the corn laws, 1854.
Records of the Charity of Sarah Leheup including appointment of trustees, minutes of the trustees, trust deeds, dissolution, correspondence and bank books showing state of accounts.
Charity of Sarah Leheup , 1799-2010 xx Elizabeth Finn Care x Turn2UsApplications for relief to an unknown charitable society.
Unknown.Records of Charles Barker and Sons Ltd, advertising agency, as follows:-
Mss. 19973-19979: Foundation and Constitution: memorandum and articles of association, certificate of incorporation, shares and related papers;
Mss. 19980-19981: Management: minutes and related papers;
Mss. 19982-20007: Finance: private accounts; annual reports and accounts, ledgers, journals, cash books etc;
Mss. 20008-20028: Administration: advertising record and order books, correspondence and miscellaneous papers, clients lists, newsletter of 1824, papers relating to Joint Stock Companies Directory, reports and scripts;
Mss. 20029-20034: Samples of advertising proofs;
Mss. 20035-20038: Scrapbooks of press cuttings relating to clients and bankers;
Mss 20039-20041: Press releases and miscellaneous press cuttings;
Mss 20042-20044: Printed information booklets relating to the company, presentation documents;
Mss 20045-20055: Personnel: records of appointment, remuneration, fees etc. of partners, directors and managers;
Mss 20056-20058: Property;
Mss 20059-20067: Miscellaneous: company history, personal and genealogical papers relating to the Barker family (see also Ms 19982).
Also records of Barker Family (MS 19982, 20007, 20065), 1764-1905. The records comprise private accounts, receipts and notices concerning life assurance policies and investments, and genealogical notes.
Charles Barker and Sons Ltd , advertising agentsCorporate records of Charles Beasley Limited, brewers, including Directors' meetings minute book; Board and general meeting minute book; annual general meeting minute book; registers of members, shares, debentures, mortgages, directors, secretaries, seals and directors' holdings; articles of association; agreements; trust deeds; papers relating to stocks and shares; annual reports with accounts; and letter books.
Charles Beasley Ltd , brewersFinancial records of Charles Beasley Limited, brewers, including private ledgers; impersonal ledgers; purchase journals; petty cash books; private cash books and general cash receipt books.
Charles Beasley Ltd , brewersPremises records of Charles Beasley Limited, brewers, comprising purchase journals (repairs).
Charles Beasley Ltd , brewersProduction records of Charles Beasley Limited, brewers, including purchase ledger for malt and stout; record of malt, sugar and hops used; malt, beer, wine and spirits stock books; malt review and subsequent memorandum; list of breakages; and draught beer daily returns book.
Charles Beasley Ltd , brewersProperty records of Charles Beasley Limited, brewers, including rent and loan ledgers; deposit ledgers; premises' insurance books.
Charles Beasley Ltd , brewersSales records of Charles Beasley Limited, brewers, including purchase journals for wines and spirits; wines, spirits and soft drinks sales ledgers; bottled beer ledger; 'foreign' beer ledger and beer sales ledger.
Charles Beasley Ltd , brewersStaff records of Charles Beasley Limited, brewers, including wages books; salaries ledgers; records relating to compensation; papers relating to the pension scheme; and savings bonds certificates.
Charles Beasley Ltd , brewersRecords of Charles Bond Limited, law publishers, including publishing ledger, agreements with editors of the Justice of the Peace journal; and stock lists.
Charles Bond Ltd , legal publisherPapers of Charles Cox and Son, marine agents, comprising eight volumes of letters from Royal Navy and Royal Marine personnel concerning pay and other financial matters.
Charles Cox and Son , marine agentsRecords of Charles Frodsham and Company, chronometer, clock and watch makers. The records comprise minutes of the board of directors 1893-1939 and annual general meetings 1894-1939 (Ms 19904); a ledger 1939-55 (Ms 19905), and watch manufacturing books 1876-1910 and 1895-7 (Ms 19906-7).
Charles Frodsham and Co , chronometer, clock and watch makers