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Annotated copy of Offor's The triumph of Henry VIII over the usurpations of the church and the consequences of the royal supremacy with notes, newspaper cuttings and letters that were found in the volume.

Records of Oaklands Congregational Church, Uxbridge Road, Hammersmith including records of clubs and societies, orders of service and music at the church.

Records of Oaklands Congregational Church and Askew Road Methodist Church including minutes and financial records, membership and photographs.

Marriage registers for Oaklands Congregational Church, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, 1925-1970.

Manuscript volume containing 'An account of Mr [John] Jenning's method of academical education, with some reflections upon it, in a letter to a friend who had some thoughts of reviving it. Written in the year 1728', and dated at Market Harborough, 31 Oct 1728. This may be the original account written by Philip Doddridge and sent to Isaac Watts.
This manuscript text is followed, in another hand, by copies of two letters from Robert Nelson, one, of 27 July 1708, to George Hanger giving moral advice on Hanger's departure for Turkey on business; the other, dated Epiphany 1713, to Gabriel Hanger on the same subject. There are also, in other hands, extracts from dissenting authors, one dated Oct 1821.

Registers of marriages, 1926-1965.

Records of Northwood Methodist Church, Oaklands Gate, including register of baptisms, 1905-1985; membership registers, 1975-1980; minutes of annual general meetings and secretary's annual reports for the Men's Circle, 1960-1964; financial accounts, 1905-1985; Trustees' Meeting minute book, 1896-1922; architectural plans, 1963-1975; Minister's correspondence concerning local ministry, manse facilities and local area, 1975; Overseas Missions Committee minute book, 1964-1982; Women's Work Committee minute books, 1956-1990; Men's Circle accounts and subscriptions book; 1955-1976; Prayer fellowship minute book; 1978-1984; illustrated leaflet on church activities, 1960s; historical notes, lists of ministers and related correspondence, 1977-1992; printed material, plans and related correspondence regarding church bazaar, including correspondence with Middlesex County Council regarding licensing, 1928-1955; Jubilee Souvenir booklet, 1946; Monthly newsletters, 1954-1971 and photographs of church exterior, 20th century.

Registers of marriages, 1942-1969.

Minutes of Executive Committee, 1925-1952; minutes of Quarterly Meetings, 1952-1966; minutes of Circuit Finance and Invitation Committee, including minutes of General Purposes Committee, 1958-1967; Circuit Stewards account book, 1955-1966; financial statements, 1939-1959; circuit plans, 1949-1978.

Also records of the Horace Jones Trust including correspondence, 1934-1958; letters from London County Council Education Officer concerning the Medal Fund, 1964; prospectus, 1938; accounts, 1963-1965 and letter to Mr Chippendale, Secretary of the Horace Jones Charity, from the Reverend Bodo Schwabe concerning Free Church Chaplaincy, 1970.

Records of the North West France Anglican Chaplaincy comprising register of services and register of baptisms and burials.

Records of North Harrow Methodist Church, comprising Golden Jubilee booklet, 1977; Diamond Jubilee booklet, 1987; letter of thanks from Buckingham Palace for royal Silver Jubilee message, 1977; Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society certificate, 1930?; Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School certificate, 1927 and correspondence regarding Manse Trust, including a copy of the lease, 1939-1948.

Minute books containing Trustees' meetings and Chapel Management Committee meetings, 1878-1922; Treasurer's account book of receipt and expenditure, 1907-1911; subscription list for Debt Reduction Effort, 1918; souvenir programme of "Alice in Wonderland" bazaar, 1912; programme of "Prims" Concert Party, 1917.

Papers relating to the Reverend Eric Symes Abbott, notably handwritten notes taken from lectures, mainly by Abbott, [1945-1969], on religious subjects, including talks given for the St Faith's Fellowship, Westminster; correspondence with Abbott, 1944-1945, 1948, 1954; cutting from the London Churchman, Oct 1959, relating to Abbott's appointment as Dean of Westminster; copy of a speech by the Right Reverend Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Abbott's memorial service, Westminster Abbey, 8 Jul 1983. Papers, 1965 and [1984], relating to the Fellowship of St Faith's, including a text by Norman on the 'Story of the Fellowship of St Faith: its origin and development'. Copy Minute of the Council, King's College, on the occasion of Norman's retirement, 26 Jul 1954. Reminiscences of Norman and her work, by Helen Bowers and Sue Cokayne, [1989].

Collection 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.

Records of the Nightingale Lane Congregational Church, East Smithfield, comprising a meeting book and a list of members only.

Pamphlets, government documents, reports, programs, manifestos, newspaper cuttings, newsletters and conference proceedings issued by AMNLAE, Asociación de Mujeres ante la Problemática Nacional (AMPRONAC), Central de Trabajadores de Nicaragua (CTN), Centro de Estudios y Publicaciones, Centro Internacional de Información Latinoamericana, Centro Victor Sanabria, Comisión Evangélica Latinoamericana de Educación Cristiana (CELADEC), Comisión Nacional de Autonomia de la Costa Atlántica (Nicaragua), Comisión Nacional de Promoción y Protección de los Derechos Humanos (Nicaragua), Comisión para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos en Nicaragua, Comisión Permanente de Derechos Humanos de Nicaragua, Comité Costarricense de Solidaridad con el Pueblo de Nicaragua, Comité Nicaragüense de Solidaridad con los Pueblos, Comité Pro Justicia y Paz de Guatemala, Comunidades Cristianas de Nicaragua, Comunidades Cristianas por la Paz, Conferencia Episcopal de Nicaragua (1977 : Managua), Conferencia Permanente de Partidos Políticos de América Latina, Coordinadora de Solidaridad con el Pueblo de Nicaragua (Mexico), Equipo de Escuelas Radiofónicas de Nicaragua, Fondo Internacional para la Reconstrucción de Nicaragua, Frente Amplio Opositor, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, Institute of Current World Affairs, Instituto de Promoción Humana, Instituto Histórico Centroamericano, International Commission of Jurists, International University Exchange Fund, Leicester City Council, Libertad, Movimiento Estudiantil Revolucionario de Secundaria, Movimiento Pueblo Unido, Narciso, National Conference in Solidarity with the people of Nicaragua (1st : 1980 : London), National Emergency Committee of Nicaragua, Nicaragua Embajada (Gran Bretaña), Nicaragua Gobierno de Reconstrucción Nacional, Nicaragua Solidaritätskomitee, Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign, Nicaraguan Student Association in the United States of America, Resistencia Nicaragüense, Unidad Nicaragüense Opositora, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua.

United Methodist Church special trust schedules, 1923 (providing details regarding church properties, including the date and cost of the building, the tenure and the custody of the deeds) concerning Brunswick Church and Zion Church, Neate Street, both in the Newington Circuit.

Records of the New Tabernacle Congregational Church and its mission church, the Hoxton Academy Congregational Church, including register of marriages, 1899-1941; roll of members and register of attendance, 1918-1930; minute book of joint Church Meetings, 1911-1946; minute book of Management Committee of the New Tabernacle Church, 1834-1852; minute book of Deacon's Meetings, 1938-1946; minute book of Committee and Visitors of "The Hoxton Auxiliary Christian Instruction Society", 1827-1835; cash book of "Sick Man's and Friend in Need Society", 1883-1936; papers relating to property and Trustees, 1842-1904; sealed order of Charity Commission authorising sale of site of New Tabernacle Chapel, 1949; order of Charity Commission setting out scheme for administration of New Tabernacle Chapel Fund and Charity of John Homes, 1951.

Marriage registers for New Road Presbyterian Church, Woolwich, 1906-1964.

Records of New Road Meeting House, Stepney, comprising register of baptisms, 1785-1817.

Class lists, Trustees, Officers' lists, and so on, 1905-1909.

Records of the New England Company, missionary society. The majority of the collection dates from 1649, with deeds from 1543-1979. Some records are held only in the form of microfilms or xerox copies of originals held locally in North America.

The records comprise: Charters 1662-196; Court and committee minutes 1655-1987; copy minutes of Commissioners for Indian Affairs 1699-1818; and court attendance books 1937-63 and 1970-1. Financial records 1649-1979.

Correspondence and papers about Indians and Indian affairs in New England 1657-1764; papers relating to the proceedings of the Company 1649-56; reports on Company affairs and undertakings 1822-6; deeds and papers concerning missions in Canada 1828-1934; papers about support for missionary activity in West Indies and Canada 1961-76; and papers about the sale of the Mohawk Institute 1961-7.

Letter books 1688-1772, 1872-1919; general correspondence 1664-1818; papers relating to supplemental charters 1898 and 1959-60; papers about the history of Company 1700-1913 and tercentenary 1949; lists of governors, treasurers, clerks and members of the company, 1668 and 1741-1859; and miscellaneous administrative and legal papers 1688-1839, 1876-7.

Deeds and papers relating to Company estates, particularly in Essex, 1543-1979; inventories of Company effects in New England 1708, 1714; papers concerning Robert Boyle's annuity 1814-1900; copy will of Rev Daniel Williams 1711-12; and papers relating to William Pennoyer's charity 1670-1902.

Marriage registers for New Cross Congregational Church, Ludwick Road, New Cross, 1962-1968.

Marriage registers for New Court Congregational Church, Tollington Park, Islington, 1945-1975.

Registers of baptisms, 1871-1974; registers of marriages, 1943-1948; register of members' attendance, 1934-1947; register of deacons' attendance, 1905-1941; registers of preaching engagements, 1896-1953; applications for fellowship, 1889-1971; Church Meeting minute books, 1707-1974; Deacons' Meeting minute books, 1877-1967; Choir Meeting minute books, 1924-1969; minute books of Trustees Meetings, General Purposes Committee, Supply Committee, Deacons Finance Committee, and Committee for Alterations and Additions, 1870-1934; Sunday School Teachers' Meeting minute books, 1932-1961; Women's Council minute books, 1917-1975; accounts, 1871-1972; deeds, 1754-1959; correspondence and related material, 1813-1975; Church magazines, 1885-1974; Church manuals, 1873-1962; printed material relating to New Court Chapel, 1792-1921 and sketches and photographs, 1872-1967.

Volume containing a brief history of the chapel, minutes and membership lists, 1727-1856; minute book of quarterly meetings of "the Brethren of the Church", concerned with matters of finance, administration and discipline, 1821-1851.

Copies of Nazi propaganda leaflets including a leaflet announcing a solidarity meeting to be held in Trier, 1 July 1934; appeal to Roman Catholic boys and girls to join the Hitler Youth, refuting the accusation that the Hitler Youth movement is a heathen organisation that seeks the extirpation of religion.

Records of the National Education Association, including minutes; papers relating to the formation and endowment of the Association; financial accounts; annual reports; correspondence; case files; NEA publications; other publications; Parliamentary publications; circulars from the Ministry of Education; education pamphlets and reference papers.

Register of baptisms for Nantes Anglican Chaplaincy, France.

Records of Muswell Hill Presbyterian Church including Church meeting minute book, 1972-1973; Court of Session minute books, 1949-1973; Deacon's Court minute books, 1898-1972; Managers' minute book, Red Lion Hill Mission (includes correspondence), 1916-1924; Missionary Committee minute book, 1919-1948; Church year books, 1949-1951; and register of baptisms, 1899-1973.

Marriage registers for Muswell Hill Presbyterian Church, Muswell Hill Road, 1945-1973.

Records of the Muswell Hill Methodist Church including registers of baptisms, 1892-1927 and 1939-1951; financial accounts and Finance Committee papers; Leaders' Meeting minute books; annual reports; pamphlets and correspondence.

Mostyn Road Methodist Chapel, Lambeth: marriage registers, 1878-1983.

Morrison and Hobson family papers, 1807-1963. The papers are the product of a period of considerable spiritual, cultural and political change in China. They are a significant source for study of the development of Protestant missions in China (in particular the role of the medical mission and the introduction of Western medicine), and also provide evidence of the involvement of the missionaries with issues of British trade and diplomacy.

MSS. 5827-5852: correspondence and papers, especially of the Revd Robert Morrison (1782-1834), missionary in China, 1807-1834; John Robert Morrison (1814-1843), Chinese interpreter, Colonial Secretary of the Hong Kong government; and Dr Benjamin Hobson (1816-1873), medical missionary in China, 1839-1859. The majority comprise personal and domestic correspondence of the Morrison and Hobson families and their friends, with less emphasis on official papers, although the collection includes letters on the Peacock expedition to Siam and Cochin China led by Edmund Roberts (1784-1836), United States merchant and diplomat, 1832 (MS.5830), and letters to Benjamin Hobson from leading missionaries. 1843-1862 (MS.5839). Insight into missionary work in China can be gained in particular from the letters of the Revd. Robert Morrison. MS. 7127: 'Domestic Memoir of Mrs Morrison', by the Revd. Robert Morrison, addressed to his children Mary Rebecca and John Robert Morrison (1814-1843), 5-7 January 1824. Mary Morrison, Robert's first wife, died of cholera at Macao on 10 June 1821. This memoir was compiled by Robert Morrison during the voyage home from China aboard H.E.I.C.S. Waterloo.

Correspondence and working papers, 1944-1977 and undated, of John Morris, including notes, proofs, manuscript and typescript drafts, comprising material on Roman sources and history, Christianity, Saxon, Celtic and Arthurian sources and history, including Nennius and Gildas; photographs of Anglo-Saxon archaeology, particularly a site at Mitcham, Surrey; typescript of Morris' Londinium: London in the Roman Empire; correspondence and papers relating to Past and Present including articles submitted to Morris for publication and related correspondence; academic correspondence with correspondents in the UK and abroad; papers and correspondence relating to Morris' visit to India, including academic matters and Indian politics and papers relating to Morris' political interests and activities, particularly the Institute for Workers' Control, including printed material.

Papers, 1924-1962, of Reginald John Beagarie Moore, comprising correspondence and papers relating to his missionary work in Africa. Includes annual reports of the United Missions in the Copperbelt (1937-1940); reports of his work at Mindolo (1934-1939, not 1936-1937); typescript copies of his publications; copies of published articles; and photographs of Copperbelt scenes. Also includes a copy of Moore's anthropological study The Witchdoctor's Prescription.

Marriage registers for Mitcham Congregational Church, London Road, 1972-1975.

Manuscript volume, 15th century: Missale Fratrum Minorum (missal for the use of Friars Minor), with some musical notation.

Programmes, press cuttings, articles and transcripts relating to the composer Anthony Milner, used by James Siddons in his Anthony Milner: a Bio-Bibliography (Westport, CT, 1989), comprising scrap books of reviews of Milner's music and articles by or on Milner, 1951-1960; press cuttings relating to Milner's liturgical compositions in regard to the introduction of English in the Roman Catholic liturgy, and Milner's views of the translation of the order of mass into English, 1964-1970; music programmes (with some reviews) of concerts featuring Milner's works, 1958-1985; reviews and press cuttings of Milner's work and performances, c1958-1979; brief biographical notes on Milner, and schedules and itineraries of his lecture tours of Canada and USA, 1964-1985; transcript of 'Anthony Milner on his 50th birthday', a talk on 'Music weekly', BBC Radio 3, by Hugh Wood, 11 May 1975; 'Anthony Milner - a comment on his work' typescript article by Stephen Dodgson (MS 5866). Three published articles by Milner, with covering to Sir Keith Falkner, on the problem of the vernacular in the Roman Catholic liturgy, 'Music in a vernacular Catholic liturgy' paper read to the Royal Musical Association, 4 Jan 1965; 'The instruction on sacred music', Worship vol 41 no 6 Jun-Jul 1967; 'Music and liturgy', The Month, 1965-1966 (MS 6995)

Records of Saint Paul's Presbyterian Church including Court of Session minute books, 1881-1943; Deacons' Court minute books, 1857-1926; Communicants' roll book, 1882-1924; register of baptisms, 1876-1937 and Treasurer's account book, 1905-1923.

Records of Millwall Church, including Leaders' meeting minute book, 1954-1965; collection journal, 1959-1968; account book, 1941-1968 and tenancy agreements, 1869.

Manuscript volume [17th century] containing Antonio Milledonne's 'Historia de sacri concili divisa in due libri ... ' (history of the holy council [presumably the Council of Trent] in two volumes).

Papers, 1920s-1940s, of James Sibree Milledge, comprising material relating to the Sibree family in Madagascar.

Registers of marriage, 1943-1973.

Marriage registers for Middleton Road Congregational Church, Dalston, 1916-1975.

Apportionment of rent charge in lieu of tithes in the parish of Hendon, with plan, 1741-1903.

Records of Hornsey Methodist Church, Middle Lane, 1873-1981, including Leaders' Meeting minute books; correspondence; financial records including accounts and correspondence; Trustees' Meeting minute books, Trustees' account books and Trustee's correspondence; papers regarding building work, alterations and repairs including plans; papers regarding staffing; pulpit notice books; papers relating to the Sunday School; issues of the Church newsletter; orders of service and programmes; pamphlets, including histories of the Church; leaflets, newspaper cuttings and photographs.

Marriage registers for the following Methodist churches:

Acton Green Methodist Hall, Steele Road, Acton, 1934-1935

Methodist Church, Windmill Road, Brentford, 1934-1960

Wesleyan Church, Windsor Road, Ealing, 1900-1972

Ealing Dean Primitive Methodist Church, Uxbridge Road, Ealing, 1912-1958

Wesleyan Methodist Church, High Road, New Southgate, 1914-1971

Wesleyan Methodist Church, Bessborough Road, Harrow, 1905-1971

Methodist Church, Welldon Crescent, Greenhill, Harrow, 1934-1974

Wesleyan Church, Park Lane, Harrow Road, Wembley, 1925-1961

Methodist Church, East Lane, North Wembley, Wembley, 1970

Queen's Hall, Station Road, Hayes, 1930-1970

Methodist Church, Western Road, Southall, 1952-1965

Wesley Central Hall, Thirleby Road, Burnt Oak, Hendon, 1931-1962

Methodist Chapel, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, 1943-1973

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, New Windsor Street, Uxbridge, 1928-1972

Jackson's Lane Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1908-1972

Primitive Methodist Church, Mattison Road, Haringey, 1931- 1963

Methodist Church, Bath Road, Hounslow West, 1960- 1971

Methodist Chapel, Twickenham Road, Isleworth, 1948-1965

Primitive Methodist Church, Hallowell Road, Northwood, 1926- 1965

Trinity Chapel, Trinity Road, Wood Green, 1889-1969

Earlsmead United Methodist Church, High Road, South Tottenham, 1918-1951

Methodist Chapel, Northumberland Park, Tottenham, 1942-1969

Methodist Chapel, West Green Road, South Tottenham, 1961

Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Church, corner of Dartmouth Road and Walm Lane, Willesden, 1906-1939

United Methodist Church, corner of Tubbs Road and High Street, Harlesden, 1926-1961

Primitive Methodist Church, High Road, Willesden Green, 1927-1960

Primitive Methodist Chapel, College Park, Harrow Road, Willesden, 1939.

Baptism registers, 1948-1967; photographs of events, staff, buildings and residents of the Mother and Baby Home, [1940-1980]; and the text of a presentation written to accompany a slide presentation, providing details of the work of the Women's Fellowship with young mothers, 1971-1972.

Records of the London Mission (West) Circuit, 1927-1987, including administrative files consisting of material relating to Grove House Hostel for ex-borstal boys, Gilbert Goodliffe House for retired men and women, Saint Luke's and Saint Mary's House for men and women, Emerson Bainbridge House and Hopedene House for Mother and Babies; legal papers concerning legacies; material relating to Kingsway Hall Church including press cuttings and 10 volumes of Orders of Service; slides and photographs; and 106 exhibition boards of photographs and a brief history of the West London Mission created for the centenary exhibition in 1987 along with location maps from 1832 and 1987 showing activities of West London Mission.