Notes on reviewing hearth tax assessments and bringing them up to date for a speedy return to the Clerk of Peace and subsequent transmission to Exchequer. A review of Hendon and Harrow on the Hill assessments are provided as examples.
Sem títuloFinancial records of the London Bridge Waterworks Company, including cash books; Treasurer's accounts; monthly balances; Collector's accounts; arrears books; papers relating to rents; water rents lost by collectors and receipt books.
Sem títuloRecords of the Metropolitan Water Board Survey Department, including terrier volumes; registered dockets; files on land acquired; deeds registers; and files regarding rates assessments.
Sem títuloRecords of the New River Company relating to stocks and shares, including registers; dividends receipt books; pamphlets; ledgers; indemnities; share transfers; certificates and reports.
Sem títuloCorporate records of the Staines Reservoir Joint Committee, including Committee meeting attendance books, proceedings books and minutes; legal papers relating to property, rating, water supply, stocks and shares, Parliamentary issues and contracts; correspondence and debenture stock volumes.
Sem títuloProperty records of the West Middlesex Waterworks Company including trade rental books and rental volumes.
Sem títuloRecords of the Nation Life and General Assurance Company Ltd, also known as Fordham Life and General Assurance Company Ltd, 1925-1974. This collection comprises 18 minute books, the bulk of which record the proceedings of Board of Directors meetings which were usually held monthly. Two of these volumes are described as private minute books, and record discussions at board meetings of matters such as directors' salaries. Two volumes record the minutes of annual and extraordinary general meetings.
Sem títuloRecords of the Bow Common Estate Company, 1901-1928, including memorandum and articles of association; sales catalogues; sales books; sales completion statements; bundle of papers and correspondence regarding Company's appeal against assessment for Corporation Profits Tax; statement of facts, history of Company and argument for its status as a holding rather than a trading company and therefore not liable for tax; legal advice relating to the tax status of the company and file of papers of Clerk W.W.T. Worth, including draft title deeds to properties, mortgages and rents, and details of sales.
Sem títuloRecords of the Western Synagogue, Marylebone, consisting of registers of kethubot [marriage contracts].
PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.
Sem títuloRecords of Enfield Wel-Care, 1944-1987, including minute books; annual reports; papers relating to fundraising; newsletters; financial accounts; correspondence; papers of the Chairman; pamphlets; and papers relating to the winding up of Enfield Wel-Care.
Sem títuloPersonal papers of James Barr, employee of Trumans Ltd, including Transport and General Workers Union cards and papers, Truman's Sports Club rules and fixture lists, and papers relating to the company including redundancy scheme, annual excursions, regulations and agreements, 1939-1989; handbooks, programmes, rules, fixture lists and posters for the London Breweries Amateur Sports Association and the Highgate Harriers Athletic Club, 1951-1979; issues of company publications including 'The Black Eagle', the 'Truman Times', '1666', 'Truman News', 'Truman Topics', 'Watney Truman News' and 'Stag and Eagle' (Watney Combe Reid publication), 1948-1989; annual reports and pension scheme information, 1977-1989; and issues of 'The Master Brewer' and 'The National Brewery Museum Chronicle', 1968-1986.
Sem títuloRecords of Municipal Mutual Assurance Ltd, 1900-1990, including articles of association, policy registers, claims registers, files on important case law litigation (e.g. Municipal Mutual V Royal Insurance Co. Ltd. 1911), reinsurance files, annual reports, photographs and press-cuttings.
Sem títuloRecords of the Bassishaw Friendly Association, later known as Bassishaw Ward Club, comprising rules, minutes, correspondence and accounts. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff in 1989 and 1991.
Sem títuloPapers of the Chamber of Ships Insurance relating to the appointment of a French agent to the Chamber.
Sem títuloDeed of settlement for the County Annuity Association.
Sem títuloMinute books of the No 1 Cornhill Club, a professional association for insurers.
Sem títuloMemorandum book including copy letters to the Court of the East India Company; bye-laws and resolutions of the Society; and printed East India Company notices.
Sem títuloMinute books of the General Friendly Collecting Society; with an analysis of disbursements.
Sem títuloPrinted material and circular letters relating to the Help Yourself Society, a fundraising charity.
Sem títuloRecords of the Huguenot Friendly Benefit Society comprising minutes, lists of members, and financial records.
Sem títuloCollection 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.
Records of the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London. The records comprise: official documents relating to the case of the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London v William Bulkeley Glasse and others; sewer rate books, 1771-1874; consolidated rate books, 1790-1908; and Metropolis Main Drainage rate books, 1858-1869.
Sem títuloRecords of the City Chamberlain, Corporation of London, including return of pensions paid by the Corporation; receipts for rents and rates paid; papers relating to Freedoms of the City of London; assessments of subsidies; quinquennial valuation lists; papers relating to duties and rates.
Sem títuloRecords of the Church of England Diocese in Europe. The records mainly relate to the administration of the Diocese, the oversight of chaplaincies and relations both with other organisations working within the Diocese and with other churches on the Continent. The bishop established a Bishop's Council to act as an advisory body for the Diocese.
It should be noted that many of the files are general and contain information on a variety of topics e.g. administration, finance and chaplaincy. This is especially true of the large series of correspondence between the diocesan administration and the chaplaincies, Ms32699/1-624.
There is a 30 year closure period on the Diocese in Europe material except Mss 32667/1-12, 32687 and 32688/1-12 which have a 50 year closure period and Ms 32699/1-624 which are closed for 75 years.
Sem títuloThe records of the Diocese of Gibraltar are concerned with the administration of the Diocese, the oversight of chaplaincies and relations with other organisations working within the Diocese and with other churches on the Continent.
Material relating to the 1970s when John Satterthwaite was Bishop of Fulham and Gibraltar has been catalogued as part of the Diocese in Europe. Also series (such as confirmation registers, G.L. Ms 32690/1-6) which begin before 1970 but continue beyond that date have been catalogued as Diocese in Europe records.
It should be noted that many of the records are general files and contain information on a variety of topics, e.g. administration, finance and chaplaincy. This is especially true of the large series of correspondence between the diocesan administration and the chaplaincies, Ms 32699/1-624. This correspondence relates to the Diocese in Europe and Jurisdiction of North and Central Europe as well as the Diocese of Gibraltar but has been grouped as one series for convenience.
Note, Ms 32568/1-12 are closed for 50 years.
Sem títuloThe records of the Jurisdiction of North and Central Europe are those of successive Bishops of Fulham rather than of the Bishops of London and are mainly concerned with the administration of the Jurisdiction, the oversight of chaplaincies and relations with other organisations working within north and central Europe and with other churches on the Continent. With a few exceptions the records date from the 1940s and 1950s.
It should be noted that many of the records are general files and contain information on a variety of topics e.g. administration, finance and chaplaincy. This is especially true of the large series of correspondence between the diocesan administration and the chaplaincies (MS32699/1-624). The latter series is part of the records of the Diocese in Europe but includes correspondence between the Bishops of Fulham and chaplaincies within the Jurisdiction.
Sem títuloRecords ofWilliam Brass and his estate, comprising accounts, agreements, correspondence and related papers. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1987. Ms 22352 includes a schedule of Trust records drawn up in 1954.
Sem títuloPapers of Thomas Bowrey, sea captain and merchant, including ledger; correspondence; diaries; drawings; charts; and maps; relating to travel and trade in India, Africa, Holland, France, Batavia (Jakarta) and Persia (Iran); the "Coffree" language of Delagoa and the Telenga language; shipping insurance and Lloyd's coffee house; whaling; and piracy.
Sem títuloPapers of the London Joint Stock Banks Committee comprising signed minute books.
Restricted access to later records.
Sem títuloRecords of Singlo Holdings Limited, comrpising minutes of the Board of Directors and annual general meetings.
Sem títuloRecords of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, comprising constitutional documents, minutes, correspondence (notably about International Banking summer schools), and photographs. Access to post 1980 material is restricted. The records are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.
Sem títuloThe papers of Abbott, Clayton and Morris consist of the business and family records of two generations and form one of the earliest and largest extant collections of Stuart-era financial records. There are also related records of Sir George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem (1648-1689), a close personal friend of Robert Clayton. (Clayton was appointed by Jeffreys as a trustee of his family settlement drawn up in 1689.) Jeffreys was Common Serjeant (1671-1678) and Recorder of London (1678-1680).
Sem títuloPapers of the Coal Meters' Committee, including minutes, letter books, cash books, ledgers, books of notices and orders, ships' registers, records of coal exports and imports, and papers relating to the reorganisation of the Coal Meters' Office.
The records of the Coal Meters' Benefit Society, the Coal Meters' Provident Club and the Coal Meters' Office Protection Branch also form part of the archives of the Coal Meters' Committee. The Benefit Society records consist chiefly of minutes, resolutions touching amendments to the constitution, statements of account and correspondence relating to the Coal Meters' Benefit Society and Widows' Aid Fund. The Provident Club records contain a copy of rules, nomination form counterfoil book and account book. The Protection Branch records consist of annual reports, ledger accounts and cash books.
Sem títuloBoard minutes of the General Accident and Guarantee Company Limited.
The minutes are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.
Sem títuloRecords of the Indemnity Marine Insurance Company Limited, including consitutional documents, minutes, financial material, letterbooks and some details of ships and cargoes.
Sem títuloRecords of the Mercantile Fire Insurance Company, comprising articles of association and minute books only. They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.
Sem títuloRecords of the Palatine Insurance Company Limited, comprising Board, annual general meeting and Committee minute books only. They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.
Sem títuloRecords of the Planet Assurance Corporation Limited, comprising scrapbooks of printed material and Directors' minutes only. They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.
Sem títuloMinute book of the Scottish Metropolitan Life Assurance Company.
Sem títuloBoard minute books of Westminster and Kensington Freeholds Limited.
Sem títuloRecords of the Equitable Reversionary Interest Society including out-letter books; deeds of settlement; minute books; annual reports; ledgers; registers of valuations of reversions; registers of recoveries; and registers of debentures.
Sem títuloRecords of news agency Exchange Telegraph Company Limited, including:
- Constitution; operating agreements, Mss 22956-61;
- Board and AGM minutes etc; annual reports and accounts, Mss 22962-9;
- Papers relating to lawsuits, Mss 22970-4;
- Internal financial and accounting records, Mss 22975-23012;
- Records of subscribers, Mss 23013-24;
- Correspondence (subdivided as follows):
(i) Miscellaneous early correspondence, Mss 23025-7;
(ii) Correspondence etc relating to dealings with the London Stock Exchange, Mss 23028-32;
(iii) Correspondence etc concerning the sports services, chiefly horse racing, Mss 23033-41;
(iv) Correspondence etc concerning relations with the Press Association Ltd, Mss 23042-8. 10;
(v) Papers of Wilfred King (chairman 1913-43), Mss 23049-51;
(vi) Papers of E C Barker (a director, 1913-33), Mss 23052-61;
(vii) Correspondence relating to arrangements with the BBC, Ms 23062;
(viii) Foreign correspondence (including Second World War correspondence), Mss 23063-6;
(ix) Correspondence concerning tariff rates, Ms 23067; - Examples of news transmitted and statistics service cards, Mss 23068-74;
- Engineering and patents records, Mss 23075-94;
- Publicity records, eg tariffs, circulars and application forms, Mss 23095-102;
- Records of correspondents, wages and commissions, Mss 23103-6;
- Photographs, Mss 23107-15;
- News cuttings, Mss 23116-25;
- Miscellaneous (chiefly historical notes and records of subsidiaries), Mss 23126-35;
- Records of the joint services of ETC and the Press Association Ltd, Mss 23136-57;
- Miscellaneous items presented by BT Archives, Ms 38642.
Records of Foster and Braithwaite, stockbrokers, which comprise ledgers, journals and subscription books.
Sem títuloRecords of George Attenborough and Son, pawnbrokers and jewellers, comprising receipt books of items pawned and sales book.
Sem títuloPapers of banker David Francis Park including correspondence, newspaper cuttings, notes and other material relating to banks and banking.
Sem títuloRecords of Engelbert Pickert, merchant, comprising a ledger, 1860-4; ships' and ships' insurance papers, 1867-70; and family papers, including the private accounts of Maria Pickert, his widow, 1851-85.
Sem títuloPapers and correspondence of George Rae, banker, relating to various banking topics including the Companies Act of 1879, and the Institute of Bankers.
Sem títuloThe Accepting Houses Committee did not keep minutes of its meetings until 1920 "owing to the secrecy of many of the matters dealt with" (Ms 29295/1). Business was mainly carried out by the executive committee (Ms 29295), although annual general meetings were held for a short time, from 1939 to 1944 (Ms 29294). A number of standing and sub-committees were set up subsequently. The earliest was the Technical or Experts sub-committee in 1940 (Ms 29298); other committees, concerning such matters as export finance and computers, were established in the 1970s (Mss 29298-305).
Apart from minutes and associated papers, the main series of records of the Committee comprise reports and accounts (Mss 29306-7), circulars (Mss 29308-9) and membership files (Ms 29310). Among the remaining records (Mss 29311-327) there are a number of files relating to the role and future of the Committee at various points in its existence, and discussions about the criteria for membership.
Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from the London Investment Banking Association (contact details may be obtained from staff).
Sem títuloRecords of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, as follows:-
Ms 17363 - Articles of association;
Mss 17364-7 - Affiliated chambers, United Kingdom and overseas;
Mss 14476-7 - Executive council;
Mss 14478-9, 14485, 17394-5 - Standing, advisory and special committees;
Mss 17368-72 - General purposes committee;
Mss 17373-83 - Internal organisation, personnel and visitors;
Mss 17384-6 - Circulars and out-letter files;
Mss 17387 - Meeting with Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Finance and taxation division:-
Mss 14480 -1 - committee minutes;
Ms 17388 - circulars;
Mss 17389-93 - press releases and newsletters;
Mss 17394-475 - subject files, listed alphabetically;
Ms 17476 - printed booklets.
Home affairs division:-
Mss 14482-4 - committee minutes;
Ms 17477 - circulars;
Mss 14485 and Ms 17478-94 - education committee papers and education subject files;
Mss 14488 and Ms 17495-9 - post office services committee papers and postal subject files;
Mss 17500-1 - power committee papers and power and fuel subject file;
Mss 14485-6 and Ms 17502-37 - transport committee papers and transport subject files;
Mss 17538-50 - other subject files, listed alphabetically;
Ms 17551 - printed booklets.
Overseas division:-
Mss 14487 and 17552 - committee minutes and papers;
Ms 17553 - circulars;
Mss 17554-63 - subject files, listed alphabetically;
Mss 17564-83 - correspondence and papers relating to outside bodies and other trade organisations;
Ms 17584 - files labelled miscellaneous;
Mss 17585-8 - printed booklets;
Mss 17589-93 - Association of Secretaries of British Chambers of Commerce.
Mss 17593/A-C Statistics and report.
In addition to the committee minutes, the five series of circulars (Mss 17384, 17388, 17477, 17553 and 17592) will be found to supplement the subject files which form the bulk of the Association's archives.
Also papers of the National Chamber of Trade, including minutes, register of members, circulars, press cuttings and handbooks.
Sem títuloRecords of predecessors of the Association of British Insurers, comprising:
- Accident Offices Association (Overseas);
- Accident Offices Association;
- Aircraft Insurance Committee;
Association of Life Assurance Offices in India; - British Insurance Association;
-British Life Assurance Trust; - Building Society Indemnities Committee;
- Coal Pool;
- Consequential Loss Committee;
- Debris Clearance Pool;
- Engineering Offices Association;
- Fire Offices' Committee;
- Fire Offices Committee (Foreign);
- Fire Offices Committee of Ireland;
- Glasgow Rate and Salvage Association;
- Home Office Vehicles Pool;
- Industrial Life Offices Association;
- Insurance Companies (War Settlement) Committee;
- Life Offices' Association;
- South African Accident Council;
- London Australasian Insurance Committee;
- London Continental Fire Insurance Committee;
- London Fire Engine Establishment;
- London Salvage Corps;
- London South African Insurance Committee;
- London West Africa Insurance Committee;
- London Wharf and Warehouse Committee;
- National Amalgamated Approved Society;
- National Conference of Industrial Assurance Approved Societies;
- Printers and Theatres Rating Committee (Southern Committee);
- Trading with the Enemy Joint Insurance Committee.
PLEASE NOTE: further minutes and files of the British Insurance Association and files of other predecessor bodies, along with minutes and files of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) from 1985-2000, remain uncatalogued. The uncatalogued records are available by prior appointment only quoting accession reference B11/056. In addition access requests to ABI records from 1985-2000 are subject to prior permission from ABI. Please contact staff for further details.
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