Property records of the New River Company, including rent and arrears books; rents payable registers; rent and acknowledgements books; ground rents registers; building estate insurances; fire insurances and leases.
Sem títuloThis collection refers to estates in the Isle of Dogs (Poplar) and Woodford, owned by the Mellish, Glengall and Charteris families. The records consists of the title deeds to the properties, leases of the properties, and financial and legal records arising from the administration of trusts to provide income from the properties for members of the Charteris family, chiefly Lady Margaret Charteris and Edmund Butler Charteris.
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 títuloRecords of Thomas Dence and family, 1876-1923, including investment ledger and papers relating to investments such as certificates; cash books, registers of deeds and legal documents relating to properties; register of insurance policies; wills, powers of attorney and documents relating to the Dence Trust; cheque books; letter book, mostly letters to tenants; ledger listing documents regarding the Ferme Park Estate, including building agreements, leases issued and deeds.
Sem títuloNotes relating to London coffee houses, including a bundle of correspondence between Wulcko and B Lillywhite, author of London Coffee Houses. Also drafts of various unpublished articles relating to the topography of Threadneedle Street, Sweetings Rents and Sweetings Alley and an article on the site and early history of the Stock Exchange of 1773.
Sem títuloRecords 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 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 títuloRecords of Antony Gibbs and Sons Limited, merchants and foreign bankers, and their branches and subsidiaries. Records include papers relating to the Gibbs family; correspondence, letters and letter books; ledgers and other financial records; papers and correspondence of branches in Peru, Chile, Australia, the West Indies, New York, Bristol and Liverpool; memoranda; trading agreements; minutes and reports; papers relating to the guano business and papers relating to the iodine industry.
Correspondence with foreign branches will be found in a number of different points in the catalogue. A keyword search of the online catalogue by the name of the branch and 'Gibbs' is the easiest access to branch correspondence.
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 the British Insurance Association, mainly minutes of General Meetings and Committee meetings. Many of the minutes are unsigned copies. In addition, many minutes are accompanied by related papers, such as agendas, reports and correspondence. The collection also includes extensive correspondence and circulars. The records are held off-site and require 48 hours notice for access.
Sem títuloRecords of the Glasgow Rate and Salvage Association, comprising a deed of constitution.
Sem títuloMinutes of the Insurance Companies (War Settlement) Committee.
Sem títuloRecords of the London Australasian Insurance Committee comprising constitution, minutes, circulars, and agendas.
Sem títuloRecords of the National Conference of Industrial Assurance Approved Societies comprising copy of constitution, minute books, reports of the proceedings of general meetings, and related papers.
Sem títuloRecords of Bagshaw and Company, chartered accountants, including partnership agreements; minutes of meetings; financial accounts; and personal papers of William Edward Bagshaw.
Access to records less than 40 years old should be sought from Moore Stephens (contact details may be obtained from staff).
Sem títuloRecords of the British Mercantile Agency, debt collection business, including prospectuses, financial accounts, enquiries, letters and a damping cloth used to take copies of letters and accounts.
Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.
Sem títuloRecords of the Wholesale Chemists and Allied Trades Protection Association, comprising Trade Advisory Committee minute book; prospectuses, and papers relating to the insolvency of a specific company.
Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.
Sem títuloRecords of the Committee of London Clearing Bankers, later known as the Committee of London and Scottish Bankers, including minute books of various Committees; papers relating to advertising, public relations, exhibitions and shows including photographs; papers relating to the banking information service; papers relating to bank staff associations and employment in banks; statistics; papers relating to banking arrangements for coal, gas, electricity, transport, iron and steel, shipbuilding, agriculture, industry, exports, small firms, students and the disabled; and papers relating to matters concerning banks including income tax, bank taxation, stamp duty, professional secrecy, nationalisation, security and fraud, hours of business, accounting procedures, legislation, investments, foreign currency and debit rates.
Restricted access to later records.
Sem títuloRecords of Empire of India Holdings Limited, comprising Board of Directors' minutes, annual general meeting minutes and a ledger. The records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.
Sem títuloRecords from the Marine Department of the Edinburgh Assurance Company Limited, comprising registers of vessels, casualty books, loss report books, and salvage books.
Sem títuloRecords of the Fine Art and General Insurance Company Limited comprising Board minute books, Committee minute books and general meeting minute books.
They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.
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 títuloMinutes of the Provident Clerks and General Guarantee and Accident Company Limited.
Sem títuloMinute book of the Scottish Metropolitan Life Assurance Company.
Sem títuloRecords of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia London office, including ledgers, financial accounts and registers.
Sem títuloRecords of the Reversionary Interest Society, including out-letter books; deeds of settlement; minute books; annual reports; administrative papers; papers relating to shareholders; financial accounts; actuary's reports; legal papers; property deeds; and notes on the history of the Society.
Sem títuloRecords of Foster and Braithwaite, stockbrokers, which comprise ledgers, journals and subscription books.
Sem títuloRecords of the parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; preachers' books; Churchwardens' records; land tax surveys; papers relating to church charities; Vestry minute books; Trustee minute books; correspondence; poor rate books; churchyard rate books; police rate books; highways rate books; settlement examinations; bastardy examinations; orders of removal from and to the parish; registers of apprentices; and papers relating to the workhouse including admissions.
Sem títuloRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; papers relating to the burial ground; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; church services registers; maps of the parish; papers relating to the maintenance of the church building; prints of the church interior and exterior; financial records; papers relating to parish charities and schools; and historical notes.
Also records relating to local taxation including poor rate books; church rate books; minister's rate books; church yard/burial ground rate books, highways rate books, watching and lighting rate books, sewers and draingage rate books.
Sem títuloRecords relating to the parish of Saint Saviour, Borough High Street, Southwark; also known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Saviour and Saint Mary Overy. This is a large and extensive collection and it is recommended that researchers consult the detailed catalogue. Summary of some of the major holdings:
- papers relating to the maintenance of the church building including bills for work and repairs done in the church, contracts, and faculties;
- token books;
- marriage licences and registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials;
- financial records;
- records of the Vestry including minute books and papers of the clerks;
- minutes of other committees;
- legal documents relating to parish properties including leases, agreements, conveyances and deeds;
- papers relating to legal cases;
- papers relating to poor relief including petitions to the wardens from the poor and sick asking for assistance;
- plans and drawings of parish properties;
- records of constables and other parish officers;
- records relating to local taxation including poor rates and church rates;
- papers of parochial charities;
- papers relating to Saint Saviour's Free Grammar School;
- registers of apprenticeship indentures;
- papers relating to Parliamentary elections for the Borough of Southwark, including lists of persons entitled to vote;
- papers relating to Borough Market;
- records of the parish of Saint Margaret, Southwark, including financial accounts and depositions.
Records of the parish of Saint John of Wapping, Green Bank, Stepney, inclduing registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; and records relating to local taxation including rate assessment books.
Sem títuloRecords of the parish of Saint Mary, High Street, Putney, including registers of baptisms, marriage, burials and banns; registers of church services; curates' licences; Churchwardens' accounts and vouchers; papers of parish charities, church societies and the parish school; certificates of redemption of tithe rent charges; Parochial Church Council and other committee minutes; parish magazines; photographs; administrative papers; and papers relating to the restoration of the church and hall.
Also church rate books; church building rate books; Overseers of the Poor accounts and vouchers; Vestry Clerk's correspondence relating to poor relief.
Sem títuloRecords of the parish of Saint Andrew, Court Road, Mottingham, comprising altered apportionments of tithe rent charges.
Sem títuloRecords deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the Middlesex Quarter Sessions, comprising a parochial list of the poll for the County of Middlesex at the General Election 1802; printed in 1803 with minor handwritten additions, including the signature of Edward Knight, former owner.
Sem títuloAssessed tax accounts for the New Brentford and Uxbridge Districts.
Sem títuloLand tax assessment for Hampton.
Sem títuloPapers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising an agreement settling a dispute as to boundary line dividing plot of land no. 22, owned by Edwin Brier Woodford, from plot no. 21, owned by George Allen Aylwin, on Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, 1904; and assignment of debt of £36 15s. 3d. due to George Slark from Cuthbert Coates Smith and Bernard Edgar Aylwin, carrying on business as motor boat manufacturers under style of The Vaal Motor and Launch Company at Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, 1905.
Sem títuloRecords of the London Fire Brigade Widows and Orphans Fund, including minutes; annual reports; rules; subcription books; cash books; retirement fund accounts; and distress fund accounts.
Sem títuloRecords of the London Grosvenor Building Society, 1878-1984, comprising minutes; financial records; Secretary's Board papers; income tax papers; office files and advertisement.
Records of building societies taken over by the London Grosvenor Building Society, including:
Duchess of Kent Building Society (of Marcol House, 289 - 293 Regent Street): annual reports and various files
Metropole Building Society: share ledgers, mortgage ledgers, minutes, cash books and other financial records and share certificates
Middlesex Building Society: minutes and typed financial accounts
Official and General Building Society: minutes, deeds and deeds register, financial accounts, office files and intention notices
St Marylebone Central Building Society: financial records, correspondence and office files
United Friendly Building Society: minutes, deeds registers, mortgage registers, financial records and office papers
*West Hampstead Building Society: minutes, financial records, share transactions and ledgers and deeds register.
The records consist of the three surviving minute books of the Hampstead Provident Dispensary together with a minute book of the United Provident Institution which is only partly used, entries becoming increasingly brief in the late 1860s before ceasing altogether.
Sem títuloRecords of Harrisons Nursery Garden in Kensington, 1755-1839. The most interesting are the records of the nursery and seed business begun by Henry Hewitt in 1775 or earlier and carried on by his nephews John and Samuel Harrison. These include account books and stock books which list a wide variety of seeds of vegetables and flowers, bulbs bought from Holland, and seedlings of various ornamental trees, shrubs and fruit trees. Some were grown at the nursery but the majority were grown by country farmers on contract. The business was run with some success and had regular clients in all parts of England including many titled families. It was the practice for one of the partners to travel round the country to collect payment for outstanding accounts and probably orders (for the expenses for these trips include many gratuities to gardeners). In spite of this and an apparent high turnover, however, clients were bad at paying bills and the business was sometimes in difficulties. New partners brought fresh capital from time to time. The last partner was William Bristowe who joined in 1819 with, a fourth share, the firm then being described as Harrison and Bristowe. In 1833, however, Samuel Harrison was described as a bankrupt.
Also included are the records of Lane and Prideaux, solicitors, 1775-1839, concerning the settlement of the estate of Samuel Harrison, a bankrupt, and the estate of his uncle Henry Hewitt, d.1790 and other relatives and friends for whom the Harrison family acted as executors, and the payment of annuities under Henry Hewitt's will.
Sem títuloRecords of May May and Merriman, solicitors, 1711-1948, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to the following estates or families: Allpress; Bacon; Chapple; Trustees of late Henry Clark; Captain Earl; Harvey; Morgan/Gooch; Newman; Pearson Trustees; Popham; Harper; General Popham; and Richards. Documents relate to property, financial dealings, marriages, bequests, bills and share dealing.
Sem títuloRecords of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company, including half yearly report and accounts submitted by the Directors of the Commercial Gas Company to the Proprietors; reports of proceedings of ordinary half yearly meetings; register of stockholders attending ordinary annual meetings of the Commercial Gas Company; original prospectus of the company; bye laws of the company; letters about Robert Jones and copies of articles by and about him; petition presented on behalf of stokers and gas workers; statement of average rates of wages paid during the year to various grades; photograph of the centenary dinner of the company, and two letters from the Rt. Hon. Hugh Gaitskell, M.P., Ministry of Fuel and Power; deed of trust and settlement of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company; alphabetical list of shareholders recording their receipt of the first dividend; agreement with other companies as to sphere of influence of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company, and indemnity and map; minutes of evidence before committee of inquiry into the company's proposed bill; Act for incorporating the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company; Act to convert stock of the Commercial Gas Company and insurance policy on the company's works at Jonsons Fields, Stepney.
Sem títuloRecords of the Western (Cannel) Gas Light Company, including half yearly reports and accounts submitted by the Directors of the Western Gas Light Company Limited to the shareholders; certificates of registration of the company; return of schedule to the deed of settlement, showing name, address and profession of shareholders; list of proprietors of the company, showing name, address and number of shares held by each; assignment of debts and shares as security for repayment; contract for lighting part of Notting Hill lighting district; agreements and licences for laying mains in various districts; schedule of deeds, drafts and correspondence for company premises in various locations including Kensington, Westminster, Marylebone and Kensal Green.
Sem títuloAssignment of a rent of two shillings each night of performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and free privilege for 21 years, between Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas Linley and James Ford; and Anna Maria Ford.
Sem títuloRecords of the Association for Promoting the Equalization of the Poor Rates, comprising: minutes, 1857-67 (Ms 1088); report of the inaugural meeting, 1857 (Ms 1089); and rough cash book, 1857-60 (Ms 1090).
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.
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