Letter from Thomas Clarkson of Playford Hall [near Ipswich, Suffolk] to Henry Hope, 'at the Bank', Wells, Somerset, 9 Jan 1826. Printed circular letter, asking for support for the petition to Parliament to urge them to carry out a plan for the improvement of the condition of the slave population. An addition in MS asks Hope to promote petitions in Wells, Shepton Mallet, Bruton and neighbouring towns. A note in another hand has been added to the dorse of the second leaf. A newspaper cutting Extracts from the new Jamaica Slave Code accompanies the letter.
Clarkson , Thomas , 1760-1846 , slavery abolitionistLetter from Thomas Clarkson of Bury [St Edmunds, Suffolk] to Rev M Maurice, [1807-1816]. Urging him to restore the committee at Southampton to promote a petition to Parliament in favour of a plan for the improvement of the condition of the slave population.
Clarkson , Thomas , 1760-1846 , slavery abolitionistTwo journals of Sir James Clark, 1847-68, including notes on Clark's travel with the Royal family to Scotland and Ireland.
Clark , Sir , James , 1788-1870 , 1st Baronet , physicianRecords of the Clare College Mission, Bermondsey (also known as the Church of the Epiphany), comprising registers of baptisms, registers of marriages, and a parish magazine.
Clare College Mission, Bermondsey , Church of England Church of the Epiphany, Bermondsey , Church of EnglandThis plan showing the proposed widening of Lower Richmond Road in 1897. The plan itself is 90 by 50.8 centimetres and is ink and colour on glazed cotton. It is signed and dated by the surveyor J.C. Radford.
Civil Parish of PutneyRecords of the City Parochial Foundation comprise minutes of the Central Governing Body and its committees, 1891-1959 (Mss 8965-70); financial records, 1894-1952 (Mss 8972-81, 10897-8, 10902); register of applications for pensions, 1916-46 (Ms 10901); rentals, land valuation papers, insurance registers, 1898-1948 (Mss 10892-6) and deeds, 1308-1955 (Mss 11018-9, 23737-737A).
Also deposited with the records of the Foundation were a few records relating to the London Polytechnic Council. Records comprise minutes 1894-1904 (Ms 8971). Chelsea Physic Garden records comprise minutes 1899-1936 and cash books 1903-53 (Mss 10899-900). People's Palace Theatre records comprise a cash book 1950-53 (Ms 10903).
City Parochial Foundation People's Palace Theatre , Mile End Road, London London Polytechnic Council Chelsea Physic GardenCollection of papers relating to the Corporation of London, including legal cases, legal opinions, and legal precedents; papers relating to the "Quo Warranto" proceedings against the City; papers relating to civil defence; property transactions such as deeds and leases; illuminated addresses; notes on the customs, privileges, constitution and history of the Corporation; reports and minutes; and translations of charters.
Various.Records of the City of London Poor Law Union, 1763-1930; including minutes of meetings of the Boards of Guardians for the East London Union, West London Union and City of London Union; minutes of various Committees; Union year books; correspondence with Government departments; plans of Union buildings including the Homerton workhouse; orders of removal to and from other Unions; registers of lunatic admissions; registers for the Bow Road Workhouse and Infirmary, Bow Institution and Infirmary, Homerton Workhouse, Lower Clapton Workhouse and Thavies Inn Infirmary; apprenticeship indentures and registers; registers of children at the Central London District School; financial accounts; staff records and papers of the West London Union, including minutes, correspondence, financial accounts and inventories of Thavies Inn Workhouse and Holloway Workhouse.
City of London Poor Law Union x City of London Board of Guardians East London Poor Law Union x East London Board of Guardians West London Poor Law Union x West London Board of GuardiansRecords of the Church Commissioners, 1814-1907, including a glebe exchange award, Ruislip, with map [a glebe is a portion of land assigned to a clergyman as part of his benefice]; documents relating to altered apportionments of corn rents, Ruislip; plans of the Parish of Enfield and the Parish of Edmonton; architect's drawings of houses and shops-cum-residences on Hornsey Clebe Estate; "Plan of Land near Harrow on the Hill, adjoining the Station on the London and North Western Railway, showing the proposed arrangement of the Sites for Villas, the Roads, etc." and plan of the District of the Hornsey Local Board.
Church Commissioners , Church of EnglandRecords of Christ Church Mission Church, Harlington, comprising registers of church services; correspondence relating to the construction of the new church and administrative files.
Christ Church Mission Church, Harlington , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, West Green, near Tottenham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; Churchwardens' financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minute books and financial accounts; papers of the Sunday School; parish magazines and published history of the church.
Parish of Christ Church, West Green , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Watney Street, Shadwell, including registers of baptisms and marriages; papers relating to parish boundaries and the benefice; and papers regarding the refurbishment of the organ.
Parish of Christ Church, Shadwell , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Turnham Green, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, banns of marriage, and church services; Parochial Church Council minutes; Vestry minutes; Committee minutes; electoral rolls; financial accounts; and appeal brochure.
Parish of Christ Church, Turnham Green , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Christchurch Road, Streatham Hill, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of church services and preachers; papers relating to the construction of the church and subsequent maintenance, including plans; papers relating to the parish school; and financial records.
Parish of Christ Church, Streatham Hill , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Commercial Street, Spitalfields, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; preachers' books; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; legal documents (such as deeds, leases and conveyances) relating to parish property; papers relating to the maintenance of the church fabric; records relating to church personnel; correspondence and working papers of the incumbents; records of the parish school and parish charities; papers relating to parish boundaries and the benefice; parish newsletters and printed items. Also papers of the Overseers of the Poor.
The collection includes a large amount of material relating to the restoration of the church building by the Friends of Christ Church, including minutes, administrative papers, plans and reports; and a set of papers relating to the work of the Spitalfields Crypt Trust including minutes, press cuttings and photographs.
Parish of Christ Church, Spitalfields , Church of EnglandRecords 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.
Parish of Christ Church, Southwark , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Southgate, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and funerals, confirmations and banns of marriage; parish magazines; financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; and registers of church services.
Parish of Christ Church, Southgate , Church of EnglandRecords of Christ Church, South Hackney, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; and newspaper cuttings relating to the benefice.
Parish of Christ Church, South Hackney , Church of EnglandRecords of Christ Church, Chalton Street, Somers Town, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and banns. Includes some entries for Saint Luke's.
Parish of Christ Church, Somers Town , Church of England Parish of St Luke, Euston Road , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Cosway Street, St Marylebone, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns; church services registers; alms books; financial records; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to parish charities and the parish school; legal documents relating to parish properties.
Parish of Christ Church, Marylebone , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Rotherhithe, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; papers relating to the clergy and church staff; map of parish boundaries; correspondence regarding the benefice; faculties and inventories.
Parish of Christ Church, Rotherhithe , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Manchester Road, Isle of Dogs, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, banns and church services; financial records; administrative papers and papers relating to the parish school.
Parish of Christ Church, Poplar , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Shooters Hill, Plumstead, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; church services registers; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the ownership and maintenance of the church, vicarage and hall; minutes of the Parochial Church Council; correspondence; financial accounts; and historical notes.
Parish of Christ Church, Shooters Hill , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Notting Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; church services registers; curates' licences; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the income of the parish including the glebe, pew rents and the benefice; papers relating to church buildings including the vicarage; minute books of the Parochial Church Council; and financial accounts.
Parish of Christ Church, Notting Hill , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Gipsy Hill, Norwood, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and banns; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; records of the Churchwardens; papers relating to the maintenance of the church including faculties; photographs; parish magazines; papers regarding endowments and the benefice; financial records.
Also papers of Saint Jude's Mission Church including preachers' books; account book; and photographs.
Parish of Christ Church, Norwood , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, North Brixton, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of preachers; papers relating to the church building including faculties and photographs; financial accounts; administrative papers including minute books; papers relating to parish schools and church societies.
Parish of Christ Church, North Brixton , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Newgate Street, City of London, including some records for Saint Nicholas Shambles (1538-1547 only). Records include parish registers from 1547-88 and then from 1724 (baptisms, banns, marriages); Vestry minutes from 1869; Churchwardens' accounts from 1891; church rate and tithe rate assessments books; and poor rate assessment books.
Parish of Christ Church, Newgate Street, City of London , Church of England Parish of Saint Nicholas Shambles, City of London , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Paddington, including register of baptisms, marriages and church services; financial records; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; general correspondence; papers relating to personnel; papers relating to the benefice; correspondence and other papers regarding the maintenance of the church fabric; photographs; and parish magazines and newsletters.
Parish of Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Paddington , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Jamaica Street, Stepney, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages; register of church services; and register of preachers.
Parish of Christ Church, Stepney , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Hoxton, including registers of baptisms and marriages; Churchwardens' financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; photographs and plans of the church; historical notes; and papers relating to parish schools and societies.
Parish of Christ Church, Hoxton , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Highbury Grove, Islington, including registers of baptisms and marriages; preachers' books; maps of parish boundaries; papers relating to church buildings including the church, mission hall and vicarage; financial records; and history of the Highbury Vale Schools.
Parish of Christ Church, Highbury Grove , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Hendon, comprising registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; registers of banns of marriage; and registers of church services.
Parish of Christ Church, Hendon , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Roxeth, Harrow, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriages, confirmations and church services; inventories of church fittings; Parochial Church Council minutes; electoral rolls; papers of the Churchwardens; financial accounts; papers relating to parochial charities; papers of the Roxeth Men's Service Committee.
Parish of Christ Church, Roxeth, Harrow , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Hampstead, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations; registers of church services; papers relating to the appointment of vicars; legal papers and orders relating to parish boundaries and land owned by the parish; papers relating to the maintenance of the church, church hall and vicarage, including faculties, agreements, correspondence and photographs; Churchwardens' financial accounts; administrative papers; Parochial Church Council minutes; Vestry minutes; and parish magazines.
Parish of Christ Church, Hampstead , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Fulham, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; registers of church services; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; clerical licences; papers of the Sunday School; papers relating to the benefice; papers regarding parish boundaries; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church building and fittings and the church hall, including faculties, correspondence and photographs; financial accounts; papers of church societies and clubs; and parish magazines.
Parish of Christ Church, Fulham , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Greenwich, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and church services; preachers' books; account books; Annual Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to the benefice; papers relating to the church building and the church hall; and papers relating to the parish school.
Parish of Christ Church, East Greenwich , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Deptford, comprising baptism registers; marriage registers; banns registers and Parochial Church Council minutes.
Parish of Christ Church, Deptford , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Crouch End, including registers of baptisms, marriages and church services; financial accounts of the Churchwardens; Vestry minutes; and Parochial Church Council minutes.
Also records of St Andrew's Mission Chapel, comprising register of baptisms and register of services.
Parish of Christ Church, Crouch End , Church of England St Andrew's Mission Chapel, Crouch End , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Clapton, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; faculties; audited accounts; and printed history of the parish.
Parish of Christ Church, Clapton , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Union Grove, Clapham, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; and parish magazines.
Parish of Christ Church, Clapham , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Chelsea, comprising registers of baptisms and registers of marriages; including baptisms at the Victoria Hospital for Children, Chelsea.
Parish of Christ Church, Chelsea , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Camberwell, including registers of baptisms and marriages; Churchwarden's vouchers; papers relating to the parish school; papers relating to the church buildings; correspondence relating to parish boundaries; and newspaper cuttings.
Parish of Christ Church, Camberwell , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Brondesbury, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, and church services; preacher's books; financial accounts and poster.
Parish of Christ Church, Brondesbury , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Bermondsey, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages and Parochial Church Council (PCC) minutes.
Parish of Christ Church, Bermondsey , Church of EnglandReceipt regarding a payment from Davey and Sawyer (coal merchants, of the Old Barge House, Southwark). The receipt is written on the dorse of a printed notice from the churchwardens of Christ Church requesting a meeting of the inhabitants in Vestry to consider the repairing of the parish church (churchwardens: J. Chambers and Robert Jenks).
Parish of Christ Church, Bermondsey , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Battersea, comprising registers of baptisms and registers of marriages.
Parish of Christ Church, Battersea , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Barnet, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, and confirmations; registers of church services; working papers of the incumbent; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial records; papers of the Sunday School; magazines, publications, newspaper cuttings, historical notes and photographs; papers relating to tithes, glebes and terriers; papers relating to the maintenance of church buildings and fittings, including faculties, correspondence, plans, specifications and architect's reports; and plans of the churchyard.
Parish of Christ Church, Barnet , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Albany Street, Regent's Park, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; church services registers; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice, endowments and sequestrations; Churchwardens' financial accounts; legal documents relating to properties; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church including plans, drawings and photographs; financial records; papers of the Parochial Church Council; and papers relating to the Christ Church National School.
Parish of Christ Church, Albany Street, Regent's Park , Church of EnglandRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Forest Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; preachers' books and registers of church services; Parochial Church Council minutes; administrative papers; financial accounts; papers relating to church income; papers relating to church buildings including the parsonage and churchyard; and records regarding the Christ Church School.
Parish of Christ Church, Forest Hill , Church of EnglandParish magazine for the parish of Christ Church, Cockfosters, 1967.
Parish of Christ Church, Cockfosters , Church of England