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Registers of baptisms for the church of Saint Agatha, Shoreditch.

Records of the parish of Saint Anne, Shoreditch, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and church services; papers relating to parish boundary changes; papers relating to parish properties including the maintenance of buildings; financial accounts; parish magazines and notices; and correspondence.

Records of the parish of Saint Mark, Old Street, Shoreditch, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and banns.

Records of the parish of Saint Peter, Hoxton Square, Hoxton, comprising registers of marriages, banns and baptisms.

Records of the parish of Saint Saviour, Hyde Road, Hoxton, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns, and confirmations; registers of church services and preachers; orders of service; photographs; financial records; parish magazines and church notices.

Records of the parish of Saint Alphege, Lancaster Street, Southwark; including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of church services; notices read at services; financial records including Parochial Church Council accounts books.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary Magdalene, Messinger Street, Southwark; including registers of baptisms and marriages; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to the maintenance of the church fabric including faculties; legal documents relating to parish properties; papers relating to the parish schools; photographs of vicars.

Records of the parish of All Saints, Buxton Street, Mile End New Town, including registers of baptisms and marriages; banns book; scrapbook; parish magazines; and Church Council minute book.

Records of the parish of Saint Anne, Commercial Road, Limehouse, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns; marriage licences; and papers of the social club.

Records of the parish of Saint Anthony, Globe Road, Stepney, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages.

Records of the parish of Saint Benet, Mile End Road, Stepney, comprising a register of baptisms and a register of marriages; and a volume of parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Jamaica Street, Stepney, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages; register of church services; and register of preachers.

Records of the parish of Saint John, Halley Street, Limehouse Fields; including registers of baptisms, marriages and funerals; registers of church services; Vestry and Parish Council minutes; financial accounts; papers relating to the restoration of the church building; and papers relating to the parish national school.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary, Spital Square, Norton Folgate, Stepney, including registers of baptisms and marriages; faculties; preachers' books; church services registers; financial accounts; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Matthew, Pell Street, Stepney, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages.

Records of the parish of Saint Matthew, Salmon Lane, Limehouse Fields, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council meetings; financial accounts; electoral registers; papers of church societies; correspondence; papers relating to parish events; photographs and faculties.

Records of the parish of Saint Peter, London Docks, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages, and pamphlet The First Hundred Years at St. Peter's London Docks by Madge Darby, 1966.

Registers of baptisms and marriages for the parish of Saint Philip, Newark Street, Stepney.

Registers of baptisms, marriages and banns for the parish of Saint Stephen, Commercial Street, Spitalfields.

Records of the parish of Saint Thomas, Arbour Square, Stepney, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of church services; records of St Thomas (Colet) Schools; citations and faculties.

Records of the parish of Saint Faith, Londesborough Road, Stoke Newington, comprising registers of baptisms, registers of marriages, registers of church services; Parochial Church Council and Vestry minutes; and photographs.

Records of the parish of Saint Michael and All Angels, Northwold Road, Stoke Newington, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of church services, Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes, records of other councils and committees, and finance records.

Records of the parish of All Saints, Lyham Road, Clapham Park, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; church services registers; Parochial Church Council and Vestry minutes; papers of parish societies and clubs; and parish magazines.

Records of All Saints, Putney Common, comprising faculties relating to building work at the church.

Records of the parish of Ascension, Malwood Road, Balham Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; Churchwarden's financial accounts and other financial accounts.

Records 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.

Records of the parish of Saint John the Divine, Bedford Hill, Balham, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; parish magazines; photographs; papers relating to maintenance work done on the church building; financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; and historical notes.

Records of the parish of Saint John the Divine, Garratt Lane, Earlsfield, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of church services; curates' licences; and historical reminiscences.

Records 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.

Records of the parish of Saint Saviour, Cedars Road, Clapham, including register of baptisms and marriages; minutes of the Vestry and Church Council; financial and administrative records; and papers relating to maintenance works at the church, including faculties and plans.

Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, West Hill, Wandsworth, including baptisms 1874-1950; marriages 1886-1952; banns of marriage 1891-1984; service registers 1877-1986; building committee minutes and fund book; faculties and licences for church; accounts, ledgers, cash books, churchwarden accounts and pew rent books; vestry minutes 1909-1921; Parochial Church Council minutes 1914-1982; standing committee minutes; plans. photographs and correspondence and memoranda.

Records of the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Drury Lane, Westminster; comprising registers of baptisms and marriages; Parochial Church Council and Vestry minute books; and Churchwardens' financial accounts.

Records 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.

Records of the parish of Saint Francis, Eltham, including registers of baptisms (1967 - 1979), marriages (1955 - 1971) and confirmations (1953 - 1968); service registers (1945 - 1972), plan of proposed church, minutes of annual general meetings and church committee meetings, correspondence papers of the Secretary, accounts, balance sheets, papers of the Treasurer.

Records of the parish of St John the Baptist, Earl Rise, Plumstead, comprising registers of baptisms and registers of marriages.

Records of the parish of Saint James, Burrage Road, Plumstead, including registers of baptisms and marriages; and papers relating to the foundation of the parish.

Records of the parish of Saint Mark, Old Mill Road, Plumstead Common, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of church services; minutes of the Parochial Church Council; and parish magazines.

Collection of papers relating to land tenures, including leases, feoffments, quitclaims, grants and bonds; for premises in London, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Essex and Devon.

Collection of legal documents, wills, bonds, business arrangements, and title deeds for premises in Spitalfields, Limehouse, Holborn, Westminster, Hackney, Stepney, Lincoln's Inn, Bermondsey and Saint Marylebone.

This collection, originally belonging to Bernard Halliday, Leicester, consists mainly of property records relating to the City of London; Chelsea; Finsbury; Fulham; Hackney; Hammersmith; Hampstead; Holborn; Islington; Kensington; Paddington; Poplar; Saint Marylebone; Saint Pancras; Shoreditch; Stepney and Westminster.

Records of Phillips Son and Neal, solicitors, 1706-1878, including surveys of estates in Wandsworth and Battersea; correspondence with clients; legal documents relating to properties including leases; and subpoenas to appear in the Court of Probate.

Collection of bills, advertisements and letters relating to various London businesses, particularly shipping and photographic services.

Records of the Queen Adelaide Fund, including letter books, financial accounts, minutes, and history of the Fund.

The Special Collections fonds comprises four important collections of graphic material: prints and maps from the Guildhall Library; Ordnance Survey maps; the photograph library and a collection of prints.

The Guildhall Library Prints and Maps collection is a diverse collection of graphic material relating to the City of London and surrounding areas, 1553-2008; including prints, sketches, drawings, engravings, etchings, panoramas, photographs and lantern slides of various subjects including streets and buildings, Second World War bomb damage, churches, people, City of London Corporation personnel and events including the Lord Mayor, statues and memorials, the Thames, and markets. Also maps, plans and surveys of London and surrounding counties, London streets, parish boundaries, railways, tramways, and sewers. With a collection of ephemeral items including posters, bills, cuttings, printed menus, invitations, exhibition ephemera, playing cards, trade cards, booksellers' labels, satires, and theatre playbills and programmes.

Ordnance Survey maps of Kent, 1894-1939; London, 1848-1940; and Middlesex, 1863-1914.

The prints collection is arranged by area of London, including views of streets and buildings in Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Battersea, Chelsea, Camberwell, City of London, Deptford, Finsbury, Fulham, Greenwich, Holborn, Hackney, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Islington, Kensington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Paddington, Poplar, Shoreditch, Saint Marylebone, Stoke Newington, Saint Pancras, Stepney, Southwark, Wandsworth, Tower of London, Westminster, and Woolwich; 1508-1988.

The photograph library, 1890-1986, includes photographs of streets organised by borough, including Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Hammersmith and Fulham, City of London, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth and Westminster. Also photographs of subjects including London County Council and Greater London Council personnel, buildings and services; parks; statues; events and visits; important buildings; schools and educational services; rivers; fountains; industrial sites; healthcare services; museums; almshouses; lodging houses; youth clubs; social problems; docks; transport; churches and chapels; emergency services; libraries; restaurants and public houses.

Records of the Battersea General Hospital, including Board of Management minutes, 1905-1955; Court of Governors minutes, 1946-1949; House Committee minutes, 1924-1971; Finance Committee minutes, 1932-1944; Appeals Committee minutes, 1938-1947; Medical Committee minutes, 1935-1971; copy of the Amended Memorandum and Articles of Association of the hospital, 1935; annual reports, 1943 - 1948; registers of managers of the Hospital, 1930-1947; bundle of legal papers relating to the case The Public Trustee v. The South London Hospital for Women and others (regarding the will of Constance Edith Guerrier on which the hospital were making a claim), 1926-1928 and papers and agreements concerning tenancies of hospital properties and services to hospital, 1915-1937.

Manuscript narrative diary relating to Dewing's service as Director of Military Operations, War Office, and as Chief of Staff to ACM Sir (Henry) Robert (Moore) Brooke-Popham, Commander-in-Chief Far East, 1939-1941; two typescript narrative diaries relating to Dewing's service as Head of Army and Air Liaison Staff, Australia, 1943-1944, and as Head of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) Mission to Denmark, 1944-1945, with typescript 'Notes on my relations with Swedish Services and Government' [1945]; typescript biographical account of Dewing's career by his son, William Dewing [1979].

The papers cover the period 1914-1965 and include papers relating to service in England, France and with British Army of the Rhine, 1914-1919 in particular 35 Division Artillery Signals; Iraq, including diary, 1920-1921; Nigeria, including field message book, 1924; Quetta, India, including earthquake diary, 1935; newspapers covering death of King George V, 1936; command of Northern Rhodesia Regt, Lusaka, 1937-1940, including scrap albums; command of 26 (East African) Infantry Brigade, East Africa and Abyssinia, 1940- 1941, including operation reports; command of 22 (East African) Infantry Brigade, Madagascar, 1942, including operation reports; command of 28 (East African) Infantry Brigade and 11 (East African) division, Burma and India, 1944-1946 including accounts of operations; General Officer Commanding East Africa, 1946- 1948, including official circulars, speeches and addresses; General Officer Commanding Aldershot Command, 1948-1951, including speeches and lectures; Representative on Military Staff Committtee, United Nations, 1951-1953, including diary; Col Commandant of Northern Rhodesia Regiment, King's African Rifles and Kenya Regiment, including correspondence, 1952-1964, committee papers and publications; papers relating to Army Cadet Force Association including minutes of meetings, 1956-1959; Inter-Parliamentary Union, including account of journey to Warsaw, Poland, 1959; maps, 1914-1943, including Western Front, Iraq and India, Nigeria and Madagascar.

Papers relating to the Anglo-German Yola-Cross River Boundary Commission, Nigeria and Cameroon, 1907-1909, comprising bound typescript account of the work of the Commission between Yola and Kwosa, Aug 1908, with unsigned geological report on the Nigerian-Cameroon Boundary, Yola to Cross River, 1907-1909, written in [1909]; photographs, 1907-1909, bound with 'Two years on an Anglo-German boundary commission in West Africa', typescript by Downes, [1909] and 'Nigeria: delimitation of boundary between Yola and the Cross River, 1907-9', Command paper 5368, printed by HMSO in 1909. With the Nigerians in German East Africa (Methuen and Co, London, 1919), special edition bound with typescript copies of press reviews, 1919. Photographs relating to his service with 2 Royal Sussex Regt, Crete, 1906, bound with an account of his service, written in 1915. Photographs of Sinai, 1909-1911, mainly landscapes and people.

Papers created or collected by Edmonds during the course of his life and career, dated 1827-1838, 1852, 1879-1881, 1890-1957, principally comprising typescript memoirs covering his life and career, 1861-1951, and notably concerning his work at the Royal Military Academy, 1890-1896, and in the Intelligence Division of the War Office, 1899-1901, 1904-1908, his service in South Africa, 1901-1902, and in World War One, 1914-1918, at the Geneva Conference, 1906, as General Staff Officer, 4 Div, 1911-1914, and in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, 1919-1949, written in [1951]; correspondence with Rt Hon Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, 1922-1954, relating to Churchill's book The World Crisis, 1911-1918 (Thornton Butterworth, London,1923-1929, abridged and revised, 1931); letters from FM Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig and his wife, 1903-1939, mainly relating to Edmonds' work on the official history of World War One; correspondence with Maj Gen Sir Ernest (Dunlop) Swinton, 1919-1950; texts of lectures,[1908-1947], notably relating to the American Civil War, 1861-1865, laws of war and the organisation of intelligence and information in warfare; typescript and printed articles, 1893-1957, mainly relating to World War One; official army handbooks and reports by Edmonds and others, 1899-1918, 1945; papers related to World War One collected by Edmonds, dated 1900, 1907, 1914-[1945]; presscuttings, [1906-1943], mainly concerning political and military developments and international relations; photographs, 1895-1918, mainly of Edmonds with Army colleagues.

Bound copy of typescript memoir entitled 'Rejoining the Navy', giving a brief summary of his life and career, 1933-1955, and a detailed account of his role as Staff Officer (Trade) to the Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Atlantic Area during Exercise LIFELINE, a NATO exercise in naval control of shipping, 1955.