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Purchase records of the Chelsea Waterworks Company, including works day books; day books; Pipe Yard day book; stock books; and records relating to the delivery and consumption of coal.

Financial records of the Grand Junction Waterworks Company, including half-yearly accounts; ledgers; journals; cash books; liabilities; balance books; revenue ledgers; office rate books; Collectors' recoveries and meter collections.

General records of the Grand Junction Waterworks Company, including examples of forms printed and distributed by the company; general index of drawings; papers relating to rate assessment appeals; valuation of tools and working plant; and papers relating to Parliamentary Acts and Royal Commissions.

Corporate records of the Kent Waterworks Company, including Board of Directors' minute books; Committee minute books; Secretary's reports; correspondence and letter books; legal papers; records relating to shares, stocks and dividends; and contracts.

Records of the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association, later known as the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association; including minutes; agendas; constitution; annual reports; records relating to property and structures (fountains); correspondence; bequests and trusts; staff; financial accounts; plans; photographs; printed material including press cuttings and histories, and case files relating to individual fountains.

Records of the Great Western Railway, comprising agreements regarding siding accommodation near Brentford Station, 1930-1932.

Papers relating to the work of Witold Kay-Korzeniewicz, including development plans, photographs and reports for Paternoster Square, Saint Paul's Cathedral, Heathrow Airport, Elephant and Castle, King's Cross Station, Saint Pancras Station, South Bank, Festival of Britain, London Underground, Wembley Stadium, Grand Union Canal, and Warren Street Station.

Records of the Great Central Gas Consumers Company, 1846-1870, including certificate of formal registration of the company; reports of the Company's Directors; bills of costs in various legal transactions and suits; correspondence agreements; contracts for lighting various parishes; deeds and plans for various premises.

Purchase records of the London Bridge Waterworks Company comprising stock books, inventories and valuations.

Stock transfer records for the London Bridge Waterworks Company, comprising book of wills for deceased shareholders and elevation and plan of the great engine for the fifth arch of London Bridge.

Papers and plans relating to the redevelopment of Liverpool Street and Broad Street stations, 1961-1984; and papers and photographs relating to the redevelopment of Blackfriars station, 1975 and 1977.

This glass plate negative shows a street in Totteridge Fields. The street is unidentified and probably dates from around 1910.

Photocopies of papers relating to his internment as a POW by the Japanese, 1943, comprising account of the treatment of H Force during their work on the Burma-Thailand railway, 1943, written [for the Malayan Government] in 1945; notebook containing financial accounts and a register of deaths for 5 Bn, H Force, 1943; account of the experiences of 1 Subsection, H Force, Sep-Nov 1943, written in 1943.

Share certificates in the Grand Surrey Canal (numbers 1513-1522), belonging to Daniel Birkett, Hatton Garden, 1813.

Records of the Ramblers Association. This collection consists of administrative and publicity material relating to the national and local activities of the association, including minutes, financial material, details of the routes of well-known walks, press cuttings and press releases. It also contains subject files produced by the main Ramblers Association offices on the various campaigns and sites of interest with which the association has been involved. Separate deposits were also received of material generated from the offices of the Director of the association, the Assistant Director of the Access section and the Countryside Secretary of the Southern Area.

MBW/1901-1908: Thames Floods (estimate of works required to repair damage caused by floods and estimates of works for defence against future flooding)

MBW/1909-1910: Redistribution Of Vestrymen (cuttings from minutes)

MBW/1911-1913: Water Supply (reports on the metropolis water supply)

MBW/1914-1916: Letters (in-letters, petitions, applications and out-letters)

MBW/1917-1919: Advertisements

MBW/1920-1924: Newspaper Cuttings

MBW/1925-1928: Staff Lists (including duties of officers)

MBW/1929-2309: Finance (including registers of contracts and agreements, salary books and rate books)

MBW/2310-2420: Printed Reports (including annual reports of the Board and Committees, architect's, engineer's and fire brigade reports, papers circulated to Board members, Bills and Acts of Parliament)

MBW/2421-2445: Contracts And Specifications for work on sewers, drains and embankments.

MBW/2446-2653: Plans (plans submitted to Parliament, plans of local improvements arranged by parish, plans of artisan's dwellings, plans of the metropolis water supply, plans of Thames floods, plans of parks and open spaces, plans presented to the Board and to various Committees to accompany reports, memorials and proposals for improvements, creation of parks, drainage, bridges, roads and tunnels, plans of railways)

MBW/2654-2656: District Surveyor (monthly returns and drainage applications)

MBW/2657-2663: Bridges (Accountant's Department papers concerning claims of the bridge companies whose bridges were acquired under the Metropolitan Toll Bridges Act 1877 and the Metropolitan Bridges Act 1883)

MBW/2664-2682: Thames Floods (volumes of duplicate copies of notices served on riparian [situated on the banks of a river] owners under the Metropolis Management (Thames River Prevention of Floods) Amendment Act 1879 and Metropolitan Board of Works (Various Powers) Act, 1882, with associated plans and riverfront elevations)

MBW/2683-2685: Financial Records (Accountant's Department papers)

MBW/2686-2807: Thames Floods (plans and estimates for flood prevention works and plans of river frontage with elevations of riparian [situated on the banks of a river] properties)

MBW/2808-2812: Thames Soundings

MBW/2813-2830: Specifications (volumes of specifications for housing, fire stations, bridges, drainage, parks, embankments and sewers)

MBW/2831-2837: Contract Books and Registers

MBW/2838-2840: Rate Books

MBW/P: Plans

MBW/OW: Office of Works (papers relating to the Chelsea Bridge and Embankment, Westminster Bridge, Battersea Park, Kennington Park and Victoria Park)

MBW/BC: Bridge Company (papers relating to Vauxhall Bridge)

Photograph album entitled 'Ellichpur, Berar, India, September 1893', containing 136 captioned photographs, Sep 1889-Jul 1894, including visit to Brussels and Ostend, Belgium, 1889; Mandalay and Rangoon, Burma, Dec 1889; Bombay, India, 1892; the arrival, mounting and testing of 10 inch breech loading gun, Colabra South Battery, Bombay, Mar-Sep 1892; photograph of Lt Gen Hon Sir James Charlemagne Dormer, Commander-in-Chief, Madras, India, examining large calibre gun, Beder Fort, Beder, India, Dec 1892. Photograph album containing 150 captioned photographs, Jun 1894-Mar 1908, including Simla, India, 1894; the Bhori Ghaut Railway, and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, India, 1896-1898; Burma, 1906-1907, with printed article by Woods entitled 'A motor car in the Southern Shan hills of Burmah' from Indian Motor News, Aug 1908. Photograph album containing 84 photographs on expedition in Mongolia, Apr-May 1902, with typescript report by Woods to the Deputy Quartermaster General for Intelligence, China Force, Tientsin, North China, entitled 'General report on tour to Lama Miao and back via the Wei Chang (Imperial hunting grounds)', Aug 1902; also, printed report entitled 'China Expedition - Despatches', 24 Sep 1902, by Maj Gen O'Moore Creagh, General Officer Commanding China Force, published in The Royal Engineers Journal, 1 Jan 1903. Photograph album containing 129 captioned photographs, many colour tinted, of Japan and the USA, 1904, and the UK and Switzerland, 1905. Two photograph albums containing 72 captioned photographs including Tientsin and the Yangtse river, China, 1904, and Kilkeel, Ireland, 1905.

This series relates to the conveyance of mails by Underground pneumatic tube in London. It comprises reports and papers produced and used by the committee appointed in 1909 by the Postmaster General to consider the introduction of the underground transmission of mails within London and plans of the proposed route for the railway, showing rail levels and junctions. It also contains a copy of the Post Office (London) Railway act and the patent granted to Hosiah Latimer Clark for the invention of apparatus for conveying post by pneumatic tube, (POST 20/30). Papers relating to the construction, maintenance and expansion of the Post Office (London) Railway are also present including specifications, invitations to tender, conditions of contract, estimate of costs and technical plans relating to the construction of new stations, car depots, subways, additions and alterations to stations, including the fitting and maintenance of electrical equipment. This is also demonstrated through numerous plans held within the collection. As well as the Manager's annual reports, there are also numerous files of miscellaneous correspondence, memoranda and reports from the Post Office to various departments and organisations regarding the Post Office (London) Railway, historical accounts. There are also two photograph albums of railway equipment and work being carried out on it.

Some of the plans show properties purchased by the Post Office following the passage of the Post Office (London) Railway Act in 1913. There is a series of signed plans dated 26 October 1914 showing the depth and route of the Post Office (London) railway below ground with details of tunnels, shield chambers, and shafts. There is also a series of plans marking individual and corporate properties along the proposed route of the Post Office Railway.

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, agendas and minutes of meetings relating to various subjects such as the electrification of the East London Line and its financial arrangements; extensions of lines; maintenance works including improvements and alterations to stations and equipment; staff related issues such as national insurance, war bonuses, appointments, pensions and rates of pay; passenger compensation claims; commercial advertising, and leases and rents of property. Also included are annual accounts of the Committee, cost statements and tender and contract documentation.

This series contains memoranda and extracts from minutes concerning improvements to rolling stock, failures and delays, the replacement of vehicles, new equipment and facilities, expenditure on modernisation, and the investigation and testing of equipment.

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes and reports concerning the railway including details of the development of stations, accidents, the rates of pay and conditions of service for staff, safety and maintenance matters, air raid precautions, the electrification of the railway and the letting of land and properties. Also contains accounts including details of revenue receipts and expenditure.

This series contains tests, drawings and photographs of railway rolling stock, including details of the surface lines of rolling stock replacement programmes, a proposed rolling stock programme for the District, Circle and Metropolitan Lines, Chairman's conference minutes including financial details, National Service for staff, matters approved by the Chairman for submission to the Board, Special Expenditure Requisitions (SERs), air raid precautions, engineering first class traffic, the standardisation of signs, a station proficiency competition and emergency measures on railways.

This series contains reports, memoranda and minutes on wartime transport services, including details of war service allowances, rates of pay, staff negotiations, the threat of sabotage, finance, air raid precautions, protection of London Passsenger Transport Board properties, the employment of aliens, the Home Guard, air raid warnings and continuance of work, awards for bravery, casualties, damage, fire watching, passes and permits and a review of expenditure. Also included are meetings on the management of joint line railways, the simplifying of the fares system and the increasing of line capacity, as well as on the design and equipment of railway rolling stock required in the immediate post war years.

This series contains reports, memoranda and extracts from minutes concerning projects for London Underground lines, including details of planned extensions to lines, electrification schemes and the building of additional tracks. Also included are details of programmes of works to be carried out, progress reports, details of Bills to be put forward in Parliament, particulars of work contracts placed, and notices of drawings and plans signed or to be signed.

This series contains memoranda, correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, notes and plans concerning the provision and relocation of bus stops London. Subjects also include stopping arrangements, road works, passenger numbers, road diversions and the provision of street lighting.

LT000020/001: 'Battersea': Memoranda and correspondence concerning road works, siting and resiting of bus stops, provision of new street lighting, clarification of bus stopping arrangements, widening of roads and bus bays as well as the provision of pedestrian crossings. Also includes maps of the areas affected; LT000020/002: 'Bromley': Memoranda and correspondence concerning the provision of bus stops, street lighting improvement scheme and bus stopping arrangements. Also includes maps of areas affected in Bromley; LT000020/003: 'Bromley', Memoranda and correspondence concerning the provision of bus stops at locations including Heathfield Road, Keston. Subjects also include road improvements, diversions, road works and inspection visits at potential bus stopping sites. Also includes maps of proposed bus bays and other works, 1962; LT000020/004: 'Camberwell': Memoranda and correspondence concerning the provision of bus stops, proposed road works, modernisation of street lighting and stopping positions, 1961-1962; LT000020/005: 'Fulham': Memoranda, correspondence and maps concerning bus stops. Subjects include stopping places at Fulham Broadway near Harwood Road and new street lighting in the area, 1955-1962; LT000020/006: 'Finsbury': Memoranda and correspondence concerning bus services. Subjects include an experimental one-way traffic system, stopping arrangements and rebuilding works in Finsbury Square, trolleybus stops and new street lighting. Also includes plans of proposed works, such as an intended extension to the stop outside Moorfields Eye Hospital, 1944-1962; LT000020/007: 'Hammersmith': Memoranda and correspondence concerning new bus stops, resiting of stops and stopping arrangements and the construction of bus bays and new street lighting, 1960-1962; LT000020/008: 'Hackney': Memoranda and correspondence concerning bus stops, including details of proposed one way working, road works and diversions and stopping arrangements, 1959-1962; LT000020/009: 'Hampstead': Memoranda and correspondence concerning bus stops in Hampstead. Subjects include traffic conditions, provision of bus stops, one way traffic schemes, standing arrangements, passenger loadings on certain routes and additional stops. Also includes maps of proposed works sites, 1959-1962; LT000020/010: 'Kensington': Papers concerning bus stops in Kensington. Subjects include changes to bus stops, public lighting projects, work required in connection with stop signs, bus stopping arrangements and plans for roadworks. Also includes correspondence regarding a stop in Addison Road, 1960-1963.

LT000020/011: 'Lambeth'; Papers concerning bus stops in Lambeth. Subjects include queue iregularities, new bus stops and site meetings, proposed road widenings, road works and the site layout of a junction between Stockwell Road and Brixton Road, 1961-1962; LT000020/012: 'Lewisham': Papers, correspondence and minutes of meetings concerning bus stops in Lewisham. Subjects include provision of bus stops at Lewisham Hospital and Catford Garage, road works, one-way schemes, new street lighting, stopping arrangements and queue shelters. Also includes plans of proposed works, such as a branch library at Bromley and a one-way junction between Catford Hill and Stanstead Road, 1959-1964; LT000020/013: 'Leatherhead': Papers concerning bus services at Leatherhead. Subjects include stopping arrangements at Kingston Road and Dilston Road and the provision of bus bays and stops. Also includes lists of passenger loadings on certain routes, 1944-1961; LT000020/014: 'Chelsea': Papers and correspondence, 1941-1949, concerning bus services in Chelsea. Subjects include bus stops along Kings Road, passenger loadings on various routes, alterations to stops, the provision of street lighting and road repairs. Also includes a statement of correspondence dealt with by the Public Relations Office for week ended 17 January 1942; LT000020/015: 'Chelsea': Papers concerning bus services in Chelsea. Subjects include request for a bus stop at Chelsea Bridge Road, stopping arrangements in Kings Road, Fulham Raod and Beaufort Street and passenger loadings on certain routes, 1949-1951; LT000020/016: 'Chelsea': Correspondence concerning the standard of new lamps in Chelsea, proposed bus stops in Sloane Street and Lower Sloane Street, road works and stopping arrangements, 1952-1959; LT000020/017: 'Chelsea': Papers, minutes of meetings and memoranda, 1954-1963. Subjects inculde provision of bus stops at Lower Sloane Street and Sloane Square, stopping arrangements in Kings Road and Beaufort Street, resiting of stops, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines coach services between Sloane Street and London Airport and bus services for the 1959 festival gardens season and arrangements for the funeral of the Colombian ambassador; LT000020/018: 'Harrow': Papers and reports. Subjects include proposed bus bays and stops in Uxbridge Road, passenger loadings on various routes, the reconstruction of a bridge at North Harrow Station, replacement of RT type buses with Routemasters, resiting of stops, proposed sites for bus shelters, the construction of bus bays and road work diversions, 1952-1962; LT000020/019: 'Bermondsey': Papers and correspondence. Subjects include proposed bus stop at Lower Road in Bermondsey, bus turning arrangements, stopping arrangements, passenger loadings on various routes, bus stop markings on the carriageway, new lighting schemes, reconstruction of Canada swing bridge at Redriff Road, proposed stops at the west end of Rotherhithe Tunnel and proposed changes to stop signs, 1958-1963; LT000020/020: 'Hendon': Papers and statistics concerning buses in Hendon area. Subjects include works to the station car park at Colindale Station, bus stops in North End Road, lay-bys on Watford Way, stopping arrangements on North Circular Road, road works, bus stop markings, resiting of pedestrian crossing at Hendon Central Station, passenger loadings and planned roadworks, 1954-1964.

LT000020/021: 'Brentwood': Papers and correspondence concerning buses in the Brentwood area. Subjects include stopping arrangements at Brook Street and Ongar Road and unnecessary obstructions by buses, 1960-1962; LT000020/022: 'Kingston': Papers, diagrams, notices, statistics and correspondence concerning buses in Kingston. Subjects include bus stops in Richmond Road and Cambridge Road, road works in Kings Road, bus lay-bys, proposed new bus bay in Burnham Street, waiting restrictions in streets and passenger loadings on various routes, 1952-1963; LT000020/023: 'City of London': Papers, reports, statistics and correspondence concerning buses in London. Subjects include bus stops at Bishopsgate outside Liverpool Street Station, one-way traffic scheme in Aldgate, proposed bus stop at Ludgate Hill, work required in connection with stop signs, passenger loadings on various routes, inspections and elevated pavements and garages. Also includes a site layout for a proposed development north of Watling Street, 1958-1962; LT000020/024: 'Ilford': Papers, correspondence and maps concerning buses in Ilford. Subjects include a bus stand in Thorold Road, stopping arrangements, provision of bus bays, removal of trolleybus standards, new street lighting and proposed road works, 1958-1962; LT000020/025: 'Heston and Isleworth': Papers, lists, reports and correspondence concerning buses in Hesten and Isleworth. Subjects include the provision of bus stops and street lighting, recommendations for changes to stopping arrangements, road widening schemes, the construction of bus bays, bus stop markings on the carriageway and favourable sites for bus shelters, 1960-1963; LT000020/026: 'Kent': Memoranda and corespondence concerning buses in Kent. Subjects include inspection of bus stops in Maidstone Road and King Street by the Stopping Places Advisory Committee, work required in connection with stop signs and stopping arrangements at Maidstone Road. Also includes a plan of the proposed Swanley Bypass, 1959-1963; LT000020/027: 'Mitcham': Reports, correspondence and maps concerning traffic conditions at Fair Green and Cricket Green, Mitcham; requests for bus stop resitings; proposed construction of bus bays; road widenings and stopping arrangements, 1958-1962; LT000020/028: 'Wimbledon': Papers, 1959-1962, concerning the temporary removal of bus stops in Wimbledon and route arrangements for tennis events in 1962; LT000020/029: 'Woolwich stops': Papers, plans and correspondence concerning changes to bus stops, street lighting scheme and reconstruction of bus stops along Burrage Road, 1962; LT000020/030: 'Middlesex': Correspondence and maps. Subjects include reconstruction of the railway bridge at West Drayton Station and rebuilding of Bath Road, Harlington. Also includes a list of sites for potential bus bays, 1960-1962.

LT000020/031: 'Poplar': Memoranda, correspondence and maps. Subjects include the provision of bus stops and stopping arrangements in Poplar, road works, street lighting and the temporary closure of Blackwall Tunnel. Also includes an agreement with the Stopping Places Advisory Committee on stops and signs for the tunnel approach, 1959-1962; LT000020/032: 'Greenwich': Memoranda, reports, minutes of meetings and correspondence concerning bus services in Greenwich. Subjects include the provision of bus stops, stopping arrangements, proposals for special bus stops during Charlton Football Club home games, delays at Blackwall Tunnel and traffic problems, 1959-1962; LT000020/033: 'Walthamstow': Papers, lists of passenger loading numbers and correspondence concerning road improvements, traffic conditions and street lighting in Walthamstow, 1960-1962: LT000020/034: 'Richmond': Correspondence concerning bus services in Richmond. Subjects include the relocation of bus stops, provision of new stops including one terminating at the Black Horse Pub in East Sheen, provision of street lighting, passenger numbers and proposals for permanent one-way traffic on Richmond Green, 1959-1962; LT000020/035: 'acton': Correspondence concerning bus services in Acton. Subjects include a ban on right-hand turns, one-way traffic schemes stopping and standing arrangements and proposed alterations to bus stop signs. Also includes a plan of the Chase Estate at Park Royal, 1959-1964; LT000020/036: 'Hornsey': Correspondence concerning the provision of bus stops, stopping arrangements, passenger numbers and road works in Hornsey, 1959-1962; LT000020/037: 'Surrey': Papers and reports concerning bus services in Surrey, 1960-1962. Subjects include inspections of bus stops by the Stopping Places Advisory Committee, stopping arrangements and accidents occurring on the north-bound carriageway of the Mickleham bypass during 1969; LT000020/038: 'Essex': Inspection reports from the Stopping Places Advisory Committee. Subjects also include the provision and relocation of stop signs. Also includes lists of passengers picked up and dropped off at the Green Dragon stop in Shenfield, 1959-1962; LT000020/039: 'West Ham': Reports and correspndence concerning bus services in West Ham. Subjects inculde the provision and relocation of bus stops, road improvements and construction of bus bays at the Graving Dock Tavern on North Woolwich Road,1958-1962; LT000020/040: 'Tottenham': Reports and correspondence concerning bus services in Tottenham. Subjects includ road works at Tottenham Hale, provision of bus stops, stop markings on the carriageway and street lighting schemes. Also includes plans of road improvements betwen Graving Dock Tavern and the Silvertown bypass and a proposed bus bay on the high street, 1954-1964.

LT000020/041: 'Southgate': Reports and correspondence concerning bus services in Southgate. Subjects include the provision and relocation of bus stops, stopping arrangements and diversions due to road works. Also includes plans showing scheduled works, such as the location of a bus lay-by at Aldermans Hill, 1956-1962; LT000020/042: 'Brentford and Chiswick': Reports, memoranda and correspondence concerning bus services in Brentford and Chiswick. Subjects include changes to bus stops, the provision and relocation of stops, proposals for bus bays, road works, stopping arrangements and an unexploded bomb at Carfax Court, Oxford Road, Chiswick. Also includes plans of sheduled works, 1957-1962; LT000020/043: 'Wanstead and Woodford': Reports and correspondence concerning bus services in Wanstead and Woodford. Subjects include the provision of bus stops, construction of bus bays, passenger numbers on various routes, complaints regarding staff behaviour and a census of passengers at the north-bound stop in Aldersbrook Road. Also includes plans of proposed works, 1959-1962; LT000020/044: 'Walton and Weybridge': Reports and correspondence concerning bus services at Walton and Weybridge, 1959-1962. Subjects include the provision and relocation of bus stops, passenger loadings, the construction of bus bays and roundabouts, fares on route 131 and the effect on bus services of the opening ceremony of the Metropolitan Water Board's new reservoir at Walton-on-Thames by the Queen; LT000020/045: 'Croydon stops': Correspondence concerning the possible relocation of the north-bound bus stop in Thornton Road, near the junction with London Road in Croydon, 1962; LT000020/046: 'Wood Green': Memoranda and correspondence concerning bus services in Wood Green. Subjects include the provision of bus stops, road works in Turnpike Lane, bus shelters and recommendations for changes to stopping arrangements, 1953-1962; LT000020/047: 'Wood Green': Correspondence concerning the provision of bus stops, including one at Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, 1962-1964; LT000020/048: 'Surbiton': Memoranda and correspondence concerning bus services in Surbiton. Subjects include the provision of bus stops, passenger numbers on various routes, staged stopping arrangements for trolleybus replacement services and scheduled diversions due to works, 1958-1962; LT000020/049: 'Romford': Reports and correspondence concerning bus services in Romford. Subjects include bus stopping arrangements along Upper Brentwood Road, road works at Collier Row Road / Hog Hill Road, the provision of bus stops, temporary diversions, bridge widening, bus bays and road works, 1958-1964; LT000020/050: 'Coulsden and Purley': Papers and memoranda concerning the provision of bus stops, site inspections by the Stopping Places Advisory Committee, stopping arrangements, provision of street lighting, road works and bridge repairs, 1958-1962.

Papers relating to British railway history, especially that of the Great Western Railway (GWR) and railways in the London area, including books, maps, periodicals, timetables and several thousand photographs, c1920s-1980s. The books represent a strong collection on British railway history from earliest times to the early 1980s. The collection is less strong in periodicals but there are some substantial runs of major titles. There is a large collection of early railway maps including Airey and Railway Clearing House (RCH) maps; also Ordnance Survey maps and railway junction diagrams, and a substantial collection of Bradshaw guides, and working and passenger timetables, with the following archival material:

Clinker Collection comprising notes and correspondence relating to the publications of Charles Ralph Clinker on railway history, particularly his Register of closed passenger stations and goods depots in England, Scotland and Wales, 1830-1977 (1963, revised 1978) and papers relating to his 1982 revision of the History of the Great Western Railway (London, 1964) by E T MacDermot; timetables, including those for the Bristol area, 1880s-1970s; General Strike, 1926; timetables during other strikes, 1920s; Great Western and Midland, various notices; Midland and South Western Junction Railway timetables, 1885-1947; operation instructions, GWR, London Midland and Scottish (LMS), London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), Southern Railway (SR); GWR working of stations, 1939-1965; LMS Railway train marshalling, 1943-1944; LMS timetables, 1890s-1940s; train arrangements during World War One and World War Two, 1914-1918, 1939-1945; papers relating to Broadgauge conversion; papers relating to Golden Valley Railway and Leominster-Kington Railway; ephemera relating to the Hay Railway, 1811-1977; Southern Railway plans for stations west of Salisbury, 1905- (mainly 1920s-1930s); Severn Bridge, General Manager's file, 1936-1943; logging of train performances, 1918-1927; books and periodicals, including rare and 19th century printed material on the early railway system, particularly guidebooks and station instructions.

Garnett Collection, mainly comprising railway maps, particularly those produced from 1869 by John Airey, an employee of the RCH, and subsequently by the RCH itself, and also includes Ordnance Survey maps and railway maps produced by the various railway companies; catalogues and research notes by Garnett, including lists of maps prepared by Airey and the RCH, 1869-1960; Macaulay [Zachary] series for Great Britain, Ireland and London, 1851-1908; notes on tramways and railways in Port Talbot area; catalogues of station handbooks, 1851-1956, and railway junction diagrams (the Airey and RCH maps, station handbooks and junction diagrams were used to determine ownership of stations and junctions for commercial purposes).

Research notes and photographs relating to Railway structures by Stuart Kear (9 vols); typescript of Chronology of the construction of Britain's railways, 1856-1922 by Leslie James; research notes by John Palmer on 19th century railway periodicals and the Eastern Counties Railway in its formative years; research notebooks and papers of Harold Vernon Borley on the history of railways in London, used for his Chronology of London railways (Railway and Canal Historical Society, Oakham, 1982).

Locomotive and General Railway Collection, featuring several thousand photographs (photographer unknown) of British locomotives, particularly steam trains, 1920s-1970s.

Wookey Collection, comprising several thousand photographs of British railway stations and signal boxes.

Mowat Collection (of Professor Charles Loch Mowat, 1911-c1969), comprising 2500 photographs in albums of railway scenes, 1926-1969 (mostly 1942-1969, with a few before 1924). These are mostly of small and medium sized railway stations (trains are generally incidental), covering most of the United Kingdom, with particular emphasis on the GWR and Wales, with coverage of Somerset and Dorset, Midland and South Western Junction, Lincolnshire, Midland Railway in the West Country, Great Eastern, Glasgow and Edinburgh Suburban, Bristol Suburban, Ireland, and narrow gauge lines in the UK such as Ffestiniog, Penrhyn, Bishop's Castle and Ditton's Prior. He also covered south east of Manchester in 1962, including the Hayfield, Macclesfield, Buxton (London North Western and Midland) and North Staffordshire lines. The collection also includes Mowat's index to his photographs and 14 notebooks containing track diagrams and notes on the stations he photographed, c1920-1969.

1 Railways in 1870-71, Lt Col Bols. 2 1870 campaign. Notes and exercises. 10 syndicates, Lt Col Ross. 3 1870 campaign. Exercise. 13 syndicates, Col Perceval. 4 Organization of German Army Corps, Lt Col Hoskins. 5 1870 campaign. Exercise, Lt Col Furse. 6 Four maps illustrating cavalry actions, Lt Col Greenly. 7 South African railway map, Lt Col Bols. 8 1870 (Woerth), Col Perceval. 9 1870. Exercise no 4. 10 syndicates, Lt Col Ross. 10 1870 (Gravalotte), Lt Col Furse. 11 Battlefield tour, April-May; instructions re, Col Perceval. 12 Cavalry scheme (outdoor) - 17 syndicates, Lt Col Greenly.

13 Overseas expeditions - disembarkation on open beach, etc, Col Gough. 14 Tactical exercise (under Directing Staff), Lt Col Furse. 15 Problem - Canadian Frontier (confidential), The Commandant. 16 Hints on writing an appreciation of a situation, The Commandant. 17 Instructions on writing 'papers on military subjects', The Commandant. 18 Reorganization of T&S, Colonel Foster. 19 Manchurian campaign (Yalu), Lt Col Fuse. 20 Manchurian campaign Exercise A. 13 syndicates, Lt Col Furse. 21 Manchurian campaign (Te-li-ssu), Lt Col Furse. 22 Manchurian campaign exercise B, Lt Col Ross. 23 Japanese divisions of service, Lt Col Hoskins. 24 Japanese system of conscription and training, Lt Col Hoskins. 25 Exercise in reconnaissance work, 7/8th March, Col Gough. 26 Cavalry scheme for 9th. 6 syndicates under Directing staff, Lt Col Greenly. 27 Paper required on 'foreign armies', Lt Col Hoskins. 28 R-J War: 1) Judsiatan, 2) Cavalry 29th May '04, 3) Protection Stackelberg's Corps 10/13.04, Lt Col Greenly. 29 Suggestions required re co-operation with other arms, The Commandant.

30 Railway control exercise I. Outdoor, Lt Col Bols. 31 Coast reconnaissance exercise - 8 syndicates, Lt Col Roper. 32 Tactical exercise. 7 syndicates, Col Perceval. 33 Night operations, 18/3. Exercise (8 syndicates), Col Perceval. 34 Organization of staff duties in the field, Lt Col Whigham. 35 Staff tour ("staff duties") 10th-12th April, The Commandant. 36 Railway control exercise. 13 syndicates, Lt Col Bols. 37 Tactical exercise (indoor). 6 parties under Directing Staff, Lt Col Fowler. 38 Combined naval and military exercise, 3/7th April, Col Gough. 39 Eastern counties staff tour - half division, Col Gough. 40 Eastern counties staff tour - half division, Col Perceval. 41 Syllabus training and manoeuvres (3 lectures), Lt Col Whigham. 42 Instructions re messages and signals, Lt Col Whigham. 43 Staff duties exercise (indoors), Lt Col Hull. 44 'Signals' exercise (indoor), Lt Col Fowler.

45 Railway exercise (3), Lt Col Bols. 46 Tactical exercise - 25/5, Col Perceval. 47 Mars la Tour (cavalry lecture), Lt Col Greenly. 48 Reconnaissance - (29/5 - 2/6), Lt Col Greenly. 49 Lecture "Mars la Tour and Vionville" (cavalry), Lt Col Greenly. 50 Tactical problem (outdoor), Lt Col Ross. 51 Signal exercise (outdoor), Lt Col Fowler. 52 Administrative scheme, 5/6 (indoor), Col Foster. 53 L. of C. exercise, 6/6 (indoor), Lt Col Bols. 54 Tactical ex: staff duties, 7/7 (indoor), Lt Col Hoskins. 55 Preparation of schemes for tactical exercise (1), Lt Col Whigham. 56 Mars la Tour, charge of Bredow's Brigade (lecture), Lt Col Greenly. 57 'Tel el-Kebir' (lecture), Lt Col Furse. 58 Forms for 'reports on resources', Col Foster. 59 Staff duties exercise (writing orders etc) - indoor, Col Gough. 60 NW frontier of India, Lt Col Stewart. 61 Reconnaissance exercise, 21/6, Lt Col Roper. 62 Choice of 3 subjects re memoir 'expeditionary force', The Commandant. 63 Lecture 'Mountain warfare', Lt Col Stewart. 64 Staff tour in Wales, Lt Col Stewart. 65 Reconnaissance of manoeuvre areas, June 27/28, Lt Col Hull.

66 Tactical day 'defence by night', Lt Col Furse. 67 March and supply of two Divisions (graphic), Col Foster. 68 Staff duties exercise 4/7 (continuation of no 59), Col Gough. 69 Preparation of schemes for field operations (2), Lt Col Whigham. 70 March and supply (graphic exercise), Col Foster. 71 Tactical Ex: 'interfering with march of hostile column', Lt Col Furse. 72 'Cavalry co-operating in attack' (exercise), Lt Col Greenly. 73 Tactical problem 'action of an inferior force', Lt Col Ross. 74 Night operations exercise, July 24th, Lt Col Whigham. 75 Night operations exercise, July 25th, Lt Col Whigham. 76 Night operations exercise, July 24th, Col Gough. 77 Night operations exercise, July 26th, Col Gough. 78 Night operations exercise, July 24th, Col Gough. 79 Night operations exercise, July 26th, Col Gough. 80 Transport and supply services, army manoeuvres, 1911, Col Foster. 81 Example graph "march and supply of 2 divisions", Col Foster. 82 Report on attachment to other arms, The Commandant. 83 Inspection staff tour, The Commandant. 84 India - internal defence. Notes (1), Lt Col Stewart. 85 Railways - designation of railway personnel, Lt Col Bols. 86 Tactical exercise, reconnaissance, etc, Lt Col Furse. 87 Protective cavalry - 6th October, Lt Col Greenly. 88 Preparation of tactical schemes (indoor exercise), Lt Col Whigham. 89 Cavalry scheme - distribution of mounted troops - 10 Oct, Lt Col Greenly. 90 Persia - map of the Baghdad railway, Lt Col Stewart. 91 Preparation f a scheme - inspection of a division, Lt Col Whigham. 92 General paper on Abyssinia, Lt Col Hoskins. 93 Tactical problem, 24th October, Lt Col Ross. 94 L. of C. estbts (lecture on organisation of the administrative services, European warfare), Col Foster. 95 Abyssinia problem, paper 2, Lt Col Hoskins. 96 Corunna - map to illustrate cavalry retreat, Lt Col Greenly. 97 Military aviation - notes, Capt Brooke-Popham. 98 English and German cavalry formations (strength), Lt Col Greenly. 99 Tactical problem - outdoor - 16th November, Lt Col Ross. 100 Franco-German 'conversations'. Utilization, Indian troops, The Commandant. 101 Comparative summary of the fighting fleets (imp. Defence), Lt Col Fowler. 102 Railways of France and Germany, Lt Col Bols. 103 Indoor exercise - Friday, 24th November, Col Gough. 104 Paper on home defence, Lt Col Furse. 105 "1870-1871", Lt Col Ballard. 106 "1870-1871", "operations on the Loire", "organization of the People's army", "German forces on the Loire", Lt Col Ballard. 107 Exercise in control of divisional ammunition columns, Col Foster. 108 Schedule of railway movements, Lt Col Bols. 109 Comments on memoirs (see No 62), The Commandant.

201 Precis of lecture: administrative arrangements in open warfare, A Div, Maj Tomes. 202 Precis of lecture No. 8: staff duties “preparation of schemes for tactical exercises”, A & B Div, Lt Col Collins. 203 Precis of lecture Q2 (light railways”, A Div, Br Gen Anderson. 204 Precis of lecture; submarines, A&B Div, Comdr. Hall RN. 205 Precis of 5th lecture; strategy & military history, A&B Div, Col Anley. 206 Special paper on war; war establishments, Cav signals, etc, B Div, Lt Col Venning. 207 Precis of lecture; A5 manpower, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 208 Instruction re visit Tank Centre, WOOL, A&B Div, Lt Col Neame. 209 Precis of artillery lecture no 9: development of artillery tactics no 3, A Div, Lt Col Broad. 210 Precis of lecture : counter intelligence, A Div, Maj Grubb. 211 Precis of cavalry lecture (4), Corps cavalry, B Div, Lt Col Osborne. 212 Precis of lecture; Russo-Japanese war, B Div, Maj Platt. 213 Outdoor exercise No 13; conduct of the battle, A Div, Col Anley. 214 Outdoor exercise No 15; preparation of a scheme for a tactical exercise, B Div, Lt Col Collins. 215 Outdoor exercise No 16, A Div, Br Gen Dill. 216 Outdoor exercise No 17; maintenance of pressure on an enemy, A Div, Br Gen Dill. 217 Indoor exercise no 18: supply, Lt Col Grubb. 218 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (I) The escape from Elba, B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 219 Precis of lecture: convening and checking courts martial, B Div, Lt Col Venning. 220 Precis of lecture: strategy & military history, A &B Div, Col Anley. 221 Precis of lecture: artillery No 10, A Div, Lt Col Broad. 222 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (II) The opposing armies, B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 223 Outdoor exercise No 17, A Div, Br Gen Dill. 224 Administrative problems, B Div, Lt Col Venning. 225 Cav Lecture (IV) Corps cavalry, A Div, Lt Col Osborne. 226 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (III) Plans, B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 227 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (IV) Crossing of the Sambre, B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 228 Precis of lecture: imperial strategy, A&B Div, Br Gen Charles. 229 Indoor exercise No 13: preparation of a scheme for administrative arrangements without troops, A Div, Lt Col Grubb. 230 Special paper on war establishments: organization Cav. Div, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 231 Special paper on war establishments: Cav Div Engineers, B Div, Lt Col Venning. 232 Special paper on war establishments: Art. Bde. Hd. Qrs, A Div, Lt Col Venning. 233 Special paper on war establishments: Art. Bde. Hd. Qrs, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 234 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (V) Ligny, B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 235 Conference agenda, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 236 Precis of lecture: war office, B Div, Lt Col Wingfield. 237 Precis of lecture re work in stationary warfare, B Div, Lt Col Neame. 238 Precis of lecture: Salamanca campaign (I), A Div, Lt Col Haskard. 239 Outdoor exercise No 16: reconnaissance, B Div, Br Gen Farmar. 240 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (VI) Quatre Bras, B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 241 Notes indoor exercise No 12, A Div, Lt Col Grubb. 242 Outdoor exercise No 17. Tactical exercise with troops, A Div, Col Anley. 243 Outdoor exercise No 15: administrative arrangements in open warfare, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 244 Precis of lecture: Art. No 11: forecasts of ammn. Expenditures, a Div, Lt Col Broad. 245 Precis of lecture; railway artillery, A Div, Lt Col Brooke. 246 Precis of lecture No 1 India, A&B Div, Br Gen Charles. 247 Outdoor exercise No 18: machine guns for defence, A Div, Col Anley. 248 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (VII) Events of the 17th, B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 249 Indoor exercise No 14, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 250 Precis of lecture: Salamanca campaign (II), A Div, Lt Col Haskard. 251 Lecture A&Q, B Div, Lt Col Liddell. 252 Precis of lecture: Australian military organization, B Div, Maj Hutchins. 253 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (IX), B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 254 Outdoor exercise No 19: Mailheads, A Div, Lt Col Grubb. 255 Precis of lecture: Salamanca campaign (III), A Div, Lt Col Haskard. 256 Precis of lecture: Salamanca campaign (IV), A Div, Lt Col Haskard. 257 Precis of lecture: RE (4) RE duties in war, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 258 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (VIII), B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 259 Precis of lecture: RA (6) Counter battery work, B Div, Lt Col Crozier. 260 Precis of lecture: Infy tactics and formations, B Div, Maj Visct Gort. 261 Precis of lecture: India II: internal security, A&B Div, Br Gen Charles. 262 Precis of lecture: India III: strategical geography of NW frontier, A&B Div, Br Gen Charles. 263 Conference notes 4th Oct: Infy. dispositions and action plans, defensive position, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 264 Conference notes 18th Oct: battle order for the infy. soldier etc, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 265 Notes on indoor exercise No 14: ammunition supply in attacks, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 266 Art. Amm. Tables expenditure etc, B Div, Lt Col Crozier. 267 Outdoor exercise No 19: ceremonial, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 268 Precis of lecture: manoeuvres and training grant, B Div, Lt Col Wingfield. 269 Outdoor exercise ceremonial, B Div, Lt Col Venning. 270 Precis of lecture: list of duties at the Gen. Staff office at Command Hd. Qrs, A&B Div, Commandant. 271 Precis of lecture: machine guns in defence, A Div, Col Anley. 272 Conference 25th Oct: replacing of horse transport by mechanical etc, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 273 Precis of lecture: transportation with special reference to railways and railheads, A Div, Lt Col Grubb. 274 Programme of field artillery demonstration, A Div, Lt Col Broad. 275 War Game Oct 23rd, A Div, Lt Col Broad. 276 War Game, Oct 23rd, B Div, Lt Col Wingfield. 277 Attack Vimy Ridge, B Div, Capt. Foss. 278 Precis of lecture: pay staff duties, A Div, Lt Col Venning. 279 Precis of lecture: India (IV) continued: strategic geography NW frontier, A&B Div, Br Gen Charles. 280 Precis of lecture: discipline excluding court martial, A&B Div, Lt Col Venning. 281 War game Oct 27th, B Div, Lt Col Haskard. 282 Paper on formation of citizen guards, A&B Div, Lt Col Collins. 283 Indoor exercise No 13: continuation of indoor exercise No 12 & outdoor exercise No 13: conduct of battle, B Div, Lt Col Collins. 284 War Game Oct 20th, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 285 Precis of lecture (9) General staff duties in peace, A&B Div, Lt Col Collins. 286 Special paper re manual map reading, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 287 Conference notes: battle order of infantry soldier, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 288 Outdoor exercise No 18: preparation of a scheme for an administrative exercise, B Div, Lt Col Wingfield. 289 Precis of lecture: Schleswig Holstein question, A Div, Maj Hansen. 290 Precis of lecture (RA7) (RA staff work and training, B Div, Lt Col Crozier. 291 Outdoor exercise No 21. Reconnaissance, A Div, Lt Col Broad. 292 Agenda for conference: anti tank defence etc, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 293 Precis of lecture: cooperation between RE and infantry, A Div. 294 Conference on outdoor exercise No 19 “railheads”, A Div, Lt Col Grubb. 295 Administrative problems, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 296 Administrative problems solution, B Div, Lt Col Venning. 297 Outdoor exercise No 19 (notes on), A&B Div, Lt Col Liddell. 298 Indoor exercise No 14: artillery I, B Div, Lt Col Crozier. 299 Precis of lecture: L of C for 6 Divs (Italy), A&B Div, Lt Col Wingfield. 300 Conference notes on Div. transport, A Div, Lt Col Neame.

The original Deed of Association of the English and Bristol Channels Ship Canal. Contains about 600 signatures, opposite each of which are shown the number of deposits paid and amount subscribed, c1825.

Letter from N Geary of Fareham, [Hampshire] to Mr Gunner, Waltham, Hampshire, 14 Jan 1815. Asking Gunner to remind the magistrates of the Droxford Bench that they were to inspect the public roads over the Forest of Bere, which Geary had made 'remarkably good'; but since 'the whole of the public money is expended, and the roads are getting bad', he asks the magistrates either to discharge him, or give 'assistance and support without which it will be impossible for me to proceed without much injury to the parishes, and disgrace to myself ...'.

Autograph, with signature. Some pencilled queries in another hand appear on the dorse, e.g. 'Does it lega[ll]y come before us?'

2 letters sent from officers of the Sambre and Meuse Central Railway Company, London, to John Philippart, 1845. Describing developments and public interest in the Belgian railway and asking for Philippart's support as a member of the managements committee; an explanatory pamphlet accompanied the first letter.

Both letters are autograph, with the signatures of company employees: (i) Osmund Lewis; (ii) G D Carvalho.

Letter from Robert Stephenson of 24 Great George Street, [London] to Edward Ackroyd, 28 Jun 1845. Concerning the importance of good gradients and the 'engineering of the West Yorkshire [railways]'.

Alphabetical list for applicants for the post of porter with the railway, giving name of applicant, residence, age, former employment, by whom recommended and remarks. Undated, probably c1837.

Contract between the North Midland Railway Company and Joel Buxton for the building of Masborough station in Yorkshire, 16 Dec 1839. Includes specification and prices for materials.

Manuscript memorandum, possibly dating from c1825-1830, addressed to 'Messrs. Gibson's, Bankers, London', describing the facilities and extent of the London docks.

Papers of John Urpeth Rastrick including memoranda, calculations and diagrams, including estimates for iron arch for Stratford-upon-Avon Railway Bridge; for a roof for William Foster; gasworks at Kidderminster; recipe for brass lacquer; lists of materials of six-horse Boulton and Watts engine, and of the contents of packing boxes, with diagrams of each item entered; notes, specifications and sketches for the Stratford and Moreton Railway; and detailed descriptions, statistics and sketches of bridges, railways and engines. Enclosing the following items: (i-ii) 2 sheets of rough calculations. (iii) Card bearing printed statistics of the Burnton and Shields Railway; annotated in MS and signed by Benjamin Thompson (23 January 1829). (iv) Printed wrapper sent from the Office of Ordnance to Messrs J Bradley and Co, [?at] Foster, Rastrick and Co Ironworks, Stourbridge; used for rough calculations and draft accounts in MS.

'Specification of the workmanship for the Kenyon and Leigh Junction Railway', the specification itself is not in John Urpeth Rastrick's hand, but it includes notes added to the text by him. His signature appears on the dorse of the fly-leaf, with the date of 16 Oct 1829 and a note: 'the first specification for a railway that was ever made'.

Specification for Leeds and Selby Railway, contracts numbered 1 and 2, Sep 1830. This specification was owned by Rastrick but may not have been created by him.

Papers of John Urpeth Rastrick, 1830-1832, including valuations, lists of properties, calculations, sketches, estimates and plans for the Birmingham and Liverpool Railway [the Brimingham & Basford Railway and the Wolverhampton Branch), bound into one volume. In the hands of Rastrick and others, most items endorsed by Rastrick.

Includes 2 letters to Rastrick at the Waterloo Hotel, Liverpool: (a) leaves 52-53 - from Wiliam Trubshaw, Forton (near Newport, Shropshire) (17 February 1831); (b) leaves 54-55 - from John Barker, Wolverhampton (12 February 1831).

Papers relating to the part of Jacques Louis Chaumont de La Millière in the creation of legislation in the Assembleé Nationale Constituante relating to the Ponts et Chauseés (or bridges and highways) of France, 1790, including:

1. Letter from Millière to [Pierre Louis] Roederer introducing a memorandum entitled 'Observations pour servir de réponse à un mémoire sur les travaux publics du Languedoc...une partie d'administration aussi importante', 30 Oct 1790. The mémoire referred to appears to be that entitled 'Extrait d'Observations faites il y a quelques mois sur un mémoir de l'Ingénieur en chef de la cydevant province de Bretagne par lequel il proposait de conserver à Rennes l'École particulière des Ponts et Chaussées...les observations...pourront servir de réponse à un mémoire d'un directeur des Travaux Publics du Languedoc'.
2. Letter from Millière to [Pierre Louis] Roederer, 20 Oct 1790, enclosing the 'dernières observations...sur la nouvelle rédaction du decret proposé par M. [Charles François] Le Brun [Duc de Plaisance] relativement aux Ponts et Chausées', with brief note in Millière's hand on the principles of the organisation of the Ponts et Chausées, and an item headed 'Observations sur plusiers articles du dernier projet du decret concernant les Ponts et Chausées proposés par le Comité des Finances'.

Papers of Professor Henry Taylor Bovey, [1892]-1908, comprising research papers and notes relating to the strength of materials, hydraulics and electrical engineering, design of bridges and the pin-connected principle, [1892-1902]; papers relating to engineering and mining courses, [1898-1908]; address as Imperial College Rector, 1908.

The working drawings of John Smeaton, civil engineer. They illustrate his researches on waterwheels and applied mechanics, and the relative efficiency of overshot as opposed to undershot wheels. With supplementary engravings and manuscript notes.

Papers collected by the Chief Education Officer for Middlesex, including: An Act for Repairing the Roads in the Parishes of Kensington, Chelsea, and Fulham, and other Parishes, 1726; An Act for repairing the Highways from that part of Counters-Bridge which lies in the parish of Kensington, in the County of Middlesex, to Cranford-Bridge, in the Road to Colnbrooke, 1738; An Act for improving the Navigation of the River Lee, from the Town of Hertford to the new Cut or River made by the Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens of London; and for enabling the Governor and Company of the New River the better to supply the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Liberties and Suburbs thereof, with good and wholesome Water, 1739; An Act for repairing the Roads in the Parishes of Kensington, Chelsea, and Fulham, and other Parishes; and for repairing some other Roads in the Parishes of St. George, and the said Parishes of Kensington and Chelsea, 1740; An Act for Building a Bridge cross the River of Thames, from Hampton Court in the County of Middlesex, to East Moulsey in the County of Surrey, 1750; An Act of Parliament to continue and render more effectual three Acts for repairing the Highways between Tyburn and Uxbridge, and for amending the Road leading from Brent Bridge to the Great Western Road in the said County, and for lighting, watching, and watering the Highway between Tyburn and Kensington Gravel Pits, 1769; laws relating to the Turnpike Roads, 1772; Brentford-Turnpike Acts of Parliament, with a correct list of the trustees, 1815; The General Turnpike Road Acts, passed 1822 and 1823; and the act passed for repairing the Middlesex and Essex Turnpike Roads, 1824.

Also pamphlets "Istleworth - Syons Peace. Containing Certain Articles of Agreement made between the Right Honourable Algernoone Earl of Northumberland, etc. Lord of the Mannor of Istleworth - Syon, Peter Dodsworth, Hugh Potter and Robert Scawen, Esquires, of the One Part; and Sir Thomas Ingram knight, Sir Thomas Nott Knight, Sir John Syddenham Baronet, and others, Copy-hold Tenants of the said Mannor, of the Other Part", 1657; "The Case of the Taxes and Assessments raised upon the County of Middlesex", 1734; "To the inhabitants of (in and about) Hillington Parish Proposals For forming Charity Children", 17--; "The Case of the Late Election for the County of Middlesex considered", 1769; "A Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill", 1842.

Also maps: Robert Morden map of Middlesex, 1695?; John Seller map of Middlesex, 1700?; R. W. Seale map of Middlesex, 1750?; John Cary map of Middlesex, 1787?; map of Middlesex made to accompany book "The Beauties of England and Wales", by G. Cole (draughtsman) and J. Roper (engraver), 1807; "London and the Suburbs", Edward Stanford, 1862 (20 sheets held in a portfolio).

Records of the Battersea Bridge Company, 1771-1882, including deeds and other legal documents; minutes of meetings; financial accounts and correspondence.

Records of the Fulham Bridge Company, 1739-1770, comprising minutes of meetings.

Records of the Joint Committee of the Corporation of the City of London and the Metropolitan Board of Works for freeing Kew and other bridges from toll, 1864-1889, comprising minutes of meetings and reports.

Records of the Staines Bridge Commissioners, 1828-1870, comprising account of bonds. Records of the Vauxhall Bridge Company, comprising plans and sections of the bridge, its approaches and the riverbed, 1878-1880. Records of the Strand Bridge Company, 1809-1814, comprising share and annuities certificates.

Records of the Southwark Bridge Company, 1527-1872, including deeds relating to freehold and leasehold property; a list of claims, offers and settlements for property acquired for building Southwark Bridge; statements by the Southwark Bridge Company in support of the intended bridge; petitions by the inhabitants of Southwark and the City of London regarding Southwark Bridge tolls.

Records of the Bridge House Estates relating to London Bridge, 1553-1995. Papers include deeds; sale notices; accounts, receipts and payments; warrant books; fund raising; proceedings for compensation; papers and accounts relating to the design and building of the 1831 bridge; acts and statutes concerning the bridge; committee reports and minutes; tidal observations and reports on the river Thames; correspondence; histories of the bridge; papers and brochures regarding the demolition and reconstruction of the bridge, 1967-1980; plans and photographs. Also papers relating to the sale of stonework from the 1831 Bridge to McCulloch Properties Incorporated for re-erection at Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

Plans for the Northern and Southern Railway from Staines to Uxbridge and Harefield, 1845; plans for a projected railway through Acton, Old Brentford, Hounslow, Bedfont, Stanwell and Staines, Isleworth and Twickenham; book of reference of the Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway, 1847. Also assorted sales catalogues for live and dead stock, farm stock, growing crops, corn, furniture, bricks, 1850-1908.

Papers relating to turnpike roads, comprising copies of the 1766 Act to repair the highways between Tyburn and Uxbridge... and for amending the road from Brent Bridge over Hanwell Heath, through... Hanwell, New Brentford, and Ealing to the Great Western Road; and for lighting, watching, and watering the highway between Tyburn and Kensington Gravel Pits; a plan of the Great Road from Tybourn to Uxbridge and from Brent Bridge to Brentford; and the 1794 Act to continue the term and enlarge the powers of the 1766 Act.

Records of 73 bus companies which became part of London Transport. The records vary from company to company but generally include minutes of Board and Shareholder meetings and financial records such as ledgers, journals and cash books.

Records of the Central London Railway comprising Board Meetings minutes; General Meetings minutes and Assented Stockholders Meetings minutes; correspondence; reports; contracts; handbills; maps and other administrative papers.