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Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising schedule of deeds relating to 1, Vicarage Rd., Camberwell, belonging to Robert P. Whellock, 1868 and administration, with will annexed, of Samuel May, 32, Bridge Row, London, commercial traveller, 15 June, 1872 and 13 March 1879.

Certificate of membership in the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England, 1806.

Records of Young and Windsor, solicitors, comprising articles of partnership in the business of solicitor, 1896.

Records of the Majestic Cinema, Stoke Newington, including leases, fire insurance policies, aircraft insurance policy, consent for alterations and correspondence with solicitors, 1916-1940.

Scrapbook compiled by F Poffley containing items relating to St Alban's Church, Streatham Park, including engraving of proposed church, photographs of exterior and interior from 1887, the fire of 1947, and subsequent restoration and rededication, 1954, with notes from parish magazines.

Notes by Henry Gardner, on school meals, a 'trade' school, excursions, and hospitals, c 1883, with additional notes by Mrs. P. Wallbank, Mr Gardner's daughter, on the same, 1915.

Papers, 1766-1898, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising letters of administration, probate copies of wills, a lease, a fire insurance policy and a covenant to produce deeds; relating to properties in Islington and Hackney.

Records of the Church Commissioners, 1902-1926, including issue of 'Illustrated Church News', 1902; annual reports of 'The Home Club and Work', for the attempted cure of 'hooliganism' in North and East London, 1903-1904; annual report of Christ Church, Spitalfields, 1903; annual report of Saint Mark, Whitechapel, 1911; bazaar catalogues and magazine from Saint Etheldreda, Fulham Palace Gates, 1911-1913; annual report of Stepney Council of Public Welfare, 1912; article on the history of Saint George in the East, Whitechapel, 1912; and article on the work of City churches, 1926.

Records of the London Cemetery Company, comprising rules, orders and regulations for the burial grounds at Saint James at Highgate and All Saints at Nunhead, 1873; receipt for payments on burial of William Howard Stevenson at Highgate Cemetery, 23 April 1874; bill, receipted, from Henry Cole, undertaker of 408 Harrow Road, Paddington, W9 to Miss H. J. Stevenson, for funeral of Nathaniel Stevenson, 23 July 1931; and grant by the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington to Hilda Jane Stevenson, 32 Delamere Terrace, Paddington, of right of burial in grave No. 18096 in Paddington Cemetery, Willesden Lane, 1931.

Records of Longman and Broderip, organ and piano makers, consisting of an advertisement on the inside front cover of an edition of "Virgil's Works", 1787.

This collection consists of licenses for marriage at Saint John, Kensal Green.

Records of the parish of St Philip, Bethnal Green, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and church services; papers relating to parish boundaries and the benefice; minutes of the Parochial Church Council and the Vestry; and Church Committee minute book.

Records of the parish of Saint Simon Zelotes, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and church services.

Records of the parish of All Saints, North Peckham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; register of preachers and church services; curates' licences; papers relating to the endowment; minutes of the Easter Vestry and the Parochial Church Council; financial accounts; and faculty for a memorial tablet.

Records of the parish of Saint Jude, Peckham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and church services; minute books; parish magazines; photographs; and papers relating to church buildings.

Records of the parish of St Mark, Cobourg Road, Camberwell, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages and register of confirmations.

Records of the parish of Saint Philip the Apostle, Camberwell, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations, service registers and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Saviour, Denmark Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; registers of church services; orders of service; correspondence relating to church personnel; plans and maps of the parish; terriers, deeds and correspondence relating to glebe lands; papers regarding the church building, including minutes regarding restoration work, faculties, plans, drawings, and correspondence; plans, drawings and photographs of the church house; correspondence relating to the vicarage; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; Finance Committee minutes; administrative files including correspondence, reports and electoral rolls; financial records; parish magazines; and photographs.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Park Walk, Chelsea, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; orders of service; papers relating to Park Chapel, Chelsea including photographs; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial statements; correspondence and parish magazines.

Records of Saint Simon Zelotes, Chelsea, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; prechers' book; papers relating to the reorganisation of parish boundaries; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; annual reports; parish magazines and maps of the parish.

Records of the parish of Saint Catherine, Hatcham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns, and confirmations; church services registers; Parochial Church Council records; financial accounts; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Barnabas, Finsbury, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; register of confirmations; and registers of preachers.

Records of the parish of Saint Clement, City Road, Islington, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations.

Records of the parish of Saint Luke, Old Street, Finsbury, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, burials and banns of marriages; register of headstones and monumental inscriptions; register of church services and preachers; register of poor children; Parish or Chapter books; minutes of General Committee of the (Young) Women's Help Society, Saint Luke's Branch; scrapbook of printed notices and press cuttings relating to services, charities, entertainments, and so on; parish reports and orders of removal.

Records of the parish of Saint Matthew, City Road, Islington, comprising registers of baptisms and registers of marriages.

Records of the Parish of Saint Paul, Bunhill Row, Islington, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; papers relating to the repair and maintenance of the church; and register of baptisms for the Mission District of Saint Catherine.

Records of Saint Peter's, Clerkenwell, also known as the Smithfield Martyrs Memorial Church, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; Churchwarden's vouchers; papers relating to the church organ; deeds and leases.

Papers, 1750-1919, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to premises in Masons Yard, Duke Street, Piccadilly, Westminster.

Deed of gift of Cook's Almshouses and conveyance of land in Stoke Newington to the West Hackney Almshouse.

Report on the disposal and development of the estate of Mr and Mrs Backhouse, Old Kent Road, Southwark.

Applications for relief to an unknown charitable society.

Note issued by the Equitable Labour Exchange to the value of Five Hours. The order, on the Exchange's elaborately engraved form, is to the Storekeeper to deliver to the bearer stores to the value of Five Hours. The date and number are inserted in manuscript. The signatures of the Governor, Director, and Secretary are also original autograph.

Printed Order in Council from the Court at Balmoral, 5 September 1849, stating: "[it is] ordered that the Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare a Form of Prayer on account of the great mortality caused by the Cholera; and that such Form of Prayer be used in all churches and chapels in England and Wales". The sheet had been used to seal up a small package and is inscribed on the dorse: "Relics and mementos of my darlings gone, Sep. 15 1849".

Records of William Harris, hatter, comprising apprenticeship indenture for William Harris, 1838; leases of messuage with workshop in the rear, 1868 and 1882.

Prospectus of Mr A Jardine's Academy for Young Gentlemen, Brixton Hill, 1825.

Records of Charles Bullard, surveyor, comprising printed sales particular for house, farmyard and land, including allotment, by side of canal in Sydenham, before 28 April 1814, with plan of these premises by Charles Bullard, including table of reference and names of adjacent landholders, October 1816.

Records of the church of Saint George in the East, Stepney, comprising churchwardens' accounts including audited receipts and disbursements.

Records of the London and Surburban Land and Building Company, comprising deeds of covenant and conveyances for properties in Norwood, Lower Clapton and Bethnal Green, 1859-1878.

Records of the Waterloo Bridge Company comprising Annuity transfer certificates and Share Transfer Certificate from Ann Neild to William Ashton Nield, 1843.

Minute book of Workman's Neutrality Committee, includes address on School Board Election from the General Political Vigilance Committee.

Papers relating to Barnsbury Manor, Islington, including records of the courts baron and courts leet; deeds to the copyhold estate of the manor; surrenders; warrants; deeds of conveyance of land and premises at Holloway; deeds for Tufnell family holdings in Holloway, Manor of Canonbury, and in the Manor of Newington Barrow at Highbury; and deeds for the Tufnell family estates in Ireland.

Records of the Clink Liberty or Clink Manor, Southwark, including court rolls for court leet; and other court records including minutes, financial accounts, presentments, processes and precepts.

Records of the Middlesex Area Magistrates Court Committee, 1936-1986, including minutes, agendas and papers; papers relating to Petty Sessions and papers relating to court houses.

Records of the Middlesex Quarter Sessions comprising documents registered with the Clerk of the Peace, 1552-1963. The series MR/A is concerned with the registration of foreigners; MR/B contains 5 series covering the work of building surveyors in London; MR/CF and MR/CT are the certificates issued to tax commissioners and prosecutors for exemption from parish duties; MR/E are agreements signed by volunteers wanting to work in the plantations; MR/F are returns of those eligible to serve on juries; MR/H is concerned with the repair of highways; MR/L contains 7 series concerned with the licensing of certain establishments or trades; MR/LV concerns licensed victuallers; MR/ML are returns of those able to serve in the local militia; MR/P contains returns of eligible voters, poll books and election papers; MR/PEO is also concerned with parliamentary elections and consists of overseers returns; MR/PER consists of two series of electoral registers, one for parliamentary boroughs, the other for parliamentary divisions; MR/R contains the records produced from the control and recording of all non-conformists; MR/S contains 5 series concerned with the licensing of friendly or other societies, and savings banks; MR/T are returns taken for taxation purposes; MR/U are records of public undertakings - transport, parish and utility schemes and improvements; and MR/W contains two series of returns of corn prices and carriage rates. Many series also contain uncatalogued material or are completely uncatalogued.

Records of the Middlesex County Surveyor, 1853-1914. The records in this series relate mainly to the period when Frederick Hyde Pownall was County Surveyor for Middlesex. They cover two of his major responsibilities - the upkeep and repair of bridges (MS/B and MS/BC); and the inspection of plans concerned with proposed Acts of Parliament for local undertakings (MS/PU).

Records of P. Wilkinson and Sons Limited including agreements and assignments of business, memorandum and articles of association, certificate of incorporation, account book (1837-1907), order book (1864-1870), mixture and metal book (1853-1897), articles and printed material, premises deeds and papers for Tottenham Street and Tottenham Mews, and 'On National Service' designed brooch.

Records of the North West London Jewish Day School including administrative records for the school dating from 1944, which includes minutes and reports from various school committees, staff and pupil records, correspondence, Parents Association material and records related to the building and its history.

Finance records cover end of year accounts, fundraising and school contribution fees

North West London Jewish Day School deposited a large number of photographs, both physical and digital records. These have been organised by topic and depict the school's many activities, including competitions, sports events and fundraising.

Lists of convictions under the Summary Jurisdiction Act, some filed from the police courts, 1889-1910.

Land tax assessments for the Liberty of Lambeth Dean, Brixton Ward and Norwood Ward, 1804-1910.

Records of the manors of Lordshold, Kingshold and Grumbolds, Hackney and of the Tyssen Amherst estates. Manor of Lordshold records include court books; indexes to court books; draft court books; minutes of courts and presentment books; register of officials; papers entered into court books; surrenders and admissions; deeds; rentals, surveys and other documents.

Manor of Kingshold records include court books; indexes to court books; draft court books; minutes of courts and presentment book; papers entered into court books; deeds.

Manor of Grumbolds records include index to court books; minutes of courts and other volumes; papers entered into court books; deeds.

Papers relating to the Tyssen Amherst Estates include marriage settlements; conveyances; building agreements; land tax records; rental; surveys and plans. The collection also includes a minute book of Henry Norris and letters patent regarding Downing College, Cambridge.

The covering dates of the court books are the dates of the actual courts, or proceedings before the steward, as distinct from enrolments of transactions out of court. The original numbers of the volumes are given in inverted commas in the description column and will be needed if use is made of the original indexes. Since the manors of Lordshold, Hackney and of Stepney were held in conjunction until 1652, a few records relating to Stepney are included in this collection, for example M79/LH/128/4. Similarly court books for Lordshold, 1654-1659, 1661-1664 and extracts of Court Baron rolls, 1652-1717, can be found in the list of Stepney manor records (Refs. M93/1-2, 4, 89-92) as well as some deeds (e.g. W93/439-441).

Many of these records were damaged by flooding due to enemy action in the second World War and cannot be consulted in their present state. However where the court books are unfit for consultation, draft court books and papers entered into the court books can be used as an alternative.