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Records of Waltham Abbey County Court, comprising register of orders for the protection of property of deserted married women.

Records of the Ancient Society of College Youths, including membership books, peal books, minutes, and notes on the history of the Society.

The records were microfilmed in 1985 and 2003. Mss 21656-7A and 33992 are positive copy microfilms and microfiche presented to the Archive by the Society, which has retained the master negatives and the original manuscripts. Permission to take reproductions from the films or to publish extracts from the records should be sought from the Society's Hon. Secretary (please ask staff for further information).

Records of the Fishmongers' and Poulterers' Institution, including annual reports; Committee minutes; papers relating to property; historical notes; photographs; posters; papers relating to social events; correspondence and financial records.

SOME MATERIAL IS SUBJECT TO A 30 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD.

Records of the Shakespear Lodge, Number 99, comprising bye-laws, minutes, accounts, records of members, correspondence and related papers.

ACCESS TO THESE RECORDS REQUIRES THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE LODGE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MS 29718 AND MS 29728 WHICH ARE FREELY AVAILABLE.

Records of the Gresham Club, a City of London dining club. The majority of the records presented to Guildhall Library on the liquidation of the Club in 1991/2 (catalogued as Mss 28834-28864) relate to the Club's time at Abchurch Lane. All Victorian records of the Club, excluding the deed of settlement of 1844 (Ms 28834) and a single notice of annual general meeting of 1845 (Ms 28837), appear not to have survived. The records include constitutional documents, minutes, accounts, records of membership, legal papers, photographs and miscellaneous administrative papers.

The Club's archives also include records of Gresham Club Trustees Ltd (Mss 28861-864), formed in 1915 to administer the lease of the premises at 15-17 Abchurch Lane. It was created to deal with all subsequent property transactions entered into by the Club, and enabled to borrow money, where appropriate, on the strength of the Club's property holdings. For a short history of the Club, written in 1943 for its centenary, see Ms 28856. The background papers used for this history have been catalogued as Ms 28857.

Most of the records are subject to a 30 year closure rule.

Records of the London Institution, comprising librarian's monthly reports, lists of proprietors, minutes, attendance books, correspondence and related papers.

Records of the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association, comprising: minutes, 1882-1972 (Ms 11097, 22284-5); subscription books, 1884-1957 (Ms 11098); financial records, 1884-1965 (Ms 11099-103); correspondence and related papers, [1857?]-1914 (Ms 21670-1); deeds, surveys and plans 1883-1958 (Ms 22286-8); reports and other papers, 1920-51 (Ms 22289-92); financial records relating to the wartime allotment gardens scheme, 1939-43 (Ms 22293-4); and records of London Children's Gardens Fund, 1921-62 (Ms 22295-7). They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff between 1963 and 1987.

Records of the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths, bell-ringing society, comprising: name books, 1747-1999 (Ms 21658, 33995); peal books, 1748-1989 (Ms 21659, 34393); minutes, 1887-1989 (Ms 33996), rules, 1931 (Ms 33997); and notebook of ringing methods, [1924-35?] (Ms 33998). They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff between 1986 and 2006.

Some of the records were microfilmed in 1985 and Mss 21658-9 are positive copy microfilms deposited in the Library on indefinite loan by the Society which has retained the master negatives. The originals of Ms 21658 and Ms 21569/1 were deposited on 21 July 2003 (USE OF MICROFILM COMPULSORY), but the Society retains the original manuscript of Ms 21659/2. Permission to take reproductions from the films or to publish extracts from the records should be sought from the Society (enquire at the information desk for contact details).

Records of the United Wards Club covering 1877-1996 and comprising: minutes, 1877-2004 (Ms 11722-4, 19293, 21481); registers of members, 1902-59 (Ms 19294); financial records, 1910-65 (Ms 19295-6, 20352); transactions, 1907-29 (Ms 21483); and miscellaneous papers, 1951-96 (Ms 21482, 30762, 36859). They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff between 1966 and 2006.

Minute book of the Aldersgate Club, a local residents' association.

Records of the Aldgate Ward Club, formerly the Aldgate Ward Association. They comprise: minutes, 1898-1983 (Ms 24541); annual reports, 1919-59 (Ms 24543); photographs, ca. 1920 (Ms 24541A); and miscellaneous items, 1923-83 (Ms 24542). They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1991.

Minutes books of the Bartholomew Club, discussion group.

Minute book of the Benevolent Slop Cutters' Burial Institution.

Records of the Bishopsgate Ward Ratepayers Association, comprising: minute books, 1862-74 (Ms 21144); and rough minute book, 1859-62 (Ms 21145).

Records of the Bouverie Society, a social club for pawnbrokers. The records comprise: rules, 1934 (Ms 22321); minutes, 1801-1948 (Ms 22322); visitors' book, 1935-45 (Ms 22323); miscellaneous papers, 1897-1914 (Ms 22324-5); and photograph albums, late 19th century-early 20th century (Ms 22326).

Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for the British Factory at Lisbon, 1721-1807.

Records of the Antiquarian section of the British Horological Institute, including minutes and papers.

Papers relating to meetings of the Chartered Accountants Students' Society of London.

Records of the Cheap Ward Club, comprising: minute books, 1863-1987 and 1990-2007 (Ms 31625) and miscellaneous loose items, 1863-1938 (Ms 31625A).

Minute book of the City of London Past Sheriffs' Association.

Request of the City of London Temperance Union to the Licensing Justices in Petty Sessions, requesting that the justices should consider the question of the withholding of licences or restricting the opening hours of public houses in the City.

Cash book of the Civil Club social club.

Cripplegate Ward Club records comprising: illuminated address, 1882 (Ms 8313) and correspondence, 1967 (Ms 30669).

Eastern Society of Master Pawnbrokers records comprise: minutes 1813-21, 1824-31 (Ms 22327) and correspondence and other papers, 1821-30 (Ms 22328). They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1987.

Eclectic Book Society minute book.

Farringdon Ward Club records comprising: minute books, 1894-1977 (Ms 14274); and loose papers, 1947-1962 (Ms 14274A).

Fleet Street Choir records comprising programmes, newspaper cuttings, song sheets and related papers.

Friendly Society of Tradesmen records comprising rules and orders, account of subscriptions, a record of attendance and a record of wagers laid by members.

Incorporated Society of London Meat Trades annual report for 1914.

Minute books of the Independent Burial Society.

Board of Directors' minute book for the Journeyman Boot and Shoemakers' Pension Society.

Regimental record book of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster, including lists of members, summary of financial accounts, descriptions of premises, minutes of meetings and letters.

Record book of the London Provincial Assembly, 1647-1660.

Records of The National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS) comprising inspection reports of the churches of St Olave Hart Street, St Mary Abchurch, St Stephen Walbrook, St Bartholomew the Less and St James Garlickhithe.

Records of the Rectifiers' Club comprising: minute book 1819-44 and cash accounts 1820-66; and miscellaneous papers, 1819-47.

The records of the Royal Society of St. George, City of London Branch, comprise minutes of the council 1950-2005 and entertainments committee 1974-1995, and dinner menus 1953-2008.

Income and expenditure accounts for the Vintry and Dowgate Wards Club.

Records of associations, usually associations with some connection to the City of London. The collection includes:
minute book of the HS Club, a Whig political club, 1714-1716;
records of several unidentified clubs including a City of London dining club, 1687-1815;
notices regarding the activities of various clubs and societies, 1838 and 1870;
and minutes of the Metropolitan Contractors and Town Carmen, establishing a provident institution, 1864-1876.

Records of the Butchers' Charitable Institution including Committee minute books; reports; papers relating to the merger with the London Meat Traders' and Drovers' Benevolent Association; annual reports; financial accounts; applications for assistance; registers of annual subscriptions; registers of members; press cuttings; photographs; historical notes and dinner menus.

Some material relating to pensioners or personnel has a 30 year closure period. More recent material is retained by the Institution.

Records of the Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association comprising: minutes, 1886-1975 (Ms 31824); financial records, 1886-1984 (Ms 31825-9); and minute book of the Chartered Accountants' Charities Limited, 1955-64 (Ms 31830).

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from the Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association (contact details may be obtained from staff).

Records of the Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund. The archive comprises: minutes and meetings papers of the Council, annual general meetings and various committees, 1872-1984 (Mss 30585, 30587-94); annual reports and accounts, 1873-1994 (Ms 30586); other financial records, 1934/5 (Ms 30595); correspondence and papers, including papers concerning bequests, 1871-ca 1989 (Ms 30596-609, 616); posters (Ms 30610); and photographs with associated papers, 1959-95 (Ms 30611-15).

Records of Sion Hospital, including minutes, lists of trustees and pensioners, deeds and legal papers, accounts, correspondence, and related items.

Minutes of the trustees of the Colonial and Foreign Banks Guarantee Fund.

Document relating to a legacy bequeathed to the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy by Thomas Turner, president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

Crosby Hall visitors book, c 1833-1837, with minutes and rough accounts of the trustees and committee of the subscribers to the preservation of Crosby Hall, 1833-1835.

Minute book of the Poulterers' Benevolent Institution, 1835-41, also containing articles of the institution.

Minute book of the committee of the Western City Dispensary.

Records of the Westminster Paving Commissioners, comprising assignments and agreements relating to contracts and loans.

Collection of documents relating to local government, including:

• Court book of the Liberty of St Martin le Grand;
  • Papers of Saint Saviour's Workhouse and the Whitechapel Union;
  • Resolution of thanks from the London School Board to the Corporation of London;
  • Tax assessments for the civil parish of Staple Inn and the Liberty of the Rolls;
  • Papers relating to the repair of roads in the parish of Saint Margaret Westminster;
  • Papers of the Tower Hamlets Libraries Department.

Court roll of the manor of Aldbury, Hertfordshire.