Records of E D Sassoon and Company Limited including combined register of shares.
Sans titreRecords of E D Sassoon and Company Limited including correspondence files relating to business links and investment in South Africa; and copy judgement.
Sans titreRecords of the National Bank of India including one indexed ledger of government securities, detailing name of account holder, date of loan, amount loaned and loan number and certificates for Henry Chalmers of Shanghai and Frank Elliot of Bush Lane House, Cannon Street, London authorising the Manager, Sub-Manager and Accountant of the Calcutta Branch of the National Bank of India to act on their behalf if necessary. Both signed by the appointees and Clerks of the bank.
Sans titreRecords of the P & O Banking Corporation including records created at the foundation of the company, records and reports of the annual meetings of the company, and records dealing with the liquidation of the Corporation.
Sans titreRecords of P & O Banking Corporation including the legal files of the bank (under the responsibility of the General Manager) and files on the liquidation of the Corporation.
Sans titreRecords of P & O Banking Corporation including legal documents of corporate clients, and signature registers of individual account holders. Does not include detailed customer financial information.
Sans titreRecords of P & O Banking Corporation including regulations and legal agreements. These contain no information on individual staff except signatures (apart from R Douglas Butterfield's file).
Sans titreRecords of Standard Chartered Bank Limited including Corporate Development Department correspondence, memos, draft agreements, Wallace Brothers balance sheets and company structures concerning acquisition of Wallace Brothers and Company (Holdings) Limited.
Records of Business Archives Council survey of historical records of the bank and predecessors including lists correspondence and records on premises and historical records held.
Sans titreRecords of Standard Bank Ghana Limited including inward and outward letter books.
Sans titreRecords of Standard Bank of South Africa Limited including the first Memorandum and Articles of Association and Reports and Accounts for 1969
Sans titreState Assurance Company Limited records comprise share records 1891-1955 (Mss 16255, 16257-8), minutes 1891-1944 (Ms 16259) and miscellaneous papers 1917-29 (Ms 16256).
Sans titreMinutes of the United British Insurance Company Limited.
Sans titreRecords of Guinness, Mahon and Company, mainly comprising correspondence between partners, but there are also memorandum and articles of association, 1956-1966 (Ms 38588); agreements and related papers, 1856-1893 (Ms 38589); board minutes and interim accounts, 1966-8 (Ms 38590); and papers relating to the Guinness family, 1924-69 (Ms 38612).
Henry Samuel Howard Guinness (1888-1975), usually referred to in the papers as "S.G.", was a director of Guinness and Mahon Limited, Dublin, and a senior partner in Guinness, Mahon and Company, London. It appears that he wrote many of the notes on the history of the firm and the Guinness family which can be found in this collection. Some of the bundles and files of papers may also have been compiled by him.
Sans titreRecords of Harcros Investment Trust Limited, including articles of association; board minutes; annual reports; circulars to shareholders; correspondence; papers relating to the acquisition by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited and papers relating to estates owned by the Rubber Plantations Investment Trust.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sans titreRecords of Standard Bank of South Africa Limited including Code of Employment Practice.
Sans titreRecords of Standard Bank Finance and Development Corporation Limited including the founding Memorandum and Articles of Association for the Corporation.
Sans titreRecords of Standard Bank of West Africa Limited including the Annual Report for 1973.
Sans titreRecords of Wills, Faber and Dumas Limited comprising sea casualty books, 1916-20 and 1930-50; and a register of claims, 1932-54.
Sans titreMinute book of the Associated Fire Insurers (Government Commodities) Management Committee.
Sans titreRecords of Rubber Securities Limited, investment company, including articles of association, minutes of meetings, annual reports, circulars to shareholders, papers relating to the acquisition of the Company and statement of investment holdings.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sans titreRecords of T.R.S. Company Limited, investment company, comprising articles of association and annual report and accounts.
Sans titreRecords of Assam and African Investments Limited, including annual reports and financial records.
Sans titreLetters to C. S. Knight, insurance broker, concerning membership of a syndicate of Lloyd's of London underwriters.
Sans titreGeneral foreign out-letter book of Heckscher and Pearson, commission merchants and underwriters.
Sans titreDraft deed of settlement establishing the Wellington Reversionary Annuity and Life Assurance Society; with papers relating to the sale of all their assets, policies, and property to the India and London Life Assurance Company.
Sans titreRecords of Aldersgate Ward, Corporation of London, comprising minutes and accounts, rate assessments, presentments, precepts, beadles' circuit books, coal ticket books, petitions, and inquest papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Sans titreRecords of the Broad Street Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise wardmote minutes, accounts, rate assessments, presentments at inquests and details of officers, and other administrative papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Sans titreThese records are exclusively for the part of Cripplegate Ward lying inside the City wall. The records comprise wardmote minutes, accounts and rate assessments. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Sans titreRecords of Farringdon Without Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise minutes and accounts, rate assessments and inhabitants lists, inquest and legal papers, title deeds and other administrative papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Sans titreRecords of the Porksoken Ward, City of London. The records comprise minutes and accounts, rate assessments and poll books, records of the volunteer association, rent roll and other administrative and legal papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Sans titreRecords of the Walbrook Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise Wardmote minutes and accounts, rate assessments and inhabitants lists, precepts and other administrative papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Sans titreRecords of the Diocese of London, 1467-1976, held at the London Metropolitan Archives include:
papers relating to tithes (maps, apportionments, altered apportionments, certificates of capital value, awards of exchange, redemption certificates).
Records of the Diocese of London, 1306-1996, (held at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section but currently accessible through the LMA) include:
Estate records for property and manors in the City of London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex, Westminster and Worcester.
Also papers relating to the Bishop of London's jurisdiction overseas. The Bishop of London was held to exercise responsibility for Anglican churches overseas where no other bishop had been appointed. He retained responsibility for churches in northern and central Europe until 1980, but his jurisdiction in southern Europe ceased in 1842 on the creation of the diocese of Gibraltar. In 1980, the Bishop of London divested himself of all overseas jurisdiction and a new diocese of 'Gibraltar in Europe' was established. Records include:-
Records of the Parish of Saint Giles, South Mimms, including registers of baptisms, banns, marriages, confirmations and burials; registers of services; papers relating to the benefice and tithes; Churchwarden's accounts, inventories and papers relating to the maintenance of the church building; Vestry meeting minutes; papers of the Overseers of the Poor including accounts, grants to the poor, settlement certificates and papers regarding the workhouse; minutes, accounts and correspondence of the Surveyors of Highways; papers of parish charities; papers of the South Mimms Church of England School; enclosure award for South Mimms; photographs of the church; minutes of the Parochial Church Council; papers relating to the maintenance of the church, church hall, vicarage and churchyard; and maps of parish boundaries.
Sans titreRecords of the Parish of St John the Evangelist, Stanmore, including registers of baptisms, confirmations, banns of marriage, marriages, and burials; papers relating to the consecration of the new church; papers relating to tithes; Churchwardens' records including accounts, endowments and papers relating to the maintenance of the church, church fabric and churchyard; Vestry meeting orders and minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes, reports and accounts; minutes and papers of various church committees; papers of the Overseers of the Poor including accounts, settlement orders, and apprenticeship orders; accounts of the Surveyors of the Highways; papers of church societies including the choir, Cricket Clubs, Church Lad's Brigade, Knitting Guild, Mother's Union, Friends of the Parish Church of St John and Saint John's Fellowship, Women's Fellowship and Junior Church; papers of various parish charities; papers relating to the National School; Great Stanmore Enclosure award and map; drawings, prints and photographs; parish magazines; and printed items including history and orders of service.
Covering dates of parish registers: Christenings 1559-1911; Marriages 1599-1989; Burials 1599-1934.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Holy Trinity, Winchmore Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, banns of marriage, church services; Parochial Church Council and Vestry meetings minutes; and Fund Raising and Appeal Committee minutes.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Mary, Hayes, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; papers relating to fees, tithes and endowments; Churchwardens' papers regarding the maintenance of the church fabric and church finances; Parochial Church Council minutes; papers of parish charities; papers of the church bell ringers and maps.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Mary the Virgin, Perivale, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, graves and church services; Vestry minute book; Parochial Church Council minute books; plans of churchyard showing graves; Perivale Committee minute books; annual reports; newsletters and parish magazines; faculties; papers relating to tithes.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Matthew, Ashford, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations, banns of marriage, and church services; Preachers' books; papers relating to parish boundaries and transfers; papers relating to tithes; Churchwardens' accounts; papers relating to parish charities; maps of the parish. Also architects' drawings and plans for Saint Matthew's Church, Saint Matthew's Churchyard and Saint Hilda's Church; and correspondence and Vestry minutes for Saint Benedict's Mission Church.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of St Mary Magdalene, Littleton, Surrey, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage, confirmation and church services; papers relating to the benefice and tithes; papers relating to church buildings including faculties, correspondence, plans and drawings and church inspection reports; papers relating to Saint John's Mission Hall including deeds and plans; Churchwardens' financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; Overseers of the Poor rate books; and a history of the church.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Luke, Hornsey, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations; church service registers; correspondence and papers of the incumbent; papers relating to the appointment of church personnel; papers relating to parish boundaries including plans; papers relating to the benefice and tithes; material regarding the church building including faculties, plans, drawings, contracts and specifications, reports and surveys; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; parish magazines and photographs.
Sans titrePremises records for Whitbread and Company Limited, brewers, including various title deeds and documentation for property owned by Whitbread and Company, ledgers detailing property, rents, repairs and valuations, papers relating to the North Brewery Project and plans of Company premises organised by region.
Sans titreRecords of Forest Hill Brewery Company Limited, including corporate minutes and registers, share certificates, accounts, trade books and property ledgers.
Sans titreAcademic paper written by Wendy Ironmonger that was submitted to and won the Chartered Insurance Institute Morgan Owen Medal Competition in 1986.
Sans titreClippings of obituaries for Mr Alastair Ross Goobey, pensions fund manager, from various national newspapers, and photographs of Goobey and other attendees at the inaugural Ross Goobey lecture at The Cass Business School.
Sans titreRecords of the Society of Pension Consultants, comprising minutes, agendas, reports and correspondence from various committees; secretary's files; documents concerning membership; published reports and surveys.
Sans titreRecords of Saint James's United Reformed Church, Heather Walk, Edgware. The collection includes minutes of the court of session 1933-1972, elders meetings 1972-2000, committee of management 1933-2001, church meetings 1972-2001 and youth and teachers meetings 1933-1952; baptism register 1933-2001, marriage registers 1948 to 1975 and communicant rolls 1933-1998, appointed persons certificates 1946-1987 and records relating to appointment and ministry of Reverend Geoffrey Holland Williams MA; correspondence, plans and sound recordings relating to new church hall 1950, correspondence, plans and specifications relating to extension of vestry block 1953, correspondence and statements relating to purchase, sale and letting of manse 1986-2000; collection books 1933-1987 and account sheets 1949-1993; annual reports 1933-1949, yearbooks 1951-2001, newsletters 1935-1962, fellowship of youth newsletters 1950-1964 and church magazines 1963-2000; silver jubilee celebratory booklet 1958 and various orders of service commemorating significant milestones within the church's history.
Sans titreRecords of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. The collection has large gaps in the records. However, most of the material contains valuable details on engineers who were members of the union, and on those receiving benefits, for reasons including illness, accidents and deaths.
Sans titreRecords of Valentine Charles (Holdings) Ltd, wine merchants, including directors' meeting minute books; board meeting minute books; combined register of directors, shares and members; and share certificate books including preference shares, ordinary shares and fully paid shares.
Sans titreRecords of Victoria Wine Company Limited, including directors' meetings minute books; agenda books; minutes of Divisonal Management meetings; minutes of Ordinary General Meetings, shareholders meetings and Extraordinary General Meetings; registers of members, directors, secretaries, transfers and annual returns; seal books; registers of shareholders; memorandum and article of association for Victoria Wine Company Limited; annual returns; financial accounts.
Records relating to associated companies including memorandum and articles of association for GEVSO Limited; report of directors for Valentine Charles Limited; financial accounts of Aylward and Sons Limited and financial accounts of Silk and Son Limited.
Also papers relating to the transfer of property between associated companies, including Ind Coope to Victoria Wine-Tyler.
Sans titreRecords of P G Ward and Company Limited, comprising register of members and shares; certificate of incorporation; share certificates and change of director and company situation forms.
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