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Papers, 1923-1961, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising conveyances, leases and deeds relating to premises at Number 46, High Street, Yiewsley.

Papers, 1812-1888, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Laleham, including the premises known as The Priory.

Papers, 1787-1811, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to Edwin Payne [Paine], the Holbrook family and their lease of Church Farm, Tottenham; and to properties and enclosures in Hounslow including 'Church Meadow', Bath Road.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising the marriage settlement and related documents of John Powell of Clapton House, Hackney, and his bride Frances Irby, daughter of Reverend Paul Irby of Cottisbrooke, Northants, 1850-1908; lease for 1 Lancaster Avenue, Enfield, 1909, and agreement of Randal, Earl of Berkeley to sell part of the Cranford Park Estate in Cranford, Harlington and Hayes, 1931.

Records of the Wetherall family relating to their Castlebar and Castle Hill estates in Ealing, including leases, conveyances, abstracts of title, agreements, plans of the estate, and papers relating to a Chancery case regarding part of the estate.

Plan of the ancient enclosures, open and commonable fields, common marshes, and lammas grounds, chase allotments and other commonable and waste lands within the parish of Enfield, 1804; and ordnance map of Enfield, 1866.

Papers, 1621-1927, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties Ashford; Hendon; Heston; Hounslow, including Lampton Park Estate; Isleworth; Laleham; Paddington; Staines, including property belonging to the Dean and Canons of St. George's Chapel, Windsor; Stanwell including the Crooked Billet Estate; Sunbury. Also papers of the Fenton family. Includes copies from court rolls, depositions, leases and releases, conveyances, mortgages and wills.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising a lease and release, 1789, for a dwelling house with orchard and garden at Roxey Green, Ruxbourgh, Harrow; a lease and release, 1809, for the same premises with two pieces of ground and one adjoining house, and a conveyance, 1841 for the same premises.

Records of the Newdigate [later Newdegate] family relating to their manors of Harefield, Moorhall and Brackenbury, including court rolls, rentals and rent rolls, lists of tenants, surveys, financial accounts, surveys, maps and plans, and legal case papers (cases in Chancery and Common Pleas). Also papers regarding a visit to Harefield by Queen Elizabeth I in 1602; election diary of Sir Roger Newdigate, MP for Middlesex 1741-47; papers relating to the lecturer's house at Uxbridge; papers relating to the Uxbridge Yeomanry, captained by Charles Newdigate; and papers relating to Harefield Church. Also some papers relating to family property in Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Hampton, Ickenham and Hillingdon.

Papers, 1923-1964, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising printed sales particulars for properties throughout London and the surrounding counties.

Receipts for various taxes paid in Middlesex, 1566-1724; also certificate by Lord Berkeley that he has examined the accounts of John Billington, Chief Bailiff and Clerk of the Peace in the Tower Liberty, 1762; printed list of members of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, 1783 and letter from Sir Robert Peel concerning his intention to offer himself as a candidate for the County of Middlesex, 1832.

Records of Topsfield Manor, Crouch End, Hornsey, including court book, 1683-1885, including tenants names and steward's notes; plan of the manor house, gardens, out buildings, demesne lands and fields, 1781; conveyance of the manor and lordship of Topsfield Hall, 1855 and particulars of sale for the Harringay Arms and other premises in Crouch Hill and Crouch End Broadway.

Records of George Clement relating to property in Teddington.

Records of Charles Johnston, businessman, including property transactions, probates and administrations; papers relating to Johnston's marriage settlement; correspondence; financial accounts; sales catalogues; papers relating to charities in Cheshunt; papers regarding Johnston's insanity and his financial affairs; letters to Johnston in his capacity as the chairman of the English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank; papers of the New Granada Company including annual reports, prospectus, correspondence, shares and papers relating to liquidation.

Also papers of Edmund Johnston including property transactions, financial records and papers relating to his estate.

Records of the Metropolitan Railway Company, including minutes of Board meetings; General meetings; Finance Committee meetings; Electric Traction Committee meetings; Law and Lands Committee; Parliamentary, Law and Lands Committee meetings; Stores Committee meetings; Traffic Committee meetings; Officer's Monthly Conferences; reports; agreements; registers of accidents and special occurrences; guard books of circulars; books of diagrams; instructions to signalmen; petitions from users of the line; papers of the General Manager relating to various matters including construction of stations and line improvements, daily operations and personnel management; and publications.

Records of solicitors Guillaume and Sons comprising letter books, client ledgers, day and cash books and client deeds relating to properties in Nightingale Road, Hampton on Thames, including conveyances and mortgages.

Papers, 1888-1934, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Burnaby Gardens, Chiswick, including leases, assignments of leases and an assent to bequest.

Papers, 1859-1938, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Edmonton, Enfield, Harrow, Hornsey, Isleworth, Kensington and Willesden, including leases, conveyances, mortgages, abstracts of title, solicitor's correspondence, insurance policies and agreements.

Papers, 1806-1899, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Chiswick and Pinner; and papers of the Sadler family. Papers include copies of court rolls, deeds of covenants, releases and probate of wills.

Papers, 1845-1866, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Harrow on the Hill, including copies of court rolls from the Manor of Harrow Rectory, mortgages, papers relating to wills, deeds of covenant, and sales particulars.

Documents received from Altergo Limited, computer consultants, comprising a lease for a messuage known as "Witham House" on east side of London Road, Harrow on the Hill, with garden in front and at rear, 1887; a bond stating that George Chapman Briggs M.D. of Gothic House, Harrow, will pay George Tonge of 25 Brunswick Place, Brighton, Sussex, £504. 17s. 6d, 1891; and a deed of dissolution of partnership, assigning William and Arthur Hurley of 19 Windsor Road, Palmers Green a share and interest in business of wholesale label and tag makers, general printers, lithographers and manufacturing stationers at No. 7 Fann Street, City of London, including use of firm name of Sutcliffe and Hurley, 1912.

Papers, 1884-1967, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Ealing, Edmonton, Hanwell, Harrow Weald and Willesden; including mortgages, leases, agreements, abstracts of title, conveyances, Land Registry searches and probates of wills.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising an agreement settling a dispute as to boundary line dividing plot of land no. 22, owned by Edwin Brier Woodford, from plot no. 21, owned by George Allen Aylwin, on Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, 1904; and assignment of debt of £36 15s. 3d. due to George Slark from Cuthbert Coates Smith and Bernard Edgar Aylwin, carrying on business as motor boat manufacturers under style of The Vaal Motor and Launch Company at Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, 1905.

Papers of Parnel Seaton, including letters, receipts for payments, assessments for tax on houses, servants, carriages, horses, dogs, hair powder and armorial bearnings, and certificates of assessments for property in Twickenham.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Hounslow and Staines, including mortgages, leases and conveyances. Also probate of will of John Edwards of Hampstead, 1783; administration of will of Edmund Fleming Akers of Acton, 1818, and administration of will of Edmund Akers' widow Frances, 1841.

Papers, 1704-1909, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Hampton, Bethnal Green, Saint Pancras, Saint George Hanover Square, Saint Andrew Holborn, City Of London and Rotherhithe including copies of court rolls, leases and releases, conveyances, deeds of covenant, sales particulars, probates of wills, plans, abstracts of title and agreements.

Papers of Charles Douglas Singer and connected families the Courtenays and the Harrisons. Documents include wills, agreements, court orders, rentals and insurance policies and relate to premises in Ireland, Blackheath, Enfield and Knightsbridge.

Papers, 1840-1862, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising abstract of title, a mortgage and associated correspondence for Number 27 Wolsey Terrace, Kentish Town, and abstract of title of Brentford Union Board of Guardians to parish workhouse and adjoining land in Twickenham.

Papers, 1648-1671, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Hayes, comprising 2 bargain and sales, a mortgage and an indenture of a fine.

Papers, 1878-1970, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Acton, Hornsey and Willesden, including leases, specifications for repairs, receipts, notes on the condition of premises, conveyances, mortgages and abstract of title.

Papers, 1869-1903, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Deptford, Lambeth and Paddington including assignments, abstract of title, and sales particulars.

Survey of Enfield Chase showing the boundaries and the various land holdings. Made by order of the Duchy of Lancaster in pursuance of an Act for Dividing the Chase of Enfield. 1776.

Papers, 1881-1914, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties owned by the Knightley family, particularly Thomas Edward Knightley, in Poplar, Norton Folgate (a street in the City of London), Finsbury, Tulse Hill and Tottenham.

Papers, 1607-1806, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to estates in Mile End owned by Magdalene College, Cambridge, including leases, assignments of leases, probate copy of wills and asbstract of title of John Groome to the estates.

Papers, 1935-1949, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising abstract of title of Arthur Whittingham to numbers 1, 3, 5 and 7 Fulbrook Road, Upper Holloway, 1935; agreement for tenancy of 404 Church Street, Bush Hill, 1940 and schedule of deeds and papers relating to Church Street.

Papers, collected by the building society in the course of their work, comprising Land Registry certificate of charge on leasehold property, 21 Ackroyd Road, Honor Oak Park, 1935; legal charge between Charles Alfred Chappell of 21 Ackroyd Road, Honor Oak Park, postman, and the Liverpool Investment Building Society, 67 Lord Street, Liverpool, 1935.

Records of the Prudential Assurance Company relating to property, 1882-1947, including draft and copy deeds, abstracts of title, agreements, contracts, plans, correspondence and other papers regarding ground rents in Croydon, Westminster, Holborn, City of London, Teddington, Winchmore HIll, Tooting, Fulham, Muswell Hill, Hornsey and Richmond.

Records of the Stooks family relating to their estates in England, Canada and Gibraltar.

Records of Edmonton Petty Sessional Division, comprising minutes of summary proceedings held at Watch House and Angel Inn, Edmonton, 2 Jan 1837 - 21 Dec 1838. Cases heard include felonies, assault, larceny, highway offences, retailing beer etc. without licence, obstruction, injury to property etc. Volume records detailed statements by witnesses, statutes governing cases, outcome of each case. At rear of volume is a summary of cases heard with details of fines etc. Name index at front of volume. Volume also includes records of medical prescriptions prepared for named persons, January 1859.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising admission of John Durham, junior of 10 Great James Street, Bedford Row, as solicitor in court of Chancery, 8 May 1863, signed by John Romilly, Master of the Rolls; admission of John Durham as solicitor in Court of Queen's Bench, 8 May 1863. Also leases for 108 Stroud Green Road (formerly called Osborne House), Hornsey, 1887 and 1895.

Papers, 1900-1925, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Tottenham, Stoke Newington, and Chiswick, including leases, agreements, correspondence, mortgages and deed of covenant.

Papers, 1835-1881, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Commercial Road, Mile End and Stepney, including leases, assignments of leases, mortgages, covenant for production of deeds and notices.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising probate of will of Anne Aleyn of Harefield, widow, 1724; papers arising out of Chancery Suit regarding a share in the Shadwell Waterworks Company formerly belong to Robert Bodington, including drafts, correspondence, genealogical notes and involving such families as Pitfield and Bathurst, also giving some account of the history of the company and early shareholders, 1740-1866; documents arising out of trusts under will of Dr Daniel Tuke of Lyndon Lodge, Hanwell, 1924-1934; conveyance and mortgages for West End Farm Estate, Pinner, 1914; mortgages and conveyance for number 2 Palmerston Road, Twickenham, 1929 and 1958; draft wills of Miss Sibyl Thesiger, 1931-1947.

Records of the Southwark Diocesan Council for Wel-Care and associated organisations, 1895-1985. Records of the Southwark Diocesan Council for Welcare, 1895-1972, including Diocesan Council minutes, Finance Committee minutes, Executive Committee minutes, and minutes of the Rochester Diocesan Association of the Care of Friendless Girls.

Records of the Diocesan Office, 1895-1982, including policy and information files relating to illegitimate children, juvenile offenders, the mentally handicapped, sexual offences, ethnic minorities, mother and baby homes, housing, moral welfare work and the social services; files relating to finance and organisation including cooperation with other voluntary agencies and annual reports of local associations; and files relating to the employment and training of staff.

Ledger of the London and Southwark Diocesan Moral Education Committee, 1957-1958. Committee minutes and admission and discharge register of the Diocesan Medical Home, 1909-1935. Records of the Stretton House Diocesan Maternity Home, 1918-1977, including minutes of annual meetings and Committee meetings, annual reports, registers, day books, financial accounts and job applications.

Records of the South London Association for the Moral Welfare of Children, 1914-1950, including Committee minutes, annual reports and correspondence.

Records of local associations, 1895-1985, including Greenwich Association, Lambeth Association, Lewisham Association, Southwark and Camberwell Association and Wandsworth Association. Records include annual reports, financial accounts, Committee meeting minutes, Annual meeting minutes, case files, registers, adoption files, correspondence and administrative papers.

Also the Southwark Diocesan Council for Welcare reference collection, 1920-1982, comprising books and pamphlets on various subjects, including abortion, contraception, mother and baby homes, adoption, fostering, one parent families, child care, housing, social security, juvenile offenders, ethnic minorities, moral welfare work, social work, psychiatry, and the position of the Church of England on these issues.

Sales records of Courage and Company Limited, including Sales Committee minutes; trading figures; trade books; records of supplies; prices and charges; records of beer bought and sold; records of beer recieved; purchase and adjustment account papers; sales summaries; delivery records; licences, agreements and contracts.

Papers, 1891-1955, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in County Street (formerly Adam Street), Newington, in the borough of Southwark; including conveyances, leases, plans, licences, abstract of title and schedules of deeds.

The collection contains minutes of the NUTC and the LUTC from their foundation to the 1950's. Files date from the 1940's to 1984. It also contains a minute book of the Sunday Closing Special Campaign Committee (SCSCC) which transferred its work to the NUTC in 1903 (this Committee may have been appointed by the NUTC). The secretary of the NUTC (and LUTC) also served as one of the two general secretaries on the SCSCC. A minute book of the Free Churches Pledge Signing Campaign Committee (FCPSCC) appears in the collection. This committee was dissolved in 1911. Representatives of the NUTC and LUTC attended meetings which were held in Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street, and in 1911 the secretary of the NUTC and LUTC was also secretary of the FCPSCC.

A minute book of the Society of Cogers appears in the collection probably because an NUTC member, H. Weightman (later NUTC secretary and treasurer), was acting secretary of the society c.1919.

The recording of financial income and expenditure into ledgers was not always done. A number of blank ledgers deposited suggest the aim of entering such information, but it was never achieved. An almost complete set of audited, annual summary accounts from 1911 to 1975 provide the bulk of information on finance.

The papers of Abbott, Clayton and Morris consist of the business and family records of two generations and form one of the earliest and largest extant collections of Stuart-era financial records. There are also related records of Sir George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem (1648-1689), a close personal friend of Robert Clayton. (Clayton was appointed by Jeffreys as a trustee of his family settlement drawn up in 1689.) Jeffreys was Common Serjeant (1671-1678) and Recorder of London (1678-1680).

Papers, 1892-1963, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Chelsea and Harrow; including leases, mortgages, conveyances and building agreements.

Personal papers of Sir Alexander Young Spearman of Hanwell, including marriage settlement and related papers; appointment of trust funds; will and related papers; some papers relating to the Bracken family; and documents relating to property in Grosvenor Place, Mayfair and Hanwell.