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Records of the London Fire Engine Establishment, including Committee minute books; out-letter book; annual accounts and registers of fires in London, which contain information relating to fires attended by the London Fire Engine Establishment, including date, time of discovery, place, name and profession of occupier, possible cause of fire, details of insurance, who raised the alarm, who put out the fire, which engines attended, and what was damaged.

Financial records from the solicitor's practice of Edward Herbert Burkitt.

Papers of Butterworth and Company (Publishers) Limited, including papers of predecessors, subsidiaries and associated companies as follows:

• Butterworth and Co. (Canada);
• Butterworth and Co. (Australia);
• Butterworth and Co. (New Zealand);
• Butterworth and Co. (India);
• Butterworth and Co. (Overseas);
• Butterworth and Co. (South Africa)(Pty);
• Butterworths Scientific Publications;
• Butterworths Technical Books;
• Charles Bond Ltd;
• Chemindex Ltd;
• Clowes (Wm) and Sons;
• Coke Press;
• R J Acford Ltd;
• Research and Development Ltd;
• Shaw and Sons;
• Butterworth, Inc;

• Justice of the Peace, Ltd.

  All records are on 24 hour call. Access to records post 1965 should be sought from the depositor (contact details available from staff).

Records of Butterworth and Company (Canada) including licence to trade; financial accounts; auditor's reports; sales analysis; correspondence; and recollections of the general manager of the Canadian office, 1911-1957.

Records of Butterworth and Company (South Africa) (Pty) comprising financial accounts (ledgers, journal, cash book).

Papers of William Clowes and Sons, law publishers, including correspondence and agreements with authors.

Financial records of Research and Development Limited, scientific publishers.

Records of Butterworth Incorporated, the American subsidiary of Butterworth and Company (Publishers) Limited, including correspondence and lists of publications.

The records of West European Industries Limited consist of Board minutes, annual reports and accounts and financial material. The records are held offsite and require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of the Dooars Tea Company, comprising papers relating to the foundation and constitution of the company.

Records of the Singlo Tea Company Limited, comprising constitutional documents and minutes of the Board of Directors and annual general meetings. The records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of the Coal Factors' Society, beginning in 1761 and consisting of minutes, attendance books, letter books, rules and regulations, an account of market dues at the Coal Exchange, financial records including ledgers and cash books, factors' day and entry books, factors' and meters' postage books, an alphabetical list of ships giving gross and net tonnage, lists of named ships with total monthly cost to each factor, comparative lists of the highest prices of best house coals taken for each, contracts made with various persons for the supply of barges, beams, weights, a Tilbury signal code book, and newspaper cuttings. There are no records for the period 1790-1831.

The collection also includes a register of names, destinations and owners of ships, and weight of coal shipped from Newcastle, 1702-4, Ms 30689, which had been found amongst the archives of the Coal Factors' Society and Coal Meters' Committee. It predates both bodies and appears to have been collected as a curio.

'Stock books' of an unidentified clock and watch maker, recording manufacturing costs, retail prices and sales of individual clocks, watches and chains; also accounts book recording the costs of components.

Photocopies and microfilm copies of the correspondence of Philip and Bartholomew Corsini, Florentine merchants in London, 1568-1637. Also letters addressed chiefly to Francesco Venturini, merchant and banker, and his partner and successors, in Leghorn [Livorno}, 1663-1708, and to Angiolini and Frangini, merchants, and others, in Florence, 1701-1742.

Original items: only two original documents are held: a letter from Nov 1590 (CLC/B/062/MS22280A) and an insurance policy for a cargo (CLC/B/062/MS22281)

Records of Frederick Huth and Company, merchants and bankers. The material in this archive is incomplete, reflecting primarily the merchant and banking business during the 19th century. The records comprise correspondence and financial material, including some relating to the subsidary businesses in Spain, Chile and Peru.

Records of George White and Company, tea and rubber brokers, comprising ledgers.

Minutes of the British Radio Cabinet Manufacturers Association.

Records of H Barber and Son Limited, salmon and eel merchants, and their subsidiaries including D and J Barber (Eels) Limited; Braddan Fishing Company Limited; Cahill and Young Limited; John T Clark Limited; U C Farmer Limited; A Langley and Company Limited and E F Marchant Limited.

The records of John T Clark Limited, fish factor, comprise financial material only.

Financial records of A Langley and Company Limited, cooked eel merchants.

Records of EF Marchant Limited, fishmongers, including minutes; register of members and shares; and financial accounts.

Records of Fisons (Ceylon) Limited, manufacturer of agricultural chemical products, comprising papers relating to business arrangements with Harrisons and Crosfield Limited.

Records of Sabah Plantations Limited, including articles of association, board minute book, annual reports, correspondence, and loan agreements.

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).

Records of Watney Mann Ltd, 1712-1968, comprising deeds and other legal documents relating to public houses owned by the company, including The Railway Hotel and "The Stag", Acton; "The Angel Hotel", Edmonton; The Park Hotel, Hanwell; "The Waggon and Horses", Tottenham, the Wheatsheaf Brewery, Twickenham and "The Case is Altered", "The Spotted Dog", the Stonebridge Park Hotel and "The Victoria", Willesden.

Papers relating to the estate of Daniel Phillips of Bedfont, 1892-1929, including title deeds, solicitors' bills, trustees papers and bank books; and to the estate of his niece, Mary Elizabeth Phillips of Tottenham, {1792}-1925, including title deeds, letters, inland revenue forms, annual accounts, bank books and household accounts.

Papers of predecessor companies of London Transport. More information regarding each company can be found in the separate sub-fonds entry for that company.

Companies:

Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway

Baker Street And Waterloo Railway

Central London Railway Minutes

Central London Railway Correspondence, Contracts, Reports, Etc.

City And South London Railway

City And South London Railway

Charing Cross, Euston And Hampstead Railway

Earls Court Grounds Limited

Edgware And Hampstead Railway

Great Northern And City Railway

Great Northern Piccadilly And Brompton Railway

Hammersmith And City Railway

Hounslow And Metropolitan Railway

Harrow And Uxbridge Railway

Hammersmith And City Railway

Kingston And London Railway

London Electric Railway

London General Country Services (Buses)

London General Omnibus Company

Lots Road Power House

London Passenger Transport Board

London And Suburban Traction Company (Tramways)

London Transport Board Reports And Accounts

London Transport Executive Files

London United Tramways

Metropolitan And Metropolitan District Joint Railways

Metropolitan And District Electric Traction Company

Metropolitan District Railway

Metropolitan Electric Tramway

Metropolitan And Great Central Joint Railways

Morden Station Garage

Metropolitan And St Johns Wood Railway Company

Metropolitan Tower Construction Company

North Metropolitan Tramways

Railway Equipment And Construction Company

South Metropolitan Electric Tramways

Tramways M.E.T. Omnibus Company

Underground Electric Railways

Union Construction Company

Union Surplus Lands Company

Whitechapel And Bow Railway

Watford Joint Railway Committee - Metropolitan And London North Eastern Railways

Watford And Edgware Railway

Wembley Park Estate Company

Also bus companies comprising:

A1 Bus Company

Acme Pullman Services (Buses)

Alberta Omnibus

Amersham And District Motor Bus And Haulage Company

Associated Omnibus Company

Atlas Omnibus Company

C W Batten And Company Limited (Buses)

Bracklin And Vandy Limited (Buses)

Britannia Traction Company

Brixton Motor Omnibus Company

Bucks Expresses (Buses)

Cambrian Coaching And Goods Transport Limited

Cambrian Landray Coaching Limited

Celtic Omnibus Company

Central Omnibus Company

Chesham And District Bus Company

Cosgrove Omnibus Company

Criterion Omnibus Company

Dangerfield Limited (Buses)

Direct Omnibus Company

District Omnibus Company

Dominion Omnibus Company

East Ham Omnibus Company

Empress Omnibus Company

Fleet Omnibus Company

Florence Omnibus Company

Gearless Motor Omnibus Company

Grafton Omnibus Company

Grangewood Omnibus Company

Green Line Coaches Limited

Haywood And Nowell Limited (Buses)

Horseshoe Traction Company

Invicta Traction Company (Buses)

Jockey Omnibus Company

Lea Valley Omnibus Company

Legion Omnibus Company

London Road Car Company

Lonsdale Omnibus Company

Loveland Omnibus Company

Mcmahon Omnibus Company

Marathon Omnibus Company

Mason Omnibus Company

Metropolitan Steam Omnibus Company

New Central Omnibus Company

Northern Omnibus Company

Nulli Secundus Omnibus Company

Olympic Traction Company

Omnibus Proprietors Limited

Overground Limited (Buses)

Edward Paul Limited (Buses)

Pc Omnibus Company

Priest Brothers (Buses)

Primrose Omnibus Company

Ra Motor Services

Charles Randall Limited (Buses)

Reburn's Motor Services

Shamrock Traction Company

Skylark Motor Coach Company

Silver Star Omnibus Company

Superbus Limited

T And W Omnibus Company

Tottenham Hotspur Omnibus Company

Tower Carriers Limited

Unique Omnibus Company

Victoria Road Car Company

Vivid Omnibus Company

W And P Omnibus Company

Watford Omnibus Company

Wellington Omnibus Company

Western Omnibus Company

White Star Omnibus Company

London And South Coast Transport Limited

National Omnibus And Transport Company

Papers, 1879-1894, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties on Upham Park Road in Chiswick, including letting agreements, correspondence and schedule of deeds.

Records of the Clitherow family, including account books of merchant James Clitherow, 1642-1682, (ref ACC/1360/435-440) giving details of his investment in voyages to the East Indies and elsewhere, his loans to relatives and others, and the deposits of money which he held on their account, as well as his purchase of Boston Manor, New Brentford, in 1670 and other lands.

Papers relating to properties acquired by Christopher Clitherow, including the 1696 exchange of the manors of Nether and Upper Bilsington in Kent with Thomas Rider for Pinners Hall and other property in Austin Friars in the City of London (see ACC/1360/017-019 and ACC/1360/153/1-2); the 1720 sale of the Langham estate (see ACC/1360/444) and a 1723 detailed description and valuation of Boston Manor and other property (ACC/1360/444). Also included are Christopher Clitherow's personal financial accounts.

Papers of James Clitherow {III} relating to the bequest of Martha Heddin of property in Twickenham, Isleworth and Heston. A substantial proportion of the Clitherow papers relate to his activities on behalf of others, together with those of his son Colonel James Clitherow, and also of a few trusts administered by his father, James {II}, grandfather, Christopher, brother Christopher, and nephew, General John Clitherow. For James Clitherow's accounts of the complex Kemeys trust see ACC/1360/666 and ACC/1360/628.

Papers of Colonel James Clitherow {IV} including title deeds of Sir Thomas Ingram's Almshouses in Isleworth (ref ACC/1360/656/1-18), of which Colonel Clitherow was treasurer, being largely responsible for raising a subscription for their repair in 1816. They also include extensive correspondence, accounts, vouchers, and other papers relating to the Royal Westminster Regiment of the Middlesex Militia 1796-1826 (ref ACC/1360/736-778) of which James Clitherow {IV} was Colonel.

Papers of the Reverend William James Stracey-Clitherow. His account books, diary, correspondence and papers relate mainly to affairs in Norfolk, where he was Vicar of Buxton and Rector of Skeyton and Oxnead from 1855 to 1888, as well as managing both his own and his brother's property in Norfolk.

Amongst the Clitherow papers are the letters and telegrams sent by Thomas Gurney to his mother and stepfather while he was serving overseas in the South African War 1901-1902 (ACC/1360/555/1-173) and in the 1st World War 1917-1919 (ACC/1360/556/1-37).

Correspondence and papers of John Bourchier Stracey-Clitherow relating to the management of the Boston Manor estate, including road widening and building schemes, sale of land, and the development of Clitherow Avenue (ACC/1360/523-527).

Papers, 1851-1898, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Harlesden and Willesden, including mortgages, leases and correspondence.

Papers, 1821-1847, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising lease for parcel of ground (measurements and abuttals given) at north west corner of White Conduit Fields, Islington and declaration of trust for the same premises at White Conduit Fields as well as a parcel of land and two messuages on north side of Speldhurst Street, Sandhills, Saint Pancras, both premises owned by George Dawe and Mary Margaret Dawe, of Saint Petersburg; and administration with will annexed of Samuel Serle, late of Brentford, commander in maritime service, East India Company.

Title deeds and property transfer papers relating to the Harman family property in Uxbridge, including the brewery premises and public houses.

Papers concerning the property and estate of Richard Berridge of Bloomsbury, including papers relating to money left to various charities and institutions, and the executorship of Charles Tomkins.

Illuminated address, with list of subscribers, presented to Alderman W.G. Lobjoit, J.P. OBE, in 1923 as a testimonial of his administrative work in the parish of Heston and on the Local and County Councils, 1898-1923; with illuminated address containing the resolution of the Justices of the Peace of the Petty Sessional Division of Brentford expressing appreciation of 30 years 'distinguished service' by the Deputy Chairman, Sir William George Lobjoit, O.B.E., 1937.

Papers, 1834-1937, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Enfield, Finchley, Harrow, Teddington, Hammersmith, Hackney and Camden. Documents include correspondence, papers relating to court proceedings, assignment of leasehold premises, papers relating to the administration of estates and bequests, and mortgages.

Papers, 1856-1893, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Acton, Stanwell and Saint Marylebone, including release, assignment of leasehold premises, marriage settlement, probate of will, covenant for production of deeds and conveyance.

Letters patent for the invention of an 'improved table or article of furniture', granted to William Luck of Mabledon Place, cabinet maker, 1861. Attached: Great Seal of Victoria.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising a conveyance for premises named Kenilworth, Berlin Road, Catford, "recently erected"; previously mortagaged to William Jackson, Sittingbourne, Kent, auctioneer and surveyor and Richard S. Jackson, Greenwich. Considerations paid: £700 from Edwin Underwood, Kenilworth, Berlin Road, Catford, to William Jackson; £200 from Edwin Underwood to Richard Jackson; and £350 from Edwin Underwood to James Watt, Langley Lodge, Bromley Road, Catford, builder; 1901.

Records of Bevington and Sons, 1690-2001, including: partnership agreements, 1837-1946, minutes, 1859-1930, and partnership negotiations; financial records 1803-1949; records relating to types of stock, products and technical processes and innovations, 1879-1946; staff attendance books and photograph album, 1860-1877; records relating to property, 1792-1967; records relating to stock and finance, 1862-1946. Also family correspondence 1690-1837, and publications and articles on the history of the firm. The family correspondence offers insights into business practice, family relationships and domestic concerns, often in a single letter. Correspondents include women in the family, as wives and daughters of the company partners. Accounts for female family members are also represented.

Records of Friary Meux Limited comprising deeds and other legal documents relating to public houses owned by the company, 1837-1934, including premises in Sunbury and Twickenham.

Papers, 1792-1887, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to numbers 102 and 104 (formerly 544) New Oxford Street, including lease, assignments of lease and order of the Metropolitan Board of Works for the Saint Giles District to change the numbers of the houses of William and George Law to 102 and 104 New Oxford Street. Also deeds relating to numbers 185, 186 and 187 High Holborn including leases, conveyances, mortgages and assignments of lease.

Records of the London Fire Brigade Widows and Orphans Fund, including minutes; annual reports; rules; subcription books; cash books; retirement fund accounts; and distress fund accounts.

Papers, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising assignment of lease for 3 rooms forming back portion of ground floor of 133 Fenchurch Street, 1930; agreement for sale and purchase of land and buildings in Park View Road and Southwood Road, Eltham, 1938; agreement regarding 12 greenhouses and other material on land in Park View Road and Southwood Road, New Eltham, 1941; abstract of title for land and buildings in Park View Road and Southwood Road, Eltham, 1942.

Records relating to property on Beak Street and Poland Street, Soho, owned by William Comyns and Sons.

Papers, 1865-1920, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Holloway, Tollington Park and Holly Park, including deed of covenant, mortgages, leases, assignments, sales particulars, letters of administration and plans.

Records of Ferris Brothers Limited, 1900-1955, including letter books containing mainly estimates and related correspondence; work day books recording brief details of work being done, job by job, together with costs; wages books; and plans including Acton High Street, 1919; Acton Hospital, 1935 and Upper Street, Islington, 1935.

Records of the Borough Market Trustees, including a complete sets of minutes and financial records dating from the Market's reconstitution by Act of Parliament in 1755. There are many items concerning the market's property, including deeds and plans, and a good series of twentieth century correspondence illustrating many aspects of the administration of the Market. Much of the material comes from the office of the Clerk to the Trustees of the Market.

The records include: Acts relating to the Borough Market; Histories; Byelaws, instructions to officials and standing orders; register of seals; agendas, minutes and reports; correspondence; newspaper cuttings; agreements, bonds, contracts; Acts of Parliament, legal cases; evidences and reports of Commissions; war-time regulations, insurance, air raid damage.

Financial records including balance sheets, statements of account and statements of receipts and expenditure; ledgers; cash books; day books; banking records; income; expenditure; correspondence and share prospectus.

Property records including the Market site, maintenance of the premises, plans and maps, proposals for new building and extensions, the Market offices, correspondence, other sites and buildings owned by the Trustees, tenants records, and insurance.

Staff records including wages books; Health and Safety at work, including accidents, medical insurance and sick certificates; Income Tax, National Insurance and Superannuation and uniform and clothing.

Records of other bodies relating to the Market including Metropolitan Borough of Southwark; London County Council; other markets. Also printed notices and advertisements; statistics; Benevolent Fund Records and Borough Market Sports Records.

Papers, 1918-1933, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents including agreements, leases, financial charges, mortgages, legal opinions, correspondence and assignments.

Records of Brooks and Studd, auctioneers and estate agents, comprising particulars of freehold and leasehold properties to be sold by private contract:

Numbers 3, 5, 6, 15 Blenheim Road, St John's Wood; Number 6 Marlborough Hill, St Marylebone; Numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 Fulham Place, Paddington; Number 51 Aldridge Road Villas, Westbourne Park; Number 47 Talbot Road, Westbourne Park; Numbers 2, 3 Inverness Terrace, Bishop's Road, Bayswater; Numbers 29, 31, 33, 35, 37 Arundel Gardens, Kensington Park; Numbers 20-23 Edmunds Terrace, Hammersmith; Bloomfield House, Upper Westbourne Terrace, Paddington.

Records of Hornsey Parochial Charities, including Chair's minutes and agendas; Trustees minutes; reports; financial accounts; property registers; rent demands; charity schemes; conveyances; gifts and legacies; correspondence; valuations of investments, and other administrative papers.

Papers, 1868-1913, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to numbers 24, 26, 28, 30 Tranton Road (formerly Francis Road) and numbers 21, 22, 23, 24 Whitstable Street (formerly Prince Street), Bermondsey; including leases, mortgages, assignments of leases, articles of partnerships, conveyances, declarations, abstract of title, covenant to produce deeds and burial certificates.