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VINTERS {SOLICITORS}
GB 0074 ACC/1757 · Collection · 1886-1903

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising lease and plan for land and messuages, being first house west from Chalk Farm Tavern on north side of the Regent's Park Road [87 Regent's Park Road], 1866; and assignment of remainder of lease for 87 Regent's Park Road to another party, 1903.

Vinters , solicitors
VINTRY WARD
GB 0074 CLC/W/OA · Collection · 1687-1909

Records of Vintry Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise wardmote minutes and accounts. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.

Vintry Ward , Corporation of London
GB 0102 MS 380695 · Created 1959-1987

Correspondence, publications and press cuttings, 1959-1987, collected by Roger Virgoe, relating largely to the University of Khartoum and the political situation in the Sudan in the 1960s. Letters from colleagues and staff at the University describe the lead up to and events of the demonstrations in 1964. Publications include copies of the University of Khartoum Bulletin (1961-1964), reports on educational policy and reform (from 1959), and material relating to Sudanese history and antiquities (including a publication by A. J. Arkell).

Virgoe , Roger , 1932-1996 , historian
VIZARDS {SOLICITORS}
GB 0074 ACC/1465 · Collection · 1856-1893

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.

Vizards , solicitors
GB 0120 PP/MLV · 1895-1988

Papers of Marthe Vogt, relating almost entirely to Vogt's scientific career, 1895-1988. Personal material is found in section A and includes a rare set of publications by her distinguished scientist parents Oskar and Cécile Vogt (A/1/2-4), a bibliography of Oskar Vogt (A/1/1), plus biographical information on Marthe Vogt (A/2) and various certificates of awards presented to her (A/3). Section B chiefly comprises notebooks and other papers relating to her experimental research, from Vogt's Berlin days through to the early 1980s. This research, meticulously recorded by Vogt, formed the background to many of her important and seminal papers in the field of neurotransmitters. The bulk of the collection is formed by Section C; 20 boxes of Vogt's correspondence covering all aspects of her work and career, chiefly from her arrival in Britain in 1935 up until 1988. This has been listed in detail and is arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. Section D is a rather miscellaneous grouping of material relating to various aspects of Vogt's work. It includes papers and lectures on her adrenal research (D/1), lists of those who were sent reprints of her published articles (D/2), some ephemera relating to the Institute of Animal Research at Babraham (D/3), Vogt's University of Berlin doctoral thesis 1929 (D/4/1) and some book reviews written by her between 1952 and 1983 (D/4/2). The photographs comprising Section E include portraits of Vogt's father, mother and sister taken in Germany (E/1), an excellent collection of portraits of Marthe Vogt (E/2) and series documenting her attendance at conferences all over the world (E/4) and her many colleagues-friends and contacts (E/3).

Vogt , Marthe Louise , 1903-2003 , pharmacologist, neurophysiologist and neuropharmacologist
GB 106 9/23 · Fonds · 1870-1930

The collection contains letters and postcards written predominantly by Alice von Cotta to Penelope Lawrence (addressed as 'Dear Nelly'). Some letters to Penelope Lawrence from Frau von Cotta (Alice's mother) and Ilse von Cotta (Alice's younger sister). Penelope Lawrence and Alix von Cotta, went to Newnham College, Cambridge, where in c. 1874 they became friends.

Cotta , Alice von , 1842-1931 , educationalist
GB 0074 O/175 · Collection · 1776-1850

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising lease of 56 Cambridge Street, Pimlico, 23 Feb. 1850 and demise by way of mortgage, of the same house, 6 May 1853.

Vowles and Jessops , solicitors
GB 0074 ACC/0678 · Collection · 1759-1904

Papers, 1759-1904, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising legal documents relating to properties mainly in Ponders End, but also in Enfield and Tottenham. Also declaration relating to debentures, by Frederick William Frier of 16, Eldon Street, City of London, Secretary to the Paternoster Printing Company Limited; notices by Frederick William Frier and William Edwin Frier, that as debenture holders of Paternoster Printing Company Limited they intend to mortgage the works and property at Ponders End; and consent to mortgage the works and property.

Vyvyan Wells and Sons , solicitors
W. H. TOMSETT AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-191 · Collection · 1862

Copy deeds of the sale, in 1903, of the wine and spirit merchant businesses of WH Tomsett and Company and Sinclair, Birch and Company, which were both owned by William Henry Tomsett (died 1903).

W.H. Tomsett and Co , wine and spirit merchants Sinclair, Birch and Co , wine and spirit merchants
W. W. POWNALL AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-193 · Collection · 1895-1898

Letter book of BW Bagenal, agent in Australia of WW Pownall and Company, wine merchants, containing copies of his correspondence with Australian wine producers sent out from his offices in Melbourne. It ends in February 1898, when he was recalled to London.

W.W. Pownall and Company , wine merchants
GB 0074 LMA/4253 · Collection · 1914-1918

Collection comprises photographs of both the ambulance train and the servicemen's hospital in Berkshire showing servicemen and nurses [including Eliza Wakelin]; and two letters regarding Miss Wakelin's health.

Wakelin , Eliza , fl 1914-1918 , nurse
WALBROOK WARD
GB 0074 CLC/W/PA · Collection · 1610-1941

Records 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.

Walbrook Ward , Corporation of London
GB 0074 O/260 · Collection · 1766-1898

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.

Walker, Templer and Thomson , solicitors
GB 0074 CLC/B/207-8 · Collection · 1862-1989

Papers of Wallace Brothers and Company Limited, East India Merchants, bankers and London agents, later known as Wallace Brothers and Company (Holdings) Limited. Most of the records emanate from the core business of the Wallace Brothers partnership and its successors; but some emanate from the business of associated or subsidiary companies which were based in London. The latter include the records of Wyer and Hawke, London agents of Bombay Company Limited, who operated from the London office of Wallace Brothers between 1912 and 1968.

The archive does not hold the papers of Wallace Brothers' associated or subsidiary companies based overseas. No lists of the papers of these companies are held, and their whereabouts and accessibility are unknown. However the archives transferred to Guildhall from Wallace Brothers' London office include a considerable amount of information about the activities of many of these companies, including numerous copy and original documents sent to London by the companies concerned.

Besides papers created or received in the course of business, the Wallace Brothers archives include some memoirs of partners, directors or members of staff, and notes of research into the history of Wallace Brothers and its associates and subsidiaries.

The business papers date from 1862 to 1989, and relate to all aspects of Wallace Brothers' operations, although few banking records are held, and only formal business records survive from the period ca. 1966-1989.

Access is subject to a 45-year closure period (70 years in the case of personnel records). Annual reports and other published documents are not subject to closure.

The associated and subsidiary companies whose activities are known to be reflected in the Wallace Brothers archives are (provisionally) listed below, in the order in which the records will be arranged in the catalogue:

  • Arrancan Company Limited, Burma rice merchants;
    • Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited;
    • subsidiaries and associaties of Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited: Amalgamated Saw Mills Limited, Anamallais Ropeway Company Limited, Bombay Burmah Plantations Limited, East India Rubber Corporation Limited;
    • subsidiaries and associates of East India Rubber Corporation Limited (Bombay-Java Trading Company, Indo-Java Rubber Planting and Trading Company Limited), Joint Timber Company Limited, Thailand, North Borneo Timbers Limited;
    • subsidiaries and associates of North Borneo Timbers Limited (Wallace Bay Limited), Rangoon Mining Company, Sumatra Petroleum Company, Thai Tapioca Limited;
    • Bombay Company Limited;
    • subsidiaries and associates of Bombay Company Limited: BCL Limited, BMD Agency Limited, Dymes and Company, cotton mill owners and oilseed processors, Madras, Karachi Company Limited (formerly the Karachi branch of Bombay Company Limited; established as a separate company in 1952), Lakhshmi Cotton Manufacturing Company, Sholapur, India, Wyer and Hawke, London agents of Bombay Company Limited;
    • Chrestian and Company, mica producers, India;
    • DP Investments Limited;
    • subsidiaries and associates of DP Investments Limited: Development Participations Limited;
    • Glazebrook, Steel and Company Limited, textile manufacturers, Manchester;
    • Hermes Securities Limited;
    • subsidiaries and associates of Hermes Securities Limited: Hermes Credit Corporation Limited;
    • Kerosene Oil Company Limited;
    • Leslie and Anderson Limited;
    • Malaysian Company Limited;
    • Tannadine Company Limited, Sumatra;
    • Wallace and Adam Limited, agricultural equipment importers, Kenya;
    • subsidiaries and associates of Wallace and Adam Limited: Kiu Estate Limited, Ol Pejeta Ranching Company Limited, Pyrita Limited;
    • Wallace and Company, Bombay;
    • Wallace Brothers Developments Limited;
    • Wallace Brothers Finance Limited;
    • Wallace Brothers Nominees Limited;
    • Wallace Evans and Company Limited (known as Wallace Brothers Commodities Limited from 1967).
Wallace Brothers and Company (Holdings) Ltd , East India Merchants, bankers and London agents Wallace Brothers and Co Ltd , East India Merchants, bankers and London agents
GB 0074 CLC/B/207-09 · 1864 - 1977

Records of Wallace Brothers concerning Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; board minutes; annual reports and accounts; agreements; papers relating to shareholders; correspondence; financial records; and papers relating to branches in Rangoon, Moulmein, Bangkok and Borneo.

Bombay Burma Trading Corporation Limited xx Burmah Trading Company Limited
Wallace, William: letter
GB 0096 AL489 · Fonds · [1833]

Letter from Wililam Wallace to Rev George Peacock, Dean of Ely, [1833]. Describing Wallace's part in the introduction of foreign mathematical notation to England and 'the Reformation .... the the Mathematical science in Britain'.

Autograph, with signature. Headed 'First Copy'. Inscribed in another hand: 'Found among Mr Thomas Galloway's papers'.

Wallace , William , 1768-1843 , mathematician
GB 0074 ACC/1026 · Collection · 1876-1878

Papers, 1876-1878, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising assignments of leasehold premises for properties on Osborne Grove, Upper Tollington Park, Stroud Green.

Waller, Neale and Houlston , solicitors
GB 0074 O/289 · Collection · 1797-1879

Papers, 1797-1879, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising leases, a release, an assignment of leasehold, an abstract of title and an extract from a will; relating to properties in Kingsland, Stoke Newington, De Beauvoir Town and Battersea.

Waller, Neale and Houston , solicitors
GB 0120 MSS.4962-4970 · 1860-1898

The collection centres on Wallich's work on biology, particularly marine biology, and his belief that other figures in the field were ignoring or plagiarising his discoveries. As well as his notes, it includes a collection of offprints by Wallich (MS.4969) and a collection of offprints by other scientists, with Wallich's comments (MS.4970).

Wallich , George Charles , 1815-1899 , physician and marine biologist
Walmsley, William
GB 0102 MS 380599 · (1891) 1991

Typescript copy, 1991, by Elizabeth Mardel of journal (1891) of William Walmsley, chronicling his journey to Zanzibar, everyday events, his impressions of customs and life in Zanzibar, including slavery, and his illness. The diary stops a few days before Walmsley's death.

Mardel , Elizabeth , fl 1991 , grandniece of William Walmsley
Walshe Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 301 · 1913-1973

Papers and correspondence, 1913-1973, of Sir Francis Martin Rouse Walshe. Personal and biographical documents and correspondence, 1913-1965, include certificates and documentation about appointments and honours; photograph of Walshe at Queen Square, 1915; papers, 1915-1920, relating to service in Egypt; papers relating to visits to the USA, 1924-1925, 1959, 1965; caricature of Walshe, 1948; letters of congratulation on Walshe's knighthood, 1953; a manuscript biographical note by Walshe prepared for the journal Brain, 1965; letters containing recollections of Walshe sent by colleagues for a memorial volume, 1973. Drafts and manuscripts of publications, speeches and addresses, some heavily revised and with later annotations and comments by Walshe, date from 1918-1972, and, besides scientific papers, include some publishers' contracts; reviews of Walshe's published works, chiefly Critical Studies in Neurology (1948) and Thoughts upon the Equation of Mind with Brain (1953); and Walshe's earliest discussion of 'miraculism' in medicine, published in the Catholic Medical Guardian, 1938. Manuscripts and printed material relating to various controversies in which Walshe was involved as a leading member of the Roman Catholic medical community include lectures on stigmatization; a letter from Walshe on the duties of lay Catholics; printed works on religious matters, 1926-1938; a memorandum, 1965, correspondence, 1960-1966, and various press cuttings and printed matter on contraception. There is various correspondence, 1922-1927, 1940-1973, some of it scientific, including a postcard to Walshe from J S Haldane, 1921, and copies of correspondence between William B Bean and Walshe, 1950-1973.

Walshe , Sir , Francis Martin Rouse , 1885-1973 , Knight , neurologist
GB 0074 ACC/0952 · Collection · 1812-1897

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising a lease for a dwelling house with coach-house, stable and outbuildings with garden and adjoining parcel of land at north west corner of Tottenham Green, 1812, and articles of partnership between Stanley James Secker and Thomas Percy Secker to remain partners in the business of pawnbrokers, jewellers and general salesmen at 555 Green Lanes, Haringay, 1897.

Waltons, Bright and Company , solicitors
GB 0074 PS/WAN · Collection · 1870-1950

Records of Wandsworth Petty Sessional Division, 1870-1950, comprising court minute books; court registers; licensing registers and licensing transfers. Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

Wandsworth Petty Sessional Division
War and Civil Emergencies
GB 0813 POST 56 Series · Series · 1859-1969

This Post class comprises material on how the Post Office operated during wartime and civil emergencies. The greater part of the collection relates to the vital task of maintaining communications, including handling prisoners-of-war mail, censorship and civil defence arrangements during the First World War (1914-1918) and the Second World War (1939-1945). Among the early papers are documents relating to the South African War of 1899-1902 and some nineteenth century notices and field manuals of the Post Office Rifles Association.

Some records have been transferred from POST 14.

No further information available
WARD, Michael (b 1949)
GB 0074 LMA/4282 · Collection · 1980-1986

Papers of Michael Ward, member of the Greater London Council (GLC). The records are representative of the sort of organisations and issues Michael Ward dealt with in his capacity as Chair of the Industry and Employment Committee of the Greater London Council in the 1980s. The files of correspondence, minutes, funding applications and feasibility studies show that the Committee was particularly involved with issuing grants to worthy projects, supporting workers in disputes with employers, assessing the impact of new building developments in London, creating schemes, such as co-operatives, to assist people to work together and ensuring that all Londoners were fairly represented in the workplace.

Michael Ward was also Chair of the Enterprise Board Selection Panel, part of the Greater London Enterprise Board. GLEB was set up in 1982 to intervene and take initiatives to preserve and create long-term jobs for Londoners by regenerating the capital's industrial base. It aimed to discover and develop means of democratising London's economy. This collection contains its memorandum and articles of association together with correspondence, some publications and press releases.

The collection reflects some of the beliefs held by the GLC in general and not just those of the Committees Michael Ward sat on. For example, its enthusiasm for fair trade in Third World countries, the importance of equal opportunities at work and the value of the pedestrian and residential areas in cities

Ward , Michael , b 1949 , member of the Greater London Council
Ware, James (1756-1815)
GB 0120 MSS.5365-5369 & 5428 · 1760s-1780s

Papers of James Ware including notes for lectures on the eye and its disorders, notes on anatomy and mathematics, and a partnership indenture, 1760s-1780s.

Ware , James , 1756-1815 , ophthalmic surgeon
WARE, James (1756-1815)
GB 0100 TH/PP76 · 1810

Volume of shorthand notes attributed to James Ware, the occulist, on a second course on lectures on surgery, delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, 1810.

Ware , James , 1756-1815 , surgeon and occulist
GB 0074 ACC/1089 · Collection · 1813-1922

Papers, 1813-1922, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Harlington, Kentish Town, Islington and Battersea, including leases and releases, assignments, mortgages, conveyances and copies of court rolls.

Warmingtons and Hasties , solicitors
GB 0074 ACC/1745 · Collection · 1930-1942

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.

Warner, Goodman and Streat , solicitors
GB 0098 B/WARREN · Created 1925-1927

Notebooks of Frank Louis Warren made whilst a student at the Royal College of Science (Imperial College), 1925-1927, containing experiments, drawings and tables relating to chemistry and physical chemistry.

Warren , Frank Louis , fl 1925-1967 , chemist
WARREN, Henry (fl 1802-1859)
GB 0100 TH/PP77 · [1802-1803]

Papers of Henry Warren comprising his notes on lectures on anatomy delivered at St Thomas's Hospital by Sir Astley Paston Cooper and Henry Cline, [1802-1803].

Warren , Henry , fl 1802-1859 , surgeon Cooper , Sir , Astley , Paston , 1768-1841 , 1st Baronet , surgeon
Cline , Henry , 1750-1827 , surgeon
WARRENS {SOLICITORS}
GB 0074 LMA/4031 · Collection · 1774-1930

Records of Warrens, solicitors, 1774-1930, comprising letter books (indexed); bill books (indexed); manor books and ledgers.

Warrens , solicitors
GB 0099 KCLMA Warsop · Created [1994]

AFO 1/56, the new officer structure', a manuscript text on changes in the RN officer structure, 1956-1994, with particular reference to Area Flag Officers, written in [1994].

Untitled
GB 0074 ACC/0729 · Collection · 1899

Papers, 1899, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising legal documents relating to the lease of a shop and basement at 4, Spring Bridge Road, Ealing.

Waterhouse and Company , solicitors
GB 0064 WAT · Collection · 1842-1861

Papers of Capt George Alexander Waters, consisting of logs, 1842-1843, and 1852-1861. There are loose letters, 1857-1858, including those from Captain Peel and the officers of the Naval Brigade concerning the Indian Mutiny and a book in Chinese endorsed 'taken from the house three or four miles below Nanking, 26 Aug. 1842', which is a coal-merchant's receipt book.

Waters , George Alexander , 1820-1903 , Captain
GB 0074 ACC/0735 · Collection · 1766-1865

Records of Watney Combe Reid and Company Limited, comprising deeds and documents relating to Victoria Tavern, Willesden Lane, Kilburn, Willesden, 1865; deeds and documents relating to The George Public House, near the Pig Market, Finchley, 1828, 1850; deeds relating to 'The Three Bowls' Public House, Acton, 1796-1810 and deeds and documents relating to The Cock Public House, Kilburn, Willesden, 1766-1800.

Watney Combe Reid and Co Ltd , brewers
GB 0074 ACC/1290 · Collection · 1712-1968

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.

Watney Mann Ltd , brewers
Watson Papers (MS ADD 386)
GB 0103 MS ADD 386 · 1568-1622, 1846-1974

Papers and correspondence, 1846-1974, of David Meredith Seares Watson and his family, largely comprising biographical material and family papers, scientific correspondence, and photographs, also including a few Exchequer receipts, 1568-1622.

Biographical material, 1886-1974, includes Watson's birth certificate, 1886; documentation, including certificates and correspondence, of Watson's career, honours and awards over a period of forty years, including election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, 1922, the award of its Darwin medal, 1942, and the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society, 1965; correspondence about the Directorship of the British Museum (Natural History), 1937; correspondence about the presentation album on his retirement from the Jodrell Chair, 1951; correspondence and papers relating to his final retirement from research, 1965; obituaries, 1973; F R Parrington and T S Westoll's memoir of Watson from Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 1974; an account of Watson's early days and family background by his daughter Janet Vida; recollections by his research assistant Joyce Townsend; Watson's curriculum vita and bibliography.

Family papers include the birth certificate of Watson's father, David, 1846, correspondence with his wife Mary, 1888, and a letter of condolence to Mrs Watson on her husband's death, 1899; diaries of Mary Watson, 1881, 1885; birth certificate of their daughter Constance, 1888, letters from Constance to her brother David Meredith Seares Watson, 1905-1909 and undated; papers relating to Katharine Margarite Watson (née Parker), Watson's wife, including her birth certificate, 1891, marriage certificate, 1917, death certificate, 1969, and various correspondence; papers relating to Watson's daughter Katharine Mary, including letters of congratulation on her birth, 1918, and letters to her parents, 1950, 1955; material relating to Watson's mother's family, including letters of her father Samuel M Seares, 1871, 1879-1882; papers of Charles J B Hutchinson, 1879-1880, who emigrated to Australia after his engagement to Watson's mother was broken off but who remained in correspondence with her aunt, Fanny Rossiter; other Parker family papers, 1929-1972; miscellaneous other personal correspondence, 1896-1965.

Four Exchequer receipts dated 1568, 1580, 1616 and 1622 were found enclosed with a letter to Watson's wife.

Scientific correspondence of Watson, sometimes including photographs of fossil specimens, with leading palaeontologists in Africa, 1947-1953, America, 1915-1964, Australia, 1931-1962, China, 1926-1927, 1935-1964, England, 1913-1914, 1920, 1926-1960, France, 1930-1936, 1945-1956, Germany, Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, 1920-1962, Russia, 1920-1962, and Scandinavia, 1922-1964, and with the palaeontologist Robert Broom, 1911-1950, and Watson's research assistant Joyce Townshend, 1929-1973, also including a few letters from Watson's wife and scientific colleagues, and an obituary of Watson, 1974; correspondence and papers on bones found at Qau, Egypt, 1930-1957, 1972; miscellaneous other palaeontological correspondence, 1912-1967. There are few copies of Watson's outgoing letters before the end of the Second World War.

Photographic material comprises photographs documenting Watson's career, [1912]-1965 and undated, some including colleagues; photographs of scientific colleagues, 1911-1951 and undated, including Watson's predecessor as Professor at University College London, J P Hill, and Robert Broom; album of photographs and signatures presented to Watson, 1951; undated family photographs, including a photograph of Watson as a boy, photographs of members of the Seares and Parker families, and photographs of Watson's wife, Katharine Margarite, and daughter, Katharine Mary; photographs of unidentified fossil specimens.

Royal Society Darwin Medal Award given to Watson, 1942.

Watson , David Meredith Seares , 1886-1973 , palaeontologist
WATSON, Charles (fl 1815)
GB 0074 ACC/0455 · Collection · 1815-1889

Records relating to property ownership, including lease of the Goldsmith's estates in East Acton and leases of premises in Chiswick, Enfield, Heston, Highgate, Sunbury, and Kilburn. Also marriage settlements and lease and release of plantations in Antigua and St Christopher's [St Kitts] with lists of slaves.

Various.
GB 0096 AL386 · Fonds · 1688

Letter from Dorothea Watson of Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire to an unknown female recipient, 24 Sep 1688. Has heard from Mrs Watson of Danby Wiske, [North Riding of Yorkshire], that a servant (a niece of Mrs Watson) was leaving the recipient's service at Martinmas (11 November); asks her 'to answer the queries on the [o]ther side ... and were Master and Mistresses to [be] upon honor, in their character of servants, there woud [so] on be an end of all complaints of bad ones'. Autograph, with signature. Some traces of the questions from the dorse are visible in reverse on the face of the letter.

Watson , Dorothea , fl 1688 , of Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire
WATSON, Edith M
GB 106 6EMW · Fonds · 1995

Note concerning provenance of papers (1995); photocopies of press-cuttings (1995).

Watson , Edith M , fl 1915-1945 , feminist
GB 378 LDGSL/1078 · 1923-1985

Papers relating to the life and work of Janet Vida Watson, 1923-1985, comprising:

Biographical material, including: obituaries of Watson and her own autobiographical notes for her Royal Society personal record, 1985; records of her career, honours and awards, from early childhood, 1923-1985; letters of condolence to John Sutton, many with recollections of Watson, 1985; poems and short stories by Watson (possibly including some by her sister and mother), [1940s]; family and personal correspondence, 1944-1985; photographs of Watson including some from visits to East Germany in connection with the International Geological Correlation Programme, 1923-[1980s].

Thirty-six notebooks covering Watson's research, chiefly in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, from undergraduate research in 1946, through her Ph.D. research in the Scourie area during the late 1940s and the 1950s research in Banffshire and central Rosshire, to her work on the Lewisian granite of the Outer Hebrides from the later 1960s and later work in Orkney during the early 1980s.

Drafts, annotated off-prints and other material relating to Watson's research activities and publications, the bulk of which concerns her work in Scotland during the 1970s, including drafts prepared in the course of compiling a memoir on the geology of the Outer Hebrides in collaboration with the Institute of Geological Sciences; correspondence relating to Watson's scientific research, 1968-1985.

Annotated maps, mostly of the Outer Hebrides, 1960s; maps relating to Watson's PhD research in the Scourie area and work in southern Skye, 1947-1962.

Watson , Janet Vida , 1923-1985 , scientist and geologist
GB 0113 MS-WEBBM · 1903-1924 [lacking 1910-1923]

Webb's letter books compiled whilst a medical student, 1903-1909, containing letters from Webb to her friends, Mrs Annie Lancaster, Mrs Eliza Romiley, and Miss Christabel Cadbury, describing her life as one of the first women students at Birmingham Medical School, including newspaper cuttings regarding Edinburgh University's graduation ceremony, 1907. Webb prefaced each volume with an explanatory note dated 1924.

Webb , Martha Beatrice , 1863-1951 , medical educator
WEEKES, Hampton (1780-1855)
GB 0100 TH/PP78 · 1796-1806, 1890

Letters of the Weekes family, comprising mainly correspondence between Hampton Weekes and his family, 1801-1803, whilst a medical student at St Thomas's Hospital, 1801-1803, detailing his expenses, his training and operations he saw by hospital surgeons, including those by John Chandler, Astley Cooper and Henry Cline; also includes letters from Owen Evans to Mr Weekes, 1796; letter from Mr Brown to Mr Weekes Jnr, 1806; letter from Charles Betham to Miss Weekes from, 1890. Also letter relating to the deposit of the material, 1942.

Weekes , Hampton , 1780-1855 , medical student Weekes , Richard (senior) , 1751-1823 , apothecary and surgeon , father of Hampton Weekes Weekes , Richard (junior) , 1783-1847 , younger brother of Hampton Weekes Weekes , Mary Ann , 1781-1854 , sister of Hampton Weekes Weekes , Grace , 1784-1834 , sister of Hampton Weekes Weekes , Fanny , 1792-1823 , step sister of Hampton Weekes
WELCH, MARGETSON AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/222 · Collection · 1853-1980

Records of Welch, Margetson and Company Limited, menswear manufacturers, including memorandum and articles of association; Board minutes; correspondence; annual reports and accounts; photographs of offices in Australia and of staff at work in offices, shops, factories and laundry; file on products, process and other firms; advertising; catalogues and price lists; papers relating to staff clubs; papers relating to property; and notes on the history of the company.

Welch, Margetson and Co Ltd , menswear manufacturers
Wellcome
GB 0064 WEL · Collection · 1735-1859

Papers collected by Henry Wellcome, comprising fifty volumes and loose papers. The largest group of items is of ships' logs. Those for the Navy include logs for the PRINCESS OF WALES, 1735 to 1737, and ROYAL GEORGE, 1744 to 1759; those for other merchant vessels include the log of the BENSON, on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica, 1782, and of the ESTHER, plying between Whitehaven, Hamburg and Virginia, 1794 to 1795. Of a less official nature is an account of the survival of three members of the crew of the EARL TEMPLE, East India Company ship, wrecked on the Cochin China coast, 1766; also the diary of Richard Joyce who served on board the gun brig RICHMOND, was captured, released and served as a midshipman with the East India Company, 1810 to 1816. Shore-based activities are represented by a 'common place book' kept by John Rolt, a chief clerk in the Navy Office, 1806 to 1809, and by the diaries kept by a member of the St Andrews Waterside Mission, Gravesend, working among the crews of merchant ships, 1887 to 1905. Related to education within the Navy are a handwritten copy of the rules and regulations to be observed by the students of the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, 1816; lecture notes on practical navigation, c 1855; and a notebook on gunnery as taught on the EXCELLENT, 1858 to 1859. The reports include the copy of one in Spanish on an expedition against England by Spain, ca.1588; a report on the slave trade, c 1730; and another on the settlements and slave trade on the Gold Coast, c 1824. There is also a copy of landing instructions for the troops in Egypt, 1801.

Various
GB 0120 GP/28 · 1923-1991

Patient record envelopes (male and female), 1920s-1980s, with brief notes of consultations, from practice in Wellington, Somerset. Prior to 1948 they include details of insurance society of patient.

Victoria Avenue Health Centre
WELLINGTONS {SOLICITORS}
GB 0074 ACC/3092 · Collection · 1845-1954

Papers, 1845-1954, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating the leasing of Whitelands Lodge to the National Society and the sale of the lease in the late 1920s.

Wellingtons , solicitors
WELWYN RESTAURANTS LIMITED
GB 0074 LMA/4453/L · Collection · 1920-1958

Records of Welwyn Restaurants Limited, mainly corporate and financial records dated from the 1920s through to the 1960s; including minute books from directors' meetings, Company registers, seal books and accounts.

Welwyn Restaurants Ltd
Werner, Alice
GB 0102 MS 380393 · Created c1876-1926

Documents and papers, c1876-1926, relating to African languages and folklore, collected by Alice Werner. Includes several postcards to Archibald Tucker, discussing African language folklore.

Werner , Alice , 1859-1935 , linguist