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Papers of Eleanor Davies-Colley, 1932, comprising a letter of reference by Davies-Colley, written on the headed paper of 16 Harley Street, 23 Mar 1932. Recommending Sister Perry, who worked at the South London Hospital for Women, 1929-1930. Including a note by Perry.

Papers of Allen Thomson, 1829-1877, comprising a manuscript copy of Thomson's first paper delivered to the Medical Society, titled On the foundation of the egg and the evolution of the chick, c 1829; a volume of manuscript notes, titled Synopsis of Lectures on Physiology; Session 1842-1843 by Allen Thomson; copied from the boards by James Keith; synopsis of 95 physiology lectures by Thomson, taken by D R Haldane, 1844-1845; volume titled Capacity of Crania; Bulk of Skulls, c 1850-1877, including measurements, notes and lists; travel journal kept by Thompson whilst abroad with his father in 1833, including visits to London, Rotterdam, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France. Containing his 'passport' signed by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh; manuscript notes from lectures on animal electricity given to Professor William Thomson's class, 29 Mar 1851, and notes on animal motion given to Dr A Buchanan's [?] class, Apr 1850; manuscript notes on 'electrical fishes', c 1853; manuscript notes of 19 lectures on comparative anatomy of the nervous system [May-Jul 1857]; manuscript notes of 12 lectures on the comparative anatomy of the organs of nutrition in Vertebrata, [May-Jul 1858]; manuscript notes of 15 lectures on the development and comparative anatomy of the brain, [May-Jul 1862]; manuscript notes of 'a few remarks made upon specimens of skulls exhibited at a conversazione of Philos. and Eng. Societies in Queen's Rooms on 11th Feb. 1863. Illustrating the relations between the head of man and that of animals'; manuscript notes of lectures on the nervous system, [1864]; manuscript notes on the nervous system, c 1857-1865; manuscript 'notes and tables connected with the races of mankind'; manuscript 'tables of the animal kingdon and races of man'.

The correspondence, papers and diaries of Sir Charles Blagden. Blagden's papers are interesting on several levels, generally for his close contact with European men of learning, and his relationship with Sir Joseph Banks. Blagden's professional researches are represented by medical notes in the boxed sequence. These are grouped with papers on other subject interests, including linguistics, e.g. a draft Tahitian-English dictionary, compiled from conversations with Omai, whom Blagden inoculated after Omai's voyage to England with James Cook. Blagden's interest in antiquities and travel is documented by diary entries, as is his intercourse with fellow scientists, particularly those associated with the founding of the Royal Institution.

Papers of Hugh Robert Mill including manuscript and printed papers relating to Antarctic whaling expeditions; collection of approximately 200 letters to Mill from officers of the Royal Geographical Society chiefly concerning the affairs of the RGS, 1847-1944; collection of approximately 800 letters to Mill from geographers, travellers cartographers and others, 1833-1944; 'Daily Doings', two volumes, 1861-1919 and 1920-1945, which briefly record the events of each day, contain lists of Mill's published works and the appointments he held, and are indexed by personal and place names.

Diaries of Sir Keith George Jackson, 1868-1916, which include records of some long periods of residence in Argentina as an estancia owner. Also includes some periods of residence in England and Canada. One of the volumes contains photographs of Jackson with companions.

Papers, 1924-c1958, of James Philip Mills, comprising correspondence, diaries, reports, lecture notes and articles, relating to his experiences in North East India, and his later teaching and research on the area.

Archives of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), 1903-2000, comprising Charter of Incorporation, 1916, and other documents relating to the development of the School, 1903-1947, including Interim Report & Appendices Regarding Proposed School of Oriental & African Languages in London, 1911; minutes of the Governing Body, 1913-2000, and principal Committees, 1916-2000; appointments of Directors and Secretaries; Grant of Charter of Arms; School Development Policies, 1945-1990s, and papers relating to the Bloomsbury site, 1944-1945; general correspondence, 1916-2000; staff records, 1916-2000; student records, 1916-2000, and course files, 1970s-2000; students' union papers, 1957-1972; press cuttings, 1909-1917; picture archive, 1916-2000, including photographs, prints and drawings.

Pinner Fire Brigade fourth annual report and financial accounts, 1894.

Address by John Wilkes to voters in Middlesex where he was standing for Parliamentary election, delievered from the Kings Bench Prison where he was imprisoned for seditious libel, 1769.

This collection consists of the papers and correspondence of James Hayward of Bridgewater, a wholesale confectioner, and one of the most energetic of Joanna's followers in the West Country, with a wide circle of correspondents throughout the country, 1789-1888. He also collected, during the middle and later nineteenth century, the papers of many other of Joanna's followers, most notably Edmund Baker, who was minister of a chapel held by the sect in Teddington, Middlesex from about 1809 to 1811, and later minister in Dowlish, Somerset. The collection includes a roll of members, and register book for the Teddington chapel and lists of members and signed testimonies from Dowlish and Ilminster. It also includes a large number of printed books by and concerning Joanna, many of them from the libraries of James Hayward and Edmund Baker.

Records of the Edmonton Methodist Church, 1841-1966, including register of baptisms, papers relating to Edmonton Central Hall building work (including blueprints and printing blocks), register of membership, Junior Society class book, minutes, financial records, obituaries, pulpit notice books, circuit preaching plans and directories and tenancy agreements.

Registers of marriages, 1914-1971.

Registers of marraiges, 1905-1931.

Registers of marriage, 1943-1973.

Registers of marriages, 1948-1965.

Registers of marriages, 1929-1939.

Registers of marriages, 1918-1951.

Registers of marriages, 1942-1969.

Registers of marriages, 1926-1961.

Registers of marriages, 1927-1960.

Baptism registers for Bruce Road Central Hall, 1833-1940.

Records of Hayes Methodist Church including Trustees' Meetings Minutes, 1922-1946; Trustees' Accounts, 1909-1920, 1940-1966; Leaders' Meetings Minutes, 1924-1969; Collection Journals, 1920-1977; Women's Bright Hour, 1933-1972; Methodist Guild, 1941-1945; Senior Club, 1950-1974; Queen's Hall Thrift Club, 1959-1980; Missionary Committee, 1934-1965; Pulpit Notices, 1947-1972; Church Registers, 1949-1963; Annual Reports, 1946, 1972; Sunday School, 1924-1976; Orders of Service, 1935-1973; Year Books, 1950-1959; Church Magazines, 1957-1984.

Also records relating to Hayes and Harlington Club for the Blind, 1943-1955 and Barnhill Hill Methodist Church, 1960.

Records of the Whitechapel Methodist Mission, 1876-1978, comprising records of the Whitechapel Station (Circuit), 1897-1975, including quarterly meetings and accounts (Section A); records of the central administration of the social work of the Mission, 1893-1978, including records of the Trustees, Executive Committee, financial records and staff records (Section B); records of the Working Lad's Institute, 1897-1975, including records from before its take over by the Reverend Jackson in 1897, and of its later developments, Whitechapel House Tulse Hill and Whitechapel House Maple Place, including photographs (Section C); records of Brunswick Hall and the Night Shelter, 1900-1970, including some accounts of life as a homeless person in 1926 (Section D); records of the holiday homes, Southend, 1901-1954 (Section E); records of Windyridge Hostel, 1925-1977 (Section F) and records of other stations brought by Revd Jackson to Whitechapel, 1876-1974 (Section G).

Pembroke Road Methodist Church, Friern Barnet, registers of marriage, 1954-1972.

Records of the Southall Methodist Mission and associated churches, 1967-1968, including General Committee minutes for the Southall and Uxbridge Mission; Quarterly Meeting minutes and a circuit schedule book for the Southall and Uxbridge Circuit and Quarterly Meeting minutes, circuit schedule book and Local Preachers' Meeting minutes for the Southall Mission.

Records of the King's Hall Methodist Church, Southall, including baptism registers, 1919-1952; Trustees Meeting minutes; Leader's Meeting minutes; membership rolls; collection journals and other financial papers; press cuttings; brochures and booklets; issues of the Church Magazine; photographs; papers relating to the Sunday School; papers relating to the Sisterhood and papers relating to the Women's Work Society.

Records of the Western Road Methodist Church, Southall, including baptism registers, 1937-1967; Trustee's Meeting mintues; financial accounts; membership rolls and photographs.

Marriage registers for Kingdom Hall, Balvernie Grove, Wandsworth, 1957-1991.

Register of marriages for Saint John the Divine Spiritual Baptist Church, Deptford, 1991. (Please note this register contains only one entry).

Register of Marriages, 7 Aug 1961-12 May 1979.

Register of Marriages, 1958-1971.

Records of the Upper Holloway Baptist Church, 1867-1982, including Committee of Management minutes and papers; Deacons Meeting minutes and papers; Church Meeting minutes and papers; registers of church members; registers of marriages; financial accounts; papers relating to the Sunday School; papers relating to the Sisterhood Society; papers relating to the Baptist Women's League; papers relating to the Youth Club; papers relating to the Choir; Year Books and papers relating to the Rupert Road Mission Hall.

Marriage register of the Salvation Army Citadel, Adelaide Road, Southall, 1982-1985.

Marriage registers for the following Baptist churches: Broadway Baptist Church, High Street, Hounslow, 1929-1971; Baptist Free Church, Newton Avenue, Acton (known as the South Acton Baptist Church from 1960), 1946-1976; Grange Park Baptist Church, Lansbury Drive, Hayes, 1966-1987; Baptist Chapel, Bridge Street, Staines, 1978 and Baptist Chapel, North Road, Old Brentford, 1981.

Records of Willesden Poor Law Union, 1896-1930, including minutes of meetings of the Board of Guardians; standing orders, rules and regulations; orders for removal to and from the Union; apprenticeship indentures; financial accounts; correspondence, tenders, contracts and agreements for construction work and provision of utilities; orders of the Local Government Board; legal correspondence; building plans including Willesden Parish Infirmary and Park Royal Hospital; maps of Willesden Urban District showing boundaries.

Records of the Brentwood School District, 1877-1886, including signed mintues of the Board; claims upon the Metropolitan Common Poor Fund; letters and orders of the Local Government Board; creed registers from the Brentwood Industrial School; admission and discharge register of Harold Court School, Harold Wood; list of officers and servants and papers relating to the appointment of staff.

Papers of Madeline Payne (1879-1962), concert pianist and former student of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, including correspondence, photographs, programmes, articles and newspaper cuttings, 1893-1957.

Papers of Major Harry Ronald Jacobs and his father Hyman Jacobs acquired during their service as Common Councilmen, including programmes and menus from Corporation and linked functions, 1938-1966; programmes and menus from non-Corporation functions including London County Council 1960, Freemasons 1948-1965, Bassishaw Ward 1962, Portsoken Ward 1946-1963, Livery Companies: Haberdashers' Company 1960-1961, Paviors' Company 1947-1966, Skinners' Company no date [c. 1950s?], Solicitors' Company 1960, Wheelwrights' Company 1964, City Pickwick Club 1962-1966, City University 1966, United Synagogue Orders of Service 1960; official Corporation publications and guides; art, library and museum catalogues 1950-1965; brochures from the Festival of the City of London 1962-1966; and publication The Corporation of the City of London and the First Twelve of the Great City Guilds in the Diamond Jubilee Year of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1897. Also Broker's Medal of Charles Telford, 1841.

Records of Commonwealth Insurance Company Limited comprising papers relating to amalgamation.

Registers and day books of burials in consecrated or church ground and unconsecrated or chapel ground, 1841-1952, showing name, abode, when buried, age, place of burial, when and by whom buried, private vault or grave, purchased monuments and where placed (registers are not available for consultation, please use microfilms X64/1-41); fee books, 1902-1966, including remarks, registrar, sub-district, date of certificate, digger, stone, bill number, name of deceased, age, time, depth, received by, minister, undertaker, secretary's signature, price, description of graves, square position (not always), size of coffin, undertaker's commission, amount; registers of private graves, 1841-1941, showing number of graves, description of place of burial, date and consideration of grant, names and addresses of purchasers, name and description of person interred, year and number (registers are not available for consultation, please use microfilms X64/42-46); registers of public graves, 1900-1965, showing number, date, name, age and time of burial (registers are not available for consultation, please use microfilm X64/47); register of private grave transfers, 1938-1966, showing transfer number, date, grave number, transfer from/to, address and remarks; correspondence relating to private graves; incumbents' account book, divided parish by parish, 1922-1966, and plans of the graves.

Also deeds and legal papers, 1841-1898; report to Directors by Committee of Proprietors appointed by an Extraordinary Court, to investigate expenditure and general state of the Company's affairs, 1843; report to Directors by Henry George Haywood on proposals for draining the cemetery, 1857; correspondence relating to staffing, sewers and the East London Eastern Extension Railway, 1849-1871; bills, 1841-1897; specification for sewers and roads, with sections, 1884; plans of cemetery including proposed southern extension, 1800s; impression in red wax of seal of Company, 1841; legal records, 1844-1942.

Records of Bacon's Free School, Bermondsey, including copy of Josiah Bacon's will; copies of Chancery orders relating to the school; copy of articles of agreement for building the school; leases, releases and assignments of annuity relating to school property; minutes of Governor's and Trustee's meetings; financial records; reports; and school log-books.

Records of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy (also known as The Charity for the Relief of Poor Widows and Children of Clergymen), including letters patent; minutes; agendas; administrative papers; letter books; papers of associatied charities; schemes and proposals; publicity; cases for legal counsel; financial accounts; subscriptions, donations and bequests; papers relating to the management of estates; and reference books.

These archives of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy were deposited in the London County Record Office on condition that all records for the past 100 years which contain reference to beneficiaries shall be regarded as confidential. Searchers who wish to consult such categories of record should first obtain the consent of the Registrar to the Corporation (Corporation House, 6 Woburn Square, London, W.C.1). Other categories of record and all records more than 100 years old are available for searchers without any special restrictions.

Records of the Foundling Hospital. The collection consists of over 800 linear feet of shelving, an estimated 8 tons of paper, and over 1000 plans. The completeness of the collection is particularly noteworthy. The officers of the Hospital from the very beginning were extremely meticulous in record keeping and detailed documents survive which record the lives of the children, the way in which the Hospital operated, the methods of nursing, the prescriptions of the apothecary, the reports of the inspectors, the extraordinary accounts of women's lives, and the involvement of leading figures of the day in actively supporting the charity.

A/FH/A/01 Charter, petitions and foundation;
A/FH/A/02 Governors;
A/FH/A/03 Minutes;
A/FH/A/04 Reports;
A/FH/A/05 Agenda books and committee papers;
A/FH/A/06 Secretary: General;
A/FH/A/07 Secretary: Staff;
A/FH/A/08 Secretary: Petitioners;
A/FH/A/09 Secretary: Children, admission and discharge;
A/FH/A/10 Secretary: Children, in the country;
A/FH/A/11 Secretary: Children, being claimed;
A/FH/A/12 Secretary: Children, apprenticeship;
A/FH/A/13 Secretary: Children, other employment;
A/FH/A/14 Secretary: Chapel;
A/FH/A/15 Secretary: Country Hospitals' returns;
A/FH/A/16 Secretary: Estate;
A/FH/A/17 Steward;
A/FH/A/18 Apothecary/Medical department;
A/FH/A/19 Dentist;
A/FH/A/20 Oculist;
A/FH/A/21 Surveyor;
A/FH/A/22 Solicitor;
A/FH/A/23 Schoolmaster;
A/FH/A/24 Porter/Lodge keeper;
A/FH/A/25 Night watchman;
A/FH/A/26 Carpenter;
A/FH/A/27 Engineer;
A/FH/A/28 Tailor;
A/FH/A/29 Matron;
A/FH/A/30 Scullery maids;
A/FH/A/31 Headmistress;
A/FH/A/32 Infants' Headmistress;
A/FH/A/33 Foster parents.

A/FH/B/01 Treasurer;
A/FH/B/02 Treasurer's clerk;
A/FH/B/03 Secretary: General;
A/FH/B/04 Secretary: Governors;
A/FH/B/05 Secretary: Committees;
A/FH/B/06 Secretary: Estate;
A/FH/B/07 Secretary's clerk/assistant;
A/FH/B/08 Steward;
A/FH/B/09 Apothecary;
A/FH/B/10 Surveyor;
A/FH/B/11 Schoolmaster and storekeeper;
A/FH/B/12 Messenger;
A/FH/B/13 Gardener;
A/FH/B/14 Matron;
A/FH/B/15 Domestic Economy School supervisor;
A/FH/B/16 Hostel supervisor.

A/FH/C/01 Benevolent fund;
A/FH/C/02 Whatley fund;
A/FH/C/03 Foundling Hospital Savings Bank;
A/FH/C/04 Superannuation fund.

A/FH/D/01 Ackworth, West Yorkshire;
A/FH/D/02 Shrewsbury, Salop;
A/FH/D/03 Westerham, Kent;
A/FH/D/04 Chester, Cheshire.

A/FH/E/01 Commissioners for paving the estate of the Foundling Hospital;
A/FH/E/02 Brunswick Square Committee;
A/FH/E/03 Caroline and Landsdowne Place Committee;
A/FH/E/04 Mecklerburgh Square Committee;
A/FH/E/05 For paving estates of Thomas Harrison.

A/FH/F/01 Treasurer, Revd. Dr S White;
A/FH/F/02 Treasurer, SC Cox;
A/FH/F/03 Treasurers, GB Gregory and JRB Gregory;
A/FH/F/04 Governor, C Plumley;
A/FH/F/05 Secretary, J Brownlow;
A/FH/F/06 Secretary, WS Wintle;
A/FH/F/07 Preacher, Revd. J Hewlett;
A/FH/F/08 Captain L Grove;
A/FH/F/09 American Loyalist Claims Commission;
A/FH/F/10 CF Eley, musician;
A/FH/F/11 Steward, WC Wills;
A/FH/F/12 H Cooke;
A/FH/F/13 Unidentified;
A/FH/F/14 Secretary, M Lievesley;
A/FH/F/15 Miss Bunbury.

A/FH/G/01 Redevelopment of the Foundling Site;
A/FH/G/02 The Foundling Hospital School, Berkhamsted;
A/FH/G/03 Nurseries and the Child Welfare Centre;
A/FH/G/04 Cross Road Club;
A/FH/G/05 Subject and policy files.

A/FH/H/01 Chancery Case: Attorney General v Foundling Hospital;
A/FH/H/02 Out of custody documents: purchased strays.

A/FH/K/01 General Court fair minutes;
A/FH/K/02 General Committee fair minutes.

A/FH/M/01 Documents and books collected by J Brownlow;
A/FH/M/02 Miscellaneous manuscripts;
A/FH/M/03 Printed material: books, pamphlets and ephemera;
A/FH/M/04 Public events: royal visits, ceremonies, concerts and memorials.

A/FH/Q/01 Records stored at Ackworth.

A/FH/T/01 Thomas Coram Foundation for Children;
A/FH/T/02 Old Coram Association.

A/FH/Y/01 Artefacts.

Records of the Dewell family of Brentford, relating to property in Old Brentford, New Brentford, Hanwell, Chiswick and Isleworth, including wills, leases, extracts from court rolls and legal opinion.

Papers, 1575-1841, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including deeds, leases and releases, conveyances, wills and probate, fines, bonds, particulars of sale, letters and extracts from parish registers; most relating to land in Edmonton, Standon and the City of London.

Papers purchased from E. Joseph, bookseller of Charing Cross Road, including copies from the Court Roll of Isleworth Syon Manor, Twickenham, relating to the lease of lands belonging to the manor, 1697-1796; lease for land in Eastfield and in Holloway Shott, Twickenham, 1719 and 1723; Decree and Order of Master of the Rolls for the sale of freehold, copyhold and leasehold of estates left by John Gray in his will, Twickenham, 1751; lease for 21 years for land with a garden, coach house and stables in Montpellier Row, Twickenham, 1811. Also lease for land in Saint Mary, Islington, 1824.

Records of Teddington Manor, comprising court books, index to the court books and plan of an estate in the parish of Teddington.

Legal documents, copies of wills and deeds, 1802-1935, relating to properties and estates in various locations including Pinner, the City of London, Woolwich and Islington. Also probate of will of James Yates of Lauderdale House, Highgate, including bequest of railway stock to University College, London to found Professorship of Archaeology, 1871.

Records of the Manor of Cowley Peachey, Colham, Hillingdon; comprising court book for views of frankpledge with courts baron; rental and survey; and statement of quit rents.

Letter from Harold G Broadbridge, Coroner for the County of Middlesex Western Division, to Mr G Chandler, County Councillor, regarding the holding of his first sitting at the Court at Ealing Town Hall.

Records relating to property owned by the Twining family in Alperton and Twickenham, including fines, grants, leases, releases, probates, covenants, extracts from court rolls, inventory, certificates and articles of partnership.

Royal Writ of Privy Seal proclaiming Edmund Dunch a rebel because of his non-appearance at the Court of the King's Council at Whitehall, and ordering that he be arrested, 1639.