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Records of the London Methodist Mission (North West) Circuit and of churches within that Circuit, 1904-1980, including circuit notes and preachers' meetings minute book for Kentish Town and Hampstead Methodist Circuit; meeting minutes for the Prince of Wales Road Circuit; Local Youth Council meetings minutes for the Fernhead Road Methodist Church; minutes and financial accounts for the Gospel Oak Methodist Church; annual trustees' meetings minute book for the Mill Lane Methodist Church; and minute books for the Quex Road Methodist Church.

Quarterly Meeting minutes, 1966-1974, for the London Methodist Mission (North) Circuit.

Also Leader's Meeting minutes, 1964-1972 and Leader's Meeting and Church Council minutes, 1972-1983 for Quex Road Methodist Church.

Minutes of the Committee of the Methodist Sunday School Society, 1809-1829 and minutes of the General Meetings of the Methodist Sunday School Society, 1810-1824.

Records of the London Methodist Districts Women's Luncheon Club, 1953-1990, comprising minutes of Luncheon Club Committee; reports of addresses made by guest speakers; Committee meeting attendance book; Secretary's correspondence and printed annual syllabus cards.

Records of the London Meat Traders' and Drovers' Benevolent Association, including rules and regulations; correspondence; minutes of the committee; annual reports; financial papers; press cuttings and histories.

Minute book of the London Magistrates' Clerks' Association, comprising minutes of annual general and committee meetings, with enclosures.

Collection of documents relating to local government, including:

• Court book of the Liberty of St Martin le Grand;
  • Papers of Saint Saviour's Workhouse and the Whitechapel Union;
  • Resolution of thanks from the London School Board to the Corporation of London;
  • Tax assessments for the civil parish of Staple Inn and the Liberty of the Rolls;
  • Papers relating to the repair of roads in the parish of Saint Margaret Westminster;
  • Papers of the Tower Hamlets Libraries Department.

The archive comprises records of London Life Association Limited, 1806-1953; Clergy Mutual Assurance Society, 1829-1935; and Metropolitan Life Assurance Society, 1834-1933.

London Life Association Limited records comprise minutes and accounts 1806-1944 (Ms 19634-41), policy registers 1873-1953 (Ms 19642-4) and scrapbook of printed forms 1891-1923 (Ms 19645).

Clergy Mutual Assurance records comprise minutes and accounts 1829-1924 (Ms 19646-50); policy and claims registers 1830-1935 (Ms 19651-3); and miscellaneous items 1891-1914 (Ms 19654-6).

Metropolitan Life Assurance Society records comprise minutes, accounts and regulations 1834-1933 (Ms 19657-67), policy registers 1835-ca. 1928 (Ms 19661, 19668-72).

Access to records which are closed for 80 years should be sought from London Life Association (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Records of the London Liberal Party, including minutes and accounts of the London Liberal Foundation; minutes of the Holborn Liberal Association; minutes of the Peckham and Camberwell Liberal Association; and financial accounts of the Willesden East Liberal Association.

The records of the London Liberal Party are of interest to anyone wishing to study local and/or national politics with reference to London. The working mechanisms of the LLP and achievements of its staff can be assessed, whilst the varying fortunes of the Local Associations and Liberal Party as a whole can be observed. Much of the material gives a fascinating insight into a range of London-wide and national issues, both familiar and contemporary. The records can also provide a useful commentary on the activities of the Greater London Council, Inner London Education Authority and others.

Records of the London Labour Party, reflecting the activity of the central body of the Party, the executive committee, and its relation to the affiliated organisations. Records relating to individual parties are the central body's dealings with the parties rather than being the records of the individual parties themselves. There is much printed material, including a fine series of journals, especially the London Labour Chronicle (later, London News) from 1915-1964. The majority of the records are post World War II.

Papers of the London Joint Stock Banks Committee comprising signed minute books.

Restricted access to later records.

Annual reports of the London Jewish Hospital, for the years 1915, 1919, 1921, 1926, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1970 and 1972.

The collection comprises London International Financial Futures Exchange publications.

Records of the London Institution, comprising librarian's monthly reports, lists of proprietors, minutes, attendance books, correspondence and related papers.

Records of the London History Workshop, 1984, consisting of slide carousels relating to the 95th birthday cake exhibition and files of research relating to the history of London government.

Records of the London Head Teachers Association, formerly the School Board for London Head Teachers Association, including Minute Books; Attendance Registers; Year Books/Diaries; Handbooks; Calendars; Publications; Reports; Programmes and Tickets and Personal Papers.

The records illustrate the varied activities of the LHTA and includes a good selection of Minute Books for Council and other committees. There is also a fine series of SBLHTA and LHTA Yearbooks and handbooks which include a full list of London Schools with names of head teachers.

Records of other activities are also included, for example, menus and programmes for social functions and guides to the Annual Exhibition at Westminster Central Hall. There is a small amount of material relating to Miss Louisa La Teller Swann, LHTA president 1928-9.

Records of the London Grosvenor Building Society, 1878-1984, comprising minutes; financial records; Secretary's Board papers; income tax papers; office files and advertisement.

Records of building societies taken over by the London Grosvenor Building Society, including:

Duchess of Kent Building Society (of Marcol House, 289 - 293 Regent Street): annual reports and various files Metropole Building Society: share ledgers, mortgage ledgers, minutes, cash books and other financial records and share certificates Middlesex Building Society: minutes and typed financial accounts Official and General Building Society: minutes, deeds and deeds register, financial accounts, office files and intention notices St Marylebone Central Building Society: financial records, correspondence and office files United Friendly Building Society: minutes, deeds registers, mortgage registers, financial records and office papers
*West Hampstead Building Society: minutes, financial records, share transactions and ledgers and deeds register.

Records of the London General Omnibus Company, including minutes of Managers Committee meetings, General Board meetings, and the Conseil de Surveillance; reports to Shareholders; Guard Books containing newspaper cuttings relating to early omnibus services and particularly to the last horsedrawn service, photographs, Omnibus and Tramway Guides from 1878, lists of company's stables and premises, time-keepers' books, rules and regulations of the LGOC, checkers' rules prior to 1891, sample tickets and so on; press cuttings; London General Omnibus Company rules and regulations; photographs; list of premises; timekeepers' books; volume containing manuscript copies in French and English of the Deed of Constitution, Statutes and so on of the company, together with prospectus of the Compagnie Generale des Omnibus de Londres; monthly reports relating to Coach Factories and Traffic; Traffic Circulars and financial records including ledgers, journals, and cash books.

Records of London General County Services (Buses), comprising Board and General meetings minutes; and financial records including private journal; salaries ledger; cash payments books; journals; and joint services ledger.

Records of the London Gas Light Company, including half yearly reports and accounts submitted by the Directors of the Company to the Shareholders; contracts for lighting parts of Chelsea, Saint Pancras and the Tothill Fields districts; agreements with various road authorities concerning the laying down of gas mains in South London; and papers relating to premises in Lambeth and Battersea.

Records of the London Gas Light and Coke Company, 1833-1883, comprising Directors' meetings signed minutes; Shareholders' meetings signed minutes; Committee of Works, Estimates, Contracts and Buildings signed minutes; Committee of Finance signed minutes; and Committees of Works, Finance and Inspection, and General Board signed minutes.

London Fish Trade Association records comprise minutes, rules of the Association, accounts, material relating to frozen fish distribution and import schemes, and lists of members (incomplete date coverage).

Records of the London Fish Merchants' Association (Billingsgate) Limited, its predecessor the London Fish Trade Association, and associated organisations such as London Wholesale Fish Trade (Billingsgate) Limited and the National Federation of Inland Wholesale Fish Merchants. The records include minutes, registers of members, financial accounts, memorandum and articles of association, rules, material relating to schemes, and operational records.

London Fish Merchants' Assocation (Billingsgate) Limited records comprise minutes, registers of directors and of members, accounts and the memorandum and articles of association.

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.

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.

London Fire and Civil Defence Authority minutes, agendas, decision sheets, printed papers and reports, 1985-1992; minutes, agendas, decision sheets and papers of Committees including the Civil Defence Committee, Fire Brigade Committee, Personnel Committee, Planning Committee, Policy and Resources Committee, Scrutiny Sub-committee, Urgency Committee and Senior Staff Appointments Sub-committee, 1985-1992; papers relating to disciplinary tribunals and appeals, 1986-1988; papers of the Equal Opportunities Working Party, 1986-1992; papers of the Fire Prevention Working Party, 1987-1991; posters, 1988; notices of meetings; and issues of the 'London Firefighters' magazine.

Fire reports for the Operations Department, 1986-1990, and fire reports for the Western Command Headquarters, Wembley, Southern Command Headquarters, Lewisham, Eastern Command Headquarters, Stratford and the Croydon station, 1991. Also some station call registers, correspondence and Fire Investigation Team reports.

Records relating to London Fields Methodist Mission, Hackney, comprising list of trustees, 1901 and correspondence concerning the sale of London Fields Mission premises to the London County Council, 1935.

Records of the Federation of London Working Boys' Clubs, later renamed the London Federation of Boys' Clubs and then the London Federation of Clubs for Young People. Records consist of administrative papers including minutes, annual reports and arrangements for fundraising events; publications of the federation itself and of its member clubs, souvenir brochures and programmes for federation fundraising events and sporting/ club events and some publications by other bodies, including the National Association of Boys' Clubs and the Variety Club of Great Britain; photographs of fundraising events, sporting and club events, and former chairmen and presidents of the federation; audio-visual material consisting of videotapes of a promotional nature and also of fundraising and club events.

London Electricity Consultative Council, 1947-1990, comprising minutes; reports, including annual reports, complaint reports and general reports; papers relating to conduct and operations, including rules and regulations; correspondence of the policy working party; minutes and correspondence of the district committees; nominations and appointments to council and district committees; Chairman's meetings and correspondence; correspondence and administrative papers of the Electricity Consumers Council and Area Electricity Consultative Councils; correspondence and reports of the National Consumer Council; correspondence and reports regarding electricity supply industry reorganisation; reports and papers regarding accountability and performance indicators; research and publicity; papers relating to tariffs; correspondence and reports of the London Electricity Board and Central Electricity Generating Board; correspondence, papers and statistics relating to consumer complaints; minutes, correspondence and papers of the Fuel Poverty Group; pamphlets and correspondence relating to methods of payment and meters; papers regarding appliances, retailing and other issues; general correspondence.

Records of the London Electric Supply Corporation Limited and successor London Electricity Board, comprising plans of Main Transmissions Networks in the London, Essex and Kent areas, 1937 - 1951; and photographs of Grove Road Sub-Station, 195-; Carnaby Sub-Station, 1952; Neckinger Sub-Station, 1958; Horseferry Road Central Bank, 1959; Barnes Substation, 1960; Beech Station 'B' Sub-Station, 1969; Cable Tunnel under Surrey Canal, 195-; and Horseferry Road and Grove Street, 1928.

Records of the London Electricity Board and predecessors, 1883-2003. This collection contains a wide variety of material including minute books, staff records, technical reports, engineers' log books, photographic and printed material (including newsletters, magazines and leaflets and booklets on electricity services) of the LEB (1948-1990) and LEB inherited material from a large number of undertakings operating in the pre-vesting period (1882-1948).

For detailed summaries of the records held in this collection see the introduction to LMA/4278/01 and for the LEB see the introduction to LMA/4278/02 in the catalogue.

Records of the London Electric Railway Company, comprising minutes of Board Meetings; minutes of General Meetings; volumes of monthly reports and operating statistics.

Election literature and newspaper cuttings from the 1906 General Election, the 1907 London County Council election, and the 1906 borough elections.

Aerial photographs of London taken by the London Ecology Unit; minutes, agendas and presented papers of the London Ecology Committee and Sub-Committee meetings; publications relating to nature conservation.

Records of the London Eastern Coroner's District, comprising case papers, 1927-1955.

Records of the London Districts Wesley Guild Council, 1954-2011, including council minute book and cash book.

Records of the London Dispensary, including minutes, correspondence, deeds and leases, annual reports and financial accounts.

Records of the London Diocesan Penitentiary, consisting primarily of title deeds (which date from 1732), but also a council minute book, annual reports and a purchase fund ledger. The title deeds are listed chronologically at the end. These records were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1979.

Minutes of the London Diocesan Ordination Candidates Council.

Records of the London Diocesan Council for Welcare, 1889-1968, including Council minutes; Executive Committee minutes; Finance Committee minutes; Ladies' Committee minutes; Men's Committee minutes; annual reports of the Church of England Moral Welfare Council; press cuttings; scrapbook and history "The Wel-care Story: 75 years of Christian Social Service in London".

Records of local branches of the London Diocesan Council for Welcare, including Ruri-decanal associations, Moral Welfare Councils, Associations for Moral Welfare, hostels, refuges and homes, and Preventative and Rescue Associations. Papers include financial accounts, annual reports and committee minutes. Also indoor case histories for Saint Agnes' Home, Hammersmith.

Records of the London Diocesan Council for Welcare, 1962-1993, comprising annual reports of the London Diocesan Council for Moral Welfare, annual reports of the London Diocesan Council for Welcare and annual reports of local branch associations in Westminster, Willesden, Brent, Camden, Hampstead and Hounslow.

Records of the London Diocesan Council for Welcare, 1915-1994, comprising annual reports for the Council and various local branch organisations including Westminster Wel-Care Association. Also correspondence relating to the Victoria Emergency Home, 76 Warwick Way.

Lists of convictions under the Summary Jurisdiction Act, some filed from the police courts, 1889-1910.

Minutes of the London County Council Sports Club (known as the London County Council Staff Sports Club from March 1924), 1923-1930.

Records of the London County Council (LCC) Progressive Society, comprising minutes of the Society, including agendas and lists of candidates.

Printed election address by George Craik and Cyril Jackson, Municipal Reform candidates seeking election to the London County Council for the Limehouse, Ratcliffe and Shadwell Division, 1910.

London County Council circulars 'Notes on Allowances to Soldiers' Wives' and 'Notes on Allowances to Sailors' Wives', 1914.

Minutes of the Islington Youth Employment Committee, 1950-1960.