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Brooking, Robert
GB 0102 MS 380587 · (1839-1859) [1980s]

Photocopy of a typescript transcript of the diary, 1839-1842, 1845, 1855-1859 (some gaps), of the Rev Robert Brooking, describing his missionary work, experiences, and local customs in west Africa and Canada, including transcript of a letter from T B Freeman, Cape Coast (west Africa), to Robert Brooking, 1855, describing the work of the mission there. With an article [1980s] by Helen Allen on the life of Robert Brooking.

Brooking , Robert , fl 1839-1859 , missionary
GB 0099 KCLMA Brooke A F · 1906-1967

Manuscript diaries, 1939-1946, notably covering his command of 2 Corps, BEF, France and Belgium, 1939-1940, his service as Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, 1940-1941, and as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1941-1946, with detailed accounts of meetings and conversations, and comments on personalities. Detailed unpublished memoirs, 1883-1946, written in [1946-1960]. Personal files, 1940-1946, principally comprising copies of official and semi-official correspondence with FM Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1942-1945, relating to his commands of 8 Army, Middle East, 1942-1943, and 21 Army Group, North West Europe, 1944-1945; with FM Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Viscount of Cyrenaica and of Winchester, 1940-1945, relating to his commands in the Middle East, 1940-1941, and India, 1941-1945; with FM Sir (Henry) Maitland Wilson, 1943-1945, relating to his commands in the Middle East, 1943-1944, and as head of British Joint Staff Mission, Washington, 1944-1945; with FM Hon Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1942-1945, relating to his commands in the Middle East, 1942-1943, and Italy, 1943-1944, and the Mediterranean, 1944-1945; with Lt Gen Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, 1942-1945, relating to his commands in North Africa, 1942-1944, and East Africa, 1945; with Adm Lord Louis (Francis Arthur Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, 1943-1945; with FM Sir John Greer Dill, head of British Joint Staff Mission, Washington, 1941-1944; with Lt Gen Frederick Arthur Montagu Browning, Chief of Staff, South East Asia Command, 1944-1945; with Lt Gen Herbert Lumsden, South West Pacific Area, 1944; with Lt Gen Sir Frank Noel Mason-Macfarlane, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Gibraltar, 1942; and with Gen Wladyslaw Sikorski, Polish Forces, 1941-1943. Papers relating to his role as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1941-1946, dated 1940-1951, notably including conference papers for Combined Chiefs of Staff meetings, 1943-1945; semi-official correspondence with Lt Gen Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, 1940-1945, relating to Auchinleck's commands in Norway, India and the Middle East, 1940-1945. Other papers relating to his life and career, 1897-1963, dated 1897-1966, 1992-1993, including letters to his mother, 1906-1920, notably covering his service in India, 1906-1914 and France and Belgium, 1914-1918; texts of his lectures on artillery given at Staff College, Camberley, 1923-[1926]; papers relating to his post-war activities, notably his role as Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast, 1949-1963, dated 1949-1968; papers relating to ornithology, 1950-1963; published and unpublished articles collected by Alanbrooke and his wife, 1929-1967; texts of his speeches and broadcasts, 1944-1962; photographs, [1902-1963], 1978, 1992, mainly official photographs of Alanbrooke as Chief of Imperial General Staff, 1941-1942. Papers collected by Mrs M C Long in preparation for the writing of Alanbrooke's biography, dated 1954-1958, notably including texts of interviews with friends and colleagues, 1954-1958. Correspondence relating to Alanbrooke's papers and Sir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant's books Turn of the tide (Collins, London, 1957) and Triumph in the West (Collins, London, 1959) (both based on Alanbrooke's diaries), dated 1951-1968. Correspondence of FM (Richard) Michael (Power) Carver, Baron Carver, relating to erection of Alanbrooke statue in Whitehall in 1993, dated 1991-1993

Brooke , Alan Francis , 1883-1963 , 1st Viscount Alanbrooke of Brookeborough , Field Marshal
BRONDESBURY SYNAGOGUE
GB 0074 ACC/2712/BBS · Collection · 1905-2005

Records of the Brondesbury Park Synagogue and its predecessor synagogues, including:

Brondesbury Synagogue (Chevening Road), 1904-1974;

Harlesden Hebrew Congregation / Willesden District Synagogue (College Road), 1933-1939;

Willesden Green Federation Synagogue (Heathfield Park / Brondesbury Park), 1934-1939;

Willesden Synagogue (Brondesbury Park), 1939-1974;

Willesden and Brondesbury Synagogue (Brondesbury Park),1974-2000;

Brondesbury Synagogue (Brondesbury Park), 2000-2007.

Please note the dates refer to the time the Synagogue had that name.

The records include registers of kethubot [marriage contracts]; membership contributions ledgers; membership lists; membership application forms; barmitzvah application forms; Board of Management minute books; Aid Committee minutes; elections for Synagogue officers; Burial Society papers; yahrzeit books; papers relating to high holydays; general correspondence; papers relating to the diamond jubilee of the Synagogue; booklet History of the Willesden and Brondesbury Synagogue, 1934-1994 by Rabbi Bernard Susser; historical research; financial records including account books; printed items such as orders of service, newsletters, tributes and event ephemera; exhibition boards prepared for a display; design for a committee room; drawing of the Chief Rabbi attending the Diamond Jubilee service; and certificates.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Brondesbury Synagogue
N/C/68 · Collection · 1950-1967

Records of Brondesbury Park Congregational Church, Wrentham Avenue, Brondesbury (formerly Craven Hill Chapel, Lancaster Gate, Bayswater), including composite register containing baptisms, 1950-1971 and marriages, 1950-1970; Church Meeting minute book, 1861-1915 and 1952-1959; Church Meeting minutes and elections of deacons, 1914-1933; Deacons' Meeting minute books, 1935-1967.

Congregational Church of England and Wales
Broman, Allan (1861-1947)
GB 0120 GC/6 · Collection · 1885-1911

Attendance book, 1885-1901, and casebooks, including some correspondence, 1905-1911, of Allan Broman's private practice in London (partly in Swedish).

Broman , Allan , 1861-1947
GB 0114 MS0277 · 1816-c1970

Papers of Sir Benjamin Brodie, 1816-c 1970, comprising manuscript notes by Brodie, for his lectures on Physiology, 1820-1823; Brodie's manuscript autobiography, c 1855; 2 typescript copies of Brodie's autobiography; 4 manuscript receipt books of fees paid to Brodie, 1816-1860; Brodie's prescription book, c 1850; manuscript letters including 7 letters to Dr W J Little, prescriptions, a letter of recommendation, and letters of admittance to the RCS Museum, c 1841-1859; manuscript notes of observations whilst inspecting the body of Mr Scott, 11 Sep 1811; map of Broome Park, former home of Brodie, c 1946; ephemera including notes and a photograph relating to Peter Martin, who attended Brodie in his last illness; a photocopy of a poem about Brodie from Punch, 1858; photographs of Brodie's gravestone; photographs of Brodie-related buildings and memorials, c 1970; and an undated diploma from Philadelphia, and a diploma from the University of Giessen, Germany, 1850.

Brodie , Sir , Benjamin Collins , 1783-1862 , 1st Baronet , physiologist and surgeon
GB 0114 MS0285 · 1926-1977

Papers of Lord Russell Claude Brock, 1926-1977, comprising 5 volumes of surgical notebooks, 1926-1976; an undated manuscript of a book on Astley Cooper; correspondence relating to the annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England; material for a British Medical Journal article on the importance of environmental controls in the operating room and the intensive care unit, c 1975; a file of charts and readings relating to clinical temperature observations: material for a British Medical Journal article titled 'Observations on central and peripheral temperatures etc relating to shock', c 1969; and material for a Journal of Physiology article on the thermal sensors of the heart, 1977.

Brock , Russell Claude , 1903-1980 , Baron Brock , surgeon
GB 0074 DD/0045 · Collection · 1905-1959

Records of Broadway Congregational Church including minutes and other records of the Sick Benefit Society, later known as the Broadway Congregational Church Friendly Society.

Broadway Congregational Church , Hammersmith
BROAD STREET WARD SCHOOL
GB 0074 CLC/215-12 · Collection · 1713-1907

The records of Broad Street Ward School include minutes, subscription books, accounts, correspondence, admission registers and attendance books, reports, copies of hymns and deeds.

Broad Street Ward School
GB 0074 LMA/4434/E · Collection · [1950-1979]

Records of Broad Street Securities Limited, comprising Directors' meeting minute book (with annual general meetings and board meetings minutes); and register of members (including share transfers, charges and register of directors and secretaries).

Broad Street Securities Ltd
BROAD STREET ESTATES LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/106-02 · Collection · 1913-1958

Records of Broad Street Estates Limited, including minutes of director's meetings; statements of account; financial records such as ledgers and cash books; rent rolls; and building plans.

Broad Street Estates Ltd
BRIXTON SYNAGOGUE
GB 0074 ACC/2712/BXS · Collection · 1914-1942

Records of the Brixton Synagogue, consisting of financial records, photographs and a kethuba [marriage contract] register.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Brixton Synagogue
GB 0074 B/BTR · Collection · 1864-1978

Records of the British Tyre and Rubber Company, and associated merged or subsidiary companies, 1864-1978. This substantial collection consists mainly of statutory business records of associated companies with very little relating to production: meeting minutes of the board 1864-1937, directors minutes, 1868-1871, general meeting minutes, 1864-1918, shareholders committee minutes, 1875, debenture trustee minutes, 1887-97, 1901-02, finance and executive committee minutes 1864-1866; share ledgers, c 1917-38; balance sheets and accounts, 1920-1936; ledgers, c 1931-1934, private ledgers, 1934-61; journals, 1939-1942, private journals, 1934-1960; private cash books, 1926-62, petty cash books, 1938-8; cheque account books, 1933-8; bills receivable books, 1935-64; nominal accounts for Calcutta, 1889-1954, and Christchurch, 1920-44; and Durban private ledger, 1900-1922.

British Tyre and Rubber Company x Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Company Ltd x BTR plc
GB 0074 ACC/3230 · Collection · 1822-1860

Deeds relating to land in manor of Sutton Court, Chiswick, adjoining Experimental Garden of Horticulture Society, Turnham Green, 1822-1860. Deeds deposited in the LMA by the British Telecom Archives.

Unknown
GB 0074 CLC/336 · Collection · 1827-1955

Records of the British Protestant Church of Saint George, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal; comprising register of baptisms, 1827-1902 (Ms 23643), register of marriages, 1827-62 and 1945 (Ms 23644), register of burials, 1827-1955 (Ms 23645), and interment certificates, 1905-6 and civil registrations of death, 1911-42 (Ms 23645A). They were catalogued in 1988 by a member of Guildhall Library staff.

Readers are requested to use the photocopies of the registers (Ms 23643/1A, 23644/1A, 23644/1A) rather than the originals.

British Protestant Church of St George , Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
GB 0074 CLC/B/031 · Collection · 1917-1993

Minutes of the British Overseas and Commonwealth Banks Association.

British Overseas Banks Association x British Overseas and Commonwealth Banks Association
BRITISH MERCANTILE AGENCY
GB 0074 CLC/B/026-2 · Collection · 1858-1971

Records of the British Mercantile Agency, debt collection business, including prospectuses, financial accounts, enquiries, letters and a damping cloth used to take copies of letters and accounts.

Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.

British Mercantile Agency , debt collection business
GB 0120 MSS.6915-6927 · 18th century - 19th century

Manuscripts from the collection of the British Medical Association, formerly held in the BMA Library, Tavistock Square, London. The manuscripts were numbered and catalogued at the BMA, with two exceptions among these papers - however the numbering of surviving documents is not consecutive, so that the original collection must have contained at least 26 catalogued items and an unknown number of unrecorded acquisitions. Former BMA MSS.1-6 (transferred at the same time as the manuscripts described here) are now GC/140; one fugitive BMA manuscript was purchased separately and is now MS. 6881. The location of the remainder is not known. The contents mainly comprise transcripts of medical lectures and case notes.

British Medical Association
British Lying-In Hospital
GB 1538 S66 · 1753-1780

Papers relating to the British Lying-In Hospital, 1753-1780, including casebooks, possibly of Dr Christopher Kelly, 1767-1780, and notebook, 1753-1754, entitled 'Some Memoranda on Midwifery' containing notes on disorders attending pregnant women, instructions for the use of forceps and the delivery of twins, and notes on a lecture given by Dr [William] Hunter, 28 Oct 1754.

British Lying-In Hospital x Lying-In Hospital for Married Women
GB 0074 CLC/B/192-09 · Collection · 1888-1955

The records comprise memorandum and articles of association, minutes, instructions for agents and financial records.

British Law Fire Insurance Co x British Law Insurance Co
GB 0074 CLC/B/017-05 · Collection · 1917-1990

Records of the British Insurance Association, mainly minutes of General Meetings and Committee meetings. Many of the minutes are unsigned copies. In addition, many minutes are accompanied by related papers, such as agendas, reports and correspondence. The collection also includes extensive correspondence and circulars. The records are held off-site and require 48 hours notice for access.

British Insurance Association
GB 0074 CLC/B/101-07 · Collection · 1869-1873

Records of the British Indian Extension Telegraph Company Limited comprising minutes of board meetings, annual general meetings and liquidators; and an agreement.

British Indian Extension Telegraph Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-14 · Collection · 1885-1904

Records of British India Associated Steamers Limited, including board minutes; annual reports; and financial accounts.

British India Associated Steamers Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-13 · Collection · 1885

Records of the British India and Queensland Agency Company, comprising articles of association, agreement, and journal.

British India and Queensland Agency Co
GB 0074 CLC/B/055-04 · Collection · 1904-1943

Records of the British General Insurance Company Limited comprising Board minutes, Marine Department loss advice book and Marine Department register of losses.

British General Insurance Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/192-08 · Collection · 1908-1948

Records of British Fire Insurance Company Limited, comprising minutes of general meetings and directors' meetings.

Permission to publish any material must be obtained from the Company Secretary (further information is available from staff).

British Fire Insurance Co Ltd
BRITISH FACTORY, OPORTO
GB 0074 CLC/037 · Collection · 1716-1814

Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for the British Factory at Oporto, 1716-1807.

British Factory , Oporto
BRITISH FACTORY AT LISBON
GB 0074 CLC/036 · Collection · 1721-1814

Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for the British Factory at Lisbon, 1721-1807.

British Factory , Lisbon
BRITISH FACTORY AT LEGHORN
GB 0074 CLC/035 · Collection · 1810

Transcription of the register of the British Factory chapel at Leghorn [Livorno], covering the years 1707 to 1783.

British Factory , Leghorn
GB 0074 CLC/B/107-05 · Collection · 1887-1961

British Equitable Assurance Company Limited records consist of Board of Directors and Finance Committee minute books. They are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.

British Equitable Assurance Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/144-07 · Collection · 1946-1982

Records of the British Commonwealth Insurance Company, including memorandum and articles of association; papers relating to the acquisition by Legal and General; minutes; annual reports and accounts; financial records; register of investments and specimen policy forms.

British Commonwealth Insurance Co
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-036 · Collection · 1910-1934

British Commercial Fire Insurance Company minutes of the board and of annual general meetings.

British Commercial Fire Insurance Co
GB 0074 CLC/335 · Collection · 1877-1900

Banns book for the British Church in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

British Church , St Petersburg, Russia
BRITISH CHURCH, RIGA
GB 0074 CLC/334 · Collection · 1806-1939

Records of the British Church at Riga, Latvia, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, minutes and accounts of the British Poor Fund, and a volume containing historical records of the church. They were catalogued in 1963-4 by members of Guildhall Library staff.

British Church , Riga, Latvia
GB 0074 CLC/333 · Collection · 1717-1990

Records of the British Church of Saint James, Oporto, Portugal comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and burials. They were catalogued in 1964 and 1990 by members of Guildhall Library staff.

British Church of St James , Oporto, Portugal
GB 0074 CLC/332 · Collection · 1825-1920

Records of the British Church of Saint Andrew, Moscow, Russia; including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; minute book of meetings of the subscribers; articles defining the position of the church; and cash book.

British Church of St Andrew , Moscow, Russia
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-027 · Collection · 1976

Articles of association for British Chrome and Chemicals Limited.

British Chrome and Chemicals Ltd
GB 0074 ACC/2625 · Collection · 1927-1929

Records of British Chemical Projects (Iridion) Limited, comprising articles of association; indenture; correspondence with the Trade Marks branch of the Patent Office; correspondence with Haseltine, Lake and Co, chartered patent agents; and certificates of trademarks issued in the UK, Argentina, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium and France, 1927-1929.

British Chemical Projects (Iridion) Ltd
BRITISH CHAPEL, MOSCOW
GB 0074 CLC/331 · Collection · 1825-1881

Records of the British Chapel, Moscow, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.

British Chapel , Moscow
BRITISH BANKERS ASSOCIATION
GB 0074 CLC/B/029-01 · Subfonds · 1920-1988

Records of the British Bankers' Association, including General Council, Executive Committee and Annual General Meeting minute books; annual reports; financial accounts; papers of Committees including the Foreign Exchange Committee and the Fiscal Committee; public relations papers including press releases and circulars; papers regarding bank employees; papers regarding the EEC Banking Federation; rules, regulations and other papers relating to membership; and papers relating to various matters of interest to the banking community including income tax, security, fraud, liquidity, clearing house payments, inter-bank cooperation, legislation, bankruptcy, credit, audits and taxation.

Restricted access to later records.

British Bankers' Association , society promoting the interests of banks
GB 0074 CLC/B/101-06 · Collection · 1870-1873

Records of the British Australian Telegraph Company Limited comprising minutes of annual general meetings, meetings of the board and meetings of liquidators.

British Australian Telegraph Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/055-03 · Collection · 1914-1927

Records of the British and European Insurance Company Limited, comprising board and general meetings minutes.

British and European Insurance Co Ltd
GB 0074 ACC/0224 · Collection · 1800-1895

Documents acquired by the solicitors in the course of their work, including copies of court rolls for the manor of 'Stebunheath alias Stepney', 1800-1811; particulars and conditions of sale for various premises in Ashford and Stanwell, Paddington, Rotherhithe, Deptford, Whitechapel, Saint George's-in-the-East, Wapping, Hampstead, Westminster, and Feltham, 1855-1895; and abstract of title for property in Ealing, 1870 [abstract of title: a summary of prior ownership drawn up by solicitors showing how title to the land devolved to the party currently possessing it].

Bristow, Cooke and Carpmael , solicitors
BRISTOL UNITED BREWERIES
GB 0074 ACC/2305/69 · Collection · 1940-1962

Records of Bristol United Breweries Limited, including minute books of board, committee and annual general meetings; indexes to minute books.

Bristol United Breweries Ltd
BRISTOL BREWERY
GB 0074 ACC/2305/68 · Collection · 1915-1970

Records of the Bristol Brewery Georges and Company Limited, including Board of directors minute book; Directors' report and statement of accounts; rules and list of fixtures, Bristol Brewery Georges and Co. Ltd. Athletic Club; papers relating to wages and salaries; memorandums; correspondence; loan stock registers and report and valuation of properties, including those of subsidiaries (thus Bristol United Breweries, Charlton, Oakhill, Dunlop Mackie, Crocker, St Vincent's Hotel, Lewins Properties).

Bristol Brewery Georges and Co Ltd
BRIGHTWEN AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/028 · Collection · 1861-1916

Records of Brightwen and Company, bankers and bill brokers, comprising articles of partnership and financial material.

Brightwen and Co , bankers and bill brokers
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-034 · Collection · 1796-1800

Journal of business and private expenditure of John Bridgman, West India merchant.

Bridgman , John , fl 1766-1803 , West India merchant