Records of the Jews' Free School, later renamed JFS Comprehensive, 1791-1998, including papers of the Governors' Committee, Ladies Committee, Education Committee, Executive Committee, Managers' Meetings and School Council; papers relating to scholarships and prizes; correspondence; financial accounts; pupil admission and discharge records; papers relating to pupil discipline; records of the Headmaster; magazines; programmes; publications; newspaper cuttings; and photographs of pupils, staff, important visitors, school facilities, charitiy activities, sports and buildings.
Sans titreRecords of the Mornington Lodge of Instruction Number 1672; including minutes 1944-1959, agendas 1977-1985, annual returns 1935-1983, applications and instructions for new members 1943-1952, and correspondence 1947-1992. Also financial accounts of the Treasurers 1906-1948, members accounts 1900-1953, subscriptions 1944-1975 and a file of manuscript lectures by Horace Cox 1952-1953.
Sans titreThis series of photographs were taken in the 1950s - 1970s of exteriors of London buildings. They cover the areas of Camden, City of London, Hackney, Islington, Lambeth, Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Westminster. They show views of various buildings, including the Whitechapel Post Office before, during and after demolition; Mann, Crossman and Paulin Ltd Brewers, Bethnal Green; Stepney Green and Whitechapel Stations along with many panoramic shots. The photographs were taken by Hester Mallin and colleagues.
Sans titreRecords of the Field Lane Foundation. The earliest records date to 1842 in its incarnation as the Sabbath School. These comprise management committee minutes which run as a continuous series to 1984 and reflect the change from Sabbath School to Ragged School in 1850.
Important series include the deeds and papers of Field Lane dating from 1801 to 1961. There are also series relating to each of the major homes and organisations associated with or run by the Field Lane Association including the Home Workers Aid Association and the 5 holiday or retirement homes: Eastwood, Dovers, The Priory, Holly Hill and Singholm. There is also a set of annual reports from 1847-1996 and a series of printing blocks used for many of the Field Lanes' publications.
Sans titreThis collection consists of photographs showing a non-National Trust property, 10 South Grove, Highgate, in 1957.
Sans titreCharter of the Horticultural Society of London.
Sans titreEtchings showing reconstructions of the City of London, the Palace of Westminster, and Cheapside in the 1540s.
Sans titreRecords of the Jersey family of Osterley Park, including family correspondence; papers relating to property management; deeds; papers relating to the family pedigree; wills; legal papers; financial papers; papers relating to Child's Bank; papers relating to India, and poems and literature.
Sans titreRecords of J W Falkner and Sons Limited, 1893-1982. This collection consists of administrative material including office files and correspondence (1902-1963); financial records including ledgers, cash books and accounts (1893-1964); and plans and files relating to the various commissions the company undertook (1893-1968).
Sans titreRecords of the Church Commissioners, 1903-1908, comprising photographs of property owned by the Church, possibly in the East End of London.
Sans titreThis photograph is a very early image of a house in the City of London, close to Saint Helen Bishopsgate.
Sans titreThis collection comprises a photograph of 44 Maida Vale, the house of F.L Poole.
Sans titreRecords donated by the London Gas Museum, comprising some 400 Ordnance Survey sheets of various scales and editions, 1893-1989. Many have been amended to show property owned or leased by the Gas Light and Coke Company, the Brentford Gas Company or the North Thames Gas Board. These properties tend to be gas works or showrooms. The plans cover only parts of the area north of the River Thames. There are no sheets for areas south of the Thames. A later deposit consisted of staff magazines and photographs for both the North Thames Gas Board and the South Eastern Gas Board.
Sans titreRecords of the Aged Pilgrim's Friend Society, comprising papers relating to a proposed new asylum at Hornsey Rise; and annual reports.
Sans titreSubject files of committees of the Association of County Councils. The subjects are diverse and cover various aspects of the work and policies of local government. The committees from which files were retained were:
Agriculture 1936-1992;
Community Services 1977-1990;
Education 1941-1990;
Fire Service and Emergency Planning 1947-1992;
Highways 1969-1991;
Housing 1985-1992;
Local Government Finance 1976-1991;
Local Government Reorganisation 1971-1986;
National Parks 1973-1977;
Planning 1949-1992;
Police 1923-1990;
Policy 1976-1989;
Press and Public Relations 1985-1990;
Social Service 1968-1992.
Also some papers of the Association of County Chief Executives.
Sans titreSubject files of the Association of District Councils (ADC), comprising:
- the Council of the ADC's Reviews of the Structure of the ADC, 1987-1989, 1993;
- files of the Environmental Health committee, on AIDS, 1990-1995, Nuclear Power and Nuclear Issues, 1990-1995, and Genetic Manipulation, 1990-1992;
- files of the Housing committee, on Homelessness, 1991-1995;
- files of the Planning committee, on Gypsies, 1990-1995;
- files of the Selection committee, on the Rights of Way Review Committee, 1992-1995, and Common Land, 1990-1992.
Six photographs showing the merchant ship 'Challenger' damaged with a puncture in the side of the vessel, and the Thames Forts.
Sans titreA letter from Reverend William Aubrey Phelp to James Wilson of Sneaton, Yorkshire concerning the payment of parish rates.
Sans titreRecords of the Association of Ministers (Chazanim) of Great Britain, comprising minutes of the Choral Section; general minutes; financial records; members' subscriptions; printed constitution; invitations to Association events; music publications.
Sans titreThis short series of scrapbooks cover the period 1887-1912 and contain invitations, cuttings and information on many of the social events that William Whitaker Thompson and his wife attended during his years in office.
Sans titreRecords of the Land Tax Commissioners, comprising land tax assessments and redemptions for properties in the London Boroughs of Lambeth, Greenwich, Wandsworth, Westminster, Bexley, Barnet, Islington, Haringey, City of London, and Southwark.
Sans titreRecords relating to J Lyons and Company Limited, food manufacturers and caterers, comprising copy of publication "The Lyons lithographs" by Richard Russell, 2000.
Sans titreThis collection contains one panoramic photograph of Stock Road and Selverton Way in West Ham.
Sans titreA collection of deeds, wills and other documents including a declaration of trust, leases, a licence and a banquet invitation.
Sans titreRecords of Saint George's School, Hanover Square, comprising minutes of Board of Managers meetings.
Sans titreAnnual reports of the London Jewish Hospital, for the years 1915, 1919, 1921, 1926, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1970 and 1972.
Sans titreRecords of London Youth Matters, consisting primarily of administrative papers including committee minutes and reports; general filing on a variety of topics; financial papers and a small number of publications.
Sans titreRecords of the Samuel Lewis Housing Trust and the The Women's Housing Trust, including records of Samuel and Ada Lewis including property records and records of other trusts and societies with which they were involved. There are also oral history tapes and papers relating to the project undertaken in 2001 for the centenary celebration.
Sans titrePosters relating to the 'Free George Davis' campaign and campaigns by Islington Tenants against estate agents Prebble and Company.
Sans titreRecords of the Middlesex Victoria Fund, a charity for the aid of discharged prisoners, including minutes; rules of the fund; reports of the Trustees; papers relating to grants to individuals and organisations; correspondence; and financial records.
Sans titreRecords of Howards and Sons Ltd, manufacturers of pharmaceutical chemicals, 1902-1956. Comprising documents in English, French, German and Dutch, the collection reflects the company's active involvement in the world quinine market, especially in the years immediately following World War I (1918-1920), as well as its membership of the Association of Quinine Manufacturers in Allied Countries and the Quinine Manufacturers' Association at that time.
Sans titreRecord of church furnishings for the church of Saint Margaret, Lee. The record covers memorials, metalwork, stonework, woodwork, textiles, paintings, library records, windows and tiling, clocks, musical instruments and lighting. It also includes a list of records (baptisms, marriages and burials) deposited at Lewisham Local History Library.
Sans titrePapers of the London Branch of the Anti Apartheid Movement. The records are wide ranging and include minutes, reports, memoranda and correspondence, as well as publications and more ephemeral material documenting the many events and demonstrations organised by the movement. Although the collection relates specifically to the local and regional groups for the London area, the papers are equally concerned with the wider business of the movement, at both the national and international levels. Records of the Annual General Meetings, the National Committee and the Executive Committee are held as well as material from the London Committee and papers of local anti apartheid groups. The papers of David Kenvyn, chairperson of the London Committee and secretary of Redbridge Apartheid Group, reflect the regional and local activities of the movement, while papers from related organisations illustrate the extent to which the movement worked in partnership with other bodies.
Sans titreRecords of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. The collection has large gaps in the records. However, most of the material contains valuable details on engineers who were members of the union, and on those receiving benefits, for reasons including illness, accidents and deaths.
Sans titreRecords of Reader Brothers, builders, 1895-1980. The collection consists of three main types of record: There is administrative material which includes both the 'formal' records of Reader Brothers (Builders) Limited, such as the Memorandum and Articles of Association, Minutes of meetings, Registers of Members and records relating to shares; as well as various accounts ledgers, cash, petty cash and wages books, diaries and notebooks.
Secondly there are files, planning applications and other legal documents - some with plans attached.
Then there are books and other printed material related to the building trade and lastly there are plans and drawing of housing projects undertaken by the company.
Sans titreRecords of Ind Coope Ltd, a subsidiary of Allied Breweries Ltd, and records of various companies acquired by Ind Coope before it was acquired by Allied. The collection contains the records of the following companies:
Ind Coope Limited
Curtis Nicholson Limited
Taylor Walker and Company Limited
Cannon Brewery Company Limited
Alperton Bottling Company Limited
Pioneer Trading Company Limited.
Each company collection contains corporate records which can include minutes of meetings, memoranda and articles of association, registers of directors and members and corporate agreements. Some companies, for example Taylor Walker and Company Limited and Cannon Brewery Company Limited, have large collections of premises records including early title deeds and mortgage agreements, schedules of properties and inventories. There are numerous items of interest including an album of Taylor Walker advertising cuttings from 1950s (LMA/4433/C/04/001) and photographs from the official opening of the Alperton Bottling plant in 1951 (LMA/4433/E/01/010).
Sans titreRecords of Taylor Walker and Co Ltd, brewers, 1759-1972. This collection contains corporate, staff, premises and miscellaneous records. Corporate records include minutes of directors' meetings, articles of association and copartnership, registers of seals and supply agreements. Staff records include minutes of Employees Representative Committee meetings. Premises records include early title deeds for brewery premises as well as for individual public houses and mortgage records. The miscellaneous series comprises an album of advertising cuttings.
Sans titreRecords of Bartlett and Hobbs Limited, wine merchants, comprising register of directors and secretaries; register of members; share certificates and annual return.
Sans titreRecords 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).
Sans titreRecords of Castle and Company Limited, wine merchants, including minute books of board meetings, directors' meetings and annual general meetings; register of members; memorandum and articles of association; papers relating to shares and share transfers.
Sans titreRecords of M Milne Limited, comprising register of members, including share transfers and register of directors and secretaries.
Sans titreRecords of William Perry Wine Merchants Limited, comprising minute book of board meetings, directors' meetings and annual general meetings; register of members, directors and share certificates; annual returns and certificate of incorporation.
Sans titreRecords of David Sandeman and Sons (Pall Mall) Limited, wine merchants, comprising minute book for board of directors meetings and annual general meetings; register of members, directors, secretaries and share certificates; change of company situation forms and price list for the 1960-1961 season.
Sans titreRecords of A J Smith and Company Limited, off-licence and wine merchants, comprising Board meetings minute book.
Sans titreRecords of Tyler and Company Limited, wine merchants, including directors' meetings minute books (including annual general meetings); agenda book; register of members and shares; memorandum and articles of association; and financial accounts.
Sans titreRecords of Meux's Brewery Co, a subsidiary of Allied Breweries Ltd, and records of various companies acquired by Meux before it was acquired by Allied. The collection contains the records of the following companies:
Meux's Brewery Company Limited
Thorne Bros Limited
Burge and Company Limited
J and W Nicholson and Company Limited
John Lovibond and Sons Limited
Claude-General Neon Lights
Oldham Sign Service
Each company collection contains corporate records which can include minutes of meetings, memoranda and articles of association, registers of directors and members and corporate agreements. Meux's Brewery Company Limited has a large collection of premises records including early title deeds, mortgage agreements and schedules of properties. There are numerous items of interest including legal papers relating to a court case between Meux's Brewery and the Marquis of Aylesbury circa 1902 (LMA/4435/A/01/011) and a complete set of end of year accounts 1931-1984 for Claude-General Neon Lights (LMA/4435/F/009).
This collection contains records from several business types, breweries, gin distillers (J and W Nicholson and Company Limited), neon light manufacturers and sign makers illustrating the wide variety of functions carried out by Allied Breweries and it's companies.
Sans titreRecords of J and W Nicholson and Company Limited, gin distillers, 1897-1986. This collection contains corporate and premises records. Corporate records comprise a change of name certificate and premises records include documents relating to individual public houses and premises, mortgage information and a plan of The Richmond Hotel, Hammersmith.
Sans titrePapers of Rabbi Bernard Susser relating to the survey of Alderney Road Cemetery done in 1993-1997, including notes, illustrations and working papers.
Sans titreStatutory Planning files from the Greater London Council Historic Buildings Division. These files were transferred from the Greater London Council to English Heritage and were continued under English Heritage.
The files concern a range of buildings including offices, houses, theatres, sports arenas, railway stations, mansions, museums, concert halls, pubs, shops, churches, chapels, government buildings, hospitals, bridges and markets; including the Royal Opera House, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Houses of Parliament, Mansion House, the Royal National Theatre, Geffrye Museum, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Spitalfields Market, County Hall, National Gallery, Lyceum Theatre, Smithfield Market, Hackney Empire, Saint George's Hospital, Harrods, the Royal Albert Hall, and Tower Bridge.
Sans titreRecords of the Exploring Living Memory project, organised by the London History Workshop Centre. This collection contains files relating to the administration and organisation of the Exploring Living Memory workshops, conferences and exhibitions together with copies of images and sample sections of text used in the displays of participating groups and individuals. There are a variety of images depicting individuals, family groups and war time experiences together with images of London both past and present.
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