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BAPTIST CHURCHES
ACC/2824 · Collection · 1966-1987

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.

Baptist Union of Great Britain x General Baptists x Particular Baptists
GB 0402 SSC/1 · 1788-1811

Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, 1788-1811, comprise microfilm, and enlarged prints from the microfilm, of papers held in the Sutro Collection, State Library of California concerning subjects including the Africa Association.

Banks , Sir , Joseph , 1743-1820 , 1st Baronet , President of the Royal Society
Banks Photograph Collection
GB 0102 MS 380389 · Created c1897-1949

Papers, c1897-1949, of Alexander Banks, comprising photographs taken chiefly by Alexander Banks showing groups of missionaries, including the Banks, Hicks and Hodge families, Indian Christians, including the Das family, Hindus and Muslims, local festivals, buildings and views. Also included are copies of circular letters (1900-1902) and letters (1903-1906) from Alexander Banks; his diary (1899-1900); a record of orphanage children in India (1906) including photographs; and publications of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union.

Banks , Alexander L , fl 1897-1949 , missionary
BANKS COLLECTION
GB 0074 ACC/0410 · Collection · 1486-1949

Collection of research into the local history of Friern Barnet and environs, carried out by C.O. Banks. The papers include copies of court rolls, research notes, lectures, statistics, extracts from parish records, copies and extracts of wills, legal proceedings, notes on important buildings and people, newspaper cuttings, licences, geneaological notes, sales particulars, estate agents plans, reports, photographs, articles, books and pamphlets on the local history, and maps of Friern Barnet and surrounding areas.

Banks , C O , fl 1925-1939 , local historian
BANKRUPTCY COURT
GB 0074 ACC/0549 · Collection · 1660-1920

Legal documents presented to Bankruptcy Courts, including mortgages, assignments, leases, abstract of title, wills and probates, grants, copies of court rolls, admissions, releases, conveyances, agreements, covenants to surrender, letters of administration, deeds of partnership, bills of costs, indentures of fines and marriage settlements; all for premises in Middlesex. Also records of pleas before the King's Bench, Queen's Bench, the Court of Exchequer and the Exchequer of Pleas; all for Middlesex.

Court of King's Bench x Court of Queen's Bench Court of Exchequer Court of Bankruptcy
BANKRUPTCY COMMISSIONS
GB 0074 O/115 · Collection · 1799

Petition to issue a commission of bankruptcy, 3 Jan 1799, from William Wilde and Richard Sturges, of Compton Street, St James, Clerkenwell, brewers, to Alexander, Lord Loughborough, Lord High Chancellor. With attached commission of bankruptcy (3 Jan 1799), issued by George III to Richard Calvert, William Boscawen, Charles Bragge, Arthur Onslow, and Henry Gregg.

Wedderburn , Alexander , first Earl of Rosslyn , 1733-1805 , Lord Chancellor
BANKRUPTCY COMMISSION
GB 0074 ACC/1761 · Collection · 1694-1787

Two legal documents, comprising an agreement allowing Thomas Earl of Stamford, Sir Henry Hobart and Sir William Rawlinson access to the law books of the late Sir John Maynard, which were being held by Maynard Colchester of the Middle Temple, London, 1694; and a renewal of Commission in bankruptcy against Charles Pearce and James Pearce of Castle Street, Leicester Fields, Middlesex, tailors and co-partners, 1787.

Various
GB 0074 CLC/B/192-05 · Collection · 1865-1919

Records of the Bankers Guarantee and Trust Fund, comprising Trustees minute books.

Bankers Guarantee and Trust Fund
BANK OF NIGERIA
GB 0074 CLC/B/207-3 · Collection · 1907-1940

Records of the Bank of Nigeria, comprising specimen signatures book and agenda book.

Anglo-African Bank Ltd x Bank of Nigeria Ltd
BAMBOO PAPER COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/022 · Collection · 1919-1928

Records of the Bamboo Paper Company Limited, comprising memorandum and articles of association, an agreement with the India Paper Pulp Company, and correspondence.

Permission to gain access to these records should be sought from the depositor (contact details may be obtained from staff).

Bamboo Paper Co Ltd , paper manufacturers
BALTIC EXCHANGE
GB 0074 CLC/B/021 · Collection · 1757-1994

Records of the Baltic Exchange (1821-1994); the London Shipping Exchange (1892-1903), which was purchased by the Baltic Exchange; and the Jerusalem Coffee House (1757-1833), which was purchased by the London Shipping Exchange. The records include minutes, agendas, financial accounts, letter books and correspondence, administrative papers, membership records, shipping papers and records of the Airbrokers Association, 1947-1976 and the Institute of Shipbrokers, 1917-1987.

Jerusalem Coffee House x The Jerusalem Ltd x Jerusalem Shipping Exchange Baltic Exchange , 1982- London Shipping Exchange , 1892-1903
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-015 · Collection · 1685

Articles of agreement between Henry Ballow, citizen and dyer, and Eliazer Hasell, mercer, regulating the administration of their joint property and debts at the end of their partnership as mercers.

Ballow , Henry , 1643-1715 , dyer Hasell , Eliazer , 1656-1731 , mercer
LMA/4153 · Collection · 1950-1971

Marriage registers for Ballards Lane Presbyterian Church, Finchley Central, 1950-1971.

Presbyterian Church of England
GB 0402 ABA · 1873-1896

Seven bound journals of Andrew F Balfour with enclosures including three journals covering Balfour's service on the HMS Challenger scientific expedition; one journal describing his command of the gunboat HMS Stork off east Africa (1889-1891); and three journals describing his command of HMS Penguin on a Pacific survey (1893-1896). Loose papers and newspaper cuttings are enclosed with the journals.

Balfour , Andrew F , fl 1850-1890 , Commander RN
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-014 · Collection · 1628

Deed of co-partnership between William Baldwyn and John Tynte to act as woollen drapers.

Baldwyn , William , d 1661 , merchant taylor and draper Tynte , John , d 1671 , woollen draper
BALDWIN AND ELLIOTT
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-013 · Collection · 1828-1863

Buisness ledger of Baldwin and Elliott, saddlers and ironmongers.

Baldwin and Elliott , saddlers and ironmongers
BALDOCKS {SOLICITORS}
GB 0074 ACC/1569 · Collection · 1901

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising a conveyance for premises named Kenilworth, Berlin Road, Catford, "recently erected"; previously mortagaged to William Jackson, Sittingbourne, Kent, auctioneer and surveyor and Richard S. Jackson, Greenwich. Considerations paid: £700 from Edwin Underwood, Kenilworth, Berlin Road, Catford, to William Jackson; £200 from Edwin Underwood to Richard Jackson; and £350 from Edwin Underwood to James Watt, Langley Lodge, Bromley Road, Catford, builder; 1901.

Baldocks , solicitors
GB 0074 B/BAL · Collection · 1843-1948

Records of Balch and Balch, solicitors, 1843-1948, relating to properties handled by the company, including sales particulars for properties throughout London, and title deeds, as well as other legal documents such as mortgages, leases, assignments, conveyances and abstracts of title.

Balch and Balch , estate agents
GB 0402 SWB · 1844-1894.

Papers of Sir Samuel White Baker including diaries (which include sketches) of expeditions to the Upper Nile between 1861 and 1873, and notes on hunting in Ceylon 1844-1853; cash book for 1869; observations taken in Central Africa, 1860-1873 and papers and letters to John Petherick (1863) and Mr Kerrison (1873).

Baker , Sir , Samuel White , 1821-1893 , Knight , traveller and sportsman
BAKER, DANIEL {MERCHANT}
GB 0074 ACC/1682 · Collection · 1670-1694

Memorandum book of Daniel Baker. A memorandum book was a note-book which was sometimes used to record financial transactions.

Baker , Daniel , fl 1670-1694 , merchant
GB 0074 ACC/1297/BKW · Collection · 1897-1910

Records of the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway, including minutes of Board Meetings, Committee Minutes and Shareholders Meetings; indexes to minutes.

Baker Street and Waterloo Railway Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd
BAKER FAMILY
GB 0074 CLC/423 · Collection · 1770-1824

Papers of Edward Baker, mathematical instrument maker, comprising a letter book containing correspondence with family, and a genealogy of the Baker family 1650-1776. The papers were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1977.

Baker , Edward , b 1757 , mathematical instrument maker
Baké, Dr Arnold Adrian
GB 0102 PP MS 21 · Created c1932-1961

Papers, c1932-1961, of Dr Arnold Adrian Baké, comprising notes on Indian music and folklore, in addition to songs in various Indian languages and translations in English and Dutch.

Baké , Arnold Adrian , 1899-1963 , Sanskrit scholar
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-024 · Collection · 1911-1988

Records of Bajoe Kidoel Rubber and Produce Company Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; circulars; photograph album showing coffee and rubber estates; and ledgers.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Bajoe Kidoel Rubber and Produce Co Ltd
GB 0113 MS-BAILW · 1854

William Hunter Baillie's transcript of the autobiographic memoranda of his father, Matthew Baillie (1761-1823), 1854, copied from the original, with a letter from William Hunter Baillie commenting on the text of the memoranda

Baillie , William Hunter , 1797-1894 , barrister
GB 0114 MS0209 · c1929

Papers of Helen Hunter Baillie, c 1929, comprising a typescript volume by Baillie, titled A biography of the Hunter Baillie Family in ten parts, followed by a section titled My Own Reminiscences in three sets also by Baillie. Including letters and a newspaper cutting relating to the death of Baillie, and a photograph of her.

Baillie , Helen Hunter- , d 1929 , daughter of William Hunter Baillie x Hunter-Baillie , Helen
GB 0074 ACC/1007 · Collection · 1787-1811

Papers, 1787-1811, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to Edwin Payne [Paine], the Holbrook family and their lease of Church Farm, Tottenham; and to properties and enclosures in Hounslow including 'Church Meadow', Bath Road.

Baileys, Shaw and Gillett , solicitors
GB 1538 S31 · 1933

Private case records of Keith Vernon Bailey, bound in one volume, relating to cases treated by Bailey at Altrincham General Hospital, Cheshire, during 1933.

Bailey , Kenneth Vernon , 1898-1989 , gynaecologist
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-023 · Collection · 1911-1988

Records of Bah Lias Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports and circulars.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from staff).

Bah Lias Rubber Estates Ltd
GB 0074 E/BGS · Collection · 1816-1864

Records of William Bagshaw relating to two properties in which he had an interest, 42 Craven Street, Strand and 3 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, and to a grave in Highgate Cemetery he purchased. One document shows him acting as a trustee. Two apprenticeship indentures have no obvious link with the rest of the documents, and may have come from another source.

Bagshaw , William , fl 1816-1864 , accountant
BAGSHAW AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/020 · Collection · 1854-1989

Records of Bagshaw and Company, chartered accountants, including partnership agreements; minutes of meetings; financial accounts; and personal papers of William Edward Bagshaw.

Access to records less than 40 years old should be sought from Moore Stephens (contact details may be obtained from staff).

Bagshaw and Co , chartered accountants
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-08 · Collection · 1930-1959

Records of the Baghdad Light and Power Company Limited, comprising articles of association and minute book.

Baghdad Light and Power Co Ltd
BAE SYSTEMS PENSION SCHEME
GB 0074 LMA/4491 · Collection · 1955-2006

Records of BAE Systems Pension Scheme including Pension Scheme explanatory booklets, leaflets and annual reports and accounts. Includes papers on new state pension arrangements (1926-1978). These papers include those kept by Peter G Dawes and Chris Bedford.

BAE Systems x British Aerospace
GB 0074 A/BGR · Collection · 1557-1698

Records of the Badger's Almshouses, Shoreditch, relating to the ownership of property, including bargain and sales, feoffments, deeds, lease and releases, assignments and abstract of title.

Badger's Almshouses , Shoreditch
BADDELEY {SHOEMAKER}
GB 0074 ACC/0532 · Collection · 1792-1807

Lease by Viscount Melbourne to Thomas Bott, umbrella-maker, of the second house from the east corner of Cecil Street, numbered 86 Strand, 1792; assignment of lease of No 86 Strand by Melbourne, Bott and others to Baddeley, shoemaker, 1798 and assignment of lease of No 86 Strand by Baddeley to Mackinlay, 1807.

Unknown
BACONS FREE SCHOOL
GB 0074 A/BFS · Collection · 1703-1913

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.

Bacon's Free School, Bermondsey
BACON, John (1777-1859)
GB 0074 E/BN · Collection · 1683-1866

Papers relating to the estate of John Bacon the younger, sculptor, including title deeds and documents relating to the purchase, ownership and sale of properties in the City of London, Bethnal Green, Paddington, Marylebone, Hoxton, Shoreditch, Stepney, Knightsbridge, Westminster and Kent; correspondence; articles of co-partnership with Charles Manning; and lists of sculptural works underway.

Bacon , John , 1777-1859 , sculptor
GB 0120 MSS.550, 3083-3086 and 6079-6080 · mid 15th century - mid 18th century

These papers comprise the manuscript collection of F[rederick] Bacon Frank (1827-1911). They include a medieval medical miscellany (MS.550), material by or relating to the 17th century Yorkshire physician Nathaniel Johnston (MSS.3083-3086 and 6080), and some Bacon family administrative documents (MS.6079). One item relating to Nathaniel Johnston that did not form part of the Bacon Frank collection has been catalogued with it for convenience (MS.3086).

Johnston , Nathaniel , 1627-1705 Bacon family
BACON FAMILY
GB 0074 ACC/0260 · Collection · 1815-1855

Papers relating to property owned by the Bacon family, including copy of Act of Parliament to partition real estate devised by will of John Bacon of Friern Barnet containing an inventory of lands in question; notes of judgements in cases of debt brought against member of the Bacon family and accounts of debts and insolvency of Bacon family; legal opinion of liability of estates to creditors; agreement and conveyance for land in Muswell Hill.

Various.
B HOOPER AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/019 · Collection · 1899-1973

Records of B Hooper and Company, manufacturing chemists, including ledger, order, invoices, prescription books, formula book and labels for products.

B Hooper and Co , manufacturing chemists
B E BIRD AND COMPANY LIMITED
GB 0074 LMA/4434/C · Collection · 1935-1973

Records of B E Bird and Company Limited, off-licences chain, comprising Directors' meetings minute books and register of members, including register of directors and share transfers.

B E Bird and Co Ltd , off-licences chain
B. & J. NEWTON
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-012 · Collection · 1810-1837

Records of Benjamin and John Newton, notaries public, comprising memorandum book of legal documents drawn up, attested or certified by the brothers or their staff.

B and J Newton , notaries public
GB 0074 ACC/1238 · Collection · 1902-1904

Papers of Aylott and Mannion, plasterers, comprising correspondence between themselves and G.C. Fan, solicitor, concerning a legal claim against R.J. Ayers of West Ealing.

Aylott and Mannion , plasterers
GB 0074 ACC/1297/A&B · Collection · 1860-1894

Records of the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway Company, comprising Directors' Meetings minutes; Proprietors' meetings minutes; Wotton Tramway Committee minutes; and Contract Plan and Sections for the Aylesbury - Verney Railway.

Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway Company
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-011 · Collection · 1949-1958

Minute book of the Aviation Insurance Offices Association.

Aviation Insurance Offices Association
GB 0074 ACC/2950 · Collection · 1935

Papers collected by the estate agents in the course of their work, comprising sales particulars of 'Eversley', Shepherds Hill, Highgate including photographs of interior and exterior of house and grounds, 1935.

A T Underwood and Company , estate agents
GB 0074 CLC/B/018 · Collection · 1926-1996

Records of the Association of Investment Trusts, later the Association of Investment Trust Companies and then the Association of Investment Companies. The records comprise some constitutional documents, minutes of the various committees, annual reports and accounts and supporting papers, financial material, along with many files of correspondence on particular topics, as well as a large serie of files relating to members of the Association. These records are all held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Association of Investment Trust Companies , 1969-2006 Association of Investment Trusts , 1932-1969 Association of Investment Companies , 2006-
GB 0074 CLC/B/017 · Collection · 1832-1990

Records of predecessors of the Association of British Insurers, comprising:

  • Accident Offices Association (Overseas);
  • Accident Offices Association;
  • Aircraft Insurance Committee;
    Association of Life Assurance Offices in India;
  • British Insurance Association;
    -British Life Assurance Trust;
  • Building Society Indemnities Committee;
  • Coal Pool;
  • Consequential Loss Committee;
  • Debris Clearance Pool;
  • Engineering Offices Association;
  • Fire Offices' Committee;
  • Fire Offices Committee (Foreign);
  • Fire Offices Committee of Ireland;
  • Glasgow Rate and Salvage Association;
  • Home Office Vehicles Pool;
  • Industrial Life Offices Association;
  • Insurance Companies (War Settlement) Committee;
  • Life Offices' Association;
  • South African Accident Council;
  • London Australasian Insurance Committee;
  • London Continental Fire Insurance Committee;
  • London Fire Engine Establishment;
  • London Salvage Corps;
  • London South African Insurance Committee;
  • London West Africa Insurance Committee;
  • London Wharf and Warehouse Committee;
  • National Amalgamated Approved Society;
  • National Conference of Industrial Assurance Approved Societies;
  • Printers and Theatres Rating Committee (Southern Committee);
  • Trading with the Enemy Joint Insurance Committee.

PLEASE NOTE: further minutes and files of the British Insurance Association and files of other predecessor bodies, along with minutes and files of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) from 1985-2000, remain uncatalogued. The uncatalogued records are available by prior appointment only quoting accession reference B11/056. In addition access requests to ABI records from 1985-2000 are subject to prior permission from ABI. Please contact staff for further details.

Various.