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Deeds and papers relating to premises in Edmonton, Enfield, Hendon, Hornsey, Teddington and Willesden, and the estates of Charles Brown and Charles James Sanderson.

Records of the Gibson family, mostly relating to their property and estates, including:

ACC/1045/1-10: Pinner Wood, Shower family property, 1550-1717;
ACC/1045/11-21: Northolt, Islips Manor Farm, Shower family property, 1685-1755;
ACC/1045/22-23: Pinner, Barrowpoint or Berry Pond Hill, 1734;
ACC/1045/24-25: Pinner Street, cottage, 1691;
ACC/1045/26-48: Pinner, Brickwall House, 1664-1762;
ACC/1045/49-105: Pinner, Page family properties, 1664-1723;
ACC/1045/106-111: Pinner, Edlin family properties, 1692-1724.
ACC/1045/112-113: Hendon, Bunns Farm, 1733-1739;
ACC/1045/114: Heston, Upper Grove Meadow, 1750;
ACC/1045/116-117: St. James Westminster, Rupert St., 1736-1743;
ACC/1045/118: St. Paul Covent Garden, Bow St., 1683;
ACC/1045/119-121: Kent, Darenth, 1636-1653;
ACC/1045/122: Kent, West Malling, 1701;
ACC/1045/123-136: Shower and Gibson family wills and settlements, 1701-1797;
ACC/1045/137-140: Stanton family wills and settlements, 1713-1739;
ACC/1045/141-143: Articles of partnership, 1706-1758;
ACC/1045/144-148: Accounts, 1710-1747;
ACC/1045/149-153: Papers of Richard Stanton, 1718-1748;
ACC/1045/154-178: Papers of the Revd. John Gibson, 1740-1762;
ACC/1045/179-181: Miscellaneous items, 1677-1744.

Records deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the Middlesex Quarter Sessions, comprising a parochial list of the poll for the County of Middlesex at the General Election 1802; printed in 1803 with minor handwritten additions, including the signature of Edward Knight, former owner.

Title deeds, leases and other property documents relating to the Manors of Mockings, Pembrokes, Bruces and Dawbeneys, Tottenham.

A document of wide interest is the will of Richard Turnaunt of 1486, leaving, amongst other bequests, 80 worth of silver and gilt to his daughter. The silver is described in detail and includes, for example, a silver gilt cup with a cover in the shape of a columbine with pearls on the knop (a term used to describe a knob or boss on silver plate), weighing 43 ounces troy, a little gold salt with a cover decorated with a stag, and a standing cup and cover of silver parcel gilt chased with feathers or plumes. The documents are in good condition. Most have been numbered on the dorse in what appears to be a nineteenth century hand, as for example "Mx No.4"

Many of the title-holders, trustees and witnesses concerned with these deeds were City of London drapers. John Gedeney used an interesting seal (see Nos. 8,9,17,20) showing a device which may also have been a trade mark. Another draper, John Bederenden, used one of a somewhat similar style (see No. 22). there are a number of interesting and well-preserved seals in this collection, although some are forms of initial letters, or obvious devices such as the shell of Michell (No.22). Standard forms of seals were also used, such as the commonly found mother and child.

Papers, 1863-1932, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds, correspondence and legal documents relating to property in Saint James Westminster, Edmonton and Highgate.

Records of the Daubeney family of Isleworth, including official papers and correspondence relating to the military career of Sir Charles Henry Barnston Daubeney; pedigrees and genealogical notes; and notes and illustrations concerning family history, heraldry and property.

Particulars and conditions of sale, with plan, of four freehold newly-erected semi-detached houses in Holden Road, and twenty three freehold building plots fronting Holden Road and Nether Street, Woodside Park, North Finchley, 1905.

Papers, 1827-1894, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising probate copies of wills and letters of administration; leases for property in Haringey, Highgate and Paddington.

Collection of letters, including:

• Letter from John Meryett at Hampton to Mr Ware, Scotland Yard, Westminster, 1746, regarding the King's River.

• Letter from the Marquess of Tichfield [Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex] to the Rt. Hon. William Windham [Secretary at War], 1796, concerning the identity of Whitfield Harvey, an ensign in the Westminster Regiment. Col Cawthorne suspects that the present holder of the commission is an imposter.

• Sworn statement by Thomas Meyer, made before R Ford at Bow Street, 1802, stating that from the examination of John Devlin, in custody at Liverpool, and the description of a hat in his possession, he believes the hat to be that worn by John Cole Steele when he was murdered, and that John Devlin is connected with the crime.

• Letter from W Budd to the magistrates of the Police Office, Bow Street, enclosing handbills [missing] giving a description of a former dragoon suspected of the murder of Mr George Sergeant.

• Letter from the Duke of Portland [Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex] to Viscount Melbourne, 1831, informing him that no accurate estimate of the numbers who "may be likely to join their colours" for militia exercise can be given from the numbers of those enrolled in the County of Middlesex, except in the case of country parishes.

Records relating to the Whitton Park estate, Twickenham, owned by Archibald Campbell, (1682-1761), 3rd Duke of Argyll, including admissions, surrenders, leases, bonds, and extracts from the court rolls of the manors of Isleworth Syon and Twickenham.

Records of the Tottenham and District Gas Company, 1847-1959, including register of shareholders and stockholders; minutes of shareholders' meetings; minutes of directors' meetings; out-letter book of board of directors; reports of the chief engineer and general manager to the directors, containing details of coal stocks, gas consumption, laying of mains, etc.

Reports of the managing director to the directors, incorporating those of both the chief engineer and the gas sales manager; reports of the secretary to the directors; files of printed Acts and Orders and correspondence; financial and accounting records; staff records and estimate and bill of costs for the extension of showrooms and offices at 639 High Road, Tottenham.

Records of the Southgate and District Gas Company, 1858-1938, including volume of Acts of Parliament relating to the Gas Companies; registers of shareholders; list of proprietors; registers of debenture stock and of debenture stockholders; register of transfers of stocks and shares; minutes of shareholders' meetings; minutes of directors' meetings; financial and accounting records.

This collection consists of architectural drawings (on paper) of Kneller Hall, Twickenham, by George Mair, 1844-1848. The drawings of both First and Second Series bear the signatures: 'J.P. Kay Shuttleworth' and 'John Kelk'. In addition to the signatures all the drawings bear, in Kay-Shuttleworth's hand and following his signature, a date: 'Feb. 8. 1848' in the case of the First Series, and 'June 17 1848' in the case of Second Series. All the drawings bear, near Mair's inscription, the number 51/1844, which is perhaps his commission number or 'job number'. Moreover, all the drawings bear a circular stencilled stamp reading '1861 R.E. Office London' enclosing a number (either 6, 7, or 12).

Drawings in the First Series are all scaled 1 inch to 10 ft. They are all signed; 'Geo. Mair, architect, 18 Charlotte Street, Bedford Sq, London'. Most have original legends which contain clear indication that they relate to proposed alterations to an existing building. Drawings include: basement plan; ground plan; first floor plan; second floor plan; plan of roofs; entrance elevation; back elevation and side elevation.

Drawings of the Second Series show a very substantially altered building as compared with that depicted in the First Series. They are all signed: 'Geo. Mair, archt., May 1848'. Drawings include: plan of footing and drains; basement plan; ground plan; first floor plan; second floor plan; plan of roofs; north elevation; east elevation; west elevation showing additional buildings over the offices; transverse section C-D on plans and longitudinal section A-B.

Land tax assessment for Hampton.

Collection of documents including:

• Memorandum of receipt of £250, upon an Annuity or Pension of one thousand pounds per annum from Commissioners of Excise for the City of London and counties of Middlesex and Surrey, 1677.
• Special Constable's warrant to assist in control of riots, 1848.
• Memorandum of special pardon issued under privy seal to William Walker of London, goldsmith, convicted of felony, [1640].
• Memorandum of proclamation prohibiting the making or wearing of demicasters or using wool with beaver in beaver hats, [1639].

Household and personal account book of Colonel Henry Ferryman Bowles.

Records of the Page family relating to premises owned by the family in Wembley, Harrow, and Uxendon, including the Manors of Uxendon and Tokington.

Papers, 1795-1860, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising legal documents relating to the Jamaican estates of Reverend Isaac Robinson and his wife Rebecca Bond, including marriage settlement, deed of trusts and copy of draft general report in Chancery action taken by Abraham Watson Rutherford and others versus Sarah Wilkinson, widow, Revd. Isaac Robinson and Rebecca his wife and others in the matter of estate of William Bond, deceased, executor and residuary legatee of brother Thomas Bond, deceased, both West India merchants, with schedules of accounts relating principally to management of sugar and coffee plantations in Jamaica and sale of produce. Also documents relating to trusteeships held by clerk Thomas Robinson of Milford; and conveyances by lease and release for Bittacy House in Mill Hill.

Handwritten volume comprising a handbook for new Justices of the Peace, including information on the appointment, general duties, powers and jurisdiction of Justices; felonies, punishments and pardons; poor laws; laws regarding highways, bridges and county rates; game laws; and appendices on various legal aspects of the work of the Justice. Dated to 1794.

Records of Patrick Colquhoun, police magistrate, comprising letter to Henry Dundas, Home Secretary, relating to a salary dispute, 1793; letter to Richard Ford, magistrate, relating to apprehension of a criminal, 1797; letter to William Wickham, Under-secretary of State for the Home Department, relating to the river police, 1798; letter regarding the Wapping riots, 1798; letters relating to expenditure, 1799.

Also autobiographical notes giving an account of 'family and public services', including a detailed chronological account of his public services, beginning with his early career in Glasgow, where he was Chief Magistrate. He accepted the position of a police magistrate in London "not so much on account of the salary which was small; but from a strong impression on his mind that by great attention to the duty he had undertaken to perform he would be able after a time to suggest measures for the improvement of a System(?), than which nothing could be worse." His various activities have included regulating public houses, and establishing the river police office, soup kitchens and a public school in Westminster. He has published treatises on these and other subjects which have been read widely, and many of his suggestions have been implemented. In many connections he has been styled a "public benefactor".

This document appears to have been composed with a view to publication. In 1818 Colquhoun's son-in-law contributed to the European Magazine "an exhaustive account of his useful and disinterested labours," (Dictionary of National Biography, Vol IV, p.860), and it is possible that this was written for that article. However, as the account of his services ends at 1814 (although he was a police magistrate until 1818), and the watermark is 1814, the earlier date seems the more probable.

Records of the Pudney family of Sunbury including notes on notes on crops, yields, dates of work done on Manor Farm, Sunbury; valuations; leases of farmland at Ashford and Hersham; receipts; poor rate assessment book for the parish of Sunbury, 1857 and copy of accounts of surveyors of highways, 1875-1876, for the parish of Sunbury, 1876.

Records of the London Cooperative Society; comprising receipts listing deeds and documents concerning properties in Alperton, Edmonton, Hillingdon, Islington, Ruislip and Willesden, 1932-1936; and correspondence and papers concerning deeds for and valuations of property, 1971-1977.

Records of the Arcade Property Company Limited, 1934-1980, including memorandum and articles of association; register of seals; register of members; register of directors and secretaries; minute books; attendance books; and financial accounts.

Records of Smith Kendon Limited, 1826-1987. The collection mainly comprises the papers of Donald Smith and his capacity as Managing Director and Chairman of Smith Kendon Limited, including papers relating to the formation of the business such as articles of partnership and certificates of registration; deeds and other legal documents relating to property owned by the company; insurance policies; inventories; correspondence; minutes of meetings; Donald Smith's business diaries; sales figures; financial accounts; papers relating to stock and stock control; papers relating to sales; papers relating to products including recipe books; advertising; reports; staff records and papers relating to the Second World War.

Personal papers of Joseph Baxter, teacher, including essays on 'My Future Life' written by some of his pupils; retirement certificate; and photographs of staff and pupils at unidentified schools.

Records of Putnam and James, butchers, 1878-1903, including three daily order books for the butcher's shop, giving names, addresses, order placed and weight; bills and estimates for work to be done.

Purchase records of the Chelsea Waterworks Company, including works day books; day books; Pipe Yard day book; stock books; and records relating to the delivery and consumption of coal.

Financial records of the Grand Junction Waterworks Company, including half-yearly accounts; ledgers; journals; cash books; liabilities; balance books; revenue ledgers; office rate books; Collectors' recoveries and meter collections.

General records of the Grand Junction Waterworks Company, including examples of forms printed and distributed by the company; general index of drawings; papers relating to rate assessment appeals; valuation of tools and working plant; and papers relating to Parliamentary Acts and Royal Commissions.

Corporate records of the Kent Waterworks Company, including Board of Directors' minute books; Committee minute books; Secretary's reports; correspondence and letter books; legal papers; records relating to shares, stocks and dividends; and contracts.

Purchase records of the London Bridge Waterworks Company comprising stock books, inventories and valuations.

Stock transfer records for the London Bridge Waterworks Company, comprising book of wills for deceased shareholders and elevation and plan of the great engine for the fifth arch of London Bridge.

Records of the Metropolitan Water Board Clerk's Department. Apart from the principal file registries, there are also series of plans, photographs, signed contracts, parliamentary papers and a collection of 'exhibits' culled from the archives of the predecessor companies by a Thames Water officer. The files relate to various subjects including water supply, water mains, property, staff, use of reservoirs, water treatment, water fittings, ceremonial openings, tenders, agreements, claims, air raid precautions, finances, maintenance and predecessor companies.

Records of the Metropolitan Water Board Chief Engineer's Department, including letter books of the Chief Engineer; personnel papers; contracts; Chief Engineer reports; volumes relating to districts of the Board (Southern District, Northern District, Kent District, New River District, Eastern District, Western District); papers relating to the Staines Reservoir Communications Works; reports on reservoirs and equipment trials. Also Registry files on a variety of subjects including accidents, burst mains, contracts, pumping stations, British Waterworks Association, chemical treatment, complaints, drownings, filtration, examination of water, hydrants, water supply, the Institution of Water Engineers, computers, mains distribution, Parliamentary bills, sewage, recreational use of reservoirs, statistics, improvement of supply and floods.

Records of the Metropolitan Water Board Solicitor's Department, including claims files; dispute files; legal case papers and Parliamentary papers. Also Registry files relating to a variety of topics including conveyancing, litigation, Parliament, contracts and tenders, accidents, land sales and purchase, leases, licences, mortgages and loans, staffing, inventions and patents.

Records of the Metropolitan Water Board Water Examination Department, comprising annual reports, monthly reports and research reports.

Board records of the New River Company, comprising Board papers and report books.

Property records of the New River Company, including rent and arrears books; rents payable registers; rent and acknowledgements books; ground rents registers; building estate insurances; fire insurances and leases.

Records of the New River Company which were separated from the main collection and used for exhibitions, including minutes; papers of the Surveyor; papers of the Engineer; negotiations for the supply of water; property papers; correspondence; reports; royal charters; agreements; legal papers; newspaper cuttings; papers relating to shares; contracts and specifications of works; and papers relating to staff.

Records of the Shadwell Waterworks Company, comprising financial material including rent books; cash books; receipt books; wage books; account books and some papers relating to works carried out.

Financial records of the Staines Reservoir Joint Committee, including half-yearly accounts; journal; cash book; ledgers; register of wills and papers relating to payments to solicitors.

Financial records of the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company, including accounts; ledgers; journals; cash books; revenue ledgers; Collector's accounts; bankers books; disbursement books; and building supply accounts.

Purchase records of the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company, including works stock book; volumes recording good returned to stores; and volumes recording coal use.

Financial records of the West Middlesex Waterworks Company, including ledgers; cash books and journals.

Records of the West Middlesex Waterworks Company relating to water supply and distribution, including Engineer's reports; Engineer's diaries for technical matters and workmen's time; Inspectors' technical diaries; revenue survey volumes; water supply and distribution volumes and files.

Year books of the West London Rifles (4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps), giving details of parades, drills, and camps. Also copy of the will of Mrs Harriet Urquhart, wife of William Urquhart of 111 Riversdale Road, Highbury.

Letter from Charles, 2nd Viscount Townsend, to Lord Delaware, chairman of the sessions of the peace for Westminster, announcing the decision that the Treasury Solicitor will in future defend all constables and other peace officers of Westminster in actions brought against them 'for searching houses where Felons and other disorderly Persons resort' by warrant of the justices. Dated 26 October 1728.

Personal property records of Baptist Wriothesley Noel relating to premises in Hampton and Enfield.

Papers, 1903-1929, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to 2 and 4 Cedar Avenue, Whitton, Twickenham; including conveyances, mortgages and abstract of title.

Papers, 1710-1985, collected by the property company in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to the following properties:

29-41 High Street, Teddington and Vicarage Road, Teddington 323, 329, 331 Vicarage Farm Road, Heston; 40 Standard Road, Chase Estate, Acton; 49-65 Kingsley Road, Hounslow Factory; at Rowdell Road, Northolt; Factory at Cambridge Road Factory Estate, Enfield; 14-15 Corinth Parade, Hayes.

The records include conveyances, leases, lease and releases, probates of wills, plans, mortgages, abstracts of title and agreements.

Records of solicitor John Coverdale. Many of these papers relate to his marriage to Isabella Frederica Tomkyns, and to the execution of both their wills. Papers concerning Isabella's first husband, the Rev. John Tomkyns and his brother, Thomas Tomkyns are also included. The collection also includes deeds for properties in Gravel Road, Twickenham and Windmill Road, Hampton Wick.