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GB 0074 LMA/4434/S · Collection · 1925-1931

Records of A J Smith and Company Limited, off-licence and wine merchants, comprising Board meetings minute book.

A J Smith and Company Limited , off-licence and wine merchants
GB 0074 CLC/B/109-07 · Collection · 1961-1967

Financial records of A Langley and Company Limited, cooked eel merchants.

A Langley and Co Ltd , cooked eel merchants
ABBEY AND LUCAS {SOLICITORS}
GB 0074 O/478 · Collection · 1773-1849

Papers, 1773-1849, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising mortgage for messuage on Saint Martin's Lane; assignment of a lease for premises at Lamb's Conduit Street; order by Commissioners for Paving, Cleansing, Lighting, and Watching the streets of the Parish of Christ Church, Spitalfields and lease for cottages in Whitton.

Abbey and Lucas , solicitors
ADAMS {SOLICITORS}
GB 0074 ACC/0730 · Collection · 1874-1910

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising agreements to let premises called The Peaks, Harlaxton, Rosefield Cottage, Ford Cottage and Ascham in Ford Bridge Road, 1905-1910 and probate and miscellaneous papers of John Charles Gee of Avon House, Acton Hill, 1874.

Adams , solicitors
GB 0074 ACC/2910 · Collection · 1869-1885

Records of The Aerated Bread Company Limited, 1869-1885, comprising a set of minutes of the Board of Directors, and a register of company premises.

Aerated Bread Company Limited , bakers, confectioners and light refreshment contractors
GB 0074 LMA/4462/S · Collection · [1990]-2000

Records of the African Caribbean and Minorities 2000 Cooperative. This material consists of a draft letter introducing the idea for a cooperative and a list of invited persons.

African Caribbean and Minorities 2000 Cooperative , publishing co-operative
AGASSIZ SON AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/006 · Collection · 1769-1824;1945

Records of Agassiz, Son and Company, merchants, including partnership agreements; personal papers of Lewis Agassiz; yearly accounts and account books; bills and receipts; business letters from diverse suppliers including from Switzerland, France, Argentina, Uruguay, India, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy; and inventory of the offices.

Agassiz, Son & Co , merchants Lewis Agassiz & Co , merchants Agassiz, Grellet & Co , merchants Agassiz, Rougemont & Co , merchants Agassiz & Wilson , merchants Wilson, Agassiz & Co , merchants
GB 0074 ACC/2169 · Collection · 1889-1971

Records of the Albion Iron and Wire Works Company Limited, 1889-1971. The majority of the records concern the everyday running of the Company and one of its associated companies, Myerson Kilby Limited, and comprise ledgers, journals, cash books and estimate and invoice books. Unfortunately no minute books have been deposited. There is a substantial run of order books which give a good account of the range of goods manufactured and the variety of customers served by the company. There are also some records relating to property owned by the Company.

Albion Iron and Wire Works Company Myerson Kilby Limited , sheet metal workers
ALDERSGATE WARD
GB 0074 CLC/W/FA · Collection · 1467-1950

Records of Aldersgate Ward, Corporation of London, comprising minutes and accounts, rate assessments, presentments, precepts, beadles' circuit books, coal ticket books, petitions, and inquest papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.

Aldersgate Ward , Corporation of London
ALDGATE WARD
GB 0074 CLC/W/FB · Collection · 1594-1908

Records of the Aldgate Ward, Corporation of London, including minutes and accounts, assessments, lists of voters and officers and watch books. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.

Aldgate Ward , Corporation of London
GB 0074 P69/ALH7 · Collection · 1574-1954

Records of the parish of All Hallows the Great, Upper Thames Street, City of London, including vestry minutes from 1574 and rate assessments from 1586. Other records include registers of baptisms, burials, banns and marriages; Churchwarden's papers; papers relating to charities; and Overseers' receipts and payments relating to the poor rate.

Parish of All Hallows the Great, City of London , Church of England
GB 0074 P69/ALH8 · Collection · 1558-1954

Records of the parish of All Hallows the Less, Upper Thames Street, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms, marriages and burials) from 1558; Vestry minute books; Churchwardens' accounts; Overseers' book of receipts and payments; apportionment of tithe rent charges and poor rate assessment books. Some of these records are for joint meetings with the Vestry of All Hallows the Great.

Parish of All Hallows the Less, City of London , Church of England
GB 0074 DRO/021 · Collection · 1538-1982

Records of the Parish of All Saints, Laleham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage and church services; papers relating to glebe lands, benefices and tithes; Churchwarden's accounts; faculties and other papers relating to the maintenance of the church building, fittings and churchyard; Vestry minute books; Parochial Church Council cash books; papers relating to parish charities; papers relating to Laleham School; financial accounts of the Overseers of the Poor; enclosure awards and maps; and some correspondence.

Parish of All Saints, Laleham , Church of England
GB 0074 P95/ALL1 · Collection · 1603-1942

Records of the parish of All Saints, High Street, Wandsworth, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Churchwardens' accounts; plans of the church and faculties; papers relating to parish boundaries, including maps; financial records; papers of the Vestry; papers relating to the benefice and tithes; and papers of the Overseers of the Poor.

Parish of All Saints, Wandsworth , Church of England
GB 0074 ACC/0737 · Collection · 1799-1930

Papers, 1799-1930, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to the Claysmore Estate, including two documents relating to New River, 1821 and 1864.

Allen and Overy Limited , solicitors
ALLEN AND SON {SOLICITORS}
GB 0074 ACC/1318 · Collection · 1806-1899

Papers, 1806-1899, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Chiswick and Pinner; and papers of the Sadler family. Papers include copies of court rolls, deeds of covenants, releases and probate of wills.

Allen and Son , solicitors
GB 0074 LMA/4433 · Collection · 1759-1991

Records 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).

Allied Breweries Ltd Ind Coope Ltd , brewers
GB 0074 LMA/4435 · Collection · 1884-1988

Records 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.

Allied Breweries Ltd
GB 0074 LMA/4434 · Collection · 1822-1989

Records of Victoria Wine Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Allied Breweries Ltd, and records of various other subsidiary companies including some acquired by Victoria Wine before it was acquired by Allied. 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.

This collection contains the records of the following businesses:
A. Bartlett and Hobbs Limited
B. Beverlys Limited
C. B E Bird and Company Limited
D. Prince Brindley Limited
E. Broad Street Securities Limited
F. Valentine Charles (Holdings) Limited
G. Castle and Company Limited
H. Churchill and Williams Limited
I. Clough and Pickering Limited
J. Byron Gulliver and Sons Limited
K. Lings of London London
L. Matthew and Son Limited
M. Thomas McAndie and Company Limited
N. M Milne Limited
O. E A Mitchell Limited
P. William Perry Wine Merchants Limited
Q. Preston Watson and Company Limited
R. David Sandeman and Sons (Pall Mall) Limited
S. A J Smith and Company Limited
T. Taylors (Wine Merchants) Limited
U. Tyler and Company Limited
V. Victoria Wine-Tylers Limited
W. P G Ward and Company Limited
X. Winchester Brewery
Y. Wine Ways (Supermarkets) Limited
Z. Thomas Wylie and Company Limited

Allied Breweries Ltd
GB 0074 LMA/4433/E · Collection · 1949-1961

Records of Alperton Bottling Company Limited, 1949-1961. This collection contains records relating to corporate functions, premises, accounts and miscellaneous items, including minutes of Directors' meetings and Shareholders' meetings, file relating to the proposed erection of an extension to the bottling plant and an album of photographs of the opening of the bottling plant in 1951.

Alperton Bottling Co Ltd
ALTO PARANA DEVELOPMENT
GB 0074 CLC/B/007 · Collection · 1912-1964

Archives of Alto Parana Development, comprising constitutional documents, minutes and financial material.

Alto Parana Development x Scottish and Mercantile Investment Co Ltd La Sociedad Anonima Compania de Maderas del Alto Parana
GB 0074 LMA/4428 · Collection · 1872-1986

Records 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.

Amalgamated Engineering Union Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, Smiths, Millwrights and Patternmakers
AMBLER, John (fl 1695)
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-003 · Collection · [1671-1699]

Formulary and precedent book of a London law clerk or attorney's scrivener, possibly John Ambler.

Ambler , John , fl 1695 , law clerk or scrivener
AMEY'S BREWERY LIMITED
GB 0074 LMA/4453/XF · Collection · 1946

Records of Amey's Brewery, consisting of memorandum and articles of association dated 1946.

Amey's Brewery Ltd
ANANSE SOCIETY
GB 0074 LMA/4462/I · Collection · 1995-2002

Records of The Ananse Society, including minutes, correspondence, programmes, press cuttings and stationery. For detailed introductions to these series please see the individual series descriptions in the detailed catalogue.

The Ananse Society , black literature study and promotion group
GB 0074 CLC/B/011 · Collection · 1897-1948

The surviving archives of Anglo-Russian Cotton Factories Limited consist of board and general meetings minutes, and papers relating to the act of association and to dividends.

Anglo-Russian Cotton Factories Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/002 · Collection · 1704-1989

RESTRICTED ACCESS: PERMISSION NEEDED FROM THE SOCIETY.

Records of the Antiquarian Horological Society, comprising: AGM notices, 1966-date (Ms 20510); minutes, 1950-70 (Ms 20511, 20512-13, 20575); lists of members, 1957-67 (Ms 20511A); publicity material, 1954-ca. 1974 (Ms 20514-15); Benjamin Gray's daybook, 1704-26 (Ms 23726); Robert Gardner's commonplace book, ca. 1887 (Ms 29842); and miscellaneous papers, ca. 1915-89 (Ms 29186-7A, 29287, 29292, 30794-4A).

Ms 20514 is a series of printed pamphlets recording the history of the Society in a summary form, 1955-ca. 1974.

They were catalogued at various dates from 1983 by members of Guildhall Library staff. Access to records should be sought from the Society (contact details may be obtained from the enquiry desk).

Antiquarian Horological Society
GB 0074 CLC/B/012 · Collection · 1683-1954

Records of Antony Gibbs and Sons Limited, merchants and foreign bankers, and their branches and subsidiaries. Records include papers relating to the Gibbs family; correspondence, letters and letter books; ledgers and other financial records; papers and correspondence of branches in Peru, Chile, Australia, the West Indies, New York, Bristol and Liverpool; memoranda; trading agreements; minutes and reports; papers relating to the guano business and papers relating to the iodine industry.

Correspondence with foreign branches will be found in a number of different points in the catalogue. A keyword search of the online catalogue by the name of the branch and 'Gibbs' is the easiest access to branch correspondence.

Antony Gibbs and Sons Ltd , merchants and foreign bankers
APPRENTICESHIP
GB 0074 ACC/0097 · Collection · 1715-1836

Papers relating to apprentices, comprising conditions of employment of journeymen regarding trade secrets for the printing, colouring and staining of silks, linens and calicos, 1715; and apprenticeship indenture for Moses Kendall to Francis Church, timber merchant, 1736.

Agreements regarding business partnerships, including agreement for draper John Mosden, painter Edward Baugh and grocer Matthew Hewytt to establish business of Mercer, 1729; agreement that John Chaplyn, haberdasher, and George Kent, mercer, will trade jointly as mercers, 1729; agreement of co-partnership between John Purcas and Abraham Purcas, merchants, 1732. Also bond and receipts.

Unknown
GB 0074 CLC/B/013 · Collection · 1623-1639

Papers of trader Richard Archedale, comprising journal of receipts and payments; and business and personal accounts.

Archedale , Richard , 1574-1638 , trader
ARCHER, James (b 1814)
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-006 · Collection · 1850-1873

Account book of James Archer, carpenter, for repairs carried out in the premises of Suse and Sibeth, merchants.

Archer , James , b 1814 , carpenter
GB 0074 O/519 · Collection · 1688-1707

Day book, 1688-1707, probably belonging to Thomas Arnold, pipe layer and miller. The accounts relate to purchase of pipes, hay, bran, farrier's work; tradesmen appearing in the accounts include plumbers, pipe borer, hayman, paviour, farrier.

Arnold , Thomas , fl 1688-1707 , pipe layer and miller
ARTHUR BROWN AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/014 · Collection · 1867-1947

Records of Arthur Brown and Company, comprising ledgers and financial material, wage books and sketch books of staff caricatures.

Arthur Brown and Co x ABCO Petroleum Ltd
GB 0074 ACC/2305/20 · Collection · 1932-1979

Records of Arthur Cooper (Wine Merchant) Limited, including correspondence; share transfers; papers regarding mergers and name changes; papers relating to financial matters; memorandum and articles of association and annual reports with accounts.

Arthur Cooper (Wine Merchant) Ltd
GB 0074 ACC/0468 · Collection · 1869-1882

Plan of Dovecote Estate in Hornsey, 1882, with one sheet from the Ordnance Survey map of London, 1869-1872.

The Artizans, Labourers, and General Dwellings Company Limited
GB 0074 B/ASB · Collection · 1905-1906

Records of Joshua Ashby and Sons, millers and corn merchants, comprising cash book of "H. Neave, Thornton Heath Round" for Ashby's, providing details of daily deliveries of flour, yeast, wheat, barley, oats, bran, pease etc., to customers in S. Norwood and Croydon districts, and money received, Mar 1905 - Jan 1906.

Joshua Ashby and Sons , millers and corn merchants
ASHTON GATE
GB 0074 ACC/2305/74 · Collection · 1866-1932

Records of Ashton Gate Brewery Company Limited, comprising general meeting minute book.

Ashton Gate Brewery Co Ltd Hardwick and Co Ltd , brewers
LMA/4537 · Collection · 1685-1999

Records of Ashurst Morris Crisp, 1685-1999, including partnership agreements; financial records; copy-out letters; client papers, including Fairey Aviation Company Limited and White Waltham Airfield; press cuttings; papers relating to firm's history; staff salary books; correspondence concerning staff matters; papers relating to Ashmor Musical Society; photographs of company dinners and functions; plans and deeds relating to firm's offices at Throgmorton Avenue; papers concerning the Ashurst, Morris and Crisp families.

Green and Ashurst , 1823-1829 x Ashurst and Gainsford , 1835-1840 x Ashurst and Son , 1843-1864 x Ashurst and Morris , 1864-1865 x Ashurst Morris and Company , 1865-1877 x Ashurst Morris Crisp and Company , 1877-2003 x Ashurst LLP , 2003-
GB 0074 CLC/B/038-01 · Collection · 1944-1972

Records of the Assam Frontier Tea Company Limited, including Directors' minutes; annual general meeting minutes; ledger and London trustees provident fund minute book.

Assam Frontier Tea Co Ltd
GB 0074 ACC/2281 · Collection · 1973-1986

Records of the Assistant District Surveyors' Association, including Secretary's correspondence and papers; and subject files relating to building regulations and proposals affecting District Surveyors.

Assistant District Surveyors' Association
GB 0074 ACC/2558/AM · Collection · 1879-1904

Records of Associated Metropolitan Water Companies, comprising minutes and accounts of the Metropolitan Water Companies Meetings of Chairmen; minutes of sub committees including the Intercommunication Committee of Engineers of the Metropolitan Water Companies and the Committee for the Management of Works of Intercommunication; and correspondence.

Associated Metropolitan Water Companies
GB 0074 LMA/4631 · Collection · 1951-2013

Records of the Association of Consulting Actuaries, 1951-2013, including minutes of the main committee, sessional meetings and annual general meetings, 1951-2003, and various publications, including annual reviews, Parliamentary Pensions Briefs, survey reports, histories and a fiftieth anniversary dinner souvenir programme.

Association of Consulting Actuaries , 1952- Society of Consulting Actuaries , 1951-1952
GB 0074 LMA/4243 · Collection · 1923-1992

Subject 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.

Association of County Councils
GB 0074 LMA/4244 · Collection · 1987-1995

Subject 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.
Association of District Councils
GB 0074 CLC/L/FC · Collection · 1620-1895

Records of the Association of Fellowship Porters. The records were compiled between 1620 and 1895. However they also include a copy of the ordinances of 1566, and copies of acts from 1619. No membership records are available before 1756. The collection also includes rules and regulations; Court minute books; quarterage books and financial accounts.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.

Association of Fellowship Porters
GB 0074 CLC/027 · Collection · 1943-1974

Minute books of the Association of Fresh Meat Wholesalers.

Association of Fresh Meat Wholesalers
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
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
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 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