Architect's plan of 42 Vivian Way, Hampstead Garden Suburb. Although this plan is of 42 Vivian Way, number 40 is a mirror image of this one. There are minor differences between the two properties - 42 has one large dining room, whereas 40 has two rooms, and was extended in 1953.
Unknown.A. Hunt and Company records comprise a general ledger and an out-letter book.
A. Hunt and Co , office fitters and furnishersRecords 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 merchantsFinancial records of A Langley and Company Limited, cooked eel merchants.
A Langley and Co Ltd , cooked eel merchantsThis archive relates mainly to the management of the coffee, coconut and cinnamon estates of A. S. Daniell and his son S. W. Daniell in Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]. The estates were called Gomera Tennai, New Gomera, Olooambelam, Imbulgaswaddie and Katooloya Tennei. The archive consists mainly of returns and reports from the local managers, Darley Butler and Company of Colombo, Ceylon, and of correspondence, accounts and legal papers. It also includes some family papers, comprising copies of wills and marriage settlements, accounts, bills and receipts, and a letter. Additional records of Daniell and Company, of separate provenance, are catalogued as Mss 11464-11465a.
Daniell and Co , coffee, coconut and cinnamon growers Darley Butler and Co , estate managersRecords of Abaco (Selangor) Rubber Limited, comprising circulars to shareholders and annual reports.
Abaco (Selangor) Rubber LtdPapers, 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 , solicitorsAbbey National Building Society, records from 192- - 1985 including:
General meeting minutes, 1944-1982; board meeting minutes, 1944-1978; finance committee minutes containing customer account details and cases, 1944-1962; mortgage accounts committee minutes, 1953-1954; instruments of union, rules and memorandum 1943-1985; annual returns, 1944-1974; mortgage account register, 1946-1948; deposit account register, 1939-1949; no main series of staff records: employee rules and magazines, 1944-1977 and records for individual named staff only (1928-1976); press adverts, leaflets and photographs 1944-1970, with history display 192- -194-; premises plans, 1965-1975.
National Permanent Mutual Building Society (see LMA/4575/G - K), records from 1852-1943, with some letters to 1945 including:
Members' annual general meeting minutes, 1862-1943; finance committee meeting minutes containing customer account details and cases, 1933-1941; property committee minutes, 1852-1854; merger meeting minutes, 1942-1943 with some letters to 1945; balance sheets, 1931-1943; general ledger, 1914-1929; deposit accounts decisions book, 1937-1940; no main series of staff records, except staff newsletters, 1935-1943; 'Freeholders' Circular', 1852-1943 including plans and details of estates for purchase by members, and proceedings of annual general meetings. No records of subsidiary British Land Company are held although references appear in minutes and circulars prior to 1878.
Abbey Road Building Society (see LMA/4575/L - R), records from 1875-1944 (includes personal share account record booklets to 1979):
General meeting minutes, 1929-1940; board meeting minutes, 1883-1943; advertising/finance committee meeting minutes containing customer account details and cases, 1921-1939; premises committee meeting minutes, 1938-1941; publicity committee meeting minutes, 1938-1943; mortgage accounts committee minutes, 1937-1940; survey and arrears committee meeting minutes, 1920-1927; correspondence relating to Josiah Stamp (President), 1924-1942; correspondence, minutes and other papers related to merger, 1942-1944; balance sheets, 1905-1943; annual reports and accounts, 1875-1942; no main series of staff records except salary books for two branches, staff rules and newsletters, 1930-1943; 'Abbey Road Journal', 1932-1939.
Documents relating to the merger of Abbey Road and National Building Societies and impact of wartime can be found in both the National (LMA/4575/G/05) and the Abbey Road (LMA/4575/L/10) sections of the catalogue.
Building Society Association, records from 1904-1986: London section co-operation group meeting minutes, 1930-1933; correspondence, 1931-1941, subscription papers and printed material 1904-1986.
ACCESS: note there is a 100 year closure concerning records containing information on staff and customers. London Metropolitan Archives has interpreted this as a closure of 85 years from the end date of each document, given the likely minimum age of 16 years for most staff and customers.
Abbey National Building Society National Permanent Mutual Benefit Building Society x The National Freehold Land Society x The National Freehold Land and Building Society x The National Building Society Abbey Road Building Society x Abbey Road and St. John's Wood Permanent Benefit Building Society x Abbey Road Permanent Benefit Building SocietyLease by the abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Graces beside the Tower of London of a tenement with a yard in Fenchurch Street.
Abbey of St Mary Graces , LondonPapers relating to premises in Uxbridge owned successively by the Abbott and Powell families. Documents include marriage settlement, bonds, fines, releases, leases, assignments, and certificates of baptism, marriage and burial.
Various.Records of Abelheira Paper Mills Limited, consisting of constitutional documents, Board and general minutes, annual reports, and an inventory of land in Portugal. The records are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.
Abelheira Paper Mills LimitedRecords of Aberdeen, Ceylon and Eastern Trust Limited, comprising minutes and directors' annual reports and accounts.
Aberdeen, Ceylon and Eastern Trust Ltd , investment trustRecords of the Aberdeen, Edinburgh and London Trust Limited. The records comprise the memorandum and articles of association, minutes and members' files, which include correspondence, copies of reports and cuttings.
Aberdeen, Edinburgh and London Trust Ltd , investment trustThe Accepting Houses Committee did not keep minutes of its meetings until 1920 "owing to the secrecy of many of the matters dealt with" (Ms 29295/1). Business was mainly carried out by the executive committee (Ms 29295), although annual general meetings were held for a short time, from 1939 to 1944 (Ms 29294). A number of standing and sub-committees were set up subsequently. The earliest was the Technical or Experts sub-committee in 1940 (Ms 29298); other committees, concerning such matters as export finance and computers, were established in the 1970s (Mss 29298-305).
Apart from minutes and associated papers, the main series of records of the Committee comprise reports and accounts (Mss 29306-7), circulars (Mss 29308-9) and membership files (Ms 29310). Among the remaining records (Mss 29311-327) there are a number of files relating to the role and future of the Committee at various points in its existence, and discussions about the criteria for membership.
Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from the London Investment Banking Association (contact details may be obtained from staff).
Accepting Houses Committee x British Merchant Banking and Securities Houses AssociationBoard minute books of the Accident Insurance Company Limited.
Accident Insurance Co LtdThe records of the Accident Offices Association largely comprise minutes (mostly unsigned) with some accounts. The latter also relate to some of the other bodies with which the association was concerned. Initially, the business of the association was conducted through its chairman, the General Purposes Committee and the Rating Committee (from 1907). Committees were subsequently established to deal with particular areas of business, for example the Motor Offices Committee and Fidelity Offices Committee (in 1913). The work of these main committees was often carried out by standing committees; sub-committees were set up to deal with particular issues and aspects of the areas of business concerned. Additional committees were established as time went on, such as the Employers' Liability Committee (in 1947). An Emergency Powers Committee was set up in August 1939 to run the association during the Second World War; it functioned until June 1947. This explains the gaps in the main series of committee minutes between 1939 and 1947.
Accident Offices Association , professional association for insurance companiesRecords of the Accident Offices Association (Overseas), association for insurers of accidents abroad, comprising minute books of general meetings, Motor Committee meetings, Workmen's Compensation Insurance committee meetings, Emergency Power Committee meetings, and Standing Committee for the Republic of Ireland meetings.
Accident Offices Association (Overseas) , association for insurersThe collection consists of Statements of Recommended Practice issued by the Accounting Standards Committee.
Accounting Standards CommitteeRegister of marriages, 1934-1935.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchRecords of Acton Hospital, 1895-1973, comprising minutes of various committees including Council and Management Committee minutes; the House, Finance and General Purposes Committee; the Ladies Committee; the Honorary Medical Staff; the Medical Advisory Committee and the Unit Staff Committee.
Acton HospitalNewsletters of the Acton Residents Association.
Acton Residents AssociationA collection of local Acts of Parliament relating to Middlesex and Westminster, concerning building permission (including building bridges over the Thames at Richmond, Staines and Ealing); the powers of Justices of the Peace; the administration of the Militia; street maintenance; enclosures; and legacies, especially the disposition of estates and land after death.
Houses of ParliamentCollection of local Acts of Parliament; relating to highways in Middlesex; Ealing parish church; enclosure in Hammersmith, Feltham and Sudbury; the vesting of land in Ealing; and Harrow School.
Houses of ParliamentA collection of personal Acts of Parliament relating to Middlesex; concerning the disposal, sale or conveyance of various estates and lands; and the enclosure of Hanworth, Feltham, Sunbury, Cowley, Hillingdon, Great Stanmore, Hamwell, Hatton, East Bedfont, Chiswick and Harmondsworth.
Houses of ParliamentPrinted copy of an Act of Parliament for repairing the Bedfont Road.
Houses of ParliamentPapers 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 , solicitorsRegisters of services at the Adelboden Anglican Chaplaincy, Switzerland.
Adelboden Anglican Chaplaincy , SwitzerlandRecords 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 contractorsPapers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Hounslow and Staines, including mortgages, leases and conveyances. Also probate of will of John Edwards of Hampstead, 1783; administration of will of Edmund Fleming Akers of Acton, 1818, and administration of will of Edmund Akers' widow Frances, 1841.
A F and R W Tweedie , solicitorsPapers, 1878-1970, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Acton, Hornsey and Willesden, including leases, specifications for repairs, receipts, notes on the condition of premises, conveyances, mortgages and abstract of title.
A F and R W Tweedie , solicitorsPapers, 1880-1904, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Ealing, Harrow, Harrow Weald and Hillingdon including conveyances, leases and mortgages.
A F and R W Tweedie , solicitorsRecords of the African Banking Corporation comprising financial accounts, agreements, correspondence and scrapbooks.
Access to records less than 45 years old should be sought from the depositor (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff). 24 hours notice is required for access to these records.
African Banking CorporationRecords 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-operativeRecords of the African Direct Telegraph Company Limited, comprising papers relating to the formation of the company; minutes and papers of board meetings; annual reports and accounts; ledgers and journal.
African Direct Telegraph Co Ltd x African Direct Telegraph and Trust Co LtdRecords 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 , merchantsRecords of the Aged Pilgrim's Friend Society, comprising papers relating to a proposed new asylum at Hornsey Rise; and annual reports.
Aged Pilgrim's Friend Society x Pilgrim's Friend SocietyRecords of the Aged Poor Society. The records cover an incomplete collection of minute books and annual reports for the Society and Saint Joseph's Alms House, Hammersmith. According to the Society's 'Historic Records' report (1957), no records prior to 1820 have survived.
Despite the gaps in the records, the minutes and reports provide detailed information on the establishment of the almshouses, the use of funds from will bequests, the admission and discharge of aged poor beneficiaries, and the membership and patronage of the Society.
Aged Poor SocietyFinancial records of the Aircraft Insurance Committee.
Aircraft Insurance CommitteeRegister of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Aix-les-Bains Anglican Chaplaincy, France.
Aix-les-Bains Anglican Chaplaincy , FrancePapers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising a counterpart lease for a messuage in James Street, Covent Garden, 1779 and probate of will of Frances Caswall formerly of Abingdon Street, Westminster, now of Alvescot, spinster, made 20 April 1818, proved 1821.
Alberry and Lucas , solicitorsRecords of the Albert Palace Association Ltd, consisting of a prospectus for purchase of debentures and two newspaper cuttings relating to entertainment, 1884-1887.
Albert Palace Association LtdRecords of the Albion Chapel including Congregation minute books, 1842-1874; Court of Session minute book, 1825-1875; register of baptisms, 1817-1875 and Deed of Settlement, 1800, between Wells Street and Miles Lane congregations.
Presbyterian Church of EnglandBusiness records of the Albion Fire and Life Assurance Company comprising fire and life policies, and receipts.
Eagle Insurance Co Albion Fire and Life Assurance CoCorporate records of the Albion Fire and Life Assurance Company comprising deeds and Act of Parliament.
Eagle Insurance Co Albion Fire and Life Assurance CoAlbion Fire Insurance Association Limited records comprise minutes of the board of directors and of annual general meetings. They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.
Albion Fire Insurance Association LtdRecords 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 workersTranscripts of an extract from "St Paul's Liber" (folios 51-54), a survey of property in London belonging to St Paul's Cathedral, 1130.
Alchin , William Turner , 1790-1865 , Guildhall LibrarianCourt roll of the manor of Aldbury, Hertfordshire.
Manor of Aldbury , HertfordshireMinute book of the Aldersgate Club, a local residents' association.
Aldersgate Club , residents associationRecords 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