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WYNDHAM DRAKE, Captain J.B.
GB 0074 F/WD · Collection · 1851-1920

Album of photographs, sketches and newspaper cuttings relating to Capt. JB Wyndham Drake's family, friends, and regiment.

Drake , J B Wyndham- , fl 1851-1920 , Army Captain
GB 0074 CLC/265 · Collection · 1877-1891

Analysis of William Willshire's early printed book collection and notes on early Christian archaeology.

Willshire , William Hughes , 1817-99 , physician and collector of prints and books
WHITBY, Thomas (fl 1834)
GB 0074 CLC/515 · Collection · 1804?-1844?

Records of Thomas Whitby, comprising commonplace books, [1804-1844]; scrapbook containing autographs, mostly of people connected with the Corporation of London, [1830-1835]; and catalogue of Whitby's library, 1834-1836.

Whitby , Thomas , fl 1834 , patron of Guildhall Library
WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE
GB 0074 ACC/2886 · Collection · 1840-1973

Records of the West London Synagogue of British Jews, 1840-1973. The archive consists mainly of financial records such as cash books, ledgers, journals, accounts books and financial statements, with two scapbooks containing advertisements, news cuttings, programmes and tickets for special events.

PLEASE NOTE: written permission from the depositors is required to access these records. Contact the Executive Director, West London Synagogue, 35 Seymour Place, London W1H 6AT.

West London Synagogue of British Jews
WARRENS {SOLICITORS}
GB 0074 LMA/4031 · Collection · 1774-1930

Records of Warrens, solicitors, 1774-1930, comprising letter books (indexed); bill books (indexed); manor books and ledgers.

Warrens , solicitors
WANDSWORTH TECHNICAL COLLEGE
LMA/4229 · Collection · 1885-1943

Governor's Meeting minute books, 1885-1937; Education Committee minute books, 1896-1935; Finance Committee minute books, 1915-1936; Works Committee minute books, 1896-1930; minute book of the Association of Principals of London County Council Technical Institutes and Schools of Art, 1919-1926; correspondence, 1931-1932; financial records including ledgers, salary books, cash books and contributions books, 1894-1934; pupil reports and successes, 1897-1908; register for homework marks, 1936-1937; library book registers, 1927-1934; prospectuses, 1896-1940; student guide book, 1932-1933 and cuttings books, 1897-1943.

Wandsworth Technical Institute x Wandsworth Technical College x South Thames College
GB 0074 LMA/4261 · Collection · 1887-1919

This 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.

Thompson , William Whitaker , 1857-1920 , chairman of London County Council
GB 0074 B/SPL · Collection · 1781-1911

Records of Spalding and Hodge, stationers, 1781-1911; and subsidiary or merged companies including Busbridge and Hodge, papermakers and Suttaby and Company, booksellers. Also records of the Stationers' Book Society. The records include business agreements, legal documents relating to properties, wages books, cash books, stock books, bills, rules and regulations for staff, letters patent, brochures about Spalding and Hodge and their history, inventories, correspondence and price lists. Stationers' Book Society records comprise minutes, accounts, and an address by Thomas Spalding.

Spalding and Hodge , stationers and paper merchants
SMALL COLLECTIONS
GB 0074 CLC/270 · Collection · 1256-2004

This collection comprises a variety of unrelated items listed under the fonds 'Small Collections' for convenience. The items include: research notes, transcripts, treatises, reports, surveys, drawings, annals, chronicles, calendars, translations, newspaper cuttings, sermons, scrapbooks, books of hours and gospels, warrants, bills, accounts, sales catalogues, recipes, ships' manifests and lists. Most of the items relate to the history of the City of London or greater London, with subjects including hospitals, shops, churches, street layout, legal matters, government and Mayors, livery companies, markets, the residents of the city, inns and taverns, armorial bearings, law and order, parks, armed forces and war, taxation, monarchs, fires, the river Thames, food, medicine, topography and monumental inscriptions.

Please note that due to the age and fragility of some of the items access may be restricted. Please consult the catalogue entry for individual items for more information.

Various.
GB 0074 ACC/2558/NR/04 · Collection · 1780-1905

Correspondence files for the New River Company, including general correspondence; letters to the surveyor; engineering and mechanical incoming letters; and correspondence index and register.

New River Company
GB 0074 ACC/3239 · Collection · 1934-1963

Records of Lugg and Company Ltd, brick merchants, comprising financial ledgers, day books and financial account books.

Lugg and Company Ltd , brick merchants
LALEHAM HOUSE
GB 0074 LMA/4327 · Collection · 1884-1910

Guest book for Laleham House, seat of the Earl of Lucan, 1884-1910.

Various.
GB 0074 ACC/0333 · Collection · 1585-1933

Records of Kent and Sons, solicitors, 1831-1923, including solicitor's diaries; financial records; day books; ledgers; letter books; clerk's records; returns of property; accounts of building materials; labour account book; estate records and attendance book.

Also client records, 1585-1933, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including Hampton parish records; maps and plans; papers relating to property, legal, family, parish, local government and businesses. These records include information relating to parish poor relief in Hampton.

Hampton Court Gas Company records, 1850-1892, including the deed of settlement, contracts and specifications, bills and receipts, lists of share-holders and share certificates, title deeds to property, correspondence and the seal of the company.

Kent and Sons , solicitors
IRISH SOCIETY
CLA/049 · Collection · 1613-1983

Records of the Irish Society, 1613-1983, including Court minute books, Court and Committee minutes, rough minutes, records of the committee to consider purchasing estates in Ireland, 1849, letter books, 1664-1913, letter books (secretary duplicates), letter books (general agent), letter books (miscellaneous), letter books (solicitor), declaration books, charters, records concerning history, constitution and powers, appointments, solicitor's papers, case papers, estate management papers, plans and financial accounts.

Corporation of London
GB 0074 CLC/078 · Collection · 1969-1982

Register of books borrowed from the Library of the International Food and Wine Society.

International Wine and Food Society
INCISIVE MEDIA LIMITED
LMA/4619 · Collection · 2006

Records of Incisive Media Limited, 2006, including awards programme and guest list for the Professional Pensions' Pension Scheme of the Year Awards.

Incisive Media Limited
HANSIB PUBLICATIONS LIMITED
GB 0074 LMA/4522 · Collection · 1973 - 2011

Records of Hansib Publications Limited, including issues of the African Times, Asian Times and Caribbean Times; and publications on a variety of topics relating to Asia, Africa, South America and the Caribbean including poetry, literary studies, history, politics, diaspora, music, sport, law, society, colonialism, racism, slavery and travel. Also some promotional and publicity material.

Hansib Publications Ltd , specialists in books covering African, Afro-Caribbean, Indo-Caribbean and Asian issues
GB 0074 LMA/4072 · Collection · 1941

Publication Guide to London for German Invasion Forces (Militargeographische Angaben uber England). In German.

Unknown.
GB 0074 ACC/2044 · Collection · 1900-1955

Records of Ferris Brothers Limited, 1900-1955, including letter books containing mainly estimates and related correspondence; work day books recording brief details of work being done, job by job, together with costs; wages books; and plans including Acton High Street, 1919; Acton Hospital, 1935 and Upper Street, Islington, 1935.

Ferris Brothers Ltd , builders and contractors
EDGAR QUINET SCHOOL, PARIS
GB 0074 O/550 · Collection · 1895-1906

Records of the Edgar Quinet School, Paris, comprising roll of pupils studying in England; and views of Paris presented to the London County Council.

Edgar Quinet School , Paris
ECLECTIC BOOK SOCIETY
GB 0074 CLC/064 · Collection · 1812-1820

Eclectic Book Society minute book.

Eclectic Book Society
DIOCESE IN EUROPE
GB 0074 CLC/318 · Collection · 1855-1996

Records of the Church of England Diocese in Europe. The records mainly relate to the administration of the Diocese, the oversight of chaplaincies and relations both with other organisations working within the Diocese and with other churches on the Continent. The bishop established a Bishop's Council to act as an advisory body for the Diocese.

It should be noted that many of the files are general and contain information on a variety of topics e.g. administration, finance and chaplaincy. This is especially true of the large series of correspondence between the diocesan administration and the chaplaincies, Ms32699/1-624.

There is a 30 year closure period on the Diocese in Europe material except Mss 32667/1-12, 32687 and 32688/1-12 which have a 50 year closure period and Ms 32699/1-624 which are closed for 75 years.

Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe , Church of England x Diocese in Europe , Church of England
COURAGE (EASTERN)
GB 0074 ACC/2305/11 · Collection · 1953-1980

Records of Courage (Eastern) Limited, brewers, including Properties Committee meeting minutes; annual area revenue account papers; estates account ledger; petty cash book; work-study reports and operations manual.

Courage (Eastern) Ltd , brewers
GB 0074 ACC/0595 · Collection · 1857-1869

Collection of ephemera, 1857-1869 and undated {1850s-1860s}, largely printed, including playbills, programmes, song sheets, catalogues and guides, relating to events, including sport, music, fireworks, fountains and illuminations, at the Crystal Palace (Sydenham, Kent); to operas at the Royal English Opera and the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden (Westminster); and to theatrical, musical and other recreational events, including comedies, ballets, tableaux, dioramas, exhibitions, and popular scientific events, at various premises including in Westminster, St Marylebone, Paddington, St Pancras, St Giles in the Fields, South Kensington, Kew, and Greenwich.

Various.
CITY OF LONDON LIVERY
GB 0074 CLC/277 · Collection · 1781

Poll of the livery of the City of London for a member of Parliament, listing the voters' names, livery company, address and vote, 1781.

Unknown.
CHARLTON MANOR, SUNBURY
GB 0074 ACC/0175 · Collection · 1801-1933

Records of Charlton Manor, Sunbury, comprising court books and a rent and fines book.

Manor of Charlton , Sunbury
BLOOMSBURY BOOK AUCTIONS
GB 0074 LMA/4449 · Collection · 1951-2002

Records of Bloomsbury Book Auctions, 1951-2002. There are three series in the collection, the first (LMA/4449/01) covering the administration of the business, and the latter two (LMA/4449/02 and LMA/4449/03) dealing with the auctions and sales, including a series of catalogues.

Bloomsbury Book Auctions , antiquarian book auctioneers
GB 0074 CLC/425 · Collection · 1916-1945

Scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings relating to the career of Sir George Rowland Blades.

Blades , Sir , George Rowland , 1868-1953 , baronet , politician
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
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
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
GB 0074 CLC/422 · Collection · 1898-1918

Manuscript dictionary catalogue of painters, compiled and written by Thomas Claudius Alleyne. The dictionary comprises vols. 1-19 (there are two parts to vols. 2 and 3). Vol. 20 is a thumb case containing miscellaneous papers.

Alleyne , Thomas Claudius , fl 1898-1918 , writer