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LONDON APPRECIATION SOCIETY
GB 0074 CLC/087 · Collectie · [1953-1954]

Topographical and historical notes and plans, mostly relating to the City of London; compiled c 1953-1954.

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Moore-Bennett, Arthur J
GB 0102 MS 380582 · 1925-1926

Papers, 1925-1926, of Arthur J Moore-Bennett, comprising a letter to Sir Denison Ross concerning the site of Xanadu and publication of a manuscript by Moore-Bennett, 1926; offprint of Moore-Bennett's article, 'The Chahar Ruins of Kublai Khan's cities', China Journal of Science and Arts, vol iii, no 4 (Apr 1925), including photographs; typescript account, 1926, entitled 'Shand-Du: the pleasure city of Kublia [sic] Khan', of journey by Moore-Bennett and his wife from Peking to Shang-Du by the Imperial Route, including information on other Mongol camps and cities.

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SMALL COLLECTIONS
GB 0074 CLC/270 · Collectie · 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.

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SMITH, William (1550-1618)
GB 0074 CLC/262 · Collectie · 1575-1633

Treatise on the government and constitution of the City of London, entitled A breffe discription of the royall citie of London, capitall citie of this realme of Englande by William Smythe [Smith], citizen and haberdasher of London, 1575; and The XII Worshipfull Companies, or Misteries of London. With the armes of all them that have bin Lord Maiors of the same, for the space of almost 300 yeares; of every Company particularly. Also most part of the Sheriffs and Aldermen by William Smith, (two versions, 1605 and 1609).

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LONDON ECOLOGY UNIT
GB 0074 LMA/4285 · Collectie · 1981-2000

Aerial photographs of London taken by the London Ecology Unit; minutes, agendas and presented papers of the London Ecology Committee and Sub-Committee meetings; publications relating to nature conservation.

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PFUELL, Ivor (d 2001)
GB 0074 LMA/4426 · Collectie · [1970-1989]

This collection comprises slides used by Ivor Pfuell in his lectures on the history and development of London. The slides were collected during the 1970s and 1980s, although they depict London locations and landmarks through the ages.

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LONDON SURVEY COMMITTEE
GB 0074 A/LSC · Collectie · 1889-1964

Records of the Committee for the Survey of the Old Memorials of Greater London, also known as the London Survey Committee. The collection comprises minutes, accounts, correspondence, diaries, notebooks, and photographs.

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SHAW, George (fl 1884)
GB 0074 CLC/261 · Collectie · 1884

Miscellanea, or scraps and correspondence relating to 'Old London', as represented at the International Health Exhibition in 1884, arranged by George Shaw.

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