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          GB 0074 COR/LSE · Collection · 1927-1934

          Records of the London South Eastern Coroner's District, comprising case papers, 1927-1934.

          Coroner for the Jurisdiction of the South Eastern District of the County of London
          GB 0074 COR/LSW · Collection · 1927-1945

          Records of the London South Western Coroner's District, comprising case papers, 1927-1945.

          Coroner for the Jurisdiction of the South Western District of the County of London
          GB 0074 COR/LS · Collection · 1927-1964

          Records of the London Southern Coroner's District, comprising case papers, 1927-1964.

          Coroner for the Jurisdiction of the Southern District of the County of London
          GB 0074 COR/LW · Collection · 1927-1964

          Records of the London Western Coroner's District, comprising case papers, 1927-1964.

          Coroner for the Jurisdiction of the Western District of the County of London
          GB 0096 MS 840 · c1400-1846

          A collection of mediaeval and early nineteenth century legal documents, which include letters of administration, bankruptcy and insurance papers.

          Lowther , Anthony William George , d 1973 , architect, archaeologist and antiquary
          GB 0074 PS/MS · Collection · 1896-1991

          Records of Marlborough Street Magistrates Court, 1896-1991, including court registers; rates registers; registers of means enquiries; registers of ex-parte cases; registers of applications for time to pay; Married Women's Act orders; Guardianship of Infants Act orders; Affiliation orders and domestic proceedings registers.

          Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate.

          Domestic proceedings: A married woman under the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895 and subsequent Acts could go to a magistrates' court and apply for orders which in certain circumstances would enable her to separate from her husband, have custody of any children and receive maintenance from him. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1844 a mother expecting a bastard child or who had given birth to one could obtain a maintenance order against the putative father.

          Marlborough Street Magistrates Court
          MARYLEBONE MAGISTRATES COURT
          GB 0074 PS/MAR · Collection · 1905-1994

          Records of Marylebone Magistrates Court, 1905-1994, including court registers; means registers; legal aid registers and licensing registers. Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate.

          Marylebone Magistrates Court
          GB 0074 COR/B · Collection · 1862-1874

          Records of the Middlesex Central Coroner's District comprising depositions, 1862-1874. A deposition is the testimony or statements given in a court of law by witnesses. It can be taken down in writing to be read out in court if the witness cannot appear.

          Coroner for the Jurisdiction of the Central District of the County of Middlesex
          MIDDLESEX COUNTY SURVEYOR
          GB 0074 MS · Collection · 1853-1914

          Records of the Middlesex County Surveyor, 1853-1914. The records in this series relate mainly to the period when Frederick Hyde Pownall was County Surveyor for Middlesex. They cover two of his major responsibilities - the upkeep and repair of bridges (MS/B and MS/BC); and the inspection of plans concerned with proposed Acts of Parliament for local undertakings (MS/PU).

          County Surveyor for Middlesex
          GB 0074 COR/ME · Collection · 1892-1965

          Records of the Middlesex Eastern Coroner's District, comprising case papers, registers, daily records and annual returns, 1892-1965.

          Coroner for the Jurisdiction of the Eastern District of the County of Middlesex
          MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES COURT
          GB 0074 MMCC · Collection · 1952-1986

          Records of the Middlesex Area Magistrates Court Committee, 1936-1986, including minutes, agendas and papers; papers relating to Petty Sessions and papers relating to court houses.

          Middlesex Magistrates' Courts Committee
          GB 0074 COR/MNE · Collection · 1890-1892

          Records of the Middlesex North Eastern Coroner's District, comprising case papers, 1890-1892.

          Coroner for the Jurisdiction of the North Eastern District of the County of Middlesex
          GB 0074 ACC/0578 · Collection · 1722

          Records relating to the Middlesex Quarter Sessions of the Peace, comprising a recognizance to appear at the next session, 1722.

          Middlesex Quarter Sessions of the Peace
          GB 0074 ACC/0381 · Collection · 1819-1829

          Records of the Middlesex Sessions of the Peace comprising extracts from minutes of the orders of court relating to County business. The extracts were first made in 1819 for the period 1716-1829. Only two entries were made between 1826 and 1829.

          Middlesex Quarter Sessions of the Peace
          GB 0074 MJP · Collection · 1648-1974

          Records of the Justices of the Peace for Middlesex, 1648-1974. MJP/C contains the original Commissions of the Peace and of Oyer and Terminer issued to the Justices of the Peace; MJP/L are lists of the justices in those commissions; MJP/D contains names of justices who had paid subscriptions for dinners held at the Sessions House; MJP/EC concerns the election of a Chairman of the sessions in 1872-1873; MJP/O contains a record of oaths taken by justices upon their appointment to the commission. The series in MJP/Q, MJP/QC and MJP/R are concerned with the qualifications needed by justices in order to be eligible for appointment.

          Middlesex Quarter Sessions of the Peace
          GB 0074 MSJ · Collection · 1774-1915

          Records of Middlesex Quarter Sessions relating to Petty Sessions and summary jurisdiction, 1774-1915. Generally, records of summary jurisdiction and petty sessions are not regularly found before the mid Nineteenth Century because there was no obligation to return any to the Clerk of the Peace before then, and their survival rate is low. Some were voluntarily returned (mainly convictions and depositions), and there is record of cases within the main sessions records, particularly on the sessions rolls (see MJ/SR). An Act of 1847 required details of juvenile convictions to be returned to the Clerk; an Act of 1848, required details of fines, depositions and case papers; but it was the Criminal Justice Act of 1855 which laid down that all petty sessional records should be returned for filing in the main sessions records at the next Quarter Sessions following. The quantity of records that have survived for the Middlesex petty sessions is small and date mainly from the Nineteenth Century. MSJ/PR are poor law removal orders; MSJ/F are returns of fines imposed at petty sessions; MSJ/R are returns of offenders and bastardy maintenance orders; and MSJ/C and MSJ/CY are records of convictions.

          Middlesex Quarter Sessions of the Peace
          GB 0074 MXS · Collection · 1907-1982

          Records of Middlesex Quarter Sessions of the Peace, 1907-1982. Records relating to Justices of the Peace including registers of attendance of justices; Registers of Justices' oaths; Middlesex Victoria funds; Quarter Sessions Society; Chairman's notebooks; Society of Chairmen of Quarter Sessions; Justices' Property Committee; Conferences of Justices' draft minutes; official registrations; Justices' clerks' fees and accounts and lists of Justices of the Peace.

          Records of the Court in session, including Sessions rolls; Court minutes; depositions; calendars; registers of cases; registers of appeals; general orders of the Court; probation reports and registers of probation orders; recogizances; Criminal Justice Act papers; County Day papers; records of convictions; register of cases committed for trial; oaths, bibles and swearing aids; case papers and registers under tuberculosis orders and standing orders of court and committees.

          Administrative papers of the Quarter Sessions including prison reports; costs papers; maps and plans; accounts of fees and fines; papers of committees including the Parliamentary Committee, Petty Sessional Boundaries Committee, Rota Committee, County Confirming and Compensation Committee, London Area and Advisory Committee and Middlesex Sessions Area Administrative Committee; and Court year books.

          Papers deposited with the Clerk of the Peace including highway diversions, register of fines and cost and jurors' books. Papers of the Clerk of the Peace including reference files; papers relating to ceremonial occasions and receipt book. Also financial accounts of the County Treasurer.

          Middlesex Quarter Sessions of the Peace
          GB 0074 ACC/0393 · Collection · 1950

          Letter from Harold G Broadbridge, Coroner for the County of Middlesex Western Division, to Mr G Chandler, County Councillor, regarding the holding of his first sitting at the Court at Ealing Town Hall.

          Coroner for the Jurisdiction of the Western District of the County of Middlesex
          GB 0074 PS/NEW · Collection · 1775-1966

          Records of the Newington Petty Sessional Division, 1775-1966, including court minute books; licensing calendars and registers; registers of rates recovery, registers of weights and measures offences and registers of Fire Brigade Act offences.

          Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

          Newington Petty Sessional Division
          GB 0074 PS/NLO · Collection · 1909-1965

          Records of the North London Magistrates Court, comprising court registers, 1909-1965. Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate.

          North London Magistrates Court
          GB 0074 COR/NWK · Collection · 1951-1965

          Records of the North West Kent Coroner's District, comprising case papers, 1951-1965.

          Coroner for the Jurisdiction of the North West Kent District of the County of Kent
          OLD STREET MAGISTRATES COURT
          GB 0074 PS/OLD · Collection · 1905-1980

          Records of Old Street Magistrates Court, 1905-1980, including court registers; Married Women Act orders; Guardianship of Infants Act orders; bastardy complaints and bastardy arrears complaints.

          Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate.

          A married woman under the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895 and subsequent Acts could go to a magistrates' court and apply for orders which in certain circumstances would enable her to separate from her husband, have custody of any children and receive maintenance from him. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1844 a mother expecting a bastard child or who had given birth to one could obtain a maintenance order against the putative father.

          Old Street Magistrates Court
          GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP76 · [1832-1833]

          Volume entitled 'Questions for Debate', [1832-1833], being legal questions devised by Professor John James Park, with some references to cases.

          Park , John James , 1795-1833 , Professor of English Law and Jurisprudence
          Pollard Notebooks
          GB 0103 MS ADD 80 · Created c1887-1913

          Notebooks of lecture notes on history.

          Pollard , Albert Frederick , 1869-1948 , historian
          GB 0074 PS/PAN · Collection · 1823-1956

          Records of Saint Pancras Petty Sessional Division, 1823-1956, comprising court minute books, court registers and licensing registers. Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

          Saint Pancras Petty Sessional Division
          GB 0074 CLC/503 · Collection · 1768-[1835]

          Papers collected by Sir John Silvester, Recorder of the City of London, on various aspects of the administration of justice within the City of London; including precedents of indictments and pleadings, copies of charges, notes on points of law and legal customs.

          Silvester , Sir , John , fl 1803-1822 , Knight , Recorder of the City of London
          GB 0074 PS/M · Collection · 1880-1941

          This collection contains records of South Mimms Magistrates Court, 1880-1923 and 1929-1941, and consists of Court Registers. Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate.

          South Mimms Magistrates Court
          GB 0074 PS/SWE · Collection · 1891-1981

          Records of the South Western Magistrates Court, 1891-1981, including court registers; probation orders; Married Women Act orders; Guardianship of Infants Act orders; bastardy complaints; matrimonial case registers and indexes; separation and maintenance orders; warrants for desertion; and motoring offences records.

          Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate.

          Matrimonial cases: a married woman under the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895 and subsequent Acts could go to a magistrates' court and apply for orders which in certain circumstances would enable her to separate from her husband, have custody of any children and receive maintenance from him. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1844 a mother expecting a bastard child or who had given birth to one could obtain a maintenance order against the putative father.

          South Western Magistrates Court
          SOUTHWARK COUNTY COURT
          GB 0074 CCT/AK/50 · Collection · 1820-1961

          Records of Southwark County Court, 1820-1961, comprising attorneys roll book, 1820-1933 and legal case files for the following cases:

          Parfett v C. Coules and son and another, 1900
          Edwards v Measures Bros Ltd, 1907
          Medcalf v Surrey Commercial Dock Co, 1908
          Finnis v Owners of S.S. 'Grive', 1909
          Martin v Morris, 1909
          Roberts v E Wells and Sons Ltd, 1911
          Maisey v London Brighton and South Coast Railway Co, 1912
          Fenton v F and H F Higgs, 1912
          Sketton v Owners of the ship 'South Point', 1913
          Hood v Bellamys Wharf Ltd, 1913
          Doolan v Port of London Authority, 1914
          Eyles v Lipton Ltd, 1915
          Dinnes v Holland Hannen and Cubitts Ltd, 1916
          Davis v Samuel Barrow and Brother Ltd, 1916
          Baldock v E Lazenby and Son Ltd, 1917
          Runnalls v London General Omnibus Co Ltd, 1917
          Seabrook v E Lazenby and Son Ltd, 1919
          Armstrong v H J Enthoven & Sons Ltd, 1919
          Allan v Andrews, 1920
          McCoy v Peek Frean and Co Ltd, 1920
          Spencer v W T and E Yates, 1923
          Finn v Southern Railway Company, 1924
          Harrigan v Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd, 1926
          Friend v Pimm and Burrows Ltd, 1926
          Walker v Southern Railway Company, 1927
          Knight v Barclay Perkins and Co Ltd, 1927
          Colbert v Gatesby Ltd, 1932
          Bowie v Wakeley Brothers and Company Ltd, 1932
          Vaughan v F W Barnard Ltd, 1933
          Callan v J T Healey & Co Ltd, 1933
          Rainsbury v G Bernardes and Son, 1933
          Dillon v Bermondsey Borough Council, 1934
          Jeal v Butler's Wharf Ltd, 1934
          Dawes v E Ashby and Co, 1935
          Kitsell v Maybury, 1935
          Sivyer v W S Shuttleworth and Co Ltd, 1935
          Bull v W J Hall Ltd, 1935
          Ward v Waldron, 1935
          Curtis v Hares, 1936
          Marchant v Butler's Wharf Ltd, 1937
          Bertie v Grey and Marten, 1937
          Saunders v J Bowbrick and Sons, 1937
          Rodgers v A Cohen and Company Ltd, 1938
          Leahy v Bermondsey Borough Council, 1938
          Whiffin v Eldorado Ice Cream Co Ltd, 1938
          S eet v Beck and Pollitzer Ltd, 1946
          Quigley v Unit Construction Co Ltd, 1947
          Henderson v Levy, 1948-1957
          Wheatley v T F Maltby Ltd, 1949
          Hubble v Lawrence Bros, 1949
          Laker v Boots Pure Drug Co Ltd 1950
          Felton v T Wallis Ltd, 1951
          Murphy v London County Council, 1952
          Buckle v London County Council, 1953
          Goldsmith v Rosser and Russell Ltd, 1954
          Purdy v Port of London Authority, 1961.

          Southwark County Court
          GB 0074 PS/S · Collection · 1873-1962

          Records of Feltham Magistrates Court (part of Spelthorne Petty Sessions Division), 1873-1962. Records include court registers; registers of matrimonial cases; juvenile court registers; adoption files (closed); court notes; Justice's Meeting minute books; licensing registers; Probation Committee minute books and plans.

          Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

          Matrimonial cases: A married woman under the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895 and subsequent Acts could go to a magistrates' court and apply for orders which in certain circumstances would enable her to separate from her husband, have custody of any children and receive maintenance from him. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1844 a mother expecting a bastard child or who had given birth to one could obtain a maintenance order against the putative father.

          Spelthorne Petty Sessional Division Feltham Magistrates Court
          GB 0074 PS/STO · Collection · 1890-1956

          Records of Stoke Newington Magistrates Court, 1890-1956, including court minutes; court registers; licensing registers and Justices' attendance books. Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

          Stoke Newington Magistrates Court
          THAMES MAGISTRATES COURT
          GB 0074 PS/TH · Collection · 1804-1971

          Records of the Thames Magistrates Court, 1804-1971, including court registers; clerk's letter books and papers; and wreck enquiry notes. Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate.

          Thames Magistrates Court
          GB 0074 PS/TOW · Collection · 1889-1953

          Records of Tower Bridge Magistrates Court, 1889-1953, comprising court registers and court minute books. Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

          Tower Bridge Magistrates Court
          GB 0074 PS/U · Collection · 1855-1986

          Records of Uxbridge Petty Sessional Division, 1855-1986, including court registers; court minutes; juvenile court registers; minutes of Probation and After-Care Committee and of Justices' Meetings and committals registers. Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

          Uxbridge Petty Sessional Division
          WALLACE, J G (fl 1928-1959)
          GB 0101 ICS 111 · 1928-c1959

          Rough draft of a history by J G Wallace of British Law in Northern Nigeria, 1948-1959; research papers and partial drafts of a history of Benue Province, Nigeria, c1959. The latter include copies of works by others, and of official administrative correspondence and reports, c1928-1959.

          Wallace , J G , fl 1928-1959 , civil servant, Nigeria
          WANDSWORTH COUNTY COURT
          GB 0074 CCT/AK/21 · Collection · 1911-1968

          Records of Wandsworth County Court, 1911-1968, including ordinary summons books; default summons books; defended default books; judgement summons books and funds ledgers.

          Wandsworth County Court
          GB 0074 PS/WAN · Collection · 1870-1950

          Records of Wandsworth Petty Sessional Division, 1870-1950, comprising court minute books; court registers; licensing registers and licensing transfers. Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

          Wandsworth Petty Sessional Division
          WEST LONDON COUNTY COURT
          GB 0074 CCT/AK/43 · Collection · 1847-1948

          Records of West London County Court, 1847-1948, including minute books; ledger of equity proceedings; plaint book; default summons books; ordinary summons books; bankruptcy administration ledger; Workmen's Compensation Act register; judge's register; register of agreements and committal summons book.

          West London County Court
          GB 0074 PS/WLN · Collection · 1877-2001

          Records of West London Magistrates Court, 1877-2001, including court registers; registers for means enquiries, Small Tenement Act cases, civil debt cases, ex-parte cases, and licence renewals; Married Women Act orders; bastardy orders; domestic court proceedings; maintenance registers and Guardianship of Infants Act orders.

          Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate.

          Domestic proceedings: a married woman under the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895 and subsequent Acts could go to a magistrates' court and apply for orders which in certain circumstances would enable her to separate from her husband, have custody of any children and receive maintenance from him. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1844 a mother expecting a bastard child or who had given birth to one could obtain a maintenance order against the putative father.

          West London Magistrates Court
          GB 0074 O/579 · Collection · 1739-1746

          Documents relating to the Westminster Bridge inquisitions, 1739-1746. The documents relate to the acquisition of land in Westminster. For each case there is a precept for summoning a jury, a list of jurymen and their resulting inquisition. The list records the general location of the property and the owner or leaseholder concerned.

          Westminster Bridge Commissioners
          GB 0074 PS/WES · Collection · 1896-1943

          Records of Westminster Magistrates Court, 1896-1943, including court registers; rates registers; means enquiry summonses; summonses indexes; Married Women Act orders; bastardy complaints and letter book.

          Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

          Domestic proceedings: A married woman under the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895 and subsequent Acts could go to a magistrates' court and apply for orders which in certain circumstances would enable her to separate from her husband, have custody of any children and receive maintenance from him. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1844 a mother expecting a bastard child or who had given birth to one could obtain a maintenance order against the putative father.

          Westminster Magistrates Court
          WESTMINSTER PLEA
          GB 0074 ACC/0080 · Collection · 1807

          Document relating to a plea heard at Westminster, 1807: Crichton Horne and Edward Finch, (plaintiffs) v John Moore.

          Unknown
          GB 0074 PS/W · Collection · 1873-1986

          Records of courts within Willesden Petty Sessional Division, 1873-1986. Records include court registers for Harlesden Magistrates Court; court registers, juvenile court registers and court minute books for Willesden Magistrates Court; court registers, juvenile court registers and court minute books for Acton Magistrates Court and licensing registers for Willesden, Acton and Chiswick.

          Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

          Willesden Petty Sessional Division Harlesden Magistrates Court Willesden Magistrates Court Acton Magistrates Court
          WOOLWICH COUNTY COURT
          GB 0074 CCT/AK/23 · Collection · 1872-1995

          Records of Woolwich County Court, 1872-1995, including minute book; ordinary summons books; ordinary actions books; judges' note books; bills of sale and court service expenditure ledger.

          Woolwich County Court
          WOOLWICH MAGISTRATES COURT
          GB 0074 PS/WOO · Collection · 1898-1979

          Records of Woolwich Magistrates Court, 1898-1979, including court registers; court minute books; Married Women Act orders; Guardianship of Infants Act orders and bastardy complaints.

          Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

          Domestic proceedings: A married woman under the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895 and subsequent Acts could go to a magistrates' court and apply for orders which in certain circumstances would enable her to separate from her husband, have custody of any children and receive maintenance from him. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1844 a mother expecting a bastard child or who had given birth to one could obtain a maintenance order against the putative father.

          Woolwich Magistrates Court