Records of the parish of Saint Ann, Blackfriars, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; Vestry minute books; papers of the Vestry clerk including letter books; Churchwardens' accounts and vouchers; papers of the Overseers; papers relating to parish poor relief including the workhouse; poor rate and tithe rate assessments; and papers relating to parish charities and schools. Some records relate to the united parish (with Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe).

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Willesden, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriages, confirmations and church services; orders of service; papers relating to parish mergers; photographs of the church, clergy and other staff, and church activities; papers regarding the maintenance of church buildings; Vestry meeting minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; other Committee minutes; financial accounts; minutes of School Managers and School Governors; papers relating to the school including school building maintenance, inspection reports, correspondence, photographs and staffing; papers of church societies and clubs; parish magazines; newspaper cuttings; and histories.

Records of the parish of St Andrew, Whitehall Park, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; maps and plans of the parish; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church including photographs; correspondence; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minute books.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Uxbridge, including baptism registers (1865-1947), marriage registers (1865-1958), burial registers (1867-1896), banns of marriage registers (1914-1993), service registers, orders of services, Vestry Minutes, Parochial Church Council Minutes, parish magazines, electoral rolls, annual accounts, ledgers, account books of fees, plans of church, and specification of works.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Sudbury, including registers of marriages (1926-1970), baptisms (1910-1955), banns (1926-1982), confirmations (1931-1972) and funerals (1947-1985); Parochial Church Council minutes; other Committee minutes; and financial accounts.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Bethune Road, Stoke Newington, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and church services; papers relating to parish boundaries; legal documents relating to parish properties; faculties, plans, and other papers relating to the maintenance of the church buildings; financial accounts of the Churchwardens and the Parochial Church Council; minutes of the Parochial Church Council; photograph albums; parish magazines and newsletters.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Stockwell Green, including registers of baptisms, banns and marriages; church services registers; minutes of the Parochial Church Council; Churchwarden's financial accounts; papers relating to the maintenance of church buildings; papers relating to parish boundaries; administrative papers including correspondence; orders of service; papers relating to church societies; photographs and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Wells Street, Saint Marylebone, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; a preachers' book and a scrap-book.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Poplar, including registers of baptisms, marriages and church services.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Peckham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns, confirmations, and church services; minutes of the Parochial Church Council; Churchwardens' accounts; and papers relating to church societies and clubs.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Park Walk, Chelsea, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; orders of service; papers relating to Park Chapel, Chelsea including photographs; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial statements; correspondence and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, New Kent Road, Newington, including registers of baptisms and marriages, Vestry minute books; papers relating to the building of a Mission and Sunday School; financial records; electoral rolls and parish history.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Court Road, Mottingham, comprising altered apportionments of tithe rent charges.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Guildersfield Road, Lower Streatham, including registers of baptisms and marriages; preachers' books; church services registers; minutes of the Committee for building a new church in Lower Streatham; financial records; plans of the church; photographs; parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Coin Street, Lambeth, including registers of baptisms and marriages; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church; financial records; Parochial Church Council minutes; and records of Saint Andrew's Church of England School.

Records of the parish of St Andrew, Kingsbury, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage and church services; papers relating to the building of the new church in Kingsbury; Churchwardens' financial accounts; Churchwardens' papers relating to the maintenance of the church fabric and the churchyard; Parochial Church Council minutes, financial accounts and papers; parish magazines and financial accounts of the church school.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Hoxton, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, banns, church services and preachers; papers relating to the benefice; faculties and plans for alterations to the church fabric; financial accounts; and Easter Vestry and Church Meeting minute book.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Holborn Circus. The main archive dates from the 17th century, with parish registers from 1558 (baptisms, marriages, burials and preachers), vestry minutes from 1601 and rate assessments from 1665. The archive includes records of the City part of the parish and of the Middlesex part ("above Bars"). Most records are joint (City and Middlesex), but rate books in particular are often separate. Also includes papers relating to parochial charities, papers of the trustees, papers of the school and poor law records.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Haverstock Hill, Belsize Park, including registers of baptisms and marriages; church services registers; incumbent's correspondence; financial accounts; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church; Parochial Church Council minutes; and papers relating to the parish school.

Records of the Parish of Saint Andrew, Enfield, comprising churchwarden's receipts for fines paid for encroachment on Enfield Chase.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Garratt Lane, Earlsfield, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; church services registers; orders of service; papers relating to the consecration of the church; papers relating to parish boundaries, the benefice and glebe lands; papers relating to the construction of the church and faculties; minutes of the Vestry, Parochial Church Council and Advisory Church Council; minutes of church societies and clubs; parish magazines; notes on parish history.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Bethnal Green, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and preachers; Churchwardens' accounts; papers relating to property; and curates' licence.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Battersea, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; register of confirmations; registers of church services; Churchwardens' financial accounts; and financial accounts of the General Purposes Fund, Sick and Poor Fund, and the Sunday School and Adolescents Fund.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Barnsbury, including registers of baptisms and marriages; minute books; cash books; registers of preachers; church service registers; financial records and Parochial Church Council records.

Records of the parish of St Andrew, Alexandra Park, Haringey, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, and church services.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew Undershaft, Leadenhall Street, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms, burials, marriages and banns), financial accounts, rate assessments, overseers' papers including papers relating to the workhouse, deeds and rentals, faculties, drawings and plans, parish magazines, records of the Parochial Church Council, and records of charities and estates.

The records of St Andrew Hubbard include parish registers (baptisms, burials, marriages) from 1538, vestry minutes from 1600, poor rate assessments, and churchwardens' accounts from 1454.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe, Queen Victoria Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; preachers' books and service registers; Vestry minute books and notice books; Churchwardens' accounts and vouchers; papers relating to the maintenance of the church building; Overseers' papers; rate assessment books, including poor rates and tithe rates.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew and Saint Philip, Kensal Green, comprising registers of baptisms, registers of marriages and a register of services.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew and Saint Michael, Greenwich, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; register of confirmations; register of church services; and Church Building Committee minutes.

Records of the parish of Saint Alphege, Lancaster Street, Southwark; including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of church services; notices read at services; financial records including Parochial Church Council accounts books.

Records of the parish of Saint Alphage, London Wall. The earliest records are churchwardens' accounts, which date from 1527. There are parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns and burials) from 1613. Vestry minutes commence in 1569. Other records, including rate assessments and papers relating to tithes, date chiefly from the 18th century.

Records of the parish of Saint Alfege, Greenwich, including baptism registers (1616-1975), marriage registers (1616-1989), burial registers (1615-1914), banns register (1874-1992), confirmation register (1947-1980), church service registers (1964-1988), volume relating to parochial charities (1816), inventory of workhouse stock, parish magazines (1937, 1939), and histories of the church.

Records of the parish of Saint Alban, Wood Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; register of church services; Vestry minute books; Churchwardens' records; poor rate assessment books; tithe rate assessment books; and account books listing charitable donations.

Records of the parish of Saint Alban, Pretoria Road, Streatham Park, including baptism registers (1888-1963), marriage registers (1888-1975), banns of marriage registers (1977-1992), confirmation registers (1885-1933), service registers, parochial returns, orders of services, photographs and correspondence related to church personnel, deeds, correspondence and plans related to church, vicarage and church halls, Parochial Church Council meeting minutes, Standing Commitee minutes, annual accounts, ledgers, bequests, and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Alban, North Harrow, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations.

Records of the parish of Saint Alban, Fulham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and church services; papers relating to parish boundaries; incumbent's correspondence; faculties, inventories and other papers relating to church fixtures and fittings; papers relating to the church hall; Parochial Church Council minutes; papers regarding parish charities; photographs and parish magazines

Records of the parish of Saint Alban, Acton Green, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations, and church services; orders of services; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice; Churchwardens' financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; Finance Committee meetings; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Alban the Martyr, Holborn, including historical account of parish by Reverend Mackonochie; testimonials of support for Reverend Mackonochie; papers relating to the legal case of Martin v. Mackonochie; papers of the Mackonochie Testimonials and Memorial Fund Committee including correspondence with architects regarding construction of memorial chapel; papers of Reverend E F Russell; papers of curate Arthur Henry Stanton; journal of work conducted by Mackonochie at St George's Mission of St Saviour and Cross, Wellclose Square, Stepney.

Minutes of annual vestry meetings; day books; letter books and correspondence; registers of church services; financial accounts; registers of communions made; correspondence, estimates and accounts relating to renovation and restoration of church; volumes containing letters of sympathy on destruction of the church by bombs, 1941; scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings, letters, documents and photographs; legal papers relating to church property; catalogue of the library; papers relating to charities in Holborn; papers relating to Saint Alban's School; papers of church societies and clubs; photographs; orders of service and tickets; inventories; sermons and printed appeals.

No registers held.

Records of the parish of Saint Alban the Martyr, Golders Green, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and banns of marriage.

Records of the parish of Saint Agnes, Kennington Park, Southwark, including registers of baptisms and marriages; church services registers; financial records; Parochial Church Council minutes; records of the Guild of the Ascension and the Burial Guild; parish magazines.

Registers of baptisms for the church of Saint Agatha, Shoreditch.

Registers of baptisms for the Royal Arsenal and Dockyard Chapel, Woolwich.

Correspondence, drafts of published works and press cuttings relating to British government and administration, and local government and planning.

Memoir of TW Roberts, as office assistant, Magistrate and District Judge in Matara, Kurunegala, and Chilaw, Ceylon, 1902-1916; containing an account of the daily routine, comments on public health, comments on relations with village headmen and Mudaliyars (Chief Headmen), notes on the administration of Crown land and on the administration of justice.

Papers of the Review Committee of the Greater London Citizens Advice Bureau Service Limited, 1972-1975, comprising:
Official Review Committee papers, 1972-1975, including agendas, minutes and correspondence between members, with the National Citizens Advice Bureau Council and London Borough CABs.

Research papers and survey material used by the Review Committee, 1972-1975, regarding the structure, finances and organisation of the Greater London Citizens Advice Bureau Service Limited and London borough CABs.

Research and survey material regarding information and advice services offered by local councils in Greater London.

Transcript of a Resolution of the London Court of Common Council, held on Thursday 27th May, 1725, concerning the Court's control of the Common Seal, namely 'That for the future the Common Seal of this City shall not be affixed to any Grant where [by] the Estate or Revenue of this City may be Charged, without th[e] Consent of this Court first had for that purpose'.

Papers of Margherita Rendal relating to two research projects, namely:'Graduate Administration in Local Education Authorities', 1965-1968, including material relating to project administration; correspondence and memoranda; interim and final reports; sample questionnaires; information about the survey program used to analyse the data; coding lists; sample punch cards. Also included is a file of correspondence and papers relating to The Committee on the Management and Staffing of Local Government (the Mallaby Committee), 1965. 'Survey for UNESCO of Courses and Research in Political Science, Law and Related Disciplines Concerned with the Role and Status of Women', 1979-1982, mainly comprising a series of individual folders for over seventy different countries or regions containing published and unpublished material relating to women's studies and the women's movement in each area; correspondence with local contacts in educational institutions and women's organisations; some answers to a questionnaire; and research summaries. Also included are some general publications and memoranda relating to UNESCO; card indexes of local contacts; and drafts of the final report. Also included are a small number of papers relating to the Institute of Education Department of Educational Administration in the 1970s, especially relating to a course run jointly with the London Business School on 'Management in the Education Service'; and circular letters of the Education in Human Rights Network, 1988. There is also a file relating to the Confederation for the Advancement of State Education, 1960s and a small amount of material concerning a study of educational administration in Derbyshire, 1967.

This collection comprises the following minute books, departmental records, financial accounts, correspondence, building plans and photographs of the Borough of Barking and its predecessors, including the Barking Town Local Board and Barking Urban District Council (1882-1965), relating to the management of the council, public health and housing, highways and town planning, parks, cemeteries and public buildings, education, public libraries, lighting, civil defence, transport, finance, welfare and rates.

Council

Minute books of the Barking Local Town Board, 1882-1894 (BD2/A/1/1)

Committee minute books of the Barking Local Town Board, 1883-1895 (BD2/A/1/2)

Minute books of Barking Urban District Council, 1895-1931 (BD2/A/2/1)

Committee minute books of Barking Urban District Council, 1895-1931 (BD2/A/2/2)

Minute books of the Borough of Barking, 1931-1965(BD2/A/3)

Declarations and acceptance of office books of the Borough of Barking, 1931-1963 (BD2/A/4)

Public health and housing

Minute book of the Barking Town Local Board of Health, 1853-1866 (BD2/B/1/1)

Reports of the Ilford and Barking Joint Sewerage Committee, 1935-1969 (BD2/B/2/1)

General ledger of the Ilford and Barking Joint Sewerage Committee, 1956-1969 (BD2/B/2/2)

Infectious diseases registers of the Public Health Department, 1915-1951 (BD2/B/3/1)

Tuberculosis registers of notifications of the Public Health Department, 1916-1924 (BD2/B/3/2)

Death registers of the Public Health Department, 1936-1965 (BD2/B/3/3)

Research on diphtheria by the Public Health Department, 1958-1961 (BD2/B/3/4)

Photographs of the Public Health Department, circa.1930-1965 (BD2/B/3/5)

Correspondence and papers on housing of the working classes in Barking, 1901-1908 (BD2/B/4)

Correspondence and papers on temporary housing in Barking, 1898-1907 (BD2/B/5)

Correspondence and papers on sewerage and drainage in Barking, 1893-1905 (BD2/B/6)

Correspondence and papers on water supply in Barking, 1895-1901 (BD2/B/7)

File on the National (Coal Strike) Emergency, 1921 (BD2/B/8)

File on population rates in each ward of Barking Urban District Council, 1928 (BD2/B/9)

War damage and repairs ledgers of Borough of Barking, 1940-1945 (BD2/B/10)

Highways and town planning

Correspondence and papers on highways of the Borough of Barking, 1891-1905 (BD2/C/1)

Correspondence and papers on street improvements of the Borough of Barking, 1892-1909 (BD2/C/2)

Correspondence and papers on private street works of the Borough of Barking, 1905-1909 (BD2/C/3)

Correspondence and papers on the Town Wharf of Barking Urban District Council, 1897-1908 (BD2/C/4)

Parks, cemeteries and public buildings

Minute book of the Barking Burial Board, 1884-1897 (BD2/D/1/1)

Register of burials of the Barking Burial Board, 1886-1901 (BD2/D/1/2)

Notices of internment of the Barking Burial Board, 1886-1904 (BD2/D/1/3)

Reports of the Grounds Committee of the Barking Burial Board, 1893-1896 (BD2/D/1/4)

Correspondence and papers on Rippleside Cemetery, 1906-1908 (BD2/D/1/5)

Register of graves at St. Margaret's Churchyard, Barking, 1930 (BD2/D/2)

Correspondence and papers on allotments in Barking, 1908-1910 (BD2/D/3)

Education

Minute books of Barking School Board, 1889-1903 (BD2/E/1/1)

Committee minute books of Barking School Board, 1892-1903 (BD2/E/1/2)

Financial accounts of Barking School Board, 1886-1903 (BD2/E/1/3)

Registers of the Attendance Officer of Barking School Board, 1885-1897 (BD2/E/1/4)

Minute books of Barking Education Committee, 1903-1928 (BD2/E/2/1)

Minute books of Barking Education Sub-Committee, 1903-1922 (BD2/E/2/2)

Minute book of Barking Education Children's Care and Kitchen Committee, 1912-1920 (BD2/E/2/3)

Minute book of Barking Education Boot Committee, 1919-1927 (BD2/E/2/4)

Minute book of Barking Higher Education Committee, 1921-1924 (BD2/E/2/5)

Annual reports of the Barking Education Committee, 1934-1941 (BD2/E/2/6)

Correspondence of the Barking Education Committee, 1903-1958 (BD2/E/2/7)

Newspaper cuttings of Barking Education Committee, 1925-1941 (BD2/E/2/8)

Public libraries

Minute books of Barking Public Libraries Committee, 1888-1928 (BD2/F/1)

Minute books of Barking Public Libraries Sub-Committees, 1890-1894 (BD2/F/2)

Letter books of the Barking Public Libraries, 1889-1919 (BD2/F/3)

Issue books of Barking Public Libraries, 1900-1961 (BD2/F/4)

Junior issue books of Barking Public Libraries, 1924-1952 (BD2/F/5)

Accounts ledgers of Barking Public Libraries, 1889-1969 (BD2/F/6)

Statistics ledgers of Barking Public Libraries, 1956-1959 (BD2/F/7)

Lighting

Correspondence and papers on lighting of Barking Urban District Council, 1896-1906 (BD2/G/1)

Revenue accounts ledger on the installation and analysis of electricity, 1935-1966 (BD2/G/2)

Events

Correspondence on Peace Week, 1936-1937 (BD2/H/1)

File on the accession of King George VI, 1936 (BD2/H/2)

Files on the Coronation of King George VI, 1936-1938 (BD2/H/3)

File on entertainments in Barking, 1934-1940 (BD2/H/4)

File on the Anglo-Soviet Pact Anniversary Celebrations, 1943-1946 (BD2/H/5)

File on the V.E. Day Thanksgiving Service, 1945 (BD2/H/6)

Transport

Correspondence and papers on tramways of Barking Urban District Council, 1898-1902 (BD2/J/1)

Files on light railways in Barking, 1896-1908 (BD2/J/2)

Files on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Bill, 1902-1908 (BD2/J/3)

Petition on the nuisance caused by motor car and bus traffic signed by the residents of Rippleside,1908 (BD2/J/4)

Correspondence with the Kearney Society, 1924 (BD2/J/5)

Finance

General ledgers of the Borough of Barking, 1935-1965 (BD2/K/1)

Rating and valuation

Reports of the Rating and Valuation Committee, 1942-1950 (BD2/L/1)

General and poor rate books for Barking, 1921-1933 (BD2/L/2-3)

General rate demand summary books for Barking, 1934-1964 (BD2/L/4)

Valuation lists of the Borough of Barking, 1930-1965 (BD2/L/5)

Loans ledgers of the Borough of Barking, 1939-1965 (BD2/L/6)

Welfare

Minute book of the Distress Committee of Barking Urban District Council, 1908-1924 (BD2/M/1)

Minute book of the Old Age Pensions Committee of the Borough of Barking, 1923-1934 (BD2/M/2)

Copy of the minute book of Rastrick Township meetings, held by Mr James Bottomley of Brighouse Corporation. The main concerns of these meetings were poor relief, local roads and tax assessments.