Records of the Good Shepherd Mission Church, Wood Green, including register of baptisms; registers of church services; Parochial Church Council minutes and papers relating to the organist and choirmaster.

Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, West Ealing, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage and confirmations; church services registers; orders of service; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice and terrier; papers relating to the maintenance of the church, vicarage and church hall including faculties, specifications of works, correspondence and photographs; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; papers of the Churchwardens; papers relating to church organisations including charities, societies and Saint Stephen's School; parish magazines; pamphlets and brochures; and photographs of church activities.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Hendon, comprising registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; registers of banns of marriage; and registers of church services.

Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Twickenham, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; registers of burials; registers of banns of marriage; registers of church services; and registers of preachers.

Records of the parish of Saint Hilda, Ashford, including baptism registers; marriage registers; banns of marriage registers; confirmations registers; church services registers and architect's reports and surveys of the church building.

Records of the Mission Church of Saint Giles, Enfield, including registers of church services; Parochial Church Council meeting minutes; electoral rolls; and financial accounts.

Records of the parish of St Gabriel, North Acton, comprising registers of baptisms, registers of marriages, registers of banns of marriage, registers of confirmations, and church service registers.

Records of the parish of Saint Matthew, Yiewsley, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; preachers' books; correspondence, faculties, plans, and reports relating to the maintenance of the church, vicarage, church hall and churchyard; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; other Committee minutes; financial accounts; parish magazine and papers relating to parish festivals and events.

Records of the parish of Saint Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park, Hounslow, comprising registers of baptisms, register of marriages and Vestry meetings minute book.

Records of the parish of St Saviour, Upper Sunbury, comprising registers of baptisms (1881-1992), marriages (1913-1988), burials (1882-1888), confirmations (1941-1983), banns (1943-1995) and church services (1909-1998). Includes registers of baptisms and church services at Saint Benedict Mission Church.

Records of the parish of St Cuthbert, North Wembley, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; orders of service; sequestration documents; licences for music and dancing in the church hall; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; School admission book; Sunday School register; Choir register; and parish magazines and pamphlets.

Records of the parish of St Philip and St James, Whitton, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; papers relating to the benefice and terrier; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; and orders relating to parish boundary changes.

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

Records of the parish of St Stephen, Hounslow, comprising registers of baptisms and registers of marriages.

Records of the parish of Saint Michael and All Angels, Harrow, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations, and church services; service notice sheets; orders of service; incumbent's correspondence; plan of the district; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church and hall; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial records; papers of church societies including the Mothers' Union; photograph of clergy; programmes and posters for church events.

Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Wealdstone, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and banns of marriage; preachers' book; registers of services; papers relating to alterations to parish boundaries; papers relating to the construction or maintenance of the church, vicarage and church hall; Vestry meeting minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes, reports, correspondence and papers; programmes and invitations for parish events; financial accounts; papers of parish societies and clubs; and printed items including newspaper cuttings, newsletters and annual reports.

Records of the parish of St Paul, Edmonton, including baptism registers (1834-1928), marriage registers (1838-1928), banns registers (1852-1915), church service registers, papers relating to the benefice and terrier, faculties relating to the maintenance of the church, Parochial Church Council and other Committee minutes, financial accounts and parish magazines (1887-1930). Also registers for baptisms at Saint Thomas, Winchmore Hill (1908-1920).

Records of Christ Church Mission Church, Harlington, comprising registers of church services; correspondence relating to the construction of the new church and administrative files.

Records of the parish of St John the Evangelist, Upper Edmonton, comprising registers of baptisms and registers of marriages.

Records of the parish of St Mary the Virgin, Lower Edmonton, comprising registers of baptisms, registers of marriages and a register of confirmations.

Records of the parish of Saint Joseph, Northolt including banns of marriage registers, 1978-1986; baptismal register, 1958-1964; service registers, 1942-2000; Parochial Church Council meeting minutes, 1950-1962; and parish newsletters, yearbooks and magazines, 1971-1993.

Records of the parish of All Souls, St Margaret's-on-Thames, Twickenham. This collection includes parish registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations (1898-1986); registers of services and orders of service (1896-1995); duplicate returns of parish statistics (1907-1931); correspondence relating to staff (1959-1994) and parish boundaries (1967-1981); documents, drawings and photographs relating to the church building and its contents (1867-1994); documents and plans relating to church halls (1930-1993); bishop's visitation papers (1966-1969), Parochial Church Council and Vestry minute books and correspondence (1888-2000); financial statements, account books and ledgers (1886-1999); records relating to Wooldridge Legacy Trust (1957-1984) and Sick and Poor Fund (1911-1927) and parish magazines (1898-1971).

Records of the parish of St Edward the Confessor, Greenford, including marriage register (1971-1984); baptism register (1936-1946); church service registers (1936-1984); financial records; Parochial Church Council minutes; and Mothers' Union records.

Parish magazine for the parish of Christ Church, Cockfosters, 1967.

Records of the parish of Saint Luke, Finchley, Barnet. This collection includes parish registers of baptisms, marriages and banns of marriage (1905-2001), registers of church services (1904-1998), Parochial Church Council minutes, other committee minutes, Mens' Society minutes, annual reports, electoral roll, faculties relating to the maintenance of the church, financial accounts, administrative files, parish magazines, plaques commemorating the church opening (1905), and photographs of the new church hall (1937).

Records of the church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Twickenham. This collection includes the parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (1538 - 1960); Churchwardens' accounts (1605/6 - 1848); Vestry meeting minute books (1618 - 1901) and Overseers' of the Poor accounts (1663 - 1679). Of particular note are: the Book of Briefs (1708 - 1760), which also includes a list of bonds, surrender certificates and indentures (DRO/174/B/02/001) and the survey of land-holding or real estates in the parish, made in 1661, which appears in the Churchwardens' account book (DRO/174/B/01/003).

Records of the parish of Holy Cross, Greenford. This collection includes parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (1539/40-1989); photographs of church services, buildings, furniture and events (1935-1980); faculties, related correspondence, plans and photographs (1898-1997); various correspondence and other papers relating to rectors and curates of the parish (1822-1963); correspondence and plans relating to the changes in parish boundaries 1948-1967); a terrier (1890); altered tithe apportionments and other items related to the collection of tithes (1821-1935); vestry minute meeting books (1776-1912); Parochial Church Council minutes and sub-committee minutes (1945-1995); parish finances (1958-1995); electoral rolls (1920s-1990); Overseers' of the Poor account books (1771-1835); parish charity finances and correspondence (1799-1994); Betham School mangers' records (1903-1940); other Betham School records (1899-1903); parish magazines (1910-2006) and drawings of the churches (1809-1987).

Of particular note are plans for the decorative interior woodwork of the New Church designed by the architectural practice of Professor Sir A E Richardson (1945).

As marriage ceremonies are performed in both the Old and New Churches there are separate registers for the marriage services in the two buildings.

Records of the parish of Saint Martin, West Acton, including registers of baptisms (1903-1988), registers of marriages (1907-1958), registers of banns of marriage (1907-1982), registers of confirmations (1920-1938, 1940-1971), registers of church services (1903-1986), minutes of Committees including the Parochial Church Council (1916-1943), financial records, Churchwardens' Vestry books (1922-1963), papers of church societies including the Choir and Mothers' Union, parish magazines (1909-1911, 1920-1935, 1938-1971), architects' plans (1929-1966), and photographs of church buildings, staff and church activities.

Records of the parish of Saint Martin, Kensal Rise, comprising baptism registers (1895-1980), marriage registers (1901-1965), banns of marriage registers (1964-1975), confirmation registers (1892-1967), and church service registers.

Records of the Mission Church of Saint Peter, Uxbridge, comprising church service registers and offertory registers.

Records of the parish of Saint Mark, Harlesden, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; parish statistics; curates' licences; papers relating to glebe land; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the maintenance of the church, parsonage and church hall including architects' surveys; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; correspondence, reports and administrative papers; financial accounts; papers of the Girls' Friendly Society; parish magazines; photographs; newspaper cuttings and historical notes; quinquennial report (1983) and plan of the vicarage.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Roxeth, Harrow, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriages, confirmations and church services; inventories of church fittings; Parochial Church Council minutes; electoral rolls; papers of the Churchwardens; financial accounts; papers relating to parochial charities; papers of the Roxeth Men's Service Committee.

Records of the parish of Saint Peter, Harrow, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; Parochial Church Council minutes; and annual financial accounts.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary the Virgin, Tottenham. This collection includes the registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriages and confirmations (1882-1997); church service registers (1890-2006); church hall financial accounts (1994-2001); and financial records including cash book (1956-1985), journals (1950-2005), vicar's expenses (1965-1987) and offertory registers (1912-1935).

Baptism register for the church of Saint Michael and Saint George, Wilcox Road, Fulwell.

Record of the church of Saint George, Pinner View, Headstone, comprising record of church furnishings compiled by the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS).

Records of the parish of All Hallows, Greenford, including baptism registers (1932-1952); marriage registers (1942-1968); banns of marriage registers (1942-1971); service registers; correspondence and photographs relating to the vicarage; licences for music and dancing in church hall; vestry minutes; parochial church council minutes; magazine committee minutes; guild of the sanctuary minutes; finance committee minutes; photographs of church events, clergy and parishioners; parish magazines; papers, correspondence, photographs and printed material relating to church and church hall.

Records of the parish of Saint Michael, Chiswick, including baptism registers (1908-1964); marriage registers (1909-1972); confirmation registers (1940-1976); service registers (1908-2009); temporary building committee, Parochial Church Council and Vestry meeting minutes; a recording of the church choir singing at Truro Cathedral; parish magazines and newsletters.

Records of the parish of Saint Paul, Chiswick, including registers of baptisms (1870-1953), marriages (1872-1964) and banns of marriage (1872-1913), as well as parish magazines, PCC minutes, preachers', readers' and collections registers, and service registers.

Records of the Parish of Holy Innocents, Hornsey, including registers of baptisms (1877-1992), marriages (1878-1941), banns (1909-1985), confirmations (1901-2003), funerals and churchings (1938-1964), as well as service registers and accounts.

Records of the Diocese of Southwark, 1742-2000. The collection relates to the area of London covered by the Diocese of Southwark south of the River Thames, dating mainly from 1905. It provides a wealth of information on church architecture and fixtures, sources for marriages and clergy (of particular use for family history), and the morals and conduct of clergy and their parishioners. Some records date from when parishes were under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Winchester (before 1877) and the Diocese of Rochester (1877-1904).

The records of Southwark Diocesan Regsistry include the following: grants of faculties relating to church buildings and fittings with a large number of coloured drawings and plans of churches, monuments, stained glass designs and other fittings (1905-2000); consecration and dedication papers including petitions and plans relating to new churches and burial grounds (1905-1976); ordinations and appointments of clergy (1878-1974); records relating to marriages including lists of marriage licences granted to couples intending to marry in churches within the Diocese of Rochester and Southwark (1877-1910, 1940-1958) and marriage warrants and affidavits recording the declarations made by parties intending to marry by licence (1905-1974).

Also records relating to visitations, the process by which the bishop maintained faith and discipline and corrected clerical and lay abuses, including lists of churchwardens (1924-1956), visitation returns (1907-1956) and presentment reports submitted by churchwardens on the state of church buildings and the conduct of clergy and parishioners in the parish (1905-1974).

The collection also contains minutes and property deeds from the Rochester and Southwark Diocesan Church Trust (1817-1966) relating to the College of Saint Saviour, Saint Olave, Southwark and All Saints, North Peckham, including correspondence relating to the removal of remains from the Flemish Burial Ground, adjacent to Saint Olave in 1842 (reference DS/CT); and minutes and related papers of Rural Deaneries of Dulwich, and Newington and Southwark (1869-1990) (reference DS/DRD).

Please note that some of the collection is uncatalogued. Please ask a member of staff for information regarding the procedure to access uncatalogued records.

Records of the Diocese of Winchester, 1480-1936. The archive collections relate mainly to parishes in the ancient county of Surrey, now in the dioceses of Guildford and Southwark and include: the records of the Archdeaconry of Surrey which had jurisdiction over the parishes in the ancient county of Surrey excluding 13 peculiars (administrative areas outside the jurisdiction of the bishop), including Bishop's Transcripts for parishes in the archdeaconry, the issue of licences including marriage bonds and allegations and clergy's licences, registry material, church consecrations and dedications, dissenters' meeting house certificates, and terriers of church property in each parish.

Also the records of the Archdeaconry Court of Surrey, consisting of court probate material including wills; the records of the Commissary Court of Surrey, including the bishop's commissary court probate records including wills and cause papers in court proceedings; and a small collection of office papers of the Archdeaconry of Winchester relating to parishes in Hampshire.

Personal papers of James Beal, local government reformer. The collection comprises correspondence with and concerning James Beal. Except where stated to the contrary, the letters refer to governmental matters: those in F/BL/12 refer to the presentation made to James Beal for his services to Local Government. The presentation volume includes press cuttings, invitations, menus and similar printed ephemera.

Records of the Inner London Quarter Sessions, 1790-1974.

Papers of the Justices of the Peace, including Lord Lieutenant's papers; official lists of Justices; papers relating to the jurisdiction of Justices; papers relating to juvenile courts; correspondence and papers relating to the County of London Magistrates Club.

Papers of the Court in Session, including sessions rolls; court books; deposition books; court minute books; registers and indexes of appeals; Sheriff's inquisitions and returns; depositions; certificates of conviction; orders of court; reports and correspondence regarding the Mental Deficiency Acts; calendars of prisoners; estreat papers and rolls; and calendars of viticular licences.

Administrative papers including staff books; papers relating to probationers; County of London Standing Joint Committee minutes and papers; Committee of Quarter Sessions papers; Magistrates' Court Committee minutes and papers; County of London Licensing Committee papers and reports; County of London Licensing Planning Committee minutes and applications and County Confirming and Compensation Committee papers and reports.

Documents registered with the Court including papers relating to licences; maps and plans showing petty sessional divisions, borough boundaries, licensed premises and roads; papers relating to railways; lists of blind persons; register of parliamentary deposits and reports from the Commissioners on the State of the Roads.

Papers of the Clerk of the Peace and the Treasurer, including cash book; papers relating to County Days; correspondence relating to borough maps; general correspondence; indexes of deposited records and plans; and summaries of costs of criminal prosecutions.

Records of the Ealing North Divisional/Constituency Labour Party, including attendance books, annual reports, accounts and subject files on election campaigns. Though these files are mainly concerned with finance, many also include campaign material. Also ward/branch material. Each ward or branch had its own committee. Of particular interest are the early minute books of Northolt Labour Party.

Records of Lord Charles Latham, leader of the London County Council, consisting of reports, papers, correspondence, notebooks and diaries including photographs and press cuttings belonging to Lord Latham.

Records of the London (South) Quarter Sessions, 1892-1894, comprising applications for changes to status of highways in South London, originally filed with Newington Sessions House.

Records of the Loal Government Association, comprising annual balances of the County Councils Association 1911-1985 and a group of records relating to Belgravia Holdings Limited.

Subject files of committees of the Association of County Councils. The subjects are diverse and cover various aspects of the work and policies of local government. The committees from which files were retained were:
Agriculture 1936-1992;
Community Services 1977-1990;
Education 1941-1990;
Fire Service and Emergency Planning 1947-1992;
Highways 1969-1991;
Housing 1985-1992;
Local Government Finance 1976-1991;
Local Government Reorganisation 1971-1986;
National Parks 1973-1977;
Planning 1949-1992;
Police 1923-1990;
Policy 1976-1989;
Press and Public Relations 1985-1990;
Social Service 1968-1992.

Also some papers of the Association of County Chief Executives.

Subject files of the Association of District Councils (ADC), comprising:

• the Council of the ADC's Reviews of the Structure of the ADC, 1987-1989, 1993;
• files of the Environmental Health committee, on AIDS, 1990-1995, Nuclear Power and Nuclear Issues, 1990-1995, and Genetic Manipulation, 1990-1992;
• files of the Housing committee, on Homelessness, 1991-1995;
• files of the Planning committee, on Gypsies, 1990-1995;
• files of the Selection committee, on the Rights of Way Review Committee, 1992-1995, and Common Land, 1990-1992.