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        GB 1556 WL 1585 · 2000

        Papers comprise an account of Kristallnacht in Aachen, 2000, written years later by Erica Prean, who was 8 years old when the events took place.

        Prean , Erica , b 1930
        GB 0064 CAL/201-206 · Subfonds · 1750-1797
        Part of Caldwell family papers

        Papers of Sir Willam Abdy, comprising logs, 1750 to 1753, and two combined letter and order books, 1761 to 1766. There are also copies, made by Abdy in his retirement, of despatches describing actions, 1778 to 1782 and 1793 to 1797, and of the Agamemnon's log, 1782 to 1783.

        Abdy , Sir , William , 1733-1803 , 6th Baronet , Captain, Royal Navy
        ABINGER family papers
        GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP168 · 1780-1974

        Papers of the Abinger and Clarke family, including diaries, letterbooks and memoirs of Frances Scarlett, comprising diaries in 5 volumes, 1842-1854; notebook containing Scarlett's memoirs, 1904 and letterbook containing copies of family letters, 1855 and 1916, including a copy of a letter fron Sir James York Scarlett describing the charge of the Light Brigade, 7 Dec 1854. Abinger family memoirs entitled 'Fanny Scarlett: Extracts from her Journals 1840-55, and from her Letters and Memoirs', by Frances' granddaughters Hester Smith and Priscilla Douglas-Jones including photographs and family tree, 1974. Letterbook of Robert Astley Scarlett, including copy of letter sent home from the Boer War, 1900. Family correspondence including to Frances Scarlett and two silhouettes of Sydney and Charles Lidderdale-Smith. Diaries of Mrs John Plomer Clarke, 1780-1800, in 3 volumes; day book, 1800; record of Helen Emilia Clarke by her governess Eliza Denis, 1794 and a travelogue of a member of the Clarke family.

        Scarlett , Frances (Fanny) Mary , 1828-1920 , daughter of Robert Campbell Scarlett, 2nd Lord Abinger x Abinger
        GB 0096 MS 608 · 1827-1840

        Accounts and rental kept by John Humphries for the estates of Thomas Lodington Fairfax in Steeton, Bilbrough, Newton, Kyme, Aughton, 'Ruddings' and Ellerton, all in Yorkshire, and in Bracebridge, Cantley, Washingborough and Heighington, Lincolnshire, 1827-1840.

        Humphries , John , fl 1827-1840 , estate manager
        GB 0120 WTI/JAA · Collection · 1925-1926

        Book of case notes, illustrated with photographs showing patients' progress, regarding yaws in the Kasempa District of Northern Rhodesia, 1925-1926.

        Acheson , James Alexander , 1892-1968
        ACC/1388-27 · Collection · 1934-1935

        Register of marriages, 1934-1935.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        ADAMS {SOLICITORS}
        GB 0074 ACC/0730 · Collection · 1874-1910

        Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising agreements to let premises called The Peaks, Harlaxton, Rosefield Cottage, Ford Cottage and Ascham in Ford Bridge Road, 1905-1910 and probate and miscellaneous papers of John Charles Gee of Avon House, Acton Hill, 1874.

        Adams , solicitors
        Addis, Sir Charles Stewart
        GB 0102 PP MS 14 · Created 1881-1945

        Papers, 1881-1945, of Sir Charles Stewart Addis, comprising diaries kept by Addis, 1881-1945; correspondence with his family, colleagues and friends including Alexander Michie, 1886-1902, and Montagu Norman, 1921-1943; business papers, 1886-1945; speeches and articles, 1880-1941; newspaper cuttings, c1860-1949; and photographs. In addition to documenting Charles Stewart Addis's role as a leading financial adviser and negotiator, the collection gives an important insight into the development of international finance and monetary policy.

        Addis , Sir , Charles Stewart , 1861-1945 , Knight , banker
        Addis, Sir John Mansfield
        GB 0102 PP MS 25 · Created 1914-1983

        Papers, 1914-1983, of Sir John Mansfield Addis, comprising correspondence relating to Addis's education at Rugby and Oxford (1925-1936); correspondence, including that with his sister Robina Addis, diaries and research material relating to his diplomatic career (1933-1974); and material relating to his retirement years (1975-1982) including reports of South East Asian Tours, lecture notes, research and scholarly work. Also includes personal items (1914-1983) and photographs (1933-1974).

        Addis , Sir , John Mansfield , 1914-1983 , Knight , diplomat
        GB 0114 MS0045 · 1902-1957

        Papers of George Cuthbert Adeney, 1902-1957, comprising diaries, 1939-1957; letters to Adeney's sister Gladys, 1902-1920; scrapbooks, notebooks and typescript notes, 1913-1950s.

        Adeney , George Cuthbert , 1879-1958 , surgeon
        Admiralty Collection
        GB 0064 ADM · Collection · 1688-1883

        The Admiralty records at the National Maritime Museum cover the administration of the Navy from 1688-1832 (when the Navy Board was abolished) in considerable detail. There are also a few records from 1832-1883. Together they consist of 7,497 bound volumes and a large mass of loose papers.

        The majority of orders and letters are original documents, often minuted, but there are a few volumes of indexes, minute and letterbook copies of correspondence. The collection includes over 5000 Lieutenants' logs forwarded to the Navy Board in connection with the work of passing the Officers' accounts.

        The Admiralty records now at the National Maritime Museum, consist of the original orders from the Admiralty to the Navy Board from 1688-1815 (ADM/A&N&RP&Q&P&OT), and the Navy Board replies from 1733-1831 (ADM/B&BP&D&DP&F&FP). Orders to the Navy Board relating to transports during the period when there was no Transport Board were bound up separately as were those relating to the special appointment of General Bentham, as Inspector General of Naval Works, during the Napoleonic War. The Navy Board letters respecting the fitting of ships from 1804-1809 were separated from the general correspondence, and bound with a chronological index at the beginning. In addition to these main series of orders from the Admiralty to the Navy Board, there are some copies of orders for the Ticket Office from 1774-1815, and some loose papers relating to the Marine Office and a few orders for the Office of Stores (ADM/J&K).

        The Admiralty orders to the Victualling Commissioners from 1707-1815 (ADM/C) are included in this collection, as well as the abstract of Admiralty orders from 1694-1819 (ADM/G) and the Victualling Board's replies from 1703-1822 (ADM/H). The Admiralty orders to the commissioners for taking care of sick and wounded seamen from 1702-1806 form a complete series, supplemented by the Commissioners replies from 1742-1806 (ADM/E). Orders relating to prisoners of war were bound up separately and cover the years from 1743, some distinction being made for the different nationalities (ADM/M). Both these series of orders were continued when the Transport Boards took over the Commissioners; the former series has been preserved in this collection up to 1815 (ADM/ET), and the latter from 1796-99 (ADM/MT).

        The Lieutenant's logs which total 5,205 volumes are bound according to the name of the ship, some Captain's logs being included (ADM/L). There are also bound up with some logs, accounts of expenses of paper and ticket books. The Lieutenant's log was accompanied by a certificate from his captain stating that he had complied with the printed instructions and not been absent from his ship. These journals were deposited first in the Admiralty Office and a certificate was made out, for which the chief clerk received 2s 6d.' though captains usually paid 5s 0d. The chief clerk then abstracted details of the voyage of each ship from her logs "specifying the day of her sailing - of her arrival at each port, her stay there and departure there from". The logs were then passed to the Navy Office where the clerk of the acts made out certificates "to enable the lieutenants and masters to receive their wages". It was also his duty to "arrange and keep the journals and log books of every ship that may be delivered of the proceedings from the time of such journals and log books". The logs in this collection have been preserved from the time of Pepys until 1809, when the procedure for keeping logs was altered, and contained much useful information. The logs were kept according to the nautical calendar, which counted the day as starting at mid-day, until 1805 when the civil practice was adopted.

        The only records for the period after 1832, which are included in this collection, are those of the Surveyor's department for the years 1832-39. These letters, addressed to the Board of Admiralty, contain some interesting material on ship-building. There are also a number of volumes of papers relating to the preparation of naval estimates for the years 1849-1883, as far as the Victualling department was concerned.

        Admiralty
        GB 0074 ACC/1367 · Collection · 1783-1920

        Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Hounslow and Staines, including mortgages, leases and conveyances. Also probate of will of John Edwards of Hampstead, 1783; administration of will of Edmund Fleming Akers of Acton, 1818, and administration of will of Edmund Akers' widow Frances, 1841.

        A F and R W Tweedie , solicitors
        GB 0074 CLC/325 · Collection · 1885-1938

        Register of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Aix-les-Bains Anglican Chaplaincy, France.

        Aix-les-Bains Anglican Chaplaincy , France
        Alabaster, Sir Chaloner
        GB 0102 MS 380451 · Created 1845-1898

        Papers, 1845-1898, of Sir Chaloner Alabaster, including nine diaries, 1854-1875, which give accounts of his time in China. The later diaries are incomplete and contain far less detail than earlier volumes. Additional material, 1868-1898, includes papers and correspondence detailing his military service, accounts, obituaries and copies of 'A Chapter from the Chinese Gospel', by Alabaster, from Occasional Papers on Chinese Philosophy.

        Alabaster , Sir , Chaloner Grenville , 1838-1898 , Knight , Consul-General at Canton
        GB 0074 ACC/1439 · Collection · 1779-1821

        Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising a counterpart lease for a messuage in James Street, Covent Garden, 1779 and probate of will of Frances Caswall formerly of Abingdon Street, Westminster, now of Alvescot, spinster, made 20 April 1818, proved 1821.

        Alberry and Lucas , solicitors
        LMA/4334 · Collection · 1800-1875

        Records of the Albion Chapel including Congregation minute books, 1842-1874; Court of Session minute book, 1825-1875; register of baptisms, 1817-1875 and Deed of Settlement, 1800, between Wells Street and Miles Lane congregations.

        Presbyterian Church of England
        Albyn Line Ltd
        GB 0064 ALB · Collection · 1901-1966

        Records of Albyn Line Ltd, comprising Directors' and shareholders' minute books, 1901 to 1966, containing an unbroken series of balance sheets and profit and loss accounts; a full series of cash books and ledgers, 1901 to 1966; ships' voyage books, 1953 to 1966, containing information on costs, types of cargo, freight rates, rates of hire, fuel costs etc; voyage papers for some of the voyages of the last three ships from 1962 to 1966; insurance records, 1952 to 1966, and a random collection of chief officers' log books, 1960 to 1966. There are also the records of Allan Black and Company, the managers, relating to internal office administration, 1958 to 1966 and papers relating to the voluntary liquidation, 1966. There is no correspondence apart from two out-letterbooks.

        Albyn Line Ltd
        GB 0074 CLC/165 · Collection · 1556

        Court roll of the manor of Aldbury, Hertfordshire.

        Manor of Aldbury , Hertfordshire
        LMA/4384 · Collection · 1861-1976

        Records of Aldershot Presbyterian Church comprising Court of Session minute books, 1951-1976; Manager's Committee minute books, 1861-1900; Board of Managers minute books, 1900-1972; Choir Committee minute book, 1933-1940; Sunday School Teachers' minute book, 1916-1942; Communicants' roll book, 1865-1976; alphabetical index of membership, 1862-1922; register of baptisms, 1865-1974 and record of gifts donated to the church, 1948-1954.

        Presbyterian Church of England
        GB 0064 ALD · 1844-1930

        Papers covering a short period of the career of Admiral Pelham Aldrich. There are extracts from journals, 1860 to 1867, returns from the sledge CHALLENGER and notes and journals concerning surveying 1879 to 1884. There are no papers for the CHALLENGER expedition in this collection: the main Arctic papers are with the Scott Polar Research Institute at Cambridge.

        Aldrich , Pelham , 1844-1930 , Admiral
        ALDRICH, Pelham (1825-1875)
        GB 0402 PEA · 1872-1875

        Journal of the scientific research voyage of HMS Challenger from 1872-1875. Illustrated with watercolours and line drawings. The typescript contains the text of the journal.

        Aldrich , Pelham , 1844-1930 , Admiral
        SBHA · Fonds · 1866-1959

        Comprises: Dispensary; Alexandra Hospital School; Administrative records; Financial records; Estate and property records; Drawings and illustrations; Postcards; Nursing records; Medical records; Photographs; Staff records; Operating theatre records; Supplies Department; External publications.

        Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease
        GB 0074 P69/ALH7 · Collection · 1574-1954

        Records of the parish of All Hallows the Great, Upper Thames Street, City of London, including vestry minutes from 1574 and rate assessments from 1586. Other records include registers of baptisms, burials, banns and marriages; Churchwarden's papers; papers relating to charities; and Overseers' receipts and payments relating to the poor rate.

        Parish of All Hallows the Great, City of London , Church of England
        GB 0074 P69/ALH8 · Collection · 1558-1954

        Records of the parish of All Hallows the Less, Upper Thames Street, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms, marriages and burials) from 1558; Vestry minute books; Churchwardens' accounts; Overseers' book of receipts and payments; apportionment of tithe rent charges and poor rate assessment books. Some of these records are for joint meetings with the Vestry of All Hallows the Great.

        Parish of All Hallows the Less, City of London , Church of England
        GB 0074 P69/ALH1 · Collection · [1400]-1995

        Records of the parish of All Hallows, Barking by the Tower, City of London comprising baptisms (1558 - 1937), marriages (1564 - 1995), burials (1558 - 1853), banns of marriage, confirmations, preachers' books, parish visitors' books, lists of inhabitants who have served parish offices, benefice papers, vestry minutes, parochial church council minutes, administration and finance committee minutes, muniments, papers and correspondence relating to administrative issues, annual accounts, ledgers, journals, treasurers' accounts, churchwardens' accounts, church rate and rent roll accounts, tithe rate accounts, church rate assessment books, tithe rate assessment books, wills and leases, rent rolls, registers of recipients of charitable gifts, overseers' accounts, poor rate assessment books, general rate assessment books, valuations of property, lists of inmates at the parish workhouse.

        Parish of All Hallows, Barking by the Tower, City of London , Church of England
        GB 0074 P69/ALH2 · Collection · 1538-1947

        Records of the parish of All Hallows, Bread Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Vestry minutes; Churchwardens' financial accounts; poor rate assessments and tithe rate assessments. Some records relate to the united parishes of All Hallows Bread Street with Saint John the Evangelist Friday Street.

        Parish of All Hallows, Bread Street, City of London , Church of England Parish of All Hallows Bread Street with Saint John the Evangelist Friday Street , Church of England
        GB 0074 P88/ALH2 · Collection · 1875-1971

        Records of the parish of All Hallows, Devons Road, Bromley by Bow, including parish magazines; registers of baptisms, marriages and church services; event programmes; Parochial Church Council minutes, reports and other papers; and financial records.

        Parish of All Hallows, Bromley-by-Bow , Church of England
        GB 0074 DRO/187 · Collection · 1930-200-

        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.

        Parish of All Hallows , Greenford , Church of England
        GB 0074 P69/ALH3 · Collection · 1618-1948

        Records of the parish of All Hallows, Honey Lane, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Vestry minutes; Churchwardens' financial accounts; and poor rate assessment books.

        Parish of All Hallows, Honey Lane, City of London , Church of England
        GB 0074 P69/ALH4 · Collection · 1549-1949

        Records of the parish of All Hallows, Lombard Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns; preachers' books; registers of church services; Vestry minute books; papers of the Churchwardens; accounts, correspondence and papers relating to sequestrations; papers relating to poor relief; church rate assessments; poor rate assessments; tithe rate assessments; Vestry clerk's annual parish accounts; and other papers relating to parochial charities.

        Parish of All Hallows, Lombard Street, City of London , Church of England
        GB 0074 P69/ALH5 · Collection · 1455-1967

        Records of the parish of All Hallows, London Wall, City of London. The earliest records are churchwardens' accounts, which date from 1455. There are parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns, church services) from 1559, and vestry minutes from 1700. However, most of the records date from the 18th century or later, including poor rate assessments and tithe rate assessments.

        Parish of All Hallows, London Wall, City of London , Church of England
        GB 0074 P88/ALH1 · Collection · 1880-1947

        Records of the parish of All Hallows, East India Dock Road, Poplar, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages; register of confirmation and register of banns of marriage.

        Parish of All Hallows, Poplar , Church of England
        GB 0074 P92/ALH · Collection · 1876-1971

        Records of the parish of All Hallows, Copperfield Street, Southwark, including registers of baptisms and marriages; church services registers; and Parochial Church Council minute books. The first baptism register includes a description of the parish and a list of streets is included in the first Banns book.

        Parish of All Hallows, Southwark , Church of England
        GB 0074 P69/ALH6 · Collection · 1491-1968

        Records of the parish of All Hallows Staining, Mark Lane, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns; Vestry minute books; Churchwarden's financial accounts; poor rate assessment books; tithe rate assessment books; and papers relating to parish poor relief.

        The collection includes records of the Society for the Commemoration of the accession of Queen Elizabeth I comprising: minutes, 1683-1787; copy of annual address and rules, 1787; registers of subscribers to the annual dinners, 1766-8; and notes extracted from the minutes, 20th century.

        Parish of All Hallows Staining, Mark Lane, City of London , Church of England
        GB 0074 DRO/015 · Collection · 1557-1901

        Records of the Parish of All Hallows, Tottenham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, and burials; registers of services; and legal papers relating to the National School.

        Parish of All Hallows, Tottenham , Church of England
        GB 0074 CLC/326 · Collection · 1868-1982

        Records of All Saints Anglican Church, Bordighera, Italy, including registers of baptisms and marriages; register of services; financial accounts; and correspondence.

        All Saints Anglican Church , Bordighera, Italy
        GB 0074 CLC/327 · Collection · 1903-1963

        Records of the Anglican church of All Saints, Cap d'Antibes, France, comprising register of baptisms, 1926-56 (Ms 23619); register of burials, Ms 1926-63 (Ms 23620); and service registers, 1903-28, 1955-6 (Ms 23621).

        All Saints Anglican Church , Cap d'Antibes, France
        ALL SAINTS CHURCH, CAPRI
        GB 0074 CLC/328 · Collection · 1905-1936

        Register of baptisms, marriages and burials in the All Saints Anglican Church, Capri, Italy.

        All Saints Anglican Church , Capri, Italy
        GB 0074 CLC/322 · Collection · 1849-1999

        Records of All Saints Anglican Church, Marseilles, France, including register of baptisms, marriages and burials; service registers and financial accounts.

        All Saints Anglican Church , Marseilles, France
        GB 0074 P76/ALL · Collection · 1896-1953

        Records of All Saints Mission Chapel, Islington, comprising registers of baptisms and a register of services.

        All Saints Mission Chapel, Islington , Church of England
        GB 0074 P70/ALL · Collection · 1883-1967

        Records of the parish of All Saints, Battersea, comprising registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; and registers of church services.

        C 1883-1947 M 1884-1961

        Parish of All Saints, Battersea , Church of England
        GB 0074 P83/ALL1 · Collection · 1839-1979

        Records of the parish of All Saints, Caledonian Road, Islington, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns, and confirmations; church services registers; papers relating to parish boundaries; financial records; papers relating to the church building and the church hall; Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to the parish school; and parish magazine.

        Parish of All Saints, Caledonian Road, Islington , Church of England
        GB 0074 P90/ALL1 · Collection · 1824-1947

        Baptism and marriage registers for the church of All Saints, Camden Street, Camden Town.

        Parish of All Saints, Camden Town , Church of England
        GB 0074 P95/ALL2 · Collection · 1858-1970

        Records of the parish of All Saints, Lyham Road, Clapham Park, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; church services registers; Parochial Church Council and Vestry minutes; papers of parish societies and clubs; and parish magazines.

        Parish of All Saints, Clapham Park , Church of England
        GB 0074 P79/ALL · Collection · 1873-1972

        Records of the parish of All Saints, Clapton Park, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, banns, and confirmations; and registers of church services, preachers, readers and collections.

        Parish of All Saints, Clapton Park , Church of England
        GB 0074 DRO/039 · Collection · 1887-1978

        Records of the parish of All Saints, East Finchley, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to endowments; records of the Churchwardens relating to finances, the maintenance of the church fabric and the church site; Vestry minutes; records of the Parochial Church Council relating to the parish hall; and papers of church societies.

        Parish of All Saints, East Finchley , Church of England
        GB 0074 DRO/040 · Collection · 1557-2002

        Records of the parish of All Saints, Edmonton, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage and church services; Surveyors of Highways rate books; registers of baptisms, marriages and burials at the Weld Chapel; and parish magazines.

        Also register of baptisms for Saint Paul's Chapel, Winchmore Hill; and registers of baptisms for the district of Saint Alphege.

        COVERING DATES OF PARISH REGISTERS DEPOSITED Baptisms: 1558 - 2001, Marriages: 1558 - 1993, Burials: 1557 - 1954.

        Parish of All Saints, Edmonton , Church of England
        GB 0074 P77/ALL · Collection · 1674-2003

        Records of the parish of All Saints, Fulham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; orders of service; papers of parish organisations including clubs, societies, charities and schools; papers relating to parish boundaries and the benefice; faculties and other papers relating to the construction of the church and the maintenance of the fixtures and fittings; Churchwardens' financial accounts; general financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; Committee minutes; correspondence and publicity material such as appeals leaflets.

        C 1675-1997 M 1674-1994 B 1675-1863

        Parish of All Saints, Fulham , Church of England