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        GB 0074 CLC/445 · Collection · [1900]

        Research notes and plans of ancient earthworks in Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Brecknockshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, London, Monmouthshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, North Wales, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and Yorkshire.

        Downman , Edward Andrews , fl 1900 , antiquarian
        GB 0074 ACC/0140 · Collection · 1739-1883

        Legal documents, acquired by the solicitor's office in the course of their work, relating to the manor of Hanwell, 1739-1869, including deeds and copies of deeds, extracts from court rolls, and mortgage agreements; copies of wills and administrations, mainly for residents of Hanwell; copies of land tax redemption certificates for land in Hanwell; copies of orders in Chancery relating to Hanwell.

        Also papers relating to the Coleraine Park Estate, Tottenham, 1880-1883 and Ponders End, Enfield, 1861-1873.

        Druces and Attlee , solicitors
        GB 0099 KCLMA Drummond · Created [1936], 1944-1945

        Copy of manuscript account by Drummond relating to 1 Bn, Royal Ulster Rifles service during D Day, Operation OVERLORD, the Allied invasion of occupied France, and subsequent operations in Longueval, France, 1944, with four photographs including parade in Belfast, Northern Ireland [1936], groups of officers, Royal Ulster Rifles [1946] and Victory in Europe (VE) Day parade, Belfast, May 1945.

        Untitled
        DU CANE FAMILY
        GB 0074 E/DCA · Collection · 1498-1840

        Records of the du Cane family relating to their estates in London, as follows:

        Freehold title:
        E/DCA/001-041 Manor or farm of Ballams/Balham, in Clapham and Streatham;
        E/DCA/042-049 Ruddocks and 7 Acres Grove, in Croydon.

        Copyhold title:
        E/DCA/050-099 Land of Manor of Fauxhall, in Streatham;
        E/DCA/100-131, 134 Land of Manor of Norbury, in Streatham and Croydon;
        E/DCA/132, 133 Land of Manor of Croydon, in [? Streatham or Croydon].

        Leasehold title:
        E/DCA/135, 136 Houses in City of London;
        E/DCA/137, 138 Sheepwalk of Manor of Battersea and Wandsworth, in [? Battersea].

        Leases:
        E/DCA/139-152 Balham Farm;
        E/DCA/153-163 Streatham Farm.

        Estate management:
        E/DCA/164-189 Valuations, etc.

        Correspondence:
        E/DCA/190-237 Estate;
        E/DCA/238-241 Croydon Inclosure;
        E/DCA/242-246 Chancery case relating to Shelley family settlement;
        E/DCA/247-250 Family.

        Miscellaneous:
        E/DCA/251-256 Documents unrelated to those above.

        Plans:
        E/DCA/257-266 Balham and Streatham Farms, and Streatham Common.

        Caine , Du , family , of Braxted Park, Essex x Du Caine , family , of Braxted Park, Essex
        GB 0064 DUD · Collection · 1795-1834

        Papers of Joseph Dudman, containing Dudman's logs, 1808 to 1834; accounts for the INGLIS, 1816 to 1820, 1827 to 1834; chronometer rate books, 1827 to 1834, and a hold book with entries in 1815, 1817 and 1822. There are also account books for the shipbuilding business of the Dudman family, 1812 to 1815, and logs for the East India Company ships NORTHUMBERLAND, 1795 to 1797, and WARLEY, 1811 to 1812 and 1815 to 1816. Finally, there are some loose papers relating to shares and probate of members of the Dudman family in the mid-nineteenth century.

        Dudman , Joseph , fl 1790-1865 , East India Co Naval Officer
        GB 0064 DUF · Collection · [1744-1780]

        Papers of Robert Duff including logs, 1744 to 1747, 1749 to 1762 and for part of 1779; letter and order books, 1745 to 1762, 1775 to 1780; a register of Newfoundland fishing vessels, 1775; a list of ships, 1770; various signals and sailing directions and a family account book, 1769 to 1778.

        Duff , Robert , fl 1720-1787 , Vice-Admiral
        Dulake, Lawrence (1901-1987)
        GB 0120 GP/1 · 1925-1965

        Patient records and practice and partnership agreements of Dr Lawrence Dulake, c 1926-1965.

        Dulake , Lawrence , 1901-1987 , general practitioner
        Dulwich Hospital Case Notes
        GB 0100 KCLCA DH/CN · 1947-1951

        Dulwich Hospital case notes, consisting of out-patient case notes, 1947-1951, for a named patient suffering from Addison's disease, who was treated at various hospitals and clinics.

        Dulwich Hospital
        GB 0100 KCLCA DH/PP1 · 1944-1987

        Dr Freedman's research papers for the opening historical talk at a symposium held to mark Dulwich Hospital's centenary celebration in 1985. Includes correspondence; drafts and text of final version of the talk; plans of the hospital; some 1940s and 1950s electrocardiograms (ECGs) 'on Eindovers string galvanometer' [possibly made at Dulwich Hospital], and programmes for the opening of the operating theatre suite, 1958 and the opening of a new ward in the renal unit, [mid 1980s]. (Note: the talk was never given as the celebration was cancelled.)

        Freedman , Bernard J , fl 1944-1987 , physician
        DUNCH, Edward (1602-1678)
        GB 0074 ACC/0447 · Collection · 1639

        Royal Writ of Privy Seal proclaiming Edmund Dunch a rebel because of his non-appearance at the Court of the King's Council at Whitehall, and ordering that he be arrested, 1639.

        Privy Council
        DUNCOMBE FAMILY
        GB 0074 E/DNC · Collection · 1591-1889

        Records of the Duncombe family relating to their property in London, as follows:

        E/DNC/1-10: property, including that of William Lowndes, in Westminster and elsewhere;
        E/DNC/11: Duncombe family property: Westminster;
        E/DNC/12-25: Duncombe family property: Holborn;
        E/DNC/26, 27: Duncombe family property: City;
        E/DNC/29-30: Duncombe family property: St Giles in the Fields etc.
        E/DNC/31: Duncombe family property: Kensington;
        E/DNC/32: Duncombe family property: Hoxton;
        E/DNC/33: Duncombe family property: unspecified [perhaps as solicitors].

        Duncombe , family , solicitors of London
        GB 0074 CLC/446 · Collection · 1899-1932

        Records of Arthur William Dunk, Boer War soldier in the City Imperial Volunteers, comprising official papers; letters and postcards written home during his service; notebooks providing itinerary of travels in South Africa; and menu cards and programmes for dinners of the City Imperial Volunteers Old Comrades Association.

        Dunk , Arthur William , 1871-1942 , Boer War soldier
        DUNSFORD MANOR
        GB 0074 ACC/1720 · Collection · 1680-1889

        Records of the Manor of Dunsford, Wandsworth, including court books, conveyances, declarations, mortgages, enfranchisements, maps and plans.

        Manor of Dunsford , Wandsworth
        GB 0102 PP MS 55 · Created c1830-1925

        Papers, c1830-1925, of Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand and Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, giving a good picture of their work, particularly Henry Mortimer Durand. These include a set of Henry Mortimer Durand's diaries (1870-1907); a large selection of correspondence (1872-1922) (correspondents include Lord Lansdowne, Grey, Curzon and Roberts); and a collection of press cuttings (1902-1908) relating to the period when he was Ambassador in America. Henry Mortimer Durand also wrote a number of literary works, some of which are present in this collection. Also of interest are a number of family photograph albums, depicting scenes of India, Europe and America.

        Durand , Sir , Henry Marion , 1812-1871 , Knight , Major-General , colonial administrator Durand , Sir , Henry Mortimer , 1850-1924 , Knight , Indian civil servant and diplomat
        GB 0074 ACC/0133 · Collection · 1689 - 1905

        Records of the Manor of Durants and Garton, Enfield, 1689-1905, including Court Baron and Special Court book with minutes.

        Durants and Gartons Manor , Enfield , Middlesex
        DUTCH CHURCH, AUSTIN FRIARS
        GB 0074 CLC/180 · Collection · 1462-1945

        Records of the Dutch Church at Austin Friars, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; financial accounts; letter books; lists of members; council and committee minute books; memoranda books; legal papers; property records including title deeds; rules and regulations relating to the governance of the church.

        Dutch Church , Austin Friars, London
        GB 0120 MSS.2248-2268, 4790-4807 and 5690-5691 · 1890-1949

        Much of the collection is made up of diaries and notebooks relating to expeditions sent to Africa by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to study diseases such as malaria and trypanosomiasis. From Todd's subsequent career there is also material on journeys to Western Canada to study Swamp Fever in horses and to Poland to study Typhus, some general notes on tropical diseases, a laboratory notebook on experiments with fever ticks and a paper on the Congo Free State as a political unit. The dates covered are 1901-1920. A final block of material consists of letters and loose papers including sketches, covering 1890-1949.

        Dutton , Joseph Everett , 1874-1905 , physician and tropical medicine specialist Todd , John Lancelot , 1876-1949 , physician and tropical medicine specialist
        E. JOSEPH {BOOKSELLER}
        GB 0074 ACC/0360 · Collection · 1697-1824

        Papers purchased from E. Joseph, bookseller of Charing Cross Road, including copies from the Court Roll of Isleworth Syon Manor, Twickenham, relating to the lease of lands belonging to the manor, 1697-1796; lease for land in Eastfield and in Holloway Shott, Twickenham, 1719 and 1723; Decree and Order of Master of the Rolls for the sale of freehold, copyhold and leasehold of estates left by John Gray in his will, Twickenham, 1751; lease for 21 years for land with a garden, coach house and stables in Montpellier Row, Twickenham, 1811. Also lease for land in Saint Mary, Islington, 1824.

        Unknown
        EAGER FAMILY
        GB 0074 ACC/1389 · Collection · 1661-1771

        Records of Benjamin and Mary Eager relating to their property in Brentford and Ealing.

        Eager , Benjamin , fl 1728-1756 , gardener
        EALING
        ACC/0491 · Collection · 1950

        Diagrammatic plan of Ealing, then part of the County of Middlesex, showing locations of existing and proposed schools, 1950.

        Ealing Metropolitan Borough Council x Ealing London Borough Council
        ACC/1388-12 · Collection · 1912-1958

        Registers of marriages, 1912-1958.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        ACC/1388-11 · Collection · 1900-1972

        Registers of marriages, 1900-1972.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        Easdale, Gladys Ellen
        GB 0096 MS656 · Fonds · 1930-1934

        6 notebooks containing journals kept by Gladys Ellen Easdale from 1930-1934. The journals describe family, country life and the musical and literary circles in which she moved.

        Easdale , Gladys Ellen , 1875-1970 , author x Killin , Gladys Ellen
        EAST END MISSION
        LMA/4249 · Collection · 1838-1992

        Records of East End Mission [formerly the Wesleyan Mission East] including Quarterly minutes, 1886-1980; Executive Committee minutes, 1938-1973; Finance Committee minutes 1957-1961; General Purposes Committee minutes, 1960-1971; Combined Trustees' minutes, 1942-1966; Christian Service Centre Committee minutes. 1961-1964, Centenary Committee minutes, 1984-1986; Sunday School Council minutes, 1917 - 1943; Slate Club General Committee minutes, 1903 - 1916; issues of 'The East End Magazine' 1894 - 1904; issues of 'The East End Star', monthly newsletter of the London East End Mission, 1928 - 1961; issues of 'The Star', East End Mission newspaper, 1961 - 1992; issues of 'Quest and Conquest: the Journal of the East London Mission', 1928 - 1930; 'The Tuberculous Homeless Alcoholic' by Eugene W. Morse, 1978; 'Zebra Project: A Bow Mission Project. The First Ten Years', 1985; booklet '1885-1985 East End Mission - Centenary Year', 1985; file of images used to illustrate Mission publications, 193- - 194-.

        Records of United Methodist Free Church Third London Circuit, including Quarterly minutes, 1868-1889; Trustees' meeting minutes, 1863-1873; Sunday School teachers' meeting minutes, 1872. Records of Bethnal Green Circuit, including Quarterly minutes, 1881-1893.

        Records of Saint George's, Cable Street including register of baptisms,1839-1911; Leaders' Meeting minutes and accounts, 1839-1957; Committee minutes, 1875-1879; Lay Mission Committee minutes, 1872-1885, Young Men's Bible Class minutes. Records of Stepney Central Hall, Commercial Road (formerly 'Seamen's Chapel'), including Committee minutes, 1887-1882; Leaders' Meeting minutes, 1908-1962, 'Spitalfields Project' report, 1992. Records of Lycett Chapel, Mile End Road, including register of baptisms, 1872-1947; Leaders' Meeting minutes, 1925-1962; programmes and flyers; photographs of Chapel interior. Records of Pigott Street, Limehouse, including United Methodist Free Church Chapel Trust Committee, 1878-1915; Pigott Street Mutual Improvement Society minutes, 1883-1884. Records of Gordon Hall, Globe Road, Mile End, including register of baptisms, 1838-1958; register of marriages, 1915-1953, and Leaders' Meeting minutes, 1868-1922. Records of Edinburgh Castle, Rhodeswell Road, including register of baptisms, 1934-1959; income journal, 1948-1959; expenditure journal, 1948-1949, and service of commemoration for Dr Thomas Barnardo, 1955. Records of Bethnal Green Central Hall (Approach Road), including Trust deeds and related papers; notices for opening and dedication.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        ACC/2665 · Collection · 1973-1987

        Marriage register for the East Finchley United Reformed Church, East End Road, 2 Jun 1973 - 7 Jun 1986 and the Elim Pentecostal Church, East End Road, 26 Sep 1987.

        United Reformed Church Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance
        ACC/2672 · Collection · 1811-2002

        Records of the East Hill United Reformed Church, including baptism register, 1850-1853; minutes of church meetings, 1850-1854; marriage register, 1850-May 1854; minutes of Officers and Teachers Memorial Hall Sunday School, 1938 - 1939; minutes of church meetings, 1826-1948 and 1959-1969; minutes of Deacon's meetings, 1853-1981; minutes of other committees, 1853-1996; financial accounts of the London Missionary Society, 1929-1948; annual Church Manuals, 1886-1956 and 1956; minutes of Elder's meetings, 1985-2000; agendas, minutes and notes of Site Meetings regarding redevelopment, 2001-2002; financial accounts and ledgers, 1926-1997; correspondence, particularly relating to building works, 1915-2001; and Church Record newsletters, 1959-1962.

        Congregational Church of England and Wales
        ACC/1388-17 · Collection · 1970

        Register of marriages, 1970.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        GB 0074 CLC/168 · Collection · 1728-1877

        Records of the Manor of East Smithfield, City of London. The records comprise: court leet books, 1728-88; and court rolls, 1763-1862.

        Manor of East Smithfield , City of London
        Eastern Hospital
        SBHE · Fonds · 1739-1980

        Comprises: administrative records; property and estate records; photographs; medical records; pathology records; staff records; external publications.

        Eastern Hospital
        N/C/07 · Collection · 1784-1939

        Records of the Ebenezer Chapel, King Street, Hammersmith, later the Albion Congregational Church, Dalling Road, Hammersmith, including volume, 1784-1849, containing articles and rules for faith and practice, 1784, roll of church members, 1784-1849 and register of events such as admission of new members, resignation of and invitations to pastors and so on, 1785-1819; Church book, 1881-1938, containing historical account of church covering period 1774-1938, minutes of Church Meetings, 1881-1886, roll of members, 1857-1938, register of marriages, 1881-1938, register of baptisms, 1881-1938, register of burials, 1881-1886; register of baptisms, 1875-[1880]; volume containing minutes of Church Meetings, 1923-1938, history of church covering 1774-1932 and note on the closure of the church, 1938.

        Congregational Church of England and Wales
        GB 0099 KCLMA Edgell P M · Created 1944, 1990

        Typescript copy of account entitled 'The five years of 345 Coy RASC (Royal Army Service Corps), from Baquba to Trieste, 1940-1945', written in Apr 1990 by Edgell, Officer Commanding 345 Company, 1940-1941, with additional notes by LtCol D S L Rolph, Officer Commanding 345 Company, 1942-1945. Typescript copy of account entitled 'Convoy 343. Carrying aid to Russiaacross the Persian mountains in midwinter', written by Capt A G Wallis, Officer Commanding C Platoon, 204 General Purpose TransportCompany, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, relating to the first truck convoy, driven by Indian troops, from Persia to the USSR, Jan1944.

        Untitled
        EDGWARE AND BOYS MANOR
        GB 0074 ACC/1424 · Collection · 1859-1932

        Records of the Manor of Edgware Boys, including schedule of houses in the manor; papers relating to quit rents and fines; list of tenants; papers relating to the appointment of a steward; copies of court rolls; and papers relating to property in Edgware.

        Manor of Edgware Boys
        GB 0099 KCLMA Edmonds · Created 1827-1838, 1852, 1879-1881, 1890-1957

        Papers created or collected by Edmonds during the course of his life and career, dated 1827-1838, 1852, 1879-1881, 1890-1957, principally comprising typescript memoirs covering his life and career, 1861-1951, and notably concerning his work at the Royal Military Academy, 1890-1896, and in the Intelligence Division of the War Office, 1899-1901, 1904-1908, his service in South Africa, 1901-1902, and in World War One, 1914-1918, at the Geneva Conference, 1906, as General Staff Officer, 4 Div, 1911-1914, and in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, 1919-1949, written in [1951]; correspondence with Rt Hon Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, 1922-1954, relating to Churchill's book The World Crisis, 1911-1918 (Thornton Butterworth, London,1923-1929, abridged and revised, 1931); letters from FM Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig and his wife, 1903-1939, mainly relating to Edmonds' work on the official history of World War One; correspondence with Maj Gen Sir Ernest (Dunlop) Swinton, 1919-1950; texts of lectures,[1908-1947], notably relating to the American Civil War, 1861-1865, laws of war and the organisation of intelligence and information in warfare; typescript and printed articles, 1893-1957, mainly relating to World War One; official army handbooks and reports by Edmonds and others, 1899-1918, 1945; papers related to World War One collected by Edmonds, dated 1900, 1907, 1914-[1945]; presscuttings, [1906-1943], mainly concerning political and military developments and international relations; photographs, 1895-1918, mainly of Edmonds with Army colleagues.

        Untitled
        N/C/64 · Collection · 1788-1958

        Baptism and burial register, 1792-1826; register of burials, 1792-1793; general minute book, 1788-1901; Church meetings minute book, 1789-1907; Church book containing notes on foundation of church and membership list, 1789-1862; register of members, 1828-1959; papers of the Sunday School, 1826-1902; minute book of Church Societies, 1844-1876, including Christian Instruction Society, Congregational Chapel Temperance Society, Working Men's Temperance Society and the United Societies' Committee.

        Congregational Church of England and Wales
        EDMONTON METHODIST CHURCH
        ACC/1104 · Collection · 1841-1966

        Records of the Edmonton Methodist Church, 1841-1966, including register of baptisms, papers relating to Edmonton Central Hall building work (including blueprints and printing blocks), register of membership, Junior Society class book, minutes, financial records, obituaries, pulpit notice books, circuit preaching plans and directories and tenancy agreements.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        EDMONTON PARISH
        GB 0074 ACC/1544 · Collection · 1705-1770

        Records relating to poor relief in the parish of Edmonton, 1705-1770, including examinations, warrants and removal orders.

        Various
        ACC/3238 · Collection · 1837-1868

        Notices of marriage for Edmonton Registration District giving name of church or chapel in which marriage is to be solemnized, 1837-1868.

        Edmonton Registration District , General Registry Office
        ACC/1388-13 · Collection · 1914-1971

        Registers of marriages, 1914-1971.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        GB 0100 KCLCA KH/PP4 · 1858-1937
        Part of KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL

        Papers, 1858-1937, relating to hermaphroditism and hypospadias, particularly concerning their surgical treatment, including correspondence, photographs, diagrams, case notes, case histories, articles from medical journals, newspaper cuttings and text; typed instructions, [1920], with diagrams, for various minor surgical procedures; notes on a surgical procedure [plastic surgery] for the eye area, [1920].

        Edmunds , Arthur , 1874-1945 , Hunterian Professor of Surgery
        GB 0100 KCLCA KH/PP25 · 1939
        Part of KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL

        The collection comprises a copy of a diary compiled by the surgeon Harold Edwards in 1939, specifically describing the emergency arrangements undertaken at King's College Hospital with the outbreak of war. Edwards was in charge of implementing these plans and the diary outlines these and the reactions and opinions of staff between September and October 1939.

        Edwards , Harold Clifford , 1899-1989 , surgeon
        GB 0117 AE · 1898-1970

        Correspondence, diaries and other papers of Sir Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, including some personal papers but largely relating to The Royal Society and particularly to wartime activities and post-war research needs in Britain. The diaries form an almost complete record of Egerton's career during the period 1943-1959. Earlier diaries date back to 1917 and the period 1929-1930, but for the most part they relate to the period 1938-1941.

        Egerton , Sir , Alfred Charles Glyn , 1886-1959 , Knight , chemist
        GB 0074 ACC/1395 · Collection · 1817-1961

        Papers, 1817-1961, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties at Chiswick, Hayes, Hendon, Hornsey, Islington, Isleworth, Shepperton, Stanwell, and Shoreditch, including agreements, copies of court rolls, conveyances, mortgages, leases and releases, assignments, letters of indemnity, deeds of covenant and sales particulars.

        Eland, Hore, Patersons , solicitors
        GB 0074 ACC/1274 · Collection · 1638-1932

        Papers, 1638-1932, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Hendon, Manor of Isleworth Syon, Stoke Newington, Hornsey, Tottenham and Enfield, including wills, fines, conveyances, exemplifications of common recovery, mortgages, bonds, bargain and sales and lease and releases.

        Elborne, Mitchell and Company , solicitors
        ELIZABETH NEWCOMEN SCHOOL
        GB 0074 A/NWC · Collection · 1674-1957

        Records of the Elizabeth Newcomen School, Southwark, including minutes of the Governors of the Schools; admission registers; papers concerning Mrs Newcomen's will and a subsequent legal case between the Wardens of St. Saviour's and her godson, Thomas Lant; and the administration of the property which forms the endowment of the charity.

        Elizabeth Newcomen School