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        LIBERATION SOCIETY
        GB 0074 A/LIB · Collection · 1554-1956

        Records of the British Anti-State Church Association, later known as the Society for the Liberation of Religion from State-Patronage and Control or the Liberation Society. Records include minutes of the Executive Committee and the Parliamentary Committee; reports and memoranda; annual reports; lists of members, officers and executive; correspondence relating to legacies; financial records; leases for offices; legal opinions; papers relating to burial grounds; copies of relevant Acts of Parliament; printed material such as publications, magazines, addresses, circulars and pamphlets; photographs; and press cuttings.

        British Anti-State Church Association , 1844-1853 Society for the Liberation of Religion from State-Patronage and Control x Liberation Society
        LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE
        GB 0074 ACC/3529 · Collection · 1888-1985

        Records relating to the Liberal Jewish Synagogue and the Jewish Religious Union, consisting of the working papers and sermons of Israel Mattuck, Lily Montagu, Claude Montefiore and Leslie Edgar. The records do not deal exclusively with their roles within the Liberal Jewish movement, but cover a range of their activities. Some more personal correspondence also exists within the collection. There are also some papers of the Jewish Religious Union, including history and press cuttings.

        Jewish Religious Union Mattuck, Israel , 1883-1954 , rabbi and founder of Liberal Judaism Montagu, Lily , 1873-1963 , founder of the Jewish Religious Union Montefiore, Claude , 1858-1938 , founde of Anglo-Liberal Judaism Edgar, Leslie , 1905-1984 , rabbi and minister of Liberal Jewish Synagogue
        LEYSIAN MISSION CIRCUIT
        ACC/3422 · Collection · 1870-1989

        Records of the Leysian Mission Circuit; Leysian Mission; Haggerston Methodist Mission and Shoreditch Methodist Mission, 1870-1989.

        Records of the Leysian Mission Circuit, 1885-1989, including Quarterly Meeting minutes; Circuit Meeting minutes; papers of the Home Mission; Christian Citizenship Committee minutes; papers regarding property and investments; financial accounts; Circuit newsletters; annual reports; plans of chapels and halls; orders of service for special occasions; papers regarding the Mission including Executive Committee minutes and papers regarding Resthaven Holiday Home.

        Records of the Leysian Mission, 1889-1989, including Trustees Meeting minutes; Leaders' Meeting minutes; Executive Committee minutes; Relief Committee minutes and papers; financial records; papers regarding staff; annual reports; membership registers; Sunday School registers and other papers; Brass Band Committee minutes; Men's Club Committee minutes and papers; papers of various other Mission groups and societies; issues of the "Leysian Mission Magazine"; publications and reports about the work of the Mission.

        Records of the Haggerston Methodist Mission, Brownlow Street, 1870-1989, including Trustees Meeting minutes; Leaders Meeting minutes; collection journals and other financial records; correspondence; papers regarding the Sunday School; papers of various other Mission groups and societies and Temperance Roll pledge book.

        Records of the Shoreditch Methodist Mission, Nichols Square, Hackney Road, 1941-1972, including cash book and administrative papers.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        O/467 · Collection · 1880-1890

        Papers relating to Saint Mary's, Lewisham, comprising blank subscription form, 1880, and printed bye-laws for the churchyard, made by the Lewisham District Board of Works, 1890. Also printed leaflet setting out the need for a permanent Church of Emmanuel in Hornsey Road, Holloway, 1880.

        Lewisham District Board of Works
        Lenwood, Frank
        GB 0102 CWM/LMS Home Personal Boxes 7-9 · c1870-1959
        Part of COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION

        Correspondence and papers, c1870-1959, of and relating to Frank Lenwood, including papers and correspondence, c1870-1920, concerning his parents Walter and Charlotte Lenwood; his early essays and press cuttings about him, c1881-1910; letters to his parents and correspondence about his schooling, 1882-1895; letters received from various correspondents, 1893-1933; printed circulars and personal letters from Lenwood and his wife Gertrude from trips to London Missionary Society (LMS) missions in China, India, Benares, the South Seas and Papua, 1906-1916, 1922; letters to various correspondents on religious and personal matters, 1916-1934, including his connection with Greengate Congregational Church; notebooks relating to preaching, 1926-1934 and undated; working papers on the `Oxford Group' movement, c1931-1933; copies of his articles and pamphlets, 1900-1933; copy of An order for the Solemnization of Matrimony ... with an order for the Burial of the Dead, undated, with annotations by Lenwood, 1900-1934 where dated; extracts from his diaries and letters, 1893-1935, for the use of his biographer, and reviews of the biography, 1936-1937; correspondence about the disposal of his books and papers, 1959.

        Lenwood , Frank , 1874-1934 , Congregational minister and missionary
        Legge, James
        GB 0102 CWM/LMS China Personal Boxes 4-10 · 1831-c1905
        Part of COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION

        Correspondence and papers, 1831-c1905, of and relating to James Legge, comprising correspondence, largely manuscript and typescript copies (some later than the originals) of letters, 1831-1897, to and from Legge, the correspondents including his wife Hannah and other family members, also concerning the Anglo-Chinese College, Malacca, and its successor the Anglo-Chinese Theological Seminary, Hong Kong; sermons, mainly manuscript but including some printed, preached in Hong Kong, including the Union Church, and England, c1837-1880; publications, typescript copies, press cuttings, and manuscripts of articles, addresses and accounts, 1839-1890s (some undated; including some later copies), mainly by Legge but including some publications of other authors, the subjects including theology, Chinese religion including Confucius, Chinese language and literature, missionary work and journeys made, and Legge's work at the University of Oxford; personal papers, 1839-1897, including his certificate of ordination, 1839, print of an engraving of Legge with three Chinese students at the Hong Kong Theological Seminary, 1849, photographs of friends in Hong Kong and Chinese friends, and letter book containing Notes of my Life for my sons ... and their sisters', begun 1896; papers relating to Legge, including printed papers relating to his death, 1897, and the typescriptJames Legge: Missionary and Scholar' [before 1905]. Many of the typescript copies of correspondence and other writings were presumably made for Legge's daughter, Helen Edith Legge, for her James Legge: Missionary and Scholar (1905).

        Legge , James , 1815-1897 , missionary and Sinologist
        Legge Family Papers
        GB 0102 MS 380476 · Created 1859-1897

        Papers, 1859-1897, of James and Hannah Legge, consisting primarily of letters written by James and Hannah Legge to their family, written between October 1859 and June 1897. These include those written by Hannah Legge from Hong Kong, 1859-1865, and those written by James Legge to his step-daughter Marian, 1866-1897 (lacking 1881-1889). Hannah Legge's letters give a vivid description of life in Hong Kong. She describes the Taiping Rebels, attitudes towards missionaries, and political and social events, in addition to giving graphic accounts of her trips to Chinese towns and provinces. His letters describe his life during his final residence in Hong Kong and upon his return to England as a University Professor. Also included in the collection are photocopied book extracts detailing missionary work in China and a pamphlet about Wang T'Ao, a scholar who helped Dr Legge in the translation of Chinese literature.

        Legge , James , 1815-1897 , missionary and Sinologist Legge , Hannah , d 1881 , née Johnson , formerly Hannah Willetts , missionary
        GB 0103 MS LAT 1 · 12th century

        Lectionarium Pro Sanctis Diebus Et Festis (lectionary for holy days and feasts). Apparently incomplete. On the modern binding is: Sermones de sanctis. saec. XII (12th century sermons on saints).

        Unknown
        LAY PREACHERS ASSOCIATION
        GB 0074 LMA/4291 · Collection · 1966-2001

        Records of the Association of Lay Preachers. This collection consists of administrative material - constitutions and amendments; correspondence; minutes and records of attendance at meetings. There are also publications - booklets of talks and lectures on religious themes, and newsletters.

        Association of Lay Preachers
        LANG-SIMS, Lois
        GB 106 7LLS · Fonds · 1985

        The archive consists of a photocopy of a typescript memoir (28 pages). In 1985 Lois Lang-Sims wrote this memoir about her aunt, Agnes Maude Royden (see also 7AMR) the suffragist and campaigner for the ordination of women.

        Sims , Lois , Lang- , fl 1936-1995 , writer
        GB 0074 P92/LDM · Collection · 1884-1977

        Papers of Lady Margaret Church, Chatham Street, Walworth including registers of baptisms, banns and marriages; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial records; church services registers; papers of church clubs and societies; faculties; a history of the church; and parish magazines.

        Lady Margaret Church, Walworth , Church of England
        GB 0074 LMA/4681 · Collection · 1986-2013

        Records of Kol Chai Hatch End Jewish Community including minutes and administrative papers, finance, papers relating to the synagogue building, membership, services, religious education, events and visits; also a run of Koleinu, the Kol Chai magazine, other Kol Chai publications, printed material and photographs.

        Kol Chai Hatch End Jewish Community
        KINGSWAY HALL, HOLBORN
        N/M/008 · Collection · 1870-1960

        Papers of Kingsway Hall Trust, 1870-1947; cash books, ledgers, vouchers and bank books, 1908-1914; cash book and ledger for Building Fund 1910, 1908-1913; bank books, 1908-1914; balance sheets, 1915-1938; Trustees minutes, 1929-1933; papers of the International Building Trust, 1909-1944; receipts and expenditure for Kingsway Hall, 1933-1938; account books for the Community Centre, 1947-1956; wages books, 1946-1954; collection journals, 1924-1955 and papers of the Kingsway Creche Committee, 1908-1960.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        GB 0102 CWM/LMS Africa Personal Box 9 · 1573, 1763-1932
        Part of COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION

        Papers, 1573, 1763-1932, of and relating to John Theodosius Van Der Kemp, comprising pages from his diary, 1763-1791; list of patients in a Dutch military hospital, 1793-1794; miscellaneous papers, 1801-1804; correspondence, 1802-1811, the subjects including missionaries, supplies, travel, and colonial policy and administration; various undated manuscripts in his hand, including medical notes and notes for sermons; his Bible (1573), comprising the Old Testament in Hebrew and New Testament in Greek; papers relating to his family, 1816-1817, 1849, including financial affairs; miscellaneous papers on Van Der Kemp and Bethelsdorp, 1826 and undated; a manuscript on the conversion and call of Van Der Kemp to missionary work and his voyage to the Cape [early 19th century]; manuscript copy of his autobiography, apparently translated by F G Hooper, 1820; a manuscript précis and extracts from his autobiography [early 19th century]; correspondence and papers, 1921-1932 and undated, on Van Der Kemp, relating especially to A D Martin's biography Doctor Vanderkemp, and including press cuttings and a photograph of his grave.

        Kemp , John Theodosius , Van Der , 1747-1811 , Dutch missionary
        KASHRUT COMMISSION
        GB 0074 ACC/2980 · Collection · 1951-1983

        Records of the Kashrut Division of the London Beth Din, 1951-1983. The collection consists mainly of financial records together with some material on koshering work at private functions and newscuttings scrapbooks.

        PLEASE NOTE: Written permission from the depositors is required to access this collection. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue, 735 High Road, North Finchley, London NW12 OUS.

        London Beth Din , Kashrut Division
        GB 0097 KABERRY · 1938-1963

        Fieldwork notes, correspondence, photographs and papers relating to the Abelam people of Papua New Guinea and the peoples of the Bamenda province of Cameroon; correspondence with other anthropologists; notes on the Abelam language, data on Abelam individuals, drafts for a projected book on the yam cult of Abelam; and language material from the Cameroon.

        Kaberry, Phyllis Mary, 1910-1977, anthropologist
        LMA/4402 · Collection · 1904-1975

        Records of Presbyterian Church of England Johnson Road Mission, including Mission Committee minute books, 1904 and 1956-1972; Court of Session minute books, 1907-1972; Mission Finance Committee minute books, 1906-1972; Communicants' roll book, 1918-1937; register of baptisms, 1941-1972; Treasurer's account books, 1919-1974; correspondence relating to the Mission, 1926-1963; correspondence and information relating to the Mission constitution, 1912-1941; correspondence, information, plans and a schedule regarding the demolition and subsequent re-building of the Mission, and the re-development of the area, 1971-1974 and architectural plans and sketches of the new Mission building and site, 1972-1973.

        Presbyterian Church of England
        JEWISH PRESS CUTTINGS
        GB 0074 ACC/3349 · Collection · 1872-1901

        Two volumes of press cuttings from Anglo-Jewish newspapers, concerning aspects of Jewish life; and from national and international newspapers concerning Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler and his successor Chief Rabbi Herman Adler, 1872-1901.

        Various.
        GB 0074 DRO/046 · Collection · 1835-1989

        Records of Jesus Church, Enfield, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, banns of marriage and church services; papers relating to the benefice and glebe lands; papers relating to the church building including correspondence regarding alterations and restorations, faculties, plans, reports and surveys; Churchwardens' annual reports; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; papers relating to almshouses; and parish magazines.

        Parish of Jesus Church, Enfield , Church of England
        GB 0102 JEB · 1905-1987

        Records, 1905-1987, of the Japan Evangelistic Band (JEB), relating to its structure and administration and its missionary activity, mainly to the British Home Council and its sub-committees, comprising British Home Council minutes, 1905-1961, and correspondence, 1921-1987; Sunrise Band minutes, correspondence, publications, photograph albums and artefacts, 1935-1980; Literature Committee minutes, correspondence, manuscripts and art work, c1947-1982; evangelical promotional material including tracts and hymn sheets; publications including JEB magazines, newsletters and promotional leaflets and histories of the JEB; newspaper cuttings; reference books; photographs and cine films; and personal papers of Janet Dann, including incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1950-1986, notebooks, 1956-1969, photographs, 1920s-1980s, and audio tapes of interviews with Dann.

        Japan Evangelistic Band
        GB 0102 IMC/CBMS/I · 1902-1963
        Part of INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARY COUNCIL

        Microfiche copy of the joint archive of the International Missionary Council and Conference of British Missionary Societies, largely dating from 1910-1945 with some material dating from 1902-1963, relating to co-operative missionary endeavours in India, and comprising minutes and papers of the National Missionary Council (NMC) and its successor the National Christian Council (NCC), 1912-1963, and of provincial mission councils (including Burma and Ceylon), 1913-1947; NMC correspondence and papers, 1912-1922, including some relating to the NMC survey, 1914-1920; NCC correspondence and papers, 1922-1951, on missionary work and related issues; papers on the NCC and the Christian Medical Association of India, medical work and medical education, 1928-1943; NCC Review, 1926-1950; papers on Christian literature, 1918-1943, and statistics for Indian Christians, 1922-1945; papers on NCC surveys on conditions in rural and industrial work and post-war economic reconstruction, 1927-1948; NCC mass movement and evangelism, 1929-1941; comity between different missions, 1917-1945; devolution of mission property, 1937-1947; the Jacobite (Syrian) Church (Orthodox), Travancore, 1929-1942; Benares City Mission, 1928-1949; interdenominational Church Union in South India, 1928-1947; various printed material, 1919-1957; papers on Indian government, constitutional reform, political affairs and independence, including implications for the Christian minority, 1915-1950; general educational provision and educational policy in India, 1911-1925, 1940; the 'conscience cause' in education, 1902-1925; Village Education Commission (which reported in 1920), 1904-1922, and related subjects, 1924-1949; the '4 1/2 Colleges Appeal' for women's education, 1926-1930; the Lindsay Commission on Higher (Christian) Education, 1929-1931, and the resulting Central Board of Christian Higher Education, 1931-1948, British Advisory Committee on Christian Higher Education, 1931-1939, and American Advisory Committee on Christian Higher Education, 1931-1938; papers on the Indian Christian Colleges Appeal, 1928-1948; High Schools Survey and related subjects, 1916-1935; theological education, including individual colleges, 1919-1948; women's education, including medical education and missionary training, 1916-1949; various Colleges, 1920-1951; various printed papers on Indian education, 1938-1946. Some material relates to Pakistan, the Punjab, and Bengal, as well as to India as demarcated in the modern period.

        International Missionary Council Conference of British Missionary Societies
        GB 0102 IMC/CBMS/A · 1910-1945
        Part of INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARY COUNCIL

        Joint archive, largely dating from 1910-1945, of the International Missionary Council and Conference of British Missionary Societies, relating to co-operative missionary endeavours in Africa (chiefly British Africa, but also including areas under Belgian, Portuguese and French control).

        General files on Africa include records on missionary work and related issues including land rights, colonial administration, diet, co-operative organizations, customs including polygamy, initiation, and witchcraft, medical work, and alcohol traffic; the IMC and its relation to African mission councils; International Institute of African Languages and Cultures; population and health in Africa; Africa Education Group, relating to educational policy, provision and finance, including women's education, training of educational missionaries, African marriage customs and their relation to Christian practice, adult education, and missionary work in rural areas; High Leigh (Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire) Conference (1924) on educational missionary work in Africa; Le Zoute Conference (1926) on missionary work in Africa; educational policy; Advisory Committee on Education in the Colonies, relating to Colonial Office policy (including British colonies outside Africa), the topics including women's education, use of the vernacular and bilingualism, teacher training, language teaching, social and economic development, finance, indigenous art, biology, superannuation, English examinations, and higher education teaching materials, with sections relating to particular African colonies.

        Files on East Africa include general records on British colonial policy and administration, agriculture, and Swahili; and education in East Africa. Files on Kenya include records on the Kenya Missionary Council and Christian Council of Kenya; the political situation and land question; indigenous labour and slavery; Indian population; and educational policy, practice, finance, the conscience clause in religious education, women's education, and educational advisor; and correspondence on missionary work and related issues. Files on Tanganyika include records on the Tanganyika Missionary Council, relations between different missionary societies, indigenous life, colonial administration, German and other missions; Tanganyika Mission Property Trust; and education in Tanganyika. Files on Uganda include records on land tenure, education, including women's education, and Swahili; and missionary societies in Ruanda-Urundi. Files on Abyssinia comprise records on missionary work and religious freedom, including the Italian occupation.

        Files on West Africa include general records on education, including the Phelps Stokes Commission. Files on the Gold Coast include records on education, colonial administration, the Basel Mission, the Bremen Mission and other missionary societies, the Christian Council of the Gold Coast, medical and educational missionary work. Files on Sierra Leone include records on education. Files on Nigeria include records on the Christian Council of Nigeria and other Christian and missionary organisations and on education. Files on the Cameroons include records on various missionary societies. Files on French Africa include records on education.

        Files on French West & Equatorial Africa include records on missionary activity and education. Files on the Congo include records on the Congo Protestant Council, missionary activity and conferences, religious freedom and interdenominational relations including Roman Catholicism; Belgian government policy regarding missions and the Brussels Bureau representing Belgian missions; education; and missionary work of various nations.

        Files on Portuguese Africa include records on missionary work, including medical work, and interdenominational relations; religious liberty, Portuguese government policy, and the Lisbon Centre for liaison. Files on Portuguese West Africa include records on the Angola Evangelical Alliance, Portuguese colonial administration, and various missionary societies. Files on Portuguese East Africa include records on the Portuguese East Africa Evangelical Missionary Association, work of various missionary societies, religious liberty and Portuguese government policy.

        Files on Central Africa and Nyasaland include records on colonial administration, work of missionary societies, land tenure, indigenous labour and slavery, and on colonial educational policy in Nyasaland. Files on Northern Rhodesia include records on the General Missionary Conference of Northern Rhodesia, colonial administration, mining, and education; and on the United Missions in the Copperbelt, including its foundation, policy, annual reports, finance, miners' unrest, property, education policy, women's work, social welfare, literature and literacy, British Committee, correspondence with other societies, reorganisation, Team/Field Committee, and personnel. Files on Southern Rhodesia include records on the South Rhodesia Missionary Conference, indigenous affairs including land tenure, education, indigenous preachers, and colonial administration. Files on South Africa include records on the General Missionary Conference of South Africa and the Christian Council of South Africa, missionary work, indigenous affairs including land tenure, interethnic relations, and education. Files on South and South West Africa includes records on German missions and indigenous affairs. Files on the protectorates of Swaziland, Basutoland and Bechuanaland include records on education and the transfer of the protectorates to South Africa.

        There are also files on the Egypt Mission Property Trust.

        International Missionary Council Conference of British Missionary Societies
        GB 0102 IMC/CBMS · Bulk 1910-1945
        Part of INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARY COUNCIL

        Joint archive, largely dating from 1910-1945, of the International Missionary Council and Conference of British Missionary Societies, relating to co-operative missionary endeavours in Africa (chiefly British Africa, but also including areas under Belgian, Portuguese and French control) and India, in the form of correspondence, memoranda, pamphlets and reports, including material relating to various other missionary societies, comprising original files on Africa, and microfiche copy of files on India.

        International Missionary Council Conference of British Missionary Societies
        GB 0102 IMC · 1910-1961

        Microfiche copy of the archive, 1910-1961, of the International Missionary Council, including records relating to early history and committees; staff and officers' correspondence; Committee on the Church and the Jewish People; papers on mission field subjects, industrial and social questions, war and missions, orphaned missions, intermission aid, missions and governments, alien missionaries, religious liberty, religious education, and Christian literature; finance papers; papers relating to the International Review of Missions; records of the Research Department, Department of Missionary Studies, and Study Centres; country files on Europe, Asia, East Asian Christian Conference, Burma, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Near and Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America, Australia and the Pacific; records of the IMC assemblies at Jerusalem, 1928, Tambaram, 1938, Whitby, 1947, Willingen, 1952, and Ghana, 1957-1958; records of the Joint Committee relating to the integration of the IMC into the World Council of Churches; Commission on World Mission and Evangelism conferences at New Delhi, 1961, Mexico City, 1964, Bangkok, 1972-1973, and Melbourne, 1980; questionnaires and responses in preparation for the World Missionary Conference (Edinburgh, 1910).

        Also the archive of the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches, 1906-1948.

        International Missionary Council
        GB 0102 ICCLA · 1920-1963

        Records, 1920-1963, of the Christian Literature Bureau for Africa and its succession by the ICCLA (International Committee on Christian Literature for Africa, part of the International Missionary Council), comprising early papers, 1920-1929, including correspondence; minutes, 1929-1958; records of the American Section, 1924-1959; accounts and related papers, 1928-1958; finance papers, 1948-1959; policy papers, 1929-1959, including its winding-up; papers relating to personnel, 1947-1956; papers relating to Secretarial travel by Margaret Wrong and C de Mestral in Africa, Europe and north America, 1933-1959; photographs of West Africa, 1933, and Southern Africa [1936]; papers of Margaret Wrong (Secretary), 1935-1947, including notes for addresses, reviews, articles on subjects including colonial development, personal photographs, letters, and papers, 1949-1965, relating to her death (c1949) and memorial fund; reports, surveys, etc, 1923-1957; papers relating to Books for Africa series and to Listen, 1931-1963; papers relating to the publication Daystar, 1948-1957; lists of books received, especially vernacular, 1930-1957; African language publications, 1930-1951; papers relating to Christian literature for Muslims, 1932-1959; papers relating to school service book, 1938-1953; manuscripts received, 1933-1957; papers relating to hymns publication, 1957-1963; papers relating to literacy [1935]-1959; papers on territorial series, 1927-1959; complete set of Books for Africa series, 1931-1963; complete set of Listen, 1932-1957; series (some incomplete) of published works: Little Books for Africa, African Home Library (comprising texts on the Bible and Christian faith, biography, allegories and stories, family, health and land, government and industry, countries and customs, science and education), and the French edition Bibliotheque de la Famille Africaine, and African Features; specimen periodicals published in Africa, 1950s; card index to titles for Books for Africa books reviewed and card index to titles and authors in the ICCLA library.

        Christian Literature Bureau for Africa International Missionary Council , International Committee on Christian Literature for Africa
        GB 0074 ACC/2712/INS · Collection · 1819-1831

        Records of the Initiation Society, consisting of an account book with register of circumcisions.

        PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

        Initiation Society , organisation providing training for mohelim
        GB 0074 P95/IMM · Collection · 1854-1966

        Records of the parish of Immanuel, Streatham Common, including baptisms (1854-1965); marriages (1855-1966); banns of marriage (1854-1968); confirmations (1899-1900); church service registers (1859-1960); Vestry minutes (1860-1913); Parochial Church Council minutes (1913-1961); accounts (1931-1968); Immanuel Church School manager's minutes (1937-1961); cash books (1919-1943); correspondence, memoranda, plans and photographs.

        Parish of Immanuel, Streatham Common , Church of England
        I Series
        GB 0377 I SERIES · Collection · c 1530 -1962

        Mostly concerning funerals, although also some material on Coronations. Majority of material 16th - 17th centuries.

        I. 1 - The Book of Monuments. Illustrations of tombs, memorials, and hearses, including of Queen Anne (d 1618/9, wife of James I); members of the Southwell and Percivale families in County Cork and Gloucestershire; members of the Beckwith family in Yorkshire; members of the Disney family; the daughter of Richard St George (Clarenceux King of Arms, d. 1635), and parents of Sir Isaac Heard (Garter King of Arms, d. 1822)

        I. 2 - Standards. Probably product of Wriothesley workshop, c.1532. Includes badge of Anne Boleyn, arms of Henry VIII, arms of Henry VIII impaling those of Anne Boleyn and of Catherine of Aragon, arms and badge of Jane Seymour, arms of Holland family

        I. 3 - Interments. Notices of funerals, taken from various sources. Other material includes notes about charges of painters and chandlers, payments and perquisites of Officers of Arms. Funeral notices include Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury (1463), Edward IV (1483), Louis XII of France (1514/15), Arthur, Prince of Wales (1502), Henry VII (1509), William Courtenay, Earl of Devon (1511), Thomas Ruthall, Bishop of Durham (1522/3), Thomas Bradbury, Lord Mayor of London (1509/10), Jane Seymour (1537)

        I. 4 - Funerals of Kings, Princes etc. Official record, sometimes certified by one or more Officers of Arms. Includes King James I (1625), Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1660), Prince Rupert (1682), King George II (1760), Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1790)

        I. 5 - Funeral Certificates. Folios 1-143 missing. Covers years 1566-73.

        I. 6 - Funeral Certificates, 1594-1611/12, with draft of funeral certificate of Robert, Earl of Sussex (d. 1542) inserted

        I. 7 - Coronation and Funeral Ceremonials. Includes detailed descriptions of Royal ceremonies, including accession and Coronation of King Edward VI. Includes descriptions in Latin and English of form of Coronations of Kings and Queens in England; ordinances to be followed at the death and burial of a king, followed by account of the funeral of King Edward IV; memorandum on the creation of barons; ordering of the Queen's chamber when she takes to it a month or six weeks before her confinement; baptism of Arthur, Prince of Wales (b. 1486); funeral of Elizabeth, wife of King Henry VII (1502/3); Coronation of King Henry VII; funerals of noblemen including Sir Thomas Brandon (1509/10, Sir Thomas Lovell (1524), Thomas, Lord Hoo of Hoo and Hastings (1454/5); details of jousts for Coronation of King Edward VI; Coronation of Queen Mary I (1553); Order of Coronation of King Charles II as King of Scotland at Scone (1651); proceeding to Coronation of Queen Anne (1702)

        I. 8 - Funeral Certificates, covering years 1618-1663

        I. 9 - Begins as memoranda book of business conducted at College of Arms (1597/8-1600), then contains copies of pedigrees, grants of arms, etc. (1558-1785)

        I. 10 - Funeral Certificates (originals), 1568-1614

        I. 11 - Burials. Mostly contains drafts of entries in I.3 and I.7, but with additional material on funerals c.1472-1555, including those of Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton (1550) and Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester (1555)

        I. 12 - Fair copies of funeral certificates, 1568-89

        I. 13 - Order of exequies, 1559-66, with tricks of arms and details of painters' and drapers' charges

        I. 14 - Burials of Kings, Queens, etc. Mainly drafts. Includes material on fees and charges, and directions of Margaret, Countess of Richmond, as to mourning apparel for women (1492/3). Probably belonged to Robert Cooke (Clarenceux King of Arms, 1593). Covers period 1492-1591

        I. 15 - Burials. Mainly drafts of orders of ceremonies, including for the funerals of Jane Seymour; Anne of Cleves; Katherine Parr; Mary, daughter of Henry VII and wife of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk; Thomas, Earl of Derby; Thomas, Earl of Arundel; Ferdinand, King of Aragon; Joan, Queen of Spain; Mary, Duchess of Norfolk, and John Walpole, Serjeant-at-Law

        I. 16 - Funeral Certificates, c 1597-1621

        I. 17 - missing since at least 1976

        I. 18 - Coronation Ceremonials. 16th-century compilation re Coronations of monarchs and consorts, Richard II - Elizabeth I, including some lists of those attending, names of Knights of the Bath and of the carpet created, and speeches made in the City of London when Elizabeth I passed through it on the way to her Coronation. Also includes list of the retinue of Edward III in expedition to France and Normandy and during Siege of Calais, 1346, and copies of warrants to provide money and livery to Officers of Arms when travelling to wars and attendant upon army, 1544 and 1547. Some entries exist as finer versions in I. 7

        I. 19 - Funeral Certificates, 1618-21

        I. 20 - missing since at least 1976

        I. 21 - Largesse. Copies of documents, begun in 17th century and continued to 1823. Includes details of and warrants for items for the funeral of King James I, including the hearse; warrants for fees for the Officers of Arms at occasions including funeral of James I, marriage and Coronation of Charles I, and installations of certain Knights of the Garter. Other documents relating to fees and largesse for the Officers of Arms include granting of, and petitions for, fees on the creation of noblemen (range of dates between 1628 and 1814), allowances for carrying letters announcing the birth of Prince Charles (afterwards King Charles II, 1630), fees for funerals of Charles II, for Coronations of James II, William and Mary, George I, George II, George IV

        I. 22 - Funeral Certificates, Dec 1618 - Mar 1625

        I. 23 - Funeral Certificates, May 1624 - Dec 1633, with one entry for Oct 1647

        I. 24 - Funeral Certificates, Feb 1631/2 - June 1639

        I. 28 - Ancient Rules of Blazon etc [In French, c 1543]. In three sections, each foliated separately. First section mainly concerned with rules of blazon, heralds and Officers of Arms in general, and the arms of the Kings of France; second section concerns the Dukes of Boulogne; third section deals with genealogies of the Kings and Dukes of Burgundy

        I. 29 - missing since at least 1976

        I. 30 - Funeral Certificates, 5 Feb 1660/1 - 8 May 1714, with one further entry for 19 Jan 1735/6

        I. 31 - Funeral Certificates of Nobility, 8 Oct 1659 - 21 Oct 1805. Some entries of earlier funerals not made until 1952. Also details of funerals, 1898-1963. Includes original funeral certificate for Lady Mary Duras of Holdenby, Northamptonshire.

        College of Arms
        Hunt, John
        GB 0102 MMS/Special Series/Biographical/South Seas/FBN 36-37 (Boxes 649-650) · 1833-1938
        Part of (WESLEYAN) METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY/METHODIST CHURCH OVERSEAS DIVISION

        Papers, 1833-1938, of and relating to John Hunt and his family, comprising correspondence, 1833-1868, of John and Hannah Hunt, the correspondents mainly family members but including some other missionaries; 'scrapbook' kept at the Wesleyan Theological Institution, Hoxton, commencing 1835, containing entries by Hunt on religious subjects; certificates, 1838, of ordination and oath of allegiance; Hunt's journals, 1838-1848, including the journey to Fiji and life and work there, one volume including an autobiographical account of his early life and religious experiences; Hunt's sermon notes and religious writings, largely undated [1830s-1840s], including a volume presented to R B Lyth, 1842; poems by Hunt, including some Fijian verses, undated; Hunt's manuscript memoir of the Rev William Cross [1843-1844]; pen believed to have belonged to John Hunt; photographic copies of a portrait of Hunt; the first Tongan Bible [published in 1839], with an inscription regarding its provenance, 1842; printed letter by James Calvert on Hunt's death, 1848; biographical account of Hunt [by R B Lyth] [after 1848]; notebook [of Hannah Hunt], some entries inscribed E A Hunt and dated 1860, including notes on Lincolnshire and other English localities, the Scriptures, poetry, Shakespeare, and history; notebook of poems from Elsie and Hannah Hunt to their mother [Hannah Hunt], 1875; photograph [of Hannah Hunt]; miscellaneous papers of Hannah Hunt Richings, 1864-1881, including photographs of her and her husband Lewis, undated; notebook of Eliza-Ann Hunt, containing diary entries, 1874-1888, and other entries including poetry and stories; papers, 1920-1938, including letters, press cuttings, and notes, relating to John Hunt, his work in Fiji, and his Lincolnshire connections.

        Hunt , John , 1812-1848 , missionary
        HOXTON CIRCUIT
        N/M/021 · Collection · 1865-1892

        Minutes of Quarterly Meetings, 1877-1891; minutes of the Chapel Trusts Liquidation Fund Committee, 1876-1877; minutes of the Circuit Committee for the Renovation of the Chapels in the Hoxton Circuit, 1882-1883; minutes of Local Preachers meetings, 1865-1892; Circuit Account Book, 1865-1890 and Circuit Schedule Book, 1874-1885.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        Hoole, Elijah
        GB 0102 MMS/Special Series/Biographical/India/FBN 22 (Box 625) · 1825-1829
        Part of (WESLEYAN) METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY/METHODIST CHURCH OVERSEAS DIVISION

        Journal, 1825-1829, of Elijah Hoole on his mission in India, describing his missionary work and life in India. The last few entries mention his illness in 1828 and return to England, and the journal ends in January 1829.

        Hoole , Elijah , 1798-1872 , missionary and Orientalist
        GB 0074 P97/TRI · Collection · 1880-1940

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Beresford Square, Woolwich, registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; legal documents relating to parish property; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; and financial accounts.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Woolwich , Church of England
        GB 0074 DRO/044 · Collection · 1908-1996

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Winchmore Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, banns of marriage, church services; Parochial Church Council and Vestry meetings minutes; and Fund Raising and Appeal Committee minutes.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Winchmore Hill , Church of England
        GB 0074 DRO/162 · Collection · 1932-1990

        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.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Wealdstone , Church of England
        GB 0074 P95/TRI3 · Collection · 1886-1952

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, West Hill, Wandsworth, including baptisms 1874-1950; marriages 1886-1952; banns of marriage 1891-1984; service registers 1877-1986; building committee minutes and fund book; faculties and licences for church; accounts, ledgers, cash books, churchwarden accounts and pew rent books; vestry minutes 1909-1921; Parochial Church Council minutes 1914-1982; standing committee minutes; plans. photographs and correspondence and memoranda.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Wandsworth , Church of England
        GB 0074 P95/TRI2 · Collection · 1855-1983

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Trinity Road, Upper Tooting, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; papers relating to the maintenance of the church; papers relating to the vicarage; financial records; and papers relating to parish societies.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Upper Tooting , Church of England
        GB 0074 DRO/150 · Collection · 1840-1957

        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.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Twickenham , Church of England
        GB 0074 P85/TRI2 · Collection · 1856-1943

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Tulse Hill (including some records for Saint John's, Tulse Hill), including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns, and confirmations; registers of church services; general correspondence, financial accounts; parish magazines; photographs; and papers regarding the Sunday School.

        Also records of Saint Matthias, Tulse Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; registers of church services and preachers; faculties and correspondence relating to the church building; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts and photographs.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Tulse Hill , Church of England Parish of St John, Tulse Hill , Church of England Parish of St Matthias, Tulse Hill , Church of England
        GB 0074 DRO/066 · Collection · 1858-1981

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Tottenham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; and preachers' books.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Tottenham , Church of England
        GB 0074 DRO/133 · Collection · 1880-1997

        Records of the parish of the Holy Trinity, Stroud Green, including baptism registers 1881-1967, marriage registers 1881-1971, and banns of marriage registers 1881-1984; church service registers; correspondence of the incumbent; material relating to the Union of the parishes of Holy Trinity and Saint Luke's; correspondence relating to benefice land; material relating to the church buildings including faculties and citations, the parsonage house and the church hall; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; material relating to church groups; copies of parish magazines from 1885; a series of photographs of the church and its people, and a series of historical material which includes lists of church personnel for both Holy Trinity and Saint Luke's church, and a scrap book of newspaper cuttings about DR. Linklater given to the church by his wife in 1929.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Stroud Green , Church of England
        GB 0074 DRO/141 · Collection · 1874-1986

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Southall, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations, funerals and church services; preachers' books; Vestry and Parochial Church Council meeting minutes; financial accounts; minutes and accounts of parish societies; and parish magazines.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Southall , Church of England
        GB 0074 P87/TRI · Collection · 1846-1983

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Bishop's Bridge Road, Paddington, including registers of baptisms and marriages; preacher's books; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial records; parish magazines; press cuttings; papers relating to the parish schools; and faculties for alterations to the church building.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Paddington , Church of England
        GB 0074 DRO/117 · Collection · 1854-1992

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Northwood, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; Finance Committee minutes; financial accounts; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of church buildings and fittings, including plans and faculties; papers relating to church charities, clubs and societies; papers relating to Northwood School and papers relating to parish boundaries.

        Parish of the Holy Trinity, Northwood , Church of England
        GB 0074 P92/TRI · Collection · 1820-1970

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Trinity Church Square, Newington, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; registers of church services; parish magazines; financial accounts; minutes and other papers of the Trustees for Executing Act for 'building two new churches in St Mary Newington'; annual reports of the Southwark Female Society; and minutes of the Parochial Church Council.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Newington , Church of England
        GB 0074 P93/TRI · Collection · 1841-1974

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Morgan Street, Mile End Old Town, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services and minutes of the Parochial Church Council.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Mile End Old Town , Church of England
        GB 0074 P85/TRI1 · Collection · 1846-1937

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Carlisle Lane, Lambeth, including Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; church services registers; registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; and financial accounts.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Lambeth , Church of England
        GB 0074 P82/TRI1 · Collection · 1841-1964

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Kingsway, including registers of baptisms, marriages, preachers and church services; Vestry meeting minutes; Parochial Church Council meeting minutes; financial accounts and papers regarding income and the benefice; papers relating to the church building, including faculties and plans, and papers relating to other buildings in the area which affected the church; papers regarding parish reorganisations including maps; papers regarding church societies; appeals for funds; correspondence; licences and papers regarding staff.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Kingsway , Church of England
        GB 0074 P83/TRI · Collection · 1829-1978

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Cloudesley Square, Islington, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and confirmations; Church services registers; records relating to staff; papers relating to parish boundaries and pastoral reorganisation; papers relating to the benefice; papers regarding the maintenance of the Church fabric and the Parish hall; financial records; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to Holy Trinity School; and parish magazines.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Islington , Church of England
        GB 0074 P91/TRI · Collection · 1848-1996

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Bletchley Street, Hoxton, including registers of baptisms, marriages, and banns; registers of church services and preachers; notices books; orders of service; financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; parish magazines; news sheets and newsletters; photographs; papers of the parish school and the Sunday School; and papers of other church societies.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Hoxton , Church of England
        GB 0074 DRO/016 · Collection · 1708-2010

        Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Hounslow, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage, services and confirmation; minutes of the Parochial Church Council; Vestry meeting minutes; and School Committee minute book.

        Also The 800 Years Story of The Priory and Church of the Holy Trinity, Hounslow, by G Eglington Bate, Helen Evans and Brian Grumbridge, 2010.

        Parish of Holy Trinity, Hounslow , Church of England