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        GB 0074 P73/SAV · Collection · 1881-1975

        Records of the parish of Saint Saviour, Denmark Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; registers of church services; orders of service; correspondence relating to church personnel; plans and maps of the parish; terriers, deeds and correspondence relating to glebe lands; papers regarding the church building, including minutes regarding restoration work, faculties, plans, drawings, and correspondence; plans, drawings and photographs of the church house; correspondence relating to the vicarage; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; Finance Committee minutes; administrative files including correspondence, reports and electoral rolls; financial records; parish magazines; and photographs.

        Parish of St Saviour, Denmark Hill , Church of England
        GB 0074 P81/SAV · Collection · 1846-1979

        Records of the parish of Saint Saviour, Hampstead, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, and confirmations; registers of church services; preachers' books; orders of service; papers relating to staff appointments; papers relating to parish boundaries including plans and orders; papers relating to glebe lands; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; records pertaining to the building of the church (1846-1858), subsequent restoration and repairs (from 1872 onwards); documentation regarding Mission Hall and Wharrie Hall (1877-1950); a collection of parish publications (1884-1926); and a richly illustrated and supplemented Book of Remembrance for World War One.

        Parish of St Saviour, Hampstead , Church of England
        GB 0074 P83/SAV1 · Collection · 1866-1980

        Records of the parish of Saint Saviour, Highbury, Islington, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; church services registers; inventory; faculties for repair and restoration of bells; and minutes of the Parochial Church Council.

        Parish of St Saviour, Highbury , Church of England
        GB 0074 P91/SAV · Collection · 1863-1955

        Records of the parish of Saint Saviour, Hyde Road, Hoxton, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns, and confirmations; registers of church services and preachers; orders of service; photographs; financial records; parish magazines and church notices.

        Parish of St Saviour, Hoxton , Church of England
        GB 0074 P83/SAV2 · Collection · 1879-1973

        Records of the parish of Saint Saviour, Hanley Road, Islington, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; financial accounts and Committee minute books.

        Parish of St Saviour, Islington , Church of England
        GB 0074 P87/SAV · Collection · 1856-1971

        Records of the parish of Saint Saviour, Warwick Avenue, Paddington, including registers of baptisms, banns, marriages and confirmations; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to the maintenance of the church fabric including committee minutes, faculties and plans; papers relating to Saint Saviour's School.

        Parish of St Saviour, Paddington , Church of England
        GB 0074 P85/SAV2 · Collection · 1867-1980

        Records of the parish of Saint Saviour, Herne Hill Road, Ruskin Park, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and church services; annual reports; records of the Churchwardens; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; electoral rolls; financial accounts; papers of the Sunday School; records of the parish school; photographs; and parish magazines.

        Parish of St Saviour, Ruskin Park , Church of England
        GB 0074 DRO/156 · Collection · 1881-1998

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

        Parish of St Saviour, Upper Sunbury , Church of England
        GB 0074 P76/SIL · Collection · 1866-1967

        Records of the parish of Saint Silas, Pentonville, including baptism registers (1866-1929); marriage registers (1868-1924); Church service registers; papers relating to terrier; faculties for the maintenance of the church building and annual accounts.

        Parish of St Silas, Pentonville , Church of England
        GB 0074 P74/SIM · Collection · 1859-1962

        Records of Saint Simon Zelotes, Chelsea, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; prechers' book; papers relating to the reorganisation of parish boundaries; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; annual reports; parish magazines and maps of the parish.

        Parish of Saint Simon Zelotes, Chelsea , Church of England
        GB 0074 P80/SIM · Collection · 1876-1971

        Records of the parish of Saint Simon, Hammersmith, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriages and church services; orders relating to the establishment of the parish and parish boundaries; financial accounts; and minutes of the Hammersmith United Christian Council.

        Parish of St Simon, Hammersmith , Church of England
        GB 0074 P87/SIM · Collection · 1895-1959

        Records of the parish of Saint Simon, Saltram Crescent, Paddington, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; register of church services; minutes and reports of the Parochial Church Council; and financial accounts.

        Parish of St Simon, Paddington , Church of England
        GB 0074 P81/STE1 · Collection · 1856-1948

        Records of the parish of Saint Stephen the Martyr, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; preachers' books; financial accounts; papers relating to church properties; faculties for the maintenance of church fittings; plan of church; National Schools Committee minute books; correspondence; Sunday School exercise books and church magazines. Also church service registers for Saint Andrew's Mission Church.

        Parish of St Stephen the Martyr, Hampstead , Church of England
        GB 0074 P69/STE2 · Collection · 1454-1954

        Records of the parish of Saint Stephen Walbrook, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; preachers' books; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; Churchwardens' accounts; administrative papers; poor rate assessments and tithe rate assessments.

        Parish of St Stephen Walbrook, City of London , Church of England
        GB 0074 P70/STE · Collection · 1878-1967

        Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, Battersea, including registers of baptisms, banns of marriages and marriages; registers of church services and preachers; parochial statistics; financial accounts; records of the Churchwardens; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; papers of church societies; papers regarding the maintenance of church buildings; and legal documents regarding land owned by the parish.

        Parish of St Stephen, Battersea , Church of England
        GB 0074 P83/STE1 · Collection · 1837-2020

        Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, Canonbury Road, Islington, including registers of baptisms, and marriages; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minute books; papers relating to church finances; and papers relating to parish schools.

        Parish of St Stephen, Canonbury Road, Islington , Church of England
        GB 0074 P95/STE1 · Collection · 1868-1958

        Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, Weir Road, Clapham Park, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; parish magazines; and a parish history.

        Parish of St Stephen, Clapham Park , Church of England
        GB 0074 DRO/090 · Collection · 1874-1984

        Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, East Twickenham, including registers of banns of marriage; preachers' books; registers of church services; papers relating to the maintenance and repair of the church, vicarage and mission hall, including correspondence and plans; Churchwardens' financial accounts; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes and verger's log book.

        Parish of St Stephen, East Twickenham , Church of England
        GB 0074 P83/STE2 · Collection · 1880-1980

        Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, Elthorne Road, Upper Holloway, Islington, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; registers of preachers and church services; papers relating to the benefice and church finances; Churchwardens' accounts; papers relating to the maintenance of church buildings; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes and papers; parish magazines; photographs; correspondence; and papers relating to church societies.

        Parish of St Stephen, Islington , Church of England
        GB 0074 P87/STE · Collection · 1856-2002

        Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, Westbourne Park Road, Paddington, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; registers of church services; Vestry minutes; and papers relating to Saint Stephen's National Schools including correspondence with the London County Council.

        Parish of St Stephen, Paddington , Church of England
        GB 0074 P88/STE1 · Collection · 1867-1949

        Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, East India Dock Road, Poplar, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, banns and church services.

        Parish of St Stephen, Poplar , Church of England
        GB 0074 P80/STE · Collection · 1850-1974

        Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, Shepherd's Bush, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; financial accounts; curates' licences; orders regarding parish boundaries and the parish merger; Churchwardens' accounts; faculties and citations relating to the maintenance of the church building; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to parochial charities and societies; and parish magazines.

        Parish of St Stephen, Shepherd's Bush , Church of England
        GB 0074 P73/STE · Collection · 1865-1999

        Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, South Dulwich, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns, and church services; Vestry meeting minutes; Parochial Church Council meeting minutes; financial accounts; Churchwarden's vouchers; faculties and other papers relating to the maintenance and restoration of the church building; legal documents relating to the ownership of church land; maps and plans showing changes to parish boundaries; and parish magazines.

        Parish of St Stephen, South Dulwich , Church of England
        GB 0074 P92/STE2 · Collection · 1850-1963

        Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, Manciple Street, Southwark, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; Parochial Church Council minutes; records relating to the parish National School; and administrative records.

        Parish of St Stephen, Southwark , Church of England
        GB 0074 P92/STE1 · Collection · 1866-1960

        Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, Villa Street, Walworth Common, including registers of baptisms, banns and marriages; church services registers; and papers relating to parish properties.

        Parish of St Stephen, Walworth Common , Church of England
        GB 0074 P76/TMS · Collection · 1842-1906

        Records of the parish of Saint Thomas, Charterhouse, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; summary of attendance at the school; register of church services and curates' licence.

        Parish of St Thomas, Charterhouse , Church of England
        GB 0074 P79/TMS · Collection · 1820-1969

        Records of the parish of St Thomas, Clapton Common, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, and banns; clerical licences; parish magazines; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; registers of church services; preachers' books; papers relating to the rebuilding of the church; financial records; papers relating to missions; and papers of the Upper Clapton National School.

        Parish of St Thomas, Clapton Common , Church of England
        GB 0074 P80/TMS · Collection · 1882-1963

        Records of the parish of Saint Thomas, Hammersmith, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriages, and church services; Vestry minute book; Parochial Church Council minute book; and inventory of church furnishings. Please note that when the parishes merged the marriage register was closed and baptisms and marriages in the united parishes were entered in these registers which were formerly Saint Stephen's.

        Parish of St Thomas, Hammersmith , Church of England
        GB 0074 P84/TMS · Collection · 1889-1981

        Records of the parish of Saint Thomas, Kensal Road, North Kensington, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and church services; financial accounts; Parochial Church Council and Vestry meeting minutes; and parish magazines.

        Parish of St Thomas, Kensal Road, North Kensington , Church of England
        GB 0074 P93/TMS · Collection · 1840-1940

        Records of the parish of Saint Thomas, Arbour Square, Stepney, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of church services; records of St Thomas (Colet) Schools; citations and faculties.

        Parish of St Thomas, Stepney , Church of England
        GB 0074 P95/TMS · Collection · 1899-1949

        Records of the parish of Saint Thomas, Telford Park, Streatham Hill, including registers of baptisms, banns and marriages; preachers' books; registers of church services; and financial accounts.

        Parish of St Thomas, Streatham Hill , Church of England
        Saville, Alfred Thomas
        GB 0102 CWM/LMS South Seas Personal Box 6 · 1853-1888
        Part of COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION

        Papers, 1853-1888, of Alfred Thomas Saville, comprising diaries, 1853-1854, 1859-1888, including descriptions of his experiences at Airedale College, Highgate, in Huahine, and at Rye; answers to Ordination Questions, 1865; instructions from the London Missionary Society (LMS), 1866; two letters to his family and a letter from Reverend William George Lawes, 1867-1868; two draft letters to Dr Mullens at LMS headquarters, 1868-1869.

        Saville , Alfred Thomas , 1839-1915 , missionary
        GB 0102 PP MS 49 · Created 1893-1940

        Papers, 1893-1940, of the Rev Charles Perry Scott and the Rev Percy Melville Scott, together with those of fellow missionaries of the North China and Shantung Mission. Also included is a continuous series of the North China and Shantung Mission Quarterly Papers (January 1893-October 1936), and the correspondence and diaries of Maurice Woodforde Scott dating from his time in China with Butterfield & Swire (1934-1937).

        Scott , family , of northern China
        Scott, Harry
        GB 0102 MS 380601 · (1884-1887 [1935-1936]) [1992]

        Typescript transcripts [1992] of circular letters of Harry Scott sent to relatives and friends in England while missionary at Murray Island, Torres Straits, New Guinea, 1884-1887, with his later additions [1935-1936], giving a detailed account of life there, including his missionary work and Biblical translations, the landscape, and local customs.

        Scott , Harry , 1858-1937 , missionary
        Seager, Rev Cecil Edward
        GB 0102 MS 380675 · Created 1930s-1990s

        Material, 1930s-1990s, relating to southern Africa and the work of Cecil Edward Seager. Includes a video and transcript of early cine-film from the period in which Seager was stationed at Dombodema and Tjimali (1930s-1940s); correspondence (1933-1994); press cuttings; and typescripts of a play written by Seager entitled A Christian Cavalcade (1948).

        Seager , Cecil Edward , b 1908 , missionary
        GB 0122 Series A · Series · 1501-1847

        Pre-reformation papers and papers of the English Secular Clergy, 1501-1688 and papers of the Vicars Apostolic of the London District, 1688-1847.

        The papers chiefly comprise correspondence with the Roman agent; papers relating to Synods; copies of Pastorals; correspondence with Vicars Apostolic and clergy from the Western, Midland and Northern Districts and Scotland; correspondence with Irish Bishops; correspondence with institutions of the English Catholic diaspora; correspondence with Bishops and clergy abroad notably with the Catholic Church in the British colonies; legal papers including wills, bequests, leases and trusts and papers of institutions of the English Catholic diaspora including Douai College, 1652-1789; St Omers College, 1762-1772; the English College Rome, 1701-1783; the English College Lisbon, 1708-1791; the English Seminary Paris (also known as St Gregory's, Paris), 1762-1777 and student register for the English College Lisbon, 1628-1715.

        The papers of the Vicars Apostolic of the London District include papers from the episcopacy of Bishop John Leyburn, 1688-1702, Bishop Bonaventure Giffard, 1703-1734; Bishop Benjamin Petre, 1734-1758; Bishop Richard Challoner, 1758-1781; Bishop James Robert Talbot, 1781-1789; Bishop John Douglass, 1791-1798; Bishop William Poynter, 1812-1827; Bishop James Yorke Bramston, 1828-1836 and Bishop Thomas Griffiths, 1836-1847.

        Highlights of the collection include: a consultation about the dowry of Catherine of Aragon, c 1509; copy of a letter from Mary Queen of Scots, c 1586; letter from St Henry Walpole to Father Persons, 13 Nov 1593; chart of the Royal succession down to James VI of Scotland as published in Father Persons' book on the succession, 1593; letters of Cardinal William Allen; letter from Father Henry Garnet relating to the Gunpowder Plot, c 1605 and a petition from the Citizens of London to Charles I complaining about Popery, 1640.

        Vicars Apostolic of the London District
        GB 0122 Series F · Series · [1558-1900]

        Manuscript treatises and follows:

        F 1: 'Annales Elizabethae Reginae', by Anthony Champney, 1558-1603. 1 vol. Latin.

        F 3: Declaration of the Vicars Apostolic and their Coadjutors in Great Britain in defense of the Catholic faith, 1826. 1 vol. English.

        F 4: Treatise from regular leaders (Jesuits or Benedictines) of England, against Richard Smith, Bishop of Chalcedon as part of the approbation controversy entitled 'A survey of the Answere to the Bishop of Chalcedon his letter to the lay Catholics of England sent to him by the heads of three regular orders in England', 1629. 1 vol. English.

        F 5: De quimdecim gloriosis Anglia martyribus breuis historia,

        ab Henrico Stilo Benedictino, ex Anglico sermone, in Lamu translate, ex me'I ciori ordine collocate.Pro verae virtutis preniys, falsisceleris poenas subimus.
        Gislenpopoli. 1 vol. Latin.

        F 6: Sixteenth century Commonplace book concerning the reformation and the dissolution of the monasteries. 1 vol. Latin.

        F 7: Volume of additions to Charles Butler's Historical Memoirs of the English, Irish and Scottish Roman Catholics, given to the Vicar Apostolic of the London District by Butler, 1822. 1 vol. English.

        F 8: Partial transcript of B28: Volume of contemporary catalogues of the English martyrs, 17th century.

        F 9: Transcriptions of manuscripts in Series A comprising:

        Transcription of 'Collectanea B' or 'Collectanea de martyribus', the collection of Father Christopher Greene, chiefly containing correspondence between Richard Verstegen and Father Person's, 1592-1594. This collection is no longer in the possession of the Westminster Diocesan Archives as it was exchanged with Stonyhurst College in 1921.

        Transcription of Shelly's supplication to Queen Elizabeth I, 1585, in Series A, volume 4, p 33.

        Transcriptions of papers relating to martyrs from Series A.

        F 10: Transcriptions of papers relating to martyrs from Series A. 1 file.

        F11-F17: Biographical notes on priests in penal times by Canon Edward Burton, arranged alphabetically. 7 boxes. English.

        F18-19: Theological treatises by Jos[eph] Stapleton, eighteenth century. 2 vols. Latin.

        F 20: Sermon notes on the Resurrection and other topics. 1 vol. English.

        F 21: Two unbound manuscripts: 'The origin, distinction and mutual independence of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Power' by Bishop William Poynter, and 'The Contemplative Solitaire and Spiritual Guide' by Father George of St Joseph. 2 items. English.

        Various
        SERMON LANE MISSION
        ACC/2877 · Collection · 1875-1948

        Records of the Sermon Lane Mission comprising printed annual reports, 1875-1924; programme of Sermon Lane Christian Institute Young People's Club, 1947-1948 and programme for centenary festival, 1949.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        Sermons (1640s)
        GB 0114 MS0103 · 1645-1649

        Two manuscript volumes, 1645-1649, comprising sermons written by an unidentified preacher. Volume 1 includes a sermon for the confirmation of the 'Baron of Ossery, son and heire to the most honorable the Lo. Marquess or Ormond L. Lewetenant of Ireland' in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, in 1646. This was Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossery (1634-1680), who was the eldest son of James Butler (1610-1688), 1st Marquess of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The Archbishop of Dublin was present to conduct the 'laying of hands' at the confirmation. Also in volume 1, at the end of one of the sermons, it states 'Hitherto I preached and then was debarred of my ministry the 25th June 1649'.

        Unknown
        GB 0096 MS302 · Fonds · 1626-1644

        Contains the following items: ff 1-7, 118-119: 'Divine Paradoxes or seeminge Contradictions in Christianitye'; 1644 ff 10-114: 'Sermons concerning the necessity and manner of divine invocation: wherein is taught how our Prayers may be made acceptable unto God, comfortable to our selves', 1626.

        Palmer , Herbert , 1601-1647 , Puritan writer
        GB 0103 MS MOCATTA 1 · [Early 14th century]

        Manuscript Haggadah [early 14th century], for Passover Eve: Jewish order of service for domestic use.

        Unknown
        GB 0103 MS MOCATTA 3 · 1555-1688

        Manuscript Mahzor containing Jewish festival prayers for the whole year according to the Italian rite, with some additional prayers and ceremonies. On the last two leaves there are signatures of censors: Jacob Geraldino, 1555; Caesar Bellicosus, undated; Camillo Jaghel, 1619; Antonio Franc Enrique, 1688.

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        Service book (Jewish): Omer
        GB 0103 MS MOCATTA 9 · 18th century

        Manuscript Jewish service book, 18th century: Omer. Signature on folio 1: Judah Samuel Sinigaglia.

        Unknown
        GB 0103 MS MOCATTA 25 · 1890

        Manuscript Jewish service book, 1890: Piyyutim for distinguished Sabbaths, Ashkenazic rite.

        Unknown
        GB 0103 MS MOCATTA 4 · [1695]

        Manuscript Jewish service book [1695]: Rosh ha-shanah, rite of Carpentras. With a commentary styled 'Seder Eliahu zuta' by Elijah Karmi.

        Karmi , Israel Ben Joseph
        GB 0103 MS MOCATTA 23 · [1887]

        Manucript Jewish service book [1887]: Siddur, rite of Sana (Yemen). Apparently copied from an original with superlinear vowel-points.

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