Papers of Professor Charles Davis, [1959-1994] including personal papers and notes on topics including ethics, conscience, prayer, Eucharist, penance, faith, anointing of the sick, meaning of history, magisterum, atonement, freedom, sexual morality, the devil, the church, contraception, John Milton, hypnotism, Christian reform, Jesus Christ, liturgy, the Virgin Mary, ecumenism, baptism, interpreting modern theology and celibacy; working papers and papers for taught courses on the following topics: Christian mysticism, living as a Christian, theories of religion, Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy, Leslie Milton, promise of critical theology, faith and the artist, doctrine and life, Bernard Lonergan, 'our bodily selves and God', religion and literature, psychoanalysis, William George Ward, early Christianity, unity, Paul Ricoer, transubstantiation, David Lodge, Graham Greene, Muriel Spark, Mary Gordon, John Updike, Johann Baptist, J F Powers, Marc P Lalonde, secularisation, political theology, Medieval Christianity, Christ and the world, parables, Ursula LeGuin, Flannery O'Connor, Callahan, Iris Murdoch, Margaret Drabble, Hermuenics, Christian modernism, Thomas Hardy, the human body, Herbert Hartley Dewart and religious experience.

Notes for PhD seminars including on Karl Marx, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegal, G E Moore, Reinhold Niebuhr, Friedrich Nietzsche, Godamer, William James and Richard Hare and other seminars including on Michel Foucault, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Max Weber, Buckminster Fuller and Woodstock College seminar, 1973.

Lectures including on the Vatican, CBC talks, 1967, the Wilson lectures, lectures at Huron College, Mar 1984 and the Simonsville talks; unpublished papers and articles by Davis; reviews, on and by Davis; papers relating to the Killam Research Fellowship; poems; press cuttings chiefly by or on Davis; obituaries; papers relating to conferences including the 'Critical theory and empirical method' conference and a report on the conference on 'The relevancy of organised religion', Oct 1969; diary of a visit to England, Aug 1975; draft manuscript 'The Presence of Christ, Reflections on the Eucharist'; papers relating to appointments including CVs and references; papers relating to academic institutions including Concordia University, Pontifica Universitas Gregoriana, Heythrop College, Lakehead University and the University of Alberta; Davis' personal financial and legal papers and other personal papers; offprints of articles and journals; PhD theses supervised by Davis and personal and professional correspondence on topics including leaving the Roman Catholic Church; the birth of his children; conferences and talks; his wedding; on 'becoming a liberated Christian'; ecclesiastical topics; royalties and correspondence with publishers, notably Cambridge University Press.

Registers of baptisms, 1871-1974; registers of marriages, 1943-1948; register of members' attendance, 1934-1947; register of deacons' attendance, 1905-1941; registers of preaching engagements, 1896-1953; applications for fellowship, 1889-1971; Church Meeting minute books, 1707-1974; Deacons' Meeting minute books, 1877-1967; Choir Meeting minute books, 1924-1969; minute books of Trustees Meetings, General Purposes Committee, Supply Committee, Deacons Finance Committee, and Committee for Alterations and Additions, 1870-1934; Sunday School Teachers' Meeting minute books, 1932-1961; Women's Council minute books, 1917-1975; accounts, 1871-1972; deeds, 1754-1959; correspondence and related material, 1813-1975; Church magazines, 1885-1974; Church manuals, 1873-1962; printed material relating to New Court Chapel, 1792-1921 and sketches and photographs, 1872-1967.

Register of baptisms of Brunswick Chapel, Limehouse, 1909- 1954; baptism certificate stubs, 1947-1963; register of names in Brunswick Chapel burial ground and vaults, 1831-1853; minute book of trustees' meetings, 1847-1965; minute book of meetings of the trustees of Mitre Schools, 1878-1933; booklet of the Limehouse Wesleyan Sunday School of the Seamen's Mission at Brunswick Chapel, 1913; minute book of meetings of the Wesley Guild Executive, 1922-1940; Collection book of the Wesleyan Foreign Missionary Society, Limehouse based at Brunswick Chapel, 1891-1913; schedule of deeds and documents relating to Limehouse Chapel, 1723-1899, compiled 1899; general correspondence, 1901-1902 and 1940; agreement regarding the improvement and alteration of the Mitre Schools, 1819; Memorandum of Choice and Appointment of new Trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School and Trust Property at Mitre Buildings, Limehouse, 1899 and 1911; Fire Insurance Policy of the Wesleyan Methodist Trust Assurance Company Limited, 1884; Conveyance in Trust for vacant ground lying on south side of and near to the Works of the Blackwall Railway Company in street leading from Church Lane to Three Colt Street called Mitre Buildings, Limehouse, 1842; schedule of deeds and other documents relating to Brunswick Chapel and the Mitre Schools, Limehouse, 1934.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary, Battersea, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns of marriages; church service registers; preacher's books; correspondence, specifications and other papers relating to church building restoration and maintenance; electoral roll; financial accounts and fee books; papers of parish charities, schools and societies; parish magazines; year books; orders of service and guide books.

Three baptism registers from Caius College Mission have also been deposited. Although not yet catalogued, a Brief Book (1658-1778) is also available for consultation on self service microfilm X055/006.

Records of the parish of Saint Luke, Old Street, Finsbury, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, burials and banns of marriages; register of headstones and monumental inscriptions; register of church services and preachers; register of poor children; Parish or Chapter books; minutes of General Committee of the (Young) Women's Help Society, Saint Luke's Branch; scrapbook of printed notices and press cuttings relating to services, charities, entertainments, and so on; parish reports and orders of removal.

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

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

Records of the parish of Saint Alfege, Greenwich, including baptism registers (1616-1975), marriage registers (1616-1989), burial registers (1615-1914), banns register (1874-1992), confirmation register (1947-1980), church service registers (1964-1988), volume relating to parochial charities (1816), inventory of workhouse stock, parish magazines (1937, 1939), and histories of the church.

Records of the parish of Saint Michael and All Angels, Blackheath, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; church service registers; orders of service; papers relating to the benefice; minutes, correspondence, faculties, citations, plans, specifications and photographs relating to building works at the church and church hall; minutes of Vestry and Parochial Church Council meetings; administrative files including correspondence and reports; financial accounts; papers relating to church associations, societies and clubs; parish magazines; appeals; newspaper cuttings; photographs and histories.

Records of the parish of Saint James the Great, Hackney, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; confirmation register; banns books; church service registers; staff records; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice; papers regarding the maintenance of the church building and the church hall; financial records; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes and papers; papers relating to parochial charities and schools; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Luke, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, including baptisms (1872-1970), marriages (1872-1981), banns of marriage (1885-1994), confirmations (1937-2005), service registers, papers regarding church personnel, parish boundaries and church building, vestry minutes, parochial church council minutes and correspondence, annual accounts and balance sheets, ledgers, cash books, journals, offertory registers, churchwardens' accounts, Mothers' Union papers, and reminiscences.

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.

Records of the parish of Saint John, Hampstead, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage and confirmations; registers of church services; preachers' books; orders of service; parish administrative files; Parochial Church Council minutes; Ruri-Decanal Chapter and Conference minutes; papers relating to parish boundaries including maps; legal documents relating to ownership of parish lands; papers relating to the church building, parsonage and churchyard, including correspondence, petitions, drawings and plans, agreements, surveys and minutes; papers of the Churchwardens including financial accounts; fee books; pew rents; papers relating to parish charities; papers relating to the parish schools including minutes, log books and plans; parish magazines and newspaper cuttings.

Also papers relating to the civil functions of the parish including papers of the Overseers of the Poor; settlement examinations; apprenticeship indentures; and papers of the Surveyors of the Highways.

Records of the parish of St David, Barnsbury, Islington, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to church buildings including faculties; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes and papers; papers relating to parish charities and schools.

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.

Records of the parish of St Paul, Onslow Square, Kensington, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; church service registers; staff records; papers relating to the benefice; records of the Parochial Church Council; papers relating to Saint Paul's Church Home; parish magazines and published sermons.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew Undershaft, Leadenhall Street, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms, burials, marriages and banns), financial accounts, rate assessments, overseers' papers including papers relating to the workhouse, deeds and rentals, faculties, drawings and plans, parish magazines, records of the Parochial Church Council, and records of charities and estates.

Records of the parish of Saint Bartholomew, Moor Lane, City of London, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages, banns books; accounts and charity committee minutes.

Records of the parish of Saint Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, City of London. The records include parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns), rate assessments, Churchwardens' accounts, Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes, legal papers, deeds, plans and photographs, papers relating to the maintenance of the building, charity and school papers, and administrative records.

Records of the parish of Saint Benet Sherehog, City of London, including Vestry minutes; Churchwardens' accounts and other papers; church rate assessments; poor rate assessments; papers relating to parish charities; and papers relating to parish properties.

Records of Saint Mary, Bow Road, Stratford Bow, Poplar, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; papers relating to parish charities; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Paul, Camden Square, St Pancras; including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council; papers relating to church societies; and general accounts ledgers.

Records of the parish of Saint Columba, Kingston Road, Haggerston, including registers of baptisms, marriages, and banns; marriage licences; church service registers; records relating to parish boundaries and the benefice; papers relating to the maintenance of the church fabric including correspondence, photographs, plans and designs; papers relating to the church hall; financial records; papers relating to parish charities and societies; parish magazines and year books.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Hoxton, including registers of baptisms and marriages; Churchwardens' financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; photographs and plans of the church; historical notes; and papers relating to parish schools and societies.

Records of the parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; preachers' books; Churchwardens' records; land tax surveys; papers relating to church charities; Vestry minute books; Trustee minute books; correspondence; poor rate books; churchyard rate books; police rate books; highways rate books; settlement examinations; bastardy examinations; orders of removal from and to the parish; registers of apprentices; and papers relating to the workhouse including admissions.

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.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; papers relating to the burial ground; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; church services registers; maps of the parish; papers relating to the maintenance of the church building; prints of the church interior and exterior; financial records; papers relating to parish charities and schools; and historical notes.

Also records relating to local taxation including poor rate books; church rate books; minister's rate books; church yard/burial ground rate books, highways rate books, watching and lighting rate books, sewers and draingage rate books.

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.

Records relating to the parish of Saint Saviour, Borough High Street, Southwark; also known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Saviour and Saint Mary Overy. This is a large and extensive collection and it is recommended that researchers consult the detailed catalogue. Summary of some of the major holdings:

• papers relating to the maintenance of the church building including bills for work and repairs done in the church, contracts, and faculties;
• token books;
• marriage licences and registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials;
• financial records;
• records of the Vestry including minute books and papers of the clerks;
• minutes of other committees;
• legal documents relating to parish properties including leases, agreements, conveyances and deeds;
• papers relating to legal cases;
• papers relating to poor relief including petitions to the wardens from the poor and sick asking for assistance;
• plans and drawings of parish properties;
• records of constables and other parish officers;
• records relating to local taxation including poor rates and church rates;
• papers of parochial charities;
• papers relating to Saint Saviour's Free Grammar School;
• registers of apprenticeship indentures;
• papers relating to Parliamentary elections for the Borough of Southwark, including lists of persons entitled to vote;
• papers relating to Borough Market;
• records of the parish of Saint Margaret, Southwark, including financial accounts and depositions.

Records of the parish of Saint Dunstan and All Saints, Rectory Square, Stepney, including registers of baptisms, banns, marriages and burials; tithes books; financial records; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; minutes of the Rural Deanery of Stepney; papers of parochial charities; newspaper cuttings; photographs and newsletters.

Records of the parish of Saint Botolph, Aldersgate. The main archive dates from the 17th century, but it also includes churchwardens' accounts from 1466, vestry minutes from 1601 and muniments of title from 1365. Parish registers include baptisms, burials, banns, marriages and church services. The archive includes poor rate assessments; tithe rate assessments; records of the extra-parochial liberty of Glasshouse Yard, which was in the northern part of the parish; and records relating to a number of parish charities, including Dame Anne Packington's School.

Records of the parish of Saint Clement Eastcheap, City of London. They include parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials and banns), vestry minutes, churchwardens' accounts, plans, papers of the overseers of the poor, poor and tithe rate books, and material relating to parish charities and estates.

Records of the parish of Saint Dionis, Backchurch, Lime Street, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns, burials) dating from 1538; registers of coffins; Vestry minutes, correspondence and notices; financial accounts; papers of the Churchwardens; papers relating to parish poor relief; poor, church and tithe rate assessment books; and papers relating to parish charities and properties.

Records of the parish of Saint Giles Cripplegate, Fore Street, City of London. The main archive dates from the 17th century, but there are also parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns, burials) from 1561 and estate records from 1553. The archive includes estate and charity material which relates jointly to Saint Giles and Saint Luke Old Street. Saint Luke was established in 1733 from the Middlesex part of St Giles.

Records of the Metropolitan Dispensary, Fore Street: The records comprise minutes of the managing committee, 1833-1924; ledger, 1854-88; and draft petitions and notes, 1854, [1857?].

Records of the Cripplegate Church Foundation: The records comprise minutes 1892-1959 and financial records 1892-1966. Further material relating to the Foundation may be found amongst other parish records: see Ms 25026-7 for meeting papers, 1945-53, and accounts authorised for payment, 1942-62; and Ms 6048/12 for minutes of joint meetings of the vestry and the Cripplegate Church Foundation, 1963-5.

Records of the Cripplegate Foundation: The records comprise minutes 1891-1954 and printed particulars of the constitution of various parish charities with list of meetings 1951-52.

Records of the parish of Saint Lawrence Pountney, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Vestry minutes; Churchwarden's accounts and papers relating to poor relief; tithe rate and poor rate assessments; papers relating to parish charities.

The main archive of St Michael Cornhill dates from the 16th century, but it includes churchwardens' accounts from 1455. Records include registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; preachers' books; church services registers; Vestry minute books; papers of the Churchwardens; papers relating to parish poor relief; tithe rate assessments; poor rate assessments; papers of parish charities and deed and other documents for parish properties.

Records of the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Angell Town, Brixton, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations; minutes of the Church Council, minutes of the Sports and Social Club, inventory of parish buildings, and financial records.

Records of the parish of St John the Evangelist, Waterloo Road, Lambeth, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns and church services; financial records; Parochial Church Council papers; records of Saint John's schools; papers relating to parish associations and charities; and Royal South London Dispensary records.

Records of the parish of Saint Michael, Lambeth, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minute books; financial records; papers relating to parish schools, societies and charities; papers relating to the maintenance of church buildings including faculties and citations; maps of the parish and inventory of church plate and furniture.

Covering dates of parish registers: C 1912-2004 M 1936-1971 B 1931-1969.

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.

Records of the parish of Saint Augustine, Honor Oak Park, Forest Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minute books; electoral rolls; financial accounts; papers of the Mothers Union; parish magazines; orders of service; photographs; papers relating to parish boundaries including maps; administrative papers including correspondence; and historical notes.

Records of the parish of Saint Peter, Lee, including registers of baptisms (1871-1940, 1946-1967), marriages (1871-1960), confirmations, banns, preachers, readers, collections and church services; financial records including Churchwardens' accounts; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minute books; minute books of the Entertainment Committee and the Social and Literary Club and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Barnabas, Lavenham Road, Southfields, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; statistics; faculties, correspondence and plans relating to the maintenance of the church building; Parochial Church Council minutes and reports; financial papers; parish magazines; photographs; and papers of church societies.

Records of the parish of Saint James, Mitcham Lane, West Streatham, including registers of baptisms and marriages; minutes of the Parochial Church Council; financial accounts; minutes of the Church Building Fund Committee and other papers relating to the church construction and maintenance; papers relating to parish boundaries and papers relating to church societies.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary Magdalene, Trinity Road, Wandsworth Common, including registers of baptisms, banns and marriages; registers of church services; financial accounts; papers relating to alterations and maintenance of the church building; administrative papers; Parochial Church Council minutes; papers of the Churchwardens; papers relating to parish charities and societies.

Herne Hill Methodist Church, Railton Road: Sunday School Teachers' minute book, 1910-1926.

Records of Kensal Rise Methodist Church, 1946-1998, relating to Church groups, organisations and societies, including minutes of Leaders, Church Council and Trustees; minutes of the Finance Committee; papers of the Sisterhood, Womens Fellowship and Monday Fellowship groups; and Sunday School Council minutes.

Registers of marriages for Crouch Hill Presbyterian Church, Holly Park, 1877-1960.

Records of Cricklewood Presbyterian Church including Court of Session minute books, 1898-1945; Deacons' Court minute books, 1894-1945; Missionary Association minute book, 1924-1944; annual reports, 1899-1902; Communicants' roll book, 1898-1943; register of baptisms, 1899-1934 and Sunday School attendance register, 1938-1939.

Manuals containing the annual reports of the several societies associated with the church, 1868-1915.

Annual reports, 1847-1927; Trustees minute book, 1825-1848; Literary Society minute book, 1904-1910; British Women's Temperance Association minute book, 1916-1919; Communicants' roll book, 1933-1946; Disjunction certificate book, 1937-1949; Register of baptisms, 1822-1856; Register of baptisms (including the Caledonian Church, Cross Street, Hatton Garden), 1826; Register of baptisms, 1827-1840; Young Men's Association register, 1841-1911; scrap book regarding the National Scotch Church, 1823-1960 and scrap book regarding events at Regent Square, 1860-1893.