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        ZERMATT ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY
        GB 0074 CLC/416 · Collection · 1979-1981

        Records of the Zermatt Anglican Chaplaincy, comprising a Commonwealth and Continental Church Society "chaplains' book", i.e. register of services.

        Zermatt Anglican Chaplaincy
        N/C/40 · Collection · 1831-1907

        Records of Wycliffe Congregational Church, Stepney, including register of baptisms, 1850-1899; volume containing minutes of Church meetings, register of collections, register of marriages and register of baptisms, 1873-1906; volume containing minutes of deacons meetings, minutes of Church meetings and minutes of Organ Committee, 1849-1877; volume containing minutes of deacons' meetings and minutes of Church meetings, 1877-1888; volume containing minutes of deacons' meetings, Sunday School meetings and minutes of Church meetings 1889-1896; minutes of Church meetings, 1895-1906; minutes of deacons' meetings, 1896-1905; volume containing minutes of deacons' meetings and minutes of special meeting of deacons with representatives of Wycliffe Congregational Church, Ilford, 1905-1907; annual report of Church activities, 1901; rolls of Church members, 1827-1891; financial accounts, 1848-1907; minutes of Wycliffe Chapel Restoration Fund, 1873, with catalogue of sale of fancy articles in aid of Restoration Fund; minutes of committee of Wycliffe Christian Association, 1893-1902; minutes of meetings of teachers of Girls' Sunday School and Sunday School Excursion Sub-Committee, 1849-1868; minutes of meetings of teachers of Boys' Sunday School, 1843-1849; minutes of meetings of teachers of Sunday Schools, 1849-1907; register of burials in Wycliffe Chapel Burial Ground, 1831-1902, with index of graves in Wycliffe Chapel Burial Ground and list of charges.

        Congregational Church of England and Wales
        GB 0074 CLC/519 · Collection · 1479?-1498

        Records of William Worsley, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral. These account rolls relate to William Worsley's private and personal income and include not only the revenues of the deanery of St Paul's, but also those of his other ecclesiastical preferments and numerous other estates held privately by Worsley in London, Middlesex, Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Berkshire.

        Worsley , William , [1435]-1499 , dean of St Paul's Cathedral
        WORSHIP STREET SUNDAY SCHOOL
        GB 0074 CLC/229 · Collection · 1827-1830

        Three volumes of a magazine entitled The Monthly Instructer, possibly produced by Worship Street Sunday School.

        Worship Street Sunday School
        GB 0102 IMC FBN 125-9 · 1906-1948

        Microfiche copy of the archive, 1906-1948, of the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches, including minutes of International Council and committees including a refugee committee, records of the Youth Commission, records of its conferences, records on relations with other organizations, records on peace negotiations and minority questions, and correspondence between its leaders.

        World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches
        GB 106 9/06 · Fonds · 1913-1963

        The collection contains letters written to members of the Church League for Women's Suffrage, principally Ursula Roberts, connected with fact-finding and the organisation of a conference on the role of women in the Church and the general issue of women's ordination. Letters to Ursula Roberts in 1913 regarding reply to circular questionnaire from: Isabel Basnett (2 letters), Gertrude Francis, Ethel M Davis (2 letters), Miss Clare Portsmouth, William Temple, Edith Clarence, Dr Maude Royden, Mabel Day, Jessie C Barton, Janet B Allen, Ruth Cavendish Bentinck, Irene Batty, GM Gunter, Ethel Fennings, MEJ Taylor, Florence Canning, Mother Gertrude, Miss RL Taylor, Dorothea Layton, MB Alder, Edith de Burgh, EM Griffiths. Papers and letters to Ursula Roberts in 1914 regarding arrangements for a conference in Sep 1914, later postponed until 1917: from Ruth Cavendish Bentinck, Edith Picton Turberville, the Rector of Rampton College Cambridge, Isabel Basnett, Miss Z Fairfield, Janet B Allen (2 letters), GM Gunter, Ethel M Davis (2 letters), Miss Clare Portsmouth, Dr Maude Royden, Jessie C Barton, Janet B Allen, Ruth Cavendish Bentinck, MEJ Taylor, Florence Canning, MB Alder, E Maude Griffiths, Miss IB O'Malley, Agnes Aubrey Hilton, G Tollemache, Dr Jane Walker, Sister Ethel (2 letters), Mabel Fitzroy Hecht, Dorothea Jordan, Mrs Anne Warner Marsh. Papers and letters to Miss Corben in 1914 regarding arrangements for the same conference: Bishop of Kensington (2 letters), Board of Trade (in reply to letter from her also in the collection), Bishop of London. Letters in 1915: to Miss Corben from William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (and reply); to Mrs Roberts from Anne Gilchrist, Rev. TB Allworthy. Letters in 1916: to Miss Corben from Bishop of Kensington, Bishop of Willesden, Dr Maude Royden; to Ursula Roberts from Anne Gilchrist (3 letters), Arthur W Robinson, JC Squire, Dr Jane Walker (2 letters), MEJ Taylor (2 letters), Maude Royden (2 letters), Miss Edith Picton Turberville; to Anne Gilchrist from Maude Royden; to Miss Corben from Maude Royden; Ursula Roberts to the Bishop of London, Lady Willoughby de Broke to Dr Maude Royden; paper by Miss MEJ Taylor. Letters in 1917: to Miss Corben from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of London and Miss GE Hodgeson; to Miss Picton Turberville from the following - Bishop of Southwark, Bishop of Wakefield, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, Bishop of Lichfield (2 letters), Bishop of Newcastle, Bishop of Sheffield, Bishop of Oxford, Bishop of Gloucester (2 letters), Bishop of Ripon, Bishop of Norwich, Bishop of Lincoln, Bishop of St David's, Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Salisbury, Bishop of Ely, Millicent Garrett Fawcett; letters to the Church league for Women's Suffrage from Mr Athelstan Riley and the Earl of Halifax; letters to Ursula Roberts from Rev. FM Green and Edith Picton Turberville; Alfred Fawkes to the Rev Roberts, Lady Montgomery to Miss Glichrist, J Outram Marshall to Rev. CG Langdon and reply, circular letter to all bishops from the Bishop of Willesden and timetable of Quiet Day and conference conducted by Agnes Maude Royden. Letters in 1918: to Church League for Women's Suffrage from Dean Inge of St Paul's (2 letters), Rev HJ Hall, Rev V Holt, Rev. AM Bolland; to Miss Corben from Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Bishop of Lincoln, Maude Royden. Letters in 1919: to Miss Corben from Maude Royden, the Bishop of Kensington, Rev HRL Sheppard, Bishop of Lincoln, Bishop of Oxford; to Miss Picton Turbeville from Rev S Proudfoot (6 letters) and Mrs Knox; to Ursula Roberts from Maude Royden. Letters in 1920: to Miss Corben from the Bishop of Winchester, the secretary of the Bishop of Lincoln, the bishop of Ely, the archbishop of Canterbury and Edward A Welch, the Rector of Southchurch; to Miss Picton Turberville from Rev JEC Welldon, and the Rev. Gage S Green; M Dorothea Jordan to Mrs Roberts, the Bishop of Norwich to the League (2 letters) and the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Bishop of London. Letters in 1921: Secretary of King's College London to the League, Dr Maude Royden to Miss Corben, the Rev. GKA Bell to Miss Corben and Miss Abadam to Mrs Acres. Letters in 1922: Rev GKA Bell to Mrs Acres (2 letters), Lawrence Housman to the CLWS, AG Robinson Archdeacon of Surrey to Mrs Acres. Letters in 1924: Rev Edward Paget to Mrs Acres, Mary Scharlib to Mrs Acres Letters in 1926: Father Lacey to Mrs Acres (2 letters). Letters in 1927: Rev Dick Sheppard to Mrs Acres. Letters in 1928: Sybil Thorndyke to Mrs Acres, Archbishop of Canterbury to Mrs Acres Letters in 1931: John Carl Flugel to Ursula Roberts, Helen Ward to Viscount Cecil, Rev. Alfred Fawkes to Ursula Roberts. Letters in 1932: JK Mozley, Cannon Matthews and SM Payne to Ursula Roberts. Letters in 1933: Marjorie Brierly, Evelyn Underhill, Canon Grensted and Leonard Hodgson to Ursula Roberts.

        Various
        Withers, Henrietta
        GB 0102 CIM/PP 93-118 · 1914-1974
        Part of CHINA INLAND MISSION (OVERSEAS MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP)

        Papers, 1914-1974, of Henrietta (Hettie) Withers, comprising correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1936-1974 (mainly 1930s-1950s), including letters to her family, 1937-1941, letters from the China Inland Mission (CIM) London Council, 1947, and two booklets on the Emmanuel Home for the Homeless, Shanghai, 1939, 1945; diaries, 1915-1945 (some gaps), including typescript circular letters, 1927-1932, describing her work, activities and experiences in China, including references to the Sino-Japanese War and World War Two; notes, on talks given [post-1930], meetings addressed in Chefoo (Yantai), 1938-1939, and on Sisiang in Shensi province, undated; photographs and some watercolours, 1914-1965 and undated, the subjects including Chefoo, Miss Withers, other teachers, and children; passport, 1932, with endorsements for escorting children; typescript list of publications about CIM missionaries and readers' comments, 1960s-1970s.

        Withers , Henrietta Ethel Frances , b 1889 , missionary
        LMA/4041/WH · Collection · 1884-1981

        Records of Winchmore Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1884-1981, including minutes of the Trustees, Finance Committee, Church Choir, Overseas Committee and Sunday School; original building tender for the new church; correspondence relating to the maintenance of the building; church accounts; Seat Rent; Collection Journals; plans and specifications for rebuilding and later developments; orders of service; Year books and magazines; a history of Winchmore Hill Church; Sunday school certificates all awarded to Gladys May Howard for scripture and religious knowledge and 3 Sunday school attendance medals.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        Willoughby, William Charles
        GB 0102 CWM/LMS Africa Personal Boxes 4, 6 · 1883-1939
        Part of COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION

        Papers, 1883-1939, of and relating to William Charles Willoughby, comprising sketches of Urambo, 1883; photographic negative of Mirambo, king of Urambo; building accounts, 1894, 1897; correspondence, 1897-1904, 1917, 1923-1924, relating to his missionary work and writing, comprising letters received and copies of letters sent; pass for travel, 1900; invitation, 1900; various undated typescript and manuscript notes by Willoughby, some for sermons and addresses, others including information about Africa and Tiger Kloof; The Congregationalist, Jan 1914, publishing a speech by Willoughby; undated article by Willoughby in a London Missionary Society (LMS) newsletter; miscellaneous photographs of people and scenes in Africa; sketch map, undated; press cuttings, 1924-1932, of articles by Willoughby and reviews of his books on race relations in Africa and African beliefs and customs; correspondence and papers relating to Willoughby and Tiger Kloof, 1938-1939 and undated, including press cuttings.

        Willoughby , William Charles , 1857-1938 , missionary
        GB 0100 KCLCA Williams WS · 1934

        Papers of William Samuel Williams, 1934, comprising a copy of his book The Case for the Lay Ministry of the Church of England: readers, evangelists and parish clerks, etc (Parrett & Neves, Chatham, 1934); papers originally enclosed in the book, 1934, comprising reviews from the Church Times, copy memoranda from Williams and others relating to the office of Reader, papers and correspondence relating to the Church Assembly Lay Readers Group.

        Williams , William Samuel , fl 1895-1938 , author
        Williams, John
        GB 0102 CWM/LMS South Seas Personal Box 2 · 1807-1962
        Part of COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION

        Papers, 1807-1962, of and relating to John Williams and his family, comprising letters and papers of John Williams, c1816-1839, the recipients including his parents and his son Samuel; letters and draft letters of John Williams, 1837, chiefly concerning his Narrative of Missionary Enterprises; his copy of The works of Horace (translated by Philip Francis, London, 1807); correspondence and papers of John C Williams and his wife, 1837-1845; letter from Mary Williams to the Rev Timothy East, 1846; glass negatives of the Rev Samuel Williams and his wife, undated; papers relating to John Williams, 1838-1930, mainly biographical information; photographs and engravings of people and places connected with John Williams; genealogical charts of the Williams family, undated; correspondence and papers, 1867-1962, concerning John Williams's descendants and commemorative events.

        Williams , John , 1796-1839 , missionary
        WILLESDEN CIRCUIT
        N/M/034 · Collection · 1957-1962

        Schedule of trust property, 1957-1962; schedule of trust property, amalgamated with Kilburn and Hampstead Circuit, 1962. Also Women's Work minute book, 1955-1962; list of speakers, 1961 and Women's Work officers, 1962.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        WESTERN SYNAGOGUE
        GB 0074 ACC/2712/WNS · Collection · 1906-1991

        Records of the Western Synagogue, Marylebone, consisting of registers of kethubot [marriage contracts].

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

        Western Synagogue , 1761-1991
        WEST LONDON MISSION
        LMA/4474 · Collection · 1888-1988

        Records of the West London Mission, 1888-1988, including minute books from Staff meetings, Finance Committee meetings, Foreign Missionary Committee meetings, Local Preacher's meetings, Women's Work Committee meetings and Sunday School Committee meetings; financial accounts; general correspondence; annual reports of the West London Mission; annual reports of the Social and Redemptive Work amongst Women and Girls; annual reports of the West London Rehabilitation Centre for Alcoholics; publication Portraits and Pictures of the West London Mission (1893); newsletters and magazines; advertisements and appeals; photographs.

        Also Kingsway Hall Trust lettings ledger; Kingsway Hall collection journal and Kingsway Hall Creche Committee papers and promotional brochures.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        N/C/13 · Collection · 1853-1944

        Records of West Dulwich Congregational Chapel including register of marriages, 1939-1941; lists of members and registers of attendance, 1853-1939; forms of commendation and applications for transfer, 1930-1944; minute book of Church meetings, 1868-1930; minute book of Deacons' meetings, 1868-1935; minute book of Chapel Building Improvement Committee, 1870; correspondence relating to administrative and social matters,1856-1892; financial accounts, 1854-1945; papers relating to property owned by the church, 1855-1856; ground plan of chapel, 1863; papers relating to Trustees, 1855-1889; certificate registering Dulwich Chapel, Park Road, Lower Norwood as a Congregationalist or Independents' place of worship for solemnization of marriages, 1859; minutes of Literary Society and Committee meetings, 1895 - 1908; Musical Committee minute book, 1899-1904 and printed circular letter raising funds for alterations to church, with sketch of proposed alterations, 1938.

        Congregational Church of England and Wales
        WEST CITY RURAL DEANERY
        GB 0074 CLC/415 · Collection · 1935-1947

        Chapter minute book for West City Rural Deanery.

        West City Rural Deanery
        GB 0102 MMS · 1744-1976

        Records, 1744-1976, documenting the work of the Methodist Missionary Society (from the Methodist Union of 1932), and the work of its predecessor missionary societies prior to 1932 - the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, and the missionary societies of the churches that formed the United Methodist Church - and covering overseas missionary work in Europe, North America, West Indies, Africa, India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), China, Burma and Australasia.

        The main series for the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society/Methodist Missionary Society include material from the home organisation in London, which directed overseas missionary affairs, including Committee minutes and papers, candidates papers, 1829-1869, finance papers, 1817-1945, and outgoing correspondence. However, the bulk of the material comprises Synod minutes and correspondence send to London from missionaries in the overseas districts, including Europe, North America, West Indies, West Africa, Central Africa, South Africa, Kenya, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Southern India, Northern India, Burma, China & South East Asia, and Australasia/South Seas. Special series include biographical material of missionaries from all denominations; missionary ships' logs and papers; and a miscellaneous assortment of notes, typescripts, unpublished articles and histories. There are approximately 2500 photographs, which cover India, Burma, Ceylon, Australasia, Africa, China and the West Indies.

        The collection also includes minutes of Conference for the Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1744-1976.

        Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Church Overseas Division
        Women's Work of the Methodist Missionary Society Primitive Methodist Missionary Society Methodist New Connexion Missionary Society
        Bible Christian Home and Foreign Missionary Society
        United Methodist Free Church Foreign Missions
        United Methodist Missionary Society
        WENGEN ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY
        GB 0074 CLC/414 · Collection · 1923-1974

        Records of Wengen Anglican Chaplaincy comprising chaplain's books, providing details of services.

        Wengen Anglican Chaplaincy
        WARSAW ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY
        GB 0074 CLC/413 · Collection · 1964

        Certificates of baptisms carried out by the Warsaw Anglican Chaplaincy.

        Warsaw Anglican Chaplaincy
        Warren, W H
        GB 0102 CIM/PP 28-33 · 1903-1940
        Part of CHINA INLAND MISSION (OVERSEAS MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP)

        Papers, 1903-1940, of the Rev W H Warren, comprising four station reports from Shaohsing, 1903-1914; two printed China Inland Mission reports from Shanghai, 1931; Warren's manuscript account of an attack by pirates on a mission party travelling from Shanghai to Chefoo schools (Yantai), 1935; typescript report on events in China and their implications for missionary work, 1937; typescript report from Shanghai, 1940; Nosu hymnbook, undated.

        Warren , W H , c 1870-1940 , missionary
        VITZNAU ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY
        GB 0074 CLC/412 · Collection · 1903-1909

        Register of services for the Vitznau Anglican Chaplaincy.

        Vitznau Anglican Chaplaincy
        GB 0103 MS ITALIAN 4 · 15th century

        Manuscript volume, 15th century, containing institutes of a congregation of canons, comprising a prologue, 15 institutes, and a commentary after each institute in one or more chapters, 37 in all. The name of the congregation is not given, but institutes are apparently those of the canons of St George in Alga, Venice. Folio 1 bears a later table of the chapters. Folios 13v-14v are blank.

        Unknown
        GB 0122 V · 1851-1910

        Papers of Cardinal Vaughan, 1851-1910, including correspondence on topics including the visitation of parochial churches of Regulars (Benedictines and Jesuits), 1875-1885; the Donelan case (Cambridge University hostel), 1894-1901 and Anglican Orders, 1894-1901. Correspondents include, among others, Cardinal James Gibbons, Baltimore; John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute; Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk; George Forrest Browne, Anglican Bishop of Stepney; Bishop William Clifford; Bishop William Ullathorne; the Earl of Halifax; Bishop Robert Brindle; Lord Acton and Rafael Merry del Val. Also, notes on the foundation of St Joseph's, Mill Hill, 1851-1866; press cuttings; Vaughan's diaries, 1853-1881, covering visits to Rome, American tours and early Salford days; ordo recitandi and directories, 1873-1880 and 1882-1902.

        Vaughan , Herbert Alfred Henry Joseph Thomas , 1832-1903 , Cardinal-Archbishop of Westminster
        GB 0096 MS 679 · 1835

        Manuscript 'Valuation of Pickton tithes to Michaelmas 1835', giving the property values of 9 farmers and the amounts for which they were liable. Includes 'Parish rates and cesses paid as per voucher to Michaelmas', and totals received from Kirk [Leavington] and Castle Leavington tithes to the same date.

        Unknown
        UNITED SYNAGOGUE
        GB 0074 ACC/2712 · Collection · 1591-2010

        Records of the United Synagogue's Head Office, including minutes, agendas, presented papers, printed annual reports and accounts, byelaws and standing orders, papers relating to property, letter books and correspondence, financial accounts, insurance papers, membership papers, records relating to staff, administrative records, photographs, press cuttings, orders of service, Aubrey Newman's files, and papers relating to Soviet Jewry. This material has been catalogued in 20 sub-fonds (ACC/2712/01 to ACC/2712/20).

        Also included in this collection are records of the individual member synagogues; these comprise mainly membership records, but there are also administrative and financial records for some synagogues. Records of bodies connected with the United Synagogue to a greater or lesser extent are also included in this collection, such as the Office of the Chief Rabbi, London Beth Din and Beth Hamedrash, the Kashrut Commission and various Jewish friendly societies and charities. The United Synagogue's close links with Anglo-Jewish education are also represented in the collection, including records of individual schools such as the Jews' Free School. These records have been catalogued in 47 separate sub-fonds (ACC/2712/AJE to ACC/2712/WWS). Please see individual sub-fonds for further information.

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

        United Synagogue
        GB 0102 USCL/S · 1885-1977

        Records, 1885-1977, of the UCSL (Scotland) and predecessors, comprising:

        minutes of the Christian Literature Society (CLS) for China Scottish Central Committee, 1891-1942 (Ref: USCL/S 1-3), including annual meetings of the Society, 1893-1901 (Ref: USCL/S 1), Edinburgh Committee, 1893-1921, 1940-1942 (Ref: USCL/S 2, 7), and Glasgow Committee, 1893-1942 (Ref: USCL/S 5); USCL Scottish Central Committee, 1942-1977 (Ref: USCL/S 4), and Glasgow Committee, 1943-1972 (Ref: USCL/S 6); CLS for India and Africa Edinburgh Auxiliary Committee, 1926-1935, continued by the USCL Edinburgh Auxiliary, 1935-1976 (Ref: USCL/S 8), and USCL Glasgow and South of Scotland Auxiliary Committee, 1935-1942 (Ref: USCL/S 9);

        other papers, 1885-1942, relating to the history of the CLS for China (Scotland) and USCL (Scotland) and their union (Ref: USCL/S 10-13);

        annual reports for the Book and Tract Society of China, 1885-1890 (Ref: USCL/S 14-19), Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge Among the Chinese, 1893-1895 (Ref: USCL/S 20-22), Christian Literature Society for China, 1893-1905, 1912-1942 (Ref: USCL/S 23-68, USCL Add 37), and USCL (Scotland), 1943-1971 (Ref: USCL/S 73-98);

        miscellaneous publications, c1893-1966 (Ref: USCL/S 104-130).

        Chinese Book and Tract Society Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese Christian Literature Society for China United Society for Christian Literature , Scotland
        GB 0102 USCL/RTS · c1725, 1799-1986

        Records, c1725, 1799-1986, of the United Society for Christian Literature (USCL) and its predecessors, including the Religious Tract Society, comprise:

        Executive Committee minutes for the RTS, 1799-1935 (some gaps) (Ref: USCL 1-113), continued under the USCL, 1935-1953 (Ref: USCL 113-122), and other minutes, including copyright, finance, and local associations, for the RTS, 1806-1935, and USCL, 1935-1972 (Ref: USCL 123-149, USCL Add 6, 15, 19-22);

        copies of outgoing RTS letters, 1824-1889 (Ref: USCL 150-195); miscellaneous correspondence of the RTS, 1824-1847 (Ref: USCL Add 23-26);

        annual reports for the RTS, 1820-1935 (many gaps) (Ref: USCL 311-336, USCL Add 34), USCL, 1935-1962 (Ref: USCL 337-357, USCL/S 69-72, 99-103, USCL Add 38), and RTS (China), continued under the USCL, 1884-1947 (Ref: USCL 366-376);

        ledgers and accounts, 1836-1952 (Ref: USCL 196-231);

        papers of the RTS, succeeded by the USCL, relating to copyright, 1825-1835 (Ref: USCL Add 1-2); reports of sub-committees on anti-popery, 1839, and new warehouses, 1844 (Ref: USCL Add 3-4); salaries books, 1851-1938 (Ref: USCL Add 5); letters, report and pamphlet relating to the Assam mission, India, 1857-1859 (Ref: USCL Add 7); legacies book, 1911-1986 (Ref: USCL Add 11); USCL register of members, 1946-1963, also including declarations of employee names, 1948-1972 (Ref: USCL Add 16); USCL papers concerning premises in Lusaka, Rhodesia, 1949-1955 (Ref: USCL Add 17); reports on USCL officials' visits to India and Ceylon, Northern Rhodesia, and Zambia, 1950-1969 (Ref: USCL Add 18); papers documenting USCL history, 1927-1976 and undated, including notes, chronology, printed material, and photographs, including the fire damage of 1941 (Ref: USCL Add 64-71);

        RTS and USCL printed tracts, c1920-c1950 (Ref: USCL 400-401); annotated listings of RTS publications, 1842-1859 (Ref: USCL Add 39); RTS publications, 1822-1934 and undated (Ref: USCL Add 41-57); USCL publications, 1935-1962 and undated (Ref: USCL Add 57-62); miscellaneous publications, c1725, 1816-1960, including some on the work of the RTS but also including other publications, some by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Ref: USCL 377-399, USCL Add 40, 63).

        There are also records, 1858-1950, of the Christian Literature Society (CLS) for India (and Africa) and its predecessor; and records, 1885-1977, of the UCSL (Scotland) and its predecessors.

        Religious Tract Society United Society for Christian Literature Christian Vernacular Education Society for India Christian Literature Society for India Christian Literature Society for India and Africa Chinese Book and Tract Society Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese Christian Literature Society for China United Society for Christian Literature , Scotland
        UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
        LMA/4303 · Collection · 1841-1999

        Records of the Presbyterian church including Presbytery minutes, Committee minutes and planning for reconstruction of war damage for the Presbytery of London North, 1841-1972; Presbytery minutes, financial accounts and Committee minutes for the Presbytery of London South, 1888-1972; and Presbytery minutes and Committee minutes for the Presbytery of the South Coast, 1920-1972.

        Minute books, magazines, syllabi and event programmes for various groups and societies connected with Presbyterian and Congregational churches, mostly Young Men's Societies and Literary Societies, 1854-1965.

        Architectural plans of Congregational and Presbyterian churches, 1850-1968:
        Aldershot United Reformed Church;
        Alexandra Park United Reformed Church;
        Banstead United Reformed Church, Woodmansterne Lane;
        Battersea Congregational Church, Bridge Road;
        Battersea Rise Presbyterian Church;
        Belvedere Congregational Church;
        Iden Green Chapel, Beneden;
        Bermondsey Presbyterian Church, Southwark Park Road;
        Jewish Mission, Bethnal Green;
        Bethnal Green Congregational Church;
        Blackheath United Reformed Church, Long Lane;
        North Bow United Reformed Church;
        Bracknell Presbyterian Church;
        Bromley Congregational Church;
        Bromley Presbyterian Church;
        Shortlands Congregational Church, Bromley;
        Bromley-By-Bow United Reformed Church;
        Buckhurst Hill United Reformed Church;
        Clemance Hall United Reformed Church, Camberwell Green;
        Grove Road Congregational Church, Camberwell Green;
        Camberwell Church, Friern Road;
        Canterbury Presbyterian Church;
        Catford Trinity Congregational Church, Stanstead Road;
        Charlton Congregational Church;
        Saint Andrew's United Reformed Church, Chatham;
        Saint Andrew's United Reformed Church, Cheam;
        Chiswell Green United Reformed Church, Saint Albans;
        Clapham United Reformed Church, Grafton Square;
        Clapton Park United Reformed Church;
        College Park Presbyterian Church;
        Christ Church United Reformed Church, Crawley;
        Crossway Central Mission;
        Dalston Congregational Church, Middleton Road;
        Dartford Presbyterian Church;
        Deptford Congregational Church;
        Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Dulwich;
        Dulwich Grove United Reformed Church;
        Festivals Park Free Church, Ealing;
        East Finchley United Reformed Church;
        East Greenwich United Reformed Church;
        East Ham Congregational Church, Wakefield Street;
        East Ham Presbyterian Church;
        Plashet Park United Reformed Church, East Ham;
        Saint James' Presbyterian Church, Edgware;
        Edgware Congregational Church;
        Lower Edmonton Independent (Congregational) Church;
        Elmers End United Reformed Church;
        Eltham United Reformed Church;
        Windmill Hill Presbyterian Church, Enfield;
        Ewell United Reformed Church;
        Saint George's United Reformed Church, Felixstowe;
        Finchley And Whetstone United Reformed Church;
        Claremont Central Mission, Finsbury;
        Forest Gate United Reformed Church, Romford Road;
        Saint Mark's United Reformed Church, Greenwich;
        Hampton Hill United Reformed Church;
        Hayes Free Church (Congregational);
        Herne Hill United Reformed Church;
        The Hyde United Reformed Church, Hendon;
        Highbury Quadrant Congregational Church;
        Camden Road United Reformed Church, Holloway;
        Holloway United Reformed Church;
        Hounslow United Reformed Church;
        Trinity Congregational Church, Ilfield;
        Goodmayes Congregational Church, Ilford;
        Vine United Reformed Church, Ilford;
        Buck Street Presbyterian Church, Kentish Town;
        Kenton United Reformed Church;
        Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Kilburn;
        Burnt Ash United Reformed Church, Lee;
        Lenham United Reformed Church;
        Letchworth Free Church Hall;
        Algernon Road United Reformed Church, Lewisham;
        High Street United Reformed Church, Lewisham;
        Lewisham High Road Congregational Church;
        Elmore/Langthorne Congregational Church, Leyton;
        Leytonstone United Reformed Church;
        Lowestoft Congregational Church;
        Mill Hill East United Reformed Church;
        Millward United Reformed Church;
        Muswell Hill United Reformed Church;
        Saint John's Presbyterian Church, New Barnet;
        North Finchley United Reformed Church;
        Northwood Hills United Reformed Church;
        Saint John's Presbyterian Church, Northwood;
        Marlborough Chapel United Reformed Church, Old Kent Road;
        Orange Street Congregational Church;
        Clifton Congregational Church, Peckham;
        Penge Congregational Church;
        Petts Wood United Reformed Church;
        Plaistow United Reformed Church;
        Ponders End United Reformed Church;
        Presbyterian Housing, Poplar;
        Pratts Bottom United Reformed Church;
        Purley United Reformed Church;
        Granard Presbyterian Church, Putney;
        Saint Paul's United Reformed Church, Richmond;
        Saint Paul's Cray Congregational Church;
        Sanderstead United Reformed Church;
        Oaklands Congregational Church, Shepherds Bush;
        Pilgrim Church, Southwark;
        Enmore Road Congregational Church, South Norwood;
        Kingston Road Congregational Church, Staines;
        Stamford Hill United Reformed Church;
        Stanwell Congregational Church;
        Coverdale And Ebenezer Congregational Church, Stepney;
        John Knox United Reformed Church, Dempsey Street, Stepney;
        Latimer Congregational Church, Stepney;
        Stepney Meeting House (United Reformed Church);
        Abney United Reformed Church And Youth Club, Stoke Newington;
        Manor Road United Reformed Church, Stoke Newington;
        Rectory Road United Reformed Church, Stoke Newington;
        Brickfields United Reformed Church, Stratford;
        Sunbury On Thames Congregational Church;
        Swanley United Reformed Church;
        Saint Peter's United Reformed Church, Tooting;
        Whitfields Memorial United Reformed Church, Tottenham Court Road;
        Totteridge United Reformed Church;
        Upper Norwood United Reformed Church;
        Providence Congregational Church, Uxbridge;
        Wallington Presbyterian Church;
        Wood Street United Reformed Church, Walthamstow;
        Walton-On-Thames United Reformed Church;
        Wandsworth Presbyterian Church;
        East Hill Congregations Church, Wandsworth;
        Saint Steven's Presbyterian Church, Watford;
        Welling United Reformed Church;
        Welwyn Garden City Free Church (United Reformed Church);
        Wembley United Reformed Church;
        Westborough Congregational Church;
        West Brompton Congregational Church;
        West Ealing Presbyterian Church;
        West Kensington Congretional Church;
        Westminster Chapel, Buckingham Gate;
        West Norwood Presbyterian Church;
        West Wickham United Reformed Church;
        Whetstone United Reformed Church;
        Dundonald Road Congregational Church, Wimbledon.

        Please note that wherever possible the most modern (URC) name for the congregation has been used, unless there was no evidence from the URC Year Books to suggest that the congregation joined the URC, in which case the older Presbyterian or Congregational name has been used.

        United Reformed Church

        Records of the United Methodist Missionary Society, comprising Minutes of the Foreign Missions Committee, 1908-1933, and a South West China Minute Book, 1905-1932. Minutes exist for the constituent churches as follows: the Methodist New Connexion Missionary Society, 1844-1908, the Bible Christian Home and Foreign Missionary Society, 1861-1909, and the United Methodist Free Churches' Foreign Missions, 1869-1883, 1900-1908.

        United Methodist Missionary Society , Foreign Missions Committee
        United Methodist Free Churches Foreign Missions Methodist New Connexion Missionary Society Bible Christian Home and Foreign Missionary Society
        UNION OF SYNAGOGUES
        GB 0074 ACC/2712/USY · Collection · 1807-1880

        Records of the Union of Synagogues, consisting of articles of agreement, minutes of the conjoint committee of the Great, New and Hambro Synagogues, minutes of the Conjoint Committee for managing the West Ham Burial Ground, correspondence, accounts and burial returns.

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

        Union of Synaogues
        GB 0074 LMA/4429 · Collection · 193--2002

        Records of the Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues (ULPS), dealing mainly with the creation of the new version of the prayer book Service of the Heart which was published in 1995. Rabbi John Rayner edited the new edition with Rabbi Chaim Stern as co-editor. Rabbi Julia Neuberger chaired the anthology committee. As well as aiming to combine general Jewish tradition with Progressive Jewish thought the editors wished to respond to changes in Jewish outlook in the late twentieth century. The use of language, in particular gender sensitivity, was carefully examined.

        Other records include minutes and correspondence of the Federation of Womens' Societies Executive Committee and papers relating to ULPS educational courses.

        Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues
        ULVIK ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY
        GB 0074 CLC/411 · Collection · 1890-1963

        Records of Ulvik Anglican Chaplaincy, comprising two registers of services.

        Ulvik Anglican Chaplaincy
        GB 0096 MS 588 · c1611-1639

        Manuscript volume lettered 'Memoire de Finance' containing two works written in the same hand, probably mid 17th century, and attributed by an inscription on the fly-leaf to Charles de Marillac, Archbishop of Vienne (c 1510-1560) and his nephew, Michel de Marillac (1563-1632). The first section of the volume comprises three Gallican tracts, namely 'De patrimonio ecclesie', in Latin and French (latest date mentioned is 1646), arguing that secular patronage was the source of ecclesiastical wealth; 'Cura et authoritas in his quae pertinent ad fidem', defending control of the church by the Chritian prince, with much reference to the early church; and 'La Jurisdiction en generale est un pouvoir et autorite publique', arguing that independent ecclesiastical jurisdiction was confined to spiritual matters, citing papal and royal legislation up to 1639.
        The second part of the manuscript contains a treatise entitled 'Du Conseil du Roy', in French and dated to [1611], being a discussion of the personnel, functions and rules of the King's Council (begins on folio 110 + 2, latest date 1629).
        The attribution to the Marillacs is made in a later hand than that of the main text.

        Unknown
        N/C/57 · Collection · 1847-1851

        Minutes of meetings of Young Men's Association, list of essays read at meetings, attendance register of Association, and minutes of preliminary meeting of Young Men's Prayer Meeting, 1847-1851.

        Congregational Church of England and Wales
        Thompson, Ralph Wardlaw
        GB 0102 CWM/LMS Home Personal Boxes 2-3 · 1746-1918
        Part of COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION

        Papers, 1746-1918, of and relating to Dr Ralph Wardlaw Thompson and his family, comprising correspondence and papers concerning his antecedents and family, 1746-1872, including letters to the Rev Dr Ralph Wardlaw, 1795-1852, and papers concerning Dr John Wardlaw, 1838-1872; Bible given to Ralph Wardlaw Thompson by his parents, 1847; four letters to Thompson, 1851-1866, including one from Ralph Wardlaw; palm leaf address to Thompson and Albert Spicer, London Missionary Society (LMS) deputation members in India, 1882; Thompson's diaries of a deputational visit to India, China and South Africa, 1882-1883; notes of deputational visits to South Africa, 1892, 1898, and to the South Seas and Papua New Guinea, 1897; notes on the LMS conference at Shanghai and on a deputational visit to India, 1907; notes for speeches, 1880s-1890s and undated; decorative addresses presented to Thompson, 1880, 1908; letters received on Thompson's death, 1916; biographical material on Thompson collected by Basil Mathews, 1916-1918.

        Thompson , Ralph Wardlaw , 1842-1916 , foreign secretary of the London Missionary Society Wardlaw , family
        Thomas, John
        GB 0102 MMS/Special Series/Biographical/South Seas/FBN 37-41 (Boxes 652-657) · 1786-1875
        Part of (WESLEYAN) METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY/METHODIST CHURCH OVERSEAS DIVISION

        Papers, 1786-1875, of John and Sarah Thomas, including John Thomas's journals and memoranda books, 1821-1875, including his religious reflections, life in England and Tonga, and missionary work; sermon notes, undated; manuscripts on Tonga and the South Seas, including mythology, religion, history, and ranks of chiefs, undated; photographs, prints and drawings, most unlabelled, of people and places in Tonga, undated [1820s-1850s?]; two accounts of the life of Sarah Thomas by John Thomas [1867 or after]; miscellaneous correspondence, 1825-1873, of John and Sarah Thomas, including letters from John Thomas to Wesleyan Mission House; journals of Sarah Thomas (née Hartshorn), 1826-1855, including her experiences in Tonga; account book for building a new Methodist chapel in Glasgow, 1786-1792; steward's account book, 1813-1820, of the Methodist Society, Glasgow, including Leaders' meetings minutes, 1813-1820.

        Thomas , John , 1796-1881 , missionary Thomas , Sarah , d 1867 , née Hartshorn , wife of the missionary John Thomas
        LMA/4264 · Collection · 1936-1999

        Records of the Needlework Guild, Congregational Church (later United Reformed Church), including minute books, 1936-1999; gift list, 1983-1999; account books, 1957-1999; expenses, 1969-1999; orders of service for annual dedication of gifts ceremonies, 1962-1998; booklet "The Story of the London Women's League of the London Congregational Union, 1909-1959" by Ann Oldfield, 1959 and typescript notes on the history of the Needlework Guild, 1913-1998, by Guild Secretary Phyllis Mitchell, 1998.

        Congregational Church of England and Wales United Reformed Church
        TEMPLE, William (1881-1944)
        GB 0370 WT · [1901]-1936

        Letters of William Temple, later Archbishop of Canterbury, to John Leofric Stocks, [1901-1906], written whilst studying in Europe and considering his future career, discussing the failings of the contemporary church due to a lack of intellectual leadership, his studies, unsure of taking holy orders, doctrine, including the divinity of Christ and questioning of the virgin birth, opinions of artistic works seen in Europe, preference for Botticelli, discussion about honesty, disappointment at being refused as a candidate for ordination by the Bishop of Oxford, [1905-1906]; letters concerning the progress of publication of his Gefford lectures, 1934; comments on an article by Stocks and his opinion on heresy and orthodoxy, 1935; congratulations on Stocks' appointment as Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool University, 1936.

        Temple , William , 1881-1944 , Archbishop of Canterbury
        GB 0074 CLC/410 · Collection · 1925-1970

        Records of Tamaris sur Mer Anglican Chaplaincy, comprising register of baptisms, 1928-70 (Ms 23623), and service register, 1925-30 (Ms 23624). They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1988.

        Tamaris sur Mer Anglican Chaplaincy
        SYRA ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY
        GB 0074 CLC/409 · Collection · 1884-1890

        Preacher's book for the Syra Anglican Chaplaincy, Greece.

        Syra Anglican Chaplaincy
        SYON ABBEY
        GB 0074 CLC/207 · Collection · [1500-1535]

        "Rules of the Monastery of Syon", probably written in the early 16th century for use by the brethren of Syon Abbey, Isleworth, Middlesex.

        Syon Abbey , Isleworth
        SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION
        GB 0074 LMA/4190 · Collection · 1906

        Volume presented to a Mr Cuthbertson by the Country Homes Committee of the Sunday School Union, in recognition of his support. The volume contains exterior and interior photographs of one of the country homes (unidentified) and dates from 1906.

        Sunday School Union , Country Homes Committee
        Stephenson, Gladys
        GB 0102 MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/FBN 31-32 (Boxes 642-643) · c1909-1976
        Part of (WESLEYAN) METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY/METHODIST CHURCH OVERSEAS DIVISION

        Papers, c1909-1976, of Sister Gladys Stephenson, comprising diary of journey to China, 1915; journals of visits to Korea and Peking, 1926, 1936 and undated; journal of her time in the internment camp, 1942-1945; diaries recording daily events, 1946-1971; long letter from Gladys Stephenson, 1945, from the Shanghai internment camp recounting her experiences, and typescript copies; manuscript and typescript accounts of a journey to Hong Kong, Malaya and the Holy Land, 1961; other typescript and manuscript notes, accounts, or addresses by Gladys Stephenson recounting her experiences, largely undated, including one relating to the great floods (1931); two photographs of a chapel used by the Methodist hospital, Hankow, and papers relating to a stained glass window, 1940; printed material on Christianity, missionary work and missionaries, nursing and training, and other aspects of life in China, including hospitals in Hankow, 1909-1976, largely dating, 1920s-1960s.

        Stephenson , Gladys , d 1989 , medical missionary
        N/M/010 · Collection · 1816-1923

        Registers of baptisms, 1838-1921; register of marriages, 1870-1917; certificate of registration as a place of worship, 1854; certificate for solemization of marriages, 1870; Trustees minute books, 1816-1923; Executive Council minute book, 1917-1920; Leaders' Meeting minute book, 1903-1917 and Sunday School Teachers' Meeting minute book, 1915-1920.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        ACC/2111 · Collection · 1942-1977

        Records of the Staines and Feltham Methodist Circuit, and of three constituent churches, Wendover Road Church, Egham; Virginia Water Church, Cabrera Avenue; and Victoria Street Church, Englefield Green, 1942-1977.

        Staines and Feltham Methodist Circuit records include meeting minute books, trustees papers, financial accounts and registers of deeds. Wendover Road Church, Egham records include marriage registers, meeting minute book, financial accounts and a collection journal. Virginia Water Church, Cabrera Avenue records include minute books, correspondence, press cuttings, financial accounts, baptism certificate counterfoils and a collection journal. Victoria Street Church, Englefield Green records include minute books, financial accounts and collection journals.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        ST ALPHAGE SOCIETY
        GB 0074 CLC/150 · Collection · 1782-1940

        Records of St Alphage Society comprising minutes 1782-1940 and agendas 1925-40 (Mss 7021, 10479); financial records 1800-1940 (Mss 7022, 10481, 18917); admissions register 1903-38 (Ms 10480); copy will of James White dated 1794 (Ms 7023); vouchers and correspondence 1880-1940 and counsel's opinion 1903 (Ms 10482-3); list of officers and subscribers 1891, and histories of the Society 1907 and 1910 (Ms 18917).

        St Alphage Society , educational charity
        SPIEZ ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY
        GB 0074 CLC/384 · Collection · 1955-1962

        Service register for Spiez Anglican Chaplaincy, Switzerland.

        Spiez Anglican Chaplaincy , Switzerland
        GB 0074 ACC/2201 · Collection · 1895-1985

        Records of the Southwark Diocesan Council for Wel-Care and associated organisations, 1895-1985. Records of the Southwark Diocesan Council for Welcare, 1895-1972, including Diocesan Council minutes, Finance Committee minutes, Executive Committee minutes, and minutes of the Rochester Diocesan Association of the Care of Friendless Girls.

        Records of the Diocesan Office, 1895-1982, including policy and information files relating to illegitimate children, juvenile offenders, the mentally handicapped, sexual offences, ethnic minorities, mother and baby homes, housing, moral welfare work and the social services; files relating to finance and organisation including cooperation with other voluntary agencies and annual reports of local associations; and files relating to the employment and training of staff.

        Ledger of the London and Southwark Diocesan Moral Education Committee, 1957-1958. Committee minutes and admission and discharge register of the Diocesan Medical Home, 1909-1935. Records of the Stretton House Diocesan Maternity Home, 1918-1977, including minutes of annual meetings and Committee meetings, annual reports, registers, day books, financial accounts and job applications.

        Records of the South London Association for the Moral Welfare of Children, 1914-1950, including Committee minutes, annual reports and correspondence.

        Records of local associations, 1895-1985, including Greenwich Association, Lambeth Association, Lewisham Association, Southwark and Camberwell Association and Wandsworth Association. Records include annual reports, financial accounts, Committee meeting minutes, Annual meeting minutes, case files, registers, adoption files, correspondence and administrative papers.

        Also the Southwark Diocesan Council for Welcare reference collection, 1920-1982, comprising books and pamphlets on various subjects, including abortion, contraception, mother and baby homes, adoption, fostering, one parent families, child care, housing, social security, juvenile offenders, ethnic minorities, moral welfare work, social work, psychiatry, and the position of the Church of England on these issues.

        Southwark Diocesan Council for Wel-Care x Rochester Diocesan Association for the Care of Friendless Girls x Southwark Diocesan Association for the Care of Friendless Girls x Southwark Diocesan Association for Preventative and Rescue Work x Southwark Diocesan Association for Moral Welfare
        LMA/4092 · Collection · 1890-1979

        Records of 'The Bourne', Southgate Methodist Church, 1890-1979, including Trustees meeting minute books and account books; Leader's meeting minutes; Society Steward account books; Missionary Committee meetings; pulpit notices; Sunday School minute book; Quarterly Circuit meeting minutes and other Circuit administrative papers including correspondence; collection journals; Finsbury Park and Southgate Circuit plans and directories and issues of Church newsletter 'Bourne Tidings'.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        ACC/2714 · Collection · 1902-1982

        Records of Southfields Methodist Church, Wandsworth, 1902-1982, including register of baptisms; register of marriages; Leaders meetings minutes; Church Council minutes and correspondence; Society meetings minutes; minutes of Finance Committee; collection journals; Sunday School minutes and correspondence; youth work minutes and related papers; Sisterhood Committee minutes; correspondence relating to the building; deeds; plans; programmes; newsletters; pulpit notices; press cuttings and photographs.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church