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limited because of lack of funds. Infants were to be less than two months old and in good health. Once a child had been admitted they were baptised and given a new name and boarded out to a dry or wet nurse in the country. On reaching the age of three, they were returned to the hospital to receive basic schooling before eventually being apprenticed out to trades or service or enlisted in the armed forces. From 1760 the mother was required to submit a written petition detailing her circumstances: these documents provide a valuable resource for social history. Other documents include records of the lives of the children, nursing methods, apothecaries' prescriptions, and inspectors' reports. Some parts of the collection have been returned to the Coram family, while more modern files concerned with the

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registered nationally. This dramatically reduced the amount of entries to the Middlesex Deeds Register, though it continued to serve the outer part of Middlesex until 1938 when all land within Middlesex had to be registered through the national land register. Deeds and documents brought to the registry were copied onto pieces of parchment called memorials and then bound into large volumes or registers. The documents are not complete copies of the originals and certain information such as covenants and other restrictions may be missing. Information entered includes date of the transaction, names of the parties and a description of the property. From the mid-19th century this also often included a plan of the property.

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The community would be served by a range of local amenities including churches, libraries, schools, an institute of education and shops. Henrietta wanted to bring different classes together in one area. Unfortunately though the houses may have been more modest, they were still too expensive for many working-class people. Increased building costs and the shortage of local employment meant that the suburb would become largely middle-class. By 1936 building was virtually complete and the suburb was home to some 16,000 people. The collection is particularly valuable to those interested in the history of planned settlements, architecture and the life and work of

811: 724:, Paris and London. By 1894 it had become a public company and it rapidly established a chain of teashops, corner houses and restaurants. This is one of the most intriguing business collections deposited, for as well as all the usual corporate records such as management, finance and administration, the collection is particularly strong in what may be termed ephemera. There are hundreds of photographs starting from as early 1887, a few films and videos, a large collection of press cuttings, advertisements, menus, lithographs and a 439: 130: 547:’s Manuscripts Section and Prints and Maps Section. The Manuscripts Section held deposited records from organisations and institutions within the City of London, including 75 London Livery Companies, schools, parishes, wards (local government units within the City) and of course many large and small businesses which had their home within the Square Mile, from tiny family businesses to major multi-national banking and insurance firms. The Prints and Maps Section of 513: 1516:

collection is arranged in two sections. The first section is arranged by alphabetically by subject covering everything from Abbeys to Zoological Gardens. Particularly well covered are subjects such as schools, housing estates, parks, bridges, churches, cinemas, theatres, hospitals, pubs and areas of war damage. The second section is arranged alphabetically by modern London borough and then alphabetically by address.

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alphabetically as many different hospitals may be covered by one particular management trust, therefore it is worth asking at the reference room desk and they will direct you to the particular binder that you need. It is also worth consulting the three leaflets on hospital records that the archive had produced, namely No. 9 – Sources for the history of nursing, which details the

481:, as well as the former member's library of the London County Council. Together, these became the Greater London Record Office (GLRO) and Library. Although administratively united, the new archive continued to exist at two separate sites, with Middlesex material still held at Dartmouth Street and London material at County Hall (the record office being approximately where the 1149: 637:, for the benefit of the people of London, the city where he had spent most of his adult life. The donation was put into the hands of trustees who were to ensure that it was used to "ameliorate the condition of the poor" of London. It was agreed that cheap, clean housing would best fulfil the intention of the gift, and that the Trust would provide an alternative to the 263:, London. It attracts over 30,000 visitors a year and deals with a similar number of written enquiries. The London Archives' extensive holdings amount to over 72 miles of records of local, regional and national importance. With the earliest record dating from 1067, the archive charts the development of the capital into a modern-day major world city. 1032:'s courts. These include the Middlesex area prior to 1889, the London and Middlesex areas from 1889 onwards and the Greater London area after 1965. Unfortunately, the survival rate of coroner's records is only about 10 per cent. They are also subject to a closure period of 75 years as opposed to the 30 years on other court records. 595:

combat vice and indecency in London, its members included representatives of all the major religions as well as leaders in education and medicine. The council continued until 1969 concentrating latterly on opposition to sexual immorality and pornography particularly with regards to theatre, cinema, radio and television.

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A programme of digitisation of major genealogical sources, including Anglican and non-conformist registers, school registers, electoral registers, Boards of Guardians records, City of London freedom records, wills, Land Tax records and records of transportation has been running for some years now, in

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The London Archives is an amalgamation of several separate bodies. The first three were the London County Record Office, the London County Council Members Library and the Middlesex County Record Office, which merged in 1965 to form the Greater London Record Office and History Library (GLRO). The GLRO

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by the Corporation and the organisations with which it was involved or helped to run. These archives include the earliest material currently held at The London Archives, dating from 1067. The archive contains the official records of how the City was governed and developed, through bodies such as the

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Records Office were moved to the London Metropolitan Archives to allow for a vast refurbishment programme at Guildhall. The City of London Corporation is the local government authority for the City of London, the area often referred to as the Square Mile and its records office held archives created

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as a refuge for abandoned children. It was the sole institution responsible for taking in illegitimate children in the London area for a period of well over 120 years. Coram had been appalled by the number of dead and dying babies on the streets of London. Admission to the new hospital was at first

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was purchased via the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust that she had formed. A total of 323 acres (1.31 km) were purchased for £140,000 by 1907. The idea was that the estate would be aesthetically pleasing consisting of low-density housing and thoroughly planned with a mix of buildings and nature.

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The records held at The London Archives have been arranged in 28 major classes, of which a number are detailed below. Not all items are available for consultation. Items from uncatalogued collections can be made available only by prior appointment made at least seven days in advance of the intended

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and Court of Common Council and many other official departments like the Chamberlains (which is the main financial department of the City Corporation and also deals with people being given the freedom of the city). It also contains a large number of records of organisations which the City of London

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opened and was equipped with specially constructed muniment rooms, with an assistant to arrange and supervise their transfer from temporary storage. It was not until 1923 that a full-time graduate assistant was placed in charge of dealing with things such as document repair, storage issues, written

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The prints and drawings collection is similarly arranged to the photograph collection, with a greater focus on the inner London areas. It is also arranged both topographically and by subject. Most of the prints and drawings date from the 18th and 19th centuries. The prints collection has been made

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held collections which complemented the collections already held by London Metropolitan Archives and added much valuable content relating to the City itself. By 2009 the three record offices run by the City of London – London Metropolitan Archives, the Corporation of London Records Office and the

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Since the creation of the London County Council there had been a record keeper in the Clerks Department who held custody of the documents. By the 1930s they had established individual departmental record rooms staffed by record assistants working under the general supervision of the Record Keeper.

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The London Archives' library started as the library of the former members of the London County Council. It contains over 100,000 volumes and specialises in all aspects of London life, the growth and development of the area, its history and organisation of Local Government. The library is purely a

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amendment act of 1834, when neighbouring parishes joined together to pool their resources, each of these unions would be administered by a Board of Guardians. The records consist primarily of general minutes of the board, administrative records including details of staff, settlement examinations,

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asylums and Feltham Industrial School. The deposited records also include Land and Hearth tax assessments, electoral registers, licensed victuallers, recognizance's, building surveyors returns, enclosure awards and maps and plans of numerous public undertakings such as canals, docks and railways.

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Records of pressure groups and campaigning organisations such as the National United Temperance Council and the Royal Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising are also held. One of the larger series of records held are those belonging to the Public Morality Council. Formed in 1899 to

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and Saint George Hanover Square. Other areas that would not deposit their records at The London Archives are the modern London Boroughs that prior to the formation of the Greater London Council in 1964 would have been part of the former counties of Essex, Kent and Surrey. For each of these areas

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Manuscripts Section, but have now been reunited. The records include those of the Consistory Court of London and the Archdeaconry Courts of London and Middlesex as well as administrative and estate records for the diocese as a whole. These records include probate material up to 1858, Tithe maps,

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The library was originally that of the members of the London County Council and reflected their interests. Situated in the same building as the London County Record Office, the library was added to with books on the history and topography of London. The library also included a rich collection of

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The London Archives holds many films produced by bodies including London Transport, the Greater London Council and the Corporation of London. Some of these films are accessible on YouTube. In 2019 London Metropolitan Archives took in an extraordinary collection of filmed oral history interviews

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and Queen Charlotte's Hospital, right down to much smaller local hospitals. Anybody wishing to find out what hospital records are held at The London Archives would do well to first consult the hospital records database on the National Archives' website. The collection of records is not arranged

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etc., affecting freehold land and leased land for periods of 21 years or more, within the ancient county of Middlesex. In 1862 the national land register was introduced on a voluntary basis. In 1899 it became compulsory for land in the new area of North London that was formally Middlesex to be

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until 1834. Until the 1870s and 1880s, the Middlesex justices were not only responsible for judicial matters in their area, they were also responsible for many of the functions now under the control of local governments. Such roles and responsibilities included county bridges, prisons, lunatic

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Brewers have supplied the metropolis with beer for at least five centuries and by 1700 around 200 common brewers existed. As the industry evolved through acquisitions and competitive means, a hierarchy developed. By 1830 a few large companies dominated, supported by a base of smaller concerns.

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For those interested in parish records, researchers should be aware that for certain areas of London, The London Archives will not be the likely place records would be deposited. For example churches within the ancient City of Westminster will deposit their records at the City of Westminster

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visit. Some material is restricted or closed under Data Protection legislation because it contains sensitive or personal information relating to living individuals; some records may require written permission from the depositor before they can be viewed; some may be too fragile to be handled.

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The London Archives has an extensive collection of maps numbering over 15,000. Many of the maps are split up amongst the various different collections for example tithes maps found amongst the diocesan records and enclosure maps found amongst court records. Fortunately there is a single card

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predecessors. The archive comprises the records of major institutions that supplied water to the metropolis between 1582 and 1974. Up to 1902 the work was largely carried out by private companies operating under increasing public control as time went on. The records of each company have been

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The London Archives' photograph collection contains almost half a million photographs covering the history and topography of London, especially the inner London area. The majority of photos were taken for official purposes by and for the London County Council and Greater London Council. The

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catalogue that combines all of the maps from the various collections and has listed them by the area they cover. Twenty of the most popular maps held by The London Archives are accessible in the map cabinet in the reference room. These include the first edition of the

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The London Archives also holds a number of records of the former Inner London police courts. While many of these courts date from the 18th and 19th centuries, the surviving records often only start in the early 20th century. Included in the same section are records of

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In 1982 the GLRO moved to adapted premises at 40 Northampton Road, Clerkenwell. This site was a former print works, home to the Temple Press. The Press had moved from nearby Rosebery Avenue in August 1939, and continued to use the site until the end of the 1960s.

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The London Archives holds records of many associations all with very different purposes. A large number of records are associations with political purposes such as the London Labour Party, London Liberal Party as well as regional branches of the

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created by the National HIV Story Trust; the interviews contain first-hand testimonies of people living with HIV and form the basis of educational resources, talks, films and publications in order to improve knowledge and understanding of HIV.

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The London Archives holds many archives from businesses that operated in the London and Middlesex areas. These are arranged alphabetically by the name of the company. One of the major collections in the series is that of the predecessors of

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London and Middlesex branches, the Transport Salaried Staff Association and the Union of Post office Workers. Within the field of education there are records of The National Education Association and the London Head Teachers Association.

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and Guildhall Justice Rooms and Southwark coroner's court. Records of particular interest in this series are the records of the City of London Sessions, these include criminal trials held before the London jury at the

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Records with the prefix CLA are deposited collections from organisations and bodies that operate in close association with the City of London Corporation. This series includes records of many of the bridges across the

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records from individual nonconformist churches, records of several nonconformist organisations such as the London Congregational Union and the New Bunhill Fields Burial Ground are held. The London Archives holds no

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records and school records. The records are arranged by each individual board although the amount of surviving material varies from board to board. The majority of material is from the period 1850 to 1930.

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for London and Middlesex. Some magistrates' courts in the London area are not covered and hold no records of the Crown Courts. Perhaps the most popular series of records in this section are the records of

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in 1611 for the benefit of distressed gentlemen and the education of poor boys. Many of the charities are concerned with housing, education and medicine. One of the major collections is that of the

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The London Picture Archive is a website holding visual images from The London Archives' photograph, print and other collections. Images can be licensed or purchased for home use through the site.

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including probate and marriage bonds and allegations from the Archdeaconry Court of Surrey as well as probate from the Commissary Court of Surrey. The London Archives also has records of the

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act empowered the council to spend money preserving, arranging, indexing, classifying and publishing such records of the county that may be in the public interest. In 1913 the new

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The London Archives holds records for over 100 hospitals and local regional health authorities within the south-east area. The hospital records range from county asylums such as

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churches, circuits and missions dating predominantly from the 19th and 20th centuries. Some records of a few German churches are held, and some recent marriage registers from a

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As well as the official records that the council generated, they also began to accept deposits of records fundamental to London's history, such as copies of memorials from the

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Several London brewers joined the ranks of England's greatest industrial enterprises and The London Archives holds archives of six of those major companies. These include

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as to who should have responsibility for the material. This protracted dispute lasted some five years, with a high court judge eventually deciding in favour of Middlesex.

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No single act or resolution marked the beginning of the Middlesex County Record Office. Like most other county record offices it developed naturally from the duty of the

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The court records held at The London Archives are dominated by one of the finest collection of quarter session records known to exist in the country. The records of the

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for London 1867–70 and the Second World War bomb damage maps. The collection was increased, especially for the City of London, by the addition of the holdings of the

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The London Archives' holdings of charities records date from the early 17th century and include notable foundations such as Archbishop Tenison's Grammar School, the

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is now situated). The two archives finally came together in 1979, when the Dartmouth Street site was sold by the GLC, and both archives were housed at County Hall.

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The collections from Guildhall Library's Manuscripts Section have added major financial businesses to the archive's holdings, including those of the

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Two very important series of records have been classified under the heading London Local Authorities. The first of these, are the records of the

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Estate with many of the records relating to the development of the market. Other major estate records in this series are those of the

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to consider and report on the accommodation provided for the storage of the "old records" of the county. On behalf of the committee,

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that would form the nucleus of the London County Record offices holdings, which were based at County Hall on the south bank of the

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A search of The London Archives' holdings can be done online by accessing its website and navigating to its online catalogue.

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catalogued separately except in cases where takeover occurred. The companies include London Bridge Waterworks Company and the

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A large number of the Anglo-Jewish community's archives have been deposited at The London Archives, including records of the

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A number of the records relate to groups promoting the arts, sport and recreation. Of particular note are the records of the

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in West London in the 1950s; the Huntleys’ personal archive has also been deposited at The London Archives. The archive of

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Record Office and now held at The London Archives have been re-catalogued and are now arranged in two distinct sections.

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The Greater London Council took over responsibility for the established record offices of the counties of London and

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After the Second World War, the work of the county record office expanded steadily, with the appointment of a County

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The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986, and since that date the archives have been administered by the

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researchers should consult either their local borough archive or the respective ancient county record office.

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set about creating an estate where the working classes could live within pleasant surroundings. The land near

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much reduced in size. In 1893 when the Middlesex sessions papers were to be moved from the sessions house in

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covering the period 1549–1971. These include sessions of gaol delivery for the Middlesex area, held at the

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In July 2024, it was announced that the archives would be renamed as "The London Archives" from 5 August.

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from the Chamberlains department as well as numerous plans from the planning and surveyors departments.

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Manuscripts and Prints and Maps sections in 2009. It rebranded as The London Archives in August 2024.

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Historic Buildings Division. Also featuring in the series of National Records are the archives of

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enquiries, production of documents for public researchers and receipt of any gifts or deposits.

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and the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Congregation. Other organisations represented include the

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Until 1889, London was still the area within the walled city; to the south of the river was

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in 1864 and consisted of 57 dwellings and nine shops. Further block estates were built in

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areas, including over 100 City of London parishes. The types of records held vary from

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Bishops Transcripts and Matrimonial and Testamentary Cause Papers. The archive of

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Records with the prefix COL are the administrative and corporate records of the

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was rebranded as London Metropolitan Archives in 1997, and took over the former

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are now consulted at The London Archives with two exceptions: the archives of

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Amongst the many archives of housing associations held, are records of the

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Finally, in 1953 the position of Head Archivist and Librarian was created.

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The formation of the London County Council in 1889 had seen the County of

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and many of the London Omnibus Companies, as well as the records of the

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In 2008 work began on a merger between London Metropolitan Archives and

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Other business records added to the collection in recent years include

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sessions cover both the judicial and administrative functions of the

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material, parish magazines, plans, photographs and other ephemera.

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considerably richer by the addition of the print collection from

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were previously split between London Metropolitan Archives and

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records, which are usually retained by the individual church.

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was founded in 1886 as a catering business for exhibitions in

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Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Islington

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Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide

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that took over many of the files and plans of the former

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reference library and its holdings can be searched via

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