A Calendar to the Feet of Fines for London & Middlesex, Richard I - Elizabeth I

Ancient records of land and property ownership in London and Middlesex from 1189 to 1569.    

Price:  £15.11

Account of the Grocers Company

This book contains the history of the Grocers Hall, the events effecting the company, a history of the company and biographical sketches of it's most eminent members. It also contains a register of all the other members.    

Price:  £9.79

Ancient Funeral Monuments - 1631

A superb and very ancient book published in 1631 - gravestone & monumental inscriptions in churches in East Anglia, London, the home counties and the south east. Transcribed as they appeared in 1631 !!    

Price:  £13.62

Antiquities of Westminster Abbey

The monuments and gravestones of Westminster Abbey as they existed in 1722 when this wonderful old pair of books were published. Liberally illustrated with fine engravings.    

Price:  £15.11

Bartholomew's Atlas of London & Suburbs 1917

   

Price:  £9.79

Boyle's April 1847 London Court & Fashionable Guide

With over 1000 pages this is an extremely comprehensive directory of the fashionable and well off inhabitants of London.    

Price:  £17.87

Boyles Court Guide 1880

This wonderful book contains names and town and country abodes of nobility and gentry. Includes a pull out map of the West End of London in 1880.    

Price:  £15.11

Bygone Southwark

Published in 1895 this is a wonderful history of the Borough of Southwark from it's earliest days.    

Price:  £12.13

Chronicles of the Mayors & Sheriffs of London

Chronicles of the Mayors & Sheriffs of London 1188-1274 & The French Chronicle of London 1259-1343. A very useful resource for medieval historians and genealogists.    

Price:  £12.13

Dean Stanley's Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey, 1911

The book provides a lively account of the tombs and memorials that are to be found throughout the Abbey, as well as the many 19th century investigations of the tomb contents   CD   ISBN 1-84630-130-0

Price:  £9.77

Directory of Middlesex and the Towns and Villages within 12 miles of London 1826 Pigot's Directory

This is one of the very first directories of Middlesex and is an incredibly rare book.Also covers parts of Essex, Surrey, Kent and Hertfordshire.    

Price:  £12.13

District Handpayers Guide and Almanack

Handbook explaining the whole workings, services and expenditure of government in Middlesex in 1911.    

Price:  £9.79

East London - Besant

Published in 1902 this is a superb account of the history of East London and the people who lived there. A must for all of those researching their ancestors in this part of London    

Price:  £15.11

Fleet Street in Seven Centuries

This book looks at seven centuries of Fleet Street's history, as a mediaeval suburb, the passage way for pageants, it's change in the reformation, before and after the great plague and fire and more.    

Price:  £15.11

Greater London - A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places

These books are an absolutely invaluable resource for those with ancestors in the greater London area in the 1800s. Every place is described in superb detail.    

Price:  £17.87

Holden's Triennial Directory for 1805, 1806 and 1807

A very rare, incredibly useful, early directory. Using a directory like this, which pre-dates civil registration (1837), can often help you to pin down areas to search for possible marriage and baptismal records.    

Price:  £15.11

Kilburn, Willesden, Cricklewood & Harlesden &c 1936 Kelly's Directory

A large chunk of North London, with incredibly comprehensive street by street listings of virtually every head of household, lists of private residents and commercial and trades sections    

Price:  £15.11

List of the Streets & Places within the Administrative County of London - 1929

Invaluable to London researchers this book details alterations in street names and numbering since 1856 and shows localities, postal districts, parishes, boroughs map references.    

Price:  £15.11

London 1819 Post Office Directory

Two books bound into one. "The Post Office London Directory for 1819" and "A New Guide to Stage-Coaches, Waggons, Carts, Vessels, &c."    

Price:  £12.13

London 1822 Pigot's Directory

The first of the Pigot's directories of London. An extremely rare book.    

Price:  £12.13

London 1825 Pigot's Directory

A really excellent early directory covering the whole of London and including the adjacent areas of Middlesex, Surrey, Essex and Kent.    

Price:  £15.11

London 1833 Royal Blue Book

One of the most interesting directories, and a really beautiful and valuable book.    

Price:  £12.13

London 1839 Pigot's Directory

A very comprehensive early Pigot's Directory. This one is particularly useful as it was published just before the first census of 1841, and is an invaluable aid.    

Price:  £15.11

London 1843 Post Office Directory

Commercial directory, Court directory, Parliamentary directory, Postage directory, Banking directory, Churches and Chapels directory, Schools, etc.    

Price:  £15.11

London 1848 Post Office Directory

Covers central London, and large parts of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent and Essex. One of the very rare and sought-after earlier directories.    

Price:  £15.11

London 1851 Post Office Directory

This directory, unlike the 1848 Post Office directory, includes a full street by street directory of people in the London area in 1851, plus the commercial directory. An essential reference point for those people researching their London roots.    

Price:  £15.11

London 1856 Post Office Directory

This massive 2650 page book is probably the most comprehensive London directory we have ever seen.    

Price:  £17.87

London 1860 Royal Blue Book

With well over 1000 pages this is an extremely comprehensive directory and the date of 1860 is an important one as it might provide an address to help you with searches in the 1861 census.    

Price:  £17.87

London 1902 Post Office Directory

Probably the most important directory released. This massive directory, with over 3,500 pages! is a list of most heads of households and traders in London excepting those areas covered in the Suburban Directories.    

Price:  £17.87

London 1921 Hughes' Business Directory

An enormous book with over 1400 pages which contain alphabetical and classified lists of people and their trades and businesses.    

Price:  £17.87

London 1934 Post Office Directory

This is the 135th edition of The London Post Office Directory and is very special as it was the first to combine the Central London and the Suburban Districts into one book, thereby creating a single source for the whole of London.    

Price:  £21.70

London 1938 Post Office Directory

Very similar to the 1934 directory described above, but it is amazing to see how transient the citizens of London still were at this time.    

Price:  £21.28

London Church Registers Compendium Set 1

ALL of the London and Middlesex church registers which Archive CD Books have scanned in first phase of their cooperative project with The Harleian Society in a special 2 CD set.    

Price:  £69.99

London Church Registers Compendium Set 2

Transcripts of eleven London churches in a total of twenty seven volumes kindly loaned to the Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £46.81

London Dutch Church Register 1568-1872

This register contains the attestation of certificates of membership, confessions of guilt, certificates of marriages and betrothals, publications of banns etc between 1568 to 1872.    

Price:  £12.13

London Lanes

First published in 1930 this is an invaluable resource for all those researching their London ancestors.    

Price:  £15.11

London Life in the 18th Century

A superb book which gives a great insight into how people lived in London in the 1700's and one which later historians have often consulted as a reference in their own works.    

Price:  £15.11

London Maps Through the Ages

An excellent collection of maps of London through the ages taken from various publications.    

Price:  £12.13

London Marriage Licences 1521-1869

These contain lists of licences granted in a particular diocese, but they include details of marriage licences relating to people all over the country, and are very valuable sources of family history information.    

Price:  £9.79

London Northern Suburbs 1902 Post Office Directory

A fabulous and *incredibly* rare directory. Most larger suburbs contain a street by street directory which lists virtually every head of household by name, along with their trade.    

Price:  £15.11

London Parish Registers - Marriages (4 Vols)

The complete set of 4 volumes for London.    

Price:  £15.00

London Southern Suburbs 1902 Post Office Directory

A fabulous and *incredibly* rare directory. Most larger suburbs contain a street by street directory which lists virtually every head of household by name, along with their trade.    

Price:  £15.11

London Tradesmen's Tokens Current in the Seventeenth Century

A fascinating source of information from the 1600s in London. Tradesmen, taverns and coffee houses had their own tokens (a currency), and they are described and listed in this excellent book published in 1855.    

Price:  £12.13

London Vanished and Vanishing - 1905

The writer of this wonderful book (published in 1909) has, for many years, employed his time in examining those older portions of London which were, to a great extent "improved" away.    

Price:  £15.11

London Visitation Pedigrees 1664

Pedigrees of London families in 1664.    

Price:  £12.13

Lyson's. The Environs of London

The full set of this incredibly rare and expensive set of books. This is probably one of the most useful London history books ever written and has been an invaluable reference tool for generations of eminent London historians.    

Price:  £21.28

Marriage Licences Issued by the Bishop of London 1520-1828

Two Volumes. Arranged in date order, with full indexes. Includes licences granted to marry in churches all over England. Not just London.    

Price:  £15.11

Marriage Licences Issued by the Dean & Chapter of Westminster 1558-1678., and by the Vicar General of the Archbishop of Canterbury 1660-1679

Note that although the "Canterbury" licences appear to overlap those of the 4 volume set above, they contain different licence records.    

Price:  £12.13

Marriage Licences issued from the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury 1543-1869

Licences granted to marry in places all over Great Britain.    

Price:  £12.13

Marriage Licences: Vicar General of the Archbishop of Canterbury 1660-1694

A wealth of information for family historians. Marriage licences give so much valuable information such as ages, places of residence, and fathers' names, etc. which are not stated in the parish registers until as late as 1837!    

Price:  £17.87

Marylebone & St John's Wood 1936 Kelly's Directory

By the 1930's Kelly's were still producing directories that covered the whole of London, enormous volumes with thousands of pages.    

Price:  £15.11

Mediaeval Towns of London.

This book is not intended as a history but as, to some extent, a guide to the manners of the people and to the appearance of the city during the Mediaeval period.    

Price:  £9.79

Medical Education at St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1123-1995

Medical Education at St Bartholomew's Hospital traces the evolution of medical education at Barts from its foundation in 1123 to the college's merger with The London and Queen Mary & Westfield College in 1995. Drawing on the hospital's rich archives, it investigates how training was institutionalised and organised at Barts to explore the shifting nature of medical education between the eighteenth and late-twentieth century. Medical Educationat St Bartholomew's Hospital, in analysing the history of the medical college at Barts, explores the relationship between clinical study, science and the institution to look at the rise of the hospital student, the growth oflaboratory medicine, and the evolution of a research culture. It places the changing nature of training at Barts in the context of metropolitan and national developments to analyse the structure of medical training, the Universityof London and its impact on medical education, and the experiences of the students and staff. Questions are asked about how academic medicine developed and about the relationship between training, the bedside, teaching hospitalsand the politics of healthcare and higher education. In looking at these areas, existing notions of the 'development' of medical education are problematised to provide a study that explores the nature of medical education at Bartsand in London.
KEIR WADDINGTON is lecturer in history at Cardiff University.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15919-5

Price:  £45.00

Middlesex County Records - III Edward VI 1549-1603

Unique accounts of criminal and civil proceedings in London and Middlesex which involve people from all over the country. A superb index in each volume helps to locate both names and places.    

Price:  £17.87

Newgate Calendar

Interesting memoirs of notorious characters that have been convicted of crimes in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Fully searchable and a really juicy read.    

Price:  £12.13

Old and New London - A Narrative of its History, its People and its Places

7 Volumes "Writing the history of a vast city like London is like writing the history of an ocean - the area is so vast, its inhabitants are so multifarious, the treasures that lie in its depths are so countless." "In histories, in biographies, in s??cords, and in chronicles of the past, however humble, let us gather materials for a record of the great and the wise, the base and the noble, the odd and the witty, who have inhabited London and left their names upon its walls". This is an immense work, and includes many hundreds of illustrations from old engravings throughout the ages, illustrating buildings, events and general scenes of interest. ??good des    

Price:  £21.70

Old London City Churches

With Organs, Organists, and Musical Associations An in-depth study of the old churches of London. Includes the exact locations of these old churches (by address)    

Price:  £8.50

Popular Conservatism in Imperial London, 1868-1906

The Conservatives achieved huge electoral success in London between 1868 and 1906, but the reasons why have never been rigorously examined, with historians tending to explain the late-Victorian party's `transformation' in terms of the political preferences of the suburban middle classes. This work, the first in-depth survey of London Conservatism during this period, challenges that view.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-861-93288-7

Price:  £50.00

Register of Burials at The Temple Church 1628-1853

A transcript of the burials register in this central London church.    

Price:  £9.79

Scotland and England - John Stoddard's Lectures

John Stodard gave lectures on many subjects which he then turned into a series of 10 volumes. This is the 9th volume containing his views on Scotland, England and London, enthusiastically describing the history of each place. Beautifully illustrated with black and white sketches and photographs of places and people of interest. A tour around Scotland and England, re-telling fascinating stories from the past.    

Price:  £15.11

Settlement Examinations Books, St Martin in the Fields, 1706-1795

17 CD SET Books 1 to 74 Covering the period 1706-1795 A huge collection of original records - 74 books of approximately 700 pages in each book.    

Price:  £99.95

Settlement Examinations, St Martin in the Fields, Index 1732-1775

COVERS 1732-1775 This is an INDEX for the whole period 1732-1775, and contains about 60,000 names. (The indexes are NOT included on the CDs containing the books). (Futher index CDs for other periods will be made available at a later date when they have been completed - it is a huge task!)    

Price:  £3.50

South London

Published in 1899 this is a superb account of the history of South London and the people who lived there. A must for all of those researching their ancestors in this part of London. This book was kindly loaned to the Archive CD Books Project by The Reading University Library.    

Price:  £15.11

The Companion Guide to London [new edn]

It is surely remarkable to write of a guidebook that it is difficult to put down. But it is certainly true of this one. ECONOMIST

Calls our attention to everything beautiful, historic or curious left in the heart of London. SUNDAY TIMES

David Piper's classic book is the most elegant, lyrical and stimulating of all guides to London, written with undisguised enthusiasm, intimacy and affection. It traverses London from Regent's Park to Lambeth,from the Tower of London to Kensington, with excursions on the river and forays to outlying points of interest, each chapter covering an area which can be comfortably walked in a day. The author draws out the individual characterof each district through history, literature, art and architecture and his own informed and entertaining comments. This is an essential guide for those who really want to understand how London has developed; it has been thoroughly revised and updated for this new edition.
DAVID PIPER was an art historian, director of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, from 1973-1985, and before that director of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
FIONNUALA JERVIS, who revised the guide, has edited and contributed to numerous historical and art historical publications, and in the course of this revision has walked every step of the way in David Piper's footprints from her home in Kensington.   paperback   ISBN 978-1-900-63936-1

Price:  £14.99

The Dutch Church Registers 1571-1874

The registers of the Dutch Church, Austin Friars London, 1571-1874. Contains the marriage, baptism and burial registers as well as the monumental inscriptions and a short account of the strangers and their churches. This describes the migration of Dutch people to England. Listed alphabetically and made fully searchable on CD, this is another invaluable source to those with Dutch ancestors.    

Price:  £12.13

The Funeral Effigies of Westminster Abbey

The funeral effigies housed in their own quarters in the Norman undercroft are one of the most remarkable yet little-known treasures of Westminster abbey. They derive from a time when an effigy of the dead monarch, statesman or national hero played an important part in funeral ritual, offering a visible likeness as a focus to the ceremonial of the funeral.   paperback   ISBN 978-0-851-15879-2

Price:  £17.99

The Gentleman's Magazine Library 1731-1868, London (3 Volumes)

The original Gentleman's Magazine contained articles on a vast array of subjects, including lots of wonderful topographical pieces. In 1891 George Gomme republished all of these topograhical articles but edited and indexed them into county specific order. Each of Gomme's works contains between two and four separate counties, except for the London volumes. An absolute goldmine of information about the county, its people and its places. SEE BELOW FOR A VERY SPECIAL OFFER FOR ALL OF THE VOLUMES.    

Price:  £17.87

The History of London From its Foundation to the Present Time

Original copies of this world famous book are extremely scarce, often cost several thousand pounds to buy and most are to be found without the illustrative plates. This appears to be a complete copy and is one history book that no serious London researcher should be without.    

Price:  £21.70

The Life and Family of Robert Large, mercer

Mayor of London 1439-1440, first employer of William Caxton. Robert Large's career followed a route from apprenticeship to membership of the influential Mercers Company, where he became warden. He developed trading activities overseas as a merchant of the Calais staple, emerging as a ship-owner able to make substantial loans to the Crown.   Paperback   ISBN 978-0-9546812-2-7

Price:  £12.00

The London Diocese Book 1890

A Church calendar and general almanack for 1890 containing information for clergy and laity under the sanction of the Bishop of London. Includes an alphabetical list of parishes, chapelries and ecclesiastical districts plus a directory of every member of the clergy in every parish in the Diocese of London. Invaluable to those researching ancestors who were members of the clergy in London.    

Price:  £12.13

The London Directory of 1677

FULLY SEARCHABLE USING ACROBAT READER The London Directory of 1677 is the oldest printed list of the Merchants & Bankers of London. Re-printed in 1878, and arranged alphabetically by surname. A charming description of the contents appears before the preface; "A collection of the names of the merchants living in and about the City of London; Very useful and necessary. Carefully collected for the benefit of all Dealers that shall have occasion with any of them; Directing them to at the first sight of their name, to the place of their abode." Also contains a separate list of all of London's Goldsmiths in 1677. A book first published just a few years after the Great Fire of 1666. An absolute gem for historians and family history researchers. Released on CD July 2005 - Fully searchable using Acrobat Reader.    

Price:  £8.50

The London Perambulator

First published in 1925 this is a wonderful picture of London, and Londoners, as seen through the eyes of its author, with a little history and beautiful drawings by his famous brother, Muirhead Bone. Among other 'rave' reviews, the Spectator's called on readers to 'Rejoice, oh London! hearts rejoice, rejoice true lovers all.'    

Price:  £12.13

The Marriage & Burial Registers of St Paul's Church, Covent Garden 1653-1853

This CD contains:
Burials 1653-1853 (Harleian Soc. Vols. 36 & 37)
Marriages 1653-1837 (Harleian Soc. Vol. 35)    

Price:  £15.11

The Marriage Registers of St George, Hanover Square London 1725-1837

Four volumes of transcripts from the original registers. Volume 1, marriages 1725-1787. Volume 2, marriages 1788-1809. Volume 3, marriages 1810-1823. Volume 4, 1824-1837. Each volume has its own excellent index of names. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £21.70

The Marriage Registers of St Mary le Bone, Middlesex & Oxford Chapel, Vere Street

Published in nine volumes these are transcripts from the registers of this very highly populated parish.
   

Price:  £21.70

The Medical Directory 1898

This excellent book of over 2,000 pages lists all of the doctors, surgeons, dentists, etc, and short biographical details of each. Includes: London Medical Directory, Provincial Medical Directory, Medical Directory for Wales, Medical Directory for Ireland, and more.    

Price:  £21.28

The Medieval Horse and its Equipment, c.1150-1450

Whether knight's charger or beast of burden, horses played a vital role in medieval life. The wealth of medieval finds excavated in London in recent years has, not surprisingly, included many objects associated with horses. This catalogue illustrates and discusses over four hundred such objects, among them harness, horseshoes, spurs and curry combs, from the utilitarian to highly decorative pieces. London served by horse traffic comes vividly in view.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83097-9

Price:  £25.00

The National Roll of The Great War - London (Section 1)

Section 1. An excellent book with details of the people from London who served in the Great War. Soldiers and other occupations, nurses, key factory workers etc. The National Roll for London was produced in five volumes (4 available here). Family names are very easy to find as the books were arranged alphabetically, but unfortunately there is no index of places and there seems to be no pattern to the areas of coverage.    

Price:  £12.13

The National Roll of The Great War - London (Section 2)

Section 2. An excellent book with details of the people from London who served in the Great War. Soldiers and other occupations, nurses, key factory workers etc. The National Roll for London was produced in five volumes (4 available here). Family names are very easy to find as the books were arranged alphabetically, but unfortunately there is no index of places and there seems to be no pattern to the areas of coverage.    

Price:  £12.13

The National Roll of The Great War - London (Section 3)

Section 3. An excellent book with details of the people from London who served in the Great War. Soldiers and other occupations, nurses, key factory workers etc. The National Roll for London was produced in five volumes (4 available here). Family names are very easy to find as the books were arranged alphabetically, but unfortunately there is no index of places and there seems to be no pattern to the areas of coverage.    

Price:  £12.13

The National Roll of the Great War - London (Section 7)

Section 4. An excellent book with details of the people from London who served in the Great War. Soldiers and other occupations, nurses, key factory workers etc. The National Roll for London was produced in five volumes (4 available here). Family names are very easy to find as the books were arranged alphabetically, but unfortunately there is no index of places and there seems to be no pattern to the areas of coverage.    

Price:  £12.13

The Obedientiaries of Westminster Abbey and their Financial Records, c.1275-1540

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY: A masterpiece of scholarly research and writing... This superb collection of financial records is now rendered easily accessible to scholars by means of a practical guide. May [B.H.]'s achievement prove tobe the long awaited model that future scholars will follow to the benefit of us all.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15866-2

Price:  £60.00

The Parish of South Mimms

Incredibly comprehensive, a complete history of the parish with pedigrees and biographies of prominet residents. Kindly loaned by the London Borough of Barnet Archives.    

Price:  £12.13

The Politics of Stability

By the fifteenth century, although ultimate authority over London rested in the crown's hands, the City's autonomy was no longer in dispute. The aldermen were the true rulers in London, and they further strengthened their hold on civic government. What had seemed an emerging democracy in the mid-fourteenth century was modified and reassembled around what proved to be the stabilizing influence of an elitist merchant oligarchy.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-901-05031-1

Price:  £40.00

The Register Books of the Fourth Classis in the Province of London 1646-1659

A most unusual book. During the English Civil War, Presbyterian ministers and church councils were established in London's churches. These people had to be proposed and vetted. This book contains transcripts of the proposals for the new ministers and church councils of each of those churches. Fascinating stuff for the historian of the English Civil War.    

Price:  £9.79

The Register of St Martin in the Fields, London

Baptisms, marriages and burials 1619-1636. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £15.11

The Register of the Temple Church, London

Baptisms 1629-1853 and marriages 1628-1760. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £12.13

The Registers at St George's Chapel, Mayfair 1740-1754

Transcripts of the registers found in the personal possession of Revd. Alexander Keith.
The chapel was a place that performed marriage ceremonies without the need for obtaining a licence or calling of banns. These were called clandestine marriages and although irregular, they were perfectly valid and binding at the time.
The Rev. Keith was appointed to officiate there and he soon began to advertise in newspapers of the advantages of marrying in his chapel.    

Price:  £15.11

The Registers of Charterhouse Chapel

Transcripts from the original registers. Marriages 1671-1812, burials 1695-1854 and baptisms 1813-1836. This book was kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £9.79

The Registers of Christ Church, Newgate, Greyfriars - Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1538-1753

Transcripts from the original registers. Baptisms from 1538-1753, marriages from 1542-1753 and burials from 1540-1753
PLEASE NOTE. The years 1588 to September 1666 are missing. The registers were destroyed, along with the church itself, in the Great Fire of London.    

Price:  £15.11

The Registers of Kensington 1539-1675

Transcripts of the original registers. There is no mention of a particular church, the text merely states 'the p'ishe Church of Kensington'. Complete with an excellent index. Baptisms, marriages and burials 1539-1675. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleain Society.    

Price:  £9.79

The Registers of St Antholin, Budge Row & St John Baptist, Wallbrook-London

Transcripts of the original registers including baptisms, marriages and burials from 1538-1754 for St Antholin and for St John there are baptisms 1682-1754 and burials 1686-1754. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £12.13

The Registers of St Benedict & St Peter, Paul's Wharf, London

Transcripts of the original registers in three huge volumes.
Volume one contains baptisms from 1619-1837.
Volumes two contains marriages in St Benedict's from 1619-1730, volume three has marriages in St Benedict's 1731-1837 and for St Peter 1607-1834.    

Price:  £17.87

The Registers of St Botolph, Bishopsgate - 1558-1753

Three huge volumes containing transcriptions of all of the baptisms, marriages and burials of this major London church from 1558 to 1753. Released 30 May 2003    

Price:  £17.87

The Registers of St Clement, Eastcheap and St Martin Orgar, London

Part one contains St Clement baptisms, marriages and burials 1539-1666. Part two contains St Clement burials 1671-1853 and St Martin marriages 1625-1738, baptisms 1625-1812 and burials 1624-1812. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £15.11

The Registers of St Dionis, Backchurch, London, 1538-1754

Transcripts of the original registers. Marriages, baptisms and burials from 1538 until 1754 complete with an excellent index of names. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £15.11

The Registers of St Dunstan in the East, London

Published in three volumes. part one contains baptisms, marriages and burials 1558-1653. Part two covers 1653-91 and part three has baptisms 1692-1758, marriages 1692-1754 and burials 1692-1766. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £17.87

The Registers of St Helen's Bishopsgate 1575-1837

Transcripts of the original registers with unbroken coverage of baptisms, mariages and burials from 1575 to 1837, the date that civil registration was introduced. An excellent index makes finding ancestors incredibly easy. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £15.11

The Registers of St James, Clerkenwell 1551-1754

A huge set of six volumes of transcripts from the original registers.Volumes 1 & 2 have christenings from 1551 to 1753. volume 3 has marriages 1551-1754 and the final 3 volumes are for burials 1551-1754. The fact that there are so many burials, as opposed to christenings and marriages, illustrates how dramatically the population of Clerkenwell grew during the period covered. Each volume has its own index of names. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £21.70

The Registers of St Katherine by the Tower, London

Published in five volumes. Part one baptisms, marriages and burials1584-1625, part two baptisms, marriages and burials 1626-65, part three marriages 1666-86, part four marriages 1687-1726 and part five baptisms and burials 1666-95. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £21.70

The Registers of St Lawrence Jewry and St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, London

Part one contains St Lawrence baptisms, marriages and burials 1538-1676. Part two contains St Lawrence and St Mary baptisms, marriages and burials 1677-1812. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £15.11

The Registers of St Margaret's, Westminster, London

Baptisms 1660-1669, marriages 1664-1699 and burials 1660-1673. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £15.11

The Registers of St Martin in the Fields, London 1550-1619

Transcripts from the original registers of this very well known church. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £12.13

The Registers of St Martin Outwich 1670-1873

Transcripts of the original registers. Baptisms 1670-1873 and burials 1670 until 1852 when the churchyard was closed. The church was demolished in 1873 to make way for a bank. As usual there is an excellent index. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £12.13

The Registers of St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street and St Michael Bassishaw, London

St Mary marriages 1559-1666, marriages 1558-1677 and burials 1559-1665. St Michael baptisms1538-1892, marriages 1538-1837 and burials 1538-1853. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £17.87

The Registers of St Mary Mounthaw, London

Marriages 1568-1835, christenings 1568-1837 and burials 1568-1849. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £12.13

The Registers of St Mary Somerset, London

Volume one contains christenings and marriages 1558-1837, volume two burials 1557-1853. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £17.87

The Registers of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, London

Published in three volumes covering marriages and baptisms 1538-1837 and burials 1538-1859. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £17.87

The Registers of St Mary, Aldermary, London, 1558-1754

Transcripts of the original registers. Marriages, baptisms and burials from 1558 until 1754.
In this parish it appears to have been the custom to make yearly lists of its inhabitants and two of those lists, for 1733 and 1734, are included in this volume. These lists include information about the head of the family, his occupation, religious faith and the number of other people in his family.    

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The Registers of St Matthew, Friday Street, London

Baptisms, marriages and burials 1538-1812. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £12.13

The Registers of St Michael, Cornhill 1546-1754

Transcripts of the original registers. There are several interesting entries, besides those of baptisms, marriages and burials. Mention is made in 1563 and 1603 of the beginnings of the plague epidemics.    

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The Registers of St Mildred, Bread St, London 1658-1853

Transcripts of the original registers. Baptisms 1658-1837, marriages 1670-1837 and burials 1670-1853 This book was kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £9.79

The Registers of St Olave, Hart St, London 1563-1700

Transcripts of the original registers. Baptisms, burials and marriages 1563-1700. The transcribers were extremely meticulous in recording the entries . Most events have extra information, such as a deceased person's cause of death and their father's name or, at a baptism, the father's name and occupation is almost always there too. The book is incredibly well indexed, alphabetically by name and there is also an index of trades, professions and 'miscellaneous matters' such as causes of death (one of which is, bizarrely, 'killed by a fall of a barrel of raisins'!) This book was kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

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The Registers of St Paul's Cathedral

Transcripts of the original registers of one of the most famous churches in the world. Although, as one would expect, there are some very well heeled people marrying, or being buried here, virtually every marriage was by licence and many were ordinary people from all over the country. Complete with an excellent index. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

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The Registers of St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, London

Transcripts of the original registers in two volumes. Volume one: Births 24 August 1653-Jan 1658 and christenings Feb 1658-Aug 1752. Volume two: Christenings September 1752-June 1837. Each volume has its own superb index.. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

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The Registers of St Peter's, Cornhill, London

Transcripts from the original registers, the very first produced by The Harleian Society. Volume 1 has christenings from 1538 to 1666 and burials 1539-1666 and marriages from 1538 to 1666. Volume 2 contains christenings from 1667-1774, marriages 1673 to 1754 and burials 1667-1774. Each volume has its own index of names. These registers are uncommonly comprehensive, christenings almost always give the name of both the father and the mother and very often the father's occupation too. Burials, too, give information about spouses and occupations. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

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The Registers of St Stephen's, Walbrook and St Benet, Sherehog, London

Transcripts of the original registers. St Stephen's: Baptisms, marriages and burials 1557-1716. St Stephen's and St Benet: Baptisms, marriages and burials 1716-1860, plus banns of marriages 1754-1841. Fully indexed by name and by place. Kindly loaned by The Harleian Society.    

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The Registers of St Thomas the Apostle, London 1558-1754

Transcripts of the original registers. Baptisms and burials 1558-1754, marriages 1558-1672. As with the registers of St Mary Aldermary, the incumbent of the church in 1733 conducted what is, in effect, a partial census of his parishioners, listing the name and occupation of the head of each household along with their religion and the number of people in his family (the names of his family are NOT recorded). Even empty houses are noted and between 'Robert Maiyo, barber, to church, family five' and John Breadcutt, fruiterer, to church, family six' we see 'There are in this place ten Houses empty, some repair'd, others pull'd down and rebuilt.' As usual there is an excellent index, making it incredibly easy to find ancestors. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

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The Registers of St Vedast & St Michael le Quern, London

Transcripts of the original registers in two volumes Christenings November 1558-December 1836, births May 1695-June 1706. Marriages April 1559-June 1837. Burials November 1558-Mat 1837. Each volume has its own index of names. Kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Harleian Society.    

Price:  £17.87

The Religious Census of London

The results of a religious census of London, taken in two parts on Sunday October 24th 1886. The first part was an enumeration of the worshippers at the two principal services in all of the churches and chapels in London, including Non-Conformist and Catholic establishments. Whilst no names are given, just the numbers of worshippers, this book is an extremely useful tool as it mentions every Christian place of worship in the capital.    

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The Universal Pocket Companion - 1741

A lovely pocket reference book, in the old type style, including a description of England, places in the world, description of London & Westminster, companies in London, prices of the works of bricklayers, masons & carpenters, rates of post letters, and much, much more. Wonderful!    

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The University of London, 1858-1900

In 1858 the University - in reality an examining board - opened its non-medical examinations to candidates irrespective of how they prepared themselves. At the same time, graduates could join the newly established Convocation, forfour decades empowered to veto changes in the University's Charter, choose a quarter of the governing body the Senate, and, from 1868, elect the University's MP. This book analyses the delicate and often stressful relations of Senate and Convocation, covering the long struggle over admission of women to degrees; the contribution of the University to secondary education; the establishment of the University's seat in the House of Commons, and the subsequentelections of Members. Later chapters describe the extended campaign to change the institution into an orthodox university, and the political struggles and academic manoeuvring that attended the process. F.M.G. WILLSON has retired from an academic and administrative career in Zimbabwe, North America, London and Australia.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83065-8

Price:  £60.00

The Victoria History of London, Volume I: Including London within the Bars, Westminster & Southwark

  hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-90605-0

Price:  £60.00

The Visitation of London 1568

Pedigrees of London families in 1568.    

Price:  £12.13

The Visitation of London 1633,1634 & 1635

Pedigrees of London families in 1633, 1634 & 1635.    

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University College School Register 1831-1891

Records of the alumni of this famous public school in London, attended by people from all over the world. Every person studying there is noted with the dates of their time spent there plus, in some cases, details of subsequent achievements in life and other biographical and genealogical details.    

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Wardens' Accounts and Court Minute Books of the Goldsmiths' Mistery of London, 1334-1446

The goldsmiths of London had formed an organised guild, or mistery (in the medieval sense of 'craft' or 'profession') by the twelfth century. Granted their first royal charter in 1327 by Edward III, they are one of the twelve great livery companies, and still oversee the work of goldsmiths, silversmiths and jewellers. Published here for the first time are their two earliest record books, presented in the original languages, French (Anglo-Norman), English and Latin, with a facing-page translation into modern English. From these full records valuable and lively detail emerges: the working practices of gold and silversmiths, the financial accounts of the wardens, apprentices admitted, participation in civic events such as pageants, and records of offences (both professional and personal) brought before the disciplinary court. The edition is accompanied by a full introduction, a bibliography, a subject index and a complete name index.
LISA JEFFERSON, MA, D Phil, FSA, is a medievalist who works both in Oxford and in France.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15890-7

Price:  £95.00

Westminster Abbey Registers

A transcript of the baptism, marriage and burial registers Baptisms 1607-1875, marriages 1655-1875, burials1607-1875. One interesting inclusion is the warrant for the 'disinterment of certain Commonwealth personages' including Oliver Cromwell's mother and John Pimme (sic). Fully indexed.    

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Westminster Abbey: The Lady Chapel of Henry VII

The Lady Chapel constructed at the wish of Henry VII at Westminster Abbey is the last great masterpiece of English medieval architecture, and the culminating achievement of over three hundred years of development in the gothic style, at the point where it intersects with the new movements of the Renaissance. The burial place of some fifteen kings and queens, it houses both the largest surviving programme of gothic figure sculpture and the earliest and finest Renaissance tomb sculptures in England.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83037-5

Price:  £50.00

Wonderful London

Published in the 1920's in three large volumes. A very well-named publication, with 114 chapters and over a thousand photographs covering all aspects of London and London life. Dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries the photographs provide fascinating detail concerning the London of a century ago. Great to dip into.    

Price:  £25.49