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P - PERSONAL papers
ADM - Papers of Caroline Adams (1949-2001) chiefly relating to her book "Across Seven Seas and Thirteen Rivers" - c 1970s-1998
AND - Papers of the Andrews family of Bow - 1893-1991
ANS - Documents relating to the Ansell family of the Minories, Tower Hill and Wapping - c1800-1901
ARB - Papers of Mr Gary Arber [W. F. Arber and Company Limited] - 1914-2012
ATK - Papers of Stanley Bean Atkinson (1873-1910), the Rev. John William Atkinson (1847-1916) and the Rev. John Atkinson (1824-1901) of Latimer Congregational Church, Mile End - c 1883-1960
AYL - Papers of Peter D Aylmer - 1980-1989
BAI - Papers relating to the estate of Robert Baillie, shipbuilder, in Poplar and Upton, West Ham, Essex - 1844-1918
BAK - Deeds, Letters, etc, re: Baker family interest in the trust of Mrs. Sarah Baker (formerly Stevens) of Bromley - 1795-1863
BAR - Evidences of title of the Barreto estate in Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green - 1872-1894
BAW - 'A Plan of Mr. Bakewell's House and Garden Situaue [sic] in the Parish of St. George's Middlesex' - 1740?
BDH - Blythe, Dutton and Holloway - 1868-1878
BED - Papers of Miss Bedgood - 1942
BEL - Records of the Bellman family re All Hallows Church, East India Docks, and St. Nicholas and All Hallows Church, Poplar - 1920s-1955
BEN - Diaries and scrapbook of Lydia Dorothea Benoly (1887-1969) kept while Mayor of Bethnal Green - 1890s - 1950s
BER - Papers of George Berry - 1844-1967
BIC - Deeds for factory and grounds in Devons Lane, Bromley St Leonard (from Bircham & Co, Solicitors) - 1848-1855
BIN - Papers of Pearl (Polly) Binder, Lady Elwyn-Jones (1904-1990) relating to pearly kings and queens - c1958 - 1980s
BIR - Collection of deeds relating to various localities, many of which relate to members of the Bird family. - c.1716 - c.1880
BNT - Papers of Robert Barnett of 389 Mile End Road - 1935
BON - Papers of the Trustees of John Bonney - 1874-1953
BRA - Evidences of Title of James Brand to 226-228 Burdett Road - 1866-1938
BRE - Papers of Frank Bretton re 482, Bethnal Green Road and 138, Bow Road - 1886-1908
BRG - Evidences of title of the Barringer family estate in St George-in-the-East and Wapping - 1760-1896
BSA - Bridges Sawtell and Adams, Solicitors - 1791-1882
BTD - Messrs Barnard, Taylor & Douglas Mann
CAM - Indenture to lead the uses of a fine between William Cam and John Inwood and others - 1750
CAW - Research notes and papers of Albert Cawthorne concerning the history of Stepney - 1905-1938
CHE - Research notes of David Hubert Boothby Chesshyre, local historian, re Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green and neighbourhood - c.1970-1980
CHS - Deeds re 62 Chisenhale Road, Bethnal Green, and seamen's discharge certificates - 1863-1868
CHU - Papers re the estate of Robert Churchward in Stepney - 1860-1896
CLA - Papers of James Andrew Clark (1868-1914) of Poplar and family - c 1900 - 1940
COA - Records donated by the College of Arms - 1604-1839
COL - Papers of the Collins family - 1800s-1900s
COM - Documents re various properties leased by Joseph Comley of Whitechapel, dentist - 1851-1863
CON - Research and copy images of Alan Conway relating to Frank and Mimi Conway's businesses at 7 Toynbee Street, Whitechapel - 2011-2012
COO - Evidences of title of William Cooper to 46 Cable Street, Whitechapel, tobacconist's shop - 1857-1893
COV - COVID-19 Collection of 'Life During Lockdown' and 'Making History: documenting coronavirus in the East End' - 2020
CRA - Papers of Sydney W. Cranfield relating to 190-196 Grove Road and 1 Bunsen Street, Bethnal Green - 1858 - 1940
CRK - Marriage licence of Kenneth Frederick Crook of St Andrew, Walthamstow and Elsie May Silver of St Philip, Stepney - 1941
CRV - Evidences of title to property of the Craven family in Duncan Street, Red Lion (later Leman) Street, Half Moon Passage, and Great Alie Street, Whitechapel - 1787-1844
CWB - Papers of Ronald Carr-Webb re the loss of the "Struggler" brig of Aberdeen and of William Webb of Bow and Ilford - 1856 - 1940
DAS - Papers of Peyton Dashwood re his estate in Bow and interest in property in East Ham and Highbury - 1872 - 1921
DAU - Records of the estate of Major W A Daubeny in Poplar and Limehouse - c. 1850-1925
DAV - Deeds relating to property of the Davis family in Mile End - 1855-1886
DIC - Evidences of title of Robert Dickson to properties in Bromley - 1851-1885
DIN - Certificate of Samuel John Dingle of 14 Evesham Houses, Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green - 1940
DOW - Papers of Jane Downey relating to mobile homes in Essian Street, Stepney and the East London Claimants' Union - c 1980-1992
DVS - Evidences of title of William Davis to 142 and 151, Chrisp Street, Bromley St. Leonard - 1844-1914
EAD - Papers of John Eade - 1982 - 2010
ELW - Deed for property in Dewberry St, Bromley St Leonard (from Ellis, Wood & Co, Solicitors) - 1865
EPY - Deed for mansion house called Hulls, otherwise Philpotts, and farmland (from Messrs Ellis, Piers and Young Jackson, Solicitors) - 1698
EVE - Records of John Eversley - 1977 - 2011
FAI - Scrapbooks of the Fairbairns family - 1844 - 1942
FAR - Messrs Farrer and Company, Solicitors - 1851-1938
FIN - Evidences of title of Thomas Bennewith Finch to property in Maplin Street and English Street, Mile End - 1840-1919
FLE - Letters from Reverend Joseph Fletcher (Nonconformist minister, c. 1784-1843) of Mile End. - 1828-1835
FOW - Evidences of title of Mrs Kate Fowles, bird dealer, to property in Sclater Street, Bethnal Green - 1843-1933
FRC - Deeds for property in the Minories, Stepney, and Limehouse, and probate and testamentary records (from Messrs Francis & Calder, Solicitors) - 1830-1832
FWP - Documents for property at Alie Place, Goodman's Fields etc (from Messrs Foyer, White and Prescott, Solicitors) - 1829-1841
GLC - Deeds of St George in the East, Whitechapel, Limehouse, Stepney, Mile End Old Town, Poplar, etc (transferred from the collections of the Guildhall Library) - 1808-1865
GLM - Messrs Glyn, Mills & Co, solicitors - 1876
GOF - Diaries of Elijah Goff, coal merchant of St.George-in-the-East - 1788-1799
GOH - Deeds for land in Bethnal Green and Poplar, and a gun factory in Whitechapel (from Messrs Godden, Holme & Co, solicitors) - 1867-1881
GOL - Papers of Sydney Alfred Goldsworthy of Bethnal Green - 1909 - 1952
GOS - Papers of Bidhan Goswami - 1997 - 2001
GRE - Evidences of Title of Phyllis Mary Green to 85 (formerly 55) Mansell Street and 5 West Tenter Street, Whitechapel - 1858-1958
GRN - Messrs Green & Co, Solicitors - 1785-1894
GRO - Papers re Davis Grossman, MBE, Library assistant at Whitechapel, Limehouse and St. George's Libraries. - 1913-1982
GRS - Papers of Jack Greenstock (1895-1980), boxer - c1910 - 1987
GTX - Papers of the Reverend Dan Greatorex, Vicar of St. Paul, Dock Street, Whitechapel - 1852 - 1892
GUT - Deeds for land in Bethnal Green, Bromley and Limehouse (from Gustavus Thompson & Co, Solicitors) - 1696-1890
HAL - Papers of Dorothy B Halsall (1913-2010) MBE - 1986
HAT - Evidences of title re property in Bethnal Green belonging to the Hatchett family - 1847-1902
HAY - Papers of Joseph Haynes of 5 Bancroft Road, Mile End - c. 1913
HHL - Deed for 116 Whitechapel Rd, Whitechapel (from Hardisty, Hales & Lindner, solicitors) - 1809
HLC - Transfers from Hackney Library Collections - 1640-1883
HMB - Deeds of Mile End, Whitechapel, etc (from Messrs Hughes, Minton & Banker, solicitors) - 1844-1910
HMO - Papers kept by Harry Moss of 74 Elms Farm Road, Elm Park, Hornchurch, Essex - 1974 - 1975
HOO - Evidences of Title of Bartlem Symonds Hooper to property in Norman Road, Bow - 1853-1880
HRR - Receipt of Mr Booth Harris of 184 Bow Road from Stepney Manor - 1895
ISL - Evidences of title re the estate of Hannah Isaacs and Amelia Levy at 288-290 Roman Road, Bow - 1860-1957
JAC - Deeds for 26 and 28 Ratcliffe Cross Street, Stepney acquired by the Jacobs family - 1772 - 1935
JCH - Evidences of Title of Abraham Jacobs and Abraham Hanf, Grocers, to 21, 23 and 25 Code Street (formerly 13, 14 and 15 George Street) and 7 and 7a Buxton Street, Bethnal Green - 1871-1911
JCP - Records of Pearson Estate in Mile End Old Town, etc (from Messrs Janson, Cobb, Pearson and Company, Solicitors) - 1787
JOH - Records of the Newbold and Johnson Families of Mile End and Gravesend - 1774 - 1941
JWB - Deeds for property in Whitechapel High Street, Boar's Head Yard in Petticoat Lane, Mile End; and probate records (from Messrs Julius White and Bywater) - 1819-1884
KIP - Papers of William Kipling - 1841
KON - Papers of John Konsbruck [1950s - 2005] - 2015
LAP - Deeds of the Stepney estate of Henry and Joyce Lovelace of Dagenham, etc (from Messrs Langton & Passmore, Solicitors) - 1632-1843
LCH - Research manuscript of C. R. Leech: 'A Recording of the Fortunes and Misfortunes of an East London Family' - 1961
LED - Admission of George Leeds, tenant of Stepney Manor, by copy of court roll - 1730
LEE - Papers of the Reverend Doctor Kenneth Leech (1939-2015) - 1960s - 2004
LEG - Leggett Family Papers re 308, Roman Road, Bow - 1877-1912
LEL - Deed of Whitechapel (from Messrs Leggatt and Leggatt, solicitors) - 1798
LEV - Photocopy papers of originals of Abby Levy of Flower and Dean Walk, Whitechapel, c.1974 - 1978 - c. 1990s
LEW - Correspondence and Research Papers of Andrew Lewis relating to "A History of the Parmiter's Estate Charity" (1999) - 1995-1999
LLO - Deeds re Lloyd family property off Hancock Road, Bromley-by-Bow (including the London & Glasgow Foundry and the Lea Foundry), and in Ramsgate, Kent - 1871-1942
LON - Papers of Katharine Elizabeth Long relating to a mortgage with Reginald Ernest Charrington of the Anchor Brewery, Mile End - 1913-1949
MAD - Papers of Charles George Madgett (1884-1955) of Limehouse and East Ham - 1903-1955
MAR - Papers of Kevin Martin about the Novo Cemetery - 2018 - 2020
MAS - Papers of [John] Charles Mason (1798-1881) mainly to the East India Company's interests in Poplar - [1654]-1870
MAT - Messrs Maples, Teesdale & Co, Solicitors - 1787-1922
MAY - Papers of the Reverend Edward "Ted" Maynard (1917-2001), minister of Latimer Congregational Church, Mile End - 1950-2001
MCC - Records relating to artist Cornelius McCarthy - 1953-2016
MDS - Papers of Sydney Maddocks - c.1920s - 1953
MGM - Messrs Moon, Gilks & Moon, Solicitors - 1801-1884
MIL - Evidences of Title of Charles Arthur Mills to property in West Ferry Road on the Isle of Dogs - 1808-1951
MIN - Publication collected by Kendrio Shaheed Minar - February 1999
MIS - Miscellaneous personal papers - 1648-1994
MIT - Records of the Mitcheson Family of Ratcliffe and Globe Alley, Limehouse - 1782 - 1820s
MMD - Deeds for property in the vicinity of Dock Street, formerly Salt Petre Bank, Whitechapel (from Messrs May, May & Deacon) - 1685-1864
MON - Research of Harry Monk relating to the Abbott Family - 1976
MOR - Papers of Derek Morris, local historian, relating to Mile End Old Town, 1741-1790 - 1990s
MSL - Deeds relating to property at Union Stairs, Wapping held by the Marshall family - 1682 - 1707
MUN - Papers of Denys Munby relating to the Stepney Reconstruction Group - 1943-1951
NCL - Photocopy papers relating to William Emanuel Nicholls of Bright Street, Bromley, later Deputy Town Clerk of Poplar - c. 1994
NES - Evidences of title of Robert Nesham of Brixton to property in High Street and Park Place, Frederick Street, Bromley - 1844-1851
NEW - Personal memoranda and account book belonging to Richard Newman of 7 Long Row, Mile End New Town - 1780 - 1790
NOY - Copy court roll of Stepney Manor relating to Richard Noyes, Henry Willis and Thomas Hughes - 1698
OBC - Papers of Dr H. J. O'Brien and Dr C. Cotter (in practice at 96 East India Dock Road) - 1911-1967
OLV - Papers of Frederick W. Oliver of the Isle of Dogs, student of the School of Engineering and Navigation, Poplar High Street - 1915-1935
OUT - Rent Card of Mr C Outram - 1964 - 1965
PAG - PARKER, GARRETT & CO, SOLICITORS - 1572-1836
PAR - Papers of Judith Parris (nee Joyce Studd), Teacher at St. George-in-the-East Secondary School - c 1946-1965
PAS - Papers of the estate of Passingham family in Saint Matthew Bethnal Green - 1866
PBA - Papers of Paul Barlow - 1988 - 1995
PEC - Evidences of title to seven houses in Hare Street, Bethnal Green belonging to Edward Peck - 1669-1732
PIL - Evidences of Title of John Harry Warton Pilcher to properties in Upper East Smithfield and Brown Bear Alley, St. Botolph Aldgate - 1851-1910
PLC - POPLAR LIBRARY COLLECTIONS - 1619 - 1932
PLL - Messrs Penningtons, Lewis and Lewis - 1799-1927
PND - Messrs Park, Nelson, Dennes, Redfern & Co, Solicitors - 1890
POP - Deeds of property in Holy Trinity Minories, Whitechapel, and Croydon (from Messrs Pontifex, Pitt & Co, solicitors) - 1800-1860
POW - Papers of the Powell and Frost family - 1918-1947
PRO - Rent Card of Mr C Protheroe - 1969 - 1971
RAM - Papers of Edith Ramsay (1895-1983), educationalist and community worker - 1923-1980
RAN - Papers of the Rantzen family re property in Spitalfields - 1895-1906
RAT - Papers of the Ratford family of Poplar - 1925-1964
RAU - Papers of Mahmoud A Rauf - 1993 - 2011
RBT - Deeds re property of Robert Roberts in Artillery Passage (Old Artillery Ground) and Mill Street (Bermondsey) - 1810-1831
REB - Evidences of title of Hector John Gurdon-Rebow to premises at Greenbank, St. George-in-the-East - 1796-1894
RID - Messrs Riders, solicitors
ROG - Papers relating to the estate of George Rogers of Stoke Newington - 1908-1910
ROR - Papers of Mr Leon Rogers [MBE JP] - c. 1975-2014
ROS - Papers of the Rosenberg family of St. George-in-the-East - 1890-1948
ROY - Papers of Kingsley R Royden relating to East London history - 1910-1977
RUC - Deeds for property in Bethnal Green, Bromley-by-Bow, Limehouse and Whitechapel (from Messrs Rule and Cooke, Solicitors) - [1847]-1954
SAM - Letters kept by Patience Sambrook (nee Crawford) - 2001 - 2003
SAS - Records of Bethnal Green, Bow, Limehouse, Mile End Old Town, Poplar, Ratcliff, Shadwell, Wapping, Whitechapel, and Hartford, Hunts (transferred from Sussex Archaeological Collections) - 1628-1903
SEV - Evidences of Title of Mrs. Sarah Sevel to 26-36 (even) Hessel Street, St. George-in-the-East - 1867-1939
SHA - Records of Kenneth Myer Sharer - 1940s-1980s
SHP - Deeds of Mile End Old Town, Whitechapel, etc (from Messrs Sharpe, Pritchard & Co) - 1781-1873
SIE - Works of Alice Sielle - 2011
SIF - Papers of the Siffken family of Snaresbrook, Essex, re property in Limehouse and Enfield - 1848-1912
SIL - Documents concerning the Silk, Smith, Lee, Beshaw and Pearce families, of Bow and Bethnal Green - 1836-1976
SLC - STEPNEY LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
SMI - Evidences of title to Smith family property in St George-in-the-East - 1790-1848
SMT - School certificates of Louisa Smith - 1916 - 1919
SNO - Research material of Bradley Snooks relating to the history of Bow - 1980s-2000
SOS - Deeds for property in Bromley St Leonard, etc (from Sole, Sawbridge & Co, Solicitors) - 1860-1882
SOU - Correspondence of the Soutter Family, Lower Shadwell, Ship-owners - 1816-1865
STA - Papers of Mrs Sylvia Stannard - 1991 - 2004
STO - Papers of Adam Stout re his research into urban cowkeeping - 1976-1988
SUD - Records of Ezekiel Frederick (Fred) Soudien - 1920s - 1985
SUM - Papers of Clive Summers - 1977
TCS - Deeds of Mile End Old Town, Spitalfields, Whitechapel etc (from Messrs Thomas Cooper & Stibbard) - 1765-1868
THO - Diaries and papers of William Benson Thorne (1878-1966), librarian - 1899-1966
TRY - Lease of property on Wapping Wall by Robert Thornton to Thomas and Martha Raynboroughe - 1594
TUF - Papers of the Tuffel Family of Bethnal Green and Whitechapel - 1918-1970s
TYC - Papers of Paul Tyler concerning Will Crooks ("Tyler-Crooks papers") - 1990s
UDD - Artwork by Mrs Uddin - 2011
ULH - Papers of Rafique Ullah - 1977 - 2003
ULL - Papers of Ansar Ahmed Ullah - 1971 - 2014
VAL - 'Childhood memories of Bethnal Green' by Marian Thatcher (nee Valinsky) - 1996
VIZ - Records of property in Mile End Old Town, Poplar, Whitechapel, etc (from Messrs Vizards) - 1759-1887
WAH - Waterhouse and Company, Solicitors
WAL - Waltons and Company, Solicitors - 1766-1858
WAT - Photographs by W. Watkins, lecturer on mechanical engineering at Poplar Technical College - 1980s
WDA - Counterpart lease of Mr William David to Mr James Bown relating to property in Globe Lane, Mile End - 12 December 1846
WEB - Papers of Frederick Webb re 147, St. Leonard's Road, Bromley-by-Bow - 1856-1899
WHE - Sermons by Dr. John Wheler, Chaplain of the East India Company Chapel, Poplar - 1774-1803
WIL - Papers of Henry C. Wilks (1917-1992), Head of Geography at George Green's School, Poplar - 1952-1982
WIN - Papers of Nigel Winfield - 1978 - 2017
WLM - Papers of Father Joseph (Joe) Williamson MBE (1895-1988), Vicar of St Paul's, Dock Street, Whitechapel - 1914 - 2002
WNH - Deeds of Bethnal Green, Bow, Limehouse, Mile End Old Town, Poplar, St George in the East, Spitalfields, Tower Liberty, Whitechapel, etc (from Messrs Waller Neale and Houlston) - 1750-1934
WSR
YJH - Deeds of property in Mile End Old Town, Ratcliff, Whitechapel, Suffolk etc (from Young, Jones, Hair & Co)
ZIM - Receipts re purchases made by Isaac Zimbler (and family) - 1896-1933
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