26. COPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL HELD ELSEWHERE

This section is arranged by the same divisions used in 11-25 of the Guide. Items are either on microfilm (M) or in copy or transcript or copy form (Z)

26.1 Local Authority Records

(including education) De Beauvoir National Schools first annual report 1843-4 Z14 Tottenham Road Primary School (later De Beauvoir Primary School ) Log Book 1874-94 (M) St Mary and St Dominic's Boys School, Ballance Road, Homerton, Log book 1873-1912 (M) Kingsland Roman Catholic School, Tottenham Road N1, Log book 1871-1913 (M)

Land tax records for Shoreditch 1806-1926 (gaps) Hackney 1827-1923 (Original at Guildhall Library) For copies of St John at Hackney parish records see Section 11.1

26.2 Public and Court Records

Census returns for Hackney, Shoreditch, South Hornsey and Stoke Newington parishes 1841, 1851, 1861, 1971, 1881, 1891 (M) Certain portions of Stoke Newington Metropolitan Borough were formerly part of South Hornsey before 1900 . Census returns 1841-81 are on microfilm; the 1891 returns are on fiche. Hackney Petty Sessions minutes 1731-53 (M) Original LMA Published in: Justicing in 18th century Hackney. Edited by Ruth Paley. London record Society 1991.

26.3 Religious Records

All Souls, Overbury Street, Clapton

. Baptism registers 1881-1901 ( M film quality poor) Originals LMA

St Barnabas, Homerton

. Baptism registers 1847-1912, marriage registers 1847-1903, burial registers 1847-1978 (M) Originals LMA

St Paul's, Homerton

. Baptism registers 1889-1901, marriage registers 1891-1905 (M) Originals LMA

St Leonard's, Shoreditch.

Baptism registers 1558-1930, marriage register 1558-1930, burial registers 1558-1858 (M) Originals Guildhall Library

St Mary, Stoke Newington

. Transcripts of baptisms 1559-1812, marriages 1560-1812 and burials 1559-1812 (also M). Baptism registers 1813-1900, marriage registers 1813-1893, burial registers 1813-1896 (M film quality poor). Lists of paupers in the parish 1855-1856 (M). Originals LMA Transcripts of monumental inscriptions (T)

St John at Hackney.

Baptisms 1813-86 (M), marriages 1754-1900 (M), burials 1770-1837 (M). Originals LMA Index to registers 1559-1832 (T), transcriptions of monuments in the churchyard (T) Tithe maps for St Mary, Stoke Newington (1848) and St John at Hackney, West Hackney and South Hackney (1843) all with books of reference (Photographic copies and (T))

26. COPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL HELD ELSEWHERE

26.3 Religious Records

Eton College Mission.

Committee and council records 1880-1969, annual reports 1880-1947 (gaps), 1865-66, correspondence files1930-51 (M)

West Hackney Church

Specification and elevations for West Hackney Z29 rectory, 1822.

26.3 Religious Records

Church of the Latter Day Saints. Membership records for churches at Stoke Newington 1850, Hackney 1851-62 and Haggerston 1852-62 (M)

26.4 Records of Institutions

Ironmongers Company.

Geffrye Almshouses burial register 1794-1850 (M)

Haberdashers Company.

Aske's almshouse baptisms 1731-1839, marriages 1696-1754 and burials 1724-1854 (M)

Dalston Infant Asylum

. Committee minutes 1827-1849, annual reports 1831-34 (M)

Mothers’ Hospital

, Hackney. Birth registers 1890-1959; Salvation Army annual reports for the Mother’s Hospital 1911-36 (M)

Refuge for the Destitute

. Letter from Chairman re handbill on Z31 female emigration to Australia, 1833.

St Leonard’s Shoreditch Workhouse/Hospital.

Birth registers 1836-73,1892-1938 (M); baptisms 1834-73; deaths 1853-62; apprentice registers 1802-22,1833-42 (M);admission and discharge registers 1788-9,1823-7,1832-6,1836-45, 1862-70.(M) Originals at LMA.

Soup Society for Hackney, Homerton and Clapton

. Annual report Z7 1867

Sir John Cass Foundation.

Copies of estate maps and early Z11 records concerning the Foundation's and in Hackney 1578, 1787,1817 and 1834 (T)

26.5 Manorial Records

Hackney Manor court register 1634-43; extant of the manor 1540-41 (M)

26.6. Club, Trade Union and Political Party Records

National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmith, Heating and Z1 Domestic Engineers. Photocopies from committee minutes 1904-1905

26.7 Business Records

Bryant & May Ltd

, match makers. Board minutes 1884-1947; AGM minutes 1884-1960 (M) Extracts from Trade Mark Protection Society papers on registered Z30 Bryant and May match label designs 1872-4

British Xylonite Co

, plastic manufacturers. Letter from Charles A Z42-43 Mitchell re his Formosa trip, 1897; cuttings concerning accidents at the Homerton factory, 1893-4

Clarke, Nickolls and Coombes (Clarnico)

, confectionery makers Z32 of Hackney. Premises plans 1948.

R & J Hill,

tobacco makers. Account book 1819-1826 (T) Z3

S J Moreland & Sons

. Board and shareholder meeting minutes1917-1951 (M)

Henry Spokes Ltd,

drapers of Lower Clapton. Property, trading Z34 and family records 1871-99 and c1930s.

26.8 Family and Estate Papers

Henry Robert Allen

, builder. Notebook, including complaints Z24 about pollution from tar works. c1868-72.

John Bolton

of Hoxton. Diary 1857. Domestic and religious Z21

Butters family

. Family papers, including sale catalogue for Z18-20 49 King Edwards Road, 1908 and Mare St Baptist Chapel centenary bazaar programme, 1898

Ann Croom

. Family papers, including circulars and a manual Z12 from Clapton Park Chapel 1800-81

Daniel Defoe

. Two letters to King William III, 1701 (T) Z10

John Lake

. Letter to Richard Benyon re development of De Beauvoir Z39 estate, 1841 and sketch plans of 1838.

Conrad Loddiges

, Hackney nurseryman. Letter to customer, 1786 Z38

John Luxmore

. Extracts from his letterbook concerning construction Z44 of Shoreditch County Court, Charles Square, 1847. With notes on 23 Charles Square and a family tree of the Wilsons, c1960.

John May

, curate of South Hackney. Letters to his father 1828 Z41

26.8 Family and Estate Papers

Henry Everard Du Cane Norris.

Former owner of South Hackney Z36 property. Copy will 1958-9

Samuel Palmer

, minister of St Thomas Square Chapel. Copy of will, 1813 Z6

James Parkinson

, of Hoxton, doctor. Letter re geology, 1812 Z40

Edgar Allan Poe

, writer. Letter and poem, 1846 Z33

Joseph Priestley.

Copies of correspondence and material Z2 concerning the New Gravel Pit Chapel 1789-1802 (T)

Harry Sedgwick

Copy of will 1817. Z5

James Spiller

, architect. Correspondence and plans for new Z28 church for St John at Hackney. 1791-1820 Brownswood Park Estate advertisement for new houses 1860s Z13 Clapton House Floor plans, correspondence and bills etc for building alterations 1779-80 Z22-3

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