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The area now covered by the 32 London boroughs. Includes the historic county of Middlesex, and parts of Surrey, Essex and Kent

Recent journal entries
'Old and New London' now complete04 July 2006
Noorthouck's London27 June 2006
Chronicles of London13 June 2006
Maps for urban history12 December 2005
Survey of London vols 29 & 3002 December 2005

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1

City of London, Calendar of letter books (11)

Latest: 18 July 2005
Records of the government of medieval London (1275-1509).
2

Maps and plans (historic, pre-1800) (5)

Latest: 12 July 2004
3

Professional groups, records of (3)

Latest: 23 June 2006
Records of professional groups and incorporated companies.
4

Lay subsidy records (3)

Latest: 27 July 2006
Records of this occasional wealth tax (13th to 16th centuries).
5

Population records (3)

Latest: 15 November 2004
Records of residence, organised by place.
6

Port, trade and customs records (3)

Latest: 17 May 2005
7

Religious organisations, records of (3)

Latest: 17 May 2005
Records of groups outside the Established church (18th and 19th centuries).
8

City of London, Calendar of plea and memoranda rolls (3)

Latest: 07 March 2005
Three volumes, covering period from 1323 to 1412.
9

Assize records (2)

Latest: 21 March 2005
10

Eyres, records of (2)

Latest: 21 March 2005
Records of courts of itinerant justices (13th century).
11

Political organisations, records of (2)

Latest: 17 May 2005
Records of extra-Parliamentary individuals and groups (18th and 19th centuries).
12

Hearth Tax records (2)

Latest: 01 July 2003
13

Chronicles and diaries (London) (2)

Latest: 14 June 2006
14

Old and New London (Thornbury & Walford) (2)

Latest: 07 July 2006
Surveys London and Westminster and their environs (6 volumes, 1878).
15

Four Shillings In The Pound Aid 1693/4
The City of London, the City of Westminster, and Metropolitan Middlesex

Digitised: 01 July 2003
The assessments raised for this tax raised by Parliament to fund King William's European warfare. It was produced by the 'Metropolitan London in the 1690s' project, based at the CMH.
16

A New History of London
Including Westminster and Southwark

Digitised: 28 June 2006
Noorthouck's 'New History' falls into two parts. The first is a narrative history of London from the Roman period until the 1770s. The second gives accounts of the present state of the City (organised by ward), and of much of Westminster, Southwark and Lambeth. It also includes an Appendix of charters and statutes relating to the City, and lists of mayors, bishops and other officers.
17

A History of the County of London: Volume 1
London within the Bars, Westminster and Southwark

Digitised: 14 January 2005
Part-volume, covering the history of the religious houses of the borough of Southwark and the cities of London and Westminster.
18

A Dictionary of London

Digitised: 26 September 2003
Historical notes of streets and buildings in the City of London, including references to other relevant sources.
19

Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire
Cheapside; parishes of All Hallows Honey Lane, St Martin Pomary, St Mary le Bow, St Mary Colechurch and St Pancras Soper Lane

Digitised: 15 December 2003
Detailed property histories for five parishes in the central Cheapside area of London, from the 12th to the late 17th century. It includes accounts of the parish churches, and information about the people and buildings associated with the properties.
20

Calendar of early mayor's court rolls: 1298-1307

Digitised: 15 November 2004
Nine rolls, covering a formative period in the history of the City of London, and illustrative of ancient municipal law and legal custom.
21

The church in London 1375-1392

Digitised: 21 March 2005
Details ecclesiastical property and the taxation of the clergy in the City of London. Also included are Acta of William Courtenay, Bishop of London. By kind permission of the London Record Society.
22

Ordnance Survey 1:2,500
Epoch 1

Digitised: 12 December 2005
The County Series maps at scale 1:2500 for Chester, Colchester, Coventry, Oxford and much of central London.
23

London debating societies 1776-1799

Digitised: 17 May 2005
Information on debates and their subjects, as listed in the London press. Reproduced by permission of the London Record Society.
24

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 1
St. Paul's, London

Digitised: 11 January 2005
Charts the careers of the bishops of London and higher clergy of St Paul's cathedral and the diocese of London.


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