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Guildhall Library guides


The following information is available to download.

Guildhall Library guide (563kb)

Guildhall Library Manuscripts

Manuscripts Summer newsletter (109kb)
Previous editions of the newsletter.

Biographical and Genealogical Sources

Alphabetical List of Parishes (80kb)
Sources for Biographical & Genealogical Research (80kb)
Land tax assessments for the City of London (88kb)
Marriage licences (Bonds and Allegations) (100kb)
Probate Records (wills and administration) (119kb)
Births, deaths and marriages overseas (108kb)
Bravery awards (98)

Business Records

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and its predecessor bodies (85kb)
Records of the London Stock Exchange (100kb)

Livery Companies and Related Organisations

Searching for members or those apprenticed to members of City of London livery companies (109kb)
Membership records of the Merchant Taylors Company (144kb)
Records of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen (103kb)
Thomas Doggetts Coat and Badge Race (355kb)

Fire Insurance Records

Fire Insurance records at Guildhall Library(85kb)
A Place in the Sun (72kb)
Sources for the study of fires and insurance claims held at Guildhall Library (88)

Lloyd's Marine Collection

Lloyd's "Captain Registers" at Guildhall Library and related sources eleswhere (135kb)

Occupations and trades

Sources for tracing apothecaries, surgeions, physicians and other medical practitioners (112kb)
Searching for tracing clergy and lay persons(166kb)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and its predecessor bodies (88kb)
Records of Bravery Awards at Guildhall Library (98kb)

St. Paul's Cathedral

The archives of St. Pauls Cathedral at Guildhall Library (326kb)

School Records

The records of Christs Hospital and Bluecoat Schools (372kb)
Pupil records of King Edwards Schools(101kb)
Pupil records at Guildhall Library (103kb)

Social and Economic History

Sources for Social and Economic History at Guildhall Library (75kb)

The Corporation of Trinity House

Records of the Corporation of Trinity House at Guildhall Library (75kb)
The Corporation of Trinity House: Family History sources at Guildhall Library (103kb)
The Corporation of Trinity House: Sources for Lighthouse History at Guildhall Library (83kb)

Manuscript Section Guides

How to obtain a copy of a manuscript (79kb)
Leaflets available from Guildhall Library, Manuscripts section (82kb)

Guildhall Library Prints and Maps

Trade Cards (60kb)
Reprographics (60kb)
Prints and Drawings (79kb)
Bills and programmes (78kb)
First and Second World War sources (86kb)
19th Century Photographs (90kb)
20th Century Photographs (85kb)

Guildhall Library Printed Books

Family history

Apprenticeship records (66k)
Boyds marriage index (69kb)
Census material (84kb)
Occupational listings (93kb)
London directories (777kb)
Old Bailey (188kb)
Sources for biographical research (86kb)
Trade directories (78kb)

English law

Law reports held at Guildhall Library (142kb)
Law collections at Guildhall Library (87kb)
Current law reports (76kb)

Parliamentary

Following a bill through Parliament  (99kb)
Parliamentary resources (118kb)

Wine and food

Wine and food collections (67kb)
Wine lists (207kb)
Guild of Food Writers (177kb)

Clocks and clockmakers

Clock and watchmakers (111kb)

Business history

Brewery History (77kb)
Business History resources (99kb)
Exchange rates at Guildhall Library (96kb)
Share prices indexes (83kb)

Marine history

Casualty returns  (79kb)
Immigration records in Australia and New Zealand (87kb)
Immigration records in North America (83kb)
Lloyds List indexes  (68kb)
Marine sources (108kb)
Passenger and crew lists (93kb)
RMS Titanic (74kb)
Shipping loss information (92kb)
Voyage record cards (90kb)
Shipping records of ownership (52kb)
Useful addresses (77kb)
VRC abbreviations (81)

Other specialist collections

Leaflets available from Guildhall Library (69kb)
London Gazette (124kb)
Electronic resources (87kb)

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Last modified: 3 October 2008 | Author: Rosalina Del Campo | Contact author
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