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Lambeth Palace Library is currently closed. Their reading room was due to close at the end of April 2020 to enable both collections and staff to move into a new Lambeth Palace Library building. The COVID-19 pandemic led to their closure in March and while it was initially hoped that this would be a temporary measure, it is now clear that they will not be in a position to re-open in the near future. They have therefore taken the difficult decision to remain closed until they have completed the move to the new library, scheduled for 2021

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    Collections information

    Businesses (5)

    Organisations (247)

    Persons (1051)

    Diaries (10)

    Families (14)

    • Benn family London;Greater London
    • Benn family Hertfordshire;Hertfordshire
    • Bramston family of Skreens Park Roxwell, Essex
    • Brett family of Wye Wye, Kent;Challock, Kent;Elham, Kent;Orgarswick, Kent;St Pancras, Middlesex
    • Fitzalan-Howard, family, Dukes of Norfolk Brackenthwaite, Cumberland;Derwent Hall, Derbyshire;Glossop, Derbyshire;Greystoke, Cumberland;Hartington, Derbyshire;Hayling, Hampshire;Loders, Dorset;Orton, Cumberland;Pitsea, Essex;Thornbury, Gloucestershire;Wheston, Derbyshire;Willington, Bedfordshire;Whitwell, Derbyshire;Wykes, Essex;Holme Lacy, Herefordshire;Boston, Lincolnshire;Ruskington, Lincolnshire;Skirbeck, Lincolnshire;West Rasen, Lincolnshire;Kilburn, Middlesex;Notting Hill, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Banham, Norfolk;Bressingham, Norfolk;Earsham, Norfolk;Fersfield, Norfolk;Forncett, Norfolk;North Lopham, Norfolk;South Lopham, Norfolk;Shelfanger, Norfolk;South Walsham, Norfolk;Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire;Shireoaks, Nottinghamshire;Worksop, Nottinghamshire;Mapledurham, Oxfordshire;Clun, Shropshire;Oswestry, Shropshire;Shifnal, Shropshire;Wem, Shropshire;Wrockwardine, Shropshire;Bungay, Suffolk;Eye, Suffolk;Framlingham, Suffolk;Kettleburgh, Suffolk;Alton, Staffordshire;Banstead, Surrey;Capel, Surrey;Dorking, Surrey;Leigh, Surrey;Shellwood, Surrey;Arundel, Sussex;Arundel Castle, Sussex;Bury, Sussex;Horsham, Sussex;Littlehampton, Sussex;Offham, Sussex;Rudgwick, Sussex;Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex;Warminghurst, Sussex;Warningcamp, Sussex;Wepham, Sussex;Brough, Westmorland;Aldbrough, Yorkshire;Alderbury, Wiltshire;Ecclesfield, Yorkshire;Everingham, Yorkshire;Market Weighton, Yorkshire;Ringborough, Yorkshire;Rotherham, Yorkshire;Seaton Ross, Yorkshire;Sheffield, Yorkshire;Gower, Glamorgan;Cogan, Monmouthshire;Machen, Monmouthshire;Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire;Kinharvie, Kirkcudbrightshire;Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire
    • Fremantle family, Barons Cottesloe Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire;Bitton, Gloucestershire;Bristol, Gloucestershire
    • Furse family of Halsdon Halsdon, Devon;Beaford, Devon;Dolton, Devon;Torrington, Devon;Yarnscombe, Devon
    • Le Grice family of Trereife Trereife, Cornwall;Madron, Cornwall
    • Juxon family, baronets, of Albourne Albourne, Sussex;Little Compton, Warwickshire
    • Palmer family, Earls of Selborne Blackmoor, Hampshire;Selborne, Hampshire
    • Percy, family, Dukes of Northumberland Launceston, Cornwall;Newport, Cornwall;Allerdale, Cumberland;Cockermouth, Cumberland;Egremont, Cumberland;Bere Alston, Devon;Slapton, Devon;Werrington, Devon;Haselbury Bryan, Dorset;Darlington, Durham;Somerhill Park, Kent;Burwell, Lincolnshire;Claxby, Lincolnshire;Garthorpe, Lincolnshire;Northumberland House, London;East Bedfont, Middlesex;Hatton, Middlesex;Isleworth, Middlesex;Syon House, Middlesex;Tottenham, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire;Alnmouth, Northumberland;Alnwick, Northumberland;Prudhoe, Northumberland;Rothbury, Northumberland;Tynemouth, Northumberland;Warkworth, Northumberland;Cary Fitzpaine, Somerset;Isle Abbots, Somerset;Stogursey, Somerset;Albury, Surrey;Haldersh, Surrey;Weston Gumshalve, Surrey;Petworth, Sussex;Heversham, Westmorland;Warcop, Westmorland;Marlborough, Wiltshire;Pewsey, Wiltshire;Trowbridge, Wiltshire;Airmyn, Yorkshire;Catton, Yorkshire;Leconfield, Yorkshire;Pocklington, Yorkshire;Snape, Yorkshire;Spofforth, Yorkshire;Stanwick, Yorkshire;Tadcaster, Yorkshire;Topcliffe, Yorkshire;Wressell, Yorkshire;Laugharne, Carmarthenshire;Striguil, Monmouthshire;Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire
    • Sackville, family, Barons Sackville Cranfield, Bedfordshire;Bourn, Cambridgeshire;Copt Hall, Essex;Epping Upland, Essex;Mount Bures, Essex;Sheering, Essex;Sezincote, Gloucestershire;Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire;Ledbury, Herefordshire;Chiddingstone, Kent;Kemsing, Kent;Knole, Kent;Otford, Kent;Sevenoaks, Kent;London;Drayton, Oxfordshire;Hanwell, Oxfordshire;Bath, Somerset;Blackford, Somerset;Adbaston, Staffordshire;Alrewas, Staffordshire;Batchacre, Staffordshire;Croxall, Staffordshire;West Horsley, Surrey;Buckhurst Park, Sussex;Charlton, Sussex;Chiddingly, Sussex;East Grinstead, Sussex;Framfield, Sussex;Lullington, Sussex;Stoneland Lodge, Sussex;Wiston, Sussex;Withyham, Sussex;Milcote, Warwickshire;Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire;Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire;Feckenham, Worcestershire;Glenogra, County Limerick
    • Talbot, Chetwynd- family, Earls of Shrewsbury Burghfield, Berkshire;Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire;Chester, Cheshire;Kinderton, Cheshire;Little Budworth, Cheshire;Little Neston, Cheshire;Oxton, Cheshire;Glossop, Derbyshire;Scropton, Derbyshire;Kilmington, Devon;Shobrooke, Devon;Boxted, Essex;Broadwell, Gloucestershire;Bromsberrow, Gloucestershire;Ledbury, Herefordshire;St Helens, Lancashire;Worksop, Nottinghamshire;Bampton, Oxfordshire;Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire;Heythrop, Oxfordshire;Hook Norton, Oxfordshire;Albrighton, Shropshire;Ford, Shropshire;Longford, Shropshire;Tasley, Shropshire;Alton, Staffordshire;Armitage, Staffordshire;Ashley, Staffordshire;Brereton, Staffordshire;Burntwood, Staffordshire;Cotton, Staffordshire;Ellaston, Staffordshire;Farley, Staffordshire;Haywood, Staffordshire;Hopton, Staffordshire;Ingestre, Staffordshire;Rugeley, Staffordshire;Seighford, Staffordshire;Stanton, Staffordshire;Dordon, Warwickshire;Grendon, Warwickshire;Ashton Gifford, Wiltshire;Cooksey, Worcestershire;Grafton, Worcestershire;Hanbury, Worcestershire;Huddington, Worcestershire;Salwarpe, Worcestershire;Sheffield, Yorkshire;Hensol, Glamorgan;Llantrisant, Glamorgan;Paviland, Glamorgan;Llanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire
    • Wood family, Earls of Halifax Garrowby, Yorkshire;Hickleton, Yorkshire;Monk Bretton, Yorkshire

    Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (55)

    • NRA 19123 Anthony Bacon: index to papers link to online catalogue
    • NRA 36514 George Kennedy Allen Bell, bishop of Chichester: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
    • NRA 24371 Edward White Benson, archbishop of Canterbury: corresp and papers
    • NRA 36483 Charles James Blomfield, bishop of London: corresp and papers
    • NRA 556 Bramston family of Skreens family papers
    • NRA 7188 Canterbury Court of Arches
    • NRA 7242 Canterbury diocese: vicar general's office
    • NRA 36501 Canterbury diocese: visitation returns
    • NRA 7845 Canterbury province
    • NRA 7061 Province of Canterbury Faculty Office link to online catalogue
    • NRA 7253 Province of Canterbury: vicar general's office
    • NRA 7847 Canterbury province: estate records link to online catalogue
    • NRA 36500 Christian Faith Society link to online catalogue
    • NRA 36511 Church of England Bishops' Meetings
    • NRA 16038 Church of England Temperance Society
    • NRA 36519 Church Society link to online catalogue
    • NRA 16037 Church Union link to online catalogue
    • NRA 23878 Commission for Building Fifty New Churches (The Queen Anne Churches)
    • NRA 36508 Mandell Creighton, bishop of London: corresp and papers
    • NRA 37975 Randall Thomas Davidson, Baron Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury: corresp and papers
    • NRA 36522 Doctors' Commons link to online catalogue
    • NRA 36481 John Albert Douglas, honorary general secretary of the Church of England Council on Foreign Relatio
    • NRA 36510 Geoffrey Francis Fisher, archbishop of Canterbury: corresp as bishop of London
    • NRA 36499 Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London: MS collection
    • NRA 21424 William Ewart Gladstone: journals, corresp and memoranda (Gladstone Arcana)
    • NRA 36523 Sir Matthew Hale, judge: corresp and papers incl collected MSS (Fairhurst Papers)
    • NRA 36485 William Howley, archbishop of Canterbury: corresp and papers as bishop of London
    • NRA 27076 Industrial Christian Fellowship link to online catalogue
    • NRA 36513 Keble family of Fairford: corresp and papers incl collected corresp of John Keble link to online catalogue
    • NRA 36518 Lambeth Conference
    • NRA 7406 Lambeth Palace Library: Commonwealth period church records
    • NRA 36516 Lambeth Palace Library: misc accessions
    • NRA 36515 Lambeth Palace Library: MS collections rel to early modern archbishops of Canterbury
    • NRA 10652 William Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury: corresp and papers
    • NRA 39729 William Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury: letters to Canon AS Crawley, his wife and daug
    • NRA 23010 London diocese: Fulham papers
    • NRA 36502 London diocese: visitation returns
    • NRA 8802 Charles Thomas Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury: letters and papers
    • NRA 36521 Lord Wharton's Charity link to online catalogue
    • NRA 7640 Manners-Sutton family, Viscounts Canterbury: corresp and family papers
    • NRA 11918 Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne: personal, political and family corresp and papers link to online catalogue
    • NRA 36484 John Randolph, bishop of London: corresp and papers
    • NRA 26478 William Scott, vicar of St Olave's Jewry: corresp link to online catalogue
    • NRA 30128 Hugh Richard Lawrie Sheppard, vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields: personal and family corresp and pape
    • NRA 32870 Sion College: MS collection
    • NRA 19434 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel link to online catalogue
    • NRA 36520 Society for the Relief of Poor Pious Clergymen link to online catalogue
    • NRA 8476 Archbibald Campbell Tait, archbishop of Canterbury: corresp and papers
    • NRA 35176 Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury: corresp and papers
    • NRA 28747 Frederick Temple and William Temple, archbishops of Canterbury: personal and family corresp
    • NRA 19435 Frederick Temple, archbishop of Canterbury: corresp and papers
    • NRA 37986 Frederick Temple, archbishop of Canterbury: corresp and papers as bishop of London
    • NRA 36482 William Temple, archbishop of Canterbury: corresp and papers
    • NRA 36512 Isaac Williams, poet and theologian: corresp and misc papers
    • NRA 36509 Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram, bishop of London: corresp and papers

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