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Businesses (9)
- Caledonian Market Islington, Middlesex
- Carbonite & Arborite Syndicate Ltd, explosives manufacturers London
- Dove Brothers, builders London
- Etheridge Builders, Islington Holloway, Middlesex
- Henry Edward Price, cabinet maker London
- Redfords Tobacconists, Clerkenwell Clerkenwell, Middlesex
- Royal Agricultural Hall Co Ltd Islington, Middlesex
- Sadler's Wells Theatre London
- The Blue Hall Cinema Islington, Middlesex
Organisations (25)
- 2nd Middlesex Artillery Volunteers Middlesex
- Copenhagen Youth Project Islington, Middlesex
- Cross Street Baptist Chapel, Islington Islington, Middlesex
- Finsbury Civil Defence Finsbury, Middlesex
- Finsbury Metropolitan Borough Council Finsbury, Middlesex
- Finsbury Rifles Finsbury, Middlesex
- Friends of Whittington Hospital Islington, Middlesex
- Hampstead and Highgate Roads and Turnpike Trust Hampstead, Middlesex;Highgate, Middlesex
- Highbury Microscopical Society Highbury, Middlesex
- Holly Park Association, Islington Islington, Middlesex
- Islington and Haringey Gay Group Haringey, Middlesex;Islington, Middlesex
- Islington Bus Co Islington, Middlesex
- Islington Civil Defence Islington, Middlesex
- Islington Literary and Debating Society Islington, Middlesex
- Islington Literary and Scientific Society Islington, Middlesex
- Islington Metropolitan Borough Council Islington, Middlesex
- Islington Play Association Islington, Middlesex
- Islington Turnpike Islington, Middlesex
- North London District Nursing Association London
- North London Naturalist Club Islington, Middlesex
- North London Socialist Club London
- Richard Cloudesley's Charity Islington, Middlesex
- Southern Caledonian Community Association Islington, Middlesex
- St John parish, Holloway Islington, Middlesex
- St Mary parish, Islington Islington, Middlesex
Persons (10)
- Allen, Edward, (fl1900-2000), Flyweight Boxer Islington, Middlesex
- Bulaitis, Joseph, (1963-2000), Photographer Islington, Middlesex
- Evans, Albert, (1903-1988), Labour MP for South West Islington
- Fletcher, Geoffrey Scowcroft, (1923-2004), artist and author Islington, Middlesex
- Kiss, Charlie, (1965-2022), anti-nuclear activist and first transgender man to stand for Parliament
- Langford, Gladys Hilda, (1890-1972), Islington diarist Islington, Middlesex
- Newman, Thomas, (fl 1796-1876), Seedman Islington, Middlesex
- Radford, Sir George Heynes, (1851-1917), politician and solicitor Islington, Middlesex
- Sickert, Walter Richard, (1860-1942), painter
- Sinclair-Loutit, Angela, (1921-2016), campaigner
Families (3)
- Compton family, Marquesses of Northampton Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire;Moulsoe, Buckinghamshire;Callington, Cornwall;Callyland, Cornwall;Buckland Filleigh, Devon;Cotleigh, Devon;Manaton, Devon;Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire;Hurstbourne, Hampshire;Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire;Hilton, Huntingdonshire;Erith, Kent;Great Dalby, Leicestershire;Canonbury, Middlesex;Clerkenwell, Middlesex;Ecton, Northamptonshire;Great Doddington, Northamptonshire;Long Sutton, Somerset;Pitney, Somerset;Wearne, Somerset;Chelsham, Surrey;Tandridge, Surrey;Compton Place, Sussex;Eastbourne, Sussex;Wilmington, Sussex;Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire;Whatcote, Warwickshire;Torloisk, Argyllshire;Kirkness, Kinross-shire;Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty;Lochluichart, Ross and Cromarty
- Penton family of Pentonville Pentonville, Middlesex
- Townshend family, Marquesses Townshend Calverton, Buckinghamshire;Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire;Ely, Cambridgeshire;Fordham, Cambridgeshire;Soham, Cambridgeshire;Ashbourne, Derbyshire;Walton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire;East Donyland, Essex;Great Bentley, Essex;Wivenhoe, Essex;Kempsford, Gloucestershire;Amwell, Hertfordshire;Balls Park, Hertfordshire;Bengeo, Hertfordshire;Gorhambury, Hertfordshire;Wigston Magna, Leicestershire;London;Canonbury, Middlesex;Clerkenwell, Middlesex;Binham, Norfolk;Coxford, Norfolk;East Raynham, Norfolk;Great Yarmouth, Norfolk;Helhoughton, Norfolk;Horsham St Faith, Norfolk;Langham, Norfolk;Morston, Norfolk;Oxwich with Pattesley, Norfolk;Raynham Hall, Norfolk;Stiffkey, Norfolk;Weasenham, Norfolk;Wellingham, Norfolk;West Rudham, Norfolk;Elkington, Northamptonshire;Tamworth, Staffordshire;Tettenhall, Staffordshire;Akenham, Suffolk;Great Thurlow, Suffolk;Kentford, Suffolk;Rendlesham, Suffolk;Flecknoe, Warwickshire;Lea Marston, Warwickshire;Wellesbourne, Warwickshire;Hannington, Wiltshire;Inglesham, Wiltshire;Ramsbury, Wiltshire;Risby, Yorkshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (3)
- NRA 36071 Islington Central Reference Library: misc accessions
- NRA 36252 Penton family of Pentonville, Middlesex, and Chalfont Park, Bucks: family and estate papers
- NRA 36081 Royal Agricultural Hall Co Ltd, Islington
Accessions
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