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| B.A. | Building Act Case, London County Council. |
| B.M. | British Museum. |
| B.T.H.R. | British Transport Historical Records, Paddington. |
| Cal. Close Rolls | Calendar of Close Rolls. |
| Cal. L. and P. | Calendar of Letters and Papers, |
| Henry VIII | Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII. |
| Cal. Pat. Rolls | Calendar of Patent Rolls. |
| Cal. S.P. Dom. | Calendar of State Papers Domestic. |
| C.C. | Church Commissioners. |
| C.E. | Church of England. |
| C.F. | Journals of the House of Commons. |
| Colvin | H. M. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of English Architects, 1660–1840, 1954. |
| C.R.O. | City of London Record Office. |
| D.N.B. | Dictionary of National Biography. |
| Ellis | Henry Ellis, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Saint Leonard Shoreditch, 1798. |
| Endowed Charities, London | Charity Commissioners, Reports on Endowed Charities, County of London. |
| G.E.C. | The Complete Peerage, ed. G.E.C, 1910- in progress. |
| H.M.C. | Historical Manuscripts Commission. |
| L.C.C. | London County Council. |
| L.C.C.R.O. | London County Council Record Office. |
| L.P.L. | Lambeth Palace Library, records of the Commissioners for Building Fifty New Churches. |
| L.S.B. | London School Board. |
| Market deeds | Corporation of London Comptroller's deeds, Spitalfields Market. |
| M.B.O. | Records of the Office of Metropolitan Buildings in London County Council Record Office. |
| M.B.W. | Metropolitan Board of Works (records with London County Council). |
| M.C.R.O. | Middlesex County Record Office. |
| M.L.R. | Middlesex Land Register in London County Council Record Office. |
| O.E.D. | Oxford English Dictionary. |
| O.S. | Ordnance Survey. |
| P.C.C. | Prerogative Court of Canterbury. |
| P.O.D. | Post Office Directory. |
| P.R.O. | Public Record Office. |
| Procs. Hug. Soc. | Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London. |
| Pubs. Hug. Soc. | Publications of the Huguenot Society of London. |
| R.B. | Rate books. Unless otherwise stated, all rate books quoted are those of the Commissioners of Sewers for the Tower Hamlets Division, in the London County Council Record Office. |
| R.I.B.A. | Royal Institute of British Architects. |
| S.C.L.L.C | Stepney Central Library Local Collection. |
| Stow | John Stow, A Survey of London, ed. C. L. Kingsford, 1908. |
| T.H.B. | MSS. of Truman, Hanbury, Buxton and Co. |
| T.P. | Town Planning Case, London County Council. |
| V.C.H. | Victoria County History. |