We regret to inform you that due to relocation of our collections to the new building [3] all requests for new photography have been suspended till we re-open in 2021.

If you wish to request existing digital image(s) selected images from our collections are available on our online collection database here [4]. Please email us with a completed Digital Photography [5] form and we will send a more detailed response.

If your enquiry is related to the publication of the Library’s image(s) only please ensure you have emailed us with the Permission to Reproduce [6].

If you require the Library to supply you with existing digital image(s) and publication rights refer to our online collection [4] first. Please ensure you have emailed us with both LPL’s Digital Photography [5] and the  Permission to Reproduce [6].

Photography by readers will be only permitted under the following conditions:

• Self-service photography will only be allowed where compatible with preservation of the material. Before taking photographs readers must register with staff and have any material they wish to photograph assessed for suitability.
• A permit to photograph items from the collections must be purchased for £5 (inc. of vat). Self-service permits are valid for one day only.
• The Library and Record Centre reserve the right to refuse self service photography where material is considered too fragile or would require special handling and to limit the service to assigned seats within the Reading Room. Availability will be subject to capacity.
• No tripods, stands or handheld scanners are allowed. No flash may be used and the photographic device must be on silent. Please do not disturb other readers.
• Bound material must be photographed using the book cradle or supports provided. Unbound material must be placed flat on the desk. Material must not be forced open or flattened by hand or by any other means other than by the weights provided.
• No amendments to lighting or seating can be made and standing on chairs or stools to obtain better images is not allowed. Researchers requiring publication quality images can order copies via the Library or Record Centre’s reprographic services.
• Utmost care must be taken and handling guidelines followed at all times when photographing and handling any material. Both hands must be on the camera when taking any images and staff reserve the right to advise on and correct handling at any time.
• This service is allowed according to the provisions of current copyright law. Please read the agreement detailed on the reverse of this form, by signing this form you agree to abide by the regulations listed.
• The use of copies for publication on a website, exhibition, broadcast or for any commercial purpose requires written permission.

Note that some images of some items from the collections are available online via the image management system [8].

Copies of parts of the Library’s collections are available elsewhere. For full details of what is available on microfilm or in other formats, readers should check the archives catalogue [9]: where copies exist, they are noted in the catalogue descriptions. 

Some are available commercially: please see the World Microfilms website [10] (email: microworld@ndirect.co.uk [11]; address: 4/4 Central House, 1 Ballards Lane, London N3 1LQ; tel: 0208 349 8171; mobile phone: 07802 710628) and Cengage website [12] for further details. 

It may be worth making enquiries with other large academic or national libraries as to whether copies may be accessible there. For instance, the British Library [13] and the Center for Research Libraries [14] have some relevant holdings. The main categories of material on microfilm are as follows. 

MANUSCRIPTS 

Most of the medieval material in the Library’s manuscripts (MS) sequence has been microfilmed - available at the British Library [15]

In addition, the following manuscript collections were filmed:

MSS 596-638 - Carew manuscripts - available at the British Library [16]

MSS 647-662 Bacon manuscripts - available at the British Library [17]

MSS 694-710 – Shrewsbury papers - available at the British Library [18]

MSS 929-942 - Gibson papers

MSS 2000-2019 – Fairhurst papers

MSS 2690-2750 - Commission for the Building of Fifty New Churches (the Queen Anne Churches) - available at the British Library [19]

MSS 3192-3206 – Talbot papers - available at the British Library [20]

ARCHIVES 

The following archive material was filmed:

Arches - substantial parts of the Court of Arches records, but not all (copies of the process books, Arches D, are at the British Library [21])

CFS - Christian Faith Society

COMM - Commonwealth Records - available at the British Library [22]

FM I - Faculty Office marriage allegations, 1714-1850 (copies available at the Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, and the Society of Genealogists, London)

FP Blomfield 1-60 - Bishop Blomfield's letter-books

FP I-XLII – Fulham papers colonial - available at the British Library [23]

FP various references – London visitation returns, 1763-1815

PD - Papal Documents - available at the British Library [15]as part of the Lambeth Palace Library Law Manuscripts section II, reel 18

Reg - Archbishops' Registers, 1279-1642 (Peckham-Laud) - available at the British Library [24]

SPG - Society for the Propagation of the Gospel - available at the British Library [25]

VB 1/1-22 - Archbishops’ Act Books, 1663-1914

VG 3/1a-2d – Canterbury visitation returns, 1786-1806

VM I - Vicar General marriage allegations, 1694-1850 (copies available at the Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, and the Society of Genealogists, London)

Miscellaneous American material also available at the British Library [26]

PRINTED BOOKS

Some of our early printed books are available on Early English Books Online [27]. 

MATERIAL AVAILABLE IN OTHER FORMATS 

Selected sources from the Library's collections, including plans from the Incorporated Church Building Society archive, are available via the LUNA image database [8]. 

Access to the Bacon, Talbot and Shrewsbury papers is also available by subscription from Adam Mathew Digital [28]. 

Sources relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific [29] are available online via the Australia Joint Copying Project [30].

Photocopies should be ordered from the Reading Room supervisor whilst visiting the Library, or requested by email or post.

For preservation reasons, the Library is not able to photocopy much of its collections, including bound manuscript material. Please note that this includes a substantial proportion of the archive and manuscript collections, including almost all the Archbishops' papers, Fulham papers (of the Bishop of London) and much of the manuscripts sequence (MSS). However digital photographs of this material can normally be provided.

On receipt of a completed order form (attached right), the Library will advise on cost and payment methods.  Please do not send payment with your order.

Current Prices

Photocopies on site (A4 or A3): £1.20 per copy 

Photocopies by post (A4 or A3):     

1st item per order                                £8.40
Subsequent sheets                                £1.20 per copy

Postage and packing (1st class ‘signed for')
United Kingdom  £4     Europe   £9    World   £12    

Some of the Library's collections are available on microfilm or microfiche, and the Library has a self-service reader printer in the Reading Room. Alternatively printouts can be ordered by email or post.

On receipt of the completed order form (attached right), the Library will advise on cost and payment methods. Please do not send payment with your order.

Current prices

Film/fiche prints self service:                 £1.20 each

Film/fiche prints by post/scans: 

1st item per order                                  £8.40

Subsequent sheets or scans                    £1.20 each

Note that copies can also be provided as scans, either self-service in the Reading Room or via the Library's digital photography service.