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Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Library and Archive
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Old Town Hall
Whittaker Avenue
Richmond
England
TW9 1TP
Telephone: 020 8734 3309
Email: localstudies@richmond.gov.uk
Open: Tuesday-Friday 1.30-6; alternate Saturdays 9.30-12.30, 1.30-4
Closed: First 2 weeks in December
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- Wheelchair access
- Research Service
Also open Tuesday-Friday mornings by appointment only
ARCHON code: 358
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Businesses (66)
- A & C Black Ltd, publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd London
- Army & Navy Stores Ltd London
- Bank of England London
- Benham & Sons Ltd, commercial catering manufacturers Westminster, Middlesex
- Blackie & Sons, publishers Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Boosey & Hawkes Ltd, music publisher and musical instrument manufacturer London
- Boots Co Ltd, pharmaceutical manufacturers and retailers, Nottingham Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Cadbury Ltd, confectionery manufacturers Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Canadian Pacific Lines
- Central News Ltd, news agency London
- Chapman & Hall Ltd, publishers London
- Church & Co plc, shoe manufacturers Northampton, Northamptonshire
- Clarke, Chapman & Co Ltd, mechanical engineers Gateshead, Durham
- Cole & Co, brewers Twickenham, Middlesex
- E Hulton & Co Ltd, publishers London
- Elkington & Co Ltd, silversmiths Birmingham, Warwickshire;Sheffield, Yorkshire
- G Street & Co Ltd, advertising agents London
- Great Western Railway Co London
- Handley Page Ltd, aircraft manufacturers Cricklewood, Middlesex;Radlett, Hertfordshire
- Harlequin Mills & Boon Ltd, publishers Richmond, Surrey
- Harrods Ltd, department store, London London
- Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, publishers London
- Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation
- Hull Daily News Hull, Yorkshire
- J Lyons & Co Ltd, food manufacturers and caterers London
- JM Dent & Sons Ltd, bookbinders Letchworth, Hertfordshire
- John Barker & Co Ltd, department store London
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, publishers London
- Kelly's Directories Ltd. London
- Kent and Company, solicitors, Hampton
- Law Fire Insurance Society Ltd London
- Macmillan & Co Ltd, publishers London
- Methuen & Co Ltd, publishers London
- Metropolitan Railway Co London
- Morris family, confectioners Richmond, Surrey
- Myler Falla, cooper Mortlake, Surrey
- Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation Ltd London
- Omes Ltd, Beverley Works, Barnes, electric forging manufacturers
- Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co Ltd London
- Platt Brothers & Co Ltd, ironfounders, textile machinery mfrs and colliery proprietors Oldham, Lancashire
- Richard Bentley & Son, publishers and booksellers London
- Richmond and Twickenham Times, newspaper
- Rooks, Rider & Co, solicitors, London London
- Selfridges Ltd, department store London
- Shakespeare Press Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
- Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, publishers Bath, Somerset
- Spiers & Pond Ltd, caterers and hoteliers London
- Stewarts & Lloyds Ltd, colliery proprietors, iron and steel tube manufacturers Glasgow, Lanarkshire;Birmingham, Warwickshire;Corby, Northamptonshire
- Sun Insurance Office Ltd London
- Sutton-Mattocks and Co LLP, solicitors, Barnes Barnes, Surrey
- T & A Constable Ltd, printers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Thames Valley Building Society Richmond, Surrey
- The Marconi Company Ltd, manufacturers of wireless, broadcasting and marine communications equipment, avionics, defence systems, etc London;Chelmsford, Essex
- The Morning Post, newspaper London
- The Press Association Ltd, news agency London
- The Times, newspaper London
- Thomas Cook Group, travel agents Leicester, Leicestershire;Peterborough, Northamptonshire;London
- Unwin Brothers Ltd, printers and publishers Woking, Surrey
- Vickers Ltd, steel makers, armaments and engineering manufacturers London;Sheffield, Yorkshire
- Waring & Gillow Ltd, furniture manufacturers and retailers and house furnishers London
- Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd, brewers London
- WH Smith & Son Ltd, newsagents London
- William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, printers and publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- William Collins, Sons & Co Ltd, publishers Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- William Heinemann Ltd, publishers, London London
Organisations (78)
- Barnes Borough Council Barnes, Surrey
- Barnes Cricket Club Barnes, Surrey
- Barnes Parents Association Barnes, Surrey
- Barnes parish Barnes, Surrey
- Barnes Urban District Council Barnes, Surrey
- Barnes Workhouse Charity Barnes, Surrey
- Chatham Club, Oxford Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Chelsea Arts Club Chelsea, Middlesex
- Chiswick and Kew Jewish Group, community group
- Cinematograph Exhibitors Association
- Countess of Derby's Charity, Richmond Richmond, Surrey
- Dante Society
- digital:works, arts and education charity London
- Eton College Eton, Buckinghamshire
- General Post Office
- Ham Urban District Council Ham, Surrey
- Hampton Burial Board Hampton, Middlesex
- Hampton Hill Association, local area preservation group
- Hampton Urban District Council Hampton, Middlesex
- Hampton Wick Urban District Council Hampton Wick, Middlesex
- Institute of Journalists London
- Japan Society London
- Kew Allotments and Gardens Association Kew, Surrey
- Kew parish Kew, Surrey
- Kew Ward Ratepayers Association Kew, Surrey
- League of Nations Union
- Liverpool Reform Club Liverpool, Lancashire
- London Library London
- Middlesex Volunteer Regiment Middlesex
- Mortlake parish Mortlake, Surrey
- Museum of Richmond
- National Weights and Measures Laboratory
- North Sheen parish Sheen, Surrey
- Oxford University, Trinity College Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Petersham Institute Petersham, Surrey
- Petersham parish Petersham, Surrey
- Ranelagh Club, polo club, Barnes Barn Elms, Surrey
- Richmond and East Sheen County School for Girls
- Richmond Borough Council Richmond, Yorkshire
- Richmond Borough Council Richmond, Surrey
- Richmond bridge Richmond, Surrey
- Richmond Chess Club Richmond, Surrey
- Richmond Civic Aid Association Richmond, Surrey
- Richmond County School for Girls Richmond, Surrey
- Richmond Horticultural Society Richmond, Surrey
- Richmond parish Richmond, Surrey
- Richmond Parochial Library and Reading Room Richmond, Surrey
- Richmond Poor Law Union Richmond, Surrey
- Richmond Swimming Club Richmond, Surrey
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Kew, Surrey
- Royal College of Music, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- Royal Horticultural Society
- Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club Richmond, Surrey
- Society of Authors London
- Society of Dilettanti
- St Andrew's Church, Ham
- St John's Ambulance Association and Brigade: Twickenham division Twickenham, Middlesex
- St Mary parish, Hampton Hampton, Middlesex
- St Mary parish, Teddington Teddington, Middlesex
- St Mary the Virgin parish, Twickenham Twickenham, Middlesex
- St Mary's Cottage Hospital, Hampton Hampton, Middlesex
- St Peter's Church, Petersham
- Teddington Burial Board Teddington, Middlesex
- Teddington Hospitals League of Friends Teddington, Middlesex
- Teddington Philanthropic Society Teddington, Middlesex
- Teddington Public Libraries Teddington, Middlesex
- Teddington Urban District Council Teddington, Middlesex
- The Athenaeum London
- Three Arts Club, London London
- Twickenham Cricket Club Twickenham, Middlesex
- Twickenham Municipal Borough Council Twickenham, Middlesex
- Twickenham Old People's Welfare Association Twickenham, Middlesex
- Twickenham Philanthropic Society Twickenham, Middlesex
- Twickenham Residents Association Twickenham, Middlesex
- Twickenham Urban District Council Twickenham, Middlesex
- United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Twickenham and Richmond
- Waldegrave School, Twickenham
- Whitton School, Twickenham Whitton, Middlesex
Persons (52)
- Abbott, Edwin Abbott, (1838-1926), theologian and historian
- Abney, Sir William de Wiveleslie, (1843-1920), Knight, photographic chemist
- Adam, Helen Pearl, (1882-1957), journalist
- Adami, John George, (1862-1926), pathologist
- Adams, Francis William Lauderdale, (1862-1893), author
- Adcock, Arthur St John, (1864-1930), novelist
- Beresford, Charles William de la Poer, (1846-1919), Baron Beresford, MP, Admiral
- Blackmore, Richard Doddridge, (1825-1900), author
- Blackwood, Algernon, (1869-1951), writer and traveller
- Blomfield, David, (fl 1950-2000), local historian
- Bruce-Joy, Albert, (1842-1924), Sculptor
- Burgin, George, (1856-1944), Novelist Critic and Journalist
- Burton, Sir Richard Francis, (1821-1890), explorer, diplomat and author
- Caine, Sir Thomas Henry Hall, (1853-1931), Knight, novelist
- Castle, Egerton, (1858-1920), Author and Journalist
- Chambers, (fl 1973-1977), Dr, senior coroner for the City of London
- Coffin, Charles Hayden, (1862-1935), Singer and Actor
- Courtney, William Leonard, (1850-1928), Author and Journalist
- Crane, Walter, (1845-1915), artist
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, (1859-1930), Knight author physician criminologist Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Fowler, Sir Montague, (1858-1933), 4th Baronet, Ecclesiastical historian
- Garvice, Charles, (d 1920), Novelist Journalist and Dramatist
- Haggard, Sir Henry Rider, (1856-1925), Knight, novelist
- Hawkins, Sir Anthony Hope, (1863-1933), Knight, novelist
- Heaton, Sir John Henniker, (1848-1914), 1st Baronet, postal reformer
- Jerome, Jerome Klapka, (1859-1927), novelist and playwright Walsall, Staffordshire
- Kipling, Joseph Rudyard, (1865-1936), author Mumbai, India
- Le Queux, William Tufnell, (1864-1927), Novelist and Traveller
- Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph, (1851-1940), Knight, physicist
- Low, Sir Sidney James Mark, (1857-1932), Knight Author Historian and Journalist
- Lowndes, Marie Adelaide, (1868-1947), novelist
- Mackay, Mary, (1855-1924), novelist
- Moore, Frank Frankfort, (1855-1931), Novelist and Dramatist
- Moulton, Hannah Rosetta Dinah, (1860-1931), musician Clerkenwell, Middlesex
- Parker, Sir Horatio Gilbert George, (1863-1932), Knight, author and politician
- Partridge, Sir John Bernard, (1861-1945), Knight, Punch journal artist and cartoonist London
- Pemberton, Sir Max, (1863-1950), Knight, author and publisher Paddington, Middlesex
- Poupart, William, (1847-1939), resident of Marsh Farm, Twickenham
- Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, (1832-1914), 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Field Marshal
- Sinclair, William Macdonald, (1850-1917), Archdeacon of London Biblical and Theological Scholar
- Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, (1856-1947), journalist and writer
- Smith, Mike, (fl 1863-2011), local historian, Vice President of the Barnes and Mortlake History Society
- Sutton-Mattocks, Francis George, (1887-1972), solicitor and local politician, Mayor of Barnes
- Vachell, Horace Annesley, (1861-1955), Author
- Wade, Penny, (1930-2008), founder of the Vineyard Project drop-in centre and SPEAR homeless charity
- Wells, Herbert George, (1866-1946), novelist
- Weyman, Stanley John, (1855-1928), novelist
- White, Gleeson, (1851-1898), editor and author
- White, Percy, (1852-1938), novelist and journalist
- Williamson, Alice Muriel, (1869-1933), novelist
- Wilson, Gladys Helen Rosina, (fl 1910-1913), of Twickenham
- Zangwill, Israel, (1864-1926), Author and Philanthropist
Diaries (1)
Families (2)
- Cole family, brewers, of Twickenham Twickenham, Middlesex
- Reeves family of East Twickenham Twickenham, Middlesex
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (2)
- NRA 715 Richmond upon Thames local history collection link to scanned list
- NRA 14252 Douglas BW Sladen, writer: corresp and papers
Accessions
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