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Businesses (15)
- Arthur Wellings, land and estate agent Wandsworth, Surrey
- Battersea Arts Centre Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea Bridge Co London
- Blake, auctioneers Croydon, Surrey
- Farmer & Co, chemists Putney, Surrey
- Farmers Chemist, Putney Putney, Surrey
- Harry Cusden Ltd, fruiterers and greengrocers Tooting, Surrey
- Hopkin & Williams Ltd, chemical manufacturers London
- J Denman & Co, leather sellers Tooting, Surrey
- KLG, spark club factory, Putney Vale Putney, Surrey
- Morgan Crucible Co Ltd, crucible, ceramic fibre and carbon brush manufacturers London
- TH Adamson & Son, builder Putney, Surrey
- Veritas Company, lamp mantle manufacturers Wandsworth, Surrey
- Wandsworth Building Society Wandsworth, Surrey
- Young & Co Brewery plc Wandsworth, Surrey
Organisations (70)
- 28th City of London Battalion Home Guard, Wandsworth Wandsworth, Surrey
- All Saints parish, Wandsworth Wandsworth, Surrey
- Battersea Burial Board Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea charities Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea Charity School Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea Chess Club Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea Congregational Church Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea Constituency Labour Party Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea County School Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea Cricket Club Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea Field Club Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea Grammar School Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea Literary and Scientific Institution Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea Metropolitan Borough Council Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea Missionary Society Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea Residents Association Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea tithes Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea Trades Council Battersea, Surrey
- Battersea Workhouse Battersea, Surrey
- Bec School, Tooting Tooting, Surrey
- Christ Church Church of England School, Battersea Battersea, Surrey
- Christ Church parish, Battersea Battersea, Surrey
- digital:works, arts and education charity London
- Earlsfield Reformed Church Earlsfield, Surrey
- Eileen Lecky Clinic, Putney Putney, Surrey
- Florian Lady Singers Wandsworth, Surrey
- Friends of Tooting Bec Hospital Tooting, Surrey
- Glengyle Preparatory School, Putney Putney, Surrey
- Holy Trinity parish, Clapham Clapham, Surrey
- Holy Trinity School, Upper Tooting Tooting, Surrey
- Hotham Adult Education Centre, Putney Putney, Surrey
- London Borough of Wandsworth Wandsworth, Surrey
- Mayfield School, Wandsworth Wandsworth, Surrey
- National Air Raid Protection for Animals Committee: Wandsworth Wandsworth, Surrey
- Old Grammarians Association, Battersea Battersea, Surrey
- Putney County Secondary School Putney, Surrey
- Putney Labour Party Putney, Surrey
- Putney Liberal Association Putney, Surrey
- Putney Literary and Debating Society Putney, Surrey
- Putney Presbyterian Church Granard Dramatic Society Putney, Surrey
- Putney Society, community group Putney, Surrey
- Roehampton Church School Roehampton, Surrey
- Roehampton Conservative Club Wandsworth, Surrey;Roehampton, Surrey
- Roehampton Garden Society Roehampton, Surrey
- Royal Roehampton, Putney and Mortlake Volunteers Putney, Surrey;Roehampton, Surrey
- Sir Walter St John's Schools Trust, Battersea Battersea, Surrey
- South Battersea Air Raid Precautions Battersea, Surrey
- St James Hospital, Wandsworth Wandsworth, Surrey
- St Leonard parish, Streatham Streatham, Surrey
- St Mary parish, Battersea Battersea, Surrey
- St Mary parish, Putney Putney, Surrey
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balham Balham, Surrey
- St Mary's Church of England School, Putney Putney, Surrey
- St Mary's Parochial School, Battersea Battersea, Surrey
- St Nicholas parish, Tooting Tooting, Surrey
- Thames Rowing Club, Putney Wandsworth, Surrey
- The Armed Association, Streatham Streatham, Surrey
- Union Chapel, Putney Putney, Surrey
- Upper Tooting Methodist Church Tooting, Surrey
- Wandsworth Central and Tooting Branch Labour Party Wandsworth, Surrey;Tooting, Surrey
- Wandsworth Council Property Services Wandsworth, Surrey
- Wandsworth Free Library Wandsworth, Surrey
- Wandsworth Free School London
- Wandsworth Historical Society Wandsworth, Surrey
- Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough Council Wandsworth, Surrey
- Wandsworth School Wandsworth, Surrey
- Wandsworth Social Democratic Party Wandsworth, Surrey
- Wandsworth Symphony Orchestra Wandsworth, Surrey
- Wandsworth Technical Institute Cycling Club Wandsworth, Surrey
- West Hill School, Wandsworth Wandsworth, Surrey
Persons (20)
- Archer, John, (1863-1932), politician, activist and photographer Liverpool, Lancashire;Battersea, Surrey
- Battcock, Herbert Thomas Charles, (c1896-1981), printer and Freemason Wandsworth, Surrey
- Bollans, Stanley, (b1911), Southfields resident Southfields, Surrey
- Farjeon, Eleanor, (1881-1965), Author London
- Freeman, John, (1880-1929), poet and critic
- Haines, Geoffrey, (1899-1981), charity accountant and numismatists Barrow in Furness, Lancashire;London;Wandsworth, Surrey
- Halle, William, (1912-1998), artist Hastings, Sussex;Wandsworth, Surrey;Battersea, Surrey
- Hildesley, Mark, (1698-1772), Bishop of Sodor and Man
- Ilsley, Margaret, (1884-1973), of Wandsworth Wandsworth, Surrey
- Kersting, Anthony, (1916-2008), architectual photographer Wandsworth, Surrey
- Loobey, Patrick, (1947-2005), local historian Wandsworth, Surrey
- MacAlister, George Ian, (1878-1957), Knight Secretary of Royal Institute of British Architects
- MacQueen, Gordon, (fl 1970), photographer Wandsworth, Surrey
- Percival, Daisy, (fl 1923-1970), clerk
- Robinson, Ernest M, (c1940-1954), Second World War soldier Tooting, Surrey
- Singleton, Audrey, (fl1941-1955) Wandsworth, Surrey
- Spaul, Jessica, (fl1900-1952) Wandsworth, Surrey;Battersea, Surrey
- Thomas, Philip Edward, (1878-1917), poet and prose writer
- Tupper, Martin, (d 2006), Councillor of the London Borough of Wandsworth Wandsworth, Surrey
- Ward, Henry, (fl1879-1960), county councillor Wandsworth, Surrey
Diaries (10)
- Creighton, Ann, (fl1951-1994), campaigner Wandsworth, Surrey
- Creighton, Sean, (fl1951-1994), campaigner Wandsworth, Surrey
- Garratt, John, (fl 1984-1989), local councillor Wandsworth, Surrey
- Laver, Jack, (fl1980-1999), Tooting resident Tooting, Surrey
- Mullen, Alice, (fl1930-1939) Tooting, Surrey
- Plowman, Richard, (fl 1850) Putney, Surrey
- Roberts, Eleanor, (fl 1957-1980)
- Rowe, George, (fl 1930-1989), councillor and South Western Herald chairman Wandsworth, Surrey
- Turtle, Florence, (1896-1981) Wandsworth, Surrey
- Ward, Sue, (fl 1971-1979), Labour Party candidate, Newcastle North Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
Families (4)
- Batstone family of Wandsworth Common Wandsworth, Surrey
- Ponsonby family, Earls of Bessborough Bessborough, County Kilkenny;Roehampton, Surrey
- Spencer family, Earls Spencer Biggleswade, Bedfordshire;Millow, Bedfordshire;Shellingford, Berkshire;Cippenham, Buckinghamshire;Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire;Wolverton, Buckinghamshire;Mappowder, Dorset;Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset;Holywell, Hertfordshire;St Albans, Hertfordshire;Sandridge, Hertfordshire;Agney, Kent;Theddingworth, Leicestershire;Marlborough House, London;Spencer House, London;Westminster, Middlesex;North Creake, Norfolk;Althorp, Northamptonshire;Brington, Northamptonshire;Harlestone, Northamptonshire;Nobottle, Northamptonshire;Pytchley, Northamptonshire;Steane, Northamptonshire;Mattersey, Nottinghamshire;Wiseton, Nottinghamshire;Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire;St Thomas, Staffordshire;Sow, Staffordshire;Battersea, Surrey;Coombe, Surrey;Croydon, Surrey;Wandsworth, Surrey;Wimbledon, Surrey;Lurgashall, Sussex;Verdley, Sussex;Priors Marston, Warwickshire;Wormleighton, Warwickshire;Queens Ferry, Flintshire
- Sutherland-Leveson-Gower family, Dukes of Sutherland Windsor, Berkshire;Willows, Berkshire;Cliveden, Buckinghamshire;Middlewich, Cheshire;Hope, Derbyshire;White Notley, Essex;Woolmers, Hertfordshire;Canterbury, Kent;Cobham, Kent;Halling, Kent;Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire;Bridgewater House, London;Cleveland Court, London;Stafford House, London;Braunston, Northamptonshire;Ketley, Shropshire;Leegomery, Shropshire;Lilleshall, Shropshire;Newport, Shropshire;Sheriffhales, Shropshire;Shipley, Shropshire;Wellington, Shropshire;Blurton, Staffordshire;Great Wyrley, Staffordshire;Grindon, Staffordshire;Lichfield, Staffordshire;Meirheath, Staffordshire;Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire;Stowheath, Staffordshire;Trentham, Staffordshire;Walsall, Staffordshire;Wolverhampton, Staffordshire;Sutton Place, Surrey;Freasley, Warwickshire;Dudley, Worcestershire;Stittenham, Yorkshire;Aboyne, Aberdeenshire;Wick, Caithness-shire;Preston, Kirkcudbrightshire;Inveresk, Midlothian;Rosebank, Midlothian;Castle Leod, Ross and Cromarty;Strathpeffer, Ross and Cromarty;Brora, Sutherlandshire;Dornoch, Sutherlandshire;Dunrobin, Sutherlandshire;Golspie, Sutherlandshire;Pulrossie, Sutherlandshire;Scourie, Sutherlandshire;Skelbo, Sutherlandshire;Tongue, Sutherlandshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (3)
- NRA 34863 Battersea Labour Party link to online catalogue
- NRA 1089 Battersea local history collection link to scanned list
- NRA 35915 (Philip) Edward Thomas, poet and prose-writer: letters link to online catalogue
Accessions
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