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Businesses (9)
- Chelsea Savings Bank Chelsea, Middlesex
- Cremorne Gardens, pleasure gardens Chelsea, Middlesex
- De Vere Hotels Ltd London
- Gamble & Co, chemists Kensington, Middlesex
- Gapp Ltd, retail grocers Kensington, Middlesex
- Improved Tenements Association Ltd Kensington, Middlesex
- Thurloe Estates Ltd Kensington, Middlesex
- Tom Hill (Knightsbridge) Ltd, shoe manufacturers Knightsbridge, Middlesex
- William John Drew, builder Kensington, Middlesex
Organisations (56)
- Association of Working Girls Dining Rooms Kensington, Middlesex
- Aubrey Housing Trust, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- Brabazon Employment Society: Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- Brompton Park and Hale estates Kensington, Middlesex
- Business Womens Housing Trust, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- Campden charities, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- Campden Hill Preservation Fund Kensington, Middlesex
- Carlisle and Gregson (Jimmy's) Ltd, military tutors, London London
- Chelsea Arts Club Chelsea, Middlesex
- Chelsea Benevolent Society Chelsea, Middlesex
- Chelsea Borough Council Chelsea, Middlesex
- Chelsea charities Chelsea, Middlesex
- Chelsea Literary and Scientific Institution Chelsea, Middlesex
- Chelsea Moravian Missions Chelsea, Middlesex
- Chelsea Society Chelsea, Middlesex
- County of London Volunteer Regiment London
- Egerton Gardens Residents Association Kensington, Middlesex
- Fulham Field Turnpike Trust Fulham, Middlesex
- Horace Street Housing Trust, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- Kensal Public Library Kensal Green, Middlesex
- Kensington Air Raid Precautions Kensington, Middlesex
- Kensington and Chelsea Chamber of Trade and Commerce Kensington, Middlesex
- Kensington Burial Board Kensington, Middlesex
- Kensington Chapel (Congregational) Kensington, Middlesex
- Kensington charities Kensington, Middlesex
- Kensington Charity School Kensington, Middlesex
- Kensington Foundation Grammar School Kensington, Middlesex
- Kensington Housing Trust Kensington, Middlesex
- Kensington Occupations Centre Kensington, Middlesex
- Kensington Public Libraries Movement Kensington, Middlesex
- Kensington Square Commissioners Kensington, Middlesex
- Kensington Turnpike Trust Kensington, Middlesex
- Kensington War Memorial Kensington, Middlesex
- Kensington War Refuge Committee Kensington, Middlesex
- Lancaster Road Infant Welfare Centre, North Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- Lansdowne Walk and Lansdowne Road (Hanover) Garden Committee, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- Lansdowne Walk and Lansdowne Road Gardens Committee Kensington, Middlesex
- London County Council London
- Motorway Development Trust, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- National Amalgamated Society of Operative House and Ship Painters and Decorators: Kensington branch Kensington, Middlesex
- Northolt Playing Fields Association Northolt, Middlesex
- Notting Hill Gate and District Tradesmens Association Notting Hill, Middlesex
- Octavia Hill Housing Trust, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- Queens Park Swimming Club, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- Ray House Old Peoples Hostel, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- Rowe Housing Trust, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (7th Foot) London
- Silchester Road Public Baths, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- St Columb parish, Notting Hill Notting Hill, Middlesex
- St John's Presbyterian Church, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- St Luke parish, Chelsea Chelsea, Middlesex
- St Mary Abbotts parish, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- St Mary Abbotts, Kensington tithes Kensington, Middlesex
- St Stephen parish, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- Thurloe Estate Kensington, Middlesex
- Thurloe Square Garden Committee Kensington, Middlesex
Persons (15)
- Cameron, George Basil, (1884-1975), Conductor
- Colles, William Morris, (1855-1926), literary agent London
- Colvin, Sir Sidney, (1845-1927), Knight, art and literary critic
- Crane, Walter, (1845-1915), artist
- Croker, Thomas Crofton, (1798-1854), Irish antiquary
- Davison, William Henry, (1872-1953), 1st Baron Broughshane
- Etty, William, (1787-1849), Painter
- Hassall, John, (1868-1948), Artist
- Hodgson, James Stewart, (1827-1899), Banker and Art Patron
- Jerdan, William, (1782-1869), journalist
- Leighton, Frederic, (1830-1896), Baron Leighton of Stretton, painter
- Mackay, Mary, (1855-1924), novelist
- Mason, George Heming, (1818-1872), Painter
- Sambourne, Edward Linley, (1844-1910), cartoonist and artist
- South, Sir James, (1785-1867), Knight, astronomer
Diaries (2)
- Kitchingham, James Edward, (fl 1887-1947) Kensington, Middlesex
- Unnamed female, (fl 1876-1885), housekeeper Kensington, Middlesex
Families (8)
- Alexander family of Aubrey House Kensington, Middlesex
- Ashburnham family, Earls of Ashburnham Ashburnham, Sussex;Ampthill, Bedfordshire;Clapham, Bedfordshire;Danbury, Essex;Blackheath, Kent;Greenwich, Kent;Bretherton, Lancashire;Chelsea, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Barking, Suffolk;Durnford, Wiltshire;Porthamel, Brecknockshire;Talgarth, Brecknockshire;Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire;Pembrey, Carmarthenshire;Llangennith, Glamorgan
- Dawson family, Earls of Dartrey Dartrey, County Monaghan;Blackwatertown, County Armagh;Carrow, County Fermanagh;Rathneiston, County Louth;Abbeyville, County Tipperary;Templemichael, County Waterford;Chelsea, Middlesex
- Fox family, Barons Holland Ampthill, Bedfordshire;Kensington, Middlesex;Chertsey, Surrey;St Ann's Hill, Surrey;Foxley, Wiltshire
- Fox-Strangways family, Earls of Ilchester Ampthill, Bedfordshire;Rewe, Devon;Abbotsbury, Dorset;Melbury Sampford, Dorset;Chiswick, Middlesex;Kensington, Middlesex;Water Eaton, Oxfordshire;Buckland St Mary, Somerset;Ilchester, Somerset;Knowle, Somerset;Redlynch, Somerset;South Bradon, Somerset;Chertsey, Surrey;St Ann's Hill, Surrey;Winderton, Warwickshire;Farley, Wiltshire;Foxley, Wiltshire;Wilton, Yorkshire;Isle Of Arran, Buteshire
- Freeling family of Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- Pitt family of Campden House, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- Stanhope family, Earls of Harrington: Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (20)
- NRA 19274 Alexander family of Aubrey House, Kensington: family and estate papers
- NRA 28595 Campden Charities
- NRA 4045 Chelsea local records (see report for locations)
- NRA 33729 Walter Crane, artist and designer: corresp and papers
- NRA 17146 Gamble & Co (dispensing chemists): prescription books
- NRA 10808 Tom Hill (Knightsbridge) Ltd, shoe makers: pattern books
- NRA 20293 Kensington: 22nd (service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (Kensington)
- NRA 11693 Kensington and Chelsea Public Libraries: misc accessions
- NRA 11145 Kensington Borough
- NRA 30227 Kensington Foundation Grammar School
- NRA 24588 Kensington Housing Trust Ltd
- NRA 36423 Kensington housing trusts
- NRA 20553 Kensington Public Libraries Movement
- NRA 26078 Kensington United Reformed Church
- NRA 25618 Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton, painter: letters
- NRA 30178 London Metropolitan Archives: education records
- NRA 29480 Middlesex parishes
- NRA 36704 Pitt family of Campden House, Kensington: deeds and papers
- NRA 13524 Stanhope family, Earls of Harrington: Brompton Park and Hale estate deeds
- NRA 36391 Thurloe estate
Accessions
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