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Businesses (44)
- A Leete & Co Ltd, oil and colourmen Southwark, Surrey
- Addis & Keen Ltd, wharfingers London
- Arnold Goodwin & Son Ltd, engineers Southwark, Surrey
- Arthur Morris & Co, hop merchants London
- BB Vos & Son Ltd, leather merchants, London London
- British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd London;Crewe, Cheshire;Wales
- Brown & Eagle Ltd, wool warehouse keepers London
- Butlers Wharf Ltd, wharfingers London
- Carden & Godfrey, architects, London London
- Clarke & Son, solicitors, High Wycombe High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
- Colonial Wharves Ltd London
- Falconwood Engineering Co Ltd Southwark, Surrey
- Field & Sons, estate agents, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- JI Knowles, upholsterers and undertakers Southwark, Surrey
- John Beatson, ship breakers and timber merchants Rotherhithe, Surrey
- John Edgington & Co Ltd, marquee, tent, flag and canvas goods manufacturers London
- John Giles Pilcher & Jeremiah Pilcher, oilmen
- Jones & Higgins Ltd, drapers and furnishers Peckham, Surrey
- Joseph Kitchin Ltd, wharfingers and shumac merchants London
- Lambert Barge Hire Ltd London
- Langley London Ltd, ceramics
- Lewis & Burrows Ltd, chemists and druggists London
- London Joint Stock Bank Ltd, Southwark branch Southwark, Surrey
- Model Milk Co Camberwell, Surrey
- Newington Tramways Newington, Surrey
- Peckham Permanent Benefit Building Society Peckham, Surrey
- Perkins and Glover Ltd, transport, Southwark London
- Petty, Wood & Co, wholesale grocers Southwark, Surrey
- Phosphor Bronze Co Southwark, Surrey
- Pierson & Park Ltd, wholesale stationers Southwark, Surrey
- R Hoe & Co Ltd, printing press manufacturers Southwark, Surrey;Walworth, Surrey
- Steinfeld, Colle & Co Ltd, leather factors Bermondsey, Surrey
- Strong & Fisher Holdings Ltd, hide merchants and fellmongers Bermondsey, Surrey
- Thomas Linfield, builder Peckham, Surrey
- Union Lighterage Co Ltd London
- WA Crips & Sons, builders' smiths Bermondsey, Surrey
- Watkins, Watkins & Co Ltd, bookbinders Camberwell, Surrey
- WE Ismay Ltd, builders Peckham, Surrey
- Wharf Holdings Ltd London
- Wigan Richardson International Ltd, hop factors Southwark, Surrey
- WJ Russell & Co Ltd, lightermen
- WJR Whitehair Ltd, lightermen London
- Wood, Hanbury, Rhodes & Jackson, brewers and hop merchants Southwark, Surrey
- Woolloton, Pike, Barrett & Co, hop factors Southwark, Surrey
Organisations (164)
- Abbey Street Baptist Chapel, Bermondsey Bermondsey, Surrey
- Age Concern: Lewisham and Southwark Lewisham, Kent;Southwark, Surrey
- Albany Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Camberwell Camberwell, Surrey
- Albert Institution, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Albion Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Rotherhithe Rotherhithe, Surrey
- Amicable Society School, Rotherhithe Rotherhithe, Surrey
- Barry Road Methodist Church, Dulwich Dulwich, Surrey
- Barry Road Methodist Circuit, Dulwich Dulwich, Surrey
- Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Society Bermondsey, Surrey;Rotherhithe, Surrey
- Bermondsey Band of Hope Union Bermondsey, Surrey
- Bermondsey Borough Council Bermondsey, Surrey
- Bermondsey Commissioners for Paving East Division Bermondsey, Surrey
- Bermondsey Commissioners for Paving Waterside Division Bermondsey, Surrey
- Bermondsey Commissioners for Paving West Division Bermondsey, Surrey
- Bermondsey Constituency Labour Party Bermondsey, Surrey
- Bermondsey Independent Labour Party Bermondsey, Surrey
- Bermondsey Lamp Post School Bermondsey, Surrey
- Bermondsey Methodist Settlement Bermondsey, Surrey
- Bermondsey Metropolitan Borough Council Bermondsey, Surrey
- Bermondsey United Services Fund Bermondsey, Surrey
- Bermondsey Wesleyan Methodist Central Hall Bermondsey, Surrey
- Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Deptford Turnpike Trusts Bermondsey, Surrey;Rotherhithe, Surrey;Deptford, Kent
- Besson Street Methodist Church, Deptford Deptford, Kent
- Borough Polytechnic Photographic Society London
- British Red Cross Society: Camberwell branch Camberwell, Surrey
- Brixton Hill Methodist Church Brixton, Surrey
- Brunel Exhibition Project, Rotherhithe Rotherhithe, Surrey
- Brunswick United Methodist Church, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Camberwell and Peckham Conservative Association Peckham, Surrey;Camberwell, Surrey
- Camberwell and Peckham Lighting and Watching Trust Camberwell, Surrey
- Camberwell Arts Council Camberwell, Surrey
- Camberwell Borough Council Camberwell, Surrey
- Camberwell charities Camberwell, Surrey
- Camberwell Community Association Camberwell, Surrey
- Camberwell Society Camberwell, Surrey
- Carl Campbell Dance Company 7
- Christ Church parish, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Christchurch parish, Bermondsey Bermondsey, Surrey
- Church Patronage Trust Isle of Wight
- Clifton Baptist Chapel, Peckham Peckham, Surrey
- Clink Paving Commissioners, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Colliers Rents Independent Chapel, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Cooltan Arts London
- Cottage Green Baptist Chapel, Peckham Peckham, Surrey
- County of London Volunteer Regiment London
- Crossway Congregational Church, Walworth Walworth, Surrey
- Deverell Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Newington Newington, Surrey
- Dulwich College Dulwich, Surrey
- Dulwich Constituency Labour Party Dulwich, Surrey
- Dulwich Constitutional Club, East Dulwich Grove Dulwich, Surrey
- Dulwich Liberal and Radical Club Dulwich, Surrey
- Dulwich Lighting Trust Dulwich, Surrey
- Dulwich local charities Dulwich, Surrey
- Dulwich Road Methodist Church, Herne Hill Herne Hill, Surrey
- East Dulwich Tabernacle Dulwich, Surrey
- East Dulwich Tabernacle Sunday School Dulwich, Surrey
- East Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Walworth Walworth, Surrey
- Edward Edward's Charity, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Emmanuel United Reformed Church, East Dulwich Dulwich, Surrey
- Fourth London (Southwark) Methodist Circuit Southwark, Surrey
- Friern School, Dulwich Dulwich, Surrey
- Gainsford Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Horsleydown Southwark, Surrey
- Gedling Street Missions, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Great Dover Street Paving Commissioners, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Grove Methodist Mission, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Haddon Hall and Green Walk Baptist Mission, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Hanover United Reformed Church, Peckham Peckham, Surrey
- Holland Street Paving Commissioners, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- John Ruskin Camera Club Southwark, Surrey
- John Street Wesleyan Methodist Hall, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Kennington Park and Battersea Primitive Methodist Circuit Kennington, Surrey;Battersea, Surrey
- King's Bench and Marshalsea prisons London
- King's Own Methodist Mission, Walworth Walworth, Surrey
- Kintore Way Nursery School, Bermondsey Bermondsey, Surrey
- Kitto Road Methodist Church, Nunhead Nunhead, Surrey
- Latin American Women's Rights Service London
- Lion Street Sunday School, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Locksfields Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Walworth Walworth, Surrey
- London Choir School London
- London Street Mission, Bermondsey (later Bermondsey Gospel Mission) Bermondsey, Surrey
- Mary Datchelor Girls School, Camberwell London;Camberwell, Surrey
- Maze Pond Baptist Chapel, Camberwell Camberwell, Surrey
- Miss Pace's School, Camberwell Grove Camberwell, Surrey
- Mostyn Road Methodist Church, Brixton Brixton, Surrey
- National Association of Local Government Officers: Southwark branch Southwark, Surrey
- New Cross Methodist Chapel New Cross, Kent
- Newcomen and Collett charities, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Newington Armed Association Newington, Surrey
- Nunhead Football Club Nunhead, Surrey
- Oakley Place Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Peckham Peckham, Surrey
- Parish of Bermondsey Infirmary Bermondsey, Surrey;Rotherhithe, Surrey
- Peckham and Camberwell Action on the Rail Link Peckham, Surrey;Camberwell, Surrey
- Peckham and Environs Action on the Rail Link (PEARL) Peckham, Surrey
- Peckham Constituency Labour Party Peckham, Surrey
- Peckham Methodist Circuit Peckham, Surrey
- Peckham Publishing Project Peckham, Surrey
- Peckham Rye Baptist Tabernacle Peckham, Surrey
- Peckham Rye Common Peckham, Surrey
- Peckham Settlement Peckham, Surrey
- Peckham Society London
- Peckham Trading Association Peckham, Surrey
- Queen's Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Peckham Peckham, Surrey
- Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment Surrey;Greater London
- SE1 Community Newspaper London
- Silver Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Rotherhithe Rotherhithe, Surrey
- Society for the Abolition of Church Rates, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- South London Film Society London;Greater London
- South London Industrial Mission London
- South London Methodist Mission London;Greater London
- South London Methodist Mission, Central Hall, Bermondsey Bermondsey, Surrey
- South-East London Primitive Methodist Mission London;Greater London
- Southwark and Camberwell Trades Council Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark and Lambeth Archaeological Society Southwark, Surrey;Lambeth, Surrey
- Southwark Board of Guardians Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark charities Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark Dean and Chapter Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark Forum on Homelessness Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark LGBT Forum Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark Local History Library and Archives Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark Metropolitan Borough Council Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark Park Congregational Church Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark Park Primary School Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark Park Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark Pensioners' Action Group Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark Society Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark South East Constituency Labour Party Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark Sunday School Society Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark Travellers Education Support Service Southwark, Surrey
- Southwark Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Southwark, Surrey
- St George parish, Camberwell Camberwell, Surrey
- St George the Martyr parish, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- St George the Martyr School, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- St George's Methodist Church, Camberwell Camberwell, Surrey
- St George's Methodist Hall, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- St Giles Greencoat and National Schools, Camberwell Camberwell, Surrey
- St Giles parish, Camberwell Camberwell, Surrey
- St John Horsleydown parish, Bermondsey Bermondsey, Surrey
- St John's and St Clement's Church of England Primary School, East Dulwich Dulwich, Surrey
- St Jude's Church of England School, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- St Mary Magdalene parish, Bermondsey Bermondsey, Surrey
- St Mary parish, Newington Newington, Surrey
- St Mary parish, Rotherhithe Rotherhithe, Surrey
- St Olave parish, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School Foundation, London London
- St Olave's District Board of Works London
- St Saviour parish, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- St Saviour's College, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- St Saviour's Poor Law Union, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Stafford Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Peckham Peckham, Surrey
- Stuart Road Allotments Society Southwark, Surrey
- Surrey Primitive Methodist Chapel, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Trinity Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Newington Newington, Surrey
- Tustin Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Peckham Peckham, Surrey
- Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians: Bermondsey branch Bermondsey, Surrey
- Union Road Primitive Methodist Chapel, Rotherhithe Rotherhithe, Surrey
- Upper Ground Paving Commissioners, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Walworth Book Society Walworth, Surrey
- Walworth Common Walworth, Surrey
- Walworth Methodist Church (Clubland) Walworth, Surrey
- Walworth Road Baptist Chapel Walworth, Surrey
- Wesleyan Day School, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- York Street Chapel, Walworth Walworth, Surrey
- Zion Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Camberwell Camberwell, Surrey
- Zoar Street Charity School, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
Persons (27)
- Ammon, Charles George, (1873-1960), 1st Baron Ammon, politician
- Bason, Frederick Thomas, (1907-1973), author and bookseller Walworth, Surrey
- Bell, William, (1884-1957), Engineer and Surveyor Camberwell, Surrey
- Bloice, Brian, (1939-2015), founder member and president, Southwark & Lambeth Archeological Society London
- Butterworth, James, (1897-1977), Methodist Minister
- Constable, John, (fl1984-2015), poet and dramatist Southwark, Surrey
- Corner, Richard, (d 1820), Solicitor and Antiquary
- Crutchley, John, (fl1700-1799), dyer Southwark, Surrey
- Cuming, Henry Syer, (1817-1902), archaeologist and collector
- Cuming, Richard, (1777-1870), antiquary
- Eaton, Faith, (1927 - 2005), British doll and dolls' house collector London
- Gabriel, Thomas, (1811-1891), Sir, 1st Baronet, timber merchant and alderman of London Southwark, Surrey
- Golden, Grace Lydia, (1904-1993), artist and historian
- Gomm, Sir William Maynard, (1784-1875), Knight, Field Marshal
- Gras, Constantine, (fl 2017-2018), multimedia artist and project manager London
- Henley, Leonard Albert John, (1930-2011), Southwark councillor and mayor
- Humphrey, Stephen, (1952-2016), local historian and archivist Southwark, Surrey
- Lethbridge Shells, Anne, (fl1944-c1953), warden Bermondsey Children's Flats Bermondsey, Surrey
- Livesey, Sir George Thomas, (1834-1908), Knight Engineer Gas Company Manager
- Mason, Henry Cox, (c 1755-1804), Rector of Bermondsey
- Phillips, Henry Laverock, (1834-1917), Antiquary
- Polglaze, Philip, (fl 1980-1999), photographer Peckham, Surrey
- Rose, Ann, (d1809), noblewoman
- Scates, Brian David, (b1948), author and poet
- Tinworth, George, (1843-1913), Sculptor
- Whelan, John, (fl 2017-2018), theatre director and manager, People's Company London
- Wright, Leonard, (fl 1960-1979), of Southwark London
Diaries (5)
- Davies, Mary, (fl 1851-1877) Southwark, Surrey
- Edwards, Samuel Camberwell, Surrey
- Fleming, Albert, (b1846) Southwark, Surrey
- Hooper, Ellen, (fl 1849-1850), diarist Peckham, Surrey
- Mcewen, Daniel, Clerk In Receivers Office Southwark, Surrey
Families (12)
- Brandon family of Walworth Walworth, Surrey
- Brent family of Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Bridge family of Bermondsey Bermondsey, Surrey
- Carr-Gomm family of Rotherhithe Rotherhithe, Surrey
- Clutton family of Walworth Walworth, Surrey
- Hampden family, Viscounts Hampden: Hampden Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire;Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire;Wendover, Buckinghamshire;Biddenham, Bedfordshire;Bromham, Bedfordshire;Peckham, Surrey
- Lewis family of Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- Rolls family, Barons Llangattock Surrey;Surrey
- Shard family of Peckham Peckham, Surrey
- Single family of Newington Newington, Surrey;Camberwell, Surrey
- Temple-West family of Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- West family of Bermondsey Southwark, Surrey
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (8)
- NRA 25484 Bermondsey Constituency Labour Party link to scanned list
- NRA 26451 Butler's Wharf: company records survey
- NRA 2993 Camberwell, London, local collections
- NRA 25483 Clutton family of Walworth: family papers
- NRA 28974 Arthur Morris & Co, hop merchants, Southwark
- NRA 42991 National Society for Promoting Religious Education link to scanned list
- NRA 25486 Southwark Local Studies Library: misc accessions
- NRA 26450 Southwark South-East Constituency Labour Party
Accessions
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