Lewisham Local History and Archives Centre
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London
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Businesses (28)
- Alfred Fisher & Sons, pawnbrokers Hither Green, Kent
- AT Manfield & Son, builders, decorators and sanitary engineers Brockley, Kent
- Carters Tested Seeds Ltd Llangollen, Denbighshire
- Carter's Tested Seeds Ltd London
- Chiltonian Ltd, biscuit manufacturers Lee, Kent
- Deptford Pottery Deptford, Kent
- Dyer, Son & Creasy, estate agents Blackheath, Kent
- E Horder & son, builder Lewisham, Kent
- EJ Allder & Sons (Catford) Ltd, drapers and house furnishers Catford, Kent
- Elliott Process Automation Ltd, instrument manufacturers London
- General Steam Navigation Co Ltd London
- Gledhill & Wigmore, architects, surveyors and letting agents Southwark, Surrey
- J & H Robinson Ltd, millers London
- J Stone & Co (Deptford) Ltd, electrical and mechanical engineers Deptford, Kent
- J&A Dandridge Ltd, rag and scrap merchants Deptford, Kent
- James Collingwood, drapers Lewisham, Kent
- Kent Water Works Co Deptford, Kent
- Kingley Napley, solicitors London
- Markby, Stewart & Wadeson, solicitors London
- Newell & Hamlyn, estate agents London
- Rank Hovis McDougall Ltd, flour millers and bakers Deptford, Kent
- Robert Blackie Ltd, manufacturing chemists London
- Southern Railway Company London
- Stanley Prior, auctioneer and estate agent Catford, Kent
- TS Moore & Sons Ltd, house furnishers London
- Walter Cobb Ltd, department store Sydenham, Kent
- Watney Mann Ltd, brewers London
- WJ Turpin Ltd, builders Greenwich, Kent
Organisations (149)
- Addey and Stanhope School, Deptford Deptford, Kent
- Albany Institute, Deptford Deptford, Kent
- All Saints parish, Blackheath Blackheath, Kent
- Association of Jamaicans UK Trust Lewisham, Kent
- Bellingham Bowling and Lawn Tennis Club, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- Blackheath and Kidbrooke Hockey Club Blackheath, Kent
- Blackheath Hockey Club Blackheath, Kent
- Blackheath Motorway Action Group Blackheath, Kent
- Blackheath Preservation Society Blackheath, Kent
- Blackheath Proprietary School Blackheath, Kent
- Brockley Congregational Church Brockley, Kent
- Brockley Methodist Church Brockley, Kent
- Burnt Ash Congregational Church Burnt Ash, Kent
- Catford and District Natural History Society Catford, Kent
- Catford Cycling Club Catford, Kent
- Catford Festival Players Catford, Kent
- Catford Methodist Church Catford, Kent
- Catford Southend Residents Association Catford, Kent
- Catford Wanderers Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Catford, Kent
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School, Forest Hill Forest Hill, Kent
- Christ Church parish, Lee Lee, Kent
- Christopher Boone's Charity, Lee Lee, Kent
- Church Lads Brigade, St Mary's Parish Church Hall, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- Church of the Ascension parish, Blackheath Blackheath, Kent
- Church of the Good Shepherd parish, Lee Lee, Kent
- Church of the Transfiguration parish, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- Company of Crown Players, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- Congregational School for the Sons of Ministers in Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- Crofton Park Cricket Club, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- Crystal Palace Trustees Crystal Palace, Kent
- Deptford Bookshop and Literacy Centre Deptford, Kent
- Deptford Congregational Church Deptford, Kent
- Deptford Council of Churches Deptford, Kent
- Deptford Fund Deptford, Kent
- Deptford Labour Party Deptford, Kent
- Deptford Methodist Circuit Deptford, Kent
- Deptford Methodist Mission Deptford, Kent
- Deptford Metropolitan Borough Council Deptford, Kent
- Deptford Parochial Charities Deptford, Kent
- Deptford Pension Society Deptford, Kent
- Deptford Soup Institution Deptford, Kent
- Deptford Ubiquarians Deptford, Kent
- Downham Fire Station Downham, Kent
- East Lewisham League of Young Liberals Lewisham, Kent
- Elizabethan Almshouse Charity Fulham, Middlesex;Putney, Surrey
- Family Welfare Association: Greenwich and Lewisham area Lewisham, Kent;Greenwich, Kent
- Festival Players Dramatic Society, Catford Catford, Kent
- Forest Hill and Sydenham Charitable Association Forest Hill, Kent;Sydenham, Kent
- Forest Hill Boys and Girls Industrial Homes Forest Hill, Kent
- Forest Hill Infant Welfare Centre Forest Hill, Kent
- Forest Hill Provident Dispensary Forest Hill, Kent
- Greenwich Rural Deanery Greenwich, Kent
- Grove Park Community Group Grove Park, Kent
- Grove Park Residents Association Grove Park, Kent
- Haberdashers' Aske's Hospital (School) Hoxton, Middlesex;New Cross, Kent
- Haberdashers' Aske's School, New Cross: Old Askean Club New Cross, Kent
- Henry Smith's Charity: Deptford Deptford, Kent
- Hither Green Methodist Church Hither Green, Kent
- Holy Trinity parish, Lee Lee, Kent
- Holy Trinity parish, Sydenham Sydenham, Kent
- Horniman's Museum, Sydenham Sydenham, Kent
- Kitto Road Methodist Church, Nunhead Nunhead, Surrey
- League of Friends of Grove Park Hospital Grove Park, Kent
- Lee Board of Works Lee, Kent
- Lewisham 50+ Gay Group Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Accident Prevention Committee Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham and Brockley Methodist Circuit Lewisham, Kent;Brockley, Kent
- Lewisham and North Southwark Health Authority Lewisham, Kent;Southwark, Surrey
- Lewisham Arts Council Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Board of Guardians Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Board of Works Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham East Labour Party Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Gardens Guild Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Lions Pentathlon Club Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Local History Society Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Methodist Church Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Methodist Circuit Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Metropolitan Borough Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Model Parliament Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Music Festival Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham North Liberal Association Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Parochial Charities Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Prendergast School Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Public Library Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Residents Association Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Rural Deanery Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Society Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham South Liberal Association Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham Unitarian Church Lewisham, Kent
- Lewisham West Liberal Association Lewisham, Kent
- Lower Ardgowan Road fire spotters, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- Manor House Library, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- Mountsfield Park Bowling Club, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- National Union of Townswomens Guilds: Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- National Union of Townswomens Guilds: Lewisham Afternoon branch Lewisham, Kent
- New Cross Methodist Chapel New Cross, Kent
- Northbrook Church of England School, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- Old Askean Rugby Football Club Lewisham, Kent
- Old Brockleians Society, Brockley Brockley, Kent
- Peckham Methodist Circuit Peckham, Surrey
- Plumstead Board of Works Plumstead, Kent
- Portland Wanderers Cricket Club, New Cross New Cross, Kent
- Robinson's Benevolent Fund, London London
- Robinson's Institute, London London
- Royal Naval School and Scholarship Fund
- Scout Association: Deptford Deptford, Kent
- Scout Association: Lewisham 10th Group Lewisham, Kent
- Scout Association: Lewisham 45th Group (King Alfred's Own) Lewisham, Kent
- Society of the Treasury of God Lewisham, Kent
- South Eastern Hospital for Children, Sydenham Sydenham, Kent
- South Lee Baptist Church Lee, Kent
- South Suburban Photographic Society, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- St Andrew parish, Catford Catford, Kent
- St Augustine parish, Grove Park Grove Park, Kent
- St Barnabas Football Club Lewisham, Kent
- St Bartholomew parish, Sydenham Sydenham, Kent
- St Cyprian parish, Brockley Brockley, Kent
- St Dunstan in the East parochial charities, London London
- St George parish, Perry Hill Perry Hill, Kent
- St Hilda parish, Brockley Brockley, Kent
- St John the Baptist parish, Southend, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- St John's Church of England School, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- St John's Hospital, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- St Laurence parish, Catford Catford, Kent
- St Luke parish, Downham Downham, Kent
- St Margaret parish, Lee Lee, Kent
- St Margaret's Women's Guild, Lee Lee, Kent
- St Mark parish, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- St Mary parish, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- St Matthew parish, Sydenham Sydenham, Kent
- St Mildred parish, Lee Lee, Kent
- St Olave's Poor Law Union Bermondsey, Surrey
- St Paul parish, Deptford Deptford, Kent
- St Peter parish, Brockley Brockley, Kent
- St Philip the Apostle parish, Sydenham Sydenham, Kent
- St Saviour parish, Brockley Rise Brockley, Kent
- St Stephen parish, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- St Swithun parish, Hither Green Hither Green, Kent
- Sunday School Union: Sydenham and Forest Hill Sydenham, Kent;Forest Hill, Kent
- Sydenham and Forest Hill Methodist Circuit Sydenham, Kent;Forest Hill, Kent
- Sydenham Rifle Corps Sydenham, Kent
- Sydenham Wesleyan Church Sydenham, Kent
- The Right Worthy and Amicable Order of Ubiquarians of the Province of Deptford Deptford, Kent
- Union (Unitarian) Literary and Scientific Society, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- Union of Post Office Workers: South East district London;Greater London
- Utopian Operatic Society, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- West Kent Wanderers Cricket Club, Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- West Lewisham Labour Party Lewisham, Kent
- Winn Road Ratepayers Association, Grove Park Grove Park, Kent
Persons (12)
- Baring, Sir Francis, (1740-1810), 1st Baronet Merchant Banker MP
- Birchenough, Josephine, (1920-1994), local historian
- Buckler, John, (1770-1851), topographical artist, architect and antiquary
- Duncan, Leland Lewis, (1862-1923), antiquary
- Dunkin, Alfred John, (1812-1879), antiquary and historian
- Forster, Henry William, (1866-1936), 1st Baron Forster, Governor General of Australia
- Gilbert, Sir John, (1817-1897), Knight Water Colour Painter
- McMillan, Margaret, (1860-1931), physical educator
- Moyle, Roland Dunstan, (b 1928), MP
- Paul, Leslie Allen, (1905-1985), Author and Social Scientist
- Payne, Harry, (fl1892-1898), artist Catford, Kent
- Spicer, Lawrence, (b 1937), journalist
Diaries (2)
- Heal, Horace W, Soldier Lewisham, Kent
- Monk, Harry Brockley, Kent
Families (5)
- Baring family, Barons Northbrook Micheldever, Hampshire;Stratton Park, Hampshire;Lee, Kent
- Evelyn family: Sayes Court, Deptford Deptford, Kent
- Forster family of Lewisham Lewisham, Kent
- Milles family, Earls Sondes: Lees Court Lees Court, Kent;North Elmham, Norfolk
- Wynell-Mayow family of Bray and Saltash Bray, Cornwall;East Looe, Cornwall;Morval, Cornwall;Saltash, Cornwall;Sydenham, Kent
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (17)
- NRA 40070 Chiltonian Ltd, biscuit mfrs, London link to online catalogue
- NRA 8914 Cook, Taylor & Co, solicitors, Eltham: clients papers
- NRA 8916 Dyer, Son & Creasy, estate agents, Blackheath link to online catalogue
- NRA 39152 Alfred Thomas Fisher & Sons, pawnbrokers, Hither Green link to scanned list
- NRA 8915 E Horder & Son, builders, Lewisham link to scanned list
- NRA 40068 League of Friends of Grove Park Hospital link to online catalogue
- NRA 15215 Lewisham and Peckham Methodist Circuit link to online catalogue
- NRA 8913 Lewisham Archives Dept: misc accessions
- NRA 10009 Lewisham Borough
- NRA 8583 Lewisham rural deanery link to scanned list
- NRA 40994 Lewisham Unitarian Church link to online catalogue
- NRA 30178 London Metropolitan Archives: education records
- NRA 29479 London parishes
- NRA 42991 National Society for Promoting Religious Education link to scanned list
- NRA 40069 J & H Robinson Ltd, flour millers, London link to online catalogue
- NRA 29318 J Stone & Co (Deptford) Ltd, engineers link to scanned list
- NRA 8644 WJ Turpin, builders, Greenwich link to scanned list
Accessions
These are selected lists of new or additional collections that were acquired by this archive during a specific year. If a date is not displayed there are no accessions for that year.