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Originally the Chemists' Aerated and Mineral Waters Association Limited, a group of chemists established and incorporated in 1878. Based at 45 Gifford Street, Caledonian Road. By 1895 the company had factories in London, Bristol, Harrogate and Mitcham.

Acquired by Barclay Perkins and Company Limited in 1954. The company took over the operations of York Mineral Water Company Limited in May 1955; and merged with Cantrell and Cochrane in 1960 to form Cantrell and Cochrane (Southern) Limited. This company took over Mellersh and Neale Oct 1961 and acquired the factory and trade of R. Halley in September 1963. Finances used for Horselydown Property Investments (Developments) Limited 1967-1969.

The Dartford Brewery was founded as "Miller and Aldworth", and from 1887 "Miller and Aldworth Limited". It was incorporated in July 1897 as "Dartford Brewery Company Limited".

The brewery was acquired jointly by Style and Winch Limited and the Royal Brewery Brentford Limited in 1924; and was therefore acquired by Barclay Perkins and Company Limited in 1929 when it purchased Style and Winch Limited and the Royal Brewery Brentford Limited.

The Brewery went into voluntary liquidation in 1970.

The Camden Brewery was established in 1849 by Garrett, Whitaker and Grimwood, located on Hawley Crescent, Camden, London. It was incorporated in 1889 as the Camden Brewery Company Limited. The company went into receivership in 1912 and registered as a new company in 1913. It went into voluntary liquidation in 1926.

Carlos and Thrale Limited was formerly either St Giles Taverns Limited or Medway Mineral Water Company (which never traded). The name "Carlos and Thrale" was created in 1957 as the wines and spirits department of Courage and Company Limited and then Courage and Barclay.

From Oct 1961 the company was known as Arthur Cooper (Wine Merchant) Limited and from 1978 as Saccone and Speed Retail Limited, having bought Saccone and Speed from Charles Kinloch in 1965. Searchers are advised to confirm these details for themselves.

A brewery at 77 High Street, Maidenhead was founded in 1840 by William Nicholson whose sons joined him in 1877. Nicholson and Sons Limited was incorporated in 1903. The company acquired Langton's Brewery, Market Street, Maidenhead, in 1906, and Fuller, Story and Company Limited, Bell Brewery, King Street, Maidenhead, in 1922.

They were a wholly owned subsidiary of Courage and Barclay by Nov 1959. The brewery closed in February 1961 and the company entered voluntary liquidation in 1967.

Reffells Bexley Brewery at Bourne Road, Bexley, Kent, was founded in 1874 by H Reffell. It was incorporated in 1898, including Showells Brewery Company Limited, of City Road, London. The company took over the free trade of the Hampstead Brewery Company Limited in 1931. It was acquired by Courage and Barclay in 1957 and the Brewery closed. The company was in liquidation in April 1970.

Yardley's London and Provincial Stores Limited were incorporated in 1919; and acquired by Courage and Barclay Ltd in 1959 in order to expand their off-licences interests, as Yardley's had over 60 off-licences. The company was in liquidation in 1964. The company was based at 3/4 Chivalry Road, Battersea Rise, London SW11.

Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited was created by the merger of Courage and Barclay Ltd and H and G Simonds Ltd in 1960.

In 1961 the company acquired the Bristol Brewery Georges Ltd, Bristol. In 1962 they took over Harmans Uxbridge Brewery Ltd and Clinch and Co Ltd, Eagle Brewery, Witney, and in 1963 Charles Beasley Ltd, North Kent Brewery, Plumstead. In the late 1960's they acquired James Hole and Co Ltd of Newark-upon-Trent and in 1970 Plymouth Breweries Ltd, Devon. That year John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery joined the group.

Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited name was changed to Courage Limited in 1970. The Company was based at Anchor Terrace, Southwark Bridge Road, London. In 1972 the firm was acquired by Imperial Tobacco Group Limited for £320 million, changed name to Imperial Brewing and Leisure Limited. In 1986 Imperial Group acquired by Hanson Trust plc, which sold Courage Limited as a separate concern to Elders IXL, the Australian conglomerate.

The brewery was established in 1865 on the High Street, Slough, Berkshire. It was incorporated as R Halley Limited in 1947. A controlling interest was taken by Harman's Uxbridge Brewery in 1954. The brewery ceased trading in August 1963, and entered into voluntary liquidation in January 1967.

London and Provincial Shop Centres (Slough) Limited was set up jointly by Horselydown Property Investment Company Limited and London and Provincial Shop Centres (Holdings) Limited to develop the site of the Royal Oak, High Street, Slough, Bucks (later Erin House). The company was incorporated in July 1963.

Subsidiary or associated companies of Horselydown Property Investment Company Limited:

Town and City Properties Limited: In association with Horselydown Property Investment Co. Ltd. set up Arndale-Horselydown Ltd; Basingstoke Town Properties Ltd; Couratown Property Developments Ltd; Old Brewery Development Co. Ltd. and Whepstead Properties Ltd. 1961-1967

Arndale-Horselydown Ltd: Set up by Horselydown Property Investment Company Ltd. and Arndale Developments Ltd. (by Jan 1967 The Arndale Property Trust Ltd; by July 1968 member of the Town and City Properties Group) to develop site of former King's Head, 145-146 and Royal Standard, High Street, Egham. Incorporated Feb 1967

Basingstoke Town Properties Limited: Set up by Horselydown Property Investment Co. Ltd. and Town and City Properties Ltd. in [? 1966]

Couratown Property Developments Limited: Set up by Horselydown Property Investment Company and Town and City Properties Ltd. in 1962 to develop the sites of the White Hart, Bromley; Reindeer, Slough; Golden Eagle, Slough; Saracens Head, Ashford; Castle, Tonbridge; and Red Lion, Maidenhead. Incorporated 1962.

Old Brewery Property Development Company Limited: Set up by Horselydown Property Investment Company Ltd. and Town and City Properties Ltd. to re-develop site of Nicholson's Brewery, High Street, Maidenhead, in [1961].

Whepstead Properties Limited: Set up by Horselydown Property Investment Company Ltd. and Town and City Properties Ltd. in 1967 to develop site of The Maiden's Head and 122/122A High Street, Maidenhead. Incorporated 1967.

Shepton Mallet Town Street Investments Limited was set up by Horselydown Property Investment Company Limited and Regents Park Land Company Limited in 1963 to develop the Town Street area of Shepton Mallet, Somerset. In liquidation 1968.

Saccone and Speed Limited, wine and spirits merchants, was established in 1839. H and G Simonds had acquired a large holding. The company was associated with Lawn and Alder which they set up as a limited company in 1954. By 1960 the parent company in Gibraltar had wholly owned subsidiaries in London and Morrocco with branches in Malta and South Africa. Whisky was sold in USA. In 1961 Courage, Barclay and Simonds acquired the balance of the share capital. By 1963 most of the home trade (function of Saccone and Speed London Ltd) was taken over by Charles Kinloch.

Santovin Limited was incorporated in 1912. A holding was acquired by Yardley's London and Provincial Stores, off-licences chain, before 1928. A controlling interest was taken in Cambrunnen Table Water Company in 1929. Santovin was taken over by Courage and Barclay in February 1959. The company was in voluntary liquidation in September 1964.

The South Coast Bottling Company Limited of Brighton was incorporated in 1925. Interest acquired by Barclay Perkins 1935 and later by Watney Combe Reid and Mann Crossman and Paulin. An agreement between Watney-Mann and Courage, Barclay and Simonds for company to be wound up was made in 1961 and the premises became a Courage and Barclay depot; which was later combined with H and G Simonds' Brighton depot. The company was in voluntary liquidation in 1965.

Herbert Stebbings and Sons Limited, beer, wine and spirits merchants, of 149 High Street, Lowestoft, was established in 1777. It was incorporated in 1903; and acquired by Courage, Barclay and Simonds in 1969.

The Brewery, Brook Street, Basingstoke, was established in 1750. The business was incorporated in 1894 as John May and Company Limited. It was acquired by H and G Simonds in 1947 and in liquidation in 1950.

Dock Road Brewery, Dock Road, Newport, was run by Thomas Lloyd Lewis until sold in 1874 to Thomas Rotherham Phillips. The business was incorporated 1892 as Phillips and Sons Limited. Share capital was acquired by H and G Simonds in 1949; and the company was acquired by H and G Simonds in 1954. In liquidation 1954.

The Old Porter Brewery, Bath Street, Bristol, was built in 1730 by Isaac Hobhouse and later sold to James Grimes. In 1788 it was bought by Philip George and became Philip George and the Bristol Porter Brewery. In 1816 it became Georges, Rickettses and Company, and by 1888 it was known as Georges and Company. The business was incorporated in 1888 as Bristol Brewery Georges and Company Limited.

Took over Bedminster Brewery 1889; Walton Brewery Co. Ltd. (date not known); R.W. Millet and Co. Ltd., Bristol, 1911; W. Hall and Sons, Lodway Brewery, Pill, 1912; Edgar Thatcher and Co., Heath Brewery, Nailsea, 1917; John Arnold and Sons, High Street, Wickwar, 1917; Bath Brewery Ltd., Westgate Street, Bath, 1923; Geo. Biggs and Sons, Crown Brewery, New Orchard Street, Bath, 1924; Ashton Gate Brewery Co. Ltd., Bedminster, 1931.

The company merged with Bristol United Breweries in 1956 and was taken over by Courage, Barclay and Simonds in 1961.

The company was established in 1844 by Francis Berryman who, with his partner, managed Bide and Berryman. In 1866 Charles R. Burnell replaced William Bide. From 1884 the company was known as Berryman, Burnell and Company. It was incorporated in 1886. The name was changed to Charlton Brewery Company Limited in May 1904. The company was acquired by Bristol United Breweries 1937 and with them by Courage, Barclay and Simonds in 1961. They ceased to brew in 1961 and entered involuntary liquidation in 1963.

The property in Paddington was owned by Daniel Tidey, Westbourne Grove, Paddington, builder, in the 1850s. The premises then passed into the ownership of the Reverend T Blockley.

F P Morrell took over property in Spitalfields from Reverend L L Sharpe of Brixton. F P Morrell lived at Black-Hall, Oxford and was the coroner for the University.

A deed is any document affecting title, that is, proof of ownership, of the land in question. The land may or may not have buildings upon it. Common types of deed include conveyances, mortgages, bonds, grants of easements, wills and administrations.

Conveyances are transfers of land from one party to another, usually for money. Early forms of conveyance include feoffments, surrenders and admissions at manor courts (if the property was copyhold), final concords, common recoveries, bargains and sales and leases and releases.

Abstract of title is a summary of prior ownership of a property, drawn up by solicitors. Such an abstract may go back several hundred years or just a few months, and was usually drawn up just prior to a sale.

From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".

The first parish church in the area was dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist and was probably built in the 12th century, situated near the site of the present Marble Arch. However it was too remote and was moved in 1400. The new church was dedicated to Saint Mary and was known as "Saint Mary at Bourne" as the Ty bourne (stream) flowed nearby, which over time became corrupted to "St Mary le Bone". A new church was built in 1740 and another in 1813, which was renovated in 1883.

For more information please see the church website at http://www.stmarylebone.org.uk/history01.htm (accessed March 2010).

A deed is any document affecting title, that is, proof of ownership, of the land in question. The land may or may not have buildings upon it. Common types of deed include conveyances, mortgages, bonds, grants of easements, wills and administrations.

Conveyances are transfers of land from one party to another, usually for money. Early forms of conveyance include feoffments, surrenders and admissions at manor courts (if the property was copyhold), final concords, common recoveries, bargains and sales and leases and releases.

An assignment of a lease is the transfer of the rights laid out in the lease to another party, usually for a consideration (a sum of money).

Abstract of title is a summary of prior ownership of a property, drawn up by solicitors. Such an abstract may go back several hundred years or just a few months, and was usually drawn up just prior to a sale.

From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".

The National Association of Local Government Officers (NALGO) was founded in 1905 as a trade union representing clerical workers in local government. In 1952 the name was changed to National and Local Government Officers Association, and in 1993 it combined with two other unions to form UNISON.

The first benefit society in England was established in 1775. Initially unrecognised by English law, benefit societies were co-operative savings clubs that facilitated their members buying houses. The Regulation of Benefit Building Societies Act was passed by Parliament in 1836, granting official recognition to these societies for the first time. By 1860 there were over 27,500 building societies around the country. Many churches established benefit societies for the assistance of the poor in their parishes.

The London Co-operative Society was formed in 1921, on the merger of the Stratford, Edmonton and Brentwood Societies. It subsequently grew to incorporate the local co-operative societies of much of London, Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Surrey. It amalgamated with the Co-operative Retail Society in 1980 to form London Regional Co-operative Retail Services Limited, based in Stratford.

The Arcade Property Company Limited was established in May 1934 as a property holding company to the Furness Withy group of shipping companies and British Maritime Trust Limited. It took its name from property which it held in Regent Arcade. Its other principal assets were Hadley Wood Golf Course and the long lease of a private hotel in Cadogan Gardens. These properties were sold in the late 1970s and the company ceased trading in 1980.

The origins of Smith Kendon can be traced back to 1780 when William Smith set up business producing confectionery in Fell Street in the City of London. The firm remained a family business operating under the name Smith and Co. and in the 1860s, following a fire which destroyed the Fell Street site, moved to 128-132 Borough High Street, Southwark, where it remained until 1974.

Samuel Smith made the firm's products more medicinal in character. For a short time a factory operated in Messina, Italy producing liquorice but this along with the home production of spices and jams had all ceased by 1914.

Contracts with the Armed Forces kept business going during the Second World War and products such as 'Altoids' ensured the firm's continued success. In 1948 Smith and Co. became a limited company under the name of Smith Kendon Ltd. The additional name was simply an amalgam of 'Ken' and 'Don', the names of the two Smith brothers. In 1974 the firm moved from the Borough High Street to Brigend, Glamorgan. In the same year Smith Kendon was presented with the Queen's Award for industry. The company is now owned by an American firm, Beatrice Foods, but products can still be bought under the traditional Smith Kendon name.

The London County Council's domiciliary midwifery service was established under the 1936 Midwives Act. For a history of the services to the creation of the National Health Service in 1948 see LCC/PH/PHS/2/13. The series LCC/PH/PHS/2 relates as a whole to the service. For information about training and pay see LCC/PH/STA/1-2.

Southwark Wel-Care was founded in April 1894 as the Rochester Diocesan Association for the Care of Friendless Girls. At that date the present Diocese of Southwark was part of the Diocese of Rochester. Its object was to endeavour to link together the various associations, homes, and workers engaged in rescue work throughout the Diocese and to start new efforts where required. Helpers, both paid and voluntary, were needed. Outdoor work was carried out by paid trained rescue workers responsible to the local Ladies' Executive Committee, who visited "girls in their own lodgings, in the common lodging houses, and houses of ill repute". Many of the local associations ran maternity homes and refuges. 125 Kennington Road was acquired on lease in 1903 as a "Central Home". It housed the Diocesan Office and provided accommodation for rescue workers, and training facilities for ladies interested in rescue work. Local associations were responsible for collecting and expending their own funds, but many could not exist without help from the Central Association.

In October 1904 a new constitution was adopted. The two central Committees, one of men and one of women, were replaced by a Council. In 1905 the Diocese of Southwark was created from the western part of the Diocese of Rochester. Accordingly in May 1905 the Rochester Diocesan Association for the Care of Friendless Girls was dissolved and then immediately re-formed as the Southwark Diocesan Association for the Care of Friendless Girls. In May 1914 it changed its name to the Southwark Diocesan Association for Preventative and Rescue Work.

Two diocesan homes were directly responsible to Council. The Diocesan Medical Home was founded at Wolwich in 1913 for the treatment of young girls suffering from venereal disease. It moved in 1918 to 80 Stockwell Park Road and closed in 1935. The Diocesan Maternity Home opened in 1928 at Stretton House, Grove Park. It was evacuated during the Second World War to Limpsfield, Surrey and returned to Grove Park in 1946 as the Diocesan Mother and Baby Home. It closed in 1976. Other homes were run by local associations.

The Diocesan Association adopted a new constitution in 1915 whereby representatives elected by local branches came onto the Council. In February 1932 it changed its name again to the Southwark Diocesan Association for Moral Welfare. A major reorganisation of the local associations took place in 1965 to bring them in line with the new London boroughs. In 1970 the name Southwark Diocesan Council for Wel-care was adopted.

The nature of the work of Southwark Wel-Care has changed considerably over the years. At first its aims were to help and restore the mothers of illegitimate children, to rescue prostitutes and to save young women who were in danger of being led astray. In 1914 a special branch of the association was formed to help children in moral difficulty. This was known as the South London Committee for the Protection of Children, later the South London Association for the Moral Welfare of Children. Its work was transferred to the London County Council Education Committee in 1950.

By 1934 more emphasis was being place on the welfare of illegitimate children including the advisability of adoption in certain cases. The bulk of the work was concerned with assisting mothers during their pregnancy and helping them to support and bring up their child afterwards. Unless the mother was able to return to her own parents or to take her baby with her when she went into service, many children had to be placed with foster mothers. The number of adoption increased after the Second World War reaching a peak in the 1960s, followed by a dramatic decline.

Official concern over the increased number of illegitimate births during the War was expressed in the Home Office Circular 2866 of October 1943. This requested local authorities to assist voluntary agencies caring for illegitimate children and their mothers. The social legislation of 1946-1948 did not provide services specifically for unmarried mothers and their children other than certain medical and maternity care which was given to all mothers.

In many areas local authorities gave grants to assist Diocesan councils for moral welfare, and worked in close co-operation with them. From 1971 assistance for one parent families came within the responsibilities of the new local authority social services departments. In 1975 the object of Southwark Wel-Care was defined as being to promote the welfare of one parent families and other families with similar problems. Its provision took the form of casework service, mother and baby homes, and housing projects such as flats for unsupported mothers.

A considerable influence on the work of Southwark Wel-Care has been exercised by the successive organising secretaries, the principal official based at the Diocesan office. In 1971 this post became that of Director. The following women held this position: Frances Hogg (1894-1912)
H M Morris (1912-1924)
S E Pinney (1925-1928)
Lila Retallack (1929-1934)
K Bromhead (1934-1951)
M A V Raynes (1951-1964)
Phillis Thomas (1964-1976)
Janet Evanson (1976-)

Crouch Hill runs from Stroud Green Road to meet Crouch End Broadway. The Holly Park area is situated at the Stroud Green end, near the Crouch Hill railway station.

The Chelsea Water Works Company was established by letters patent in 1723 "For the better supplying the City and Liberties of Westminster and parts adjacent". Under Royal Warrants of 1725 two ponds in Green Park were converted into reservoirs and a third reservoir was constructed in the Walnut Tree Walk, Hyde Park. The supply to these reservoirs was obtained from a system of small canals extending from the north of Victoria Station to the Thames at Chelsea.

Its expansion was initially assisted by its ability to supply the royal palaces, a responsibility which also forced it in 1742 to introduce an atmospheric pumping engine after severe shortages during the winter of 1739-40, the first economically successful steam pumping engine in London.

In 1809 it obtained powers to take water direct from the Thames (as the other companies already did) but the source was particularly polluted and liable to turbulence. This led the Company's chief engineer, James Simpson, to introduce the slow sand filtration system in 1829, a system still in use in 1974.

The deterioration in the quality of the water supply resulted in the company closing its works and moving from the tideway. In 1856, following the enforcement of the 1852 Metropolis Water Act, a new intake, filter beds and a pumping station were opened at Seething Wells, Surbiton. The filtered water was pumped to service reservoirs on Putney Heath. Water continued to be drawn at Surbiton until 1877 when an intake and four reservoirs were opened at Molesey, the water being pumped from here to Surbiton for filtration.

The Cheslea Water Works Company was the smallest of the Metropolitan water undertakings acquired by the Metropolitan Water Board in 1904, following the Metropolis Water Act of 1902.

According to The London Encyclopaedia (ed Weinreb and Hibbert, 1992), the East London Waterworks Company was founded in 1807, with works at Old Ford, Bow, supplied by the River Lea [or Lee]. The company took over the Shadwell Waterworks Company, the West Ham Waterworks and the Hackney Waterworks. In 1861 new reservoirs were constructed at Walthamstow, and in 1866 the Old Ford site was forced to close after an outbreak of cholera. The company also had a reservoir at Finsbury Park, fed from the Thames at Sunbury Lock via 19 miles of pipes. In 1884 the water pipes were invaded by eels. In 1902 the company was taken over by the Metropolitan Water Board.

The Metropolitan Water Board was established in 1902 under the terms of the Metropolis Water Act of the same year with a statutory area of 576 square miles, of which it directly supplied 540. Its Board met for the first time in 1903 and was composed of 66 members from every local authority concerned (some smaller authorities had joint representation) and the Lee and Thames Conservancies. This number was increased to 88 in 1956 (due to population growth) but reduced to 39 on the reorganisation of local government in 1965.

During 1903 and 1904 arbitration appeals were heard regarding compensation for the companies' shareholders and in 1904 the 'appointed days' for transfer of the undertakings took place, July 25 for the New River Company and June 24 for the rest. The new undertaking also included the areas covered by the Urban Districts of Enfield and Tottenham which had retained their own powers of supply (from wells) although they had also been heavily dependent on the New River and East London companies.

Its first task was to complete schemes inherited from the companies and effect the rationalisation of the eight separate undertakings, primarily in engineering, staffing, administration and water rates. To this end Staines reservoir was opened in 1904, the Kempton Park works in 1906, Walton reservoir in 1907, Honor Oak reservoir in 1909, and Island Barn reservoir in 1911.

Progress on the financial and administrative side was slower and politically sensitive especially in the rationalisation of water charges. Criticisms of the Board continued through the 1910's and eventually in 1919 it agreed to the setting up of a committee by the Ministry of Health under Sir Horace Monro to review the workings of the 1902 Water Act. The committee reported in 1920, largely supporting the Board's management of the undertaking and the resulting Metropolitan Water Board (Charges) Act of 1921 strengthened its financial position.

In 1914 the Round Pond was closed after three hundred years in operation and on its site in 1920 the Board's new headquarters at New River Head were opened. In 1936 another connection with the early history of the capital's water supply was broken with the decision to allow the lease on Hampstead and Highgate ponds to lapse. It had been in existence since 1543.

In 1947 a Departmental Committee was set up by the Ministry of Health on Greater London Water Supplies with a remit "To examine the present system of water supply administration in the Greater London area and to consider and report on the question whether changes in that system are desirable in the public interest and if so what should be the constitution, powers and duties of the new body or bodies in which control should be rented". The Board was in favour of, in effect, a single regional body based on the hydro-geological area of the London Basin but there was a great deal of opposition to the proposal and nothing of substance was enacted although indirectly it led to the creation of the Thames Water Authority in 1974.

The post war period saw the inauguration of a number of major schemes including the opening of the George VI reservoir at Staines in 1947, the William Girling reservoir at Chingford in 1951, the Ashford Common works in 1958, the Thames to Lee Valley trunk main (to supplement supplies from the River Lee) in 1960, the Elizabeth II reservoir at Walton in 1962 and the Coppermills Works (the last great project completed) in 1972. By 1974 the daily amount of water supplied by the Board had risen from an original 220 million gallons in 1904 to 420 million gallons (with peaks up to 500 million).

The Thames Water Authority came into existence under the 1973 Water Act on 1st August of that year. The last meeting of the Metropolitan Water Board took place on 29th March 1974 and the Authority assumed full control three days later.

The South London Water Works Company was incorporated in 1805 and originally drew its water from the Effra which flowed into the Thames at Vauxhall Creek. The company constructed works at Kennington and Vauxhall Bridge. In 1832 the supply of water from the Effra was abandoned as the water was polluted and silted up. Two years later, in 1834, the company changed its name to the Vauxhall Water Works Company and a limitation on its right to supply part of Lambeth and Newington (already within the Lambeth Water Works Company's area) was lifted at the same time by statute.

In 1718 a grant was made by the City of London to Francis Wilkinson to supply water to Southwark, procuring water from the Thames. In 1761 the London Bridge Water Works bought this business from a James Whitchurch whose father had acquired it from Wilkinson. In 1822 the New River Company took over the London Bridge Water Works and sold this Southwark interest to John Edwards Vaughan who, in 1820, had become the proprietor of another undertaking, the Borough Waterworks. In July 1834 the Southwark Water Company was incorporated and empowered to buy up Vaughan's undertaking and to construct new works at Battersea. The old intake at Bankside was abandoned at the same time and a temporary supply was taken from the Lambeth Company. In 1845 new works were built at Battersea on the approximate side of the Power Station and in 1855 an intake from the Thames was introduced at Hampton. Wells were also sunk at Streatham, Honor Oak and Merton Abbey in 1888 and 1902. In 1861 the Company took over the Richmond Water Company.

Between 1839 and 1842 there was a period of unfruitful competition between the Vauxhall company and the Southwark and Lambeth companies. Eventually in 1845 the Southwark and the Vauxhall companies were amalgamated to form The Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company. The works at Kennington were dismantled and conveyed to the Phoenix Gas Company in 1847.

The Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company acquired land at Hampton in 1851 and in 1852 an Act was obtained to sanction the construction of new works and to enlarge the authorised supply area. In 1870 the company began filtering the water at Hampton and the following year, in order to prepare for the introduction of constant supply, decided to construct four covered reservoirs at Nunhead. Peckham, to be supplied with filtered water from Hampton.

A high service reservoir was built on Forest Hill in 1887 and a pumping station at Wandsworth was brought into use in 1891 for pumping to Wimbledon and the higher levels. Wells were sunk at Streatham in 1888 and later at Honor Oak (1901) and Merton Abbey (1902). Throughout the 1890s additions were made to the Hampton works and by 1903 the company was able to dispense with the Battersea Works.

As a result of the Metropolis Water Act 1902, the Metropolitan Water Board took over the functions of the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company in 1904. When it did so the company was in the course of constructing storage reservoirs at Honor Oak and Walton.

The West Kent Main Sewerage Board managed a large network of sewers in the Kent area. The Board constructed the Dartford Sewerage Works at Long Reach and a sludge digestion works at Bromley.

The 4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps were founded in 1860. They were known as the 'West London Rifles'. As their headquarters were in Kensington, this was changed to the 'Kensington Rifles' in 1905. In 1908 they became the 13th (Kensington) Battalion, part of the London Regiment of the Territorial Force Association.

Indictments were legal documents containing the charges or formal accusations against a person.

A deed is any document affecting title, that is, proof of ownership, of the land in question. The land may or may not have buildings upon it. Common types of deed include conveyances, mortgages, bonds, grants of easements, wills and administrations.

An assignment of term, or assignment to attend the inheritance, was an assignment of the remaining term of years in a mortgage to a trustee after the mortgage itself has been redeemed. An assignment of a lease is the transfer of the rights laid out in the lease to another party, usually for a consideration (a sum of money).

Lease and release was the most common method of conveying freehold property from the later seventeenth century onwards, before the introduction of the modern conveyance in the late nineteenth century. The lease was granted for a year (sometimes six months), then on the following day the lessor released their right of ownership in return for the consideration (the thing for which land was transferred from one party to another, usually, of course, a sum of money).

From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".

A deed is any document affecting title, that is, proof of ownership, of the land in question. The land may or may not have buildings upon it. Common types of deed include conveyances, mortgages, bonds, grants of easements, wills and administrations.

Conveyances are transfers of land from one party to another, usually for money. Early forms of conveyance include feoffments, surrenders and admissions at manor courts (if the property was copyhold), final concords, common recoveries, bargains and sales and leases and releases.

Abstract of title is a summary of prior ownership of a property, drawn up by solicitors. Such an abstract may go back several hundred years or just a few months, and was usually drawn up just prior to a sale.

From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".

A deed is any document affecting title, that is, proof of ownership, of the land in question. The land may or may not have buildings upon it. Common types of deed include conveyances, mortgages, bonds, grants of easements, wills and administrations.

Abstract of title is a summary of prior ownership of a property, drawn up by solicitors. Such an abstract may go back several hundred years or just a few months, and was usually drawn up just prior to a sale.

From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".

A deed is any document affecting title, that is, proof of ownership, of the land in question. The land may or may not have buildings upon it. Common types of deed include conveyances, mortgages, bonds, grants of easements, wills and administrations.

Conveyances are transfers of land from one party to another, usually for money. Early forms of conveyance include feoffments, surrenders and admissions at manor courts (if the property was copyhold), final concords, common recoveries, bargains and sales and leases and releases.

Lease and release was the most common method of conveying freehold property from the later seventeenth century onwards, before the introduction of the modern conveyance in the late nineteenth century. The lease was granted for a year (sometimes six months), then on the following day the lessor released their right of ownership in return for the consideration (the thing for which land was transferred from one party to another, usually, of course, a sum of money).

An assignment of term, or assignment to attend the inheritance, was an assignment of the remaining term of years in a mortgage to a trustee after the mortgage itself has been redeemed. An assignment of a lease is the transfer of the rights laid out in the lease to another party, usually for a consideration (a sum of money).

Probate (also called proving a will) is the process of establishing the validity of a will, which was recorded in the grant of probate.

Abstract of title is a summary of prior ownership of a property, drawn up by solicitors. Such an abstract may go back several hundred years or just a few months, and was usually drawn up just prior to a sale.

From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".

British Chemical Prohects (Iridion) Limited was set up in 1929 by business partners Hubert Atwood King and Joseph George Tatham Firth. They were based at Seabourne Wharf, Richmond Road, Isleworth. The company principally manufactured a liquid detergent called "Iridion".

The lands were originally purchased by Peter Mellish, who bequeathed them to William Mellish. His daughter married Richard, Earl of Glengall, and their daughter married the Hon. Richard Charteris, second son of the 9th Earl of Wemyss. In addition to the property in the Isle of Dogs and Woodford, there are the Glengall estates in Cahir, Ireland. Although deeds to these estates are listed in the Schedule of Deeds in this collection, none of the documents have been deposited.

A deed is any document affecting title, that is, proof of ownership, of the land in question. The land may or may not have buildings upon it. Common types of deed include conveyances, mortgages, bonds, grants of easements, wills and administrations.

Conveyances are transfers of land from one party to another, usually for money. Early forms of conveyance include feoffments, surrenders and admissions at manor courts (if the property was copyhold), final concords, common recoveries, bargains and sales and leases and releases.

An assignment of term, or assignment to attend the inheritance, was an assignment of the remaining term of years in a mortgage to a trustee after the mortgage itself has been redeemed. An assignment of a lease is the transfer of the rights laid out in the lease to another party, usually for a consideration (a sum of money).

Abstract of title is a summary of prior ownership of a property, drawn up by solicitors. Such an abstract may go back several hundred years or just a few months, and was usually drawn up just prior to a sale.

From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".

The company began trading in 1896 from 60 Gracechurch Street. From 1912-1968 it was at 2A Eastcheap, from 1968-1971 13 Rood Lane, then in Isleworth and Kennington before being wound up in 1979. It was renamed Empire Plantations and Investments Limited in 1974, when the administration of its estates was transferred to India. The Caparo Group took over the records of the company in 1982.

The company was established in 1895 to take over existing tea estates in Assam and Dooars, India. It had offices at 60 Gracechurch St 1895-1912, 2A Eastcheap 1912-68 and 13 Rood Lane 1968-71. The Caparo Group took over its records in 1982.

Singlo Holdings Limited was established in 1960 to acquire the entire share capital of Singlo Tea Company Limited. The company had offices at 2A Eastcheap 1960-68 and 13 Rood Lane 1968-71. The Caparo Group took over the records in 1982.

James Penfold of Sussex set up business as a stockbroker in London circa 1790, joining with Francis Baily of Berkshire in 1799 to form Penfold and Baily. After the death of James Penfold in 1804, Francis Baily continued the business at their premises in 13 Angel Court, taking his brother, Arthur, into partnership with him. In 1810, Francis Baily was elected to the Committee of the London Stock Exchange. He retired from the firm in 1827. In 1841, Arthur Baily took Charles Hammond into partnership. The firm was formerly known as James Penfold, circa 1790-9; Penfold and Baily, 1799-1804; Francis and Arthur Baily, 1804-1827; Arthur Baily, 1828-1841; Baily and Hammond, 1841-1856 and Charles Hammond, 1856-1879. The offices were moved to 6 Angel Court in 1847, 15 Angel Court in 1870 and to 3 Copthall Buildings in 1914. The firm was dissolved in 1961.