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- 1908-1958 (Creation)
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0.15 linear metres
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Hamhaugh Island is situated in the River Thames, near Shepperton. It is accessed by bridge. It was first used for holiday camps around 1900, from which a small community began to grow on the island and small timber shacks or bungalows were erected. In 1920 the residents bought a communal green in the centre of the island on which they held entertainments such as dances. The housing was gradually modernised.
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GB 0074 ACC/0941 1908-1958 Collection 0.15 linear metres Hamhaugh Islanders' Association
Hamhaugh Island is situated in the River Thames, near Shepperton. It is accessed by bridge. It was first used for holiday camps around 1900, from which a small community began to grow on the island and small timber shacks or bungalows were erected. In 1920 the residents bought a communal green in the centre of the island on which they held entertainments such as dances. The housing was gradually modernised.
Presented to the Greater London Record Office (Middlesex Records) on 13 September 1966.
Records of the Hamhaugh Islanders' Association comprising drawings, postcards and photographs of the island, including the first camps and bungalows, aerial views, weirs, floods, and ice; and administrative records of the Assocation including rules, notices and reports.
ACC/0941-1: Drawings and Photographs; ACC/0941-2: Postcards; ACC/0941-3: Administrative Records.
Available for general access.
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Shepperton's Island Dwellers, compiled by Valerie Brooking, Sunbury and Shepperton Local History Society, June 1995.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Presented to the Greater London Record Office (Middlesex Records) on 13 September 1966.
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Records of the Hamhaugh Islanders' Association comprising drawings, postcards and photographs of the island, including the first camps and bungalows, aerial views, weirs, floods, and ice; and administrative records of the Assocation including rules, notices and reports.
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ACC/0941-1: Drawings and Photographs; ACC/0941-2: Postcards; ACC/0941-3: Administrative Records.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English