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Messers J. Denman and Co were leather sellers of 7 Furzedown Market, Amen Corner, Tooting. The firm are described as leather sellers in local trade directories; the receipts include goods appropriate to a shoe repairer, also shoelaces and socks. Suppliers include some local and London businesses. An index to suppliers is available. Approx. 1200 items arranged in bundles.

A collection of material put together for an exhibition about the Battersea MP John Burns. Includes: correspondence; photographs; publications by and about John Burns; correspondence, annual reports and other material relating to the Battersea Labour Party and Trades Council; bulletins relating to the 1926 General Strike.

Minutes of the Justice of the Peace, Wandsworth Petty Sessional Division, in the half hundred of Brixton, Surrey. Includes minutes of Special Sessions, which were responsible for licensing and cover Battersea, Wandsworth, Putney, Mortlake, Roehampton, Clapham, Barnes, Tooting, Wimbledon and Merton.

Lease and counterpart lease, between 1) Sir William Bull, Vencourt, Hammersmith and Gilbert Lewis West, the White House, Mettingham Bungay, Suffolk, 2) Hannah Cato, Cromford Road, Wandsworth and 3) Francis James Beveridge, Garratt Lane, Earlsfield.

The collection consist of a single lease of Marylands, Clapham Common West Side.

London County Council Legal and Parliamentary Department Deeds.

Includes administrative files of Battersea Labour Party and local wards, and of Wandsworth Labour Group; governor's papers relating to Alderbrook Primary School, Balham, Chestnut Grove School, formerly Hydeburn School, Balham, and Hearnville Primary School, Balham; and collected press cuttings and other printed material relating to Wandsworth Council, local political affairs, education and schools, and local history.

Material relating to the trust setting up Battersea Grammar School 1798, programme for the opening of the new school buildings, November 1936 and a pupil's swimming certificate, 1911.

The collection is comprised of two parts. The first contains records relating to the administration of the school, such as a series of pupil records cards, accounts, staff handbooks and other material, as well as copies of the school magazine and Old Girls Association newsletters. The second part of the collection contains material belonging to a former pupil Eleanor Roberts, who attended the school between 1928-1936. The records include her school exercise books and diaries.

This catalogue includes minutes of the Metropolitan Borough and the Council committees. The collection also includes deeds of properties purchased by the Borough Solicitor, rate books, records of the Surveyors Department, including drainage plans for the Borough as well as files of the Town Clerk.

This catalogue includes minutes of the Metropolitan Borough and the Council committees. The collection also includes rate books, records of the Town Clerk and records of the borough's libraries.

This collection consists of a simple transfer of mortgage.

A collection of miscellaneous deeds relating to properties in Battersea and Wandsworth including Alma Road; Morgan Crucible Company Ltd and May and Baker, Battersea; Russell House, Balham Hill; 22 and 24 North Street Wandsworth; 40-44 Bridge Road, Battersea; and 32, 35, 36 and 37 Little Europa Place, Battersea.

The collection consists of a reconveyance of a piece of ground in Werter Road [Cambridge Road], Putney, 1885, and a mortgage and reconveyance of land in Hazelbourne Road, Balham, 1879 and 1901.

Miscelllaneous school material, including school magazines, prosepectuses, reports and other documents.

Company records, including plans of works, deeds, leases and related documents, annual reports, magazines, and publications including sales brochures.

The collection consists of a single mortgage of 69, 71 and 73 Northcote Road.

Minute books, publications, and ephemera of the Wandsworth branch of NALGO, a union representing white-collar workers, mostly in local government. NALGO merged with the National Union of Municipal Workers and the Confederation of Health Service Employees in 1993 to form UNISON. Most material was generated by the Wandsworth branch, but there are items from the district or national level.

Collection of material relating to the family history of the Nind family, compiled by George Nind, Wandsworth in the 1890s. Includes an illustrated family tree, 1653-1881 and a large bound register of detailed family history notes. There is also a photograph album with portrait images of some of the Nind and Beard families, their house in Peckham and their shop in Wandsworth, as well as two images of Reverend Ralph Buckmaster of All Saints, Wandsworth.

Architectural plans of Old Battersea House. One series was produced by the Council's Architects Department and shows proposed alterations and renovations to the property. The second series of plans was produced by Vernon Gibberd Associates on behalf of Forbes International who took over the lease of the property and began restoration work.

The collection consists of papers related to the estate of Mrs Mary Ann Brodie and includes trustees' papers, receipts, letters and accounts. There is also material relating to the estate of her husband Frederick John Brodie following his death in 1925.

Letters written by Jack Laver to friends in America. Includes hand drawn coloured illustrations of places in London, including Putney. Jack Laver was a Tooting resident.

Papers relating to the estate of Mrs Meliora Amelia Walker of 29 Campion Road, Putney. The documents have been disturbed and some inserts have become separated.

Four photographs albums containing photographs of Putney, Wimbledon Common and other parts of central London. Also includes an album of photographs of a family holiday to Colnebrook, Buckinghamshire in 1929. The photographs were taken by Mr Coverdale who lived in Cromford Road, Wandsworth.

Miscellaneous photographs of Battersea, Wandsworth, Balham, Tooting, Southfields, Roehampton and Putney, mostly showing streets, shops, bridges and other buildings.

Probate of the will of Mrs S Castell, Holroyd Road, Putney, 1928 and probate of Robert Rutter, Wandsworth, 1815.

The collection consists of probate papers and four codicils connected with that probate.

The collection consists of probate papers, mortgages, deeds and other estate papers.

The collection consists of title deeds to the property on Putney Heath later known as Highlands.

The collection contains minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee and the General Management Committee from 1924 to 1983 although with substantial gaps. There are also minutes of meetings of the East Putney branch and the Thamesfield Ward branch of Putney Labour Party. There are also several Annual Reports as well as correspondence relating to elections, membership and general party business. Also includes newspaper cuttings, posters, pamphlets and other publications.

The collection consists of news cuttings relating to the activities of the Putney Liberal Association, from local newspapers as well as national (The Guardian, Daily Telegraph) and Liberal News. The cuttings include coverage of the British response to South African politics and Apartheid and the career of Peter Hain, (Vice-Chair of Putney Young Liberals 1968-1971 and National Chair of the Young Liberals 1971-1973).

The records include minutes, membership records, programmes, newspaper cuttings and other publicity material, 1922-1983. The choice of subjects for the debates and lectures, and the press coverage, reflect popular attitudes to issues during this period.The chairman's gavel and printers block with the society logo were deposited with the records. These have been transferred to Wandsworth Museum.

Records of the administration of the parish of Putney. Includes: minutes of the parish vestry; minutes of the Overseers of the Poor; accounts and vouchers of the Churchwardens; accounts of the Surveyor of Highways for the parish; accounts of the parish constable; statements of accounts for parish charities; apprenticeship indentures.

Records of the Putney Society's actions, decisions, and finances, including: financial records and minutes, agendas, reports, and notes for meetings of the society and its executive committee, subcommittees, and panels. There are also Society publications and mailings, including the Putney Society Bulletin and the Putney Society Review, photographs, scrapbooks and newspaper cuttings, working files and subject files. External research documents include documents produced by outside organisations and used or consulted by members of the Putney Society; most are consultation documents produced by the London Borough of Wandsworth, the Greater London Council, or central government, but there are flyers, leaflets, and other items produced by pressure groups.

Includes managers' minutes, clerk's correspondence, school log books, admission registers and maps and plans.

Two volumes owned by Queenie Blogg, Principal of Larne House school, Leathwaite Road.

Records relating to property in Falcon Terrace, Falcon Road, Duffield Road, Este Road and Lavender Terrace, including plans, title deeds and rent books.

The collection includes correspondence, deeds and miscellaneous records of Battersea Bridge, along with a number of records from other London bridges. There is also a small amount of material concerned with railways, canals, turnpikes and so on.

Please note that the original order of these items had been considerably disturbed, and whilst efforts have been made to ensure that all items included in the catalogue are still present it has not been possible to do so definitively. Some items may not have been filed with their correct reference number, and additional items may be included but are not on the catalogue.

Includes Managers and Governors minutes, clerks agenda papers, records relating to staffing, records relating to the school buildings, general school correspondence, school log books and admission registers and records of the Head Teacher, including papers relating to evacuation.

Papers relating to Roehampton Community Council, including a copy of the constitution, leaflet, survey, and other ephemera and publications.

The collection is made up of minute books, a register of attendance, and a register of prizewinners at the annual flower shows. There is also a run of Monthly Bulletings produced by the society and a run of show schedules.

The collection consists of miscellaneous property records concerned with the sale of the Roehampton Park Estate.

Scrapbook containing photographs and newspaper cuttings relating to the activities of the Mayor and Mayoress of Battersea and the Mayor and Mayoress of Wandsworth.

This collection is made up of school magazines and other ephemera relating to the school. This includes a publicity poster, a speech day programme, and various pamphlets outlining the history of the school. There are no original records relating to the school or students in the collection.

The collection consists of a single school inventory relating to Sir Walter St. John's School, Battersea.

The collection is contains material relating to Spencer Park school including copies of the school magazine, papers outlining the history of the school and the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum site, prospectuses, photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes and various other items. There are no administrative records for the school in the collection. Additionally there is a series of deeds, leases, and other papers relating to the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum site, the building of the school, and the sale of the site in the 1980s for redevelopment.

The collection mostly relates to the history of the hospital and the redevelopment of the site.

Photograph album of the College buildings, staff and students. Also includes a loose photograph of Marjorie Johnson, who created the album.

Papers belonging to Stanley Bollans including personal letters and cards, photographs, papers relating to the Wandsworth Technical Institute Cycling Club, Wandsworth Technical Institute ephemera, and papers, photographs and ephemera from a cycling trip to Europe in 1936.

Includes minutes of the Lavender Hill Congregational Sunday School and photographs and programmes relating to the Stormont road Boys Brigade.