- AR461
- Collection
- 1904-1923
Bowron family papers, including bank pass book and correspondence. List on accession file. 8 items
Bowron Family
Bowron family papers, including bank pass book and correspondence. List on accession file. 8 items
Bowron Family
Lecture notes on Purley local history
Manuscript notes by F H B Ellis MA for talks given to Womens Citizens Association, February 1932, and Purley Natural history Society, 12 March 1937. With typed copy.
F H B Ellis
Miscellaneous documents relating to Purley
Manuscript information for obituary notice on Francis James Webb, builder and developer, 1953; correspondence relating to Great Roke, Coulsdon, 1937; manuscript list of Purley paths, c1930s
Unknown person
Deeds and correspondence relating to purchase of 92 Tower View, Monks Orchard, Shirley
Deeds and correspondence relating to the purchase of 92 Tower View, Monks Orchard, Shirley, including abstract of title back to 1885
Unknown person
Field Book, Portnalls Farm, Coulsdon
Field Book of Portnalls Farm, Coulsdon. Plans by Moore and Son, with table of reference; inside back cover, plan of field 13-19, in relation to fields existing in 1951.
Moore and Son
Plans of 1 Smitham Bottom Lane, Purley
House plans, with bill for construction, and later (c1960s?) plan for adjoining garage.
Unknown person
On paper slips. Original deeds transferred to Surrey Record Office in 1960.
Unknown person
Shirley Park Public Acquisition Association records
Cuttings, correspondence, balance sheets, membership slips, etc. Very brief list on accession file.
Shirley Park Public Acquisition Association
Plan of Croydon by Jean Baptiste Say. The plan was drawn in 1785, when Say (aged 18) and his brother Horace were staying in Croydon, at the house of Mr Bisset in Pound Street (George Street). The town plan, and the lost plan of the wider region to which the key refers, seem to have been drawn to illustrate the visit to a correspondent at home.
Jean Baptiste Say
Minutes 1985-7; correspondence; files on affiliation, education, conference, Area and Branch; circulars; membership records 1985-8; file on Community Roots Trust; Area and Executive Councils material; membership print outs and financial statements 1987-8.
APEX Croydon District
Portland Road Outfitters records
List on accession file.
Portland Road Outfitters
Beckenham Golf Club debentures
Issue of series of 260 Debentures of 25 each. Each certificate bears unique number and name and address of registered holder.
Beckenham Golf Club
Croydon Community Theatre records
Minutes 1932-36, etc. List on accession file.
Croydon Community Theatre
Croydon Community Theatre Records, 1932-1936
Minutes and share certificates of the Croydon Community Theatre Company which administered the Croydon Repertory Theatre.
Croydon Community Theatre
Records of the Photographic Survey and Record of Surrey
Annual Reports 1903-24, 1927-52; miscellaneous leaflets and pamphlets; newspaper clippings; correspondence 1907-53; draft rules; list of members and addresses; treasurers accounts 1924-53 (1 vol); minutes 1902-8 (1 vol); registers of photographs 1902-1958 (2 vols).
Croydon Public Libraries
Johnson/Rennie/Ratcliffe family papers
Includes correspondence from Major (later Lieutenant) Walter Rennie to Miss P A Ratcliffe, 1918-1920 (with First World War battlefield descriptions); letter from Private S E A Johnson to parents, 1943-5; collections of In Memoriam cards and wedding invitations 1892-1945; loose photographs; photo album (Croydon) 1927-37. Handlist with accession file. 1 box.
Johnson Family
Old Croydonians Association Correspondence, 1939-46
Letters from former pupils of Selhurst Grammar School for Boys, most on active service. Three bundles, each with typescript name index.
Old Croydonians Association
Records of J. Bowron, tea dealer
Mainly correspondence, account books and receipted bills. John Bowron was a previous occupant of 43 Stanhope Road.
J Bowron
Club for women in the Services, opened 19 January 1943. Register of members 1943-46; album of photographs; loose photographs; 2 cuttings. 1 small box.
Britannia Club
Records of the Britannia Club, Croydon
Club for women in the Services, opened 19 January 1943. Register of members 1943-46; album of photographs; loose photographs; 2 cuttings.
Britannia Club
Powers Accounting Machines Home Guard and Arp Material
Photographs and other material re Home Guard (32nd Surrey Battalion, especially E Company) and ARP activity, at Powers Accounting Machines Ltd. Associated with Major L E Brougham.
Powers Accounting Machines Ltd
Relating mainly to local history, including draft of The Book of the Wandle, draft of historical novel, and miscellaneous historical notes. Served on Croydon Borough Council 1890s, keen student of archaeology ansd natural history. Died 1931.
Dr J M Hobson
Papers relating to Hammond Hussey, ironmongers
Historical notes on the firm, and the Hammond and Hussey families; some items of family ephemera, including In Memoriam cards, orders of service for burials. Box list (July 2005)
Hammond Hussey
Papers relating to J W Jones, professional footballer
Letter offering Mr Jones a trial with Crystal Palace FC, 1924; copies of his obituary (1968), and press photographs of Crystal Palace players and the new ground at Selhurst Park, 1924.
J W Jones
Papers Relating to J W Jones, Professional Footballer
Letter inviting Mr Jones for a months trial at Crystal Palace, two photographs and his obituary.
J W Jones