Full List of Current Archive Holdings
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Full list of current archive holdings Sources for family history: Religious records Poor Law Records Cemetery Records Census Returns Electoral records Records of Hospitals, Asylums and Dispensaries Records of Schools and Colleges Other local history sources: Books, pamphlets and periodicals Newspapers Directories Photographs Cuttings Maps Other records held offsite and subject to retrieval: Parish Board of Works Metropolitan Borough London Borough Local Records of Central Government Records of religious organisations Records of Almshouses Records of Military and armed bodies Records of associations clubs and societies Records of Theatres and Cinemas Records of businesses Illustrations Museum Objects Audio visual items Family and Personal Papers and Records of Private Estates Antiquarian Collections Copies of source material held elsewhere Sources for Family History Religious records Anglican churches Registers and records of most of the Anglican parishes in the borough are held at the London Metropolitan Archives www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma All Saints Fulham Registers of baptisms (1675-1969), marriages (1664-1905), burials (1675-1863) - microfilm only Vestry minute book 1877-1891. Churchwardens’ rates and accounts 1826-1886. Christ Church Fulham Accounts 1977-1987. St Andrew Fulham Fields Plan of seating layout 1884. St Barnabas Kensington Unity experiment with Munster Park Methodist Church, Fulham. Register of baptisms 1969-1975. St Dionis Parsons Green Church rolls 1920-1930. Pew rents 1905-1931. Clothing and club accounts 1903-1932. St John Walham Green Registers of baptisms (1836-1940), marriages (1837-1945) – microfilm only St John the Evangelist Hammersmith Communicants rolls 1860-1931. Service registers 1927-1954. Minutes, deeds, accounts, plans, correspondence, 1843-1955. St Mary, West Kensington Registers of baptisms (1836-1960), marriages (1837-1943), burials (1836-1889) – microfilm only St Paul Hammersmith Registers of baptisms (1664-1907), marriages (1664/5-1902), burials (1664/5-1854) and banns (1838- 1901) – microfilm only. St Peter, Black Lion Lane, Hammersmith Registers of baptisms (1836-1924), marriages (1836-1908), burials (1832-1869) – microfilm only. St Stephen, Uxbridge Road, Shepherds Bush Registers of baptisms (1850-1908), marriages (1850-1906) – microfilm only. Non-conformist Archived records of Non-conformist Churches Albion Congregational Church, Dalling Road , Hammersmith Membership list 1926. Scrapbook of cuttings, correspondence and photographs, 1938-1940. Barclay Methodist Mission Hall, Effie Road , Fulham Baptism registers 1934-1948. Bethel Methodist Church , North End Road , Fulham Minutes 1895-1969. Correspondence and papers 1870-c1889. Dalling Road Methodist Church , Dalling Road , Hammersmith Minutes 1869-1911, 1933-1976. Accounts 1869-1975. Ebenezer Chapel (Independent), King Street , Hammersmith Registers of births and baptisms (1779-1833), burials (1758-1837) – transcripts. Ebenezer Methodist Chapel, North End Road , Fulham Minutes 1952-1968. Accounts 1936-1969. Friends Meeting House (Society of Friends), Hammersmith Entries relating to Hammersmith and Fulham of births (1666-1727/8), marriages (1677-1740/1), burials (1676-1748) - transcripts. Fulham Palace Road Congregational Church, Fulham Palace Road , Fulham Baptism registers 1906-1924. Marriage registers 1909-1919. Minutes 1925-1963. Sunday School records 1907-1933. Holy Trinity Chapel (Baptist), West End , King Street , Hammersmith Registers of births and baptisms (1783-1829), burials (1784-1837) – transcripts. Isleworth Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, North Street , Isleworth, Middlesex Papers 1816-1854. Kensal Road Methodist Church , Kensal Road , Kensington Minutes 1926-1840. Kingston Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Brick Lane , Kingston , Surrey Correspondence and papers 1833-1835. Lancaster Road Methodist Chapel, Lancaster Road , Kensington Minutes and papers 1877-1953. Old Oak Methodist Church , The Fairway, East Acton , Ealing Minutes 1952-1970. Accounts 1938-1959. Correspondence and papers 1926-1963. Rivercourt Methodist Church , King Street , Hammersmith Formerly Waterloo StreetWesleyan Chapel (1809-1874). Baptism registers 1837-1903. Marriage registers 1879-1947. Minutes 1843-1918, 1932-1989. Accounts 1811-1987. Royal Hill Methodist Chapel, Queens Road , Bayswater, Westminster Baptism registers 1843-1908. Shepherds Bush Baptist Tabernacle, Shepherds Bush Road , Hammersmith Minutes, reports, membership rolls, deeds, correspondence, magazines, photographs, plans, 1890-1999. Shepherds Bush Road Methodist Church , Shepherds Bush Road , Hammersmith Formerly known as West Kensington Park Wesleyan Methodist Church. Marriage registers 1881-1915. Minutes 1879-1968. Accounts 1926-1973. Twickenham Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Holly Road , Twickenham, Middlesex Papers 1837-1862 Walham Grove Methodist Church , Walham Grove, Fulham Baptism registers 1866-1962. Minutes 1893-1971. Waterloo Street Chapel (Wesleyan), Hammersmith, later Rivercourt Methodist Church Registers of births and baptisms (1807-1837), burials (1814-1837) - transcripts West Kensington Congregational/United Reformed Church, Castletown Road , Fulham Baptism registers 1885-1977 Marriage registers 1885-1973. Minutes 1885-1977. Roll of members 1885-1974. Roman Catholic Hammersmith registers of baptisms 1710-1838 – published transcript St Thomas of Canterbury, Rylston Road , Fulham List of notable persons buried in cemetery (opened 1848). Page last updated: 15/12/2009 Poor Law Records Archived records of Poor Law Records From 1837 the poor law was administered by the Boards of Guardians. The records of the Kensington, Fulham (except for vaccination registers) and Hammersmith Boards of Guardians are held in the London Metropolitan Archives www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma Fulham Workhouse Committee minutes 1771-1820. Select Vestry for the Poor minutes 1820-1823, 1826-1833. Overseers’ accounts 1625-1642, 1712-1838. Apprenticeship indentures 1666-1750. Settlement examinations 1778-1808, 1817-1827. Workhouse provisions accounts 1818-1824. List of workhouse inmates 1785/86. Hammersmith Select Vestry for the Poor minutes 1823-1837. Overseers’ minutes 1848-1900. Overseers’ accounts 1795-1800, 1822-1830, 1856-1889. Apprenticeship indentures 1810-1832. Removal orders 1798-1833. Register of workhouse inmates 1730-1768. Cemetery Records Fulham Old Burial Ground, Fulham Palace Road. Registers of burials, 1865-1908. Indexed 1865-1899 Notices of interments, 1865-1960 (available onsite on microfilm up to 1900) Fulham New Cemetery, North Sheen Notices of interments, 1909-1964 Applications for purchase of private graves 1909-1962 Hammersmith Old Burial Ground, Margravine Road Registers of burials, 1869-1952 (available onsite on microfilm up to 1900) Hammersmith New Cemetery, Mortlake Registers of burials, 1926-1953. Indexed 1926-53 Register of graves 1926-1952 If you are trying to identify and locate a grave site, the best source is the register of burials. For dates where H&F archives do not hold registers of burials, you are advised to contact the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham cemeteries office: http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/Community_and_Living/Birth_marriage_and_death/Burial_and_cremation/ 10968_Cemeteries_and_burials.asp Other local cemeteries Lists of notable persons buried at: Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery, Harrow Road(opened 1833) Brompton Cemetery, Fulham Road(opened 1840) St Mary’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, Harrow Road Census returns Census returns held in local archives, available to consult onsite on microfilm/microfiche Hammersmith (heads of households) : 1821, 1831 Fulham and Hammersmith : 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 Personal names indexes: 1821, 1831, 1851, 1881 Street indexes: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 Electoral records Archived electoral records for Hammersmith & Fulham available to consult onsite: Poll books Middlesex: 1802 Hammersmith: 1868 Electoral registers Middlesex: 1837/38, 1843/44-1846/47. Chelsea(including Fulham and Hammersmith): 1881-1885. Fulham: 1885/86-1964 (gaps). Hammersmith : 1886-1964 (gaps). London Borough of Hammersmith/London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham: 1965 – year before current register. Jury lists Fulham: 1902-1905, 1910-1912, 1917, 1920-1921. Records of Hospitals Asylums and Dispensaries Records of many of the hospitals in the borough are held at the London Metropolitan Archives, www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma Records of Schools and Colleges Archives of school and college records for the borough Records of many schools in the borough are held at the London Metropolitan Archives, www.cityoflondon.gov.uk Please note that admission registers less than 30 years old and log books less than 60 years old may in certain cases be closed to public inspection. Avonmore School , Earsby Road, West Kensington, Fulham Admission registers 1940-1958. Beaufort House School , Lillie Road , Fulham Admission registers 1948-1970 Bishops Park Secondary School for Girls, Finlay Street , Fulham Admission register 1955-1961. Burlington School (Girls), Boyle Street , Westminster , relocated (1936) Wood Lane, Hammersmith, renamed (1975) Burlington Danes School Minutes 1700-1992. Accounts 1776-1977 (gaps). Admission registers 1826-1943 (gaps). Staff registers 1882-1937. Correspondence, inventories, visitors’ books, photographs, magazines, 1767-1995. Ellerslie Road School , Ellerslie Road , Shepherds Bush, Hammersmith Admission registers 1894-1991. Log books 1932-1939, 1946-1969. Fulham