Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Library and Archive
- Web
- Telephone
- Address
- Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond, TW9 1TP, England, UK
- Opening Hours
- Tuesdays-Fridays 1:30pm-6pm; alternate Saturdays 9:30am-12:30pm, 1:30pm-4pm. Open Tuesday-Friday mornings by appointment.
- Access Information
- A few of the archival collections (including the collection of building plans) must be ordered in advance; please contact us for further information. For security, visitors will be required to leave their bags and coats in the lockers in the second floor foyer.
- Photographs Allowed
- No
- Accessible
- Yes
- There is no step-free access to Local Studies, but it is possible for us to make items available in the Reference Library on the first floor, which is accessible by lift. Accessible toilet facilities are also available.
List of Collections(View as Search Results)
- The Dolphin Collection
- The Evelyn Pritchard Collection
- The Tinker Collection
- Alfred W. Richardson Collection
- Arthur Alchin Collection
- Barnes Comprehensive School (formerly known as Barnes County Secondary School)
- Barnes County Secondary Boys' School (formerly Barnes Central Boys' School)
- Barnes County Secondary Girls' School (formerly Barnes Central Girls' School)
- Barnes Cricket Club
- Barnes Railway Station Goodsyard Research Material
- Barnes Ratepayers Association
- Barnes Workhouse Charity Collection
- Brian Louis Pearce Papers
- Bridgman Charity Trust
- Canon Edward Hoare's Theological Library
- Dafydd Evans Collection
- David Cornwell Mayoral Papers
- Donald Simpson Collection
- Dora Lewis Letters
- Dr THR Cashmore Collection
- Francis George Sutton-Mattocks Collection
- Friends of Richmond Theatre Society
- Friends of Richmond upon Thames Public Libraries
- Gainsborough County Secondary Boys' School (formerly Richmond Central Boys' School)
- Gainsborough County Secondary Girls' School (formerly Richmond Central Girls' School)
- Gainsborough Secondary Mixed School
- Gerald Melbourne Maxwell Literary Papers
- Griffiths Collection
- Ham and Petersham Association
- Hampton Residents' Association and Hampton Society Collections
- Hampton Wick Old Time and Sequence Dancing Club
- Harry Yoxall Letters
- Helen Bain Album
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Collection
- Housebound Club
- Hucks Boat Yard
- James Szlumper Cuttings Files
- Jenny Tonge Papers
- Joan and Isador Caplan Collection
- John Biggs Collection
- John Wright Collection
- Kew Society Papers
- Kingsmead Old People's Home and Grove Road Hospital
- Langholm Lodge
- League of Friends Collection - St Mary's Hospital (Hampton), St John's Hospital (Twickenham), Teddington Memorial Hospital
- Margaret Chalmers Papers
- Mary Elizabeth Braddon Letters
- Meadows Hall Collection
- Miss Nellie Madge's Collection
- Morris Family Collection
- Mortlake County Secondary Boys' School (formerly Mortlake Central Boys' School)
- Murray Park Community Association
- Norman Hill Collection
- Orleans Park School
- Pamela Denny, Hampton College Association
- Petersham Common Conservators
- Petersham Horticultural Society
- Proscenium Players Collection
- Richard Meacock Diaries
- Richmond and Barnes Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Richmond and East Sheen County School for Girls
- Richmond and Twickenham Community Health Council Collection
- Richmond Athanaeum
- Richmond County School for Boys
- Richmond Lock Estate
- Richmond Magistrates' Court Collection
- Richmond Poor Law Union
- Richmond Rotary Club Collection
- Richmond Theatre (1899-date) Collection
- Richmond Theatre Goers Club
- Richmond Toc H
- Richmond upon Thames Arts Council Collection
- Richmond upon Thames Chest, Heart and Stroke Care Committee
- Royal School for Naval and Marine Officers' Daughters
- Shene Grammar School for Boys (formerly Richmond County and East Sheen School for Boys; and East Sheen County School for Boys)
- Sir Richard Francis Burton Collection
- St John's Church of England Primary School (formerly St John's National Schools Richmond)
- St Luke's Church of England Junior and Infant School (formerly known as St Luke's Mixed School, St Luke's Day School, St Luke's National School, and St John's Sandy Lane School)
- St Mary's Parochial Schools Trustees Collection
- St Mary's Stepping Stones Nursery and Pebbles Playgroup
- St Richard's Church of England Primary School
- Strawberry Hill Residents' Association Collection
- Teddington Afternoon Townswomen's Guild
- Teddington Film Studios
- Twickenham Conservatives Association
- Twickenham Heathfield Townswomen's Guild Collection
- Twickenham St John Ambulance Brigade Collection
- Twickenham Yacht Club
- Vera Williams Diaries
- Victoria Schools, Teddington
- W.H. Hollingshead Collection
- Whitton School Collection