A GUIDE TO NATIONAL AND SURREY ARCHIVES PLUS USEFUL INFORMATION LEAFLETS
METROPOLITAN SURREY
London’s growth became ever more rapid at the beginning of the C19th. Between 1889 when the London County Council was formed and 1965 when Greater London was created, London formally absorbed parts of the surrounding counties including major parts of north Surrey.
By 1900 the areas of historic Surrey then part of the County of London were
Battersea, Bermondsey, Camberwell, Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth
In 1965 more areas of Surrey became part of Greater London (with Battersea, Bermondsey and Camberwell merging with Southwark and Wandsworth)
Croydon, Kingston-upon-Thames, Lambeth, Merton Richmond-upon-Thames, Southwark, Sutton and Wandsworth
Many of the records for these areas of ‘Metropolitan’ Surrey are held at the London Metropolitan Archives and the archives of the local London boroughs south of the river Thames.
THE LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES is the largest local authority archive in the United Kingdom covering the whole of Greater London.
The LMA has over 60 research guides specifically covering areas of research with a focus on London sources
The main topics of interest are on:
ADOPTIONS; APPRENTICESHIP RECORDS OF CITY OF LONDON LIVERY COMPANIES;
BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES OVERSEAS; BLACK CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ARCHIVES; BRAVERY AWARDS;
CEMETERY RECORDS; CITY OF LONDON BROKERS, FREEMEN AND STOCK EXCHANGE RECORDS; CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS;
THE CHINESE COMMUNITY; CLERGY AND CHURCH OFFICIALS; CONVICTS AND TRANSPORTATION;
CORONERS AND INQUEST RECORDS; DIRECTORIES; EDUCATION AND SCHOOL RECORDS;
ELECTORAL REGISTERS; EVACUATION IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR; FIRE INSURANCE RECORDS;
THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL; THE GERMAN COMMUNITY; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUGUENOT RECORDS; JEWISH RECORDS;
LAND TAX ASSESSMENTS; LICENSED VICTUALLERS RECORDS; LLOYDS OF LONDON AND TRINITY HOUSE;
MARRIAGE LICENCES (BONDS AND ALLEGATIONS); MERCHANT TAYLOR’S COMPANY; MIDDLESEX DEEDS REGISTRY;
NON-CONFORMIST REGISTERS; PARISH REGISTERS; PARKS AND OPEN SPACES; POLICE RECORDS (CITY OF LONDON);
POOR LAW RECORDS; PRISONS; QUARTER SESSIONS RECORDS; THE RUSSIAN COMPANY RECORDS; THEATRES AND MUSIC HALLS;
VECHICLE REGISTRATION AND DRIVERS LICENCES; WATERMEN AND LIGHTERMEN RECORDS; WILLS AND PROBATE RECORDS
LMA INFORMATION LEAFLETSPlus
LONDON GENERATIONS Anglican parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for around 800 parishes within the former counties of London and Middlesex held at the LMA.
COLLAGE many images both paintings, drawings and photographs from the Guildhall Art Gallery and the London Metropolitan Archives. The collection extends to images of Surrey.
London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library records online at
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