RepositoryUniversity of Roehampton: Whitelands College
Ref NoWC/PP/KINGG/2
TitleHistorical reference and research: Roehampton village and environs
Date1940 - 2021
Extent1 box
Description‘Celebrating 50 years of the Alton Estate’ pamphlets. BEE 31 [Bulletin of Environmental Education] Town and Planning Association Nov 1973, including article ‘A Housing Study in Roehampton’ by Colin Ward looking at the Alton Estate. Article ‘Neighbourhood and Urban Renewal on The Alton Estate – a case study approach’ by Alan Lorente. File of mss notes (student projects?) and typescripts c 1972-74, on Alton Estate, Angel Inn, Roehampton community survey 1973-74, Tibbets Corner, ‘Environmental Studies’ looking at properties in Roehampton. Alton Estate photos of newly built blocks, and library, plus undeveloped Manresa site, with mss captions. Richmond Golf Club temporary rules 1940 (eg ‘a player whose stroke is affected by the simultaneous explosion of a bomb may play another ball from the same place.’). Roehampton, Wandsworth, reference (wiki-style) article. Copy of Fairacres newsletter, spring 2012. “An Illustrated History of the University of Greenwich” by Thomas Hinde – extracts. The Dover House Estate, Putney: ‘Here comes Uniform Town’, Municipal Dreams. File on 1654 Mounting Block, Putney Vale, 2015. ‘Famous residents of our Roehampton’. ‘Pages from an abandoned project’ – section from draft Roehampton Institute history by John Seed, dealing with the Roehampton locality. ‘Roehampton. The Last Village in London’ by Jacqueline Loose, 1979. ‘The Cornerstone Roehampton Parish Great Hall’ mural – colour copy and notes. ‘Is Roehampton a classic example of a secondary settlement? – How and why did Roehampton come to exist? Why there?’. Article ‘Princess Irmingard of Bavaria’ – copy of obit, 2010 [she was educated at Covent of the Sacred Heart at Roehampton]. ‘The King’s Head, Roehampton’, article from The Wandsworth Historian No 69 by Doran Gerhold, plus modern marketing material utilising Georgian engravings (mainly Hogarth). Roehampton House, Queen Mary’s Hospital file, including oral history DVD, centenary tribute DVD, maps and photos, 1971 historical account by archivist, plus a short history of ‘Roehampton Houses’ c 1970. Photocopy of pamphlet ‘The History of Roehampton Parish’ by Revd Henry Elkerton 1929, plus copied notes or marginalia. Further copy: ‘A History of Roehampton Parish’ booklet by Henry Elkerton and James McKinney, 2008. Roehampton Voice editions 2015-2021 including ‘Now and Then’ and historical articles on Roehampton University colleges’ histories, architecture and famous residents, written by Gilly King. The Bedside – Wandsworth Society journals, 2014 and 2016, including articles by Gilly King. ‘1871 – SMG – 2011, St Mary’s Roehampton: the SMG Story’ pamphlet by Poor Servants of the Mother of God, with correspondence from compiler 2011-2013.
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