This paper gives an account of the early years of the worshipping community that became St Michael and All Angels Church in Barnes. It describes the foundation of the original school church in Archway Street, the acquisition of the mission “iron church” and the eventual construction of the building we know today. It also demonstrates […]
This paper describes the burial places in Barnes, Mortlake and East Sheen with an account of some of the notable people buried there. It covers the parish churches of St Mary, Barnes and St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake; St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church, Mortlake; Barnes Old Cemetery; Old Mortlake Burial Ground; the Protestant Dissenters’ […]
This paper tells the story of the Bootmakers’ Almshouses. Located north of Mortlake Station, this development was built in the mid-19th century to house “aged and decayed” bootmakers, their widows and orphans and was colloquially referred to as “The College of All Soles”. Drawing on the minutes of the Footwear Benevolent Society, the paper relates […]
In 1930 Fred Windsor began work as a young draughtsman at the Electricity Works on Mortlake High Street. On his retirement he wrote up his memories of seven years there in remarkable detail with a dry sence of humour. Fred decribes his work at a time when electricty was first being introduced to the area […]
