Wandsworth Historical Society

Links to Other Organisations - Mainly History Related

Other Historical Groups in the Borough

Tooting History Group

Amenity Societies In the Borough

Battersea Society

Balham Society. Inactive? Only contact address is on Charity Commission website (June 2023).

Friends of Tooting Common

Friends of Wandsworth Common

Putney Society

Wandsworth Society

Wandle Valley Forum

Museums in the Borough

London Sewing Machine Museum

Wandle Industrial Museum Actually in Mitcham but covers industry on the river in Wandsworth.

Our Neighbouring Historical Groups (and Amenity Societies)

Barnes and Mortlake History Society

Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society

Carshalton & District History & Archaeology Society

Friends of Honeywood Museum in Carshalton

Clapham SocietyMainly an amenity society.

Friends of Clapham Common

Fulham Society history page Mainly an amenity society but the former historical society merged with it in 2024.

Fulham Palace

Kingston Museum and History Centre

Merton Historical Society

Richmond Archaeological Society

Richmond Local History Society

Museum of Richmond

Richmond Park Heritage Collection The Hearsum Collection which is currently in store.

Southwark and Lambeth Archaeological Society. No website but active with a regular lecture program.

Streatham Society Mainly an amenity society.

Wimbledon and Putney Commons

Wimbledon Society Mainly an amenity society but runs Wimbledon Museum.

London Wide Organisations

The London Museum Was The Museum of London, closed until 2026 when it will reopen in West Smithfield.

The London Archives Was London Metropolitan Archives.

Greater London Historic Environment Record Provided by Historic England.

London and Middlesex Archaeological Society

Survey of London At The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London since 2013.

Historical Maps

London Topographical Society Re-Publishers of old maps.

Layers of London Overlaying old maps and reconciliation to a modern grid.

Historical Maps of everywhere in the UK Provided by The National Library of Scotland.

Around London

Berkshire Archaeological Society

The Essex Society for Archaeology and History

Kent Archaeological Society

Surrey Archaeological SocietyWandsworth was part of historical Surrey.

Surrey History Centre at Woking

Industrial Museums In London

Crossness Pumping Station

Kempton Great Engines

The London Museum of Water & SteamKew Bridge Steam Museum.

Markfield Beam Engine and Museum

The Brunel Museum Thames Tunnel.

London Canal Museum

Kirkaldy Testing Works A museum about materials testing.

Industrial Archaeology Organisations

Greater London Industrial Archaeology SocietyGLIAS for London.

Association for Industrial ArchaeologyAIA for The British Isles.

There was a "European Organisation for Industrial Heritage" or E-FAITH but website is dead as of September 2024.

International Organisation for Industrial HeritageTICCIH for The World.

Other Historical Information

Blue PlaquesPhotos of of Blue Plaques (and other colours), and Memorials, mostly in London.

Claphamhistorian.com The website of local historian Timothy Walker, a WHS member who gave a talk in Feb 2016.

London Screen ArchivesCataloguing historical films of London including some of Wandsworth.

Where the bombs fell in the Borough of Wandsworth.

Which Museum A list of museums everywhere.