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- General Directories and Reference Works
- Engravings and Prints
- Legal and Administrative Documents
- Local Histories and Guides
- Manuscript and Typewritten Material
- Maps and Plans
- Photographs
- Postcards
- Programmes and Posters
- Sale Brochures
General Directories and Reference Works
Aubrey, John. The natural history and antiquities of the county of Surrey; introduced by J.L. Nevinson. Dorking: Kohler & Coombes, 1975 (facsimile I of 1718-19 edition). 5 vols. [942.21 AUB]
Kelly's directory of Surrey 1899, 1907, 1934. London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1899-1934 [914.221 KEL]
Larkin's directory for West Surrey, and the neighbourhood, for 1870 including a considerable area of the adjoining counties. Chertsey: R.H.B. Larkin, 1870. [914.221 LAR Pamphlet]
Malden, H E (ed). A history of the County of Surrey, part 29 Godley Hundred comprising the parishes of Bisley, Byfleet, Chertsey, Chobham, Egham, Horsell, Pyrford, Thorpe. London: Constable & Co., 1920. [942.21 MAL Oversize]
Manning, Owen. The history and antiquities of the county of Surrey, begun by Owen Manning and enlarged and continued to the year 1814 by William Bray. London: White, Cochrane & Co., 1814. [942.21 MAN Oversize]
Engravings and Prints
Chertsey Abbey, plan of the demesne from the exchequer leiger. Engraver: Whitlock. 1842. Engraved for Brayleys History of Surrey. [1830]
Chertsey Bridge, etc. Coloured engraving. [1204]
Colonel Onslow's lodge at Try-Hill, near Chertsey, Surry. Artist: P. Sandby. Engraver: M A Rooker. Engraving. 1777. [1136]
Colonel Onslow's Lodge at Try-Hill, near Chertsey Surry. Artist: P Sandby. Engraver: M A Rooker. Engraving. 1777. Mounted engraving. [A54]
Cowley's house at Chertsey. Two engravings and two descriptions. [A52]
Engravings of Chertsey Abbey, Willats' Alms-house & Old Church, Chertsey. 3 engravings on a card. [A53]
Front and back views of the house at Chertsey formerly the residence of Abraham Cowley ... when purchased by Richard Clark, Esq. Engraver: Js. Basire. One page with 2 engravings. [A51]
Near Abbey Mills, Chertsey - on the Thames. Colour print. [1795]
Page containing small engravings of the Chertsey, Thorpe and Virginia Water area. [1223]
View of Chertsey. Engraved for Harrison's History of London. Mounted engraving. [A58]
View of Chertsey in Surrey. [1829]
Legal and Administrative Documents
Chertsey Urban District Council. Bye-laws with respect to new streets and buildings. Chertsey: T.E. Stevens & Son, 1926. [914.22113 CHE]
In Parliament session 1893. Staines Chertsey Sewage Board. Copy of petition in favour of dispensing with standing orders. Solicitors: Batten Proffitt & Scott. 1893. [1276]
West Drayton Staines and Chertsey Railway Bill. Draft affidavit of John Anthony Engall as to application to owners, lesees and occupiers. Solicitors: Manning & Walker. 1863. [1335]
Local Histories and Guides
Angell, S. The excavations upon the site of Chertsey Abbey 1861: the substance of a paper read... at the Infants' Schoolroom, on Jan. 7, 1862. Chertsey: Richard & William F. Larkin. (1862). [942.2113 ANG Pamphlet]
Book of Chertsey. The book of Chertsey through fourteen centuries. Chertsey: T.E. Stevens & Son, 1929. [942.2113 BOO]
Cattley, C. Chertsey urban district, the official guide with map and twelve illustrations. Croydon: Home Publishing Co., [19--]. [914.22113 CAT Pamphlet]
Chertsey Abbey Cartularies. Chertsey Abbey cartularies, vol. 2, pt. 1 being the second portion of the cartulary in the Public Record Office. Frome: (Printed by Butler & Tanner, Ltd), 1958. [942.21 CHE]
Hall, Mrs S C. Chertsey and its neighbourhood. London: (Printed by Bradbury & Evans). 1853. [914.22113 HAL]
History of St. Peter with All Saints Church Chertsey. Ramsgate: Church Publishers, [19--]. [914.22113 HIS Pamphlet]
Manning's History of Surrey, p. 191-204 covering the Chertsey area and p. 249-264 covering the Egham area. Extract. [A77]
Official street plan of Chertsey... with index to streets. Chadwell Heath: G.I. Barnett, [19--]. [912.422113 OFF]
Something about Chertsey and its inhabitants in by-gone days. Printer: Frank Taylor. 1901. Pamphlet. [1737]
Toms, Elsie (ed). Chertsey Abbey court rolls abstract: being a calendar of Lansdowne ms. number 434 in the British Museum, pt. 2. Frome: (Printed by Butler & Tanner Ltd), 1954. [942.21 TOM]
Tucker, Henry. The visitor's handbook and guide to St. Anne's Hill, Chertsey. Chertsey: Frank E Taylor, 1879. [914.22113 TUC Pamphlet]
Wheeler, Lucy. Chertsey Abbey: an existence of the past. London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd., 1905. [942.2113 WHE]
Wheeler, Lucy. Chertsey Parish Church: past and present. Chertsey: Frank E Taylor, 1907. [914.22113 WHE Pamphlet]
Manuscript and Typewritten Material
Analytical report of water, received from the Staines Local Board, samples 1-6, July 11th, 1887. J.P. Boyce & Son, analytical chemists, Chertsey. 1887. Handwritten results of analyses. [1210]
Bundle of letters re. Staines & Chertsey railway to Horne & Engall. 1862. Letters. [1345]
Chapter on "Three Barrow Hills" from the MSS of "Some reminiscences of William Willmer Pocock, architect". Typewritten copy. [1315]
Copy of an entry in the Surrey Advertiser on the death of W W Pocock. Typewritten extract. [1317]
Correspondence re. purchase of Eton Cottage, Staines. Solicitors: Paine Brettell & Porter and B.S. Freeman. Auctioneers: Mansbridge & Savage. 1919. 31 handwritten letters and 2 receipts. [418]
Family tree of the Goring family and letter from Mary Ellison to Sydney Oliver. [1304]
Fantasy or satire? Letter from Mr. Sidney Oliver to Rawlings & Welsh, Chertsey, reflecting on Sir John Denham's thoughts should he return to his house in Vicarage Road, Egham in 1963. 1963. Handwritten letter. [291]
History of the Wapshott family 1978. Handwritten sheets. [359]
Letter to Mr Pardoe from Molly Powel about her grandfather, William Willmer Pocock. 1968. Typewritten letter. [1316]
Prescription for Sir Edward Holden, dispensed by James Epps & Co. Ltd. 1910. Handwritten prescription for pills. [1806]
Staines, Chertsey & Woking Railway. A list of properties, owners, occupiers, etc in order of numbers on a plan (plan not included). Notebook. [1007]
Maps and Plans
Burrow's pointer map to Chertsey. Cheltenham: Ed.J. Burrow, [19--]. [912.422113 BUR]
Ordnance Survey map covering an area from Old Windsor and Chertsey, 2nd edition. 1898. Map. [A48]
Proposed alterations and additions to the drains of six villas, Addlestone, Surrey. In accordance with the Chertsey Urban District regulations for house drainage and connection with public sewers for Mr James Hoade. Block plan to scale. [A117]
Photographs
Barker, David M. A Chertsey camera: historic photographs of Chertsey, Ottershaw, Lyne & Longcross, by D.M. and J.L. Barker. Addlestone: D.M. & J.L. Barker, [1992]. [942.2113 BAR]
Card with 5 small photographs of Chertsey bridge, Laleham ferry, Magna Charta Island, Laleham lock & Bells of Ousely. [1782]
Chertsey with St. Mary's Church in background. Framed photograph. [594]
Floods at Chertsey Lane. [11039]
Football on the Thames, frozen, at Chertsey Bridge. [367]
Shield, sword, spearhead and dagger, later Bronze Age. (From the Oliver Collection in Chertsey Museum). [727]
Sledging on the Thames, frozen, at Chertsey Bridge. [ Stamped Surrey Herald, Chertsey on back]. [366]
Two fishermen with St. Mary's, Chertsey in background. [593]
View of Chertsey. Newspaper cutting. [553]
View of Chertsey. Publisher: Alexander Hogg. Newspaper cutting. [554]
Postcards
Abbey Bridge. Undated [7015]
Abbeylands. 1908 [7280]
All Saint's Church. 1905 [3393]
All Saints' Church, Eastworth. 1906 [7612]
All Saints' Church. 1904 [7012]
Amalgamated Thames-Side Angling Association. Competitors arriving at Chertsey competition Sep 13/14. Undated [10572]
The Backwater. 1908 [7304]; 1909 [7662]; 1949 [6577]
Birds Eye view, South. Undated [10579]
Burley Pond. Undated [7279]
By the weir. Undated [7296]
Central View. 1903 [7276]; undated [6398]
Charlwood Church and Rectory. 1907 [3385]
Chertsey. 1908 [3388]; 1956 [3422]; undated [3386, 6395, 6397, 10575, 10578]
Chertsey Abbey sacked by the Danes. Undated [10615]
[Chertsey Brewery]. Undated [10576]
Chertsey Bridge. 1905 [5726, 7265]; 1909 [7284, 7670, 7661]; 1909? [7285]; 1910 [3401]; 1925 [6396] 1934 [7263]; undated [3409, 3417, 5729, 7281, 7301, 7303]
Chertsey Bridge & "Cricketers" Hotel. Undated [5727]
Chertsey Bridge Restaurant and body building works. Undated [3384]
Chertsey Church. 1903 [7014]
Chertsey Curfew Bell, cast 1310. 1909 [7668]
The Chertsey Curfew Bell, cast 1370. Undated [7286]
Chertsey election 1910. 1910 [5722]
Chertsey Ferry. Close to golf links. 1907 [7282]; undated [7657, 7292]
Chertsey Infant School. Windsor Street. 1908 [7267]
Chertsey Lock. 1903 [3406]; 1914 [3407]; 1905 [7656]; 1914 [3420]; 1920 [7290]; undated [7287, 7300, 7666]
Chertsey Lock and Bridge. Undated [3403]
Chertsey Lock from Bridge. 1956 [3419]
Chertsey War Memorial unveiling by Lt.-Col. Clare. Undated [6574]
Chertsey War Memorial unveiling. General view. 1923. [7272]
Chertsey Weir, June 21, 1903 [3383]; 1903 [3404]; 1906 [7613]; 1908 [5720, 7262] ; 1910 [7306]; 1928 [7307]; undated [3389, 3416, 7266]
The Cottage, St. Ann's Hill. 1910 [3413]; 1929 [7678]
Cowley's House. 1906 [3391]; 1907 [7607]; 1909 [7677]; undated [7655]
[Decorated car and firemen]. Undated [3418]
East Street. 1908 [7611]
Eastworth Road. Undated [6394]
Entrance to St. Ann's Hill. 1909 [7673]
[Firemen with fire engine]. Undated [3415]
Fire Station. Undated [10577]
Golden Grove. 1904 [7013]; 1906 [7011]; 1908 [7669]; 1917 [7283]; undated [7275, 3394]
Guildford Street. 1907 [7302]; 1916 [10570]; 1918 [7289]; undated [3392]
Highfield School. 1916 [3414]
H. Warren, Esq. President of the Thames-Side Angling Association. Undated [7665]
In Chertsey Lock. 1903 [6575, 6576]
Infants school. 1916 [10571]
Landing stage. 1907 [7663]
The late town crier. 1909 [3397]; 1910 [3396]
London Street. 1907 [7609]; undated [6391, 7305]
London Street and Town Crier. 1909 [7674]
London Street and Town Hall. 1905 [7614]; undated [5725]
London Street showing Wesleyan Church. 1909 [5723]
Looking up stream from cafe. Undated [3398]
Monks Well, St. Ann's Hill. 1910 [3399]; undated [7676]
Old tree, Golden Grove. 1907 [5721]; undated [7299]
Old Wishing Well, St. Ann's Hill. 1907 [7608]
Old Chertsey. Windsor Street. Undated [7277]
The Old Smithy, Ottershaw. Undated [8261]
Ottershaw Corner. 1908 [5778]
Ottershaw Road. 1906 [7675]
The Pageant Victoria Fair. 1919. 1935 [7273]; 1936 [7269]
Public telephone. 1907 [7659]
[ Pyrcroft Road]. Undated [10574]
St. Ann's Avenue. Undated [7274, 7293]
St. Ann's Hill. Undated [7654]
St. Ann's Road. 1905 [7270]; undated [7672]
St. Peter's Church. 1911 [3412]; 1927 [6392]; undated [3405, 3412, 3421, 5724, 7261, 7278]
St. Peter's Church interior. Undated [3408]
The Sandpits, St. Ann's Hill. 1920 [7291]
School of Handicrafts. 1905 [3411]
Secondary School. Undated [7268]
Silverlands. Undated [7271]
The slaughter of the monks by the Danes at Chertsey Abbey. Undated [10608]
Station Road. 1927 [6393]
Swiss Cottage, St. Ann's Hill. 1907 [7610]
The Thames, Chertsey. 1910 [3400]; 1930 [7308]; 1956 [3402] ; undated [7297]
The Thames, Chertsey Bridge. 1905 [7295]; undated [7616]
The Thames, Chertsey Weir. Undated [7615]
Thames-Side Angling Association Match Sep. 13/14. Undated [7664]
Town Hall. 1904 [7658]; 1910 [7660]; undated [7671]
Town Hall and London Street. 1908 [7264]
View from bridge. 1908 [7288]
View from St. Ann's Hill. Undated [7298]
Windsor Road. 1904 [3390]
Windsor Street. 1906 [3387, 3410]; 1907 [7294]; 1914 [5728]
W. Tomlinson. Tailor. 1911 [10573]
Programmes and Posters
Programme of the Festivities... Held in the Ancient Town of Chertsey. Programme of the festivities and special events held in the ancient town of Chertsey to celebrate... the coronation of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey... 1953. Chertsey: (Printed by Rawlings & Walsh Ltd), 1953. [914.22113 PRO Pamphlet]
Staines. Increased railway accomodation for Staines. A public meeting will be held at the Town Hall, Staines on February 12th, 1883 for the purpose of supporting the proposed "Staines, Chertsey & Woking Railway". Chairman: James Harris. 1883. Railway not built as Leigh Bennet owned all the land from Chertsey to Thorpe and he refused to sell it. Poster. [1230]
Sale Brochures
63 shares in the Chertsey Gas Consumers' Compy. paying 10 per cent interest, 8 shares in the Chertsey Town Hall Building Coy. also one-sixth share in the tolls of the fairs at Chertsey to be sold by R & J Waterer & Son. Solicitors: Paine & Brettell. Particulars & conditions of sale. 1883. [1627]
Block of freehold property situate in Chertsey Road, Chobham which Waterer & Sons will sell on 18th April 1900. Solicitors: Paine & Brettell. Particulars of sale. 1900. [1588]
Bungalow sites close to Chertsey Bridge with river frontage for sale by Hosking & Booth. Sale information & plan. [1606]
By direction of H W Leigh Bennett, Esq. Thorpe Place Estate, comprising "Thorpe Place", Manor Farm, Woodcock Hall Farm, Cottage Farm & Thorpe Mill, Custom Meads & Gorings for sale by Buckland & Sons on 25th May 1921. Solicitors: Dawson & Co. Particulars, plan & conditions of sale. 1921. [A34]
By direction of Mrs Edward Pratt Barlow. Freehold property known as York House, Chertsey with York Place & York Corner which Whatley, Wing & Bamford will sell on 26th March 1912. Solicitor: Walter L J Crosby. Particulars of sale. 1912. [1610]
By direction of the trustee of the late Henry Channing. Freehold rental derived from The Prince Regent, wine & spirit establishment in Guildford, Chertsey will be sold by Slee, Son, & Carden on 13th October 1896. Solicitors: Sandilands & Co. Particulars & conditions of sale. 1896. [1611]
By instructions of H W Leigh Bennett, Esq. Portions of the Thorpe Place Estate comprising about 507 acres including Manor Diary Farm, Hurst Farm, Customs Meads, etc. for sale by Buckland & Sons on 8th July 1919. Solicitors: Dawson & Co. Particulars & conditions of sale. 1919. [A35]
By instructions of the will of Miss L L Blunt, decd. Residential estate known as "Bretlands", Chertsey & including Little Green Lanes Farm which Waterer & Sons will sell on 9th June 1920. Solicitors: Stileman, Underwood & Taylor. Particulars, plan & conditions of sale. 1920. [1608]
By order of the executors of John A Tulk, decd. "The Ruxbury Estate", Chertsey and other properties which R Pearce & Co will sell on October 31st 1956. Solicitors: Beachcroft & Co. Particulars of sale. 1956. [1669]
By the executors of His Honour Judge W Wightman Wood. Freehold property "Weir Cottage", Chertsey & "Weir Lodge" which Dudley W Harris & Co will sell on June 26th 1914. Solicitors: Sharon Turner & Mann. Particulars, plan, views & conditions of sale. 1914. [1615]
Enclosure of freehold land situate in Free Prae Road, Chertsey of about 5 acres which Gale, Power & Co will sell on 4th May 1926. Solicitors: Dixon, Ward & Dixon. Particulars, plan & conditions of sale. 1926. [1612]
Four freehold villas known as Nos. 1,2,3 & 4 Stamford Villas, Eastworth, Chertsey which Waterer & Sons will sell on July 8 1896. Solicitors: Paine & Brettell. Particulars & conditions of sale. 1896. [1618]
Freehold cottage residence known as "Longcross Cottage", Chertsey to be sold by Messrs. Waterer & Sons on 25th February 1903. Solicitors: Bone & Heppell. Particulars & conditions of sale. 1903. [1573]
Freehold dairy farm known as "Beomonds" with farmhouse to be sold by Nightingal, Phillips & Page on 24th June 1904. Solicitor: H D Littlewood-Clarke, Esq. Particulars, plan & conditions of sale. 1904. [1621]
Freehold estate situate between Egham and Chertsey, comprising a capital family mansion distinguished as "Luddington House", for sale by auction on Wednesday, the 21st day of May, 1879 by Messrs. Edwin Fox & Bousfield. Solicitors: William Gordon. Particulars and conditions of sale. 1879. [98]
Freehold grass & arable land, residence, building sites & woodlands about 151 acres, Chertsey to be sold in 19 lots by W M Stickney & Son on 30th June 1910. Solicitors: Stickney & Barton. Plan & particulars of sale. 1910. [A76]
Freehold property Abbey House, Chertsey for sale by Wellesley-Smith & Co on 29th September 1937. Solicitors: Houghton, Reveley, Craven & Wilkins. Particulars & conditions of sale. 1937. [1617]
Freehold property known as "The Rendezvous" Private Hotel, Bridge Road, Chertsey which Waterer & Sons will sell on 2nd July 1925. Solicitors: Cubison & Christie. Particulars & conditions of sale. 1925. [1620]
Freehold property (land tax free) known as "Redlands Farm" in Chertsey for sale by Messrs. Debenham, Tewson, Farmer & Bridgewater on 5th July 1898. Solicitors: Messrs. Paine & Brettell. Particulars, plan & conditions of sale. 1898. [1575]
Freehold residential estate known as Newhaw Farm in Chertsey of nearly 292 acres with 10 cottages will be sold on 25th July 1907 by Farebrother, Ellis, Egerton, Breach & Co. Solicitors: Gedge, Fiske & Gedge. Particulars, plan & conditions of sale. 1907. [A60]
Freehold riverside residence known as "Bridge House", close to Chertsey Bridge and "Mead Cottage" which Waterer & Sons will sell on 11 June, 1902. Solicitors: Paine & Brettell. Particulars, plan & conditions of sale. 1902. [1619]
"Hazelwood", Thorpe, near Chertsey to be offered for sale by Messrs. Cuthbert Lake & Sutton on 14th April 1926. Solicitors: Gamlen, Bowerman & Forward. Particulars of sale. 1926. [1098]
Important block of town property comprising 4 brick-built cottages, Windsor Street, Chertsey which Waterer & Sons will sell on 8th July 1896. Solicitors: Paine & Brettell. Particulars & conditions of sale. 1896. [1616]
Lyne Grove Estate in the parish of Chertsey comprising a mansion and about 315 acres of freehold land for sale on 14th July 1886. Solicitors: F J & G J Braikenridge. Agents: Daniel Smith, Son & Oakley. Particulars with conditions of sale. 1886. [1577]
Re H G Grazebrook. Freehold property known as "Burwood House", Guildford Street, Chertsey also shops nos 84 & 86 Guildford Street & a pew in Chertsey Church will be sold by Scobell & Lake on 18th July 1902. Solicitors: Redpath, Marshall & Holdsworth Particulars & conditions of sale. 1902. [1613]
Re H Longhurst. Properties comprising 6 shops & dwelling houses, no 129 Guildford St. & Nos 2,4,6,8&10 Windsor St., Chertsey & "Maybury", "The Ferns" & "Laurel Cottage" for sale by Waterer & Sons on 11th June 1902. Solicitors: Braikenridge & Edwards. Particulars & conditions of sale. 1902. [1614]
Residential and agricultural properties "Bretlands" & Little Green Lane Farm, Chertsey, Papercourt Farm, Send & Ripley & pasture land, Old Woking which Henry Chapman & Co will sell on 4th December 1930. Solicitors: Dixons, Ward, Umney & Burdon. Particulars, plan & conditions of sale. 1930. [1623]
Reversions to two sums of consols & freehold warehouses, shops & premises in Chertsey will be sold by Herring, Son & Daw on 30th June 1892. Solicitors: Loughborough & Gedge. Particulars, plan & conditions of sale. 1892. [1609]
St. Ann's Hill, Chertsey. Estate with residence, parkland & building sites which Curtis & Henson will sell on 14th July 1925. Solicitors: Waltons & Co. Particulars of sale. 1925. [1607]
Three freehold cottages and building land situate at Chertsey Road, Burrows Hill, Chobham to be sold by Mr. Geo. Drewitt on 20th Jan. 1904. Solicitor: Gilbert H White. Particulars & conditions of sale. 1904. [1558]
Updated 11 January 2018