The Wandsworth Historian example articles

Here is a selection of articles chosen from our journal’s past to show the range and quality of research that the Society publishes.

‘A Battersea School Prize from the 1870s’

Issue No. 99, 2015

By Nicola Hale, Neil Robson and David Ainsworth.

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‘The Watermen’s Chest of Putney’

Issue No. 96, 2013

by Dorian Gerhold.

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Harold Buchanan Ryley, Emanual School’s Gallant Headmaster

Issue No. 92, 2011

By Jeremy Archer

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‘The Abbey, the Monk and Domesday Wandsworth’

Issue No. 91, 2011

By Keith Bailey

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‘Jesse Rust and his Son, Vitreous Mosaic Manufacturers of Battersea’

Issue No. 90, 2010

By Rita Ensing

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‘The Boundaries of Anglo-Saxon Clapham’

Issue No. 87, 2009

By Keith Bailey

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‘Winston Churchill – Our Part in His Downfall’

Issue No. 78, 2004

By Neil Robson

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‘A Battersea Victorian Railwayman of Repute’

Issue No. 72, 2000

By Stan Verrender

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‘William Law – a forgotten resident of Putney’

Issue No. 58, 1989

By James Fraser

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‘St Peter’s Hospital, East Hill, Wandsworth’

Issue No. 47, 1985

By Jean Thomason

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