Ashford
Official Guides
STAINES URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Staines Urban District, Middlesex (Staines, Ashford, Laleham and Stanwell): the official guide. Croydon: Home Publishing Co., 2nd ed. [1950?]. 68p. [914.2212 STA]
STAINES URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Staines Urban District (Staines, Ashford, Laleham and Stanwell): the official guide with map and 22 illustrations. Croydon: Home Publishing Co., (1962). 40p. [914.2212 STA]
STAINES URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Staines Ashford and district, Middlesex: the official guide. Croydon: Home Publishing Co., 1974? 84p. [914.2212 STA]
Legal and Financial documents
Fire insurance certificate issued to Thomas Hawkes and Selina Harriet Hasseltine Engall on properties in Ashford. 1901. [592]
Great Western Railway (branches to Egham, Staines, Brentford and Twickenham). Notice to the trustees of the Ashford and Hampton Turnpike Trust of an application to Parliament to build a branch railway from Acton to Egham, from Brentford and from Isleworth to Twickenham. 1846. Printed notice. [1006]
Laleham Parish re. Stollerys encroachment. Letter sent from the churchwardens of Laleham Church to J A Engall re. the encroachment of Mr Stollery on the highway between Staines and Ashford Ford. 1888. Handwritten letter. [1225]
Messrs. J.H. & C. Richardson to the Trustees of the West Middlesex, Surrey, South Bucks & Berks Benefit Building Society. Draft memorial [drawn up] by Horne & Engall Solicitors, Staines. Dated 2nd May 1888. A memorial to be registered of an indenture made between James Henry Richardson and Charles Richardson and the trustees of the West Middlesex Surrey South Bucks and Berks Benefit Building Society. 1888. Handwritten legal document. [2]
Messrs. J.H. & C. Richardson to the Trustees of the West Middlesex, Surrey, South Bucks, and Berks Benefit Building Society. Draft further charge on freehold hereditaments at Ashford, Middlesex to secure £60. Dated 2nd May 1888. An indenture between James Henry Richardson and Charles Richardson and the trustees of the West Middlesex, Surrey, South Bucks & Berks Benefit Building Society . Solicitors: Horne & Engall. 1888. Handwritten legal document. [22]
Messrs. J H & C Richardson to the Trustees of the West Middlesex Surrey South Bucks & Berks Benefit Building Society. Draft further charge on freehold hereditaments at Ashford Middlesex to secure £60. Solicitors: Horne & Engall. 1888. Handwritten document. [588]
Messrs. J H & C Richardson to the Trustees of the West Middlesex Surrey South Bucks & Berks Benefit Building Society. Draft memorial. Solicitors: Horne & Engall. 1888. Handwritten document. [589]
Messrs. J H Richardson & C Richardson to the Trustees of the West Middlesex Surrey South Bucks & Berks Benefit Building Society. Draft mortgage of freehold hereditaments at Ashford. Solicitors: Horne & Engall. 1883. Handwritten document. [590]
Mr. Charles Stiller to the Trustees of the West Middlesex Surrey South Bucks & Berks Benefit Building Society. Draft mortgage of property at Ashford to secure £570. Solicitors: Horne & Engall. 1898. Handwritten document. [591]
Mr. Henry Ward to Miss S A Tatnell. Equitable charge. 1903. Typewritten document. [587]
Laleham Parish re. Stollerys encroachment. Letter sent from the churchwardens of Laleham Church to J A Engall re. the encroachment of Mr Stollery on the highway between Staines and Ashford Ford. 1888. Handwritten letter. [1225]
Map (1897)
Ordnance Survey map covering Ashford & Laleham, 2nd edition. 1897. [A49]
Miscellaneous
Ashford Parish Magazine, September 1934. Ashford: J.M. Stitt & Co., 1934. p. 67-72. [914.2212 ASH]
The auto-biography of a village. A children's history of Ashford written by Lily Taylor, teacher at Clarendon Road School, Ashford. Handwritten. [574]
Card commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee presented to Willie Taylor from the Staines & District United Band-of-Hope excursion 1897. Printed card. [586]
Copy of a birth certificate for Annie Elizabeth Taylor (Lily). 1923. [576]
Exhibition of documents maps & views relating to Staines, Ashford, Laleham & Stanwell sponsored by Staines Urban District Council the Standing Joint Committee for Middlesex & the National Register of Archives at the Town Hall, Staines 25-29 Mar 1952 . Catalogue. [772]
Letter from May, 6, Chapel Street, Bromsgrove on the death of Lily's father. 1933. [572]
Letter from Maggie, 432 Staines Road, Twickenham to Lily Taylor on her retirement. 1947. [573]
Letter from Emmie, 180 Wendover Road, Staines to Lily Taylor. 1932. [580]
Manor Golf Club, Ashford fixtures, 1907. 1907. Printed card. [596]
Manor Golf Club rules and regulations and local rules and bye-laws. Booklet. [595]
Notes of lessons. Notes by Lily Taylor for lessons at Clarendon Road School, Ashford. 1909-1910. Handwritten notes in exercise book. [578]
Receipt from the New Manor Golf Club, Ashford to R. Pimm for subscription. 1907. Receipt. [597]
Weekly Times & Echo Children's Corner. This is to certify that Lily Taylor has been enrolled among Uncle Sam's children. Printed card. [575]
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Photographs
A play at Lily Taylor's school. [579]
Charles Taylor. [584]
John Gurr, evangelist with troops, etc at Ashford during the 1914-1918 war. Photographer: Percy M Kaye. [1749]
Laleham Church. [10524]
Lily and William Taylor [583]
Mr. & Mrs. Taylor. [10488]
St. Matthew's Church. [10492]
The Taylor family. [577, 577a, 577b, 1084]
Town Tree and Drinking Fountain. [10523]
Postcards
Ashford Church. 1908 [6834, 6836]
Ashford County Schools. n.d. [6882]
Ashford County Schools. 1911. [6839, 6855]
Ashford from Railway Bridge. n.d. [6944]
Ashford. n.d [6881]
Boy in fancy dress. n.d [Clarendon Road School]. [6924]
Boys in fancy dress. [Clarendon Road School]. n.d [6919]
Children dancing in school. n.d [6963]
Children in a classroom. [Clarendon Road School]. n.d [6933, 6934]
Children in fancy dress. [Clarendon Road School]. n.d [6918, 6920-23, 6925-32]
Children outside school. n.d [6962]
Church Road. n.d [6868, 6899, 6955]
Church Road. 1904 [6837]
Church Road. 1911 [6856]
Church-West London School. 1905. [6844]
The cinema, Clarendon Road. n.d [6898]
Clarendon Road. n.d [6877, 6901, 6904, 6908, 6945 ]
Clarendon Road Board School. n.d [6888, 6889]
Clarendon Road Schools. n.d [6906, 6961]
Commemoration service. n.d [726]
Congregational Chapel. 1904. [6857]
Cricket team. n.d [6850]
Elderly lady [Mrs Taylor?]. n.d [6941]
Elderly man [Mr Taylor?]. n.d [6940]
Entrance & Lodge to Staines Union. n.d [6848]
Feltham Hill Road. n.d [6954]
Fishing in the Ash. n.d [6869]
Ford Bridge Road. n.d.. [6905]
Ford Bridge Road. 1931. [6835]
Ford Bridge. n.d [6861, 6863, 6864, 6876, 6885, 6903, 6911, 6956, 6957, 6960]
Ford Bridge. 1903 [6842]
Girl in fancy dress. [Clarendon Road School]. n.d [6917]
The Glen. n.d [6873]
Greetings from Ashford. n.d [6895, 6912, 6949, 6952]
Kingston Road. 1910. [6859]
[Lily Taylor]. ca. 1940. [6948]
The Links Hotel. 1907. [6847]
Muncaster House School. n.d [6907, 6950]
The Old Town Tree. n.d [6897]
Old Village. n.d [6867]
Older children in a classroom. [Clarendon Road School]. [6935]
The Pond. n.d [6953]
Post Office, Ashford Common. 1913. [6858]
Rev. G.J.M. Kingston. n.d [6883]
Ruins of the Home of the Good Shepherd. n.d [6860]
School Road Corner 1907. [6838]
School Road. n.d [6886]
The Secondary Schools. 1911. [6840]
St. Matthew's Church. n.d. [6854, 6878, 6880, 6884, 6893, 6896, 6902]
St. Matthew's Church. 1904 [6846]
St. Matthew's Church, Centre Aisle n.d [6845, 6892]
The Spelthorne. n.d [6849]
Station Approach. n.d [6951]
Station Approach. 1904. [6891]
Town Tree. n.d [6887, 6894]
Town Tree. 1906. [6841]
Town Tree. 1915. [6865]
Train coming into Ashford Station. n.d [6890]
War Memorial. n.d. [6910, 6913, 6914, 6915, 6916, 6946, 6947, 6958, 6959, 6962, 6875]
Welsh Girls School. 1912. [6866]
Welsh Girls' School, (St. David's Chapel). 1904. [6851]
Welsh Girls' School, (The Hall). 190? [6852]
The Welsh School. n.d [6872]
West London School. n.d. [6871]
West London School. 1921. [6843]
[Willie Taylor, postman]. n.d [6936-6939]
[Willie Taylor with other soldiers in World War 1 uniform]. ca. 1915.
[6942]
A winter scene from the Ford Bridge. n.d [6874]
Woodthorpe Road. 1908. [6909]
Woodthorpe Road. n.d [6853, 6870, 6900]
Sale Brochures and Catalogues
Detached freehold residence "Winkfield", Station Crescent, Ashford will be sold by Messrs. Gale & Power on March 19th, 1912. Solicitors: Messrs. Phillips & Randle Ford. Particulars & conditions of sale. 1912. Brochure. [1015]
Detached pair of freehold houses "The Brackens" & "The Firlands", Feltham Road, Ashford will be sold by Messrs. Gale & Power on March 19th, 1912. Solicitors: Messrs. Horne, Engall & Freeman. Particulars & conditions of sale. 1912. Brochure. [1014]
Francis' Stores, Ashford. Catalogue of the excellent stock of builders' ironmongery, tools, garden utensils, household requisites ... which Messrs. Gale & Power will sell on July 17th, 18th & 19th, 1912. 1912. Catalogue. [1018]
Freehold residence known as "Claremont", The Causeway, Egham & 7 freehold cottages known as nos. 1 to 7 Spelthorne Terrace, Ashford Common for sale by Gale, Power & Co on 29th July 1930. Solicitors: Messrs. Ryland & Co. Particulars & conditions of sale. 1930. Brochure. [1784]