A rich source of local history material for Brentford and Chiswick is the Local Studies collection at Chiswick Library in Dukes Avenue, Chiswick, London W4 2AB (020 8583 5577); additional material can be found in the Layton Collection at Feltham Library, High Street, Middlesex TW13 4GU (020 8583 5497). The e-mail address and opening hours are here. You must make an appointment to see items from the collection. In any case, it is always useful to contact the specialist staff in advance of a visit as they can advise you; since these are specialist reference collections, they may need to get material from the store ready for your visit.
Gunnersbury Park Museum’s collections also include some library/archive material, especially ephemera and topographical art. Phone 020 3961 0280 or email info@visitgunnersbury.org for information and to book an appointment.
The Society works closely with the local studies staff and we are delighted to be able to promote their work and particularly to be able to illustrate our Journal and our web pages with items from the collections in their care. All of these are identified in the captions to the images and you should contact the Library or the Museum if you wish to make use of these pictures for anything other than private/personal study.
see Hounslow Libraries Local History Service web page and also this article:
