Papers of Mrs Hilda Chamberlain Bazalgette Scrapbooks of photographs, newspaper cuttings, prints and ephemera relating to organisations, places and subjects in Tower Hamlets and elsewhere. Compiled in 1970s-1980s, with earlier material included back to 18th century. ACCESS/CATALOGUE STATUS: One file, 1977, is catalogued. The rest of this collection is currently uncatalogued, consisting of one deposit TH/10627. See list in this description. Access is by appointment only. Please contact staff. In 1995 the Local History Library removed some loose items from volumes and in the case of TH/10627/34 (formerly numbered by Local History Library as Book 1) photographs unrelated to the scrapbook's title were added into the main Image Collection: The following is a full survey list to TH/10627, compiled in 2025 in excel spreadsheet on accession file, and pasted here for searching purposes: Box number Item number Given title Detailed scope by Harry Watton Dates if any Extent Type Notes 1 1 Docklands Light Railway 2' 1 volume Scrapbook 1 2 Photograph Album (No title) 1 volume Photograph album 1 3 London Hospital' 1 volume Scrapbook 1 4 Hanslip FLETCHER: London Views' 1 volume 1 5 No title 1 volume Scrapbook Wallpapercovered 1 6 No title 1 volume Scrapbook Mouse on cover 1 7 Whitechapel Art Gallery' 1 volume Scrapbook 2 8 The Hamlet of Ratcliff and Ratcliff Highway' 1 volume Scrapbook 2 9 The Highway - St George in the East, St Pauls Shadwell, Cable Street,including Auschwitz Exhibition, St George in the East' 1 volume Scrapbook 2 10 National Museum of Labour' 1 volume Scrapbook 2 11 No title - Miscellaneous 1 volume Scrapbook Wallpaper cover 2 12 Aldgate - Hoop and Grapes, etc.' 1 volume Scrapbook 2 13 Coborn Street, no. 7 etc., Carlton Square, Bancroft Road, Mile End and Coborn School' 1 volume Scrapbook 3 14 No title - General Material 1 volume Scrapbook Yellow folder, untitled 3 15 Genealogical/Autobiographical Notes, mostly unused 1 volume Notes 3 16 Christ's Hospital: Trinity House, Greenwich, City Companies, Mile End Almshouses' 1 volume Scrapbook 3 17 Mile End' 1 volume Scrapbook 3 18 Spitalfields,Toynbee Hall, Christ Church, Fournier Street and Huguenots' 1 volume Scrapbook 3 19 [Bow] - Bow, Victoria Park, Old Ford, Bow Bridge, River Lea 19 consists of: "2/1 Scrapbook containing cuttings (1973-1981) and historical ephemera including [? early 20th century] photographs of Bow Bridge (1 photograph) and southern end of River Lea (2 photographs) and photographs taken by Hilda Bazalgette of: (3) Dace Road and vicinity (8) 1976 (1) Beachy Road "" (5) Fordway School "" (7) Northern outfall sewage works "" (8) Old Ford Locks (15) "" (10) Victoria Park (2) 1977-1978 (4) Regent Canal (2) 1978 (2) Bow Road (16) 1976-1982 (6) Gladstone Statue (2) 1980-1982 (4) Devons Road ?1982 2/2 [Formerly inside 2/1] Unmounted press cuttings (some undated), 1970s-1980s, loose scrapbook pages containing cuttings, and c75 photographs taken by Hilda Bazalgette of:- Bow Church (9) 1974-1982 Bow Road (25) "" Bow Station (Demolition) (2) 1975 Cadogan Terrace (6) 1976 Gladstone Statue (4) 1977-1982 Gunmakers Lane not dated Hertford Union Canal (3) not dated Jodrell Road (3) ? 1977 Old Ford Road and vicinity (8) 1976-1978 Priscilla Road (2) 1974 Regents Canal ?1977 River Lea (2) 1973 Victoria Park (10) 1974-1976" 1 volume Scrapbook Book 2/1 Harry Watton's number, repackaged this 4 20 Spitalfields: Brick Lane, Middlesex Street, Spitalfields, Trumans, [Crossed out names], Petticoat Lane, Club Row' 1 volume Scrapbook 4 21 Wapping and the Docks continued - Wapping Shadwell Basin' 1 volume Scrapbook 4 22 Untitled 1 volume Scrapbook Blue criss cross wallpaper cover 4 23 Inside cover 'Tower Hamlets Conservation Area' 1 volume Scrapbook 4 24 Inside cover 'Tower Hill Improvement' 1 volume Scrapbook W. H. Smith scrapbook 5 25 Untitled 1 volume Scrapbook Red wallpaper cover green (white blank typing paper) 5 26 NAWCS [National Association of Women's Clubs] Jubilee Retirement Cards, Wimbledon Guild Guild Literature' 1 volume Scrapbook 5 27 Untitled 1 volume Scrapbook Noah's Ark illustration on cover 5 28 Poplar High Street, Blackwall' [Aberfeldy and Poplar] 1 volume Scrapbook 5 29 Wapping High Street Churchyard, Docks, Mrs Gager' 1 volume Scrapbook 6 30 The Isle of Dogs' with list inside 1 volume Scrapbook Blue wallpaper covered 6 31 Whitechapel: Jews' Cemetery, Brady Street, Market, Hospital' 1 volume Scrapbook 6 32 Tall Ships, Tower of London St. Katherine's Dock,The Nore Light Ship' 1 volume Scrapbook 6 33 Bow, Ropery Street, St Clements, Mile End Road' 1 volume Scrapbook 7 34 Whitechapel Road - London Hospital' "Cuttings 1974-1982; Six Photographs 1975-1976; Reproductions of views of London Hospital 1753; 1874; 1969; 1/2 [Formerly inside 1/1] Unmounted press cuttings, 1973-1991 [many are undated]; Loose scrapbook pages containing cuttings, and 27 photographs, 1970s; [50 photographs not directly showing London Hospital have been removed, and placed, as indicated, in the Image Collections]." 1 volume Scrapbook Book 1: Harry Watton's number. He started on this 1 of 2 parts plus 2 of 2 (put together) 7 35 Poplar, George Green's School Fly A Flag' "[but also includes material relating to Limehouse Library] List of photographs in the volume (dates not always certain): Aberfeldy Street 1 1976 Aberfeldy Street Fred's Cafe 1 1976 ?Amoy Place 1 1975 Atholl Street ? 1974 Blair Street 1 ? 1974 Bromley Hall Road 1 ? 1974 Brownfield Estate 1 not dated 'Builders Arms' 2 not dated Commercial Road 2 1975 'Conant Arms' 1 not dated East End Mission 2 1975 East India Dock 5 1975; not dated East India Dock Road near Poplar Hospital 1 ?1974 East India Dock Road, number 153 2 1976 Follett Street 1 not dated George Green School, East India Dock Road 9 not dated; 1976-1982 'George IV' 2 not dated 'Gladstone' 1 not dated Green's Sailors Home 2 1976 Grundy Street 1 not dated Ida Street 5 not dated; 1977 Langdon Park School 4 not dated Lansbury [?] 13 not dated; 1982 Leven Road 1 1974 Limehouse Cut 1 1974 Limehouse Library 1 1975 Limehouse Town Hall 2 not dated Lochnagar Street 1 ? 1974 Murals (near Teviot Street) 3 1977 Piggott Street 2 1974 Poplar Library 1 1974 'Princess of Wales' 2 not dated Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest 1 not dated Radford House 1 not dated Richard Green Statue 1 1974 Sailors Palace 1 1975 Saint Anne's Church, Limehouse 1 1974 Saint Frideswide's Mission House 2 1976 'Saint Leonard's Arms' 2 1977 Saint Leonard's Road 8 1977-1978 Saint Leonard's Street - Imperial Wines Limited 1 1974 Saint Michael's Church, Rectory and Parish Hall 11 1977; not dated Sir William Burrough's School 1 not dated Stainsby Road - Saint Domingo Cottages 3 1974-1975 'Star of The East' 2 1975-1976 Sturry Street 2 not dated; 1976 Susannah Street 1 not dated Trinity Church - George Green's tomb 1 1976 'Wellington Arms' 1 not dated 'White Horse', Poplar 2 1974" 1 volume Scrapbook Book 3: Harry Watton's number/actual title 7 36 No title - Mile End 1 volume Scrapbook Book 4: Harry Watton's number 7 37 Whitechapel Jack The Ripper' 1 volume Scrapbook 7 38 London Funerals; Roman Road market; St. George in the East; Baronness Burdett Coutts' 1 volume Scrapbook 8 39 Stepney, Bow and Old Ford; Limehouse, Whitechapel - Commercial Road; Mile End; Spitalfields; Petticoat Lane; Poplar; Great Alie Street; Myrdle and Parfett Streets; Musical Halls; Ratcliff' 1 volume Scrapbook 8 40 Histories of Wimbledon (Millward etc.)' 1 volume Scrapbook 8 41 Commercial Road, The Jews and Christians, Jewish New Year cards, Jewish Chronicle' 1 volume Scrapbook 8 42 Spitalfields' 1 volume Scrapbook 9 43 Whitechapel and St Botolph's, Aldgate' 1 volume Scrapbook 9 44 Cooper's Company School, Christ's Hospital' 1 volume Scrapbook 9 45 No title - World War Two 1 volume Scrapbook 9 46 Untitled - Various campaigns: education, docks, tenants, etc. 1 volume Scrapbook 9 47 Whitechapel Art Gallery, Jewish cards, etc.' 1 volume Scrapbook 9 48 Baroness Burdett Coutts' 1 volume Scrapbook 9 49 Research correspondence with repositories and individuals and notes 1972-1973 1 file Notes 10 50 Spitalfields - Brady Street Jews' Burial Ground - Rothschild's Graves' 1 volume Scrapbook 10 51 Transport' 1 volume Scrapbook 10 52 Dr. Barnardo's, Stepney Causeway, Book II' 1 volume Scrapbook 10 53 Ragged School Museum; East London Record 1986, 1985-5 and 1988-9; East London Cards; Wapping Whitechapel; Muslim texts and cards'. Also: 'Globe Town Booklet; Old Ordnance Survey Maps; Calendars - postcards of Bow, etc.' 1 volume Scrapbook 10 54 Isle of Dogs; Mudchute; Island Gardens; 277 bus route snaps from top of bus' 1 volume Scrapbook 11 55 Prints of London churches, Bow Creek and Canning Town' 1 volume Scrapbook 11 56 Docklands Light Railway I' 1 volume Scrapbook 11 57 Limehouse, St Anne's' 1 volume Scrapbook 11 58 Shipbuilding, West India Docks, West Ferry Road' 1 volume Scrapbook 11 59 Watney Street' 1 volume Scrapbook 11 60 Isle of Dogs from the bus All Saints Poplar and back to Mile End Road' 1 volume Scrapbook 12 61 Women's Suffrage, MPs, Women in the East End' 1 volume Scrapbook 12 62 Untitled - Wapping 1 volume Scrapbook 12 63 Stepney Green; Cooper's School at Upminster; Jamaica Street; Beaumont Square' 1 volume Scrapbook 12 64 Tower of London; Golden Hind etc.' 1 volume Scrapbook 12 65 London Hospital - 250th Anniversary; Mile End: Queen Mary College, Hospital, Library, Bancroft Road, Old Ordnance Survey Maps; Pubs of Tower Hamlets' 1 volume Scrapbook 12 66 Bethnal Green Museum' 1 volume Scrapbook 13 67 Bethnal Green: Old Ford Road; London Chest Hospital; Bonner Road; Cyprus Street; St. James The Less; Bonner Road Schools (booklets)' 1 volume Scrapbook 13 68 Cooper's School; Henry Hart and Family' 1 volume Scrapbook 13 69 Commercial Road, E1; Ramadan etc.; The proposed mosque' 1 volume Scrapbook 13 70 Untitled - River Thames 1 volume Scrapbook 13 71 Whitechapel Art Gallery etc' 1 volume Scrapbook 14 72 Untitled - Jewish Chronicle etc 1 volume Scrapbook 14 73 Untitled - Whitechapel 1 volume Scrapbook 14 74 Bow and Bromley - Campbell Road, Bow; Bryant and May' 1 volume Scrapbook 14 75 Wapping - Early plans, wharf conversions; Tower of London' 1 volume Scrapbook 14 76 Bromley-by-Bow - Bow Common; Poplar (Kingsley Hall, Clara Grant, Fern Street)' 1 volume Scrapbook 15 77 Conservation Areas: York Square; Albert Gardens; Limehouse - Aston Street; Matlock Street, Salmon Lane; Raynes School; York Square; The Great Companies; Minutes of Mile End Old Town Vestry; H. C. L. Hart; various almshouses' 1 volume Scrapbook 15 78 Poplar' 1 volume Scrapbook 15 79 Half Moon; Great Alie Street; Cable Street' 1 volume Scrapbook 15 80 Bethnal Green Museum' 1 volume Scrapbook 15 81 Bethnal Green: Oxford House; Weaver's Fields; Wilmot and Finnis Streets; Parmiter's School' 1 volume Scrapbook 16 82 Bethnal Green Museum' 1 volume Scrapbook 16 83 Tower of London' 1 volume Scrapbook 16 84 Wellclose Square and the Ratcliff Highway' 1 volume Scrapbook 17 85 Bethnal Green' 1 volume Scrapbook 17 86 Mile End [Untitled]: includes Central Library, Bancroft Road, Mile End Hospital, and housing estates 1 volume Scrapbook 17 87 Club Row etc Brick Lane, Bengalis, Spitalfields C18 [18th Century]' 1 volume Scrapbook 17 88 An East End Directory' by Peter Marcan Publications 1979-1985 1 file Publication 17 89 Music Halls' 1 volume Scrapbook 17 90 Wapping [Untitled]: Wapping Plan/Future 1975-1977 1 file Planning file 17 91 Planning in West Bethnal Green. A Report for Public Consultation' by Planning Department, Directorate of Development, London Borough of Tower Hamlets 1978 1 file Planning file 17 92 Spitalfields [Untitled]: includes Spitalfields Market, Petticoat Lane Market and housing matters Scrapbook 17 93 Photograph 'Album': colour photographs covering various locations in East End, London and Home Counties 1971-1972 1 volume Photograph album 18 94 Photographs' album: with contents list covering various locations in East End, London and Home Counties 1972 1 volume Photograph album 18 95 Hart family history [untitled]: notes on family of Henry Charles Litchfield Hart 1 volume Research notes 18 96 Docklands future [Untitled] 1975-1977 1 file Planning file 18 97 Poplar Planning' 1979-1982 1 volume Planning file 18 98 Planning in Bow' 1979 1 file Planning file 18 99 Getting London in Perspective' Barbican Art Gallery publication 1984 1 volume Publication 18 100 Loose items to file into scrapbooks, mainly cuttings 11 items To file 19 101 St Katharine at Tower Docks etc' 1 volume Scrapbook Oversize [loose] 1800s-1980s