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Brentford Photographs

There are some superb photos of Brentford in local history books and I hope to be able to include some on this site eventually. Where it has been possible to identify which properties a photo covers, details of which publication it is from are included under 'Photos/Ephemera/Maps' within the relevant property section.

Have you any photos or postcards of the High Street or other parts of Brentford you would be willing to scan or photocopy for inclusion on this site? Any date at all? If so please contact me, I will be delighted to include them.

The main categories I have split the photos into are:

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Postcards

Brentford postcard images are always very welcome, please contact me if you can provide a scan. If you can create a higher resolution scan (eg 300 or 600 dpi) then it can provide a lot of useful detail to help date the scene.

One contributor, Howard Webb, welcomes any postcard images from WH Applebee (marked 'WHA' on the front: see an example) and Richard Young (marked 'YC' on the front). Please contact if you can help.

In 2010 Howard set up a postcards then and now blog focusing on West London, Middlesex, Surrey, Berks and Bucks. Each postcard image is accompanied by the modern day view: highly recommended.

Brentford had it's own producer of postcards, Wakefield, based at no. 137 (near to St Lawrence's Church, New Brentford) by 1905.

Order: West (starting in Brentford End) to East

Miscellaneous photos of the High Street

Thanks to all contributors for scanning or copying and sharing your personal photos. They are listed in West to East order: Top

1945/6 photos of the High Street

Herbert Felton, an architectural photographer, took over 30 photos of the High Street in 1945 and 1946. The originals are held at the National Monument Record in Swindon and each photo's longest edge is 4" (10 cm). The originals have been photocopied and scanned at a high resolution in order to show more detail.

The list is in house no. order, starting at the south eastern end of High Street, working west, then returning along the north side of High Street.

Also:

Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR

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Photos from the 1960s of the High Street

These are in roughly west (Brentford Bridge) to east (just beyond St George's church) order. Thank you to all contributors who have provided images of Brentford as it underwent changes.

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Photos from 2000 onwards

Thank you to contributors: Janet McNamara and Roger Davis. The photos are listed in house number sequence.

New Brentford, 2008

Dave Stoneleigh has contributed 29 photos of New Brentford taken in 2008. As a start two identical 'key' pages (small & medium) have been loaded which each show thumbnails of the 29 photos set against a Google Earth map backdrop of New Brentford. Each thumbnail includes a pointer showing where each photo was taken from, and the view taken.

Each of the 29 photos will be set up as a separate page with notes, but in the meantime the 'key' pages are available: please choose the best link for your PC resolution. If in doubt the first link below will give you a smaller image in less time.

  • Small key page: for resolution 800x600
  • Medium key page: for higher resolution settings; can also be viewed using 800x600 settings but you will need to scroll to see the whole image; as the image is larger it will take a little longer to load

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Local area (not the High Street)

There is more to Brentford than the High Street, thank you to contributors of postcards and family photos. The first set are (more or less) in west to east sequence, the second set are further afield:

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People

Many thanks to those who have provided these unique photos from family collections. These are in date order, more or less Top

School photos

These show children in school class groups, including a few Sunday school photos, and several include one or more teachers. They are in date order, more or less. The site also has a few photos and postcards showing school buildings: search for the school name on the home page to find them.

Mystery photos

Can you help identify the people or places shown in these photos or provide a date? They are roughly in date order; those covering a range of dates are at the end.

Published 2007; last updated June 2013