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Funded and Managed by City of London Corporation, The London Archives hold historical records for Streatham spanning from 1538 to 1981. 

Surrey History Centre cares for and makes publicly accessible the historic archive and local studies collections relating to the County of Surrey.

Streatham was officially part of the administrative and historic county of Surrey for 1,214 years.

Its timeline within Surrey spanned from its first recorded charter in AD 675 until it was legally transferred to London in 1889. 

Wandsworth was a local government district within the metropolitan area of London, England from 1855 to 1900. It was formed by the Metropolis Management Act 1855 and was governed by the Wandsworth District Board of Works, which consisted of elected vestrymen.

15th Baron Howland of Streatham in the County of Surrey

Sir Giles Howland (1549–1608) was an prominent English knight, landowner, and London politician during the late Tudor and early Stuart eras. He is best remembered for establishing his family's prominent estate in Streatham, Surrey.

Sir Giles's Jacobean monument has survived the 1975 fire of St Leonard's and can be viewed inside the church today on the chancel floor.