Paul Terry wrote:


If you need to be near the PRO, then stay locally in Kew - it will be
far more convenient and much cheaper. There are not many hotels in the
area, but if you don't mind staying with a local family, there are
plenty of quite cheap opportunities (I have American relatives who are
history lecturers and do just that).
--
Paul Terry

This is what my husband, a historian, usually does when in London. But
we haven't come across affordable accommodation for a family of four in
that area just yet. If this trip bankrupts us I'll just have to insist
he stop working on the Boer War and start studying Maine history --
it's much closer to home!