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Affiliated Societies

For a full list of affiliated societies, please click here

London history and archaeology: general

City of London Records and Archives and London Metropolitan Archive

English Heritage, Greater London Archaeology Advisory Service
(with reports on major projects in 1996-7; and in 1994-5 and 1995-6)

English Heritage, Survey of London

Guildhall Art Gallery, including London’s Roman amphitheatre

Guildhall Library (includes downloadable guides to the collections)

Institute of Historical Research, Centre for Metropolitan History

London’s Past online (a bibliography of London history, created by the Centre for Metropolitan History in association with the Royal Historical Society)

London’s Transport Museum

The Museum of London

Museum of London Archaeology Service (MOLA)

Pre-Construct Archaeology

AOC Archaeology Group

L – P : Archaeology

London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre

Thames Discovery Programme

Adult education courses in archaeology and local history

Birkbeck College, University of London

Address	Birkbeck,
	University of London
	Malet Street
	Bloomsbury
	London WC1E 7HX
Telephone	0845 601 0174
Fax	020 7079 0641
E-mail	info@bbk.ac.uk

Goldsmiths, University of London

Address	Professional & Community Education (PACE)
	Goldsmiths
	University of London
	New Cross
	London SE14 6NM
Telephone	020 7919 7171
Fax	020 7919 7223
E-mail	pace@gold.ac.uk

Kingston University

Address	Centre for Local History Studies
	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	Kingston University
	Penrhyn Road
	Kingston upon Thames
	Surrey KT1 2EE
Telephone	020 8547 7359
Fax	020 8547 7388
E-mail	localhistory@kingston.ac.uk

University of Cambridge English Local History MSc

Address	Institute of Continuing Education
	University of Cambridge
	Madingley Hall
	Madingley
	Cambridge CB3 8AQ
Telephone	01954 280 280
E-mail

University of Oxford English Local History MSc

Address	Department for Continuing Education
	University of Oxford
	Rewley House
	1 Wellington Square
	Oxford OX1 2JA
Telephone	01865 270 360
E-mail	enquiries@conted.ox.ac.uk

University of Reading

Address	The School of Continuing Education
	The University of Reading
	London Road
	Reading
	RG1 5AQ
Telephone	0118 378 8347
E-mail	continuing-education@reading.ac.uk

On-line resources and archives

Archaeology Data Service

Archives Hub, You can use the Archives Hub to find unique sources for research. The Archives Hub enables you to search across a wealth of archives held at nearly 200 UK institutions including the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford.

The collection of Edwin C. Bolles on the history of London from its founding to the 19th century (includes interactive maps and photographs)

British Library, with access to a wide range of on-line bibliographic services

Charles Booth online archive (Charles Booth and the survey into life and labour in London (1886-1903)

The Copac library catalogue gives free access to the merged online catalogues of many major University, Specialist, and National Libraries in the UK and Ireland, including the British Library, National Library of Scotland and the National Library of Wales.

Council for British Archaeology (CBA)

CBA guide to UK archaeology online

National Monuments Record (NMR), English Heritage

Gendocs, Victorian London Research
(indexes of streets, churches, institutions, inns etc; not yet searchable)

Guide to London Local History associations
(and other resources for local historians), compiled by Local History Magazine

History On-Line (Institute of Historical Research)

Current Archaeology

Victoria County History of the Counties of England

The WWW Virtual Library includes access to a general directory of museums on the Internet

Archaeological and historical societies

Acton History Group
Email: info@actonhistory.co.uk

Barking and District Historical Society
Email: barkinghistorical@hotmail.com