Local Studies Centre
Information Sheets
Below are our Information Sheets on a large range of local history and heritage topics. They are regularly updated.
As Valence House Museum is closed for refurbishment until 2010, please note that some of the sources listed in the Information Sheets are not currently available for consultation.
- Sources for the history of the Ford Motor Company, Dagenham
PDF 36K - Sources for the history of Barking Abbey PDF 110K
- Outline history of the University of East London's Barking Campus PDF 15K
- Barking and Dagenham's Parish Records PDF 92K
- The Formation of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham PDF 65K
- The Borough's Parks and Open Spaces PDF 73K
- Barking Power Station PDF 531K
- The Barking Pageant, 1931 PDF 231K
- William the Conqueror and Barking Abbey PDF 46K
- London, Tilbury and Southend Railway PDF 43K
- Samuel Williams and Sons PDF 34K
- Singers and Musicians PDF 93K
- The Manor of Wangey PDF 46K
- The Manor of Barking PDF 75K
- The history of The Manor of Eastbury PDF 96K
- London County Council's Cottage Estate: Becontree PDF 243K
- Valence House PDF 327K
- The Barking Jute Works PDF 409K
- Sir Cornelius Vermuyden PDF 160K
- Witch trials in Barking and Dagenham PDF 70K
- The Manor of Bifrons PDF 122K
- Famous 18th Century People in Barking and Dagenham PDF 137K
- The Manor of Jenkins (also known as Dagenham, Dagenhams, or Dagenham Place) PDF 69K
- The Manor of Cockermouth PDF 615K
- The Manor of East Hall PDF 341K
- Sources for the history of the Manor of Frizlands, alias Frislings PDF 64K
- The Manor of Fulkes PDF 56K
- The Manor of Gallance PDF 13K
- The Manor of Parsloes PDF 71K
- The Manor of Westbury PDF 13K
- The Manor of Porters PDF 297K
- The Manor of Malmaynes PDF 13K
- The Barking Fishing Fleet PDF 65K
- Early Policing in Barking and Dagenham PDF 140K
- Elizabeth Fry PDF 50K
- The history of Dagenham Breach PDF 191K
- Captain John Perry, R. N. PDF 158K
- Tracing the history of houses in Barking and Dagenham PDF 12K
- Recommended internet sites for family history PDF 14K
- Sources for family history in Barking PDF 15K
- Sources for family history in Dagenham PDF 15K
- Cape Asbestos, Harts Lane, Barking PDF 71K
- Our Twin Town: Barking and Dagenham and Witten, Germany PDF 88K
- Adoption Records PDF 16K
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