Archives and Local Studies Centre
Information sheets
Below are our information sheets on a large range of local history and heritage topics. They are regularly updated.
Places:
- Sources for the history of Barking Abbey
PDF 194K - Outline history of the University of East London's Barking Campus PDF 15K
- The Borough's Parks and Open Spaces PDF 110K
- London County Council's Cottage Estate: Becontree PDF 269K
- Valence House PDF 357K
- The history of Dagenham Breach PDF 219K
- Tracing the history of houses in Barking and Dagenham PDF 38K
- Our Twin Town: Barking and Dagenham and Witten, Germany PDF 115K
- Barking Town Hall PDF 63K
- Dagenham Civic Centre PDF 385K
- Secondary Schools in Barking and Dagenham Since 1970 PDF 40K
- Early Council Housing in King Edward's Road, Barking PDF 299K
Industries:
- Sources for the history of the Ford Motor Company, Dagenham PDF 59K
- Barking Power Station PDF 556K
- Samuel Williams and Sons PDF 95K
- The Barking Jute Works PDF 432K
- The Barking Fishing Fleet PDF 95K
- Cape Asbestos, Harts Lane, Barking PDF 106K
Family History:
- Barking and Dagenham's Parish Records PDF 118K
- Tracing the history of houses in Barking and Dagenham PDF 38K
- Recommended internet sites for family history PDF 45K
- Sources for family history in Barking PDF 40K
- Sources for family history in Dagenham PDF 38K
- Adoption Records PDF 21K
People:
- William the Conqueror and Barking Abbey PDF 105K
- Singers and Musicians PDF 116K
- Sir Cornelius Vermuyden PDF 162K
- Famous 18th Century People: James Cook and Dick Turpin PDF 129K
- Elizabeth Fry PDF 76K
- Captain John Perry, R. N. PDF 162K
- The Dagenham Girl Pipers PDF 44K
- Famous Women of Barking and Dagenham PDF 68K
- Football Personalities of Barking and Dagenham PDF 34K
Manors:
- The Manor of Wangey PDF 72K
- The Manor of Barking PDF 101K
- The History of The Manor of Eastbury PDF 127K
- The Manor of Bifrons PDF 128K
- The Manor of Jenkins (also known as Dagenham, Dagenhams, or Dagenham Place) PDF 91K
- The Manor of Cockermouth PDF 640K
- The Manor of East Hall PDF 362K
- Sources for the history of the Manor of Frizlands, alias Frislings PDF 91K
- The Manor of Fulkes PDF 75K
- The Manor of Gallance PDF 32K
- The Manor of Parsloes PDF 93K
- The Manor of Westbury PDF 38K
- The Manor of Porters PDF 317K
- The Manor of Malmaynes PDF 32K
General:
- The Formation of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham PDF 91K
- The Barking Pageant, 1931 PDF 261K
- London, Tilbury and Southend Railway PDF 67K
- Witch Trials in Barking and Dagenham PDF 92K
- Early Policing in Barking and Dagenham PDF 164K
- World War II Evacuation in Barking and Dagenham PDF 113K
- Barking and Dagenham Local History: A Booklet PDF 43K
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