Welcome to the Archives and Local Studies Centre, situated inside the new Valence House Visitor Centre.
If you are interested in Barking and Dagenham's history, or are tracing your family tree, we have a wide variety of material to assist your research.
When visiting for the first time, please bring proof of your address as you will need to register.
Our local history collection includes books, maps, photographs, local newspapers, electoral registers and trade directories.
Examples of our family history resources include:
If you would like to use microfilm or microfiche readers, or computers (for Ancestry Library edition) please phone in advance on 020 8227 2033.
Archive materials, for example rate books, school logbooks, property deeds and business records, are kept off-site and an appointment is necessary to view them.
Please see the link below for more information.
The borough's archive and archival collections.
On a large range of local history and heritage topics.
We can give advice on our holdings and carry out brief lookups, but we regret we are unable to carry out research on your behalf.
We recommend checking our Information Sheets before submitting an enquiry, as they cover a wide range of local history and heritage topics.
For details of professional researchers, please contact the Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA).
Archives and Local Studies Centre
Valence House
Becontree Avenue
Dagenham
RM8 3HT
Tel: 020 8227 2033
Email: localstudies@lbbd.gov.uk|
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