Fanshawe Library
This guide highlights some of the rare books that make up the Fanshawe Library.
Local Studies Guides
Download user friendly location guides to help you discover books, periodicals and maps that make up the Local Studies Library.
Essex General Periodicals
Barking and Dagenham were both Essex county boroughs until 1965. Discover our substantial collection of books and periodicals on the county of Essex.
Essex Towns and Villages
We hold over 600 volumes on around 160 individual Essex towns, villages and parishes, from Ardleigh to Yeldham!
Arts & Entertainment
Discover the biographies, pamphlets, programmes and newspaper cuttings we have relating to arts and entertainment in Barking and Dagenham.
Sport
Barking and Dagenham has produced many well known sporting personalities. Find out more about the range of material we have on them, as well as local sports groups and societies.
Local Newspapers
Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Centre holds press cutting books, as well as local newspapers on microfilm dating back to 1866.
English Counties
This large collection of books and periodical was mostly built up by Dagenham Public Libraries before 1965. It is particularly strong on the East Anglian counties of Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.
London
Explore the range of books and periodical we have covering the City of London, plus those parts of Middlesex and Surrey now in Greater London, including the East End.
Biography
Find out more about the biographies that we have on individuals and families associated with Barking and Dagenham.
Thames and Fishing
This guide includes lists of books and periodical relating to the history of the River Thames and London Docklands, the design and development of barges and fishing vessels, as well as general studies on fishing in the North Sea.
Industry
This guide details books and periodicals on the history of individual industrial companies, together with background material on the types of industry that have been important in Barking and Dagenham, as well as the surrounding areas such as Beckton and Bow.
Military & Wartime
This guide details books and other resources on the subject of the military and wartime held at the Archives and Local Studies Centre.
Family History
Find out more about the extensive collection of family history resources that we hold to help people research their ancestors who lived not only in Barking and Dagenham but also further afield – in many cases countries outside the UK.
Havering
This guide provides an overview of the printed books we have at the Archives and Local Studies Centre relating to Havering.
Redbridge
This guide provides an overview of the printed books we have at the Archives and Local Studies Centre relating to Redbridge.