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Local Studies Guides

Download user friendly location guides to help you discover books, periodicals and maps that make up the Local Studies Library.

Fanshawe Library

This guide highlights some of the rare books that make up the Fanshawe Library.

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ALSguide15_FanshaweLibrary
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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.

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Local studies guide1 Essex general & periodicals
1.73 MB docx
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Essex Towns and Villages

We hold over 600 volumes on around 160 individual Essex towns, villages and parishes, from Ardleigh to Yeldham!

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Local studies guide2 Essex Towns & Villages
2.15 MB docx
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Arts & Entertainment

Discover the biographies, pamphlets, programmes and newspaper cuttings we have relating to arts and entertainment in Barking and Dagenham.

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Local studies guide3 Arts & Entertainment
2.14 MB docx
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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.

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Local studies guide4 Sport
1.81 MB docx
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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.

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Local studies guide5 Local newspapers
1.41 MB docx
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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.

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Local studies guide6 English counties
1.81 MB docx
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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.

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Local studies guide7 London
1.65 MB docx
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Biography

Find out more about the biographies that we have on individuals and families associated with Barking and Dagenham.

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Local studies guide8 Biography
1.68 MB docx
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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.

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Local studies guide9 Thames and fishing
1.71 MB docx
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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.

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Local studies guide10 Industry
2.02 MB docx
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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.

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Local studies guide11 Military & Wartime
2.00 MB docx
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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.

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Local studies guide12 Family History
1.80 MB docx
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Havering

This guide provides an overview of the printed books we have at the Archives and Local Studies Centre relating to Havering.

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Local studies guide13 Havering
1.84 MB docx
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Redbridge

This guide provides an overview of the printed books we have at the Archives and Local Studies Centre relating to Redbridge.

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Local studies guide14 Redbridge
1.80 MB docx
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