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London Metropolitan Archives
40 Northampton Road
City of London EC1R 0HB UK

Telephone: 020 7332 3820
E-mail: ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Website
Family History at London Metropolitan Archives

New London Boroughs formed from ancient county of Middlesex[1]

Eighteen of London County Council Metropolitan Boroughs were part of the ancient county of Middlesex. In 1965 these merged to form seven of the twelve current boroughs of Inner London.

  • Camden was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn and St Pancras.
  • Hackney was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington.
  • Hackney Archives and Local History
    Dalston CLR James Library and Hackney Archives
    Dalston Square
    Hackney, London E8 3BQ UK

    Telephone: 020 8356 8925
    Email: archives@hackney.gov.uk
    Website
  • Hammersmith (known as Hammersmith and Fulham from 1979) was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham.
  • Hammersmith & Fulham Archives and Local Studies
    Hammersmith Library
    Shepherds Bush Road
    Hammersmith, London W6 7AT UK

    Telephone: 020 8753 3850
    Email: archives@lbhf.gov.uk
    Website
  • Islington was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Finsbury and Islington.
  • Kensington and Chelsea was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Chelsea and Kensington.
  • Tower Hamlets was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney.
  • The City of Westminster was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Paddington and St Marylebone and the City of Westminster.

New London Boroughs from former Middlesex County Council area

In April 1965, nearly all of the area of the historic county of Middlesex became part of Greater London, under the control of the Greater London Council, and formed the new outer London boroughs of Barnet (part only), Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames (part only)[2]

  • Hillingdon Local History and Heritage
    Uxbridge Library (Level 6)
    14-15 High Street
    Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 1HD UK

    Telephone: 01895 250702
    Email: archives@hillingdon.gov.uk
    Website

Middlesex Areas transferred to Surrey and Hertfordshire County Councils

1. Potters Bar Urban District became part of the administrative county of Hertfordshire.
2. Sunbury-on-Thames Urban District and Staines Urban District became part of the administrative county of Surrey.[3] 3. In 1974, the three urban districts that had been transferred to Hertfordshire and Surrey were abolished and became the districts of Hertsmere (part only) and Spelthorne respectively.[4]
4. In 1995, the village of Poyle was transferred from Spelthorne to the Berkshire borough of Slough.[5] 5. Additionally, the Greater London boundary to the west and north has been subject to several small changes since 1965.[43][44]

Libraries

Kensington Central Library

Kensington Central Library
Phillimore Walk
London W8 7RX UK
Telephone: 020 7361 3010
Email: libraries@rbkc.gov.uk
Website: Kensington Central Library

This library is affiliated with Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The collection of the library contains 640,000 volumes.

Middlesex Library London

Middlesex Library London
Middlesex University Hendon campus
The Burroughs
London NW4 4BT
Telephone: 020 8411 5000 (main switchboard)
Email: info@mdx.ac
Website: Middlesex Library London

Middlesex provides extensive, flexible library services that can be accessed on-campus, or wherever you are in the world. The Sheppard Library houses an enormous collection of hard copy resources, and the vast majority of our 30,000 full text journals are available online.

Sheppard Library

Sheppard Library
Middlesex University Hendon campus
The Burroughs
London NW4 4BT
Telephone: 020 8411 6060
Email: info@mdx.ac
Website: Sheppard Library

The Sheppard Library is the home of independent study at Middlesex. Open 24 hours per day, seven days per week during term time, the library contains over 1,000 study areas, more than 600 computer spaces and dedicated rooms for group study and projects. You will have access to an extensive catalogue of resources, including 350,000 books and e-books and over 24,000 online journals – everything you need to achieve success in your research and studies.

Museums

Brent Museum

Brent Museum
The Library at Willesden Green
95 High Road
Willesden, London NW10 2SF UK
Telephone: 020 8937 3600
Email: museum.archives@brent.gov.uk
Website: Brent Museum

Brent Museum has been collecting material about the history of Brent for over 50 years and we have over 10,000 objects in our collection. We have items which are thousands of years old but we also collect from the people living and working in Brent today so that our collection represent all communities, past and present.

Bruce Castle Museum

Bruce Castle Museum
Lordship Lane
Haringey, London N17 8NU UK
Telephone: 020 8808 8772
Email: museum.services@haringey.gov.uk
Website: Bruce Castle Museum

Bruce Castle is now a museum, holding the archives of the London Borough of Haringey, and housing a permanent exhibition on the past, present and future of Haringey and its predecessor boroughs, and temporary displays on the history of the area.

Geffrye Museum

Geffrye Museum
136 Kingsland Rd
London E2 8EA UK
Telephone: 20 7739 9893
Email: info@geffrye-museum.org.uk
Website: Geffrye Museum

The Geffrye explores the home and the way people live. Our collections show how homes have been used and furnished over the past 400 years, reflecting changes in society and behaviour as well as style, fashion and taste. A series of period rooms lead visitors on a walk through time from 17th century oak furniture and panelling, past muted Georgian elegance and eclectic Victorian style, to 20th century modernity and contemporary living.

Gunnersbury Park Museum

Gunnersbury Park Museum
Gunnersbury Park
Popes Ln
London W3 8LQ UK
Telephone: 20 8992 1612
Email: gunnersbury@ealing.gov.uk
Website Gunnersbury Park Museum

The museum was opened in 1929. Since then it has collected a wide range of objects, paintings and photographs which reflect life in Ealing and Hounslow Boroughs from prehistory to the present day. It still continues to collect material to make sure that visitors in the future will be able to see how we lived today.

Hackney Museum

Hackney Museum
Technology and Learning Centre (Ground Floor)
1 Reading Lane
Hackney, London E8 1GQ UK
Telephone: 020 8356 3500
Email: hmuseum@hackney.gov.uk
Website: Hackney Museum

Learn about the fascinating stories of people who have moved to Hackney and made it their home, from Anglo-Saxon settlers to early Victorian villas and recent refugees.

Harrow Museum

Harrow Museum
Headstone Manor
Pinner View
Harrow, London HA2 6PX UK
Telephone: 020 8863 6720
Email: harrow.museum@harrow.gov.uk
Website: Harrow Museum

The four remarkable buildings which make up Harrow Museum are all located in the beautiful grounds of Headstone Manor, records of which date back to 825AD. All the buildings are listed by English Heritage, and the site as a whole is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Islington Museum

Islington Museum
245 St John Street
London EC1V 4NB UK
Telephone: 020 7527 2837
Email: islington.museum@islington.gov.uk
Website: Islington Museum

From free exhibitions, talks and events to vibrant learning programmes, explore Islington's past with us.

Ragged School Museum

Ragged School Museum
46-50 Copperfield Road
London E3 4RR UK
Telephone: 20 8980 6405
Email: pauline@raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk
Website: Ragged School Museum

The Ragged School Museum is housed in a group of three canalside buildings which once formed the largest “ragged” or free school in London. The museum was founded to make the history of the Ragged Schools and the broader social history of the Victorian East End accessible to all. Within the original buildings, an authentic Victorian Classroom has been set up where each year some 16,000 children experience a school lesson as it would have been taught more than 100 years ago.
We have also recreated a Victorian East End Kitchen from the 1900s, demonstrating what life would have been like in a simple, one-room home with no electricity or running water. The museum has several gallery areas, a reconstructed Victorian Classroom and a Victorian East End Kitchen displaying its own collection of historical objects, all designed for hands-on inspection. This is a museum where you can sit at the school desks, use the tin bath and experience what life was like for the Victorian poor of the East End of London.

Vestry House Museum

Vestry House Museum
Vestry Road
Walthamstow, London E17 9NH UK<brTelephone: 020 8496 4391
Email: vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk
Website: Vestry House Museum

Vestry House Museum presents the history of Waltham Forest. Situated in Walthamstow Village, the building used to house the parish workhouse, and was later a police station and private home.
It now contains themed displays capturing the unique heritage of the local area and includes the famous Bremer Car, a Victorian parlour, costume gallery and wonderful display of locally manufactured toys and games. A collection of 80,000 historic photographs from across the Borough is accessible to everyone by appointment. The beautiful volunteer-run garden is an oasis in which to relax and enjoy the arrival of spring.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Rd
Knightsbridge
London SW7 2RL UK
Telephone: 20 7942 2000
Email: contact@vam.ac.uk
Website: Victoria and Albert Museum

The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The Museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.

For a long list of London museums, go to List of museums in London in Wikipedia.

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  1. ↑ Saint, A., Politics and the people of London: the London County Council (1889–1965), (1989)
  2. ↑ Office of Public Sector Information – London Government Act 1963 (as amended) Archived 17 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
  3. ↑ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Middlesex
  4. ↑ The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972 (SI 1972/2038)
  5. ↑ Office of Public Sector Information – Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994 Archived 2 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
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