• Corporation of London Record Office
• English Heritage, Greater London Archaeology Advisory Service (with reports on major projects in 1996-7; and in 1994-5 and 1995-6)
• English Heritage, Survey of London
• Guildhall Art Gallery, including London’s Roman amphitheatre
• Guildhall Library (includes downloadable guides to the collections)
• Institute of Historical Research, Centre for Metropolitan History
• London’s Past online (a bibliography of London history, created by the Centre for Metropolitan History in association with the Royal Historical Society)
• London’s Transport Musuem
• The Museum of London
• Museum of London Archaeology Service (‘MoLAS’)
• London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre
• The Standing Conference on London Archaeology (‘SCOLA’)

Adult education courses in local history

• Goldsmiths College, University of London

  Address	Professional & Community Education (PACE) Goldsmiths College University of London New Cross London SE14 6NM
  Telephone	020 7919 7171
  Fax	020 7919 7223
  E-mail	pace@gold.ac.uk

 

• Kingston University

  Address	Faculty of Human Sciences Kingston University Penryn Road Kingston on Thames Surrey KT1 2EE
  Telephone	020 8547 7359
  Fax	020 8547 7388
  E-mail	c.French@kingston.ac.uk

 

• University of Cambridge English Local History MSc

  Address	Institute of Continuing Education University of Cambridge Madingley Hall Madingley Cambridge CB3 8AQ
  Telephone	01954 280 280
  Fax	01954 280 200
  E-mail

 

• University of Oxford English Local History MSc

  Address	Oxford University Department for Continuing Education Rewley House 1 Wellington Square Oxford OX1 2JA
  Telephone	01865 280 154
  E-mail	ppcert@conted.ox.ac.uk

 

• University of Reading

  Address	Continuing Education School University of Reading London Road Reading Berks RG1 6AQ
  Telephone	0118 378 8347
  Fax	0118 378 6539
  E-mail	Cont-ed@reading.ac.uk

• Archaeology Data Service
• The collection of Edwin C. Bolles on the history of London from its founding to the 19th century (includes interactive maps and photographs)
• British Library, with access to a wide range of on-line bibliographic services
• Charles Booth online archive (Charles Booth and the survey into life and labour in London (1886-1903))
• Council for British Archaeology (CBA)
• CBA guide to UK archaeology online
• English Heritage, London search room
• Gendocs, Victorian London Research (indexes of streets, churches, institutions, inns etc; not yet searchable)
• Guide to London Local History associations (and other resources for local historians), compiled by Local History Magazine
• History On-Line (Institute of Historical Research)
• London academic library catalogues
• London section of the Directory of British Archaeology, maintained by the magazine Current Archaeology
• London Metropolitan Archives
• Victoria County History of the Counties of England
• The WWW Virtual Library includes access to a general directory of museums on the Internet

Archaeological and historical societies

• Bexley Archaeological Group
• British Archaeological Association
• British Association for Local History
• City of London Archaeological Society
• East London History Society
• Hendon & District Archaeological Society
• London Topographical Society
• Orpington & District Archaeological Society
• Society of Antiquaries of London
• Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
• Society for Medieval Archaeology
• Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology
• The London Archaeologist (quarterly magazine)
• Surrey Archaeological Society

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