Last updated: 3 October 2024
Next review: 20 November 2024
Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library are located at Chingford Assembly Hall, The Green, Station Road, London E4 7EN. Research visits are by prior appointment only. Please email wfa.enquires@walthamforest.gov.uk
We hold on one site a wide range of manuscript, printed and pictorial resources which can be used to discover the history of our borough and its communities. We can help if you are interested in researching:
• your family history in Waltham Forest
• the history of your house or street
• the development of the local area
• local history topics for a school project or for academic research
External online resources
Archives
Our archive sources include records of:
- Anglican parishes since 1575 (including parish registers)
- Chingford Mount Cemetery
- Local authorities
- Places of worship
- Schools
- Properties and historic buildings
- Businesses
- Clubs and societies
Local studies library
Our printed sources include:
- Local newspapers
- Trade directories
- Electoral registers which are more than 10 years old
- Council minutes and reports up to 2007
- Ordnance Survey and other maps
- Secondary sources including biographies and histories of organisations
Lists of Local Studies Library subject files (some files may contain limited information)
- Biography: list of some files held in Searchroom
- Buildings: list of all files held in Searchroom
- Business and Industry: list of historical businesses and industries in Waltham Forest. Inclusion in this list does not imply that we hold sources for a business except as indicated.
Your visit
We are open by prior appointment only on
Alternate Wednesdays 10:30 to 12:30 and 14:00 to 17:00
Thursday 10:30 to12:30 and 14:00 to 17:00
Friday 10:30 to 12:30 and 14:00 to 17:00
Alternate Saturdays 10:30 to 12:30 and 14:00 to 17:00
Free Wi-Fi is available in our Searchroom
Chingford Assembly Hall entrance and our ground floor Searchroom are fully accessible. An accessible unisex toilet is located in the foyer.
Chingford Assembly Hall is accessible via local bus routes including routes 97, 212, 179, 313, 379 & 385. It is a short walk from Chingford Station, which is on the overground Weaver Line from London Liverpool Street.
External online resources
• Local and family history
• House history
Related Waltham Forest pages
- Cemeteries and burial records search
- Conservation areas and listed buildings
- Current electoral register
- Planning applications search
- Register Office for copy certificates and index searches
- Vestry House Museum
- War memorials
Local history societies
- Chingford Historical Society
- Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society
- Waltham Forest Oral History Workshop
- Waltham Forest Family History Society
- Walthamstow Historical Society
Social Media
Contact
Contact details
Address
Chingford Assembly Hall
The Green, Station Road
London E4 7EN