Waltham Forest Archives and local studies library

External online resources

Information sheets for selected online resources to help with your research during our temporary closure period
• Local and family history
• House history

Archives

Primary sources for the history of our local community 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

Printed sources available in our Searchroom 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

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