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London Metropolitan Archives
Image: World War two bomb damage near Saint Paul's Cathedral
London Metropolitan Archives
40 Northampton Road
Clerkenwell
EC1R 0HB
London
England
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Facilities
Shop: yes
Guided tours: yes
Baby changing facilities: yes
Library: yes
Study area: yes
Wheelchair access: yes
Visual disability facilities: yes
Hearing disability facilities: yes
Travel information:
Tube: Circle / Metropolitan / Hammersmith & City Line to Farringdon, Northern Line to Angel
Rail: King's Cross / St Pancras (20 minute walk), Farringdon via Thameslink (10 minute walk)
Bus: 19, 38, 341 to Rosebery Avenue 63, 259 to Farringdon Road (Guardian Newspaper Buildings) or 55, 505, 243 to Clerkenwell Green
Contact details
General information (Tel)
:
020 7332 3820
General information (Fax)
:
020 7833 9136
E-mail
:
ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Website
:
www.lma.gov.uk
Activities for children and all ages - including Schoolmate, Look at London, Theatrelands and behind the scenes at the Archvies
:
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/learningzone
Open
Mon, Wed & Fri, 09.30 - 16.45
Tues & Thurs, 09.30 - 19.30
Sat 09.30 - 16.45, on the following dates for 2008 - 22 November, 13 December.
2009 - 10 + 24 January, 14 + 28 February, 14 + 28 March, 25 April, 9 May, 13 + 27 June, 11 + 25 July, 8 + 22 August, 12 + 26 September, 10 + 24 October, 28 November, 12 December.
Closed
All bank holidays.
3.00pm 24 December 2008 - 9.30am 2 January 2009 Christmas/New Year.
2 - 13 November 2009 - Annual Stocktaking.
Admission charges
Free to visit and use. Free enquiry service about what records are held. Charges made for copying of archive material, and for the Family History Research Service.
Description
LMA holds archives about the administrative, social and family history of London. Over 72km of shelving store records of schools, churches, hospitals, businesses, local government and much more in the Greater London area stretching back over 900 years. Collections include documents, maps, plans, photographs and an extensive library collection relating to London History.
Collections description
LMA holds the official records from the former counties of London and Middlesex, These include the Middlesex Sessions of the Peace, dating from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, and County Councils of London and Middlesex from 1889 to 1965. These organisations affected every part of public life, from health to housing to highways.
LMA has official records covering the much larger area of Greater London from 1965 to 1986. Information on the Greater London area can also be found with the London Borough local archive services.
There is also an extraordinary range of other archives held at LMA. We have records of: Associations (from 1555), Businesses (from 1560), Charities (from 1377), Court records (from 1549), Diocesan records (from 1467), Families and individuals (from 1160), Health authorities and hospitals (from 1220), Jewish organisations (from 1591),
Local authorities (from 1538), National records (from 1653).
Also included are 'London Generations' (from 1538) - This is the section of LMA devoted to bringing family history sources together for you to use. London Generations includes the records of over 800 Anglican parishes, many non-conformist churches and chapels, poor law records, school registers and electoral registers. You can search London Generations as a database on LMA's website.
For visual sources, we have extensive holdings of printed maps of London from the sixteenth century, thematic maps including bomb damage, plans and drawings in the Building Act case file series and other collections, and over 250,000 prints, watercolours, etchings and photographs showing the changing face of London over the last 300 years.
The above is only a brief sample of LMA's vast collections, so for detailed information contact our enquiry team or speak to a member of staff in the public rooms.
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Events
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Guided tour
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Lecture
Available resources
Britain and the Wider World
Expressions of Identity – creative writing events
Workshop or activity session (Resource)
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