Hackney Archives

Hackney Archives cares for the archives and local studies collections of the London Borough of Hackney and makes them available to the public for research. Our collections include -

• official administrative records of the borough council and its predecessors back to 1700
• original records of local organisations and individuals
• a local studies library
• photographs
• maps
• newspapers

If you are researching the history of your house or street, ancestors who lived here, or are doing a local studies project at school, Hackney Archives is the place to start. Anyone can visit Hackney Archives - please see Visiting Hackney Archives for more information.

Searching online

Hackney Archives library collection catalogue - search the catalogue records for the Archive and Local Studies Library collections

Access to Archives (external site) - includes some of our archive catalogues

Historic images - our photograph collection

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Page updated: 7 Aug 2008