Metadata: Local History Collection
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- Brent Museum & Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- Brent Museum & Archives
- Postal address:
- The Library at Willesden Green95 High RoadWillesdenLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomNW10 2SF
- Phone number:
- Telephone: 020 8937 3600
- Web address:
- https://www.brent.gov.uk/archives
- Reference number:
- LHC
- Title:
- Local History Collection
- Title (official language):
- Local History Collection
- Creator/accumulator:
- Brent Archives
- Date(s):
- 1800/2010
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- Over 120 box files, more than 200 volumes and over 200 maps
- Scope and content:
- The Local History Collection is a large collection comprising material on the Brent area dating from the early 19th to the early 21st centuries. The collection also incorporates material on Wembley and Willesden, which were merged when Brent became a London borough in 1965. The communities represented in this collection reflect the fact that Brent is the most ethnically and culturally diverse borough in London.The collection is organised into 16 sub-fonds:LHC/1 Local History Pamphlet Boxes contains reports, pamphlets, publicity material, timetables and unpublished histories of the area. LHC/1/CEM contains guides to Willesden and Brent cemeteries, including Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery. LHC/1/COM/7 includes material on Jewish, Latvian, Ukrainian, Arab and LGBTQ+; LHC/1/REL includes material relating to different religions, religious buildings and religious institutions, including Anglican, Baptist, Congregational, Hindu, Jewish, Methodist, Muslim, Presbyterian and Sikh. LHC/1/SCH contains materials relating to all schools in Brent, including denominational ones, such as Roman Catholic, Jewish, Hindu and Muslim schools.LHC/ 2 Local Borough Electoral Registers 1945-2003LHC/3 Street Directories 1823-1972LHC/4 Post Office Directories 1943-1992LHC/5 Telephone Directories 1975-2000LHC/6 Yellow Pages 1970-2001LHC/7 Thomson Directories 1983-2000LHC/8 Local Newspapers (Microfilm) 1870-2003LHC/9 MapsLHC/10 Local StudiesLHC/12 Parish of Willesden Enclosure Award 1816LHC/13 Parish Magazines (bound)LHC/14 Local History Society Journals 1952-2005LHC/15 Newspaper Cuttings from a number of local and national newspapers, covering many years. LHC/15/COM contains newspaper cuttings related to different communities in Brent, as well as race relations and community centres, including African, African-Caribbean and Black, Asian and Muslim, Irish, Travellers, LGBTQ+, Jewish and Eastern European; LHC/15/POW/1 contains newspapers cutting related to places of worship, including Hindu and Sikh temples, mosques and Islamic centres, Jewish synagogues and other places of worship related to a broad spectrum of spirituality;LHC/16 Local History Biographies
- Access, restrictions:
- Open, subject to user registration with the Library at Willesden Green, including Brent Archives.
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://bma-collections.brent.gov.uk/
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
