Barking & Dagenham Local History

Barking & Dagenham Local History:    http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/4-heritage/local-history/local-history-menu.html

Barking and District Historical Society: Email: barkinghistorical@hotmail.com

Barking Local Studies Centre:  localstudies@lbbd.gov.uk F.A.O. Linda Rhodes (Local Studies Librarian)

Barking Local Studies Centre, closure for redevelopment information until May 2010:  http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/4-heritage/local-history/local-study-centre-closure.html

Barking Web, London Borough Community Website: http://www.barkingweb.co.uk/

British History Online (Barking Abbey): http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39832

British Newspaper Library, Colindale: http://www.bl.uk/collections/newspapers.html

British Library, online catalogue: http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/?func=file&file_name=login-bl-list

Captain Bennett Investigated, by Michael Wand, 'An Account of a historical enquiry into Capt John Bennett 1670-1717: http://www.foxearth.org.uk/CaptainBennett.html

Chadwell Heath Historical Society: meetings 3rd Wednesday (not July and August),  7.30pm, Wangey Chapel, Wangey Road , Chadwell Heath: phone 020 8590 4659 or 8597 1225;   Email: chadwellheathhs@hotmail.com

East of London Family History Society, includes Barking & Dagenham: http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/parish/dagenham.htm

Essex Record Office, search SEAX  their online catalogue: http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/login.asp

Essex Recored Office, online guide: http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/vip8/ecc/ECCWebsite/dis/gui.jsp?channelOid=13813&guideOid=14788&oid=14788

History of Barking etc through Trade Directories 1839-1886, Census & pubs (also covers Havering & Newham): http://historyofstratford.co.uk/Barking/Barking-index.shtml

Life In Tudor Times, website: Barking Abbey: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/barking_abbey.htm

London Wild Web (Wildlife): http://wildweb.london.gov.uk/wildweb/PublicSiteViewFull.do?pictureno=14&siteid=7603

Mike Starr's Virtual Travel Guide on Barking, http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/646fd/4d7c5/

National Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

Public Record Office, Kew (see National Archives)

St Margarets Church, Barking: http://www.saintmargarets.org.uk/

Vicarage Field Shopping Centre, Barking: http://www.vicfield.co.uk/home/

Victoria County History, Volume V: Courtesy British History online: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=280

(A) Vision of Britain Through Time (Barking): http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=389

Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barking