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Description: | The Archives Centre houses extensive collections relating to Westminster past and present. The City of Westminster covers the heart of London, extending from Marylebone and Paddington in the north to Pimlico in the south, and from Hyde Park and Knightsbridge in the west to Covent Garden in the east. It includes Bayswater and Queen's Park, St John's Wood and Maida Vale, Belgravia and Mayfair, and St James's and Soho. Items may also be of use to those studying family history:
* Books and pamphlets
* Newspapers and periodicals
* Prints, drawings and watercolours.(follow this link to see some examples of images in our collections .
* Photographs
* Maps and plans
* Theatre programmes and playbills
* Official local government records from 1460 onwards
* Rate books.
* Census returns.
* Parish registers
* Nonconformist records
* Wills.
* Directories.
* Electoral registers
* Business records (e.g. Liberty, Gillow, Jaeger, Lobbs the shoemakers, Watneys)
* Estate records | Subjects: | Local history Genealogy | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | +44 (0)20 7641 5179 | Telephone: | +44 (0)20 7641 5180 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8036 | Go to resource |
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