Guide to the Archive Collection
at the Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Centre
To access any of the material listed below, please email or telephone 020 8227 2033
Contents
Introduction3
Parish records4
Local authorityrecords5
School records6
Church records7
Hospital records8
Business records9
Records of charities, societies and clubs12
Personal, family and estate papers19
Introduction
This guide provides an overview of the rich andfascinating archive collections held at the Barking and Dagenham Archive and Local Studies Centre. It has been organised according to the type of record, e.g. parish records, local authority records, school records, church records, hospital records, business records, the records of charities, societies and clubs, family and personal papers, photographs, films and oral histories, and then within these sections collections have been listed alphabetically.
For further information about the contents of any of the collections listed below or to enquire about viewing archive material in the reading room, please do not hesitate to contact a member of staff by email at or telephoning 020 8227 2033.
Parish records
Records of the Parish of Barking, 1558-1926
This collection comprises vestry minute books (1694-1926), baptism registers (1558-1812), burial registers (1652-1812), overseer’s accounts (1752-1927), churchwarden’s accounts (1777-1823), rate books (1723-1926), valuation lists (1842-1929), rental books (1763-1778), notice books (1769-1839) and apprenticeship books (1818-1844) of the Parish of Barking. Also includes the records of the Directors’ of the Poor (1855-1893), relating to the management of the Town Quay, as well as and the minute books and depositor’s books of the Barking District Savings Bank (1818-1852).
See separate research guide for further details of the contents of this collection.
(Reference: BD74)
Records of the Parish of Dagenham, 1844-1926
This collection comprises council minute books (1894-1926), rate books (1839-1925), collection and deposit books (1907-1928), collectors' statements and books (1894-1927), receipt and payment books (1838-1926) and allotment ledgers(1920-1928) of the Parish of Dagenham. Also includes the records of the Dagenham School Board (1874-1903).
See separate research guide for further details of the contents of this collection.
(Reference: BD75)
Local authority records
Records of the Borough of Dagenham and its predecessors, 1926-1965
This collection comprises the minute books, departmental records, financial accounts, correspondence, building plans and photographs of the Borough of Dagenham and its predecessors, including Dagenham Urban District Council (1926-1965), relating to parks and allotments, drainage, public health, libraries, highways and street lighting, cleansing and salvage, sport, welfare, education, town planning, entertainment, housing, finance and rates.
See separate research guide for further details of the contents of this collection.
(Reference: BD1)
Records of the Borough of Barking and its predecessors, 1882-1965
This collection comprises theminute books, departmental records, financial accounts, correspondence, building plans and photographs of the Borough of Barking and its predecessors, including the Barking Town Local Board and Barking Urban District Council (1882-1965), relating to public health, highways and building plans, parks, cemeteries and public buildings, education, libraries, electricity, museums, welfare, finance and rates.
See separate research guide for further details of the contents of this collection.
(Reference: BD2)
Records of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, 1965-present
This collection comprises records of the London Borough Council of Barking and Dagenham (1965-present), relating to adult social care, benefits and emergencies, business, children and young people, community and living, council and democracy, education, the environment, events, health, housing, jobs, leisure, arts and libraries, museums and heritage, news and media, regeneration and transport.
See separate research guide for further details of the contents of this collection.
(Reference: BD3)
School records
Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Centre holds records, such as admission registers and log books for the following schools (See separate research guide for further details of the contents of this collection):
Barking Abbey School
Barking Church of England School
Beacontree Heath Board School
Beverley Secondary School
Cambell School
Castle Board School
Chadwell Heath Infant School
Charlecote Road School
Creekmouth School
Dawson School
Dagenham County High School
Dagenham Park County Secondary School
Dagenham Village Infant School
EastbrookComprehensive School
Erkenwald Comprehensive School
Faircross Special School
Fanshawe School
Ford Endowed School
Furze Infant School
Gascoigne School
Godwin Infants School
Hainault Forest Church of England School
Halbutt School
Henry Green School
Hunters Hall School
Lymington Secondary School
Manor School
Marks Gate School
Marley Secondary School
Marsh Green School
Northbury School
Parsloes County Secondary School
Ripple School
Robert Clack Technical School
Roding School
South East Essex Technical College
St. Ethelburga's Roman Catholic Secondary School
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic School
St. Peter’s Roman Catholic School
Triptons Secondary School
Warren School
Wesleyan Day School
Westbury School
Church records
Records of Barking Baptist Church, 1851-2012
This collection comprises the records of Barking Baptist Church (1851-2012). Including deacon's minute books (1910-1970), church meeting minute books of Barking Baptist Church (1851-1989), teacher's minute books (1932-2007), a minute book of the Building Committee (1885-1897), a minute book of the choir (1929-1955), the church roll (1852-1919), the cradle roll (1952-1991), communion registers (1928-1980), a dismission book (1922-1950), letter book (1886-1891), correspondence and papers (1871-1990), printed leaflets, such as visitor guides and anniversary programmes (1889-2002) and photographs of members and events (circa. 1890-2002).
29 bound volumes, 3 folders, 2 envelopes and 1 oversize bundle
(Reference: BD297)
Minute book of Barking Congregational Church, 1804-1860
Minute book of Barking Congregational Church (September 1804-November 1860), recording the members present at meetings, the admission of new members and correspondence received, as well as the subsequent discussions and resolutions passed, with references to the maintenance of the church building, visiting preachers and the activities of the congregation.
1 bound volume
(Reference: BD168)
Records of St. George's Church, 1928-2008
This collection comprises the following records of St. George's Church, Beontree: an attendance register of the Sunday School (1950-1973), an attendance register of the Junior Guild (1950-1951), membership records and service book of the Mothers' Union (1936-1948), correspondence and papers (1962-2008) and a photograph album (1929-1935).
7 bound volumes and 1 folder
(Reference: BD294)
Vestry minute book of St. Mary’s Church, Ilford, 1831-1873
Manuscript vestry minute book of St. Mary’s Church, Illford (15 September 1831-9 January 1873), recording resolutions passed on the day to day management of the church and grounds, repairs and maintenance to the church building, the appointment of churchwardens, the churchwardens accounts and the collection of church rates. Also includes particularly interesting references to a dispute between the new vicar and parishioners, who called for a return to ‘the customary simple mode of performing divine worship’ (18 January 1844), providing an insight into popular perceptions of religious dissent among the clergy during the middle of the nineteenth century.
1 bound volume
(Reference: BD79)
Hospital records
Records of Barking Hospital, 1895-1957
This collection comprises a staff register (1985-1934) and three patient registers (1898-1938) of Upney Isolation Hospital. Also includes a register of cases admitted to Barking Emergency Hospital during the Second World War (1940-1949), as well as a further register of admissions (1946-1948) and booking register (1946-1948) of Upney Maternity Hospital, together with five maternity admissions registers (1949-1957) and maternity ward report books (1948-1949) of Barking Hospital.Please note that access to material within this collection is restricted as it contains the personal information of potentially living individuals.
19 bound volumes
(Reference: BD176)
Records of Dagenham Hospital, 1928-1989
This collection comprises a register of admissions at Dagenham Sanatorium (1928-1950) and two further registers of admissions of Dagenham Hospital (1954-1965 and 1969-1989), together with a discharge register (1969-1989), two gate books (1943-1945), a stock and supply book (1929-1948), inventory book (1961-1964) and a statistics book on the number and classification of admissions (1969-1984). Please note that access to material within this collection is restricted as it contains the personal information of potentially living individuals.
9 bound volumes
(Reference: BD176)
Records of Redbridge Sanatorium, 1928-1948
This collection comprises an admission register of cases at Redbridge Sanatorium (1928-1948). Please note that access to material within this collection is restricted as it contains the personal information of potentially living individuals.
1 bound volume
(Reference: BD179)
Records of Rush Green Hospital, 1956-1963
This collection comprises six registers of operations that took place at Rush Green Hospital (1956-1963). Please note that access to material within this collection is restricted as it contains the personal information of potentially living individuals.
6 bound volumes
(Reference: BD178)
Business records
Andrews Collection, 1925-2000
This collection comprises correspondence, leaflets and photograph albums, relating to Andrews Stores, situated at 445 and 450-452 Becontree Avenue, Dagenham (1925-1984), as well as the personal papers and family photographs of Norman W. Andrews, manager of the furniture department of Andrews Stores and the Joint Managing Director of N. W. Andrews & Co Ltd (1936-2000). Also together with a biography on the life and work of Norman W. Andrews, written as a research project by Elaine Noakes (2000).
2 boxes
(Reference: BD71)
Photograph albums of Barking Power Station, 1930-1934
Four photograph albums, showing the erection process during the extension of Barking Power Station (1930-1934).
4 bound volumes
(Reference: BD91)
Printed programme for the Centenary Festival of the Gas Light and Coke Company, 1912
Printed leaflet, containing details of the programme of music and menu for the Centenary Festival of the Gas Light and Coke Company held at White City (26 June 1912). Includes signatures of some of those that attended on the inside front and back cover, as well as a illustration of Beckon Piers.
1 envelope
(Reference: BD237)
Records of Jackson & Co. (Barking) Ltd., 1901-1993
This collection comprises a abstract title deed, with related plan, concerning buildings and land at St. Erkenwald Road, Barking (later known as Jacksons Builders Yard) between Henry Adair Rawlins and Daniel Thomas Jackson (1938), together with a family photograph (1901), as well as a further photograph, showing the Jackson Wharf at Barking Town Quay (circa. 1910-1930). Also includes letters and balance sheets, compiled by Phillip Jackson (1 February 1990-21 January 1993).
1 folder
(Reference: BD162)
Records of Lawes Chemical Company Ltd, 1872-1970
This substantial collection comprises the records of Lawes Chemical Company Ltd, a fertiliser manufacturer, including minute books of the board of directors, the shareholders, and annual general meetings (1872-1959), together with legal papers, financial ledgers and plans (1872-1970).
See separate research guide for further details of the contents of this collection.
(Reference: BD24)
Records of Pesci Fish and Chip Shop, 1920-1994
This collection comprises the records of Pesci Bros Fish and Chip Shop, Barking, including deeds (1933-1957), weekly account books (1939-1995), cash books (1956-1970) and wages books (1987-1994). Also together with the personal papers and photographs of the Pesci family (1920-1973).
5 boxes
(Reference: BD76)
Scrapbook of Sanders and Forsters Ltd, 1961-1968
Scrapbook, containing newspaper cuttings and advertisements, relating to Sanders and Forsters Ltd, a structural steelworks of the Chamberlain Group of Companies (1961-1968).
1 bound volume
(Reference: BD89)
Photograph albums of Sherwood Paints Ltd, circa. 1900-1920
This collection comprises two photograph albums of Sherwood Paints Ltd (formally known as Gross, Sherwood and Heald Ltd) (circa. 1900-1920), showing an aerial and exterior view of the factory buildingin Barking, which was built in 1910, as well as men and women workers at the mill, grinding and mixing paint colours, vanish making, oil boiling and refining, making tin cans and finally labelling and packaging goods.
2 bound volumes
(Reference: BD94)
Records of Solvent Products Ltd, 1927-1988
This collection comprises the records of Solvent Products, including a register of members and directors (1927-1937), registers of seals (1927-1928), an inventory of plant premises (circa. 1938), accounts and balance sheets (1949-1953), a general ledgers (1950-1971), purchase ledgers (1934-1937), private ledgers (1927-1937), expenditure ledger (1937-1953), a cost ledger (1986-1988), journals (1927-1962), salaries books (1944-1960), an employee’s pension ledger (1934-1950) and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings (1926-1939).
10 boxes
(Reference: ACQ2012/079)
Photograph album of Sterling Engineering Company Ltd, circa. 1930-1950
Photograph album of Sterling Engineering Company Ltd (circa. 1930-1950), showing the board room, staff outside the factory, the factory buildings, machines and equipment, as well as men and women at work on the factory floor.
1 bound volume
(Reference: BD101)
Souvenir booklet of royal visit to Sterling Works, Dagenham, 1918
Printed souvenir booklet of the royal visit to Sterling Works, Dagenham (May 1918).Includes a history of the company and statistics on the production of munitions and field telephones, the number of male and female workers and improvements made to working conditions at the factory during the First World War. Also contains photographs, with annotations, showing male and female munitions workers on the factory floor and in the canteen at the works in Dagenham, as well as at the new Recretational Hall and a nurse at the onsite First Aid Hospital.
1 bound volume
(Reference: BD300)
Photographs of the factory floor and production at Thames Plywood Manufacturers Limited, circa. 1950-1960
Mounted photographs of the factory floor and difference stages of production at Thames Plywood Manufacturers Limited in Dagenham, collected by employee Mrs E. Ball (circa. 1950-1960).
1 folder
(Reference: BD193)
Photographs of United Telephone Cables Ltd, circa. 1950-1960
Photographs of factory buildings belonging to United Telephone Cables Ltd in Dagenham, as well as male and female workers, machines and equipment on the factory floor, and a meeting in the board room (circa. 1950-1960)
1 box
(Reference: BD95)
Photographs taken by staff at United Telephone Cables Ltd, 1950-1970
together with further photographs of events, parties, drama productions and sports days, presumably organised by staff at United Telephone Cable (circa. 1950-1980).
1 folder
(Reference: BD105)
Printed circular of Frederick Whitbread & Co, circa. 1850-1899
Printed circular, with letterhead of Frederick Whitbread & Co, used to convey the prices for livestock and fodder. The list of stock is on the back but without prices. There is no date. The letterhead uses the address 'Eastbury Hall Farm’, and shows farm animals in the vicinity of Eastbury Manor House.
1 item
(Reference: BD41)
Records of the Williams Hudson Group, 1869-1981
This substantial collection comprises minute books, correspondence, ledgers and photographs of the William Hudson Group, including Samuel Williams & Sons Ltd and John Hudson Ltd, as well as their subsidiary companies (1869-1981).
See separate research guide for further details of the content of this collection.
(Reference: BD26)
Records of William Warne & Co Ltd, circa. 1882-1970
This collection comprises the records of William Warne & Co Ltd, manufacture of rubber products, including a technical notebook (1882-1896), detailing the chemical additives and cost per pound weight for each product manufactured at the companies factory in Barking, together with minute books of the Directors and Annual General Meetings (1895-1932), balance sheets of income and expenditure (1897-1925), a valuation of India Rubber Mills (1944) and a printed copy of ‘The India Rubber Journal’ (1924), together with photographs of employees of different ethnicities on the factory floor (circa. 1960-1970).
2 boxes
(Reference: BD9)
Photograph albums of various industrial and commercial buildings in London, circa. 1930-1940
Two photograph albums of industrial and commercial buildings in London, including the Masters Match Factory, Barking, the construction, interior and exterior of the Mayfair Cinema, Chadwell Heath, the interior and exterior of Capitol Cinema, Barking and the construction of Heathway Cinema, Dagenham, the development of Sanders and Forsters Ltd, Ilford, the L.G.O. Garage, Barking and the football stand, Barking.
1 bound volume
(Reference: BD100)
Records of charities, societies and associations
Records of the 29th Barking Boy Scout Troop, 1952-1958
This collection comprises two scrapbooks, containing notes, newspaper cuttings, printed material and photographs (January 1952- May 1958), relating to summer camps, amateur dramatic shows, musical revues and anniversary eventsof the 29th Barking Boy Scout Troop of Erkenwald School, together with two photograph albums of trips abroad.
4 bound volumes
(Reference: BD83)
Minutes of Barking Association for Mental Health, 1960
Minutes of Barking Association for Mental Health (2 August 1960), recording the members present and an address made by the chairman, with references to the discussions that took place on institutional accommodation and the training of staff. Also includes the proceedings of a sub-committee of Club for Mentally Handicapped Children and their Parents held at the Town Hall Barking (16 August 1960).
1 envelope
(Reference: BD145)
Minute books of the Barking Association of the National Union of Teachers, 1917-1942
Three minute books, recording the proceedings of, and correspondence received at, general, special general, committee and emergency committee meetings of the Barking Association of the National Union of Teachers (6 December 1917-17 December 1931 and 7 December 1940-2 December 1942), relating to the provision of education, working conditions, salaries and pensions, with particular references to married women teachers and the upheaval caused by the Second World War.
3 bound volumes
(BD114)
Records of Barking Schools Football Association, 1950-1965
This collection comprises a minute book, together with related correspondence and papers of the Barking Schools Football Association (28 September 1950-1 June 1965). Includes references to appointment and resignation of officers, the financial accounts, as well as the arrangement of matches and the results of matches involving pupils from Barking Abbey School, Park Modern Comprehensive School, Erkenwald Secondary School, Dawson Secondary School, Eastbury Secondary School, the South East Essex Technical School and Cambell Secondary School.
1 envelope
(Reference: BD244)
Minutes of Barking Chamber of Trade, 1947-1966
Minute book of the Barking Chamber of Trade (1960-1966), together with loose minutes (1947-1961), relating to membership rules, as well as the rights of shopkeepers and manufacturers trading in Barking, with references to workers strikes. The Barking Chamber of Trade later amalgamated with Dagenham Chamber of Trade and Commerce to become the Barking and Dagenham Chamber of Trade and Commerce.