KENT
LOCAL STUDIES CENTRES and LIBRARIES:
Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre,
Central Library,
Townley Road,
Bexleyheath,
Kent.
DA6 7HJ
Tel: 020 8836 7369
Email: Archives@bexley.gov.uk
Bromley
Library, Archives Section, High Street, Bromley, Kent
BR1 1EX
Tel: 0181 460 9955
Cantebury
Local Studies Collection, Canterbury Library, 18 High
Street, Canterbury, Kent. CT1 2JF.
Tel: 01227 463608
Fax: 01227 768338
(Closed Monday and Tuesday mornings and all day on Wednesday)
Large collection of books and periodicals about Kent with
particular emphasis on the Canterbury area. 18th and 19th
Century poll books and City Electoral Registers for 1832
- 1915 and 1937 onwards. Original copies of some local
newspapers and many on microfiche including the Kentish
Gazette from 1768. Many maps and Canterbury and area Census
Returns on Microflm.
Folkestone
Local Studies Centre, Folkestone Library, Grace Hill,
Folkestone, Kent CT20 1HD.
Tel: 01303 575583
Greenwich
Local History Centre, Woodlands, 90 Mycenae Road,
Blackheath, London SE3 7SE.
Tel: 018l 858 4631
Hythe
Town Coucil Offices, Stade Street, Hythe, Kent CT21
6BG
Tel: 01303 266152
Lewisham
Local Studies Library, 199-201 Lewisham High Street,
Lewisham, London SEI3 6LG.
Tel: 0181 297 0682
Maidstone
Reference Library, Maidstone Library, St Faith's Street,
Maidstone, Kent ME14 1LH.
Tel: 01622 752344
Fax: 01622 754980
Good collection of Kent local history books and maps;
also national and local newspapers on microfilm. Also
has Maidstone census records and some parish registers
on microfilm. Has many directories and poll books for
the area, and copies of the Maidstone electoral register
from 1832.
Medway
Local Studies Centre
The main local studies resources are printed
books, newspapers, maps, periodicals, directories, photographs
and ephemera with some materials provided as microfiche,
microfilms and CD Rom formats.
Further up-to-date information about the local studies
collections is available by calling 01634 332238 or the
e-mail address is: local.studies@medway.gov.uk
Sevenoaks
Local Studies Library, Buckhurst Lane, Sevenoaks,
Kent TN13 ILQ.
Tel: 01732 452384
Sheerness
Local Studies Library, 44 Trinity Road, Sheerness,
Kent MEI2 2PF.
Tel: 01795 662618
Tonbridge
Local Studies Library, Avebury Avenue, Tonbridge.
Kent TN9 1TG.
Tel: 01732 352754
Tunbridge
Wells Local Studies Library, Mount Pleasant Road,
Tonbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1NS.
Tel: 01892 522352
OTHER
LIBRARIES:
Lambeth
Palace Library, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7JU.
Tel: 0171 928 6222
Holds various Kent records. Information sheet sent on
request.
London
Metropolitan Archives, 40 Northampton Road, London
EC1R 0HB.
Tel: 0171 332 3820
Fax: 0171 833 9316
Templeman
Library, University of Kent at Canterbury. Canterbury,
Kent CT2 7NU.
Tel: 01227 764000
Good section on Kent local history including a set of
Archaeologia Cantiana. Also national newspapers on microfilm.
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