Tower Hamlets

This is a place to look for information on the history of Tower Hamlets. The links will lead to local societies, educational facilities, or show the excavations that have taken place within the borough.

Local Societies examining the history of Tower Hamlets

City of London Archaeological Society offers regular lectures along with field and research opportunities

East London History Society offers a program of lectures, walks and visits relating to the history of Tower Hamlets

Museums and Local Studies Libraries in Tower Hamlets

Bancroft Library is Tower Hamlets Local Studies Library containing documents about the borough's past

The Ragged School Museum has displays about local history in the East End along with a Victorian school experience and temporary exhabitions

Museum in Docklands houses archives and tells the story of London's river


Where to take courses on Tower Hamlets' past

Birkbeck College University of London, particularly through its certificate and diploma classes in Archaeology, and through its MA in Archaeology

Royal Holloway, University of London, particularly through its MA course in Medieval Studies

Institute of Archaeology University College, London, particularly through its MA course in the Archaeology of London

Floodlights provides listings for a wide range of lifelong learning classes around London

Tower Hamlets Adult Education provides a contact details for the programs within the borough