Collections and archives

Discover a wide range of resources to explore family and local history.

Searching our catalogues online

You can carry out an advanced search of the library catalogue and look for our books, pamphlets and search the newspaper index. For the Select Branch option select Bexley Local Studies & Archive Centre.

View our online searchable catalogue at bexleyarchives.org.uk to access over 40,000 archival holdings of the London Borough of Bexley. 

Ancestry

View Bexley collections on Ancestry online with your library card.

Family and local history collections

Find out about the wide range of sources we hold.

Local history articles

See our varied collection of articles on the local area, its history and buildings and its residents.

Bexley online image files

View over 3500 images from the archive on boroughphotos.org/bexley. You can even purchase official high-quality photographic prints.

Digital maps

Find maps with the National Library of Scotland map search on maps.nls.uk.
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