The local history society for the Leyton & Leytonstone area of east London
Links
Other L&LHS sites
- The Bottom Drawer: Leyton and Leytonstone within living memory; a reminiscence site
Local history societies
- Walthamstow Historical Society
- Chingford Historical Society
- Waltham Forest Radical History Workshop has a Facebook page
- Waltham Forest Oral History Workshop’s website contains excellent material
- The East London History Society
- Woodford Historical Society
- Essex Archaeological and Historical Congress: the umbrella group for local history societies in Essex. L&LHS is a member.
- British Association for Local History L&LHS is a member.
Other local websites
- A new website about Lea Bridge and the waterworks beside it, with much history
- The Leytonstone Festival
- Karen Pamplin Browne’s ‘Leytonstone Museum’ project which has a current offshoot project Reside in The Stone Space
- The Friends of Wanstead Parklands
- The News From Nowhere Club has an impressive programme of talks, many with a history aspect
- The manager of the Ritz cinema in the 1950s Nat Matthews was an expert at low budget publicity
- Leytonstone War Memorial
- Waltham Forest Civic Society
- The Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum
- E17 Art Trail: discover the surprisingly large number of art exhibitions in Walthamstow, mainly by local artists.
Archaeology
Family history
Kids' Stuff
- . > ... A very short history of Leyton and Leytonstone
London history
- Museum of London
- British History Online: a digital library of historical documents.
- Story of London
- London Historians - a lively network with a very good blog
London Borough of Waltham Forest pages
- Waltham Forest's Local History and Heritage
- Museums and Galleries in Waltham Forest
- Vestry House Museum
- William Morris Gallery