Archives

Opening hours and venue information.

Discover Westminster through walks, talks and special events.

Find out how to use and search the Archives collections.

Find a range of great resources to help you with research, to find the correct service for your project.

City of Westminster Archives Centre holds many sources to assist you with your family history research.

We recommend trying these online tools to explore your family history.

We offer a paid research service relating to the rateable values of buildings and Gillow furniture history.

See our charges for photographic prints or digital files of most of the images in our collections that can be purchased.

These digital collections bring the history of the city to life.

Join the Friends of the Archives and protect the future of the past.

Hire one of the well-equipped rooms for business functions, meetings and music practice.

You can purchase a range of books, historical maps and cards from our shop.

Every birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership or death registered in England or Wales has a General Register Office (GRO)

Discover what playbills and programmes are in our Archives.

Find detailed architectural and topographical studies of the capital's built environment.

The history of the council from 1900

Under the Poor Law Act of 1601 people were only entitled to claim poor relief in their legal place of settlement.