Hackney Archives

Hackney Archives Preserving Hackney's history through records of local people, organisations, societies, campaigns & buildings. Closed for the holidays & annual stock take.

Free access to hundreds of unique collections documenting Hackney’s rich history. Re-open 17/01/24 Gibson Collection - take down requests

Hackney Archives holds a collection of 150,000 negatives captured between 1952 and 1979 by Ron Gibson’s photography studio in Hackney. The Gibson collection records the people of Hackney as they got married, worked, celebrated and mourned and offers a unique in

sight into life in Hackney and surrounding areas over a 27 year period. Over the next two years Hackney Archives will be digitising the collection so that images from the collection can be shared publicly, for example on Hackney Archives’ page. We understand that due to the nature of the collection there may be sensitivities about certain photographs being made publicly available. If you believe that an image on our page should not be made public please email us at [email protected] (please use the subject heading ‘Gibson’) with details of the image you are concerned about or telephone us on 020 8356 8925.

Free to good home! 6 lovely very robust research tables, 73cm high, tops 150cm sq. Pickup from Dalston. If interested pl...
26/04/2026

Free to good home! 6 lovely very robust research tables, 73cm high, tops 150cm sq. Pickup from Dalston. If interested please email [email protected]

Celebrating Hackney History Festival 2025Some of our event highlights!May 2025 sees the return of Hackney History Festiv...
08/05/2025

Celebrating Hackney History Festival 2025

Some of our event highlights!

May 2025 sees the return of Hackney History Festival for its second year. The festival is going to be hosted at different venues throughout Hackney over two weekends in May - 10 and 11 May, and 17 and 18 May, with some satellite events taking place at other times during the month.

Find the full programme at the Hackney History Festival website now — with free events hosted across the Libraries, Museum and Archives, including both satellite events and events at the Archives on the weekend of 17 and 18 May. Spaces are limited, so please make sure you book your free tickets in advance (unless otherwise stated).

https://hackneyhistoryfestival.org/

Abney Unearthed - Remapped, Researched, RediscoveredOpened in 1840, Abney Park is one of London’s ‘Magnificent 7’ Victor...
08/05/2025

Abney Unearthed - Remapped, Researched, Rediscovered

Opened in 1840, Abney Park is one of London’s ‘Magnificent 7’ Victorian cemeteries, located in Stoke Newington. The 32 acre site is the resting place of over 200,000 people. Designated a nature reserve in 1993, it is also home to a wide variety of flora and fauna including veteran trees, rare fungi and invertebrates.

Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Hackney Council, Abney Unearthed is an exciting project to remap the cemetery and discover more about the people buried there. A team of dedicated volunteers are adding missing information to the burial records and researching the people, bringing their diverse stories to life.

Haydn who runs the project will explain the project and why it is so vital. Hackney Archives is hosting an exhibition with displays including a project overview, a brief history of Abney Park, plot maps and stories of just some of the fascinating figures who lived and worked in Hackney, helping shape the place we know now.

Every headstone has a story - visit the exhibition to discover some of them.

Abney Unearthed Exhibition
Wednesday-Friday 10am-6pm & the 1st Saturday of the month
10am-1pm & 2-5pm

Thursday, May 1 to Friday, August 29th 2025
Venue Hackney Archives Reading Room and Exhibition Space
Dalston CLR James Library, Dalston Square

London, England, E8 3BQ

Sun Street.South side. P8816
05/04/2025

Sun Street.
South side.
P8816

Hackney Libraries presents a celebration of 40 years of the renaming of Dalston C.L.R. James Library, with a special pan...
05/04/2025

Hackney Libraries presents a celebration of 40 years of the renaming of Dalston C.L.R. James Library, with a special panel of speakers we will be discussing the relationship between C.L.R. James and Hackney. We will look back to the renaming of Dalston Library and reflect on collective action, unity, and the power of the people to enact change.

James' work and activism were rooted in the idea that communities, particularly those that have been marginalized, can find strength through solidarity and collective action.

CLR James remains an important figure in contemporary discussions on race, class, and revolutionary politics. His ideas on the relationship between culture and politics have inspired the world to challenge the legacies of colonialism and influence contemporary thought.

Join us for an exciting afternoon of talk, reflection, informal discussion and debate. There will be time afterwards to chat with community partners and guests.

Date and time
Saturday, April 12th 2 - 4pm

Location
Dalston CLR James Library London E8 3BQ

Reflecting on 50 years of Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diaspora community building with the An Việt Archives.Saturday,...
27/02/2025

Reflecting on 50 years of Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diaspora community building with the An Việt Archives.

Saturday, March 15 · 2 - 6pm GMT.
Doors at 2pm

Location
ESEA Community Centre 12-14 Englefield Road London N1 4LS

This year, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the end of what has become known as “The Vietnam War” or the end of the Second Indochina War.

Now is the time for the Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diaspora and the wider world to gather and reflect on both the horror and celebrate the extraordinary resilience of our communities. We must focus on not only what we remember but how we remember too.

Join An Viet Archives for a day that will reflect on what it means to remember - exploring how communities share memory through archives, art, performances, games, and food!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whatever-happened-to-us-tickets-1248343883159?aff=erelexpmlt

Applications to the 2025 Windrush Microgrant scheme are now open. Hackney Council is offering microgrants of up to £2,00...
14/02/2025

Applications to the 2025 Windrush Microgrant scheme are now open.
Hackney Council is offering microgrants of up to £2,000 for a cultural event or activity that celebrates the Windrush Generation and their descendants. These events will be part of the Hackney Windrush Generations Festival and must be delivered within the month of June 2025. We also allow you to use this funding towards bigger projects, where this funding might be the match support. Read below for more information on who can apply and what kind of things we are looking for.Applications to the 2025 Windrush microgrant scheme are now open.

https://www.lovehackney.uk/

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Hackney Archives, 2nd Floor CLR James Library, Dalston Square
London
E83BQ

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm

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+442083568925

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