The book collection can be searched through the Brent Library system.
The pamphlet collection can be searched through our database using the search bar above and has the reference number LHC1.
A large selection of books and the entire pamphlet collection can be accessed without an appointment in the Archives Search Room in Willesden Green.
A number of our books are in storage. Therefore if there is a particular book you are interested in viewing please contact us to arrange an appointment. It may take up to five working days to locate books for researchers and we will be unable to locate books in storage for researchers who do not arrange an appointment.
Many local historians have written articles drawing on research carried out on material held in Brent Museum and Archives.
Areas of Brent
- Alperton
- Church End and the Parish of Willesden
- Cricklewood and Dollis Hill
- Harlesden
- Kensal Green
- Kenton
- Kilburn
- Kingsbury
- Neasden and Dudden Hill
- Preston and Uxendon
- Stonebridge
- Sudbury
- Twyford and Park Royal
- Wembley and Tokyngton
- Willesden Green
- A brief history of Brent by Geoffrey Hewlett
- Chalkhill – 1,000 years of history by Philip Grant
- Kensal Rise Library, 1900 – 2000 by Robert Barker
- The Hay Meadows of Kingsbury by Philip Grant
- Video of a talk on the history of Cricklewood Given by M.C. Barres-Baker at Cricklewood Library on 9 October 2008 and recorded by Lynette Webb (vimeo.com)
- Welsh Harp by Philip Grant
- Wembley Park – its story up to 1922
British Empire Exhibition
- The British Empire Exhibition, 1924 to 1925 – by Philip Grant
- Sierra Leone at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 – by Philip Grant
- When Nigeria came to Wembley, 1924 – by Philip Grant
Buildings and architecture
- A Brief Architectural History of Brent (formerly Wembley) Town Hall, by M.C. Barres-Baker
- Ernest Trobridge – Kingsbury’s Extraordinary Architect by Philip Grant
- Ernest Trobridge, Air Raid Structures Consultant by Philip Grant
- From Cottages to Castles a walk around Trobridge’s Kingsbury by Philip Grant
- Kingsbury’s recycled church by Philip Grant
- Neasden’s Railway Village by Philip Grant
- St Andrew’s Old Church – Kingsbury by Philip Grant
- The Architectural History of Brent by Geoffrey Hewlett
- Wembley Stadium – Old and New by Barbara Clarke
- Blackbird Farm, Kingsbury by Philip Grant
Health and social care
- A history of Kingsbury Manor by Philip Grant
- The Poor of the Parish: Social Care in Kingsbury in the early Nineteenth Century, by Philip Grant
Olympics
People
- Arthur Lucan – the man who was “Old Mother Riley”
- Jose Diaz, the Spanish Chairman by Philip Grant
- Wembley’s Rolling Stone by Philip Grant
Transport and industry
- A Bombay “Bevin Boy”, 1944 to 1945, by Philip Grant
- Building the Stanmore Line, 1930 to 1932 , by Philip Grant
- Kingsbury Works: Wings and Wheels – part of Brent’s industrial heritage, 1915-1979 by Philip Grant
War - A First World War timeline, 1914-1918
- Belgian Refugees during the First World War – an introductory bibliography compiled by M.C. Barres-Baker
- Brent’s women at war and at peace, 1914-1919 by Philip Grant
- Our Belgian Guests: Refugees in Brent 1914-1919 by M.C. Barres-Baker
General
- A history of early newspaper advertising, by M.C. Barres-Baker
- A reading list on the early history of journalism, with special reference to the development of newspaper advertising , compiled by M.C. Barres-Baker
- The history of shopping – an introductory bibliography , compiled by M.C. Barres-Baker
- Welsh Harp Women by Philip Grant