Online resources

Magic in the Nursery

A Teacher's guide for the Key Stage 2 History Curriculum

Citizenship: stories from the archives

Kingston's archives provide enormous potential for examining local issues in the past such as local government, crime and punishment, learning, poverty, health, the environment and beliefs.  The documents we have digitised are a small sample of the kinds of records we hold.  We also provide background notes and, where needed, transcripts of the more hard-to-read documents.

Kingston at War: World War 2 Resources

Kingston at War is a web site of resources from Kingston's archives to support KS2 History with links to Literacy and ICT.  The site will also be of interest to the general reader. Photographs, newspaper cuttings, bomb maps and oral histories have been digitised for classroom and/or project use.  
These web pages are part of the 'Their Past Your Future' project, 2005, funded by the Big Lottery Fund.

Fever, Filth and Fear

A Key Stage 3 education pack on the history of public health in Kingston upon Thames.  The pack includes teachers' notes, copies of original documents and activitiy sheets.   Under development, February 2008.  Please ring 020 8547 6738 for more information and availability.

The project has been grant-aided by MLA London.

Kingston's Royal Connections

As one of only four Royal Borough's in England and Wales Kingston's royal connections are numerous.  The Friends of Kingston Museum and Heritage Service have published a handy walking guide to Kingston Town Centre entitled 'Kingston Royal Walkabout'.  The leaflet is available to pick up free at the Museum and Local History Room.  Alternatively this is available online.  You can also view objects in Kingston Museum with royal connections.

Kingston Royal Walkabout

Kingston's Royal Connections

Fact Sheets

We publish a series of themed leaflets on local history topics.  These leaflets are availaible to purchase through the museum shop and local history room.  The following are available online:

John Galsworthy in Coombe

The Stained Glass Windows in Kingston Museum

Richard Jefferies in Surbiton

The Old Kingston Bridge and Undercrof

'Picton's Progress', the story of Cesar Picton from Senegal