Vestry House Museum

Coordinates: 51°35′0″N 0°0′45″W / 51.58333°N 0.01250°W / 51.58333; -0.01250

Vestry House Museum
The Museum Courtyard.
Established	1931
Type	Local History, Public Archives
Owner	Waltham Forest Council
Website	www.walthamforest.gov.uk/content/vestry-house-museum

Vestry House Museum is a history museum in Walthamstow, focussing on the heritage of the local area. The collection includes various artifacts dating from the Victorian Era to the 20th Century including numerous archived documents and photographs.^[1]

Vestry House was originally built as a workhouse and was later used as a police station and also as private housing (amongst the exhibits is a replica police cell demonstrating one of the building's previous uses). The building became a museum in 1931.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 Waltham Forest Council. "Vestry House Museum". Retrieved May 2016.
↑ Glanvill, Natalie (September 2015). "Museum's dark past as parish workhouse unveiled". Waltham Forest Guardian. Retrieved May 2016.

Museums of London history

Regional	Museum of London Museum of London Docklands

Borough	Valence House (Barking and Dagenham) Barnet Hall Place (Bexley) Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Forty Hall (Enfield) Greenwich Hackney Bruce Castle (Haringey) Harrow Havering Gunnersbury Park (Hounslow) Islington Kingston upon Thames Newham Redbridge Richmond Cuming (Southwark) Vestry House (Waltham Forest) Wandsworth

London Borough of Waltham Forest

Districts	Bakers Arms Cann Hall Chingford Chingford Green Chingford Hatch Chingford Mount Friday Hill Higham Hill Highams Park (including Hale End) Lea Bridge Leyton Leytonstone South Chingford Temple Mills Upper Walthamstow Walthamstow (including Walthamstow Village) Whipps Cross Woodford Green

Attractions	Brisbane Road football stadium Lee Valley Riding Centre Lee Valley Ice Centre New Spitalfields Market Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge Vestry House Museum Waltham Forest Theatre Walthamstow Pump House Museum Walthamstow Stadium William Morris Gallery

Street markets	Walthamstow Market

Parks and open spaces	Larkswood Playing Fields Lee Valley Park WaterWorks Nature Reserve Walthamstow Marshes

Constituencies	Chingford and Woodford Green (part) Leyton and Wanstead (part) Walthamstow

Tube and rail stations	Blackhorse Road Chingford Highams Park Leyton Leyton Midland Road Leytonstone Leytonstone High Road St James Street Walthamstow Central Walthamstow Queen's Road Wood Street

Other topics	Council Grade II* listed buildings People Public art Schools

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