Local studies resources in libraries
All libraries have resources relating to their own area and the county in general. You can find out about the people, history, natural history, geology, archaeology, culture and development of East Sussex.
- Researching in your library
- How to do your own research in a library or get help from library staff.
- Useful documents for local history research
- What you can use in our libraries for researching local studies. Includes suggested reading, newspapers and magazines, maps, census, electoral registers and illustrations.
- Reminiscence collections
- Enjoy remembering the sights, sounds and smells of the past with our collections of historical items.
- Local studies collections
- Details about our largest local studies collections at Hastings, Eastbourne, Lewes and Bexhill libraries, including the Bloomsbury Group, Thomas Paine and the De La Warr family.
- Local history volunteers at Bexhill Library
- "We feel that the preservation of our history is essential as it is our legacy to the next generation." Find out how the Bexhill Library friends have helped identify and organise the library's photographs and postcards.
- Buy pictures of historical East Sussex
- Hand-printed and mounted photographs of Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes and Rye on sale in libraries.
