Publish or re-use material

If you want to publish or re-use any of the documents in Southwark Archives, you’ll need to follow our guidelines.

If you make copies or photos in the searchroom, they must be for your own research only.

Publishing them is a breach of copyright law. 

‘Publishing’ usually means:

• using copies of our documents in another work 
• putting our documents online 

Many of the documents in our collections are not in Southwark Council’s copyright. 

What to do if you want to publish documents

If you want to publish material from our collections, contact us by email or by post. 

You’re responsible for tracing and getting permission to publish from third-party copyright holders. You may also need to pay a reproduction fee.

You can contact us in writing by:

• emailing archives@southwark.gov.uk

• writing to Southwark Archives, 211 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1JA