RECORDS ON JACK THE RIPPER

WHERE TO FIND THEM

There are numerous places around the country where records connected to the Jack the Ripper case are kept.

On this page you will find some of the main ones, mostly in London, that you can visit to conduct research and to look up original documents and photographs related to the case.

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU

Telephone Number: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444

Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 5p, (till 7pm on Tuesday and Thursday)
Closed Monday.

THE LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES

London Metropolitan Archives, 40 Northampton Road, Clerkenwell, EC1R 0HB

Telephone Number: +44 (0) 20 7332 3820

Opening hours: Monday 9.30am - 4.45pm (closed bank holidays), Tuesday 9.30am - 7.30pm, Wednesday 9.30am - 7.30pm, Thursday 9.30am - 7.30pm, Friday - Closed.
For Saturday openings see their website.

TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL HISTORY LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES

Bancroft Road Library, 277 Bancroft Road, London, E1 4DQ

Telephone Number: +44 (0) 20 7364 1290

Opening hours: Tuesday 10am - 5pm, Wednesday 9am - 5pm, Thursday 9am - 8pm,
Saturday 9am - 5pm (First and Third Saturday of the month only).

THE BISHOPSGATE INSTITUTE - LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES

230 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4QH

Telephone Number: +44 (0) 20 7392 9270

Opening hours: Monday to Friday 10am - 5.30pm

GUIDHALL LIBRARY

Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, EC2V 7HH

Telephone Number: +44 (0) 20 7332 1868/1870

Opening hours: Monday 9.30am - 5pm, Tuesday 9.30am - 5pm, Wednesday 9.30am - 7.30pm, Thursday 9.30am - 5pm, Friday 9.30am - 5pm,
Saturday​y 9.30am - 5pm on selected Saturdays only (see website).