The Corporation of London preserves and protects some of the finest examples of the City's architectural heritage - from the medieval Guildhall and Thames bridges to a Georgian town house and, beyond the City, the Grade One listed Keats House and an Elizabethan hunting lodge.
It has had the privilege of working alongside the archaeologists from the Museum of London on many of the great Roman, Saxon and medieval digs beneath the city's streets and buildings. It has also conducted excavations in its own right.
The Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society (GLIAS) was founded in 1968 to record relics of London's industrial history and to deposit these records with national and local museums, archives, etc; also to advise local authorities and others on the restoration and preservation of historic industrial buildings and machinery.
The objects of HADAS are the advancement of archaeological and historical research and education for the public benefit with particular reference to the archaeology and history of the London Borough of Barnet.
The Society was founded in 1855 'for the purpose of investigating the antiquities and early history of the Cities of London and Westminster and the Metropolitan County of Middlesex'.
The Orpington and District Archaeological Society promotes the study of archaeology in the Upper Cray Valley by undertaking excavations, carrying out research into the archaeology of the area and encouraging public interest through meetings and visits.