Thought to be London’s longest-running squat, the street hosted people who existed on the margins of society and resisted eviction for over 30 years until 2007 when it was demolished. St Agnes Place became a central meeting point for the Rastafari community in Britain and by the 1980s became locally known as the Rasta Temple.

Recognising the lack of archival information covering Rastafari’s relationship with the collection of buildings this project will coordinate a series of community conversations and oral histories that examine how and why St Agnes Place evolved as a thriving hub of Rastafari activity.