Discovery is our platform that provides a single point of online access to catalogue and organisational data from across the archive sector. You can still access the data from our annual Accessions to ...

The National Archives is home to millions of historical documents, known as records, which were created and collected by UK central government departments and major courts of law. For example, we have ...

A monthly round-up of news, blogs, offers and events.

EAST LONDON: Leave STEPNEY GREEN at 6 p.m and march to GARNAULT PLACE NORTH LONDON: Leave HIGHBURY CORNER at 6.30 p.m and march to GARNAULT PLACE WEST LONDON: Leave SHEPHERD’S BUSH to join North-West ...

A monthly round-up of news, blogs, offers and events.

The National Archives (UK) is launching the first-ever annual survey of the UK’s archive sector in partnership with National Records Scotland, the Scottish Council on Archives, Welsh Government, ...

While respondents reported that their archives were open most weeks of the year, they were only open for 21 to 22 hours a week on average, the equivalent of three days out of seven. This inevitably ...

To mark LGBTQ+ History Month, The National Archives brings to you the first instalment of a new online broadcast event: History Mysteries! Join us as we go on an adventure to uncover the mystery ...

As part of our leadership role, we’re here to support the archives sector with advice and guidance. If you have a query, please feel free to email us or to get in contact with a member of our expert ...

The unit war diaries (record series WO 95) represent one of the most popular collections held by The National Archives. War diaries were kept for two main reasons: to provide an accurate record of ...

Errors in parliamentary papers are rare but there are services available to help correct a document appropriately. If an error or omission is noticed after a ...

I think it is a duty I owe to the Publick to acquaint your Lordship that yesterday, the 24 th inst., a Gentleman informed me, that he had heard, that there was a man in Chudleigh with a show-box ...