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The National Archives is home to millions of historical documents, known as records, which were created and collected by UK central government departments and major courts of law.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

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 ...

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If you are looking to film or record at The National Archives, please complete an online filming application form. Although we aim to accommodate your request, demand is high so we do reserve the ...

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 ...

Government policy is that public sector information should be licensed for use and re-use free of charge under the Open Government Licence (OGL) with only a few exceptions: Crown copyright material ...

Comments: On leave 13 December 1804-10 February 1805. Ship's pay book number: (SB 1) 11 February 1805 to 4 March 1806 (Was at Trafalgar) ...

Thomas Cely, from Bristol, was one of Elizabeth’s Yeomen of the Guard and most probably also a spy for the queen. He wrote this letter from the port of Santa Maria, Andalucia, to where he had been ...

Following a recent Archive Service Accreditation Panel, the UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee is pleased to announce that the following archive services have been awarded accredited status ...

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, ...

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 ...