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Archives & Libraries information for Hampshire and places above it in the hierarchy

Hampshire

  • The Hampshire Record Office is located at Winchester (Sussex Road, Winchester, HANTS SO23 8TH UK) and is part of the Hampshire County Council's Archives and Local Studies section. Included in their mandate are archives, and libraries. One of the projects supported by the Hampshire Record Office was the digitization of historic Hampshire photographs (50,000 images from the 1850s to the present day). The collection of photographs is part of the online catalogue which also includes all wills proved in the courts of Winchester Diocese to 1858.
  • The Portsmouth Museums and Records Service is located in the same building as the Portsmouth City Museum. The 14th century records of the Portsmouth City Council are held there. There are also large collections of material deposited by local businesses, family groupings and other organizations. The public Search Room houses thousands of local maps and plans, photographs and picture postcards. NB. The Records Office Searchroom has recently moved to the second floor of Portsmouth Central Library, where it has merged with the Local Studies Library to form Portsmouth History Centre.
  • Southampton City Archives - Holdings in the archives date from 1199 onwards. The reading room in the heart of Southampton's fine Civic Centre, to consult the materials in the collection. You will find us in the basement level of the South Block. An appointment isn't necessary, but you may wish to contact the archivist before your visit, to ensure the information or items you're looking for is held. The Reading Room is accessible to wheelchair users. Hand-magnifiers and lamp-magnifiers are also available. There is no charge for visiting the reading room, which is open Tuesday - Friday 9.30am - 4.30pm.
  • Isle of Wight Record Office & Archive - their material spans 12th to 21st centuries and includes parish, estate, family, businesses, schools and local government for the island. The Record Office undertakes research for those who are not able to visit in person. The charge is GBP15.00 for a 1 hour search of documents held by the Office. There are also several private record agents working on the Isle of Wight, and a list of these is available on request; if a search is beyond the resources of the Office, they reserve the right to refer to this list. Visit this site which has a number of images including a 1627 map of the Island from Speed's Atlas.
  • Dorset County Council have records of the area around Bournemouth, formerly in Hampshire but now in Dorset. The Dorset Record Office preserves and makes available to the public the archives and records of the history of Dorset over the last ten centuries. The archives preserved in the Dorset Record Office survive from 965 to the present day and relate to every town and parish in the area of Bournemouth. They record the ownership and management of the land, the operation of businesses, the conduct of local government, the administration of justice, the lives of families and individuals, etc.
  • The Staunton Park Genealogy Centre, based near Havant.
  • The University of Southampton Library, Archive and Manuscript Collections: ("is particularly strong in areas of nineteenth and twentieth century political and military history, and archives of Anglo-Jewry").
  • Local Studies & Reference Libraries

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