We’re pleased to confirm that we will be giving everyone free access to our digitised collections very soon, but it’s taking our amazing digital team a bit of time to make it happen. (1/2)
The National Archives
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The National Archives
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Official archive of the UK government. Discover our online collections, research guides and educational resources, spanning 1000 years of history.
- Remember, remember... On the night of 4/5 November 1605, Guy Fawkes was discovered in the cellars of the Palace of Westminster. He had 36 barrels of gunpowder. In the following days, he confessed to the plot and named the others involved. #OTD #BonfireNight 📁 : SP 14/216 Pt2
- 👑 A new clue about the 15th century Princes in the Tower has been found in our collection… 1/5
- #OTD in 1888 the match girls employed by the company Bryant & May in the east end of London went on strike. These women were taking action based on their appalling working conditions, which were having serious health implications on them. 📷: WikiCommons
- You know you're a researcher when your camera roll looks something like this 👇
- Your annual reminder: Magna Carta was sealed, not signed. End.
- Imagine being the first person to open a letter written 250 years ago. We're partnering with The University of Oldenburg to digitise and catalogue the #PrizePapers - around 160,000 undelivered letters seized from captured ships in the 17th-19th centuries. socsi.in/cQWSx
- You know how archives have that really distinctive smell. That's the smell of the paper dying.
- Stop scrolling. We’ve found something a little bit special in the archive and we had to share it with you all …
- They’ve been paid out of the public purse to preen, sleep and hunt in the corridors of power. They are the government’s cats. On #InternationalCatDay read more about the cats at the heart of government: blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/bureau-cats-he…
- Apparently, Bono - the lead singer of U2 - is addicted to visiting archives. When asked why he hasn't addressed this addiction, he replied: 'But I still haven't found what I'm looking for.'
- we only know that it's the hottest day on record because of archival records. let that fact sink in.
