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  • Women and the First World War

    Explore records that demonstrate the changing role of women in Britain during the First World War.

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  • The dissolution of the monasteries

    With records relating to Henry VIII’s 1534 break from Rome, we can trace the Crown’s dissolution of religious houses and appropriation their income and assets.

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    In pictures

  • Architecture

    Our architectural records cover many public buildings, from the Houses of Parliament and Whitehall offices to castles and cathedrals.

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    In pictures

  • The National Farm Survey, 1941–1943

    The National Farm Survey was created during the Second World War to increase food production and to plan for post-war agriculture.

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    In pictures

  • Empire Marketing Board posters

    The Empire Marketing Board was established in 1926 to stimulate trade in the British Empire. Its striking posters presented idyllic views of the Empire.

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    In pictures

  • Road safety campaigns

    Our records include leaflets and posters used to promote different aspects of road safety, often in a surprisingly artistic way.

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    In pictures

  • Policing and prosecution

    Our records of criminal activity range from court records for high profile offences to files on crimes committed by small-time crooks.

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  • The Peterloo Massacre

    In 1819, thousands of peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators in Manchester were charged by armed cavalry. The deadly event became known as the Peterloo Massacre.

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    In pictures

  • Victorian and Edwardian travel posters

    Our collections include a range of fascinating promotional material from railway companies in the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

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    In pictures

  • Domesday

    The earliest and most iconic public record, Domesday Book documents the transformational impact of the Norman victory at Hastings in 1066.

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    In pictures

  • Victorian bright ideas

    The Victorians’ innovative and entrepreneurial spirit can be found in records of designs they registered to protect the copyright of their inventions.

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    In pictures

  • Copyright registration form for Bram Stoker’s Dracula

    The Irish author completed this form to register ownership of a play titled ‘Dracula; or the Un-Dead’, and thus his seminal novel. It would prove important.

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    Record revealed

  • Christine Granville’s application to become a British citizen

    Christine Granville, Special Operations Executive agent extraordinaire, was Churchill’s favourite spy. How did this document possibly save her life?

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    Record revealed

  • Printed circular produced by the National League of the Blind

    In 1920, hundreds of members of the National League of the Blind (NLB) marched 200 miles to campaign for support. This printed circular explains what happened.

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    Record revealed

  • List of suffragettes arrested from 1906–1914

    More than a thousand people who supported women’s right to vote were arrested for their activism. This document records them – and includes some famous names.

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    Record revealed