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 Email: devonarchives@swheritage.org.uk<br>
 [https://swheritage.org.uk/devon-archives/visit/devon-heritage-centre/ Website]
+:Devon Heritage Centre in Exeter generally holds collections which  relate to the whole county, including the Diocesan records, county Quarter Sessions and County Council collections.  This includes estate and family collections, and solicitors’ collections which cover more than one area of Devon.  Most of these records are not filmed or digitised, and are only available in their original format.  The West Country Studies Library, which contains the county collection of local history material is also available at the Devon Heritage Centre.  It includes published books, manuscript volumes, pamphlets, journals, maps, prints, engravings, photographs, newspapers and various files relating to local parish and family history.<ref name="Devon">"Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter", at Devon Archives and Local Studies, https://swheritage.org.uk/devon-archives/visit/devon-heritage-centre/, accessed 14February 2023.</ref>
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 '''North Devon Record Office, Barnstaple'''<br>
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 Email: northdevon@swheritage.org.uk<br>
 [https://swheritage.org.uk/devon-archives/visit/north-devon-records-office/ Website]
+:The North Devon Record Office holds collections from churches and chapels, borough courts, solicitors, estates and families, local authorities and poor law unions, hospitals, clubs, societies and charities, businesses and schools in the North Devon area. Some collections which were previously held at Exeter have been transferred to the North Devon Record Office since 1988. The Local Studies collection relating to North Devon is also available.  The North Devon Athenaeum, which is a private library also shares the search room facilities.<ref name="Devon"/>
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 '''The Box Plymouth, Museum, Gallery, and Archive'''<br>
-Devon Archives and Local Studies<br>
+Plymouth and West Devon Archives and Local Studies<br>
 The Cottonian Research Room<br>
 Tavistock Place<br>
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 [https://www.theboxplymouth.com/permanent-galleries/the-cottonian-research-room Website]<br>
 [https://web.plymouth.gov.uk/archivescatalogue/ Archives Catalogue]
+:Plymouth and West Devon Record Office is run by Plymouth Council.  It holds archives relating to the city of Plymouth and some West Devon parishes, as well as several other South Devon parishes close to Plymouth.  Local Studies collections relating to Plymouth and its surrounding area are held separately.  The Local Studies Collections include resources useful to anyone researching naval history, including books, periodicals and illustrations relating to the history of the Royal Navy and its presence in Plymouth.<ref name="Devon"/>
 == Libraries ==