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The Cornwall Record Office is situated in Truro. It holds a wide range of materials dating from the 12th to the 20th centuries.

Main article: Cornwall Record Office

Cornwall Record Office,
Old County Hall,
Truro,
Cornwall,
TR1 3AY,
United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0)1872 323127
Email: cro@cornwall.gov.uk
Website: www.cornwall.gov.uk/cro

The British Library has a range of resources relating to Cornwall with particular strengths in printed books, periodicals, newspapers, and maps (and the photographs and other visual images contained within them). Manuscripts, sound and archived websites of Cornish interest are also held and Cornish themes can also be researched using our extensive Electronic Resources.

British Lubrary
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
United Kingdom

Telephone: 0843 208 1144
Internet sites and databases:

• Internet site http://www.bl.uk/
  
• Online catalogues
  
• Bibliography of British and Irish biographies 1840-1940
  

• Royal Cornwall Museum

• University of Leicester Special Collections Online - Cornwall