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Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
Cocklebury Road
Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 3QN UK
Telephone: 01249 705500
Email: heritageadmin@wiltshire.gov.uk
Website
Wiltshire Studies Collection

Wiltshire Community History
Cocklebury Road
Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 3QN UK
Telephone: 01249 705500
Email: localstudies@wiltshire.gov.uk
Website

These pages contain information on 261 Wiltshire communities covering the whole of the Wiltshire Council administered area of the county; having been compiled by Wiltshire Libraries & Heritage. Every community page already has certain basic information, such as early maps, local administrative bodies, population from 1801, newspapers for its area, lists of local maps, the registration district, information on buildings and links to other sites of interest.

Libraries[edit | edit source]

[https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/librariesinformation/Library/List Wiltshire Library List

Swindon Collection
Swindon Central Library
Local Studies
Regent Circus
Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 1QG UK
Telephone: 01793 463238
Email: localstudies@swindon.gov.uk
Website

The Local Studies collection for the Borough of Swindon can be found on the second floor of Central Library. The staff will be happy to support you with any local history or family history enquiries.

Museums[edit | edit source]

For a long list of Wiltshire museums, go to List of museums in Wiltshire in Wikipedia.

Wiltshire Museum
41 Long Street
Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 1NS UK
Telephone: 01380 727369
Email: archive@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk
Website: Wiltshire Museum

The Wiltshire Museum has an international reputation and attracts visitors from all over the world. The archaeology collections, which are among the finest in Britain, trace the history of people living in Wiltshire in a series of galleries - Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval. The collections on display include important finds associated with the World Heritage Sites of Avebury and Stonehenge.

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-[[Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre|'''Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre''']]<br>Cocklebury Road<br>Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 3QN UK<br>Telephone: 01249 705500<br>Email: [mailto:heritageadmin@wiltshire.gov.uk heritageadmin@wiltshire.gov.uk] <br>[https://www.wshc.org.uk/ Website]<br>
+'''Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre'''<br>Cocklebury Road<br>Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 3QN UK<br>Telephone: 01249 705500<br>Email: [mailto:heritageadmin@wiltshire.gov.uk heritageadmin@wiltshire.gov.uk] <br>[https://www.wshc.org.uk/ Website]<br>
 [https://wshc.org.uk/our-services/wiltshire-local-studies.html Wiltshire Studies Collection]
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 == Libraries ==
-*[https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/librariesinformation/Library/List '''Wiltshire Library List''']
+*[https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/librariesinformation/Library/List '''Wiltshire Library List'''
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 '''Swindon Collection'''<br>Swindon Central Library<br>Local Studies<br>Regent Circus<br>Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 1QG UK<br>Telephone: 01793 463238<br>Email: [mailto:localstudies@swindon.gov.uk  localstudies@swindon.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.swindon.gov.uk/swindoncollection Website]
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 == Museums ==
-For a long list of Wiltshire museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Wiltshire '''List of museums in Wiltshire'''] in Wikipedia.
+For a long list of Wiltshire museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Wiltshire List of museums in Wiltshire] in Wikipedia.
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-'''Wiltshire Museum'''<br>41 Long Street<br>Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 1NS UK<br>Telephone: 01380 727369<br>Email: [mailto:archive@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk archive@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk]<br>[http://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/ Website]
+'''Wiltshire Museum'''<br>41 Long Street<br>Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 1NS UK<br>Telephone: 01380 727369<br>Email: [mailto:archive@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk archive@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk]<br>Website: [http://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/ Wiltshire Museum]
 :The Wiltshire Museum has an international reputation and attracts visitors from all over the world. The archaeology collections, which are among the finest in Britain, trace the history of people living in Wiltshire in a series of galleries - Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval. The collections on display include important finds associated with the World Heritage Sites of Avebury and Stonehenge.
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-'''Stonehenge & Avebury World Heritage Site (WHS)'''<br>
-[http://www.stonehengeandaveburywhs.org/visit-us/visit-stonehenge/ Website]
-==Civil Registration Offices==
-The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''General Register Office'''] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''website'''] (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.
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-Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district.  For a list of the '''historic and current registration districts and their parishes''', see [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/WIL.html UKBMD: Registration Districts in Wiltshire].
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-*[https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/registrations-copy-certificates '''Copy certificates''']
-*[https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/registrations-office-locations '''Wiltshire Registration Offices locations''']
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