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'''Wiltshire Community History'''<br>Cocklebury Road<br>Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 3QN UK<br>Telephone: 01249 705500<br>Email: [mailto:localstudies@wiltshire.gov.uk localstudies@wiltshire.gov.uk]<br>[https://wshc.org.uk/our-services/wiltshire-local-studies/12-our-services/95-wiltshire-community-history.html Website] | '''Wiltshire Community History'''<br>Cocklebury Road<br>Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 3QN UK<br>Telephone: 01249 705500<br>Email: [mailto:localstudies@wiltshire.gov.uk localstudies@wiltshire.gov.uk]<br>[https://wshc.org.uk/our-services/wiltshire-local-studies/12-our-services/95-wiltshire-community-history.html 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 == | == Libraries == | ||
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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] | '''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] | ||
: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 == | == Museums == | ||
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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>[http://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/ Website] | ||
: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> | '''Stonehenge & Avebury World Heritage Site (WHS)'''<br> |