Berkshire Archives and Libraries
Berkshire Record Office[edit | edit source]
Services Offered:
- Searchroom & Copying services & Instructions on how to plan a visit
- Services for those who can’t go to record office & List of publications for sale
- Family History Sources -
Parish Register Guide online – detailed parish record holdings at record office
Non-parochial Register Guide – detailed record holdings at record office
No online databases
- Collections -
Summary guide about office’s holdings
Catalogues available throuch Access to Archives
Galleries – online exhibitions of original material
Gateway to other collections & facilities in Southeast
Contact Information:
9 Coley Avenue, Reading
RG1 6AF
Telephone 0118-901-5132
e-mail: arch@reading.gov.uk
Web site: www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk
Collections Gateway[edit | edit source]
- Access to variety of collections held by museums, archives and libraries
- Search engine for searching Berkshire and Reading collections
Web site: www.collectionsgateway.org.uk
Reading Central Library[edit | edit source]
Contains local studies section
3,000 photographs & illustrations and a library catalogue - all online
Offers research services
Web site: www.readinglibraries.org.uk/aboutus/central.htm
Berkshire Medical Heritage Center
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Level 4
Main Entrance
Royal Berkshire Hospital
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
Telephone: 0118 987 7298
Web site: http://bmhc.org
Eton College
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College Library
Windsor
SL4 6DB
Telephone: 01753 671269
e-mail: archivist@etoncollege.org.uk
Web site: http://etoncollege.com
Museum of English Rural Life
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University of Reading
Redlands Road
Reading
RG1 5EX
Telephone: 0118 378 8660
e-mail: merl@reading.ac.uk
Web site: http://merl.org.uk
The Museum of Berkshire Aviation Trust
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Mohawk Way
Off Bader Way
Woodley
Reading
RG5 4UE
Telephone: 0118 944 8189
e-mail: MuseumBerksAv@gmail.com
Web site: www.museumofberkshireaviation.co.uk
West Berkshire Heritage Service - Newbury
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West Berkshire Museum
The Wharf
Newbury
RG14 5AS
Telephone: 01635 519532
e-mail: jburrell@westberks.gov.uk