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Essex Record Office

Essex Record Office
Wharf Road
Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6YT UK
Telephone: 03330 132 500
Email: ero.enquiry@essex.gov.uk
Website: Essex Record Office
Catalogue: Catalogue

This is the online catalogue for the Essex Record Office. Here you can find a description of every document we look after. You can also see how each item fits into the collection.

The Essex Record Office holds many thousands of documents, maps, photographs, sound recordings and videos. Most of these have not been digitised. To see these you will have to visit the Essex Record Office in person, or apply for a search, or ask for a copy of a document to be sent to you.

Archives

Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Centre

Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Centre
Valence House
Becontree Avenue
Dagenham, London RM8 3HT UK
Telephone: 020 8227 2033
Email: localstudies@lbbd.gov.uk
Website: Archives and Local Studies Centre

Visit the Archives and Local Studies Centre at Valence House and delve into our wonderful collection of maps, manuscripts, photographs, local newspapers, books, CD-Roms, and much more.

Libraries

Albert Sloman Library - Special Collections

Albert Sloman Library - Special Collections
Library
The University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester, Essex CO4 3UA UK
Telephone: 01206 873192
Email: libline@essex.ac.uk
Website: Sloman Special Collections

Museums

Chelmsford Museums

Chelmsford Museums
Oaklands Park
Moulsham St.
Chelmsford, Essex CM2 9AQ UK
Telephone: 1245 605700
Website: Chelmsford Museums

Chelmsford Museums consists of Chelmsford Museum, the Essex Regimental Museum, and the industrial and science collections at Sandford Mill.

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