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 Website: [http://www.wshc.eu Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre] <br>
 Catalogue: [http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/archives/ Wiltshire and Swindon Archives Catalogue]
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-'''Wiltshire and Swindon Archives''' (also known as Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office)<br>Cocklebury Road<br>Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 3QN UK<br>Telephone: 01249 705500<br>Email: [mailto:archives@wiltshire.gov.uk archives@wiltshire.gov.uk] <br>Website: [http://www.wshc.eu/about-wshc/archives.html Wiltshire and Swindon Archives]
-:Records are documents which survive from earliest recorded times to the present day in a variety of forms. They were produced in the course of everyday personal, legal, business and administrative affairs, but now form a significant source of historical information for all aspects of life in Wiltshire. The Wiltshire and Swindon Archives was established in 1947 to preserve these records and to make them available for research.
 '''Wiltshire Studies '''<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>Website: [http://www.wshc.eu/about-wshc/wiltshire-studies-library.html Wiltshire Studies]
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-:All Wiltshire libraries have collections of material about the county, and much of this can be borrowed. There is a large reference collection, which is especially strong on southern Wiltshire, at Salisbury Library.
-:The main collection is the Wiltshire Studies Library. This collection includes 25,000 books, 40,000 photographs, local newspapers from 1738, and Victorian censuses for Wiltshire. There is also a Heritage collection providing general information on Local and British History and related resources.
 '''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>Website: [http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community Wiltshire Community History]
 :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.