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by Edited by Jane Cox
| Paperback in Very Good condition. Laminated covers, no nicks, tears or creases. Published by HSMO Books 1988. 64 pages, illustrated with black and white, and colour photos. 20.9cm x 19.8cm x 6mm. Cover price: £3.50. Edited by Jane Cox, with contributions by David Thomas, Timothy Padfield and Michael Jubb.
How many people are aware of the richness of our documentary heritage?
The Public Record Office houses the world's finest state archive - ninety shelf-miles of records, spanning the 900 years from Domesday, William the Conqueror's survey of England, to the present era. As well as the formal records of law and government, thousands of parchment rolls, files and registers, containing millions of names and facts, there is a whole host of unlikely, exciting items 'secreted' by the great organism of the state - diaries, private letters, photographs, maps, even recipes. This book gives a taste of what may be seen and used by any member of the public who cares to delve into the past, to research his ancestry or the history of his village or town, to read the letters of long dead kings and queens, to trace the rise and fall of the British empire, or to follow the exploits of the famous.
The Public Record Office, Chancery Lane, London
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Publisher: HMSO
ISBN: 0114402167
Condition: Very Good |
1988
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| Postage & Handling to UK mainland: £3.00 | Price: £2.50
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