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Libraries, Museums and Repositories, which we visit regularly in London apart from the National Archives at Kew. India Office Library Records of the Honourable East India Company and later of the Government of India. We visit this collection, (now part of the British Library), several times a month. The British Library The repository of the nation's books located at St Pancras, with an online bookshop. The British Library also aims to acquire all newspapers published in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland. The newspaper collection has issues of some editions from as early as 1603, which are archived at the facility at Colindale in North London. The Guildhall and the London Metropolitan Archives The home of the Corporation of London and an extraordinary range of archives including many sources for family history. Principal Probate Registry located in High Holborn, this is the repository for all Wills proved in England & Wales after 1858, (for earlier Wills - see National Archives descriptions for Wills and Administrations) The National Army Museum is the British Army's own museum and is located in Chelsea. It holds operational records from the Battle of Agincourt to peacekeeping duties in the 21st century. The Imperial War Museum has sites at Duxford and Trafford as well as the Cabinet War Rooms and HMS Belfast in London. The repository, which we visit regularly, is situated in Lambeth Road, south east London. The National Maritime Museum located on the famous meridian line at Greenwich. The public galleries display a thematically arranged selection but other records and facilities are available to researchers and we visit this museum regularly. R W O'HARA 15 Ruskin Avenue Kew, Richmond TW9 4DR England Return to Home Page |