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The Public Record Office, Chancery Lane in the City of London, was the guardian of the national archives of the United Kingdom from 1838 until 2003, when it was merged with the Historical Manuscripts
Entrance of the Public Record Office on Chancery Lane, now the Maughan Library, King's College London
Surviving part of the Rolls Chapel, now the "Weston Room" of the Maughan Library, King's College London, viewed in 2013
The Kew building photographed in 2002, shortly before the name change to The National Archives
An original cell of the Public Record Office at the Maughan Library
The National Archives is the official national archive of the UK Government, and for England and Wales. The institution holds documents dating back over 1,000 years, and is open to the public and free
Public Record Office
…the guardian of the national archives of the United Kingdom from 1838 until 2003, when it was merged with the Historical Manuscripts Commission to form The National Archives, based in Kew. It was under the control of the Master of the Rolls, a senior judge. The Public Record Office still exists as a legal entity, as the…
Main entrance to The National Archives building at Kew
UK Prime Minister William Gladstone's 19th-century "red box", held in the archives
Entrance gates to The National Archives from Ruskin Avenue: the notched vertical elements were inspired by medieval tally sticks.
Treaty of Brétigny chest in the collection