Dorset History Centre

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Bridport Road
Dorchester
England
DT1 1RP

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Telephone: 01305 250 550

Email: archives@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

Open: Wednesday-Friday 9-5 (document retrieval 9-12.45, 2-4.30); 1st Saturday of month 9-4.30 (document retrieval 9-4)

Closed: Bank holidays, Easter Saturday

  • Wheelchair access
  • Research Service
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Dorset History Centre houses the joint archives service for Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole, and the Dorset Local Studies Collection

  • Appointment must be made to view original documents
  • There is a guide to parish registers on the website, and many catalogues of parishes, schools, estate and business archives are available in the former Access to Archives data now in The National Archives' Discovery database
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    • ARCHON code: 31

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    Collections information

    Businesses (310)

    Organisations (2027)

    Persons (174)

    Diaries (49)

    Families (200)

    Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (273)

    Accessions

    These are selected lists of new or additional collections that were acquired by this archive during a specific year. If a date is not displayed there are no accessions for that year.

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