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PRONOM is an online technical registry providing impartial and definitive information about file formats, software products and other technical components required to support long-term access of electronic records.
on Sep 16
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Try our online currency converter and find out how many animals, stones of wool and quarters of wheat you can buy, and how much you could earn.
on Sep 5
The cats at the heart of government | The National Archives Blog
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Since the 1800s there has been a group of government employees given free range over Whitehall: the government’s cats…
on Aug 14
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on Aug 6
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on Jun 28
British Response to V1 and V2 - The National Archives
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Investigate how serious a threat these weapons were to Britain in 1943.
on May 21
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on Apr 5
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on Mar 26
Life and death in Hong Kong during the Second World War - The National Archives blog
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Now catalogued and searchable by name, this series of nominal cards highlight the experiences of those impacted by the 1941 invasion of Hong Kong.
on Mar 21
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on Mar 20
Pristine sweater in parcel posted in 1807 - The National Archives
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A 217 year old parcel found among the Prize Papers at The National Archives contained a beautifully designed red woollen sweater
on Mar 7
Electro-therapeutic cures in the Victorian Age - The National Archives blog
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The Victorian period saw the introduction of countless imaginative and bizarre electronic devices that promised to transform lives as theoretical understandings of electricity developed. Sensationalist lectures and demonstrations involving electricity became really popular forms of entertainment...
on Feb 29
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Ravenser Odd was a short-lived island in the mouth of the River Humber. It rose from the sea in the early 13th century and had sunk beneath the waves again by 1360. Documents at The National Archives provide intriguing glimpses into its brief and turbulent life.
on Feb 20
Khalid Sheldrake: The East Dulwich man who would be King -
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Bertie Sheldrake was a South London pickle manufacturer who converted to Islam and became king of a far-flung Islamic republic before returning to London and settling back into obscurity.
on Dec 13
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Podcast of a talk given at The National Archives
on Dec 7
She knew it like the back of her hand … - The National Archives blog
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The National Archives holds a vast accumulation of historic maps but few are as unusual as this one (document reference EXT 11/159). It’s a leather glove painted with a map of London landmarks and was designed to help fashionable ladies find their way to and from the Great Exhibition held in...
on Dec 4
Letters Unread: Opening closed letters in the Prize Papers project - The National Archives blog
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Conservator Camilla Camus-Doughan showcases how she opened envelopes that had been sealed for centuries.
on Nov 21
File profiling tool (DROID) - The National Archives
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DROID stands for Digital Record Object Identification. It’s a free software tool developed by The National Archives that will help you to automatically profile a wide range of file formats. For example, it will tell you what versions you have, their age and size, and when they were last changed....
on Nov 8
Catalogued: The State Papers of George III - The National Archives blog
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Dedicated volunteers have described 2,749 items from the years 1760 to 1783. What did they find?
on Oct 24
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on Oct 20
The papers of Nuestra Señora de Covadonga, a Spanish treasure galleon
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This previously unknown set of records from an 18th-century galleon shines a light on one of history's most significant trade routes.
on Oct 19
The early photography of Hong Kong at The National Archives - The National Archives blog
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Angela Cheung investigates a photo album called ‘Hongkong & Macao, The Typhoon of 22 Sept 1874’
on Oct 19, 2023