London Archives
Public research centre in London
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About
The London Archives, previously known as the Greater London Record Office (1965–1997) and London Metropolitan Archives (1997–2024) is the principal local government archive repository for the Greater London area, including the City of London. It is administered and financed by the City of London Corporation, and is the largest county record office in the United Kingdom.
The archive is based at 40 Northampton Road, Clerkenwell, London. It attracts more than 30,000 visitors a year and deals with a similar number of written enquiries. The holdings amount to more than 72 miles (116 km) of records of local, regional and national importance. With the earliest record dating from 1067, the archive charts the development of the capital into a modern-day major world city.
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