The National Archives
We are a non-ministerial department, and the official archive and publisher for the UK Government, and for England and Wales.
The 1921 Census of England and Wales - The National Archives
The 1921 Census: the largest census release ever in England and Wales. On 19 June 1921, close to 38 million individuals in England and Wales completed a census return.
Census records - The National Archives
1. Why use this guide? This guide explains how to access the historical censuses from 1841 to 1921 and provides information on using the census returns of: England Wales the Channel …
Digital Downloads: Online access to over 1,000 years of history
Digital Downloads allows you to access records online anytime and anywhere via Discovery, our catalogue. There are over 8.8 million records available to download: Digitised collections First …
Living in 1960s Britain Timeline - The National Archives
Download the timeline as a PDF 1960 The United States of America enters the Vietnam War. NASA’s space probe, Pioneer 5 is launched into orbit between Earth and Venus. The Beatles …
Criminal court cases: Crown courts since 1972 - The National …
6. Director of Public Prosecutions files. The Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) was created in 1879 with powers to institute and conduct criminal proceedings in any of the senior …
Partition of British India - The National Archives
Tasks; Background; Teachers' notes; External links; Connections to curriculum ; In the below video, Iqbal Singh, Hannah Carter and Eleanor Newbigin introduce a document relating to the …
Divorce - The National Archives
1. Why use this guide? This guide will help you to find records held at The National Archives for divorce and separation. You are unlikely to find documents for any divorce since 1937 among …
Suffragettes on file - The National Archives
Connections to the curriculum Key stage 5. AQA – A Level History: Britain in Transition 1906-1957: The Liberal Crisis 1906-1914. Edexcel – A Level History: Protest, Agitation and …
Digitised First World War records - First World War portal
We hold a vast collection of documents, letters, diaries, maps and photographs from the First World War, many of which have been digitised and can be searched and downloaded online.