Historic England Archive

The Historic England Archive building in Swindon

The Historic England Archive is the public archive of Historic England, located in The Engine House on Fire Fly Avenue in Swindon, formerly part of the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway.

It is a public archive of architectural and archaeological records and holds over 12 million historic photographs, plans, drawings, reports, records and publications covering England's archaeology, architecture, social and local history. It is a dynamic collection, with records being added to this day.[1][2] The PastScape website allows searching of over 420,000 records (as of 2016).[3]

  1. ^ "Historic England Archive". Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  2. ^ "New photography acquisition – capturing local and family history". 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  3. ^ "PastScape – information on England's archaeology and architecture". pastscape.org.uk. Historic England. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

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