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Records
for mid and south Kent are held at the Kent History Centre - see
below for contact details
Records for north west
Kent are held at the Medway Archives & Local Studies Centre - see
below for contact details
Parish records for east
Kent and records for the Canterbury area (City Council records, business
records, etc) are held at the Canterbury Cathedral Archives - see
below for contact details
Other records (school,
local authority, estates, etc.) for east Kent are held at the Kent
History Centre - see below for contact details
Records for those former
parts of Kent that are now within metropolitan London boroughs (i.e. within
Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich or Lewisham) are held at the London
Metropolitan Archives |
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KENT
HISTORY CENTRE |
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managed
by Kent County Council |
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CONTACT |
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Address |
Kent
History and Library Centre, James Whatman Way, Maidstone, ME14 1LQ |
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Telephone
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(08458)
247200 |
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E-Mail
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historyandlibrarycentre@kent.gov.uk |
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ACCESS |
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Opening
Hours |
see
Location,
travel and opening hours page |
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Entry
Access |
member
of CARN readers ticket scheme |
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Visiting
Guide |
see
downloadable PDF New
User Guide |
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Directions |
see
Location,
travel and opening hours page |
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Postal
Research |
fee
based service provided - see Starting
Your Research page |
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SOURCES
HELD |
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Summary |
see
Brief
Guide to Collections (a PDF document) within the record office's website |
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Online
Catalogue |
see
Kent Archives Services Online
Catalogue (shared with the Canterbury Cathedral Archives and the East
Kent Archives) |
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see
National Archives Access
to Archives
web site |
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COPYING
DOCUMENTS |
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Photocopying |
staff
only for permitted documents - 50p
per copy |
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Repro
Services |
photographic
reproduction service available - see Copying
Services and Charges (PDF document) for details |
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Own
Photos |
permitted
- daily charge of £10 |
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Microform |
microform
reader-printer available - 50p per A4 printout |
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WEB
SITE |
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Access |
Home
Page |
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Content |
adequate
on both visiting the centre and the centre's holdings |
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Navigation |
not
as clear as it could be - mixture of web pages and PDF documents |
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MEDWAY
ARCHIVES & LOCAL STUDIES CENTRE |
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managed
by Medway Council |
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CONTACT |
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Address |
Medway
Archives and Local Studies Centre, Civic Centre, Strood, Rochester, Kent,
ME2 4AU |
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Telephone
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(01634)
332714 |
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E-Mail
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malsc@medway.gov.uk |
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ACCESS |
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Opening
Hours |
see
Visiting the Archives
page within the record office's website |
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Entry
Access |
member
of CARN readers ticket scheme |
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Visiting
Guide |
see
Searchroom Rules
page within the record
office's website |
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Directions |
see
streetmap in the site's Visiting
the Archives page |
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Postal
Research |
limited
to 20 minutes per customer |
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SOURCES
HELD |
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Online
Images |
see
Medway
Ancestors page for online access to images of original parish registers
held in the custody the Medway Archives |
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Online
Catalogue |
see
CityArk page for online
access to the record office's catalogue |
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see
National Archives Access
to Archives
web site |
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COPYING
DOCUMENTS |
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Photocopying |
staff
only for permitted documents - 50p
per A4 copy, 75p per A3 copy |
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Repro
Services |
photographic
reproduction service available - contact record office for details |
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Own
Photos |
permitted
- use of flash at staff discretion - tripods allowed - £3.90 charge
plus 50p per photograph taken |
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Microform |
self
service microform reader printer available - 30p per A4 printout, 50p per
A3 printout |
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WEB
SITE |
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Access |
Home
Page
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Content |
comprehensive
on both visiting the record office and its contents - includes extensive
information on parish registers |
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Navigation |
satisfactory |
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CANTERBURY
CATHEDRAL ARCHIVES |
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managed
jointly by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury and Kent County Council |
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NOTE:
The parish registers from the catherdral's collection can now be viewed
online at the Find
My Past subscription site |
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CONTACT |
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Address |
Canterbury
Cathedral Archives, The Precincts, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2EH |
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Telephone
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(01227)
865330 |
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E-Mail
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archives@canterbury-cathedral.org |
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ACCESS |
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Opening
Hours |
see
Opening Hours within the Home
Page page on the record office's web site |
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Entry
Access |
member
of CARN readers ticket scheme |
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Visiting
Guide |
none
provided within the record office's web site |
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Directions |
see
Find
Your Way page
within the record office's web site |
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SOURCES
HELD |
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Summary |
see
Collections
page within the record office's website |
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Online
Catalogue |
see
Kent Archives Services Online
Catalogue (shared with the Kent History Centre Archives and the East
Kent Archives) |
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see
National Archives Access
to Archives
web site |
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COPYING
DOCUMENTS |
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Photocopying |
staff
only for permitted documents - see
Copying
Services and Charges for costs |
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Repro
Services |
photographic
and scanning reproduction services available - see Copying
Services and Charges for details |
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Own
Photos |
not
permitted |
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Microform |
microform
reader-printer available - 50p per A4 printout, £1 per A3 printout |
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WEB
SITE |
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Access |
Home
Page |
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Content |
fairly
limited information provided on visiting the record office and its holdings |
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Navigation |
satisfactory |
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This
page last updated: 14 February 2013 |
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