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Record
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Studies Centres
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Records
for mid and south Kent are held at the Centre for Kentish Studies - 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 East Kent
Archives 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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CENTRE
FOR KENTISH STUDIES |
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managed
by Kent County Council |
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CONTACT |
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Address |
Centre
for Kentish Studies, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent, ME14
1XQ |
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Telephone
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(01622)
694363 |
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E-Mail
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archives@kent.gov.uk |
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ACCESS |
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Opening
Hours |
see
Opening Times within the record office's Home
Page |
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Entry
Access |
member
of CARN readers ticket scheme |
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Visiting
Guide |
see
Guide
for New Users
(a 5 page PDF document) within the record office's web site |
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Directions |
see
street map on the first page of the
Guide
for New Users within
the record office's web site |
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Postal
Research |
fee
based research service provided - see
Research
Service page
within the record office's web site for details |
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SOURCES
HELD |
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Summary |
see
Brief
Guide to Collections (an 8 page 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 - contact record office for details |
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Own
Photos |
not
permitted |
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Microform |
microform
reader-printer available - 50p per printout |
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WEB
SITE |
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Access |
Home
Page |
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Content |
adequate
information provided on visiting the record office and its main holdings |
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Navigation |
not
as clear as it could be - sometimes difficult to return up a level |
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NEARBY
ACCOMMODATION |
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Hotels |
see
list of nearby hotels |
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EAST
KENT ARCHIVES CENTRE |
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managed
by Kent County Council |
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CONTACT |
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Address |
East
Kent Archives Centre, Enterprise Zone, Honeywood Road, Whitfield, Dover,
CT16 3EH |
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Telephone
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(01304)
829306 |
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E-Mail
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EastKentArchives@kent.gov.uk |
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ACCESS |
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Opening
Hours |
see
Opening Times within the record office's Home
Page |
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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
steetmap provided by Multimap |
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Postal
Research |
fee
based research service provided - see
Research
Service page
within the record office's web site for details |
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SOURCES
HELD |
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Summary |
see
Brief
Guide to Collections (a 4 page 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 - contact record office for details |
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Own
Photos |
not
permitted |
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Microform |
microform
reader-printer available - 50p per printout |
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WEB
SITE |
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Access |
Home
Page |
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Content |
lacks
certain information on visiting the record office |
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Navigation |
not
as clear as it could be - sometimes difficult to return up a level |
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NEARBY
ACCOMMODATION |
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Hotels |
see
list of nearby hotels |
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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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Summary |
main
types of records listed within the record office's Online
Leaflet (in PDF format) |
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Online
Catalogue |
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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NEARBY
ACCOMODATION |
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Hotels |
see
list of nearby hotels |
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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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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 Times within the Planning
Your Visit 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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Postal
Research |
fee
based research service provided - see
Archive
Services page
within the record office's web site for details |
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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 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 - see
Reprographic
Charges for costs |
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Repro
Services |
photographic
and scanning reproduction services available - see Reprographic
Charges for details |
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Own
Photos |
not
permitted |
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Microform |
microform
reader-printer available - 50p per 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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NEARBY
ACCOMMODATION |
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Hotels |
see
list of nearby hotels |
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Hostels |
YHA Canterbury - large Victorian villa in leafy part of the city - 0.7 miles
from record office |
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Kipps Independent Hostel - elegant 120 year old town house - 0.5 miles from
record office |
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University |
Canterbury
Christ Church University - rooms available during university vacations
- 0.3 miles from record office |
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University
of Kent - rooms available in the university campus on outskirts of the
city during Easter and Summer vacations - 3.2 miles from the record office |
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This
page last updated: 9 April 2008 |
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