Royal Berkshire Archives

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The Royal Berkshire Archives is the record office for the county of Berkshire in the United Kingdom. It is located in Reading. [1] It opened as the Berkshire Record Office on 10 August 1948 in The Forbury, Reading. [2] [3] It moved to the new Shire Hall beside the M4 in 1981, and to its present home in Coley Avenue, Reading, in 2000. [4] On 10 August 2023, its 75th anniversary, the record office was renamed to Royal Berkshire Archives. [5]

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  1. ↑ "Location". Berkshire Record Office. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Welcome To The Berkshire Record Office". The Berkshire Record Office. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Berkshire Record Office website: The Forbury, 1948-1980
  4. ↑ Berkshire Record Office website: Shire Hall, 1981-2000
  5. ↑ Royal Berkshire Archives [@BerksArchives] (10 August 2023). "In tribute to 75 years of archival service in Berkshire, the only Royal County in the UK, we successfully applied for a Royal title. Our new name is the Royal Berkshire Archives. #75Today 🥳" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 August 2023– via Twitter.

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