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We can today announce a major exhibition exploring the birth of the United States of America to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 2026. Revolution 250: The Making of the USA will open on 23 May 2026 and feature some of the most significant letters, papers, maps and […]
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The National Archives is helping make accessible a financial survey of the Church ordered by Henry VIII after his break with Rome. His inspectors counted 8,000 parish churches, 650 monasteries, 22 cathedrals and numerous chapels, chantries, colleges, schools, hospitals and poor houses as they travelled the length and breadth of England and Wales in 1535. […]
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Educators at The National Archives have won a prestigious prize for their history workshops. The team, all trained teachers, won The Sandford Award for Heritage Learning 2025. They bring alive history using maps, drawings, wills, censuses, illustrations and other records from around 26 million documents held at The National Archives in Kew. Sessions based on […]
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The National Archives is displaying records related to the Gresford Colliery disaster in Wrexham Library to mark the 91st anniversary on 22 September 2025. Two hundred and sixty-six men and boys died after an underground explosion and devastating fire. Most of the casualties of the disaster in 1934 lived in Wrexham and the surrounding villages. […]
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A 1642 will which caused a legal row about William Shakespeare’s property in Stratford-upon-Avon has been discovered at The National Archives. The will made by Thomas Nash on 25 August, 1642 was found in a box of Chancery documents from the 17th century and earlier. Until now, this original version of the will has never […]
