Online resources

Search the archives details the online resources available where you can search and download records. Resources of interest listed include the National Register of Archives, ARCHON and Access to Archives, as well as Your Archives, a wiki for researchers to share their knowledge of archival sources.

 

 

The National Archives Library contains over 65,000 books, journals and pamphlets on open access. A further 800 electronic publications and other resources are available on site only.

A range of online exhibitions that will be of interest to a varied audience, including academics, is available, as well as tutorials in Latin and palaeography.

A transcription of the Parliament Rolls from c.1270 to 1503, with associated information and commentary. The project was funded by the Leverhulme Trust and carried out in partnership with St Andrews University and Scholarly Digital Editions (SDE).  The transcriptions are also available as a CD-ROM from Scholarly Digital Editions, as well as in hard copy volumes.

A translation of the Fine Rolls of Henry III, 1216-1248, with digital facsimile images and associated information and commentary. The project was funded by the AHRC and carried out in partnership with Kings College London (KCL) and Christ Church University, Canterbury.  The translations are also available as hard copy volumes. This is phase one of a two phase project; phase two covers the Rolls from 1249-1272. More information can be found in our Research pages.

A guide to the resources we hold relating to security and intelligence history is available online, for those researchers working within this area. We also hold around six million maps and plans, ranging from the fourteenth century to the modern day.

See our new document releases for those records recently made available under the Freedom of Information Act.