Royal Berkshire Archives Explained

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 75 anniversary, the record office was renamed to Royal Berkshire Archives.^[5]

Further reading

• Flynn, Sarah & Stevens, Mark. 'Petty criminals, publicans and sinners : petty sessions records in the Berkshire Record Office', Journal of the Society of Archivists 16 (1995), 41–53.
• Green, Angela. 'The Berkshire Record Office', Berkshire Archaeological Journal 68 (1975-6), 89–95.
• Hull, Felix. 'The Berkshire Record Office', Berkshire Archaeological Journal, 51 (1949 for 1948–9), 10–16.
• Walne, Peter. 'Local archives of Great Britain, 18: the Berkshire Record Office', Archives 4:22 (1959), 65–74.

External links

• Official website

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Location. Berkshire Record Office. 6 July 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110711145521/http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/location/. 11 July 2011.
2. Web site: Welcome To The Berkshire Record Office . The Berkshire Record Office . February 28, 2022.
3. http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/home-page/story-berkshire-record-office/forbury-1948-1980 Berkshire Record Office website: The Forbury, 1948-1980
4. http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/home-page/story-berkshire-record-office/shire-hall-1981-2000 Berkshire Record Office website: Shire Hall, 1981-2000
5. Royal Berkshire Archives . Royal Berkshire Archives . BerksArchives . 1689569793995595776 . 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 . 10 August 2023.