Somerset Archives and Local Studies

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The Somerset Archives and Local Studies holds the archives for the county of Somerset, England. The archives are held at Brunel Way, Langford Mead, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, and run by Somerset County Council.{{cite web|url=http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/|title=Somerset Archives and Local Studies|publisher=Somerset County Council|accessdate=16 January 2016}}

The records held include oral history recordings, estate and manorial records, parish registers and the archives of the Somerset Light Infantry and Avon and Somerset Constabulary.{{cite web|title=Archive collections at the Somerset Heritage Centre|url=http://www.tauntondeane.gov.uk/irj/public/services/directory/service%3Frid%3D/guid/30732561-0437-2c10-dea1-fd1faa2f8293?rid=/guid/30732561-0437-2c10-dea1-fd1faa2f8293?rid=/guid/30732561-0437-2c10-dea1-fd1faa2f8293&ssTab=3|publisher=Taunton Deane|accessdate=16 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/a?_ref=168|publisher=National Archives|accessdate=16 January 2016}}

Management of the archives has been taken over by a charity, the South West Heritage Trust.

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