Surrey History Centre
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| scope = Surrey
| established = {{Start date|1999|03|31|df=yes}}{{cite journal |last1= Stuttard |first1= JC |year= 1999 |title= Surrey History Centre, Woking, opened by the Prince of Wales |url= https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/VOL_6_NO_3_1999.pdf |journal= Proceedings of the Leatherhead & District Local History |volume= 6 |issue= 3 |page= 54 |access-date= 5 February 2021}}
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Surrey History Centre in Woking, Surrey, England, collects and rescues archives and printed materials relating to Surrey's past and present.
Building and facilities
The present building was conceived in the mid-1990s, driven by the need, recognised by Surrey County Council since the late 1970s, to replace the former Surrey Record Office, then in Kingston upon Thames. The building concept was influenced by the West Sussex Record Office under construction at the time. The construction project was an early recipient of Heritage Lottery Fund funding, being awarded £2.75M in December 1995.{{cite journal |first=David |last=Robinson |title=Surrey History Centre: the experience of lottery application |journal=Journal of the Society of Archivists |volume=18 |number=2 |date=1997 |pages=151–163 |doi=10.1080/00379819709511822}} This supplemented the provision of the site and £3.75M funding from Surrey County Council. The design was by W.S. Atkins and MJ Gleeson Group were the contractor.{{cite web|url=https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/history-centre/visit/building |title=Surrey History Centre building |publisher=Surrey County Council |accessdate=11 August 2020}} The centre was formally opened on 31 March 1999 by Prince Charles.
The new building brought together collections from the Surrey Record Office, the Guildford Muniment Room (a Grade II listed building in Guildford),{{NHLE |num=1377895 |desc=The Guildford Muniment Room |date =15 March 1988|accessdate=11 August 2020}} and the Surrey Local Studies Library, formerly located in Guildford Library.
Collections
Among the most notable collections are the official records of Surrey County Council since 1889; the historical records of the Mores and More-Molyneux of Loseley Park, near Guildford;{{cite web |title= The Loseley Manuscripts at Surrey History Centre |date= 24 February 2023 |publisher= Surrey County Council |url= https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/history-centre/researchers/guides/loseley-manuscripts |access-date= 28 February 2023 }} the records of the many mental hospitals in the county;{{cite web |url= https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/history-centre/marvels/disability-and-mental-health-history-in-surrey |date= 27 January 2023 |title= Disability and mental health history in Surrey |publisher= Surrey County Council |access-date= 15 March 2023 }} Philip Bradley's collection of fairground photographs;{{cite web |title= The Philip Bradley fairground collection |date= 12 December 2022 |publisher= Surrey County Council |url= https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/history-centre/researchers/guides/fairground-collection |access-date= 28 February 2023 }} papers of Lewis Carroll and "Carrolliana";{{cite news |date= 30 January 2015 |title= Surrey History Centre to feature in BBC documentary on Alice author Lewis Carroll |work= Surrey News |publisher= Surrey County Council |url= https://news.surreycc.gov.uk/2015/01/30/surrey-history-centre-to-feature-in-bbc-documentary-on-alice-author-lewis-carroll/ |access-date= 28 February 2023 }} the papers of the Labour politician and Home Secretary James Chuter Ede;{{cite web |last= Hyams |first= Jill |date= 1 December 2016 |title= James Chuter Ede, Politician, Educationist and Soldier (1882-1965) |url= https://www.surreyinthegreatwar.org.uk/story/james-chuter-ede-politician-educationist-and-soldier-1882-1965/ |publisher= Surrey in the Great War |access-date= 28 February 2023 }} manuscripts and papers of the author R. C. Sherriff;{{cite news |date= 16 February 2018 |title= In pictures: Surrey History Centre archive chronicles real people and events behind new Journey’s End film |url= https://news.surreycc.gov.uk/2018/02/16/in-pictures-surrey-history-centre-archive-chronicles-real-people-and-events-behind-new-journeys-end-film/ |work= Surrey News |publisher= Surrey County Council |access-date= 28 February 2023 }} archives, plans and garden designs of Gertrude Jekyll;{{cite web |title= Gertrude Jekyll's Surrey archive |date= 26 November 2020 |url= https://www.surreygardenstrust.org.uk/jekyll-project |publisher= Surrey Gardens Trust |access-date= 15 March 2023 }} archives of the infantry regiments associated with the county, including the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), the East Surrey Regiment and the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment;{{cite web |url= https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/history-centre/researchers/guides/queens-royal-regiment |date= 21 February 2023 |title= The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment |publisher= Surrey County Council |access-date= 15 March 2023 }} archives of Surrey clubs, societies and local organisations, including Surrey County Cricket Club{{cite web |url= https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/history-centre/marvels/surrey-county-cricket-club-celebrates-175-years |date= 2 March 2023 |title= Surrey County Cricket Club celebrates 175 years |publisher= Surrey County Council |access-date= 15 March 2023 }} and Epsom Grandstand Association;{{cite web |title= Epsom Grand Stand Association Ltd |url= https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F184491 |publisher= The National Archives |access-date= 15 March 2023 }} and the archives of major businesses such as Dennis Specialist Vehicles Ltd of Guildford.{{cite web |url= https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/history-centre/researchers/guides/dennis-specialist-vehicles |date= 10 March 2023 |title= Dennis specialist vehicles |publisher= Surrey County Council |access-date= 15 March 2023 }}
The archives of John Broadwood & Sons and a large number of papers relating to members of the Broadwood family, including Lucy Broadwood the folk song collector, which are all housed at Surrey History Centre, were the subject of an extensive conservation programme, aided by Heritage Lottery Fund funding and completed in 2006.{{cite web |title=Broadwood conservation project|url=https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/history-centre/researchers/guides/piano-manufacturers/conservation|publisher=Surrey County Council|date=25 December 2016|access-date=14 August 2020}}
Surrey History Centre holds an extensive collection of parish registers. Most of their Church of England parish registers, from 1538 to 1987 (baptisms to 1912; marriages to 1937; and burials to 1987) are now available via ancestry.co.uk. The online Guide to parish registers held at Surrey History Centre indicates that significant numbers of the registers for parishes historically in Surrey but now in London are held by London Metropolitan Archives.{{cite web |url=https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/36486/Guide-to-Parish-Registers-held-at-Surrey-History-Centre-December-2019.pdf |title=Guide to parish registers held at Surrey History Centre |access-date=11 August 2020}}
See also
- Surrey Archaeological Society
- Surrey Historic Buildings Trust
- Surrey Record Society
- {{Commons category inline|Surrey History Centre}}
References
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Sources
- {{Cite book |title=Documents in the Surrey Record Office: an exhibition of documents and repair |location=Guildford |publisher=Surrey Record Society |date=1961}}
- {{citation |title=Hand list of deposited muniments (special collections) in the County Record Office|location=Kingston upon Thames |publisher=Surrey County Record Office |date=1949}}
- {{cite book |title=Oil paintings in public ownership in Surrey |editor-first=Sonia |editor-last=Roe |location=London |publisher=Public Catalogue Foundation |date=2006 |isbn=9781904931256}}
- {{cite book |title=Parish records : a brief introduction |first=Deborah |last=Jenkins |location=Kingston upon Thames |publisher=Surrey Record Office |date=1977 }}(reissued 1981)
- {{cite book |title=Surrey musters (taken from the Loseley MSS) |volume=4 vols |location=London |publisher=Surrey Record Society |date=1914–1919}}
External links
- {{official website|https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/history-centre}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/history-centre/researchers/guides/stored-films/list-of-film |title=List of film at Surrey History Centre |accessdate=11 August 2020}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.surreyarchives.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/heritage-anniversary-booklet.pdf|publisher=Surrey Heritage |title=70 favourites from our collection 1948-2018|date=2018| accessdate=11 August 2020}}
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