Breaking the barriers is an online exhibition showcasing some of the irreplaceable historical documents held by Cambridgeshire Archives Service.

This display has been created as part of Cambridgeshire County Council's Diversity Week 2006, and draws on resources at Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Archives.

To view the exhibits, please click on the links in the left hand column.

Each page contains one or more thumbnail images. When you click on a thumbnail, a larger version of the document will appear.

We hope that Breaking the Barriers will help you appreciate the wide variety of historical sources which are available in Cambridgeshire's archives.

Breaking the Barriers has been written by Sue Neville and Alan Akeroyd of Cambridgeshire Archives Service. The images were created by Sue Martin of the FSB Scanning Bureau.

The Breaking the Barriers logo is an original photographic artwork called "Freedom," created by Sue Martin of the FSB Scanning Bureau, 2006.