The Borough Archives have had a chequered history.

In the course of the last century various parts of them have been stored in the Town Hall, at the offices of Maule and Winter (80 High Street – a building demolished for the ring road), Ambury House, the old County Record Office (in the former Grammar School buildings) and Castle Hill House, before they were deposited in the present County Record Office in Grammar School Walk in 1976.
 
There must be many people locally who remember them in those places and can help us to piece together the complex jigsaw.

We are interested in things like who decided what should be kept, who looked after them, how they were stored and what use was made of them. Perhaps you might also know of records that strayed elsewhere or were destroyed.

If you think you can help please get in touch - our contact details are in the right-hand column.