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Public Record Office

British  

noun

  1. an institution in which official records are stored and kept available for inspection by the public

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Key to the enterprise has been a book, “A Guide to the Records Deposited in the Public Record Office of Ireland,” published three years before the fire by the office’s head archivist, Herbert Wood.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

The latest release of state papers from the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland covers the years between 1997 to 2001.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

The concern was highlighted in documents released by the Public Record Office in Belfast.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2014

David Crook, the retired former assistant keeper of public records at the Public Record Office, tells me over tea one afternoon at his home in Grantham.

From The Guardian • Apr. 14, 2010

He sought out the British Public Record Office, off Chauncery Lane, and was soon immersed in the mass of letters, official reports, journal of the Assembly, and other papers.

From Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

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