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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

His complaint has been revealed in previously confidential files released by the Public Record Office in Belfast.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2017

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

They are to be found in the British Public Record Office, CO5-1371, have now been transcribed by the Library of Congress and some have been published in the Virginia Magazine, Vols.

From Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

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