Buckinghamshire Archives and Libraries

Archives and Library
Buckinghamshire Archives and the Local History Library County Hall Walton Street Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 1UU UK Telephone: 01296 382 587 Email: archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk Website Facebook Catalogue Request a parish register search

Libraries

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Milton Keynes Local Studies and Archives 555 Silbury Boulevard Saxon Gate East Central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK9 3HL UK Telephone: 01908 254051 Email: [mailto:central.library@milton-keynes.gov.uk central.library@milton-keynes.gov.uk] Local Studies, archives and family history library Libraries
 * A comprehensive collection of information relating to the history of Buckinghamshire, the Milton Keynes Council area, and Milton Keynes New Town.

Museums

 * 'List of museums in Buckinghamshire' in Wikipedia.
 * Google listing of museums in Buckinghamshire

Bletchley Park Trust The Mansion Bletchley Park Sherwood Drive Bletchley Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK3 6EB UK Telephone: 01908 640404 Email: [mailto:info@bletchleypark.org.uk info@bletchleypark.org.uk] Website: Bletchley Park


 * Bletchley Park was the central site for British codebreakers during World War II. It housed the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), it regularly penetrated the secret communications of the Axis Powers – most importantly the German Enigma and Lorenz ciphers. The official historian of World War II British Intelligence has written that the "Ultra" intelligence produced at Bletchley shortened the war by two to four years, and that without it the outcome of the war would have been uncertain.

Buckinghamshire County Museum Church St. Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 2QP UK Telephone: 1296 331441 Email: [mailto:museum@buckscountymuseum.org museum@buckscountymuseum.org] Website: Buckinghamshire County Museum


 * The Buckinghamshire County Museum is a museum in the centre of Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire, England. It displays artefacts pertinent to the history of Buckinghamshire including geological displays, costume, agriculture and industry. The museum also features changing art exhibits in the Buckinghamshire Art Gallery.


 * The museum is housed in three old buildings that have been joined together: a chapel in St Mary's Square, the old Aylesbury Grammar School (before it was moved to its present location) and Ceely House. To the rear of the building, in what used to be Ceely House's coach house, is the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery.

Civil Records Offices
The General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their website (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the more narrowed-down records of county registry offices.


 * Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the historic and current registration districts and their parishes, in Buckinghamshire, see UKBMD: Registration Districts in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire Civil Records Office Walton Street Offices Aylesbury HP20 1XF UK Telephone: 01296 383 005 Email: registrars@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
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Beaconsfield Old Town Registration Office 29 Windsor End Beaconsfield HP9 2JJ UK Telephone: 01494 475 205 Email: registrars@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
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High Wycombe Library Registration Office 5 Eden Place High Wycombe HP11 2DH UK Telephone: 01494 475 200 Email: registrars@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
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Milton Keynes Civil Registry Office 1 Saxon Gate East Central Milton Keynes MK9 3EJ UK Telephone: 01908 372101 Email: registrars@milton-keynes.gov.uk
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