Archives

Here you can explore the hundreds of community archives listed on this site. You can also find archives on our interactive map. If you can’t see a particular archive listed, please add it to the directory.

Latest archives

GhostViewer - See Through Time
GhostViewer is a free, growing online archive of historic photographs from towns, villages, and cities across the United Kingdom, paired with an interactive "then and now" rephotography tool that lets users align historic images with the same view today.
Benhall & Sternfield History Group Archive
The local history of two villages: Benhall and Sternfield. We have a physical archive based in Benhall Green and a website.
Norfolk Family History Society
A must-visit repository of information relating to family history in Norfolk and further afield.
British Karting Heritage Project
The ‘British Karting Heritage Project’ is a personal ‘not-for-profit’ project intended to preserve and promote the history and heritage of British karting.
Brass Bands Archive
The Brass Bands Archive records over a century of brass band history in Britain and internationally.
Heritage Buddies
The Heritage Buddies community archive contains primary material covering historic graveyards in Renfrewshire.

Windrush in the Far South West
This programme sees communities and groups invited into The Box to interrogate its collections through a particular lens. The most recent iteration of the group was designed to allow people from the Global Majority to look at what was there. The group were particularly struck by images from the 1950s showing people of Caribbean ancestry arriving at Millbay Docks in Plymouth.
Our Warwickshire
The Our Warwickshire Community History website focusses on community involvement and engagement. It hosts a number of archival contributions from the community including histories, reminiscences, and images.
Glasgow Zine Library
Glasgow Zine Library is a community archive and zine library based in Govanhill, Glasgow, established in 2018. We have a growing international collection of roughly 4000 zines (self-published magazines).
The Liberties Weavers Dublin
The Liberties Weavers is a voluntary community group dedicated to breathing new life into the 1000 years of history, weaving and textile production in the Liberties, in the centre of Dublin.