The Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
Welcome to the History Centre, your passport to the past
The Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre is open to the public on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9.30am to 5pm, and on the first Saturday of the month. Whether a first-time visitor or a regular you are assured a warm and friendly welcome from our staff who are on hand to answer your queries and help you make the most of your time in the search room.
Ahead of your visit you can search our online archive catalogue.
It is advisable to book your archives and local studies visit in advance by contacting us by email or telephone. If you have any problems or queries please get in touch by email in the first instance or telephone 01249 705500.
Latest News
National Lottery Heritage Fund grant award: Grounds for Appeal
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant of £234,123 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to undertake an exciting project working with 14 other archive services across England and Wales on records of First World War military service appeal tribunals. The project “Grounds for [...]
The Wiltshire and Swindon Farmsteads Guidance
Wiltshire Farmsteads English Heritage has supported Wiltshire Council in developing guidance to help assess farmsteads at the earliest stage of the planning process and the Wiltshire Buildings Record in their work on historic character and significance. Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council intends to adopt these documents as informal [...]
Book review: England’s Military Heartland
England’s Military Heartland: Preparing for War on Salisbury Plain Vron Ware, Antonia Lucia Dawes, Mitra Pariyar and Alice Cree Manchester University Press 2025 ISBN: 9781526174840 266 pages, paperback This publication is the culmination of a social study brought about by the Ministry of Defence’s expansion of the Salisbury Plain [...]
