Web Links

The Association for Industrial Archaeology
IET – The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Exeter Memories – Historic Exeter

Amberley Museum (The Milne Collection from SEEB)
Bristol Museums
Bristol Industrial Archeology Society (BIAS)
CEGB Midlands Region –  A website for Craft Apprentices and Student Trainees who worked in the Midlands Region during the 1960’s
Cornwall County Council
Devon County Council
Devon Museums
Manchester Museum of Science and Industry
Michael Faraday at The Royal Institution
The National Archives
The Science Museum
The National Science and Media Museum
The National Railway Museum
South West Heritage Trust
Smithsonian – Science Service Historical Image Collection – Contains many electric images
SSE Heritage Collection
Theatre of Electricity

Record Offices and Archives

The UK has a comprehensive network of local government record offices and archives, usually at county or city level. They are a treasure trove for local historians and researchers. The Record Offices within the WPEHS (WPD) area are as follows:

Bristol Archives, “B” Bond Warehouse, Smeaton Road, Bristol BS1 6XN
Cornwall Record Office, Old County Hall, Treyew Road, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3AY
Devon Heritage Centre, Great Moor House, Bittern Road, Sowton, Exeter EX2 7NL
Dorset History Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1RP
North Devon Record Office, Tuly Street, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 1EL
Archives and Local Studies at The Box Plymouth (formerly Plymouth and West Devon Record Office) The Box, Tavistock Place, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AX
Somerset Archives and Local Studies (Somerset Heritage Centre, Somerset Local Studies, North Somerset Archive Service), Brunel Way, Langford Mead, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset TA2 6SF
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wilts SN15 3QN
Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Gloucester, GL1 3DW
Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, County Hall, Walton Street, Aylesbury Bucks HP20 1UU
Pembrokeshire Archives, Haverfordwest, SA61 2PE
Glamorgan Archives, Clos Parc, Morgannwg, Lechwith, Cardiff CF11 8AB
Warwickshire County Record Office, Priory Park, Cape Road, Warwick CV34 4JS
Worcestershire Archives and Archaeological Services, The Hive, The Butts, Worcester WR1 3PD
Oxford History Centre, St. Lukes Church, Temple Road, Oxford, OX4 2HT
Carmarthenshire Archive Services, Parc Myrddin, Carmarthen SA31 1DS
(The Carmarthenshire entry is out of date – need to find new details)
Powys County Archives, Unit 29, Ddole Road, Enterprise Park, Llandrindod LD1 6DF
Gwent Archives, Steel Works Road, Ebbw Vale, NP23 6AA
Herefordshire Archives and Record Centre, Fir Tree Lane, Dinedor, Hereford HR2 6LA
Lincolnshire Archives, St. Rumbold Street, Lincoln LN2 5AB
Staffordshire Heritage and Archives, Eastgate Street, Stafford, ST16 2LZ
Shropshire Archives, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AQ
Derbyshire Record Office, New Street, Matlock, DE4 3FE
Nottinghamshire Archives, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham NG2 1AG
Northamptonshire Record Office, Wootton Hall Park, Northampton NN4 8BQ
Ceredigion Archives, Old Town Hall, Queens Road, Aberystwyth SY23 2EB