West Yorkshire History Centre
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west-yorkshire-history-centre-184-7397345
title:
West Yorkshire History Centre
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The West Yorkshire History Centre is an archive in Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, in England. The centre evolved from the West Riding Registry of Deeds, opened on Kirkgate in Wakefield in 1704. This was the first such registry in England. In 1932, the records were transferred to a new building on Newstead Road in the city, later becoming the West Yorkshire Archive Service. It moved to its current building, back on Kirkgate, in 2016, by which time it held more than 10 million records. It is run by
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wiki
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Yorkshire_History_Centre
date created:
2023-11-19T00:19:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T11:41:01Z
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