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The UKHO Archive Information Asset Register (IAR) contributes to the government-wide IAR, available through the Office of Public Sector Information.
The Natural History Museum (NHM) is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within 5 main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research, specialising in taxonomy, identification...
How to access the historical censuses from 1841 to 1921.
In this section you can read short biographies of notable people and explore the history of government buildings. You can also search our online records and read articles and blog posts by historians.
Series of non-technical guides to some of the areas where the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory is at the heart of innovation.
The Secretary of State has today announced plans for an independent Public History project relating to the Troubles in Northern Ireland
An overview of the papers, seminars and documents produced by the FCDO Historians and published online.
Check the MOT history of a vehicle from 2005 onwards, including if it passed or failed, its mileage and why it failed, download MOT test certificate
Find out when you can zero rate books and other forms of printed matter.
Ofsted has today published a subject report looking at how history is being taught in England’s schools.
GCE AS and A level subject content for history for teaching in schools from 2015.
Claim relief on import duty and VAT when importing miscellaneous documents and related articles into the UK.
Resources about the history of the UK reserve forces to accompany an exhibition that was held at London’s Victoria Station on 24 February 2014.
HM Treasury guidance on how to appraise policies, projects and programmes.
Chris Skidmore was Minister of State jointly at the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 10 September 2019 to 13 February 2020. He was previously Minister of State at the Department of Health...
A review of research into factors that influence the quality of history education in schools in England.
GCE AS and A level subject content for ancient history for teaching in schools from 2017.
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