Search results found for: on the record Audio‘A low artful wicked man’: poverty riots and bread, the response of government to the crises of the 1790sFriday 25 November 2011The 1790s was a watershed decade in British history with the continuation of population...AudioExploding the mysteries of the Bomb CensusFriday 4 November 2011Was your family or local area affected by air raids during the Second World...AudioThe 1911 Census: a vision of EnglandFriday 14 October 2011The 1911 census was the 12th national census of the United Kingdom, and in...AudioThe Hong Kong colonial cemeteryMonday 10 October 2011The National Archives provides a treasure trove of material for discovering more about our...AudioThe Berlin Wall 1961: the construction 50 years onFriday 9 September 2011This talk covers the circumstances which brought about the construction of the wall, what...AudioSecurity Service file release August 2011Thursday 8 September 2011Professor Christopher Andrew introduces the 27th Security Service records release containing 171 files, bringing...AudioThe Land Tax 1692-1963Monday 1 August 2011The Land Tax was created in 1692 and was voted annually by Parliament until...AudioNineteenth century soldiers: getting the most from online resourcesMonday 25 July 2011This talk aims to explain the intricacies of soldiers’ service records online, in record...AudioThe battle of Towton – a 550-year retrospectiveFriday 15 July 2011This talk introduces the biggest battle of the Wars of the Roses, described as...AudioBehind the scenes: two centuries of census-takingFriday 3 June 2011The census has been described as a ‘snapshot in time’, recording the nation as...VideoLiving the Poor Life – Paul Carter talks about some stories from the filesSaturday 16 April 2011Paul Carter, The National Archives’ principal modern domestic record’s specialist, talks about some of...AudioThe Festival of BritainWednesday 13 April 2011The Festival of Britain opened on 3 May 1951. It was a summer-long, nationwide... « 1 … 30 31 32 33 34 … 40 »