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Bath Record Office is currently closed but we are planning a safe reopening. Although we are closed for research appointments, we are able to respond to enquiries by email, phone or post.

Photograph of a page from the Assize of Bread, 3rd April 1779 Photograph of a page from the Assize of Bread, 3rd April 1779 Show image info

Assize of Bread 1779

Service Standards

 

We have previously subscribed to the National Archives Standard for Record Repositories, but this has been replaced by Archive Service Accreditation, which we will apply for in the future.

How well are we doing?
 

Visitor Service

99% of our visitors rated our service good or very good in the latest PSQG survey carried out in 2018.

We welcomed 3311 visitors during the year 2019/20

Enquiry Service

We receive many enquiries and requests for information on a huge variety of subjects. In 2019/20 we received 1863 enquiries.

Our users rated our service very good in the latest PSQG survey carried out in 2019.

Annual Review

The Record Office is part of Bath and North East Somerset Heritage Services. An Annual Review looks at what has happened across all the services each year. View the Heritage Services Annual Review for 2018/19.