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Situated in Preston, the Lancashire Archives, previously known as the Lancashire Record Office, serves Lancashire, England. It was established in 1940. ==Preparations== It was in 1808 that the Lancashire Justices first took an interest in the records, ordering the Clerk of the Peace to "arrange the Public Records in his office in such a manner as to him shall appear to be the most proper, for their preservation and utility". In 1879, the Justices obtained an Act of Parliament allowing them to build offices for "county business". This included a room for keeping the county records. Sessions House was built in 1903 with rooms for documents in it, yet still the Lancashire Archives was not fully established.〔Article written by R. Sharpe France, 1952 for ARCHIVES, No.7, in the Lancashire Archives, LCC 968〕 Correspondence with George Veitch of the University of Liverpool began in 1907. On 15 July he began to inspect and classify the records. Before this, the records were kept in bad conditions and vulnerable to dust and dirt. He wrote descriptions of the documents and carefully stored them in a newly arranged strong room. Veitch created a numbering and lettering system, known as the County Records Index, so that documents could be found easily. Veitch advocated the rich history these archives provided and encouraged the preservation of them. At this point in time, the archives were not open to the public as they are today. Members of the public would write to the Clerk of the Council asking to see documents for various reasons.〔Correspondence files from 2 July 1907 to 31 December 1928, in the Lancashire Archives, LCC 1075〕 In December 1937, the Preston and mid-Lancashire branch of the Historical Association sent a petition to Lancashire County Council, asking whether the council could "sanction and establish a depository for documents of local interest". A committee was set up to investigate the situation. In December 1939, after consultation with Dr. George Herbert Fowler, the committee recommended that a full-time Clerk of Records be appointed. This was still not pursued.〔Article written by R. Sharpe France, 1952 for ARCHIVES, No.7, in the Lancashire Archives, LCC 968〕 In 1939 two members of the county council looked at the official records. Unimpressed with the state of things, they pressed the matter. Finally, in May 1940, Reginald Sharpe France was appointed as County Archivist and the archives were established. In November 1940, the Master of the Rolls recognised the Lancashire Archives as a manorial repository. The first deposit to the Archives came from the Fylde Historical and Antiquarian Society.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lancashire Archives」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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