Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service

Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service
Formation 1913
Type County records service
Headquarters Riverside Building, Borough Hall
Location
Region served
Bedfordshire
Parent organization
Bedford Borough Council
Central Bedfordshire Council
Luton Borough Council

The Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service is a county record office, holding archival material associated with Bedfordshire and Luton. Established in 1913 by George Herbert Fowler (1861-1940) as the Bedfordshire Record Office, it was the first county record office in England.[1] It is located in Bedford.

References

  1. Bell, Patricia & Stitt, Freddy, 'George Herbert Fowler and county records', Journal of the Society of Archivists 23:2 (2002), 249-64

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