{"id":88,"date":"2018-06-27T12:12:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T11:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somerset-archives.swht.wpengine.com\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T14:15:07","slug":"north-somerset-archives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/visit\/north-somerset-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"North Somerset Archive Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\n<p>The North Somerset Archive Service offers easier access to services for people who live in North Somerset.\u00a0 An archivist visits Weston super Mare Library on Thursdays, approximately quarterly, in order to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Help people find out about the past, with information on how to find out about family, house and local history<\/li>\n<li>Provide information on the archives held at the Somerset Heritage Centre<\/li>\n<li>Bring microfiche for people to study, and documents from the archive strongrooms when appropriate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"callout clearfix\"><h4><\/h4><p>Documents relating to North Somerset can be viewed during normal open hours in the public searchroom at the Somerset Heritage Centre.<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/SALS-main-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman and man looking at large, old books\" \/><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/visit\/\">Find Out More about Visiting the Somerset Heritage Centre<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>North Somerset Archivist Visits<\/h3>\n<p>If you would like to look at original documents or microfiche held at the Somerset Heritage Centre, please contact us in good time before the visit date. Please let us know the references of documents you would like to look at. We will then email you to confirm your place and to answer any questions.<\/p>\n<p>New users will be asked to register with the South West Heritage Trust to gain a readers&#8217; ticket, and to ensure that researchers can be kept up to date with the latest Trust news.\u00a0 Please bring some form of ID containing your name, current address and signature (e.g. a driving licence), so that we can issue you with one of our readers&#8217; tickets.<\/p>\n<h3>Copies of Documents<\/h3>\n<p>The archivist will bring as many documents as is feasible, but space is limited.\u00a0 In any instance where the original cannot be brought, it may be possible to bring copies of the document to enable research.\u00a0 Charges will apply if you would like to keep the copies.<\/p>\n<p>Copies of loose sheet documents can be made at Weston super Mare Library during the visit.\u00a0 You can bring a digital camera to take photographs of documents.\u00a0 You will need to purchase a photographic licence for the day before taking any photographs.<\/p>\n<p>See our <a href=\"https:\/\/somerset-cat.swheritage.org.uk\/researchGuides\/northSomerset\">North Somerset Archive Service Leaflet<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction The North Somerset Archive Service offers easier access to services for people who live in North Somerset.\u00a0 An archivist visits Weston super Mare Library on Thursdays, approximately quarterly, in order to: Help people find out about the past, with information on how to find out about family, house and local history Provide information on<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/visit\/north-somerset-archives\/\" title=\"ReadNorth Somerset Archive Service\">&#8230; Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":113,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"1","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-88","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1070,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions\/1070"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}