{"id":96,"date":"2018-06-27T12:19:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T11:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somerset-archives.swht.wpengine.com\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:50:55","slug":"charges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/services\/charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charges from January 2026<\/h1>\n

Searchroom Copying<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Archives A4 black and white photocopying<\/td>\n\u00a31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Archives A3 black and white photocopying<\/td>\n\u00a31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Archives A4 colour photocopying<\/td>\n\u00a32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Archives A3 colour photocopying<\/td>\n\u00a33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Self service A4 or A3 black and white photocopying\/printing\u00a0<\/td>\n50p<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Self service A4 or A3 colour printing\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a31.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Microfiche\/microfilm A4 and A3 black and white printing<\/td>\n\u00a31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Camera Licences (including printer\/scanners)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Daily Licence<\/td>\n\u00a310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weekly Licence<\/td>\n\u00a322<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Annual Licence<\/td>\n\u00a3130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Research Service<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Private Research (per hour)<\/td>\n\u00a344 (per hour in 15 minute increments, minimum fee \u00a322)\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commercial Research (per hour)<\/td>\n\u00a390 (per hour, or part thereof)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Certification of a copy<\/td>\n\u00a322 (plus research time if applicable)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Certification of parish register entries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Baptism certificate<\/td>\n\u00a320 (set fee by the Church of England)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Archive Conservation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Treatment Proposal\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a344\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Private Archive Conservation (per hour)<\/td>\n\u00a374<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conservation Handling Demonstrations Session (Half Day)<\/td>\n\u00a3100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Preservation Training Session (Half Day)<\/td>\n\u00a3120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Preservation Training Session (Whole Day)<\/td>\n\u00a3200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conservation Studio Hire<\/td>\nPrice on Application<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Collections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Appraisal and disposal fee<\/td>\n\u00a310 (minimum charge)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Digitisation (External Collections)<\/td>\n\u00a320 per document + \u00a33 per consecutive page<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Visits to Assess Archive Collection Not for Deposit (per hour)<\/td>\n\u00a344 (plus travel costs)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Outreach and Learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Talks to Local County Groups On or Off Site\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Out of County Talks<\/td>\n\u00a360 (plus travel costs)\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Online Talks<\/td>\nPrice on Application<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tours of Somerset Heritage Centre (maximum 15 people per group)<\/td>\n\u00a350<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Self-guided Group Research Visit<\/td>\n\u00a380 half day,\u00a0 \u00a3140 full day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Group Learning Session (up to half day, maximum 15 people per group)<\/td>\n\u00a3125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Group Learning Session (eg. palaeography, full day, maximum 15 people per group)<\/td>\n\u00a3175<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schools – Tailor-made Archive Packs (Charged by the time taken to prepare them)<\/td>\n\u00a340 per hour preparation time (\u00a338 for 2024\/25 academic year)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schools – Workshop in School<\/td>\n\u00a3160<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reminiscence Session<\/td>\n\u00a360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Permission to Publish<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nFee for 1-5 items<\/td>\nFee for 6 or more items<\/td>\nNotes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Administration fee<\/td>\n\u00a312<\/td>\nSee note 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Not for profit local publication<\/td>\n\u00a312<\/td>\n\u00a38<\/td>\nSee note 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commercial publication<\/td>\n\u00a360<\/td>\n\u00a338<\/td>\nSee note 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Website: not for profit<\/td>\n\u00a312<\/td>\n\u00a38<\/td>\nSee note 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Website: commercial<\/td>\n\u00a360<\/td>\n\u00a338<\/td>\nSee note 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exhibitions: local and temporary<\/td>\n\u00a312<\/td>\n\u00a38<\/td>\nSee note 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exhibitions: commercial or permanent<\/td>\n\u00a360<\/td>\n\u00a338<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TV: local or regional<\/td>\n\u00a350<\/td>\n\u00a340<\/td>\nSee note 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TV: UK national programme<\/td>\n\u00a3100<\/td>\n\u00a390<\/td>\nSee note 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TV: worldwide and streaming<\/td>\n\u00a3185<\/td>\n\u00a3160<\/td>\nSee note 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Filming<\/td>\nExtensive filming POA, limited filming \u00a3125 per hour plus permissions cost per item filmed<\/td>\nSee note 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Facilities hire for photography<\/td>\n\u00a360 (for up to two hours)<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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  1. A minimum fee of \u00a312 will be charged in all instances.\u00a0 However, this will not be charged in addition to the specific fees per item.\u00a0 For example, the charge for 1 item for a not for profit local publication will be \u00a312 (not \u00a320).<\/li>\n
  2. Print run not to exceed 500.\u00a0 Local means relating to a village or community.\u00a0 Academic publications are counted as commercial publications even if they have a small print run.\u00a0 Publication means either print or electronic.<\/li>\n
  3. Includes academic journals.\u00a0 Publication means either print or electronic.<\/li>\n
  4. For example, local community organisations.\u00a0 You will be asked to provide the site URL.<\/li>\n
  5. Includes websites which charge a subscription fee for access to content.\u00a0 You will be asked to provide the site URL.<\/li>\n
  6. Local exhibitions which last less than one week will be free or charge.<\/li>\n
  7. All TV permissions will include the right to show the programme on multiple occasions.<\/li>\n
  8. Attendance fees are not applicable if the visit is as a result of a South West Heritage Trust press release.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Other Archives and Local Studies Charges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
    Attendance at Public Inquiries (per hour)<\/td>\n\u00a390<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Administration fee for contacting depositors for requests to view closed records for historical research<\/td>\n\u00a312 minimum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Charges from January 2026 Searchroom Copying Archives A4 black and white photocopying \u00a31 Archives A3 black and white photocopying \u00a31 Archives A4 colour photocopying \u00a32 Archives A3 colour photocopying \u00a33 Self service A4 or A3 black and white photocopying\/printing\u00a0 50p Self service A4 or A3 colour printing\u00a0 \u00a31.50 Microfiche\/microfilm A4 and A3 black and white… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":169,"parent":13,"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-96","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96","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=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1102,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions\/1102"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}