UK Memory of the World Register


The UK Memory of the World Register is part of the Memory of the World Programme.
The UK Register recognises documentary heritage of outstanding importance to the UK. Any documentary heritage can be nominated in a biennial application process. The applications are assessed by a panel of experts in the care and use of documentary heritage and successful nominations are ‘inscribed’ onto the Register. This recognition by UNESCO helps to raise the profile of the individual subscriptions which in turn can lead to additional funding, public recognition and use. The Programme generally raises awareness of the importance of caring for and providing access to documentary heritage.
titledateyear of
inscrip-
tion		nominating institutionsource
Charter of King William I to the City of London10672010City of London Corporation
Peterloo Relief Fund account book18192010John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester
WVS/WRVS narrative reports1939–962010WRVS
Letter from George Stephenson18272010Liverpool Record Office
Peniarth manuscript collection12th–19th century2010National Library of Wales
Company of Scotland Trading to Africa & the Indies records1695–17072010Royal Bank of Scotland Group and National Library of Scotland
The Life Story of David Lloyd George19182010National Screen and Sound Archive, National Library of Wales
The Chepman and Myllar prints15082010National Library of Scotland
Pont manuscript maps1583–16142010National Library of Scotland
St Kilda, Britain's Loneliest Isle1923, 19282010National Library of Scotland
Diaries of Anne Lister1806–402011West Yorkshire Archive Service
Cura Pastoralis of Gregoryc.8902011Bodleian Library
Gough Map14th century2011Bodleian Library
Bank of Scotland archives1695–20012011Lloyds Banking Group Archives
Wakefield court rolls1274–19252011Yorkshire Archaeological Society
Death warrant of King Charles I16492011Parliamentary Archives
Bill of Rights16892011Parliamentary Archives
John Murray archive1768 to early 21st century2011National Library of Scotland
Jersey occupation archive1940–452011Jersey Heritage
Customer account ledgers of Edward Backwell1663–16722011Royal Bank of Scotland
Edinburgh and Lothian HIV/AIDS collections1983–20102011Lothian Health Services Archive
Narrative created through Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's photography and Amber's films1969–20092011Amber Collective
Winchester pipe rolls1208–09 to 1710–112011Hampshire Record Office, run by Hampshire County Council
Medieval records of St Giles's Hospital, Norwich1249–19882011Norfolk Record Office
Peter Worden collection of Mitchell and Kenyon filmsearly 20th century2011British Film Institute National Archive
GPO Film Unit collection1933–402011British Postal Museum & Archive, BT Heritage and British Film Institute
Wedgwood Museum archive18th century onwards2011Wedgwood Museum
Documentary heritage of the Women's suffrage movement in Britain1865–19282011Women's Library and Parliamentary Archives
BT Research Centre collection1879–19952011BT Heritage
The Children's Society archive19th century onwards2011The Children's Society
Tyne & Wear Shipyards collection2012Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums
Aberdeen Burgh Registers1398–15092012Aberdeen City Council
Hitchcock's Silent Films1925–19292012British Film Institute
Churchill Archiveslate 19th century onwards2012Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College
The Haig Papers1914–19192012National Library of Scotland
Domesday Book10862012The National Archives
Royal Scottish National Institution archives1862–20th century2012University of Stirling
Dorothy Wordsworth's Journal19th century2012Wordsworth Trust
Thomas Hardy Archives19th century2012Dorset County Museum
London County Council Bomb Damage Maps1940–19452012London Metropolitan Archives
Robert Stephenson and Company archives1823–c19602012National Railway Museum
The "Shakespeare Documents"1564–16162014Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and The National Archives
The Roman era Bath curse tablets2nd century–late 4th century2014Bath & North East Somerset Council
Neath Abbey Iron Works1792–18822014West Glamorgan Archive Service
The papers of the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck1823–18542014Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Hepworth Cinema Interviews20th century2014National Screen & Sound Archive of Wales
Robert Hooke’s Diary, 1672–16831672–16832014Culture, Heritage and Libraries Department of the City of London Corporation
The Royal Mail Archive, 1636–19691636–19692014The British Postal Museum and Archive
The Carmichael Watson Collection: A Celtic Collector’s Folklore Odyssey19th century–early 20th century2014Edinburgh University Library
West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum Records, 1814–19911814–19912014West Yorkshire Archive Service
Canterbury Cathedral collection9th century–15402016Canterbury Cathedral
Archive of Charles Booth’s Inquiry into the Life and Labour of the People in London, 1886-19031886–19032016London School of Economics Library
Dean & Chapter Exeter Library Manuscriptcirca 9702016Dean & Chapter of Exeter Cathedral
The Declaration of Arbroath6 April 13202016National Records of Scotland
The Royal Institution Laboratory Notebooks of Michael Faraday19th century2016Royal Institution
Great Parchment Book of The Honourable The Irish Society16392016London Metropolitan Archives, City of London Corporation
The Correspondence Collection of Robert Owen1821–18582016Co-operative Heritage Trust
Survey of the Manors of Crickhowell and Tretower, 1587 by Robert Johnson15872016National Library of Wales
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty Archive20th century2018Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Cotton Collection of Manuscriptscirca 4th -17th century2018British Library
Eton Choirbook1500-15042018Eton College
The Base and Field Reports, and related Photographic material of the British
Antarctic Survey and its Predecessors		20th century2018British Antarctic Survey
The Chronicle of Elis Gruffudd, ‘Soldier of Calais’circa
1550-52		2018National Library of Wales
Early Gaelic Manuscripts of the Advocates Librarypre 17th century2018National Library of
Scotland