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Carpark closure: The car park at Dorset History Centre is currently unavailable due to ongoing building works. It will reopen in May 2025. We apologise for the inconvenience.
... a thousand years, a million stories
Dorset History Centre is the archives service and local studies library for Bournemouth, Christchurch, Dorset and Poole. We house Dorset's local archives - from council records to personal collections.