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UK National Archives

Summary

UK National Archives is a national archives[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of national_archives entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (905 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • UK National Archives was a member of Digital Preservation Coalition[3].
  • UK National Archives was a member of Open Preservation Foundation[4].
  • UK National Archives was a member of World Wide Web Consortium[5].
  • UK National Archives was a member of British and Irish Committee on Map Information and Cataloguing Systems[6].
  • UK National Archives was a member of DLM Forum[7].
  • UK National Archives was a member of International Internet Preservation Consortium[8].
  • UK National Archives is located in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames[9].
  • UK National Archives is in the country of United Kingdom[10].
  • UK National Archives's instance of is recorded as national archives[11].
  • UK National Archives's instance of is recorded as non-ministerial government department[12].
  • UK National Archives followed Public Record Office[13].
  • UK National Archives followed Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts[14].
  • UK National Archives's headquarters location is recorded as Kew[15].
  • UK National Archives took place at Kew[16].
  • UK National Archives's Commons category is recorded as The National Archives (United Kingdom)[17].
  • April 2003 marks the founding of UK National Archives[18].
  • UK National Archives's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.48106, 'lon': -0.2797}[19].
  • UK National Archives's official website is recorded as https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/[20].
  • UK National Archives's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The National Archives (United Kingdom)[21].
  • UK National Archives's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+679'}[22].
  • UK National Archives's described by source is recorded as Open GLAM Survey[23].
  • UK National Archives's Commons Institution page is recorded as The National Archives (United Kingdom)[24].
  • UK National Archives's date of official opening is recorded as April 2003[25].
  • UK National Archives's IPv6 routing prefix is recorded as 2a02:2ab0:130::/48[26].
  • UK National Archives's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU'}[27].

Body

Founding

April 2003 marks the founding of UK National Archives[18].

Identity

Predecessors include Public Record Office[13] and Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts[14].

Operations

UK National Archives's headquarters location is recorded as Kew[15].

Why It Matters

UK National Archives ranks in the top 1% of national_archives entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (905 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Works attributed to it include Open Government Licence[30], a public license[31].

Related Entities

Angelique Rockas DLM Forum Hector Berlioz Hylean Amazon Institute United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] ↑ . GRID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . dpconline.org. Retrieved . dpconline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . openpreservation.org. Retrieved . openpreservation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . dlmforum.eu. Retrieved . dlmforum.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [8] ↑ . netpreserve.org. Retrieved . netpreserve.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Commons Institution page. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Open GLAM Survey, version of 17 February 2022. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . apps.db.ripe.net. apps.db.ripe.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Follows → Public Record Office, Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
    Inception → +2003-04-00T00:00:00Z
    Employees → —
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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