Cookies

Cookies are small files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website. We use cookies to collect and store information about how you use National Archives websites which means any page with nationalarchives.gov.uk in the URL.

Cookie settings

This page has a brief explanation of each of the four types of cookie The National Archives uses. You can choose which cookies you’re happy for us to use.

For a full breakdown, see our detailed cookie information.

Strictly necessary cookies

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They always need to be on.

Cookies that measure website use

We use Google Analytics cookies to measure how you use National Archives websites.

These cookies collect information about:

how you got to these sites
the pages you visit and how long you spend on each page
what you click on while you’re visiting these sites

We do not allow Google to use or share this data for their own purposes.

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Cookies that remember your settings

These cookies do things like remember your preferences and the choices you make, to personalise your experience of using the site.

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