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Sunday April 06, 2008
Princess Royal to open history centre.
Princess Anne will be the guest of honour at the ceremony on May 9.
Princess Anne will be the guest of honour at the ceremony on May 9. The engagement was announced by The Palace recently.
Based in Cocklebury Road in Chippenham, the centre has been designed to make researching a family tree and investigating local history both fun and approachable. It was built on time and under budget by Wiltshire County Council and Swindon Borough Council who are committed to helping people to discover, participate and contribute to local history.
More than 7,000 people have visited the centre since it opened to the public at the end of October.
The new archive meets the national standards for archive storage, and improved access at the centre is delivered through larger reading rooms, better internet facilities, and an education room for schools that can also be used by groups for lectures and demonstrations.