Local History

We collect and make available, material relating to the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, and also Cliveden and Taplow Court. We have the longest established collection in the Borough and trained professional staff to help you. Most material is for use in the Library only but some may be borrowed. Items may be reproduced, for a small charge, in accordance with copyright regulations.

The major collections are in Maidenhead and Windsor Libraries, but all have relevant local books for the area. Maidenhead Library also has the Thames Collection of items relating to the River.  Windsor Library has the Royal Collection, which has at least one book on each monarch and several on those with particular Windsor connections such as Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II.

We are partners in the ThamesPilot website that holds images and information about the Thames.

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We have directories, cuttings, local newspaper archives on microfilm and photographs. For full details see http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/windsor.html. Microfilm readers can be booked for use at Maidenhead and Windsor Libraries. A collection of framed prints is stored at the Windsor & Royal Borough Museum. Maidenhead and Windsor Libraries have a large collection of O.S. maps, relevant to the local area; for the 1870s onwards these may be copied in accordance with copyright regulations.

Please come and see us or contact the relevant library or Chris Atkins, Librarian: Local Information & Studies on 01628 796969 or via email: For enquiries relating to Windsor, Dedworth, Eton & Eton Wick contact windsor.library@rbwm.gov.uk.  For enquiries relating to the rest of the Borough, contact maidenhead.library@rbwm.gov.uk.  

You may be surprised at what you can find!

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