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Welcome to Archives Wales. Our online catalogue allows you with a single search to obtain information about more than 7,000 collections of historical records in the holdings of 21 archives in Wales. These archives are open to the public and you can use this site to plan your visit and find out more. Archives Wales forms part of the UK's National Archives Network.

On this Day...
09 February, 1809

South Stack lighthouse near Holyhead on Anglesey was first lit, 143 years after the first petition to the Crown to build a lighthouse there.