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Essex Record Office is the local archive service for the county of Essex and holds primary sources for Essex history, including written archives, maps, pictorial material and recorded sound and video. Essex Record Office was founded in 1938 and moved, in 2000, into a state-of-the-art archive building in Chelmsford town centre. It does not actively collect oil paintings, but holds a few examples associated mainly with local landed families.

Address and contact

Wharf Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6YT England

ero.enquiry@essex.gov.uk

01245 244644

The Essex Record Office archive collections are available for research in the public search room. Paintings are held on site but in general are not on permanent display. Access to them is by written request.