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Oswestry archives to reopen next week

Oswestry's historic archive will reopen to visitors from Monday.

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Oswestry Guildhall where the archives are stored

The archive is held by the town council at the Guildhall. It is housed in a special, temperature-controlled area within the listed building and contains documents dating back many hundreds of years.

The oldest document, a grant by the Earl of Arundel of two shops to the Burgesses of Oswestry, is dated 1324. However, most of the collection dates from 1674 onwards.

They even include a letter signed by Oliver Cromwell.

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