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CARL SARGEANT AM TO OPEN NEW PUBLIC SEARCHROOM
Carl Sargeant, AM for Alyn and Deeside, will tomorrow officially open the new public searchroom facility at the Flintshire Record Office, which is located at the Old Rectory in Hawarden.The Flintshire Record Office was established in 1951 and moved to the Old Rectory, Hawarden, an eighteenth-century, grade-II-listed building set within its own grounds, in 1956.Mr Sargeant said: “The record office plays a crucial role in preserving our county's unique archival heritage by collecting, listing, storing and making available to the public historic records of all kinds.“I am delighted to have been invited to officially open the new public searchroom at the Flintshire Record Office. It will be a valuable asset in allowing members of the public to investigate our county’s history for themselves.”