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Digitisation of Very Large Bound Books

A university college, located in central Oxford, asked TownsWeb Archiving to digitise two very unusual books. These books, containing pictures, photographs and manuscripts were unusual in that they were more than 1 metre tall… and very, very heavy! TownWeb Archiving Ltd personally collected the books from the college, digitised them at our offices in Kettering before personally returning [...]

Digitisation of Large Maps

TownsWeb Archiving were asked to digitise is a valuable and rare collection of wartime maps. Due to the size of these maps (Approx. 1.5m tall x 1m wide) they are very difficult for the staff to handle. Furthermore, due to the rare nature of these maps - having a digital backup was seen as very important. TownsWeb Archiving [...]

Digitisation of Grave Registers

TownsWeb Archiving visited a cemetery located in the picturesque county of West Sussex. The project to digitise their cemetery registers was a joint initiative between the Cemeteries Department, The County Library Service and The County Records Office – and was financially split 3 ways in order that each of them could receive their own set [...]

Digitisation of Old Council Minute Books

A Council, located in a beautiful area close to Cornwall, approached TownsWeb Archiving Ltd to ask if we could help them with a digitisation project. The Council hold a series of very old hand-written Minute Books within it’s archive.  With only one copy of these books, the council felt that it was necessary to produce a digital [...]