ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Historic England Archive

The Historic England Archive is like a big library of really old and important things, but instead of books, it stores special pictures, documents and records from a long time ago.

These special things help people understand how people lived and worked in the past, and how the buildings and places we see today have changed over time.

Think of it like a treasure chest full of clues that detectives can use to solve the mystery of what happened a long time ago.

Every time someone discovers a new interesting building or object from the past, they add it to the archive so that other people can see and learn from it too!