Discover the history of communications at BT Archives. Our unique and nationally significant archive charts the development of communications in the UK and across the world. It’s a story that stretches from the birth of the electric telegraph in the 1830s to the explosion of the Internet and the rise of competition.
The collection includes documents, books, photographs and films that together illustrate the leading role the UK, BT and its predecessors played in the progress of communications technology and its influence on society.
Records produced before BT’s privatisation in 1984 are classed as public records under the Public Records Acts, 1958 and 1967, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act in 2000. BT Archives undertakes the company's statutory responsibilities under these acts to preserve and make available these public records to everyone. BT’s commitment to safeguarding communications history is outlined in our heritage policy.
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Email: archives@bt.com
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- Records created and used by the Anglo-American Telegraph Company
- Records created and used by the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company
- Records created and used by the British Electric Telegraph Company
- Records created and used by the British Telegraph Company
- Records created and used by the Eastern Telegraph Company
- Records created and used by the Electric and International Telegraph Company
- Records created and used by the Electric Telegraph Company
- Records created and used by the International Telegraph Company
- Records created and used by the Irish Submarine Telegraph Company
- Records created and used by the London District Telegraph Company
- Records created and used by the National Telephone Company Limited
- Records created and used by the Submarine Telegraph Company
- Records created and used by the United Kingdom Electric Telegraph Company
- Records created and used by the Universal Private Telegraph Company
