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Archive Repositories & County Record Offices in Wales

UK Archive & Public Record Offices, Museums & Libraries

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UK Archive & Public Record Offices, Museums & Libraries

Angus Archives http://www.angus.gov.uk/history/history.htm

Barking & Dagenham Libraries http://www.earl.org.uk/partners/barking/index.html

Brent Council Libraries http://www.brent.gov.uk/services/lib/indexlibs.htm

Bristol Record Office

B Bond Warehouse, Smeaton Road, Bristol BS1 6XN 

Telephone: +44 01179 225692

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The Bristol Record Office (+44 01179 225692) (in the Bond Warehouse) is moving offices and is in temporary accommodation, in the same building complex. The service is restricted. The temporary accommodation is smaller so telephone prior to visiting in order to  reserve a seat. Strongroom access by staff is restricted so 2 days notice is required for the production of original documents.

British Library http://www.bl.uk/

British Library Newspaper Library mailto:newspaper@bl.uk

Colindale Avenue

London NW9 5HE

Telephone: +44 171412 7353

Fax: +44 171 412379

Castles of Wales http://www.castlewales.co.uk

Catholic Record Society

c/o 114 Mount Street

London w1Y 6AH

College of Arms

Queen Victoria Street

London EC4V 4BT

Croydon Central Library http://www.croydon.gov.uk/cr-libce.htm

Death Indexes

Alexandra House,

31 Kingsway,

London WC2B 6TR

Telephone: 01836 1599 Ext 289

Educational Resource Directory http://rls.net/education/ 

E-mail Address Search Sites

http://www.four11.com

http://www.whowhere.com

Essex Library Service http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/infoserve/ecc_lib/fsinfo_l.htm

Family Records Centre http://www.certificate.services@ons.gov.uk

General Register Office

Postal Applications Section,

Room 109 Smedley Hydro,

Trafalgar Road, Southport'

Merseyside PRS 2HH

General Register Office [Ireland] http://www.nisra.gov.uk/gro/    

General Register Office [Scotland] http://wood.ccta.gov.uk/grosweb/grosweb.nsf

Greater Manchester County Records Office http://www.gmcro.u-net.com/

[Family History, Business Records, Family & Estate papers]

Guildhall Library http://www.earl.org.org.uk/partners/corp_of_london/guildhall.htm

Aldermanbury,

London EC2P 2EJ

Telephone: 01606 3030 Ext 2863

Hereford Library Services & Information http://hertslib.hertssoc.gov.uk/library/libbod.htm

Hounslow Library Service http://www.cip.org.uk

Imperial War Museum http://www.iwm.org.uk

Institute of Genealogical Studies http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/   mailto:ihgs@ihgs.ac.uk

Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies

Northgate, Canterbury

Kent CT1 1BA

Jersey Library Service http://www.itl.net/vc/europe/jersey/Education/library

Kingston Public Library http://www2.kingston.gov.uk/libs

Lambeth Palace Library

London SE1 7JU

Telephone; 01928 6222

Leeds Library, City of http://www.leeds.gov.uk/library/library.html

Library Histories Database http://www.r-alston.dircon.co.uk/contents.htm

Mormon Branch Library

64-68 Princes Gate

Exhibition Road

London SW7 2PA

Mormon Branch Library

Nant-y- Gwenith Street

Georgetown

Merthyr Tydfil

Mid Glamorgan CF48 1BH

National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/

National Army Museum http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk

National Library of Scotland http://www.nls.uk

National Library of Wales http://llgc.org.uk/

mailto:ymc.ic@llorg.org.uk

National Maritime Museum http://www.nmm.ac.uk/index.html

Oriental and India Office Collections http://www.bl.uk/collections/oriental/

National Archives [UK] http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

Public Record Office [Northern Ireland] http://proni.nics.gov.uk/index.htm 

Society of Friends Library

Friends House

Euston Road

London NW1 2BJ

Society of Genealogists http://www.sog.org.uk/  

Society of Genealogists Library

37 Harrington Gardens,

London SW7 4JX. 

Telephone: 01373 7054

Somerset Archive and Record Service http://www.somerset.gov.uk

Obridge Road, Taunton, TA2 7PU Somerset 

Telephone: 01823 278805
E-mail: 100064.2776@compuserve.com

Urban Legends Archive http://www.urbanlegends.com

Welsh family History Archive http://home.clara.net.wfha/wales/index.htm

Web Directory of UK Public Libraries http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/ac940/ukpublib.html


University Libraries

Aberdeen University Library

Cambridge University Library

Cardiff University Libraries  

Coventry University Libraries

De Montford University Library and Information Services

Edinburgh University Library - including catalogue

German Historical Institute London - promotes research on modern history, in particular on the comparative history of Germany and on Anglo-German relations

Glasgow Caledonian University Library

Glasgow University Library

Heriot-Watt University Library

John Rylands University Library of Manchester

Leeds University Library - The Library (member of RLG and CURL) and its services, with link to Catalogue

Manchester Metropolitan University Library

Napier University Library 

National Library of Wales http://llgc.org.uk/

Oxford Brookes University

Royal Holloway Library Information Service - information on the library and its services. There are three College Libraries: Bedford Library; Founder's Library; and the Music Library

South Bank University - Learning and Information Services - Information about South Bank University library services, access to online databases, reference materials, service information and the library catalogue

Taylor Institution Library - Oxford University's centre for the study of modern European languages and literatures

University College London Library - information about the services offered

University of Abertay Dundee

University of Bradford - J.B. Priestley Library

University of Central Lancashire - Library & Learning Resource Services - services, publications, resources, staff, IT and research activities. Subject guides to internet resources are also regularly maintained

University of Dundee

University of Essex - Albert Sloman Library

University of Ulster

University of Wolverhampton Libraries/Learning Centres

Web Directory: Higher Education & Research Library Catalogues - UK OPACs arranged by region

Web Directory: UK Higher Education and Research Libraries

York University


Archive Repositories & County Record Offices in Wales

Welsh counties have their own repositories for the custody of local records. The reorganisation of local government in 1974 and 1996 resulted in the merger of some counties and boundary changes, the county record offices still relate generally to pre-1974 counties.


Ancient Monuments Commission

Anglesey

County Record Office

Aberystwyth

National Library
County Record Office
Ancient Monuments Commission

Bangor

University of Wales Library

Caernarfon

Gwynedd Council Record Office

Cardiff

County Record Office
National Museums and Galleries

Carmarthen

County Archives Service

 

Cardiganshire Record Office

Swyddfar Sir, Marine Parade, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 2DE
Telephone: 01970 617581 Ext 257

Ceredigion

Archives

Clwyd

Main Office:

Clwyd Record Office, The Old rectory, Hawarden, Deeside, Clwydd CH5 3NR

Telephone: 01244 532364

Area Office: 46 Clyd Street, Ruthin, Clwyd LL15 1HP

Telephone 08242 3077

St Deiniols Library, Hawarden [Glynne-Gladstone Ms & other collections]

Cwmbrân

County Record Office

Dolgellau

County Archives Service

Flintshire

Record Office

Glamorgan

County Record Office

Glamorgan Archive Service, County Hall, Cathays Park, Cardiff, Glamorgan CF1 3NE
Telephone: 01222 28033 Ext 282

Gwent

County Record Office

County Hall, Cwmbran, Gwent NP4 2XH
Telephone: 06333 67711 Ext 217

Gwynedd

Gwynedd Archives Service, Victoria Dock, Caernarfon, Gwynedd.

Letters should be addressed to:

County Offices, Shire Hall street, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 1SH

Telephone: 01286 674121 Ext 228

Area Offices:
Caernarfon Record Office, Victoria Dock, Caernarfon, Gwynedd (Letters as above)
Telephone: 01286 4121 Ext 382

Dolgellau Record Office, Cae Penarlag, Dolgellau, Gwynedd LL40 2YB
Tel:ephone: 01341 422341 Ext 260

Llangefni Record Office, Shire Hall, Llangefni, Gwynedd LL77 7TW
Telephone: 01248 723262 Ext 138

Haverfordwest

County Record Office

Hawarden

County Record Office

Llandrindod Wells

County Archives Office

Llandudno

County Archives Service

Llangefni

County Record Office

Merioneth

Gwynedd Council Record Office

Methodist Archives in Monmouthshire

Contact: E-mail Richard Roynon,(Methodist Archivist) [RRoynon@aol.com]

Richard Roynon is the Methodist Archivist for part of the Monmouthshire Circuit, and holds numerous records pertaining to the Methodists chapels . Many of these records are not held in any Public Repository, and he has been given permission to transcribe the registers.

Listed here are some of the chapels which are included in his records:

Ebbw Vale, Tredegar, Beaufort, Abertillery, Abergavenny, Blaenavon, Garndiffaith, Abersychan, Trevethin Parish etc.

He also holds Church of England Registers some dating back to 1670, and the Census Records relating to the Trevethin Area, 1861-1891; Pontypool Workhouse Records 1858- ; Some of Garndiffaith Estate Records 1823-1890.

Monmouth Libraries & Information Services

  http://www.earl.org.uk/partners/monmouthshire/index.htm/

Monmouthshire Library Addresses

John Frost Square, Newport 

Telephone: 01633 211376

Gwent House, Cwmbran 

(Reference: Telephone: 01633 867584

21 Bethcar Street, Ebbw Vale

Telephone: 01495 303069

Manor Way, Chepstow 

Telephone: 01291 622721

National Library of Wales

Manuscripts and Records

National Museums and Galleries of Wales

Neath

County Archives Service

Ruthin

County Record Office

Pembrokeshire

County Record Office

Powys

County Archives Office

County Archives Office, County Hall, Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 5LD
Telephone: 01597 826088

St Fagans

Museum of Welsh Life

Swansea

County Archives Service
University Library

West Glamorgan Record Office

County Archive Service

Area Office: County Hall, Swansea, Glamorgan SA1 3SN
Telelephone: 01792 471589

 Wrexham

County Archives Service