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 ==Archives==
-'''Staffordshire Record Office'''<br>County Buildings<br>Eastgate Street<br>Stafford, Staffordshire ST16 2LZ UK<br>Telephone: 01785 278380 (Admin enquiries) 01785 278379 (Archive enquiries)<br>Email: [mailto:staffordshire.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk staffordshire.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk]<br>
+'''Staffordshire Record Office'''<br>County Buildings<br>Eastgate Street<br>Stafford, Staffordshire ST16 2LZ UK<br><br>Telephone: 01785 278380 (Admin enquiries) 01785 278379 (Archive enquiries)<br>Email: [mailto:staffordshire.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk staffordshire.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk]<br>
-Website: [https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Heritage-and-archives/contact/sro/Overview.aspx Staffordshire Record Office]<br>
+[https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Heritage-and-archives/contact/sro/Overview.aspx Website]<br>
-Catalogue: [http://www.archives.staffordshire.gov.uk/CalmView/ Gateway to the Past]
+[http://www.archives.staffordshire.gov.uk/CalmView/ Gateway to the Past: Catalogue]
 :This online catalogue contains descriptions of the holdings of:
+:*Staffordshire Record Office
-:Staffordshire Record Office, Lichfield Record Office, Stoke on Trent City Archives, William Salt Library, Stafford, Staffordshire County Museum at Shugborough, and Shire Hall Art Gallery, Stafford.
+*Lichfield Record Office
+::The '''Lichfield Record Office''' closed to the public in December 2017. Before 1540 the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield included Cheshire, Derbyshire, south Lancashire, north Shropshire, Staffordshire, north Warwickshire, and small parts of Flintshire and Denbighshire. In 1540, Cheshire, south Lancashire and the Welsh parishes were lost and the name of the diocese changed to Lichfield and Coventry. Its records form the largest single part of our holdings.
-:These descriptions cover manuscripts, maps, books, pamphlets, photographs, museum objects and original artworks. Although some descriptions on this catalogue include thumbnail images, most do not.
+*Stoke on Trent City Archives
+*William Salt Library, Stafford
-=== Lichfield Record Office ===
+*Staffordshire County Museum at Shugborough
+*Shire Hall Art Gallery, Stafford.
-The '''Lichfield Record Office''' closed to the public in December 2017. Documents formerly held there can now be consulted at [https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Heritage-and-archives/contact/sro/Overview.aspx Staffordshire Record Office].  Some of the records are held at an out-store, for which a minimum of two working days' notice is required for production. Please check our online catalogue, [http://www.archives.staffordshire.gov.uk/CalmView/ Gateway to the Past], or contact Staffordshire Record Office to check on availability at email: [mailto:staffordshire.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk staffordshire.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk].
-:Before 1540 the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield included Cheshire, Derbyshire, south Lancashire, north Shropshire, Staffordshire, north Warwickshire, and small parts of Flintshire and Denbighshire. In 1540 Cheshire, south Lancashire and the Welsh parishes were lost and the name of the diocese changed to Lichfield and Coventry. Its records form the largest single part of our holdings. They range in date from the late thirteenth century to the present day and include a series of bishops' registers beginning in 1296, court books, visitation records, wills and tithe maps (for Staffordshire and northern Shropshire).
 == Archives ==