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Staffordshire Record Office

Staffordshire Record Office
County Buildings
Eastgate Street
Stafford, Staffordshire ST16 2LZ UK
Telephone: 01785 278380 (Admin enquiries) 01785 278379 (Archive enquiries)
Email: staffordshire.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk
Website: Staffordshire Record Office
Catalogue: Gateway to the Past

This online catalogue contains descriptions of the holdings of:

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.

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.

Lichfield Record Office

Lichfield Record Office
The Friary
Lichfield, Staffordshire WS13 6QG UK
Telephone: 01543 510720
Email: lichfield.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk
Website: Lichfield Record Office

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

Burton Family and Local History Centre

Burton Family and Local History Centre
Burton Library
Riverside
High Street
Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire DE14 1AH UK
Telephone: 01283 239556
Email: burton.library@staffordshire.gov.uk
Website: Burton Family and Local History Centre

Registers of parishes in the former registration district of Burton upon Trent are available on microfiche, for registers starting 1925 or earlier. These include: Anslow; Barton under Needwood; Branston; Burton-upon Trent, All Saints, Christ Church, Holy Trinity, St Aidan, St Margaret, St Modwen, St Paul; Dunstall; Hanbury; Horninglow; Rolleston; Stretton with Claymills; Tatenhill; Tutbury; Wychnor; and Yoxall.

Microfiche copies of bishops transcripts of Derbyshire parish registers in the former registration district of Burton are available as follows: Church Gresley; Rosliston; Stapenhill.

Microfiche copies of nonconformist registers for a large number of chapels within the Burton-upon-Trent Methodist circuits and for other nonconformist chapels are available.

Dudley Archives and Local History Service

Dudley Archives and Local History Service
Mount Pleasant Street
Cosele, West Midlands WV14 9JR UK
Telephone: 01384 812770
Website: Dudley Archives and Local History Service

Sandwell Community History & Archives Service

Sandwell Community History & Archives Service
Smethwick Library
High Street
Smethwick, West Midlands B66 1AA UK
Telephone: 0121 558 2561
Email: archives_service@sandwell.gov.uk
Website: Sandwell Community History & Archives Service

Stoke-on-Trent City Archives

Stoke-on-Trent City Archives
City Central Library
Bethesda Street
Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire ST1 3RS UK
Telephone: 01782 238420
Email: stoke.archives@stoke.gov.uk
Website: Stoke-on-Trent City Archives

Anglican Parish Registers

Free access to the 'Staffordshire Collection' on Findmypast, at archive service points and libraries in Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent. Currently this contains around 3,000 parish registers, with 4 million entries, 1538-1900.

Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for parishes across north Staffordshire, 1538 to c.1925, on microfiche.

A complete set of the publications of the Staffordshire Parish Register Society, which provide printed transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials for many Staffordshire parishes, 1536-1812.

Bishops Transcripts

Bishops transcripts for some Staffordshire parishes on microfiche, 1551-1812.

We publish a guide to the parish registers and bishop's transcripts held across the Archive Service. For your free download please go to the Guides to Sources page. This guide was last updated in July 2015.

You can also download Stoke on Trent City Archives Parish Register Fiche List Apr 2011 (41kb)

Wolverhampton City Archives

Wolverhampton City Archives
Molineux Hotel Building
Whitmore Hill
Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV1 1SF UK
Telephone: 01902 552480
Website: Wolverhampton City Archives

Explore the rich life of Wolverhampton and its people through archives filled with fascinating documents, photographs, maps, recordings, ephemera and more.

Wolverhampton City Archives houses a wealth of materials relating to the history of all areas now within the city of Wolverhampton including Bilston, Bushbury, Penn, Tettenhall and Wednesfield. Constantly growing, the Archives’ vast collections include maps, books, census returns, newspapers, records from local schools, churches, clubs, societies and businesses, electoral registers, and indexes to births, deaths and marriages. There are also over 30,000 photographs, plus films, sound recordings, memorabilia and much more.

Libraries

William Salt Library

William Salt Library
Eastgate Street
Stafford, Staffordshire ST16 2LZ UK
Telephone: 017585-278414
Email: william.salt.library@staffordshire.gov.uk
Website William Salt Library

The William Salt Library collections represent an outstanding resource for the study of local and family history in Staffordshire and are available for consultation by the public in our reading rooms free of charge.