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Boundary Changes Affecting Records

Wolverhampton, Walsall, West Bromwich, and Smethwick are within the historic county boundaries of Staffordshire, but since 1974 have been part of the West Midlands county.

Archives

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
Gateway to the Past: Catalogue

This online catalogue contains descriptions of the holdings of:

• Staffordshire Record Office
• 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.

• Stoke on Trent City Archives
• William Salt Library, Stafford
• Staffordshire County Museum at Shugborough
• Shire Hall Art Gallery, Stafford

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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
Holdings

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Dudley Archives and Local History Service
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Council House
Priory Road
Dudley, West Midlands DY1 1HF UK

Telephone: 0300 555 2345
Email: dudleycouncilplus@dudley.gov.uk
Website

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

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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)

Walsall Local History Centre

Walsall Local History Centre
Essex St
Walsall, Staffordshire WS2 7AS UK
Telephone: 1922 652212
Email: localhistorycentre@walsall.gov.uk
Website: Walsall Local History Centre

Walsall Local History Centre is the Archive Service and Local Studies Library for Walsall Council. We aim to cover the whole of Walsall Metropolitan Borough.

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.

Museums

Newcastle Borough Museum & Art Gallery

Newcastle Borough Museum & Art Gallery
Brampton Park
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 0QP UK
Telephone: 1782 619705
Email: bramptonmuseum@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk
Website: Newcastle Borough Museum & Art Gallery

We collect objects that relate to the history of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Our job is to look after and show these objects to reflect the lives of local people from days gone by. We have over 28,000 objects in the collections. When you visit us you will discover many wonderful things from our collection on display in our eight galleries. You can find out about ‘Pomona’ Pottery, toys from the past and Newcastle during the two world wars. You can peer through our Victorian shop windows where you will see marvellous ‘cures’ in our chemists shop, scary tools in our doctors surgery and all sorts of strange things in our pawnbrokers shop.

Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Bethesda St
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 3DW UK
Telephone: 1782 232323
Website: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Travel back in time and discover the history of The Potteries including the world’s greatest collection of Staffordshire ceramics, a World War II Spitfire, decorative arts and natural history. See items from the Staffordshire Hoard on display and visit the museum café and shop. A warm and friendly welcome awaits at one of Britain’s leading museums where the unique combination of ‘product and place’ is celebrated in its outstanding displays. With pottery that will win your heart, galleries that win awards and the Spitfire that won a war, nothing can compare with what awaits you at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery.

For a long list of Staffordshire museums, go to List of museums in Staffordshire in Wikipedia.