Cornwall Archives and Libraries

England Cornwall  Archives and Libraries

Cornwall Record Office
Cornwall Record Office Old County Hall Truro, Cornwall TR1 3AY UK Telephone: 01872 323 127 Email: cro@cornwall.gov.uk@undefined Website: Record Office Catalogues: Online catalogue, Online catalogue


 * Cornwall Record Office (CRO) provides a professional archive service for Cornwall. Our main purpose is to preserve Cornwall's archives for the future and make them available for members of the public to access. Our records relate to the people, places and organisations of Cornwall.  It holds a wide range of materials dating from the 12th to the 20th centuries.

Cornish Studies Library
Cornish Studies Library Alma Place Redruth, Cornwall TR15 2AT UK Telephone: 01209 216 760 Email: [mailto:cornishstudieslibrary@cornwall.gov.uk cornishstudieslibrary@cornwall.gov.uk] Website: Cornish Studies Library Catalogue: Online catalogues


 * The Cornish Studies Library (CSL) specialises in helping those who are researching Cornwall or Cornish people. The wide ranging collections cover all subjects, from mining to modern art, from poetry to prehistory, and family history to farming. No membership is required and our service is free.

Cornwall Library Service
Cornwall Library Service Telephone: 0300 1234 111 Email: [mailto:libraries@cornwall.gov.uk libraries@cornwall.gov.uk] Website: Libraries

British Library
British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB UK Telephone: 0843 208 1144 Email: [mailto:customer-services@bl.uk customer-services@bl.uk] Website: British Library Catalogue: Online catalogue


 * The British Library has a range of resources relating to Cornwall with particular strengths in printed books, periodicals, newspapers, and maps (and the photographs and other visual images contained within them). Manuscripts, sound and archived websites of Cornish interest are also held and Cornish themes can also be researched using our extensive Electronic Resources.

Royal Cornwall Museum
Royal Cornwall Museum River Street Truro, Cornwall TR1 2SJ UK Telephone: 01872 272 205 Email: [mailto:enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk] Website: Royal Cornwall Museum


 * Our extensive collections range from Stone Age Cornwall to Contemporary Art, telling stories across cultures and also across the last ten thousand years.

University of Leicester
University of Leicester University Road Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 7RH UK Telephone: 0116 252 2522 Website: University of Leicester Special Collections Online - Cornwall