Northamptonshire Record Office

England Northamptonshire  Rutland  Northamptonshire Record Office

Contact Information
Record Office Virtual Tour

E-mail: Please use the online Archive Service Enquiry Form Address:


 * Northamptonshire Record Office Wootton Hall Park Northampton NN4 8BQ United Kingdom

Telephone: Fax:

Hours and holidays: T-Th 9-5; Fri 9-4; 1st Sat of each month 9-4

Directions, maps, and public transportation: accessible by car, bus, and taxi. For further details, see: How to find Northamptonshire Record Office.

Internet sites and databases:


 * Internet site
 * This record office has uploaded its catalogue to Access to Archives

Collection Description

 * Marriage Licence Card Index (mainly Northamptonshire and Rutland residents)
 * Parish registers and printed transcripts
 * Poor Law records
 * Wills

Tips

 * There are no entrance fees
 * CARN card is required for admission
 * An Archive Research Service is available for a fee
 * Digital cameras are permitted; cameras must be registered at the price of £5.50 per day or £15.00 per week
 * Laptops are permitted, but you must hire a circuit breaker for £2.00 per day, or £5.00 per week

Guides
Several guides to the record office's collections are available on their website:


 * Adoption records
 * Anglican parish registers
 * Black History
 * Cemetery records
 * Electoral registers
 * Non-Conformist registers
 * Police records
 * Poor Law unions - workhouses
 * Prison and Reform School records

Alternate Repositories
Similar Collections


 * Family History Library, Salt Lake City
 * Society of Genealogists Library, London

Neighboring Collections


 * Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland Record Office, Wigston Magna
 * Northamptonshire Family History Society Library, Wellingborough Museum, Wellingborough