Record Offices in Wales

Wales Record Offices

The services offered by county Record Offices in Wales does vary, but most offices will hold: Census returns, Parish registers, Nonconformist chapel registers, Land tax records, Maps, Photographs, Council records, Education records, Local newspapers, Court records, Electoral lists, Poor Law Union records, etc..

Anglesey
Anglesey Archive

Shire Hall,

Glanhwfa Road,

Llangefni,

Ynys Môn,

Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1248 752080

Email: [mailto:archives@anglesey.gov.uk archives@anglesey.gov.uk]

Breconshire
Powys County Archives Office

County Hall,

Spa Road East,

Llandrindod,

Powys,

LD1 5LG

Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1597 826088

E-mail: [mailto:archives@powys.gov.uk archives@powys.gov.uk]

Caernarfonshire
Caernarfon Record Office

Doc Victoria,

Caernarfon,

Gwynedd,

LL55 1SH,

Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1286 679095

Fax: +44 (0)1286 679637

E-mail: [mailto:archives.caernarfon@gwynedd.gov.uk archives.caernarfon@gwynedd.gov.uk]

Cardiganshire
Archifdy Ceredigion Archives

Swyddfa'r Sir,

Glan-y-Môr,

Aberystwyth,

Ceredigion,

SY23 2DE,

Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1970 633697 or 633698

Email: [mailto:archives@ceredigion.gov.uk archives@ceredigion.gov.uk]

Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire Archives Service

Parc Myrddin,

Richmond Terrace,

Carmarthen,

SA31 1DS,

Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1267 228232

Fax: +44 (0)1267 228237

Email: [mailto:archives@carmarthenshire.gov.uk archives@carmarthenshire.gov.uk]

Denbighshire
Denbighshire Archive

Ruthin Gaol,

46 Clwyd Street,

Ruthin,

Denbighshire, LL15 1HP,

Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1824 708250

Fax: +44 (0)1824 708258

Email: [mailto:archives@denbighshire.gov.uk archives@denbighshire.gov.uk]

Flintshire
Flintshire Records & Archives

The Old Rectory,

Hawarden,

Flintshire,

CH5 3NR,

Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1244 532414

Fax: +44 (0)1244 538344

Email: [mailto:archives@flintshire.gov.uk archives@flintshire.gov.uk]

Glamorgan
The former county of Glamorgan is covered by two record offices:

Glamorgan Record Office

The Glamorgan Building,

King Edward VII Avenue,

Cathays Park,

Cardiff,

CF10 3NE,

Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)29 2078 0282

Fax: +44 (0)29 2078 0284

Email: [mailto:GlamRO@cardiff.ac.uk GlamRO@cardiff.ac.uk]

This office serves the County Borough Councils of Bridgend, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Vale of Glamorgan and the City and County of Cardiff.

Note: During 2009 the Glamorgan Record Office will move from Cathays Park to a brand new centre at Leckwith. West Glamorgan Archive Service

Civic Centre,

Oystermouth Road,

Swansea,

SA1 3SN,

Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1792 636589

Email: [mailto:westglam.archives@swansea.gov.uk westglam.archives@swansea.gov.uk]

This office serves the City and County of Swansea and the County Borough of Neath Port Talbot.

Merionethshire
Archifdy Meirion / Meirionnydd Archives,

Ffordd y Bala,

Dolgellau,

Gwynedd,

LL40 2YF

Wales. Telephone: +44 (0)1341 424681

Fax: +44 (0)1341 424683

Email: [mailto:archives.dolgellau@gwynedd.gov.uk archives.dolgellau@gwynedd.gov.uk]

Monmouthshire
Gwent Record Office

County Hall,

Cwmbrân,

Torfaen,

NP44 2XH,

Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1633 644886

Email: [mailto:gwent.records@torfaen.gov.uk gwent.records@torfaen.gov.uk]

(This Record Office is likely to move to Ebbw Vale in 2010)

Montgomeryshire
Powys County Archives Office

County Hall,

Spa Road East,

Llandrindod,

Powys,

LD1 5LG,

Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1597 826088

Email: [mailto:archives@powys.gov.uk archives@powys.gov.uk]

Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire Record Office

The Castle,

Haverfordwest,

SA61 2EF,

Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1437 763707

Fax: +44 (0)1437 768539

Email: [mailto:record.office@pembrokeshire.gov.uk record.office@pembrokeshire.gov.uk]

Radnorshire
Powys County Archives Office

County Hall,

Spa Road East,

Llandrindod,

Powys,

LD1 5LG,

Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1597 826088

Email: [mailto:archives@powys.gov.uk archives@powys.gov.uk]