Warwickshire Archives and Libraries

Boundaries Changes Affecting Records
The current county boundaries were set in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. The historic county boundaries included The West Midlands cities of Coventry, Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, and Birmingham, and the Staffordshire market town of Tamworth.

Archives
Warwickshire County Record Office Priory Park Cape Road Warwick, Warwickshire CV34 4JS UK Telephone: 01926 738959 Email: [mailto:recordoffice@warwickshire.gov.uk recordoffice@warwickshire.gov.uk] Website

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office and Library Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Henley Street Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 0NP UK Telephone: 01789 204016 (bookings) 01789 201813 (enquiries) Email: [mailto:records@shakespeare.org.uk records@shakespeare.org.uk] Website

Coventry History Center Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Jordan Well Coventry, Warwickshire CV1 5QP UK Telephone: 024 7623 7578 Email: [mailto:historycentre@theherbert.org historycentre@theherbert.org] Website
 * Coventry Archives & Research Centre is the new name for Coventry History Centre. It opened in 2008 when the resources of Coventry Record Office and the local studies collection held at Central Library were brought together under one roof.

Solihull Heritage & Local Studies The Core Library Homer Road Solihull, West Midlands B91 3RG UK Telephone: 0121 704 6934 Email: [mailto:heritage@solihull.gov.uk heritage@solihull.gov.uk] Website Catalogue

The University of Warwick Modern Records Centre University Library University of Warwick Coventry, West Midlands CV4 7AL UK Telephone: 024 7652 4219 Email: [mailto:archives@warwick.ac.uk archives@warwick.ac.uk] Website

Libraries
- The Library of Birmingham Centenary Square Broad Street Birmingham, Warwickshire B1 2ND UK Telephone: 0121 2424242 Email: [mailto:enquiries@libraryofbirmingham.com enquiries@libraryofbirmingham.com] Website Catalogue
 * Warwickshire Find A Library

Coventry Central Library Smithford Way Coventry, Warwickshire CV1 1FY UK Telephone: 024 7683 2314 Email: [mailto:central.library@coventry.gov.uk central.library@coventry.gov.uk] Website Catalogue

Solihull Central Library (The Core Library) Homer Road Solihull, West Midlands B91 3RG UK Telephone: 0121 704 6977 Email: [mailto:heritage@solihull.gov.uk heritage@solihull.gov.uk] Website

Sutton Coldfield Library Lower Parade Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B72 1XX Telephone: 0121 464 2274 Email: [mailto:sutton.coldfield.library@birmingham.gov.uk sutton.coldfield.library@birmingham.gov.uk] Website

Museums

 * Warwickshire Museum Collections Council manages museums
 * For a long list of Warwickshire museums, go to List of museums in Warwickshire in Wikipedia.

Civil Registration Offices
The General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their website (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.

Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the historic and current registration districts and their parishes, see UKBMD: Registration Districts in Warwickshire.


 * Request a copy certificate
 * Warwickshire Register Office links
 * Contacting neighboring authorities Includes many locations once in Warwickshire.