Staffordshire Archives and Libraries

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Staffordshire Record Office
Staffordshire Record Office County Buildings Eastgate Street Stafford, Staffordshire ST16 2LZ UK Telephone: 01785 278380 (Admin enquiries) 01785 278379 (Archive enquiries) Email: [mailto:staffordshire.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk staffordshire.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk] Website: Staffordshire Record Office Catalogue: Gateway to the Past


 * This online catalogue contains descriptions of the holdings of:


 * Staffordshire Record Office, Lichfield Record Office, Stoke on Trent City Archives, William Salt Library, Stafford, Staffordshire County Museum at Shugborough, and Shire Hall Art Gallery, Stafford.


 * These descriptions cover manuscripts, maps, books, pamphlets, photographs, museum objects and original artworks. Although some descriptions on this catalogue include thumbnail images, most do not.

Lichfield Record Office
Lichfield Record Office The Friary Lichfield, Staffordshire WS13 6QG UK Telephone: 01543 510720 Email: [mailto:lichfield.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk lichfield.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk] Website: Lichfield Record Office


 * 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. They range in date from the late thirteenth century to the present day and include a series of bishops' registers beginning in 1296, court books, visitation records, wills and tithe maps (for Staffordshire and northern Shropshire).

Burton Family and Local History Centre
Burton Family and Local History Centre Burton Library Riverside High Street Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire DE14 1AH UK Telephone: 01283 239556 Email: [mailto:burton.library@staffordshire.gov.uk burton.library@staffordshire.gov.uk] Website: Burton Family and Local History Centre


 * Registers of parishes in the former registration district of Burton upon Trent are available on microfiche, for registers starting 1925 or earlier. These include: Anslow; Barton under Needwood; Branston; Burton-upon Trent, All Saints, Christ Church, Holy Trinity, St Aidan, St Margaret, St Modwen, St Paul; Dunstall; Hanbury; Horninglow; Rolleston; Stretton with Claymills; Tatenhill; Tutbury; Wychnor; and Yoxall.


 * Microfiche copies of bishops transcripts of Derbyshire parish registers in the former registration district of Burton are available as follows: Church Gresley; Rosliston; Stapenhill.


 * Microfiche copies of nonconformist registers for a large number of chapels within the Burton-upon-Trent Methodist circuits and for other nonconformist chapels are available.

Stoke-on-Trent City Archives
Stoke-on-Trent City Archives City Central Library Bethesda Street Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire ST1 3RS UK Telephone: 01782 238420 Email: [mailto:stoke.archives@stoke.gov.uk stoke.archives@stoke.gov.uk] Website: Stoke-on-Trent City Archives

William Salt Library
William Salt Library William Salt Library Eastgate Street Stafford, Staffordshire ST16 2LZ UK Telephone: 017585-278414 Email: [mailto:william.salt.library@staffordshire.gov.uk 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.

Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies: Molineux Hotel Building Whitmore Hill Wolverhampton WV1 1SF Telephone: 01902 552480 Website: www.wolverhampton.gov.uk  Dudley Archives and Local History Service: Mount Pleasant Street, Coseley West Midlands, WV14 9JR UK Telephone: 01384 812770 Website: www.dudley.gov.uk Sandwell Community History &amp; Archives Service: Smethwick Library High Street, Smethwick West Midlands B66 1AA UK Telephone: 0121 558 2561 Email: archives_service@sandwell.gov.uk Website: www.sandwell.gov.uk