North Yorkshire Archives and Libraries


 * East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and_Libraries
 * West Yorkshire Archives and Libraries
 * North Yorkshire Archives and Libraries
 * South Yorkshire Archives and Libraries

Archives
North Yorkshire County Record Office County Record Office Malpas Road Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL7 8TB UK Telephone: 01609 777585 Email: [mailto:archives@northyorks.gov.uk archives@northyorks.gov.uk] Website Collections in our custody include:
 * records of the North Riding of Yorkshire County Council and North Yorkshire County Council;
 * records of the boroughs of Harrogate, Richmond, Ripon and Scarborough;
 * records of over 40 different urban and rural district councils established under the 1894 Local Government Act;
 * parish records from almost 300 separate parishes;
 * court records including those of the North Riding of Yorkshire Quarter Sessions dating from the sixteenth century onwards;
 * records from many of North Yorkshire's landed estates and prominent families;
 * records of 24 different Poor Law Unions;
 * the North Riding Registry of Deeds spanning the years 1736 to 1970 and containing over a million entries; and
 * historic maps and plans of North Yorkshire including over 350 parish tithe maps, enclosure maps, mine plans, railway plans and architect's drawings.

Borthwick Institute University Library and Archives University of York Heslington, York YO10 5DD UK Telephone: 01904 321166 Email: [mailto:borthwick-institute@york.ac.uk borthwick-institute@york.ac.uk] Website

The Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society Suite 10E Joseph's Well Hanover Way Leeds, Yorkshire LS3 1AB UK Telephone: 0113 245 7910 Email: [mailto:yas.secretary@gmail.com yas.secretary@gmail.com] Website
 * The Society’s archives include remarkably varied and fascinating collections of maps, diaries, letters, prints, photographs, deeds, wills, manorial records and rare or early printed books which altogether offer insight into the archaeology and history of the historic county of York from prehistoric to modern times.

Explore York Libraries & Archives York Explore Library Learning Centre Museum Street York, North Yorkshire YO1 7DS UK Telephone: 01904 552800 Email: [mailto:archives@exploreyork.org.uk archives@exploreyork.org.uk] Website - Great Ayton Discovery Centre 105b High Street Great Ayton Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire TS9 6NB UK Telephone: 01642 723268 Email: [mailto:greataytondisco@outlook.com greataytondisco@outlook.com] Website Information and facilities at the discovery centre:
 * family history
 * free online access to Ancestry.com, Find My Past, the British Newspaper Archive and Access to Research
 * local studies
 * newspapers

Teesside Archives Exchange House Exchange Square Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire TS1 1DB UK Telephone: 01642 248321 Email: [mailto:teesside_archives@middlesbrough.gov.uk teesside_archives@middlesbrough.gov.uk] Website

Libraries
Harrogate Library Victoria Avenue Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 1EG UK Telephone: 01609 533189 Email: [mailto:harrogate.library@northyorks.gov.uk harrogate.library@northyorks.gov.uk] Website: Harrogate Library

Northallerton Library Northallerton Library & Customer Services Centre 1 Thirsk Rd Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL6 1PT UK Telephone: 1609 533832 Email: [mailto:northallerton.library@northyorks.gov.uk northallerton.library@northyorks.gov.uk] Website: Northallerton Library

York Library Library Square York, North Yorkshire YO1 7DS UK Telephone: 1904 552800 Email: [mailto:archives@exploreyork.org.uk archives@exploreyork.org.uk] Website: York Library ly papers as well as the records of York-based charities, businesses and community groups.

Museums
For a long list of North Yorkshire museums, go to List of museums in North Yorkshire in Wikipedia.

Dales Countryside Museum National Park Centre Station Yard Burtersett Rd Hawes, North Yorkshire DL8 3NT UK Telephone: 1969 666210 Email: [mailto:dcm@yorkshiredales.org.uk dcm@yorkshiredales.org.uk] Website: Dales Countryside Museum

Knaresborough Castle and Museum Castle Yard Knaresborough, North Yorkshire HG5 8AS UK Telephone: 01423 556188 Email: [mailto:museums@harrogate.gov.uk museums@harrogate.gov.uk] Website: Knaresborough Castle and Museum

National Railway Museum Leeman Rd York, North Yorkshire YO26 4XJ UK Telephone: 844 815 3139 Email: [mailto:nrm.visitorservices@nrm.org.uk nrm.visitorservices@nrm.org.uk] Website: National Railway Museum