Montgomeryshire Archives and Libraries

Archives
For a list of archives and libraries on the national level, go to the Wales Archives and Libraries page.

Powys County Public Records Unit 29, Ddole Road Enterprise Park Llandrindod, LD1 6DF UK Email: archive@powys.gov.uk Phone: 01597 826088 Website Online Catalog Records We Hold
 * Parish and Nonconformist Records

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 * Powys Public Record Office, also known as Powys Archives, is the official storage area for the records of the people and establishments of the county of Powysincluding which is comprised of Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire, and Breconshire. Our collections date from the fourteenth century.

Libraries

 * Powys County Libraries

Museums
- Llanidloes Museum Town Hall 6 Great Oak Street Llanidloes, Powys SY18 6BN UK Telephone: 01938 554656 Email: [mailto:powysland.museum@powys.gov.uk powysland.museum@powys.gov.uk] Website
 * Powys County Museums
 * The museum depicts the history of the Borough of Llanidloes during the last 300 years. Exhibits include a recreated Victorian kitchen, parlour, and gentleman’s study.

- Newtown Textile Museum (Amgueddfa Wehyddu'r Drenewydd) 5-7 Commercial St Newtown SY16 2BL UK Telephone: 1686 622024 Email: [mailto:admin@newtowntextilemuseum.co.uk admin@newtowntextilemuseum.co.uk] Website
 * The Textile Museum in Newtown gives visitors a chance to see how the handloom weavers of the mid-19th century lived and worked. The block which houses the Museum was built in the 1830s as a hand-loom weaving factory, the looms occupying the third and fourth floor above three pairs of back-to-back cottages on the lower floors.  Newtown's development into a centre of industry is described through exhibits in the former cottages, while on the top two floors the story of fleece to flannel is illustrated by looms and spinning wheels.

- Old Bell Museum Arthur Street Montgomery, Powys SY15 6RA UK Telephone: 01686 668313/01686 669940 Email: [mailto:curator@oldbellmuseum.org.uk curator@oldbellmuseum.org.uk] Website
 * The Old Bell, a 16th century inn, has been converted into a local history museum by Montgomery Civic Society.  Eleven rooms house displays illustrating the long social and civic history of the ancient County Town of Montgomeryshire.   There are permanent exhibitions relating to the medieval and Norman castles and their archaeological excavations with excellent scale models of both.  Two rooms are devoted to the Workhouse and the Cambrian Railways.  A small room in the museum has been restored to demonstrate the various methods of construction in this half timbered building.

Powysland Museum Canal Wharf Welshpool, Powys SY21 7AQ UK Telephone: 01938 554656 Email: [mailto:powysland.museum@powys.gov.uk powysland.museum@powys.gov.uk] Website
 * Powysland Museum illustrates the archaeology and social history of Montgomeryshire from the earliest prehistoric settlers to the 20th century.

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).

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 Civil Registration districts in Brecknockshire between 1837 and 1974.

Sometimes additional help is available from local registrars. For example, proof of death and close family relationship can make more recent records available. Visit or correspond with: Powys Registrar Service The Gwalia Ithon Road Llandrindod Wells Powys, LD1 6AA Phone: 01597 827468 Email: registrars@powys.gov.uk Apply for Family History Certificates
 * All the registers for births, deaths and marriages which took place in Powys from 1837 onwards are now held at the Registration Office in Llandrindod Wells. If you're finding out about your family history, you can order copies of these certificates.]