Montgomeryshire Archives and Libraries

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

Record Office
Montgomeryshire Record Office Powys Archives Unit 29 Ddole Road Enterprise Park Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 6DF UK Telephone: 01597 826088 Email: [mailto:archives@powys.gov.uk archives@powys.gov.uk] Website: Montgomeryshire Record Office Website #2: Powys Archives


 * Montgomeryshire Record Office is situated in Llandrindod Wells. Powys was created in 1974 from Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire and became a unitary county in 1996.  They hold resources relating to this area.  Dating from the fourteenth century, these resources cover many different topics, so are useful to anyone interested in conducting research of any type.

Libraries
Llanfair Caereinion Library The Institute Llanfair Caereinion, Powys SY21 0RY UK Telephone: 01938 811028 Email: [mailto:llanfair.library@powys.gov.uk llanfair.library@powys.gov.uk] Website: Llanfair Caereinion Library

Llanfyllin Library Youth and Community Centre Llanfyllin, Powys SY22 5BB UK Telephone: 01691 648794 Email: [mailto:llanfyllin.library@powys.gov.uk llanfyllin.library@powys.gov.uk] Website: Llanfyllin Library

Llanidloes Library Llanidloes Town Hall Great Oak Street Llanidloes, Powys SY18 6BN UK Telephone: 01686 412855 Email: [mailto:llanidloes.library@powys.gov.uk llanidloes.library@powys.gov.uk] Website: Llanidloes Library

Machynlleth Library Maengwyn Street Machynlleth, Powys SY20 8DY UK Telephone: 01654 702322 Email: [mailto:machynlleth.library@powys.gov.uk machynlleth.library@powys.gov.uk] Website: Machynlleth Library

Montgomery Library Arthur Street Montgomery, Powys SY15 6RA UK Telephone: 01686 668937 Website: Montgomery Library

Newtown Library Park Lane Newtown, Powys SY16 1EJ UK Telephone: 01686 626934 Email: [mailto:newtown.library@powys.gov.uk newtown.library@powys.gov.uk] Website: Newtown Library

Welshpool Library Brook Street Welshpool, Powys SY21 7PH UK Telephone: 01938 553001 Email: [mailto:welshpool.library@powys.gov.uk welshpool.library@powys.gov.uk] Website: Welshpool Library

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: Llanidloes Museum


 * 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: Newtown Textile Museum


 * The Textile Museum in Newtown - just over the bridge into Commercial Street 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, alongside displays of related industries and influential local people such as Pryce Jones.

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: Old Bell Museum


 * 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


 * Powysland Museum illustrates the archaeology and social history of Montgomeryshire from the earliest prehistoric settlers to the 20th century. It’s housed in a renovated and restored warehouse beside the Montgomery Canal.

Archives
Powys Archives Unit 29 Ddole Road Enterprise Park Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 6DF UK Telephone: 01597 826088 Email: [mailto:archives@powys.gov.uk archives@powys.gov.uk] Website: Powys Archives


 * The Powys County Archives Office serves as the official repository for the records of the current county of Powys (established in 1974) and the three incorporated former counties of Breconshire, Montgomeryshire, and Radnorshire.