Herefordshire Archives and Libraries

Archives
Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre Fir Tree Lane Rotherwas Hereford, Herefordshire HR2 6LA UK Telephone: 01432 260750 Email: [mailto:archives@herefordshire.gov.uk archives@herefordshire.gov.uk] Website Archive collections and search Browsable parish catalogue
 * The Diocese of Hereford covers parishes in Herefordshire, South Shropshire, and parts of Worcestershire, Monmouthshire and Powys. These documents date from the thirteenth century onwards and cover a wide range of the Diocese's functions through to the present day. Latin was the preferred language of many of these documents until 1732.

Herefordshire Cathedral Library & Archives Hereford Cathedral 5 College Cloisters Cathedral Close Hereford, Herefordshire HR1 2NG UK Telephone: 01432-374225/6 Email: [mailto:library@herefordcathedral.org library@herefordcathedral.org] Website

Libraries

 * Herefordshire library list

Museums

 * For a long list of Herefordshire museums, go to List of museums in Herefordshire in Wikipedia.
 * Museum collections search
 * Independent museums in Herefordshire

Herefordshire Museum Resource & Learning Centre 58 Friars St Hereford, Herefordshire HR4 0AS UK Telephone: 1432 383383 Email: [mailto:herefordmuseums@herefordshire.gov.uk herefordmuseums@herefordshire.gov.uk] Website:
 * The Museum Resource and Learning Centre is the central storage facility for the county’s museum collections and where collections not on show at the service’s sites across the county are stored and cared for; natural history, geology, coins, costume and textiles, archaeology, social and agricultural history.

- Hereford Museum and Art Gallery Broad Street Hereford HR4 9AU Herefordshire, UK Telephone: +44 1432 383383 E-mail: herefordmuseums@herefordshire.gov.uk Website Facebook
 * Hereford Museum and Art Gallery is housed in a spectacular Victorian gothic building. The museum has been exhibiting artefacts and works of fine and decorative art connected with the local area since 1874. Although the exterior of the building has changed very little, the museum and gallery have kept up with the times. Today the museum is full of interesting local history with interactive elements for all the family. Exhibits highlight Herefordshire's local culture, its heritage in farming and production, the natural environment and its special place as a border county. Come and find out how life has changed here over the centuries.

Leominster Museum 16 Etnam St Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 8AQ UK Telephone: 1568 615186 Museum
 * Leominster Museum, formerly known as Leominster Folk Museum, tells the story of Leominster and its people from pre-Roman times to the present day. The collection comprises artefacts, pictures, photographs, postcards and documents, including an important collection of paintings and drawings by famous Leominster Victorian artist John Scarlett Davis.

The Black and White House Museum High Town Hereford Herefordshire HR1 2AA, UK Telephone:01432 260 694 Email: herefordmuseums@herefordshire.gov.uk Website
 * The Black and White House is a remarkably well preserved example of a 17th Century timber-framed building and is situated in the heart of Hereford. Built in 1621, the house has been used for many purposes over the years, starting life as a butcher's home and shop and finishing its commercial life in the hands of Lloyds Bank in the late 1920s. Since 1929 it has been a fascinating museum giving an insight into daily life in Jacobean times. It is furnished in period style with an internationally important collection of English oak furniture.

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 Herefordshire.

Hereford Register Office Hereford Town Hall 10 St Owen Street Hereford HR1 2PJ UK Telephone: 01432 260565 Website Apply for a copy certificate
 * Appointments required.