Cheshire Archives and Libraries

Archives
Cheshire Archives and Local Studies Duke Street Chester, Cheshire CH1 1RL UK Telephone: 1244 972574 Email: [mailto:recordoffice@cheshiresharedservices.gov.uk  recordoffice@cheshiresharedservices.gov.uk] Website Databases
 * The Cheshire Archives & Local Studies service identifies, collects and cares for archives and publications that are the evidence of Cheshire communities’ lives past and present. We deliver access for all to our collections for information, learning and enjoyment and work to make sure archives survive so that future generations will be able to do the same.
 * We are a shared service of Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East Councils. The service is also responsible for delivering the archives service for Warrington and Halton boroughs.

Libraries

 * Cheshire and West Cheshire Libraries
 * East Cheshire Libraries
 * Warrington Libraries
 * Halton Libraries

Museums

 * For a list of Cheshire museums, go to List of museums in Cheshire in Wikipedia.
 * Cheshire West and Cheshire Galleries and Museums
 * Cheshire East Museums

Paradise Mill Park Lane Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 6TJ UK Telephone: 01625 612045 Email: [mailto:info@silkmacclesfield.org.uk info@silkmacclesfield.org.uk] Website
 * Paradise Mill takes you back in time to Macclesfield of the early 20th century, with the only working Jacquard silk hand looms in the country in their original location, offering the experience of what it would have been like to be a Macclesfield mill worker.

The Old Sunday School Roe Street Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 6UT UK Telephone: 01625 613210 Email: [mailto:info@silkmacclesfield.org.uk info@silkmacclesfield.org.uk] Website
 * In the 18th and 19th century many of the children in Macclesfield would have been working in the silk mills from the age of 6 years, and Sunday School would have been their only chance for education. It provided the main opportunity for children to learn reading and writing, as well as scripture.  The Large Sunday School was established by John Whitaker, a local Alderman and Magistrate.  His aim was to teach religious knowledge and learning to the ‘lower classes of society’; ‘to lessen the sum of human wretchedness’.

Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse 162 London Road Northwich, Cheshire CW9 8AB UK Telephone: 1606 271640 Email: [mailto:weaverhalladmin@cheshirewest.gov.uk weaverhalladmin@cheshirewest.gov.uk] Website
 * This museum records the social, cultural and industrial history of west Cheshire. It was formerly known as the Salt Museum, reflecting its early focus on the history of salt extraction, a local industry dating back to Roman times. The museum was renamed Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse in 2010 as its remit now extends to cover the broader history of the area and also the history of the building itself as a former workhouse. It is part of the West Cheshire Museums.

Civil Records 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 of Cheshire and their parishes, see UKBMD: Registration Districts in Cheshire.

Contact information and links for ordering records: East Cheshire Chester West and Chester Halton Warrington
 * Births, marriages, and deaths
 * Current Parishes
 * Ordering certificates
 * Current Parishes
 * Births, marriages, deaths and citizenship
 * Current Parishes
 * Order a copy of a birth, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate
 * Current Parishes