Record Offices in Wales

Wales Record Offices

The services offered by county Record Offices in Wales does vary, but most offices will hold: Census returns, Parish registers, Nonconformist chapel registers, Land tax records, Maps, Photographs, Council records, Education records, Local newspapers, Court records, Electoral lists, Poor Law Union records, etc..

The offices are listed by their historic county and not the current county!

Anglesey
Anglesey Archive Bryn Cefni Industrial Estate, Llangefni, Anglesey, LL77 7JA, Wales

Telephone: +44 (0)1248 751930 Email: [mailto:archives@anglesey.gov.uk archifdyarchives@ynysmon.llyw.cymru]

Breconshire
Powys County Archives Office Unit 29, Ddole Road Enterprise Park Llandrindod, Powys, LD1 5LG Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1597 826088 E-mail: [mailto:archive@powys.gov.uk archive@powys.gov.uk]

Caernarfonshire
Caernarfon Record Office Gwynedd Archive Service, Gwynedd Council, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL55 1SH, Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1286 679095 Fax: +44 (0)1286 679637 E-mail: [mailto:archifau@gwynedd.llyw.cymru archifau@gwynedd.llyw.cymru]

Cardiganshire
Archifdy Ceredigion Archives Old Town Hall, Queen's Square, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 2EB, Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1970 633697 or 633698 Email: [mailto:archives@ceredigion.gov.uk archives@ceredigion.gov.uk]

Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire Archives at Carmarthen Library 9 St Peter's Street, Carmarthen, SA31 1LN, Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1267 228232 Email: [mailto:archives@carmarthenshire.gov.uk archives@carmarthenshire.gov.uk]

Denbighshire
North East Wales Archives The Old Gaol, 46 Clwyd Street, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1HP, Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1824 708250 Fax: +44 (0)1824 708258 Email: [mailto:archives@denbighshire.gov.uk archives@denbighshire.gov.uk]

Flintshire
North East Wales Archives The Old Rectory,

Rectory Lane Hawarden, Flintshire, CH5 3NR, Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1244 532414 Fax: +44 (0)1244 538344 Email: [mailto:archives@flintshire.gov.uk archives@flintshire.gov.uk]

Glamorgan
The former county of Glamorgan is covered by two record offices:

Glamorgan Record Office Clos Parc Morgannwg, Leckwith, Cardiff, CF11 8AW, Wales

Telephone: +44 (0)29 2087 2200 Email: [mailto:GlamRO@cardiff.ac.uk GlamRO@cardiff.ac.uk]

This office serves the County Borough Councils of Bridgend, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Vale of Glamorgan and the City and County of Cardiff.

West Glamorgan Archive Service Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road, Swansea, SA1 3SN, Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1792 636589 Email: [mailto:westglam.archives@swansea.gov.uk westglam.archives@swansea.gov.uk]

This office serves the City and County of Swansea and the County Borough of Neath Port Talbot.

Merionethshire
Archifdy Meirion / Meirionnydd Archives, Ffordd y Bala, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, LL40 2YF Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1341 424682 Email: [mailto:archifau@gwynedd.llyw.cymru archives.dolgellau@gwynedd.gov.uk]

Monmouthshire
Gwent Archives, Steelworks Road Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 6AA Wales

Telephone: +44 (0)1495 766261 Email: [mailto:enquiries@gwentarchives.gov.uk enquiries@gwentarchives.gov.uk]

Montgomeryshire
Powys County Archives Office Unit 29, Ddole Road Enterprise Park Llandrindod, Powys, LD1 6DF, Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1597 826088 Email: [mailto:archive@powys.gov.uk archive@powys.gov.uk]

Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire Record Office Prendergast, Haverfordwest, SA61 2EF, Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1437 775456 Email: [mailto:record.office@pembrokeshire.gov.uk record.office@pembrokeshire.gov.uk]

Radnorshire
Powys County Archives Office Unit 29, Ddole Road Enterprise Park Llandrindod, Powys, LD1 6DF, Wales.

Telephone: +44 (0)1597 826088 Email: [mailto:archive@powys.gov.uk archive@powys.gov.uk]