Cheshire Record Office - Cheshire
Archives and Local Studies
For information about the Record Office and our work,
please choose from the menu on the left and
also follow the links below to find more information
about:
Heritage Open Day at the Record Office
Thursday 9th September 2010 10am to 12
noon.
All access tours every half an hour giving a brief history of
the service, with a chance to see the strongrooms and highlights of
Chester and Cheshire's archive collection.
Pre-book on 01244 972559 or just turn
up. Unfortunately we can not
provide parking.
Cheshire Historic County Maps
We are delighted to report that through the kindness of the
Cheshire Local History Association, that a variety of historic
county maps for Cheshire are now accessible on line:
1911 Census Returns
We're pleased to report that we now offer free access to the
1911 census returns. Users wanting to access the 1911 census
returns should consult a member of the team in the searchroom. We
hope this facility will be a helpful and productive addition
to our service.
Railway Employee Records
John Ramsbottoms presentation volumes is now
searchable online: Contains thousands of signatures of London and
North Western Railway employees. Please follow the link
below
Cheshire Archives Booksale
Cheshire Archives and Local Studies are currently
holding a booksale in the public searchroom: lots of titles of
interest to local and family historians. If you're coming
along why not pick up some bargain reading?
Essential plumbing work
From Friday 18 June to Wednesday 11 August, there will
be essential building work carried out on our premises on
Duke Street to upgrade the plumbing. We are confident that
disruption should be kept to a minimum, though there is likely to
be some noise and on occasions document production from particular
strongrooms may not be possible. Please rest assured
that everything is being done to maintain normal service
as far as we can.