Cheshire Archives and Local Studies

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Cheshire Record Office

Duke Street
Chester
England
CH1 1RL

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Telephone: 01244 972 574

Email: recordoffice@cheshiresharedservices.gov.uk

Closed: Bank holidays, 1st full week in December

  • Book in advance
  • Wheelchair access
  • Research Service
  • Readers ticket required

Currently no in-person access to the collections at the Record Office until they re-open in the new centres in Chester and Crewe in 2026

  • Reprographics: Photographic, scanning and photocopying services and self-service microfilm reader-printer are available. Users may bring their own cameras
  • Archives and Local Studies catalogues and a range of indexes at are available on their website
  • Tithe maps available online
  • Member of ArchivesCard Scheme

    • ARCHON code: 17

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    Collections information

    Businesses (255)

    Organisations (1990)

    Persons (153)

    Diaries (51)

    Families (149)

    Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (376)

    Accessions

    These are selected lists of new or additional collections that were acquired by this archive during a specific year. If a date is not displayed there are no accessions for that year.

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