Wrexham Archives and Local Studies

Last updated April 27, 2023

Wrexham Archives and Local Studies (simply the Wrexham Archives; formerly A.N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives) holds the archives for the city of Wrexham. The archives are held at County Buildings, on Regent Street, Wrexham, and run by Wrexham County Borough Council as part of its Wrexham Archives and Local Studies Service.^[1]^[2] The centre was initially named after local Wrexham historian Alfred Neobard Palmer.^[3] The building is shared with Wrexham County Borough Museum and the archives opened in 2002.^[4]^[5]

Materials

Materials held at the centre include:^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Census returns 1841-1901 for Wrexham County Borough
Census returns 1891-1901 for Denbighshire and Flintshire
Census indexes 1881 for Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire and Shropshire
National Probate Indexes for England and Wales 1858-1943
Newspapers from ~1850^[10]
Parish registers for parishes in Wrexham County Borough
Burgess rolls and Electoral Lists from 1857 (incomplete)
Monumental Inscriptions
Parish Register transcriptions
Trade directories 1818-1974
Books on the history of Wrexham County Borough
1881 British Census and National Index for England, Wales and Scotland
Cemetery Databases for Wrexham Cemetery 1876-2000 and Gresford Cemetery 1917-2000
Internet access to genealogical sites and historical sites
Ordnance Survey Maps dating from 1872 -1970s
Tithe maps for parishes in Wrexham County Borough
Alan Godfrey old maps covering NE Wales

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References

↑ "Wrexham Archives and Local Studies Service". Wrexham.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
↑ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
↑ "A.N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives - About A.N. Palmer". Wrexham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
↑ "Archives". Wrexham Heritage. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
↑ WalesOnline (5 May 2002). "News from around Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
↑ "Catalogues and Indexes - Sources Available for Local and Family History Research". wrexham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 April 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
↑ "Wrexham Archives Service collection - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
↑ Live, Cheshire (15 April 2009). "Wrexham mayor David Griffiths uses museum's archives to trace family roots". CheshireLive. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
↑ "Catalogues and Indexes". old.wrexham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
↑ "Holdings of Local Newspapers" (PDF). Wrexham County Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2022.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[1] "Wrexham Archives and Local Studies Service". Wrexham.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[2] Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[3] "A.N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives - About A.N. Palmer". Wrexham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[4] "Archives". Wrexham Heritage. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[5] WalesOnline (5 May 2002). "News from around Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[6] "Catalogues and Indexes - Sources Available for Local and Family History Research". wrexham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 April 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[7] "Wrexham Archives Service collection - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[8] Live, Cheshire (15 April 2009). "Wrexham mayor David Griffiths uses museum's archives to trace family roots". CheshireLive. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[9] "Catalogues and Indexes". old.wrexham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[10] "Holdings of Local Newspapers" (PDF). Wrexham County Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2022.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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