West Yorkshire Archive Service Headquarters Registry of Deeds Newstead Road Wakefield WF1 2DE West Yorkshire England
Collection details
Agriculture, Archives, Inland Waterways, Industry, Land Transport, Law and Order, Medicine, Personalities, Photography, Religion, Social History, Sport, Trade and Commerce
Description
Local authority archive service, administered by West Yorkshire Joint Services on behalf of the Metropolitan Councils of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield, with offices in all five districts in West Yorkshire.
Collections description
The Wakefield office holds records of the former West Riding and West Yorkshire County Councils, their predecessors and successors, records of Wakefield Metropolitan Council, Wakefield Diocese, West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police, the West Riding Asylum and many other hospital records, coroners, magistrates and other public bodies, British Waterways, records of local business and industry, schools, charities, clubs and societies, families and individuals.
Key artists and exhibits
The West Riding Registry of Deeds 1704-1970; registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for churches in the Diocese of Wakefield and many nonconformist churches.
General Information
Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Pre-booking service for groups
Collections
General guide to collections available
Specialist publications on collections available
Public access available to collections information
Facilities
Research facilities for academics
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