Wrexham Archives and Local Studies (simply the Wrexham Archives; formerly A.N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives) holds the

archive An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...

s for the city of

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

. The archives are held at County Buildings, on Regent Street, Wrexham, and run by

Wrexham County Borough Council Wrexham County Borough Council () is the governing body for Wrexham County Borough, a principal area in north Wales, covering Wrexham and the surrounding area. History Elections take place every five years. The Labour Party held power on the ...

as part of its Wrexham Archives and Local Studies Service. The centre was initially named after local Wrexham historian

Alfred Neobard Palmer Alfred Neobard Palmer (10 July 1847 – 7 March 1915) was a chemist and local historian. He published several books concerning the local history of Wrexham and north Wales. Biography Alfred Neobard Palmer was born in Thetford, Norfolk, Englan ...

. The building is shared with

Wrexham County Borough Museum Wrexham County Borough Museum (or simply Wrexham Museum) is a local history museum in Wrexham, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is located within County Buildings, alongside the A. N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives and a proposed ...

and the archives opened in 2002.

Materials

Materials held at the centre include: * 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 * 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

References

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