Priory Park, Cape Road, Warwick, Warwickshire CV34 4JS
Wednesday-Friday 9am-4pm, Saturday 9am-12pm
Wheelchair accessible, Disabled parking, Disabled access toilet
Large print guides
Hearing loop
Warwickshire County Record Office
Our building
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A history of the site now occupied by the Record Office can be found here.
Our staff
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You can check out his antics on our social media pages.
1 Collections and Development Manager,
1 Senior Archivist, 5 Archivists,
1 Principal Archive Assistant, 2 Archive Assistants,
1 Apprentice Archive Assistant, 1 Archive Trainee,
1 Senior Conservator, 1 Senior Conservation and Reprographics Assistant,
1 Collections and Development Officer, 1 Genealogist and Records Assistant, 1 Compliance Officer.
What we collect
We collect, preserve and make available historic records relating to the County of Warwickshire. This includes:
- Local government records
- Church of England parish records
- Nonconformist records
- Courts of law, coroners, criminal and police records
- School and education records
- Business collections
- Estate and family papers
- Solicitors’ archives
- Hospital and health records
- Other sources
We have many items in our collections which could be deemed “unusual”.
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They include these keys and branded cutlery from Central Hospital, Hatton, which was originally built in the 19th century as the county’s lunatic asylum.
(Warwickshire County Record Office, CR5060/24-26)
Our catalogue and online resources
- Many of our catalogues are online Warwickshire’s Past Unlocked
- Our services Heritage and Culture Warwickshire
- The history of Warwickshire County (submit your own articles, memories and photos)