About the collection
Running to
almost 1,500 boxes of documents and hundreds of volumes, maps
and plans, the Worcester City Archives is one of the largest
collections held by Worcestershire Record Office, and a huge source
of virtually untapped information.
The Corporation that ran Worcester was the forerunner to today’s
modern City Council.
There are two distinct types of records:
Those relating to the to the running of the
council:
| Liber Recorda |
Ledgers |
| Rate Books |
Financial Records |
| Committee Minutes |
Recognisance Books |
| Deeds |
Court Books |
| Chamber Order Books |
Quarter Sessions Records |
| Charters, Acts and By-laws |
Elections |
Those relating to the running of the
city:
| Charities |
Markets and Fairs |
| Poor Law |
Education |
| Gas |
Electricity |
| Public Health |
Railways |
| Pitchcroft |
Militia |
| Freemen Lists |
Frankpledge |
| The Worcester Bridge |
Turnpikes |
| The Canal |
The River Severn |
| Civil Defence |
Gaol |
| Lunatic Asylum |
Sewerage |
The project will catalogue and clean the collection. Although it
will be possible to view the documents using the basic paper
inventory in the County Hall branch searchroom, some documents may
be temporarily unavailable whilst we work with them. We will
respond to your queries as soon as possible.
Thank you for your patience.
Most of the collection will be fully accessible once the project
is completed. A small number of records, however, will have access
restrictions either due to their fragile condition, or under the
Data Protection Act.
This page was last reviewed 27 February 2012 at 15:08.
The page is next due for review 25 August 2013.