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A.N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives holds the archives for the town of Wrexham. The archives are held at Regent Street, Wrexham, and run by Wrexham County Borough Council.[1] The centre is named after local Wrexham historian Alfred Neobard Palmer.[2]

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

  1. ^ http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/heritage/archives/index.htm
  2. ^ http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/heritage/archives/an_palmer.htm

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