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The Cheshire Record Office is the
county record office In the United Kingdom (and particularly in England and Wales) a county record office is usually a local authority repository, also called a county archives. Such repositories employ specialist staff to administer and conserve the historic and th ...
and
diocesan record office Originally within the United Kingdom the title of diocesan record office would frequently have referred to a church-owned diocesan registry or chancery. This would have been where the episcopal registers, administrative papers and title deeds were ...
for
Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...
. It houses the Cheshire Archives and Local Studies Service (formerly Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies Service). Since 1986 it has been based in Duke Street,
Chester Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...
.


Further reading

*Caroline M. Williams, ''Guide to the Cheshire Record Office and Chester Diocesan Record Office'', Chester: Cheshire County Council, 1991 *''Our Cheshire Parishes: glimpses of parish government through the ages''. Chester: Cheshire County Council, 1994 (published to celebrate the centenary of parish councils)


External links


Cheshire Archives and Local Studies websiteE-mapping Victorian Cheshire
{{Authority control Archives in Cheshire Chester Organisations based in Cheshire History of Cheshire Government agencies with year of establishment missing County record offices in England