Records Held By Staffordshire Record Office
The range of archive collections held by Staffordshire Record Office is very wide and encompasses very many subject areas.
They include records of:
Local authorities including:
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Staffordshire County Council, 1889 onwards, and its predecessor authorities, including the Court of Quarter Sessions, c.1590-1888
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Staffordshire Poor Law Unions, 1834-1930
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Stafford Borough Council and former urban and rural district councils in Staffordshire
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Parish councils from 1894
Also:
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Magistrates courts
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Anglican parishes in the historic county of Staffordshire, including ecclesiastical records and records of parish administration
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Nonconformist circuits and chapels
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Major landed families in the county including those of the Dukes of Sutherland, Marquesses of Anglesey, Earls of Shrewsbury, Dartmouth, Lichfield and Bradford, Barons Bagot and Stafford, and many others
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Businesses and professions including solicitors, estate agents, accountants, retail trades, building societies
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Industry including coalmining, iron, engineering, textiles, footwear and brewing
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Communications including railways, canals and roads
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Primary and Secondary schools
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Hospitals
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Clubs and societies, including co-operative societies and political societies
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Trade Unions
As well as
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Electoral registers for most of the historic county. Those for the period 1832-1891 are available on microfiche only for preservation reasons.
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Census returns for the whole of the historic county, on microfiche only.
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Tithe and enclosure maps and awards and estate maps
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Ordnance Survey maps, including the County and National Grid series
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