Powys Archives
Location
- Advice on accessing these materials
- Web
- Telephone
- +44 (0)1597 826088
- Address
- Powys Archives, Powys County Council, Unit 29, Ddole Road Enterprise Park, Llandrindod Wells, LD1 6DF, Wales, UK
- Directions
- https://en.powys.gov.uk/article/1929/Powys-Archives-location-and-opening-hours
- Opening Hours
- Thursday & Friday 9.30am to 5pm. Closed: Monday-Wednesday & bank holidays (Please telephone to check before visiting).
- Access Information
- Visitors are welcome at any time during opening hours, but we recommend making an appointment if you wish to use a public computer, look at microform materials (newspapers, parish registers etc) or consult a large number of archival documents.
- Photographs Allowed
- depending on the material
- Reproduction Services
- http://www.powys.gov.uk/en/archives/arrange-for-a-copy-to-be-made-from-our-archives/
- Facilities for Disabled Persons
- Wheelchair accessible.
- Archival and Other Holdings
Our collections date from the fourteenth century and can be used for all types of research. Documents can be viewed in our search room, or if you are unable to visit, we can undertake a search for you via our Research Service: Ask us to research our archives for you - Powys County Council. Further information on our collections can be found here: https://en.powys.gov.uk/article/1870/Find-archives-and-local-records County Council . Online Catalogue: http://calmview.powys.gov.uk/CalmView/
- History
Powys Archives serves as the official repository for the records of the modern county of Powys (first established in 1974) and the three former counties of Breconshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire.
List of Collections(View as Search Results)
- Breconshire Constabulary Records
- Breconshire Lord Lieutenancy and Advisory Committee Records
- Burial Authorities
- Charity Commission Accounts: Breconshire
- Items donated by Major J.A. Pearce
- Mines and Quarries Inspectorate Montgomeryshire Records
- Montgomeryshire Shrievalty
- National Park Records
- Pryce Jones and other records