Loans, donations, bequests and sale to the Records Office

There would be few documents in the Record Office for people to use if no one handed their documents over to us. The vast majority of our holdings come from organisations and individuals around the area. Some have given their documents to us, but far more have retained ownership and simply lent us their records so that they can be looked after and used by local historians and those interested.

If you have documents you feel might be of interest for historical reasons, please do contact us using the details above. Documents held in the Record Office are kept in fire-protected strongrooms in carefully controlled atmospheric conditions to preserve them for the future.

All documents are held under our standard Terms of Deposit.