Resources at the Record Office
The Records Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland holds thousands of
documents and items, including...
Archives of :
- Leicestershire
and Rutland County
Councils
- Borough and City of Leicester
- Quarter Sessions, Petty
Sessions and other local Courts
- Poor Law Unions and workhouses
- Archdeaconry
of Leicester (including wills and inventories from 1496)
- Probate Registry (wills
from 1858)
- Anglican and nonconformist churches
- Leicestershire
Regiment and other military bodies
- Landed estates and families
- Solicitors,
manufacturers and other commercial businesses
- Schools, clubs, societies and other
organisations
Also :
- Census returns
for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland 1841-1901
- Enclosure and tithe maps
- Ordnance
Survey maps
- Books, magazines and leaflets on local people, places and subjects
- Commercial
directories and electoral registers
- Local newspapers
- Works by
local authors
- Illustrations and information on local people and places
- Photographs
and local films and videos
- Oral history tapes and other sound recordings
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