For information about local studies collections in the Cheshire Record Office please go to What we hold.

Local Studies in libraries

Libraries across Cheshire West and Chester, and Cheshire East contain local and family history information and provide free access to our Ancestry and Find My Past subscriptions. 

We support library collections which include books and pamphlets, maps, microfilms, photographs and other material relating to the local area. These can be searched using our online catalogue.

The main collections are to be found at:

• Cheshire East libraries:  Alsager, Congleton, Crewe, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Nantwich, Poynton, Sandbach and Wilmslow.
• Cheshire West and Chester libraries:  Chester, Ellesmere Port, Neston, Northwich and Winsford.
  
  

More information about what we hold in each library coming soon.