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Manchester. People. Pride. Place.

Manchester Archive+ is a Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives) project to investigate community engagement with archives through Web 2.0 software.

Have a look at our sets on Flickr.

Please feel free to comment or tag any of our 1600+ photographs with information or reminiscences. You'll need a Flickr account to do this. You could also geo-tag any of our images using Suggestify:

suggestify.appspot.com/

Just choose 'Select a location' and enter "Manchester Archive +" and you can submit locations for our photographs.

Look out for project updates on Twitter:

twitter.com/mcrarchives

Takedown Notice

In the event that you are the owner of the copyright in any of the material on our Flickr pages and do not consent to the use of your material in accordance with the terms and conditions of use of this website, or if you are unhappy with your name or other details appearing on our Flickr pages, please get in touch. Please contact us at archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk providing proof of ID and proof of ownership of copyright and we will withdraw the material from our Flickr pages forthwith on receipt of your written objection and proof of identity and ownership of the aforementioned material. Your complaint will be acknowledged within 10 working days of receipt.

One service, two locations.

When Central Library opens in 2013, it will be a wonderful, purpose-built showcase and repository for the region's archive and family history. For the first time, we're bringing thousands of the region''s records together under one roof to create an unrivalled collection. That means working in partnership with other archive and family history providers in the region.

Until then, Manchester Local Studies has become part of the new City Library on Deansgate and Central Library's Archive Service (Manchester Archives) has reopened in its new temporary home at the Greater Manchester County Record Office, with its collections joining those of the County Record Office.

Visit our joint website.

Manchester Local Studies

A wide range of lending and reference books about Manchester and aspects of its history, current information files and Ordnance Survey and non OS maps of Manchester.

Computer resources include:
Ancestry.com, Find My Past, Manchester Burials Online and a wide range of CD-ROMs for family and local history.

An extensive Local Image Collection is available at www.images.manchester.gov.uk


Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)

We hold a wide range of archive material relating to the history of the Greater Manchester area, its people and communities. Highlights from the collections include:

Parish records for churches within the Diocese of Manchester
Court and prison records
Hospital and Workhouse records, including Prestwich Asylum
Estate Collections including Legh of Lyme Hall, the Egerton family (Earls of Wilton) and the Assheton Collection.
Business records including the Manchester Ship Canal Company, the Rochdale Canal Company and Quarry Bank Mill
Documentary Photography Archive

Greater Manchester Jewish Community Archive