Local History, Family History and Archives

Stoke-on-Trent City Archives

• Do you want to trace your family tree?
• Did your family live in the Potteries?
• Do you want to learn about the area?
• Do you want to find out about pottery?

If you are interested in family history or local studies, Stoke-on-Trent City Archives is here to help you. Visit us at City Central Library, email your enquiry to stoke.archives@stoke.gov.uk or visit the service's website at www.staffordshire.gov.uk/archives to find out more. Stoke-on-Trent City Archives is part of the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service.

Our collections include:

• Church records
• Parish registers in print or microfilm covering most of North Staffordshire
• Methodist church archives
• Directories
• Telephone directories
• Trade directories for the Potteries and Staffordshire 1798-
• Yellow pages
• Records
• Rate books for the Six Towns
• Registers of electors 1949-
• Maps
• Ordnance Survey maps from the first series in the late 19th century
• Newspapers
• Staffordshire Advertiser from 1795
• Staffordshire Sentinel from 1854 to today
• Photographs
• Photographic library covering Stoke-on-Trent, the Potteries and North Staffordshire
• Pottery archives

There are also extensive collections about the local potteries and about leading personalities in the ceramics industry.

How to contact us

Stoke-on-Trent City Archives 
City Central Library
Bethesda Street
Hanley
Stoke-on-Trent
ST1 3RS

Tel:  01782 238420
Fax: 01782 238499
Email: stoke.archives@stoke.gov.uk