Barnsley Archives and Local Studies

From the Wikipedia page

Barnsley Archives and Local Studies exists to preserve and make available the documentary heritage of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley. Situated on the top floor of Barnsley Central Library on Shambles Street, the department was formed in 1998, following the merger of the Archives Department and the Local Studies Library. The Local Studies Library had existed for a century, whereas the Archives Department had only been set up in 1987, following the cessation of South Yorkshire County Council.

The collections of the service cover the 12th to 21st centuries and include church registers, maps, title deeds, newspapers, business records, school records, trade directories and electoral registers.

It is presently closed, and is due to reopen in summer 2013.

The website is