Archives

Latest news: Bealey's Blog now live! 

Work is now well underway on the National Cataloguing Grant project to make the Bealey Bleachworks and family papers of Radcliffe accessible to the public.  Whilst this work is being undertaken the discoveries made by the project archivist will be shared online through an online blog at:

bealey.wordpress.com

News: Bury Image Bank

A new website is now available to search historical images of the area of Bury.  The website supersedes what some library customers would know as Picture Memories.  Bury Image Bank allows you to print images for your own research purposes or you can purchase photographic quality prints.

Introduction

Bury Archives Service was established in 1986 to manage both the historical records of the local authorities amalgamated to form Bury Metropolitan Borough in 1974, and records from private local organisations deposited over many years with the local library and museum services.

The records deposited with the service have increasingly been made accessible to the public and thanks to the continued co-operation of council officers and the generosity of private owners a great deal of new material has been deposited over the years.

The Archives Service holds varied unique records, including written documents, maps, plans and photographs.  The types of organisations that these records cover are detailed in brief on the holdings summaries section of this website and records are searchable through the online catalogue.  The Archives Service is not combined with Local Studies, for which records can be found in the Reference and Information section of Bury Library.  Holdings for Local Studies include many published sources and the main resources for family history. 

Contact details

Bury Archives Service
Moss Street
Bury BL9 0DR
Tel 0161 253 6782
E-mail archives@bury.gov.uk