Latest news: Public Records Transferred
Bury Archives Service has been approved by The National Archives as a place of deposit for public records. Records of Bury Magistrates Court and Bury Area Health Authority have been transferred from GMCRO to Bury Archives and are accessible under the same terms. Details of the holdings can be found on the online catalogue. As access restrictions apply to these records it is strongly advised to contact the Archivist before making a visit to the service.
Safety In Numbers Education Pack
A teaching resource for Key Stage Three (11-14 year olds) has been produced based on the historical records of Prestwich Asylum. Bury Church of England High School History Department have designed seven lessons around the treatment of mental patients in Victorian England. It has been a joint project between Bury Archives Service, Greater Manchester County Record Office and the school and has been fully supported by Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Initially 300 packs have been produced on CD and these will be distributed to schools in Greater Manchester through a number of INSET sessions to be arranged. The full content of the pack can also be downloaded from this website.
Cotton Threads Website
The interactive website created as part of the HLF funded project tells the story of the Hutchinson family of Bury and contains education resources for schools. The story also features on the touchscreens at Bury Museum.
Cotton Threads website
Online Archives catalogue now available
It is now possible to search the collection at Bury Archives Catalogue online
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
