FLINTSHIRE RECORD OFFICE

Description: The county of Flintshire was formed in April 1996 out of the former county of Clwyd and comprises the central area of the historic county of Flintshire. The Flintshire Record Office was established in 1951 and moved to the Old Rectory, Hawarden, an eighteenth-century, grade-II-listed building set within its own grounds, in 1956. The record office seeks to preserve our county’s unique archival heritage by collecting, listing, storing and making available to the public historic records of all kinds.
Website: http://www.flintshire.gov.uk/
Keywords: Natural history; Wildlife; Celebrations; Flintshire; Holywell, Clwyd
Access: Researchers are advised to enquire before visiting. Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.45pm; Friday 9am to 4.15pm
Facilities: Video monitor; no other viewing facilities.

Video/Film: Film: Together with documents of local interest there are films of local interest at Rhyl, Holywell and Flint, 1913-c.1935; the enthronement of the first Archbishop of Wales, the opening of Queensferry Bridge 1926; and three reels of wildlife in the Prestatyn area c.1945-50.
Film components: 16mm, positive film.

Name: Mr. Rowland Williams
Job title: County Archivist
Telephone: 01244 532414
Fax: 01224-538344
Email: http://www.flintshire.gov.uk/Flintshire_eForms/GetForm?form=Contact&fieldName=ccnTxtIncdtype&fieldValue=Archives
Address: The Old Rectory
Hawarden
Flintshire
CH5 3NR

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