Trace your family history, or find out what life was like 100 years ago.
Area covered
Oldham Metropolitan Borough (including Failsworth, Crompton, Royton, Chadderton, Lees and Saddleworth).
Drop-in visitors are welcome!
84 Union Street
Oldham, OL1 1DN
Phone: 0161 770 4654
E-mail: archives@oldham.gov.uk
Monday: 10.00am - 7.00pm
Tuesday: 10.00am - 2.00pm
Wednesday: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Thursday: 10.00am - 7.00pm
Friday: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Saturday: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Disabled access - Ramped access from Greaves street and wheelchair accessible toilets are available.
Charges - microfilm, copying and Register Office searching fees
Events - exhibitions and 'ask an expert' sessions
Family history – research sources and advice
Migrant communities - world history collection
Archives – public records, official records, religious records, private records
Border areas - source guides for areas on the Oldham/Tameside border
Buildings - property history
Schools - education history
Maps – historical and current
Newspapers and obituaries – on microfilm
Military sources – information on soldiers
Books for sale - from Bygone Oldham to Voices of Oldham
Oldham Council is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites
The Local Studies and Archives building in 1904