Local Studies and Archives

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).

Contact us or visit us

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

• Events - exhibitions and 'ask an expert' sessions

Family history

• Family history – research sources and advice

• Memorial inscriptions

• Migrant communities - world history collection

• Parish registers

Archives – find original documents

• 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

• Maps – historical and current

Newspapers and obituaries

• Newspapers and obituaries – on microfilm

Electoral registers

• Electoral registers and Burgess rolls

Military sources

• Military sources – information on soldiers

Books for sale

• Books for sale - from Bygone Oldham to Voices of Oldham

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Oldham Council, Civic Centre, West Street, Oldham, OL1 1UT.
Telephone 0161 770 3000