Online archive catalogue

This catalogue contains descriptions of documents held at Plymouth and West Devon Record Office. The descriptions are designed to give you information on the records we hold. In some instances an image of a document will also be available to view, therefore, the catalogue does not, in most cases, provide direct online access to the documents. If you would like to look at any material held by us, you will need to either contact us, email pwdro@plymouth.gov.uk, visit us, see our bookings and opening times page or have a local researcher undertake your enquiry.

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This catalogue is constantly growing and is being added to with newly-deposited and records converted from our paper catalogues. It should be used in conjunction with the Access to Archives website which contains the bulk of our material catalogued prior to 2005. In certain cases, links can be found within this catalogue to Access to Archives where fuller descriptions can be obtained.

The content of this catalogue reflects the full range of records held at Plymouth and West Devon Record Office. It does not however include the contents of church registers (baptisms, marriages or burials). For these records see our family history indexes page.

In the event that you require further information, please email pwdro@plymouth.gov.uk.

New additions

New items or collections are being constantly added to our online catalogue. Please note that they may not be immediately available for consultation. Where there are access restrictions, these are shown in the text.

View the new additions page.