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Bradford

WYAS, Bradford
Bradford Central Library
Prince's Way
Bradford
BD1 1NN
Telephone: +44 (0)1274 435099
Email: bradford@wyjs.org.uk

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Reader Registration.

We are members of the County Archive Research Network (CARN) readers’ ticket scheme. Please bring your CARN readers’ ticket with you when you visit. If you do not have a ticket please bring official proof of ID which includes your name, address and signature. Click here for more information

Appointments recommended. Some archives are held offsite and our search room may be subject to unplanned closure because of staffing difficulties.

 

The searchroom is now located in the Learning Zone on the first floor of Bradford Central Library where we have space for six users of original documents.

 

Opening Hours

 

Tuesday   9.30am – 5.00pm

Thursday  9.30am – 5.00pm

Friday       9.30am – 5.00pm

Microfiche Parish Register collections are currently not available at Bradford Local Studies Library. But remember they are available at WYAS Calderdale, Leeds and Wakefield offices and at Kirklees Local Studies Library. Many of the Parish Registers are also indexed and fully searchable on ancestry.co.uk including Marriages 1754 to 1935, Baptisms 1815 to 1910 and Burials 1815 to 1985.

  

 

Facilities: Customers cannot currently access any floors above floor one which means that public lifts and public toilets are not available. There is a refreshment area with vending machines selling hot and cold drinks and snacks on the ground floor.

 

How to find WYAS, Bradford… (External website)

 

Car Parking	Available at Hall Ings and the Library car park. Disabled parking is available off Sharpe Street to the side of the Library.
Train	We are close to Bradford Interchange Railway Station.
Bus	We are close to Bradford Interchange Bus and Coach Station.

About the Office

In 1974 the City of Bradford Metropolitan Council set up an Archive Department housed in Bradford Central Library. The Department became part of West Yorkshire Archive Service in 1982. The office also oversees the wide-ranging collections held in Keighley Library.