Leics Record Office

Our current opening hours are: Monday, Tuesdays, Thursday: 9:15am - 5pm Wednesday: 9:15am - 6pm (last entry 5pm) Alternate Saturdays: 9:15am - 12:30pm For more information and our Saturday opening dates for the year ahead, please visit our website: recordoffice.org.uk

Before Sir Edwin Lutyens' Arch of Remembrance on Victoria Park was unveiled in 1925, there was a temporary WWI memorial in #Leicester's Town Hall Square. Thanks to @RecordOffice for this great photo from their archives. #RemembranceDay

Come & visit us at the Record Office where you can listen to eight oral history recordings received from the University of Leicester - East Midlands Oral History Archive. We are the first location outside the University to have a sound post so make the most of it while it's here.

WE'RE HIRING ! Come join the team! 🤩 To find out more about Culture Leicestershire and to apply, please visit the following link: cultureleicestershire.co.uk/apply/ #CultureLeicestershire #goodluck #newjob #werehiring #museums #libraries #leicestershirejobs #leicestershire #workforus

125th Anniversary of disaster at Whitwick Colliery - the worst coal mining disaster in Leicester's history happened on 19th April 1898. Come & visit the Record Office to view newspaper articles we hold recounting this harrowing tale.

Full access, including images, to the 1921 Census is now available on Findmypast at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland & Leics Libraries. @RecordOffice @leicslibraries @findmypast

4th February 1946 a Lancaster Bomber crashes in Wigston #Wigston @RecordOffice

John Nichols born today in 1745. Printer, author & antiquary, most notably (to us especially) for his monumental 'The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' #JohnNichols #RecordOffice

Very topical at the moment, this 1985 leaflet was found in our ephemera collection. On the reverse it shows what benefits you may be entitled to for help with your heating costs. #heatingcosts #leicestercitycouncil #benefits

Wishing everyone a Happy & Healthy 2023.

Happy Birthday Thomas Cook born 22nd November 1808 (died 18th July 1892 in Leicester). #ThomasCookArchive

We will be closed for our annual Stocktaking from Friday 30th September and will be reopening again on Monday 17th October 2022. We can still be contacted via email at recordoffice@leics.gov.uk.

Spring & Summer plant fairs, outdoor theatre, children’s holiday activities, family fun days and The Old Barn Tearoom serving its amazing cake ... Plus, so much more! Tell us what you think - even if you’ve never visited before - by 12th August: surveys.leics.gov.uk/snapwebhost/s.…

Culture Leicestershire would love to hear your views on the 1620s House & Garden (formerly Donington-Le-Heath Manor House) in our community survey. Did you know there was so much going on…?

Please note: we are open as normal on Saturday 9th July 9.15am - 12.15pm. However due to maintenance work, Find My Past and other on-line resources will not be accessible on the day. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Images from the Queen’s visit to Leicester on 9th May 1958 – including Corah’s St Margaret’s Works, the procession along Granby Street and the City Police record of the route and timetable. #TheQueenVisited

A brochure from the #ThomasCookArchive to mark the anniversary of the Coronation on this day in 1953. Visitors to London could enjoy a 30 minute flight over London for as little as £1 17s.! #RoyaltyOnRecord

As the Thomas Cook collection is not yet fully catalogued, we advise researchers to contact us in advance of visiting. Requests for items may take longer to retrieve than usual & responses to remote enquiries may be delayed as we'll need longer to locate items in the collection.

We had pleasure in welcoming the Thomas Cook Pensioner's Assn to the Record Office. It was the first chance we had to show the progress we are making with sorting & cataloguing the collection. It was great to share their memories & insight into the company. #ThomasCookArchive

@NorthldArchives @TomCable1 @gem_heritage @MuseumsAssoc Can't see that it would ever be bad...oh wait.

@TomCable1 @gem_heritage @MuseumsAssoc We have a TikTok account! 👋🏻😀 (Not sure whether it's up to us to say whether it's good or not... 😏🎺)

It pains me to write this, but does anyone have any recommendations for good heritage/museum TikTok accounts? @gem_heritage @MuseumsAssoc