Warwickshire's history, Warwickshire's memory
Warwickshire County Record Office collects, preserves and makes available unique and irreplaceable records relating to the history of Warwickshire, which date from the early 12th century to the 21st century.
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Important News - Change Of Opening Hours
Warwickshire County Record Office now closes to the public for the first complete week (apart from Saturday) in every calendar month.
Searchroom services will NOT be available at these times.
While the office is closed, staff time will be re-allocated to the following activities:
- Preparing lists, catalogues and indexes for some of the many collections of archives that are currently difficult or impossible to use
- Putting more information and services onto our website
- Improving access to under-used records
Please click here for detailed information about the Closure week system which includes information about why we are introducing such a strategy and full details about what it will mean for you. Find out here what we have accomplished during each of our Collection weeks.
Our logos
The handwritten word 'Warewic,' [Warwick] as shown in the webpage header, has been taken from our oldest document (1120 AD), CR 1886/W6. It is a conveyance by Henry, Earl of Warwick, to the church of St Mary, Warwick, of the church of Compton (Murdak) so that it may be a prebend for one of the Canons there. Warwickshire was often referred to as the 'County of Warwick' in old deeds and other documents, so we thought that the word 'Warwick' was appropriate for our new website image.
Our jigsaw logo, at the top of this page, comprises images of a number of records in our collection. Discover the records shown in the logo.