The West Yorkshire Archive Service website
http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk

Order copies and research services online

https://eshop.wyjs.org.uk

Links to current WYAS Projects

• The Harewood Project – http://harewoodproject.wordpress.com
The Earls of Harewood Family and Estate collection is on deposit at the Leeds office of the West Yorkshire Archive Service and the cataloguing project is undertaken with the kind cooperation of the Harewood House Trust

• Tracks in Time, the Leeds Tithe Map Project - http://www.tracksintime.wyjs.org.uk
An exciting new project at West Yorkshire Archive Service. Supported by Heritage Lottery funding, its aim is to conserve, digitally capture and provide free online access to fifty-eight historic tithe maps which together span the modern Leeds Metropolitan District area

• Now Then Project - http://www.nowthen.org
A community site that makes local historical materials accessible, at the click of a mouse to anyone within reach of a computer with Internet access. The site has had various contributors including local schools, local history groups and community groups from across the region and in conjunction with the West Yorkshire Archive Service

 

Useful external links

http://www.a2a.org.uk/
The A2A database contains catalogues describing archives held locally in England and Wales and dating from the eighth century to the present day.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr/
The Manorial Documents Register (MDR) identifies the nature and location of manorial records.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/default.asp
The NRA contains information on the nature and location of manuscripts and historical records that relate to British history.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/
This database provides information on the existence and location of the records of UK hospitals.

http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk
Provides descriptions of archives held in UK universities and colleges.

See the WYAS website links page for further links