Publications from Archives and Local Studies
A range of publications is available from Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies which covers a variety of areas.
You can place an order for publications by filling out the form below. To download, click in the PDF icon below and print:
Cheques should be made payable to 'Wolverhampton City Council' in pounds sterling.
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Archives and Local Studies
The Molineux Hotel Building
Whitmore Hill
Wolverhampton
WV1 1SF
United Kingdom
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Publications
1. Molineux House: a history
Price: £3.00
A history of the Molineux Hotel Building, the new home of Wolverhampton Archives & Local Studies, written by local author and historian Patrick Quirke to celebrate the building's renovation.
Author: Patrick Quirke, 2009 (70 pages)
2. Bilston in the 19th century (CD-ROM)
Price: £6.99
Includes:
- Extracts from trade directories 1818, 1834, 1851,1872 and 1896
- Cholera map 1832
- Six-inch OS map of Bilston and Bradley, 1885,
Minimum system requirements:
- Pentium 133
- 32MB of RAM
- Windows 95/98/NT
- Internet Explorer 4 or Netscape 4.7
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 (included on CD)
3. Map of Wolverhampton 1750
Price: £2.50
The earliest map of Wolverhampton, surveyed by Isaac Taylor in 1750
4. Guide to the Contents of Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies
Price: £0.50
A summary guide to the collections available at Wolverhampton Archives.
A4, 132 pages (with index), 1st edition 2003
5. Stirring Memories of Blakenhall
Price £3.00
A collection of memories tracing the history of the Blakenhall area of Wolverhampton, published in one volume.
Wolverhampton City Council, 2006 (64 pages)
6. A Guide to Church of England Parish Registers for the Wolverhampton Area
Price: £0.50
The guide is also available free from this website.
Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies 1999, updated to 2008
7. A Guide to Nonconformist Registers and Roman Catholic Registers for the Wolverhampton Area
Price: £0.50
The guide is also available free from this website.
Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies 1999, updated to 2000
8. Family History Forms Pack
Price: £1.50
A selection of forms you can fill in when searching genealogical records.
9. Family History Fact Sheets
Price: £1.00
Brief guides for beginners: useful fact sheets of records of births, marriages and deaths, census returns, parish registers etc.
10. Tracing Birth Relatives
Price: £1.50
A guide to organisations offering a service to people who have been involved in adoption.
11. Wolverhampton in the 1930s and 1940s
Price: £2.00
This collection of over fifty photographs shows Wolverhampton two generations ago. New housing estates were springing up on the outskirts and new buildings, particularly shops, cinemas and pubs, transformed the centre. The atmosphere of the town in the war years is evocatively captured in contemporary photographs.
Elizabeth Rees, 1988, (44 pages) ISBN 0 86067 120 8