Borthwick Institute for Archives

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Borthwick Institute for Archives is the specialist archive service of the University of York, York. It is one of the biggest archive respositories outside London. The Borthwick was founded in 1953 as The Borthwick Institute for Historical Research. It was originally based at St Anthony's Hall, a fifteenth century guildhall. It is now based in a new, purpose-built building, situated adjacent to the J.B. Morrell Library on the University of York's Heslington campus. This new building was made possible due to a grant of £4.4 million by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

[edit] Special collections

The special collections held by the University of York Library are viewed in the Borthwick Searchrooms.

[edit] Holdings

Records of the Diocese of York
Probate Records for the Diocese of York
Parish Records for the Archdeaconry of York
Records of the York Health Trust
Records of Local Families, e.g Yarburgh and the Hickleton Wood Family, Earls of Halifax including Edward Wood
The University of York Archive