Central Library

Our temporary address during refurbishment

Horseshoe Gallery
World Museum
William Brown Street
L3 8EN

Contact us

Opening Times

Facilities

The most popular family and local history material is stored at our temporary site at the museum:

• Selection of lending books and audio visual items.
• Business information, including market research. 
• Popular newspapers and magazines.
• Public computers.  
• Photocopier and fax.
• Small selection of historical maps.
• Access to online resources.
• Microfiche and microfilm readers (23 in total).
• Birth, marriage and death indexes for England and Wales 1837-2004 (microfiche).
• Census returns for Liverpool and Wirral 1841-1901 (microfiche and microfilm).
• Parish registers 1550 onwards (microfilm).
• Cemetery registers 1850 onwards (microfilm).
• Cremation registers 1908-1992 (microfilm).
• Liverpool electoral rolls 1832-1900 and 1919-1939 (microfilm) 1971-2002 (hard copy).
• Liverpool and surrounding area street directories 1766-1970 (microfilm).
• Probate indexes for England and Wales 1859-1957.
• Local newspapers 1750 onwards (microfilm including Daily Post 1855-September 2011 and Liverpool Echo October 1879-September 2011.
• Liverpool coroners inquests 1898-1970 (microfilm).  

Other archive material

If you are unable to obtain the archives you need from the museum, you can make an appointment to visit our temporary archive satellite service at Sandhills to view original archives and local studies material.