Derbyshire Record Office

Derbyshire Record Office
Derbyshire Record Office logo
Agency overview
Formed1962 (1962)
JurisdictionDerbyshire, City
HeadquartersDerbyshire Record Office, New Street, Matlock ,Derbyshire, DE4 3FE
Agency executive
  • Sarah Chubb, Archives and Local Studies Manager
Websitewww.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record-office/derbyshire-record-office.aspx

The Derbyshire Record Office, established in 1962, is the county record office for Derbyshire, England. It holds archives and local studies material for the County of Derbyshire and the City of Derby and Diocese of Derby.[1] It is situated in Matlock. The Record Office contains more than four miles of original Derbyshire records.[2]

Derbyshire County Council has been collecting records since 1889, but it was not until 1962 the Derbyshire Record Office was opened. In 2013, the Local Studies Library in Matlock joined the Derbyshire Record Office. To enable this to happen the building was refurbished and an extension was built costing £4 million.[3] The first County Archivist was Joan Sinar, previously County Archivist at Devon Record Office.[4] She was succeeded by Margaret O'Sullivan.

  1. ^ GENUKI: Derbyshire – Archives and Libraries
  2. ^ Derbyshire County Council: Derbyshire Record Office
  3. ^ BBC News: Work starts in Matlock on £4m Derbyshire Records Office
  4. ^ 'The Devon Record Office, 1952-2002', Devon Records Office Newsletter, May 2002. Available online Archived 7 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine