Records held by Powys Archives
Access to the records held by Powys Archives is granted in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act and the Environmental Information Regulations. There may be restricted access to certain records that we hold.
Our holdings are listed below. Each link which will take you to a page with a full listing of each collection or a summary of the catalogue.
On the right see also the links to Additional Sources or Popular Topics of Research.
There are good summaries of our holdings on Archifau Cymru Archives Wales. In some cases, particularly with our family, estate and legal collections, it would be useful to view the information we have submitted to the Archifau Cymru Archives Wales website alongside our catalogues.
On the right is a link if you wish to deposit or donate records. Staff will be happy to discuss any aspect of this with you.
PLEASE NOTE: In accord with normal archival practice in Wales, details of documents in our catalogues are presented in the language of the document. Where details appear in Welsh, then Welsh is the language in which the document is written; where they are in English, the document is in English.
Public Records
Our Public Records can also be searched on the A2A website (Access to Archives).
- Quarter Sessions
- Petty Sessions
- County Court and Shrievalty
- Coroners
- Hospitals and Health Authorities
- Inland Revenue: District Valuation
- Inland Revenue: Land Tax Assessments
- Mines and Quarries Inspectorate
- National Coal Board
Official Records
- County Councils
- District Councils 1974-1996
- Urban and Rural District Councils 1894-1974
- Civil Parish and Township
- Boroughs
- Burial Authorities
- Lieutenancy and Militia
- Constabulary
- Education: Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Further Education
- Education: School Boards
- Poor Law: Board of Guardians
- Highways: Turnpike Trusts
- Highways: Highway Boards
- Local Boards of Health
- Charity Commission
- Brecon Beacons National Park
Ecclesiastical Parish Records
Nonconformist Records
Deposited Records
Miscellaneous Collections
Depositing Records
Powys Archives welcomes new records by donation or deposit. See here for more details.
Additional Sources
Parish Registers (Rads)
Parish Registers (Mont)
Parish Registers (Brecs)
Directories (by date)
Directories (by title)
Local Newspapers
Local Newspapers (Index)
Census Returns
Maps
Photographs & pictures
Local History Journals
Registrars
Local Societies
Family History sources
House History sources
Registers of Electors
Monumental Inscriptions (Brecs)
Monumental Inscriptions (Mont)
Monumental Inscriptions (Rads)
Nonconformist Records (Selected records)
Rate records
Pedigrees (Brecs)
Pedigrees (Mont)
Pedigrees (Rads)
Popular Topics of Research
Search here for documents on popular topics of research
Digitised Records
Some of our records have been digitised.
See this page for more details.
Transcribed Records
Some of our records have been transcribed.
See this page for more details.
Local Studies Books
Search for Local Studies Books held at Powys Archives on the Powys Libraries catalogue.
Extract from the Breconshire Quarter Sessions Order Book of 1786:
"Ordered that William George who was convicted at this Quarter Sessions of Petit Larceny be confined to Hard Labour in the House of Correction for the Term of Three Months and on the Saturday immediately before the Expiration of his Confinement to be Publicly whipped at the Carts Tail before the Town Hall for the space of Half an Hour until his Body be Bloody."
