Wymondham Town Archives
Wymondham
is fortunate in having a very rich archive of local material. It has been
ranked as one of the best town archives in Norfolk, after the great collections
of Norwich, Kings Lynn, Great Yarmouth and Thetford.
Items relating to Wymondham's history are divided between the Town Archive
and the Abbey Church Archive (mostly documents) and the Heritage Museum (mostly
artefacts)
The Town Archive contains many thousands of documents relating to Wymondham’s
life and history. This includes property deeds, wills & probates, maps,
plans and ephemera. The Council chamber is used as a Search Room when the
Archive is open and can accommodate up to 12 researchers working at one tiime.
Telephone, postal and e-mailed enquiries as well as the personal visitors
are handled by the dedicated volunteer staff.
There
is an extensive index of personal names, places, buildings and trades enabling
rapid searching of the collection.
Wymondham Town Archive is steadily expanding, and it recently aquired a very
large bequest containing much important material. Some documents are from
the 17th century, but most are 18th and 19th century. This is currently being
indexed on computer.
The Archive is housed in the Town Council’s Offices at 14 Middleton
Street Wymondham NR18 0AD. It is run entirely by volunteers, and is open
for public use from 10.00am to 1.00pm every Tuesday. By arrangement items
can sometimes be left out with council staff in normal office hours.
Contact details:
| Wymondham Town Archive
Council Offices, 14 Middleton Street, Wymondham, NR18 0AD Phone: 01953 603302 |
Janet Smith Honorary Town Archivist 18 Stanmore Road Thorpe St Andrew Norwich NR7 0HB Phone: 01603 433919 |
Mary Garner Town Archive Secretary m.garner@rdplus.net Phone: 01953 604535 |