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Useful Contacts | Harrogate and District Family History Society
Erected in 1805 by private subscription to provide shelter and a meeting place. The Old Town Hall has been known as the Promenade Room, The Victoria Room and The Town Hall Theatre.
In 1796 Ellen the Dowager Countess Conyngham purchased Coghill Hall with 51 acres of land from Sir John Coghill and changed the name of the estate to Conyngham House.
The Royal Baths were built in 1894-7 by Baggerley Bristow. They were once Europe's premier destination for spa treatments and the pampered rich. Politicians and royalty came to 'take the waters'. There were also assembly rooms and a winter garden lounge.
Since 1660 there have been many buildings called "The Crown". In 1847 The Crown Hotel on Crown Place had a central section rebuilt in a chaste neoclassical design. In 1870 the Crown estate ran as far as Parliament Street, was acquired by George Dawson, who employed J H Hirst of Bristol as his architect. The Crown’s Georgian wings were removed and replaced with a powerful pair of Italian Renaissance replacements which gave the building great character. George Dawson also planned a tower and new shops in Crown Place and Crescent Road, all of which were built after Dawson’s death in […]
The Royal Baths were built in 1894-7 by Baggerley Bristow. They were once Europe's premier destination for spa treatments and the pampered rich. Politicians and royalty came to 'take the waters'.
There were also assembly rooms and a winter garden lounge.
Here are a list of local organisations who made be able to aid your research
Harrogate Register Office - a link into North Yorkshire County Council's website covering marriages but but details on the Harrogate office along with details of other registry offices in North Yorkshire.
Harrogate Register Office
Bilton House
31 Park Parade
Harrogate
Tel: 01609 780780 (for appointments)
Email: Harrogate Registrars OfficeLocal area libraries - a link to North Yorkshire County Council's website listing all libraries in the county and their contact details.
Harrogate Library
Victoria Avenue
Harrogate
Tel: 01609 536658
Knaresborough Library
Market Place
Knaresborough
Tel: 01609 533610
Harrogate Family History Centre - a link to FamilySearch's website which gives details of various databases on-line and the microfilmed records available for loan, as well as Family History Centre locations nationally and internationally, with their opening times.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Wetherby Road
Harrogate, HG2 7SA
Tel: 01423 886537 (for appointments), During open hours Tuesday & Thursday, 7 - 9pm.
Cemeteries - a link to Harrogate Borough Council's website listing all Council run cemeteries and the dates they opened. These cemeteries are in addition to church graveyards.
Stonefall Cemetery
Wetherby Road
Harrogate
Tel: 01423 883523
North Yorkshire Records' Office - a link to North Yorkshire County Council's website which lists the archives held and contact details.
Record Office
Malpas Road
Northallerton
Tel: 01609 777585
West Yorkshire Archives - a link to WYA website in Wakefield, they have offices in Bradford, Leeds, Calderdale and Kirklees.
WYAS
Central Library
Prince’s Way
Bradford
Tel: 01274 435099
Borthwick Institute- a link to the Borthwick Institute in York . Contains one of the biggest archive repositories outside London.
Borthwick Institute
University of Yorkshire
Heslington
Yorkshire
Tel: 01904 321166
Federation of Family History Society - a link to their website.
Ackrill Newspapers - publishers of the Harrogate Advertiser.
Ackrill Newspapers Ltd
Cardale Park
Harrogate
Tel: 01423 564321
Back copies of the newspaper can be seen at Harrogate library's local studies section.
Note: these are not full copies of the newspaper but do contain major events as well as births, deaths and marriages together with sporting results etc. There is excellent coverage of World War I which includes a photo of most soldiers who went to war from the Harrogate and surrounding area. Do telephone ahead to make a reservation for a fiche reader.
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