Oxfordshire Record Office
Oxfordshire Record Office holds historical documents for all types of local and family research from 1150 to present day.
All about our new interactive website about the county's grisly and creepy past
Opening hours
Our normal opening hours are:
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: Closed
- Wednesday: 9 - 5pm
- Thursday: 9am - 5pm
- Friday: 9am - 5pm
- Saturday: 9am - 5pm
- Sunday: Closed
We also close during public holidays and for stocktaking, a list can be viewed on our planned closures section.
We may close without warning during an emergency (such as flooding). If you are travelling any distance contact us and check we are open.
How to find us, opening times, access to original records and how to book a seat.
Information about records we keep - and those we don't keep.
Do you have original documents you think might interest the Record Office? Find out how to proceed.
You don't have to visit the office to see some of our collections - you can go online.
The Conservation Unit's responsibility is to ensure that documents are kept safe, secure and available.
Good practice
This service has been marked out as offering an example of good practice within the Social and Community Services directorate. You can read more about it here.
Some history of St Luke's church and how we converted it into the Oxfordshire Record Office.
Catalogues, genealogical sources, military records and register offices.
What's on in the Oxfordshire Record Office gallery
File attachments
This page contains PDF documents that require
Acrobat Reader. Large files may be slow to download.
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