Sources for Primary History
Visits & Loan boxes
Chester
The Grosvenor Museum, 27 Grosvenor Street, Chester CH1 2DD Tel. 01244 402017
Loan boxes and resource/source packs include: Roman Chester, Tudor Chester, Victorian Chester & 2000 Years of Building in Chester
Website: schools.westcheshiremuseums.co.uk
Anderton Boat Lift
Anderton Boat Lift, Lift Lane, Anderton, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 6FW
Restored canal boat lift linking the Weaver Navigation and the Trent & Mersey Canal.
Website:
canalrivertrust.org.uk/places-to-visit/anderton-boat-lift-visitor-centre
Tel. 0303 040 4040
Macclesfield
Macclesfield Museums (there are four)also offer a range of role-play experiences, including a Victorian school and evacuation in World War 2.
Website: www.silkmacclesfield.org.uk/learning
Tel. 01625 613210 Email: education@macclesfield.silk.museum
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Warrington
Flintshire
For primary sources relating to Flintshire:
The Flintshire Record Office, The Old Rectory, Hawarden, Flintshire, CH5 3NR
Website: https://www.newa.wales/
Tel: 01244 532364
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Opening Hours:
Monday to Thursday 9.00am - 4.45pm
Friday 9.00am - 4.15pm
Port Sunlight
Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, Bold Street, Warrington.
The Education Service offers workshops and handling sessions in the museum or in schools.
Tel. 01925 442395
Email: education@culturewarrington.org
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Website: culturewarrington.org/education
Port Sunlight Museum Education Service offers self-guided trails, tours and museum-led workshops for key stages 1 and 2.
Address: Port Sunlight Village Trust, 23 King Georges Drive, Wirral CH62 5DX
Website: portsunlightvillage.com
Tel. 0151 644 6466
See also The Lady Lever Gallery
Looking for primary sources from further afield? The National Archives Discovery > Find an archive page provides a searchable database of record offices and other archives throughout the UK.
Lion Salt Works
The Lion Salt Works, Ollershaw Lane, Marston, Northwich, Cheshire. CW9 6ES
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A restored historic open-pan salt making site. A fascinating state-of-the art reconstruction and interpretation centre focusing on 2000 years of salt-making in Cheshire.
School enquiries and bookings – 01606 275038
Weaver Hall
Weaver Hall Museum & Workhouse, 162 London Road, Northwich. CW9 8AB
Museum of Cheshire life and industries housed in a former workhouse. An exhibition in the former workhouse schoolroom explores life for the paupers. Find out about workhouse food and visit the recreated Master’s sitting room.
Tel. 01606 271640
Email: weaverhalladmin@cheshirewest.gov.uk
Website: weaverhall.westcheshiremuseums.co.uk
Note that access to services and opening times at these venues may have changed during the pandemic.