Useful contacts
(An * denotes membership of CBA, correct at time of publication)
National Organisations
Records & Research Resources
Local Authority Services & HERs
National Organisations
* Council for British
Archaeology
St. Mary's House, 66 Bootham, York YO30 7BZ
Mike Heyworth, Director
Don Henson, Head of Education and Outreach
Mike Pitts, Editor British Archaeology
Wendi Terry, Young Archaeologists' Club Network and Events Officer
Tel: 01904 671 417
Fax: 01904 671 384
English Heritage
West Midlands Region
The Axis, 10 Holliday Street, Birmingham B1 1TG
Tel: 0121 625 6820
Inspectors of Ancient Monuments
Shropshire - Bill Klemperer - 0121 625 6847
Warwickshire, West Midland, Staffordshire and Worcester City -
Ian George - 0121 625 6859
Worcestershire and Herefordshire - Tony Fleming
Inspectors of Historic Buildings
John Yates - 0121 625 6846
Alan Taylor - 0121 625 6848
Nick Molyneux - 0121 625 6857
* English Heritage National Monuments Record
Kemble Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 2GZ
Tel: 01793 414 600
Email: nmrinfo@english-heritage.org.uk
Heritage Gateway
Here you can search across NATIONAL and LOCAL records of England's historic sites and
buildings.
Email: heritagegateway@english-heritage.org.uk
Institute of Field
Archaeologists
Institute for Archaeologists, SHES, Whiteknights, University of Reading,
PO Box 227, Reading RG6 6AB
(The 'Institute for Archaeologists' is the trading name of the Institute of
Field Archaeologists)
Tel: 0118 931 6446
Fax: 0118 378 6448
Email: admin@archaeologists.net
Institute of Field Archaeologists
West Midlands Regional Group
Edward Wilson, Group Chair
Warwickshire Museum, Field Services (The Butts), Warwick CV34 4SS
National Trust (Mercia Region)
Attingham Park, Atcham, Shropshire SY4 4TP
Jeremy Milln, Field Archaeologist
Tel: 01743 708 100
Email: marjxm@smtp.ntrust.org.uk
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
Roger Bland, Head of Scheme and
Treasure
Michael Lewis, Deputy Head
Tel: 0207 323 8611
Finds Liaison Officers in the West Midlands area
Herefordshire & Shropshire
Peter Reavill
Ludlow Library & Museum Resource Centre, 7-9 Parkway, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 2PG
Tel: 01584 813 641
Fax: 01584 813 666
Staffordshire & West Midlands
Tom Brindle
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, West Midlands B3 3DH
Tel: 0121 303 4636
Fax: 0121 303 1394
Warwickshire & Worcestershire
Angie Bolton
Community Services, 1st Floor Orchard House, Farrier Street, Worcester WR1 3BB
Tel: 01905 721 130
Fax: 01926 419 840
PAS regional blogs
The West Midlands team
PAS in the Marches
Records & Research Resources
Birmingham City
Archives
Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3HQ
Tel: 0121 303 4217
Fax: 0121 233 4458
Black Country
History website
Your key to unlocking local archive and museum collections in the Black Country
Coventry
History Centre
Coventry Heritage and Arts Trust, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry CV1 5QP
Tel: 024 7683 4060
Email: historycentre@coventry.gov.uk
Dudley
Archives and Local History Service
Mount Pleasant Street, Coseley, West Midlands WV14 9JR
Tel: 01384 812 770
Email: archives.centre@dudley.gov.uk
Hereford
Cathedral
Hereford HR1 2NG
Tel: 01432 359 880
Fax: 01432 355 929
Herefordshire
Archive Service
Herefordshire Record Office, Harold Street, Hereford HR1 2QX
Tel: 01432 260 750
Email: archives@herefordshire.gov.uk
Lichfield
Joint Record Office
Lichfield Library, The Friary, Lichfield, Staffordshire WS13 6QG
Tel: 01543 510 720
Fax: 01543 510 715
Newcastle
Borough Museum & Art Gallery
Brampton Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 0QP
Tel: 01782 619 705
Sandwell Community
History and Archives Service
Smethwick Library, High Street, Smethwick Warley B66 1AB
Tel: 0121 558 2561
Fax: 0121 555 6064
Email: archives_service@sandwell.gov.uk
Shakespeare Birthplace
Trust Record Office
The Shakespeare Centre, Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 6QW
Tel: 01789 204 016
Shropshire
Archives
Shropshire Council, Community Services, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury SY2 6ND
Tel: 01743 255 350
Fax: 01743 255 355
Email: archives@shropshire.gov.uk
Staffordshire
County Record Office
Eastgate Street, Stafford ST16 2LZ
Tel: 01785 278 373/379/380
Walsall
Local History Centre
Essex Street, Walsall, West Midlands WS2 7AS
Tel: 01922 721305
Fax: 01922 634954
Email: localhistorycentre@walsall.gov.uk
* Warwickshire
County Record Office
Priory Park, Cape Road, Warwick CV34 4JS
Mrs Caroline Sampson, Head of Heritage and Culture (Archives)
Tel: 01926 738 959
Fax: 01926 738 969
William
Salt Library
Eastgate Street, Stafford ST16 2LZ
Tel: 01785 278 372
Fax: 01785 278 414
Wolverhampton
Archives and Local Studies
Wolverhampton City Council, Molineux Hotel Building, Whitmore Hill,
Wolverhampton WV1 1SF
Tel: 01902 552 480
Minicom: 01902 555 554
Fax: 01902 552 481
Email: archives@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Wolverhampton
History & Heritage Website
All about the history and heritage of Wolverhampton
Worcester
Cathedral Library
c/o 10a College Green, Worcester WR1 2LH
Tel: 01905 611 002 (by arrangement)
* Worcestershire Archaeological Society Library
housed in the Peirson
Library, University of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester WR2 6AJ
Worcestershire Historic Environment & Archaeology Service
see below.
Worcestershire
Library & History Centre
Trinity Street, Worcester WR1 2PW
Tel: 01905 765 922/924
Minicom: 01905 766 399
Fax: 01905 765 925
Email: WLHC@worcestershire.gov.uk
Worcestershire
Record Office
County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester WR5 2NP
Tel: 01905 766 351/355
Minicom: 01905 766 399
Fax: 01905 766 363
Email: RecordOffice@worcestershire.gov.uk
Local Authority Services & Historic Environment Records
* Birmingham
City Council
Postal address: Planning Management, PO Box 28, Birmingham B1 1TU
Address for Visitors: Planning Management, 1 Lancaster Circus Queensway,
Birmingham B4 7DJ
Mike Hodder, Planning
Archaeologist
Tel: 0121 464 7797
Black
Country Sites and Monuments Record
Conservation and Urban Design, Regeneration and Environment, Wolverhampton City
Council, Civic Centre, St Peter's Square, Wolverhampton WV1 1RP
Mike Shaw, Black Country
Archaeologist
Tel: 01902 555 493
* Coventry
City Council
Conservation and Archaeology Team, Development Projects, Civic Centre 4,
Tower Block, Much Park St, Coventry CV1 2PY
Chris Patrick, Planning
Archaeologist
Tel: 0247 683 1271
Anna Wilson, Historic Environment
Record Officer
Tel: 0247 683 2795
George Demidowicz,
Conservation and Archaeology Team Leader
* Dudley
Metropolitan Council
Historic Environment Team, Development and Environmental Protection,
Directorate of the Urban Environment, 3 St James' Road Dudley, West Midlands
DY1 1HZ
Pete Boland, Principal Conservation Officer & Borough Archaeologist
John Hemingway, Archaeology
and SMR Officer
Tel: 01384 814 188
Herefordshire
Archaeology
Planning and Transportation Services, Herefordshire Council, P.O. Box 230,
Blueschool House, Blueschool Street, Hereford HR1 2ZB
Dr Keith Ray, County Archaeologist
Tel: 01432 383 351
Lucie Dingwall, SMR Officer
Melissa Seddon, SMR Officer
Tel: 01432 260 130
Julian Cotton, Archaeological Advisor
Tel: 01432 383 350
Dr Neil Rimmington, Countryside Advisor (Archaeology)
Tel: 01432 260 351
Tim Hoverd, Archaeological Projects Officer
Tel: 01432 383352
Sandwell
Metropolitan Borough Council
P.O. Box 42, Development House, Lombard Street, West Bromwich, Sandwell B70 8RU
Graham Eyre-Morgan, Sandwell Borough Archaeologist
Tel: 0121 569 4025
Shropshire
Council
Historic Environment Team, Environment Group, Development Services Direcorate,
Shropshire Council, The Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6ND
Mike Watson, Historic Environment Officer (Planning)
Tel: 01743 252 575
Penny Ward, Senior Historic Environment Records Officer
Tel: 01743 252558
Andy Wigley, Historic Environment Countryside Advisor
Tel: 01743 252561
Mick Krupa, Historic Environment Records Officer
Tel: 01742 252532
Charlotte Baxter, Historic Environment Records Assistant
Tel: 01743 252532
For access to copies of the HER Records online visit:
www.discovershropshire.org.uk or
www.heritagegateway.org.uk
* Staffordshire County Council
Development Services Department, Riverway, Stafford ST16 3TJ
Stephen Dean, Historic
Environment Officer (Archaeology)
Tel: 01785 277 290
Suzy Blake, Historic
Environment Record Officer
Tel: 01785 277 281
* Stoke-on-Trent
City Council
Urban Design and Conservation Section, PO Box 630, Civic Centre, Glebe Street,
Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1RF
Noel Boothroyd, Archaeologist
Tel: 01782 232 597
Walsall
Metropolitan Borough Council
Landscape & Conservation, Engineering & Town Planning Services, Walsall MBC,
The Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall WS1 1DG
Dan Roberts, Principal Conservation Officer
Simon Roper Pressdee, Conservation Area Partnership (CAP) Project Officer
Tel: 01922 652 476
* Warwickshire
Museum Field Services
The Butts, Warwick CV34 4SS
Jonathan Parkhouse, County
Archaeologist
Tel: 01926 412 276
Information and Advice Group
Tel/Fax: 01926 412 734
Anna Stocks, Planning
Archaeologist
Emma Jones, Historic
Environment Record Manager
Christina Evans, Outreach Project Manager
Ben Wallace, Historic Landscape Characterisation Officer
* Worcester
City Council Archaeology Section
Orchard House, Farrier Street, Worcester WR1 3BB
James Dinn, Archaeological Officer
Tel: 01905 721 132
Sheena Payne-Lunn, Historic
Environment Record Officer
Tel: 01905 721 133
Email: archaeology@worcester.gov.uk
* Worcestershire
County Council
Worcestershire Historic Environment & Archaeology Service, University of Worcester,
Woodbury, Henwick Grove, Worcester WR2 6AJ
Victoria Bryant, HER Manager
Tel: 01905 855 494
