List of Charges and How to Pay

Please note that some of our charges increased from 1 April 2011

Payment can be made by cash, cheques, made payable to Cheshire West and Chester Council, or by credit/debit card payments (Mastercard, Visa or Visa Delta). Please do not send cash through the post.

If you are paying for publications, photocopies or research, or you are paying by credit card, you can go to our Record Office Shop.

Please find below details of our charges.  For further information and estimates of costs for orders please contact Cheshire Archives and Local Studies.

Photocopies and digital images

Please specify a maximum amount you are willing to spend and we will copy up to that amount.  You will then be notified of any additional charge and asked to pay the remainder.  You will initially only be charged £3.50. 

Please note that if you order copies in the Record Office searchroom the minimum charge of £3.50 will not apply as it should be possible to calculate the exact cost at point of ordering.

Option	Charge	Format	Minimum Charge
Per copy	£0.50 (except from newspapers and church registers)	A4 or A3 black and white	£3.50
Per digital image	£5 for first image and £2.50 for each subsequent image (it may take several images to copy a document or page)	CD or email.  Please note that for large file sizes it may not be possible to email your images	£5.00

List of additional charges for prints from images we create using our camera.  This applies to items which we cannot copy with a photocopier or flat-bed scanner (eg volumes, coloured items, fragile items, large format items).

		Charge	Format	Minimum Charge
Copies from church registers	per print	£1.75	A4 or A3 black and white

		Charge	Format	Minimum Charge
Copies from newspapers	Per article	£2.50	A4 or A3 black and white	£3.50 plus postage

 

Postage and Packing

No. of shopping items	UK	Europe	Rest of the World
1-4	£1.00	£1.75	£2.25
5-10	£1.30	£2.00	£2.65
11-20	£1.50	£2.50	£3.50
21-30	£2.00
31-40	£2.50
41 and over	£3.50

Search Fees

If we have not been supplied with sufficient information to identify a particular document or page we may levy a search fee of £5 per 15 minutes in addition to the copying fee.

Research Service

£25 per hour (from 1 April 2011)

Permission to copy items at the Record Office

From January 2011, we will be making a charge for the use of digital cameras.  The rates are Day £3, Week £10, Annual £40.   If staff supervision or use of Record Office equipment is required £20 per hour.

Certificates and Official Enquiries

Marriage certificate	£9.00
Baptism/burial certificate	£12.00/£12.00
Catholic and Non-Anglican baptism certificate	£3.50
Certified copies of Magistrate Court records	£25.00 per court sitting (from 1 April 2011)
Certification of copies	£5.00
Hedgerow enquiries	£25.00 (from 1 April 2011)
Private enquiries for Right to Buy	£15.00

 

Talks

Standard charge for talks and lectures at outside venues or for visits to Record Office.

During office hours 1-2 hours duration £40.00
After 6pm 1-2 hours duration £50.00

Reproduction Fee

For use of copies of Record Office documents in commercial publications. From 1 April 2011

Print Run	1-100	£25.00 +VAT
	101-1000	£30.00 +VAT
	1001-10,000	£60.00 +VAT

Photographs and photocopies are supplied for private research or study only. Permission must be obtained from Cheshire Archives & Local Studies before items supplied are published in any form. e.g. in a book, on television, or on a website.  If several documents are to be reproduced, fees will be subject to negotiation.