Library and Archives

Library Catalogues

The records for our collections exist primarily in printed and handwritten format. While we are in the process of updating the records in our electronic catalogue, it will be some time before this work is complete. However, it is possible to find information for many of the texts in our historic library collection through the following external union catalogues:

• To view bibliographic records for many of our printed books, see the English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC): http://estc.bl.uk/F/?func=file&file_name=login-bl-estc
• The records for our incunabula are available via the Incunabula Short-Title Catalogue (ISTC): https://data.cerl.org/istc/_search
• Our incunabula also appear on the Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI) database: https://data.cerl.org/mei/_search
• For details of our medieval manuscript collection, see Ker, N.R. & Piper, A.J. (1992) Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, Vol. IV: Paisley-York, Clarendon Press, p.p577-603.

If you are unable to locate what you are looking for, please contact us and we will do our best to help. 

Archives

The Cathedral’s archival records, held today at the Hampshire Records Office, date mostly from the twelfth century onwards and reflect all aspects of the history of the Cathedral and its governance, including estates records, administrative documents, correspondence and registers of births, deaths and marriages at the Cathedral post-1541.

For research enquiries concerning the Cathedral Archive: https://www.hants.gov.uk/librariesandarchives/archives/popular-records/winchester-cathedral
Archive for the Winchester Diocese: https://www.hants.gov.uk/librariesandarchives/archives/popular-records/winchester-diocese, please contact the Hampshire Records Office.