The William Salt Library

The Library is a registered charity (no. 1173509) and is supported by Staffordshire County Council. It is administered by an independent trust and run in close conjunction with the Staffordshire History Centre.

The core of the Library is the huge collection of printed books, pamphlets, manuscripts, drawings, watercolours, and transcripts built up by William Salt (1808-1863), a London banker during his lifetime. The Library continues to collect and preserve printed books, printed ephemera, pamphlets and illustrative material relating to Staffordshire for present and future generations.

The Library’s collections represent an outstanding resource for the study of local and family history in Staffordshire and are available for consultation by the public in our research room free of charge.