Flintshire Record Office was established in 1951 and moved in 1956 to its present location at the Old Rectory, Hawarden, an 18th century, grade II listed building set within its own grounds.

Flintshire Record Office seeks to preserve our county's unique archival heritage by collecting, listing and storing historic records of all kinds and making them available to the public.

People use Flintshire Record Office for many reasons, including research for/into:

• family history

• the history of their house

• local history – towns, villages, buildings,

organisations, prominent people and events

• school and college assignments and dissertations

• publications such as books and magazine/journal articles

To book a place in the searchroom, please telephone: 01244 532364 or e-mail: archives@flintshire.gov.uk

Here on Flickr, we will be sharing a selection of images from our collections. This is a small sample of our complete holdings of over 10,000 photographs, and you can view the full collection by visiting the Record Office. We will also be featuring images of some of the documents within our collections; events at the Record Office; and themes and exhibitions of local historical interest.

We have made every effort to trace the owners of copyright in all the images which appear. If you believe you have rights in any of the images shown, please contact us.

Please note that the "this photo was taken on" date attached to each image is not the date of the photograph, but the date of the digital image's creation (i.e. when the photograph was digitally scanned). An approximate date of the actual photograph's creation is given in the title of each photograph.

For more information about Flintshire Record Office, please visit our website: www.flintshire.gov.uk/archives

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Sefydlwyd Archifdy Sir y Fflint ym 1951 a symudodd ym 1956 i’r lleoliad presennol yn yr Hen Reithordy, Penarlâg. Mae’n adeilad cofrestredig gradd ll o’r 18fed ganrif, sy'n sefyll yn ei diroedd ei hun.

Mae Archifdy Sir y Fflint yn ceisio cadw ein treftadaeth archifol unigryw drwy gasglu, rhestru a storio cofnodion hanesyddol o bob math fel eu bod ar gael i’r cyhoedd.

Mae pobl yn defnyddio Archifdy Sir y Fflint am nifer o resymau, yn cynnwys ymchwilio am/i mewn:

• hanes teulu

• hanes eu cartref

• hanes lleol - trefi, pentrefi, adeiladau, sefydliadau, pobl a digwyddiadau blaenllaw

• aseiniaid a thraethodau ysgol a choleg megis llyfrau ac erthyglau dyddlyfrau/cylchgronau

I neilltuo sedd yn yr ystafell ymchwilio, ffoniwch 01244 532364 neu anfonwch ebost: archives@flintshire.gov.uk, os gwelwch yn dda.

Ar Flickr, byddwn yn rhannu dewisiad o delweddau yn ein casgliadau. Bydd hyn ddim ond yn sampl bach o'n daliadau cyflawn o dros 10,000 ffotograffau, ac allech gweld yr holld gasgliad gan ymweld â Archifdy Sir y Fflint. Fe byddwn hefyd yn nodweddi lluniau o ddogfennau o'n casgliadau; digwyddiadau yn yr Archifdy; a themau ac arddangosfeydd ar diddordeb hanesyddol lleol.

Rydym wedi gwneud pob ymdrech i gael hyd i berchennog hawlfraint yr holl ddelweddau sydd i’w gweld. Os ydych yn credu bod gennych hawlfraint i unrhyw un o’r delweddau, cysylltwch â ni.

Dylech nodi nad yw'r dyddiad "this photo was taken on", sydd wedi atodi i pob llun, yn wir ddyddiad y llun, dim ond dyddiad creu y llun digidol (h.y. pan cafodd y llun ei sganio'n ddigidol). Mae dyddiad creu penodol ar gyfer pob llun o fewn ei deitl.

Am fwy o wybodaeth ynglyn ag Archifdy Sir y Fflint, cymerwch golwg ar ein gwefan: www.flintshire.gov.uk/archives