Local history

Access our local history archive, get help with research or book a class or community group visit

Interested in your ancestry? Gateshead Libraries has many resources to help trace your family tree

Find out about the commemorative plaques located around Gateshead

All about our local history sessions for schools and local history resources for the classroom

A roll of honour of the men of Gateshead who lost their lives in the First World War

Browse 140 years of Gateshead images or search maps, church records, newspapers, voters' lists and archive collections