Probate Service Offices
Probate Office Locations
Where is great-great-granny's will? Wills probated after 1858 are held by the Probate Service and are indexed at First Avenue House, above, in London.
The main probate office for England and Wales is the Principal Registry, First Avenue House, 42-49 High Holborn in London.
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Eleven District Probate Registries serve major cities such as Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool, and there are an additional 18 Probate Sub-Registries. (Full list below)
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Probate officials also use rooms in a court or local authority building in other locations on an as-needed basis to interview personal applicants.
District Probate Registries
Birmingham
Brighton
Bristol
Cardiff (Probate Registry of Wales)
Ipswich
Leeds
Liverpool
Manchester
Newcastle
Oxford
Winchester
Probate Sub-Registries
Bangor
Bodmin
Carlisle
Carmarthen
Chester
Exeter
Gloucester
Lancaster
Leicester
Lincoln
Maidstone
Middlesbrough
Norwich
Nottingham
Peterborough
Sheffield
Stoke-on-Trent
York
