Local history resources



This Foldout looks at some of the resources which are available to anyone with an interest in local history.

Local History societies

There are several local history societies in the district


Beechwood Road Local History Group
Bradford Historical & Antiquarian Society
Brighouse & District Historical Society
Brighouse Civic Trust
British Association of Local History

Charlestown History Group
Congregational Historical Society

Greater Elland Historical Society
Greater Elland History Room

Halifax Antiquarian Society
Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society
Hebden Bridge Local History Section
Huddersfield Local History Society


Lightcliffe & District Local History Society

Midgley History Group
Mill Bank Historical Society
Mytholmroyd Historical Society

Norland Local History Society
Northowram Historical Society

Rastrick Local History Group

Todmorden Antiquarian Society

Warley Community Association
West Vale History Group
Wild  Rose Heritage & Arts
 

Local History magazines

Other local history links


Archiving your material

Borthwick Institute for Archives

Conservation of documents
John Crabtree

GENUKI
Lesley Goldthorp

Samuel Greenwood Hellowell
The Heritage Business
Historical Directories

Images of England website

Local Newspapers & Events Index [1830s-1950s]

National Heritage List for England (NHLE)

Oral history

People's History Museum
Power in the Landscape

Railway Genealogy
ROOTSCHAT.COM
Routes to Roots

Todmorden & Walsden Website
Todmorden History Website

James  Walton
Rev John Watson
Weaver to Web
WHARFEGEN

Yorkshire Ancestors.com


See Family history, Place names and Street names



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