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

• Local History magazines

• Other local history links

• Local history : a few tips

• Genealogy : a few tips

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

• The Dalesman
• Halifax Antiquarian Society
• Milltown Memories
• Valley Life
• Yorkshire Life

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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