Links

The following are a selection of web sites containing information about the history of the Huddersfield area, or of relevant groups, societies and organisations.

If you are a local history group or organisation, Huddersfield Exposed can provide free or low-cost web hosting. If this is of interest, please get in touch.

Museums, Libraries and Archives

• Heritage Quay
  the official archive for the University of Huddersfield, acting as the guardian of the archives of other organisations, families and individuals dating back over 200 years
• Kirklees Image Archive
  a collection of over 60,000 local images
• Kirklees Museums, Galleries and History
  Tolson Museum, Oakwell Hall and Country Park, Red House Museum, Bagshaw Museum, Dewsbury Museum, Huddersfield Art Gallery, and Batley Art Gallery
• University of Huddersfield Centre for Visual and Oral History Research
  set up in 2007 by the School of Music, Humanities and Media
• West Yorkshire Archives Service
  WYAS's mission is to preserve the local heritage of historical documents and to help members of the public make use of them

Other Museums

• Colne Valley Museum
• Launds Inn Museum

Local Organisations and Societies

• Holmfirth Local History Group
• Honley Civic Society
  formed in 1984 with the aim of influencing the development of the village in a coherent fashion in line with its heritage
• Huddersfield and District Archaeological Society
  actively studies, explores and records the archaeology of the Huddersfield area
• Huddersfield and District Family History Society
  formed in 1987, its aims are to promote and encourage mutual help between people interested in Family History and Genealogy
• Huddersfield Civic Society
  aims to encourage high standards of architecture and town planning
• Huddersfield Local History Society
  a membership organisation for anybody and everybody interested in the history of Huddersfield
• Kirkburton History Group

Friends Of...

• Friends of Beaumont Park
• Friends of Dean Wood
• Friends of Greenhead Park
• Friends of Mag Wood
• Friends of Norman Park
• Friends of Skelmanthorpe Textile Heritage Centre
• Friends of Tolson and Ravensknowle

Other Local Groups

• Honley Village Community Trust
• Huddersfield Geology Group
• Lindley History Research Group
• Marsden Community Association
• Marsden History Group
• Wilshaw Village Hall

Other Web Sites

• Buildings of Huddersfield — a joint collaboration between the Huddersfield Local History Society and the Huddersfield Civic Society
• Denby Dale & Kirkburton Archive Collection
• Digital Victorians (University of Huddersfield)
• Discover Huddersfield
• Huddersfield 150 — celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Incorporation of Huddersfield in 2018
• Huddersfield One (currently unavailable but viewable at archive.org)
• Kirklees Curiosities
• Path Watch
• SkyscraperCity: Huddersfield Developments Thread — covers new building developments in the town
• The Yorkshire Journal

Local Historians

• Alan Brooke: Underground History
• Edward J. Law: Huddersfield & District History

Local Photographers

• Richard Littlewood

Specific Locations

• Honley Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions (also archive.org)
• Kirkheaton.info
• History of Netherthong
• Marsden Photo Archive
• A History of Scapegoat Hill

Local Walks

• Casual Ramblers: Kirklees
• Kirklees Council: Walking and Cycling Routes
• Marsden: Walkers Are Welcome
• Meltham: Walkers Are Welcome

Local History Blogs

• 100 Years Of Stories by @cleathwood
• PastToPresentGenealogy by Jane Roberts (editor of the Huddersfield & District Family History Society's journal)
• Written in a Shaky Hand by Robert Piggott

...have we missed a good web site? If so, please get in touch!