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 low-cost secure 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, Bagshaw Museum, Huddersfield Art Gallery, and Batley Art Gallery - 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WYAS's mission is to preserve the local heritage of historical documents and to help members of the public make use of them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
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 (Facebook/Twitter)
a membership organisation for anybody and everybody interested in the history of Huddersfield - Kirkburton History Group
- Kirkheaton History Group
- Lindley History Research Group
- Penistone History Group
- Shepley History Society — see Shepley Village Association
- Skelmanthorpe Historical Society
Friends Of...
- Friends of Beaumont Park
- Friends of Greenhead Park
- Friends of Mag Wood
- Friends of Skelmanthorpe Textile Heritage Centre
- Friends of Tolson and Ravensknowle
Other Local Groups
- Honley Village Community Trust
- Huddersfield Geology Group
- Marsden Community Association
- Marsden History Group
- Shepley Village Association (inc. Shepley History Society)
- 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
- Discover Huddersfield
- Huddersfield 150 — celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Incorporation of Huddersfield in 2018
- Huddersfield 2020 — celebrating the centenary of Huddersfield becoming "the town that bought itself"
- Huddersfield One (now unavailable but viewable at archive.org)
- Huddersfield Passenger Transport Group
- Kirklees Curiosities
- My Rastrick
- The Yorkshire Journal
Local Historians
Specific Locations
- Honley Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions (also archive.org)
- Kirkheaton.info
- History of Netherthong
- Marsden Photo Archive
- Path Watch
- A History of Scapegoat Hill
Local Walks
- Casual Ramblers: Kirklees
- Discover Huddersfield
- Huddersfield On Foot
- 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!