This page is for people who want to explore archives and information
sources or who are interested in browsing related sites.
The list is incomplete, but we will add extra links as we discover them or
as you tell us about them.
For each information source we have included a link to the web address
(where there is one) which if clicked on will take you straight to their
site.
Information sources
- Milltown Memories
The website contains details of local history and information about the Alice Longstaff Photograph collection. There are also details of the quarterly magazine.
- Jack Uttley photo Library
The website contains fantastic photos of the locatity by Jack Uttley who was a well known local photographer.
- Hebden Bridge Lit. and Sci. site Memories
The website contains details of local history and galleries of fantastic photograph.
- Todmorden Album
The website, compiled by Roger Birch contains galleries of fantastic photographs organised by place and theme.
- Kirklees District Archives
The Stansfield collection of papers includes documents from the Saville
estate who own a lot of the uplands in the district. The archive is based
at Huddersfield.
- West Riding Registry of Deeds
The Deed Registry contains details of the sale of all dwellings up to 1972.
The registry is based at Wakefield.
- Genuki Yorkshire Halifax page
This contains a wealth of sources of information, mainly about Halifax, but also the upper valley.
- British Library
The British Library has a copy of every map ever produced. These maps are a
good source of identifying the dates of changes to the landscape. They will
provide copies of maps (at a cost). The map library is in London (St
Pancras).
- Hebden Bridge Library
The library has copies of censuses from the 19th century.
Other related sites
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