RESOURCES – USEFUL LOCAL HISTORY LINKS
Welcome to FCELH’s Directory of Useful Local History Links
Local History Online’s links pages and the British Association for Local History’s Societies Directory have a very large number of links which might be useful to local historians, but here are a few more specifically local links, and a few general ones. If you would like to have a link included on this page, please email me
Useful Links
| Organisation | Website | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Anstey Local History Society | https://ansteyhistory.com | Leicestershire |
| Beeston and District Local History Society | http://www.beestonhistory.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Belgrave Hall Conservation Area Society | https://www.bhcas.org/ | Leicestershire |
| Bilborough Local History Group | http://www.stmartinsbilborough.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Bingham Heritage Trails Association | http://www.binghamheritage.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Bleasby Local History Society | https://www.bleasbycommunity.uk/community/bleasby-community-website-10159/bleasby-local-history-society/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Blidworth and District History and Heritage | http://www.blidworthhistoricalsociety.co.uk | Nottinghamshire |
| Bonsall History Project | http://www.bonsallhistory.org.uk/ | Derbyshire |
| Borough of Twickenham Local History Society | https://botlhs.co.uk | London |
| Bottesford Living History | http://www.bottesfordhistory.org.uk/index.aspx | Leicestershire |
| Bramcote History Group | http://www.bramcotehistory.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Bramcote Old Church Tower Trust | https://www.bramcoteoldtower.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| British Association for Local History | http://www.balh.co.uk/ | National |
| Burton Joyce and Bulcote Local History Society | http://bjblhs.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Coddington History Group | http://www.coddington.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Collingham and District Local History Society | http://www.collingham-history.org.uk | Nottinghamshire |
| Derbyshire Archaeological Society | http://www.derbyshireas.org.uk/ | Derbyshire |
| Derbyshire Family History Society | http://www.dfhs.org.uk/ | Derbyshire |
| Derbyshire Local Studies Library | https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/local-studies/local-studies-and-local-history.aspx | Derbyshire |
| East Bridgford Local History Group | https://www.eastbridgford-history.org.uk | Nottinghamshire |
| East Leake and District Local History Society | http://www.eastleake-history.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Edwinstowe Historical Society | http://www.edwinstowehistory.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Enderby Heritage Group | http://www.enderbyheritage.org.uk/ | Leicestershire |
| English Heritage | http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/ | National |
| Farnsfield Local History Society | http://www.farnsfieldlhs.co.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Friends of Nottingham Museums | https://wollatonhall.org.uk/friend-of-nottingham-museums/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Friends of Nottinghamshire Archives | http://www.fona.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Friends of The Centre for English Local History | https://www.englishlocalhistory.org/wp/ | Leicestershire |
| Gotham and District Local History Society | http://www.gothamhistory.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Greater Wigston Historical Society | http://www.wigstonhistoricalsociety.co.uk/ | Leicestershire |
| Hathern Local History Society | http://www.hathernhistory.co.uk/index.php/ | Leicestershire |
| Heanor and District Local History Society | http://www.heanorhistory.org.uk/ | Derbyshire |
| Hucknall Heritage Society | http://www.hucknallheritagesociety.co.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Ilkeston and District Local History Society | http://www.ilkestonhistory.org.uk/ | Derbyshire |
| Jacksdale Area Culture and Heritage | http://www.jacksdale.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Keyworth and District Local History Society | http://www.keyworthhistory.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Kibworth History Society | http://www.kibworth.org | Leicestershire |
| Laxton History Group | http://www.laxtonhistorygroup.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Leicester Civic Society | http://www.leicestercivicsociety.org.uk/ | Leicestershire |
| Leicestershire and Rutland Family History Society | http://lrfhs.org.uk/ | Leicestershire |
| Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society | http://www.le.ac.uk/lahs/ | Leicestershire |
| Leicestershire Industrial History Society | http://lihs.org.uk/ | Leicestershire |
| Leicestershire Local Studies Library | http://www.recordoffice.org.uk/resources/local-studies-library/ | Leicestershire |
| Leicestershire Victoria County History | http://leicestershirehistory.co.uk | Leicestershire |
| Lenton Local History Society | http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/index.htm | Nottinghamshire |
| Lincolnshire Archives | https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives | Lincolnshire |
| Lincolnshire History and Archaeology | http://www.slha.org.uk/ | Lincolnshire |
| Loughborough Archaeological and Historical Society | http://www.loughboroughpastandpresent.org/index.php | Leicestershire |
| Loughborough History and Heritage Network | http://www.lboro-history-heritage.org.uk | Leicestershire |
| Market Harborough Historical Society | http://www.marketharboroughhistoricalsociety.org | Leicestershire |
| National Civil War Centre | http://www.nationalcivilwarcentre.com/ | Nottinghamshire |
| New Mills Local History Society | http://www.newmillshistory.org.uk/ | Derbyshire |
| Newark Civic Trust | http://www.newarkcivictrust.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Newark Hidden Heritage Group | http://www.newarkhiddenheritage.co.uk | Nottinghamshire |
| Newark Town Hall Museum | http://newarktownhallmuseum.co.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| North East Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology Society | http://nedias.co.uk/?page_id=300 | Derbyshire |
| North Lincolnshire Local Studies Library | https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/schools-libraries-and-learning/north-lincolnshire-local-studies-library/ | Lincolnshire |
| Norwell Parish Heritage Group | http://www.norwell-online.org.uk/norwell-organisations/heritage-group | Nottinghamshire |
| Nottingham and Notts Radical History Group | http://peopleshistreh.wordpress.com/People’s Histreh: | Nottinghamshire |
| Nottingham Castle | http://www.nottinghamcastle.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Nottingham Civic Society | http://www.nottinghamcivicsociety.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Nottingham Hidden History Team | http://nottinghamhiddenhistoryteam.wordpress.com/about/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Nottingham Irish Studies Group | https://nottinghamisg.wordpress.com/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Nottingham Local Studies Library | https://www.nottinghamcitylibraries.co.uk/library/nottingham-local-studies-library/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Labour History Society | http://www.ndlhs.wordpress.com/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Nottinghamshire Building Preservation Trust | http://www.nbpt.co.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Nottinghamshire Family History Society | http://www.nottsfhs.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Old Mansfield Society | http://www.old-mansfield.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Papplewick Pumping Station Trust | http://www.papplewickpumpingstation.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Peak District Mines Historical Society | http://www.pdmhs.com/ | Derbyshire |
| Pentagon Society | http://www.pentagonhistory.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Picture the Past | https://picturethepast.org.uk/ | Derbyshire |
| Radcliffe on Trent Local History Society | http://www.radcliffe-on-trent-local-history-society.co.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Rutland Local History and Record Society | https://www.rutlandhistory.org/ | Rutland |
| Sherwood Archaeological Society | http://www.sherwood-archaeology.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Southwell and District Local History Society | http://www.southwellhistorysociety.co.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Southwell Community Archaeology Group | http://www.southwellarchaeology.org.uk | Nottinghamshire |
| Spalding Gentlemen's Society | https://www.sgsoc.org | Lincolnshire |
| St. Anns Allotments Association | http://www.staa-allotments.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Stapleford and District Local History Society | http://www.staplefordlocalhistory.co.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Sutton Heritage Society | http://www.suttonheritage.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Swannington Heritage Trust | http://www.swannington-heritage.co.uk/ | Leicestershire |
| The Arkwright Society | https://www.cromfordmills.org.uk | Derbyshire |
| The Centre for English Local History | https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history | Leicestershire |
| The Flintham Society | http://www.flinthammuseum.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| The Historical Association | http://www.history.org.uk/ | National |
| The Institute for Historical Research | http://www.ihr.sas.ac.uk/ | National |
| The Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution Group | http://pentrichrevolution.org.uk | Derbyshire |
| The Ripley and District Heritage Trust | https://www.rdht.org.uk | Derbyshire |
| The Victoria County History | http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk | National |
| The Workhouse Southwell | http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/workhouse-southwell/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Thoroton Society | http://www.thorotonsociety.org.uk/ | Nottinghamshire |
| University of Nottingham Manuscripts and Special Collections | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Warsop Vale Local History Society | http://www.warsopvale.org/index.htm | Nottinghamshire |
| West Bridgford and District Local History Society | http://www.bridgfordhistory.org/ | Nottinghamshire |
| Wolds Historical Organisation | http://www.hoap.co.uk/who/index.htm | Leicestershire |
| Wollaton Historical and Conservation Society | https://www.wollatonhistorical.com/ | Nottinghamshire |