Resources and links
Hertfordshire has a number of active countywide and local heritage groups.
In addition to the information found on their websites many offer programmes of lectures and talks and have their own reference libraries and publications.
- County Organisations
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Local History Societies
- Abbots Langley Local History Society
- Baldock Museum and Local History Society
- Barnet Museum and Local History Society
- Berkhamsted Local History and Museum Society
- Buntingford Railway and Local History Society
- Codicote Local History Society
- Croxley Green Residents’ Association Local History Group
- Harpenden and District Local History Society
- Hatfield Local History Society
- Hemel Hempstead History and Museum Society
- Hertford and Ware Local History Society
- Hitchin Historical Society
- Kings Langley Local History and Museum Society
- Lemsford Local History Group
- Letchworth Garden City Society
- North Mymms Local History Society
- Pirton Local History Group
- Preston History
- Rickmansworth Historical Society
- Royston and District Local History Society
- St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society (SAHAAS)
- Stanstead Abbotts Local History Society
- Tring and District Local History and Museum Society
- Walkern History Group
- Wheathampstead and District Preservation Society
- Wheathampstead History Society
- Specialist History Groups
- Hertfordshire Community Websites
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Hertfordshire Heritage Projects
First World War related
Hertfordshire Industries
- Local Research Projects
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Hertfordshire Museums
Hertfordshire has a wide variety of local and regional museums that tell the history of the local community. Follow the links to find out more about their collections and facilities.
- Hertfordshire Association of Museums
- Ashwell Museum
- Baldock Museum and Local History Society
- Barnet Museum
- Berkhamsted Local History and Museum Society
- Bishop's Stortford Museum
- Bushey Museum
- Dacorum Heritage Trust Ltd
- Elstree and Borehamwood Museum
- Hertford Museum
- Letchworth Garden City Museum
- Lowewood Museum
- Mill Green Museum and Mill
- North Hertfordshire Museum
- Potters Bar Museum
- Royston and District Museum and Art Gallery
- Stevenage Museum
- Tring Local History Museum
- Ware Museum
- Watford Museum
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Special Interest Museums
- de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre
- Hertfordshire Scouts County Museum
- Hitchin British Schools Museum
- Leighton Buzzard 'Buzz' Railway
- Mill Green Museum and Mill
- Mosquito Aircraft Museum
- Much Hadham Forge Museum
- Natural History Museum at Tring
- Shaw's Corner
- The Paper Trail
- St Albans Cathedral Education Centre
- St Albans South Signal Box
- Verulamium Museum
- Welwyn Roman Baths
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Free to access websites offering resources for historical research
If you know of other sites which might be helpful to other researchers then please contact us with details.
- Ancestry family tree creator
- Charles Booth Archive - A set of fully searchable digitised maps taken from Charles Booth’s 19th century study of Life and Labour in London which show levels of wealth and poverty across the capital.
- Hansard Online -This fully searchable site carries transcripts of debates in the Houses of Commons and Lords from 1803-2004.
- Hatfield History website
- Hertfordshire Genealogy - This site carries very useful information on Hertfordshire.
- Histpop - This site carries the Census Reports for Britain from 1801 -1937.
- Middlesex Military Service Appeal Tribunal 1916-18
- University of Hertfordshire - This site carries copies of PhD theses Research Archive.
- Vision of Britain Through Time - This site carries a variety of statistical information, historical and modern maps, travel writing and more which can be searched by place.
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National Archives and Resources
The links here will take you to government, independent and charitable organisations whose remit and responsibilities are more nationwide in scope. Many collect and preserve items of national interest but which will have local relevance.
- Britain from Above
- British Association for Local History
- British History On-Line
- The British Library
- British Library Sounds
- Department for Culture Media and Sport
- English Heritage
- Heritage Alliance - Heritage Funding Directory
- Heritage Lottery Fund
- The National Archives
- The National Trust
- Victoria County History