Hertfordshire's Local History Societies
There is a local history society in most towns and many villages in Hertfordshire, reflecting the widespread interest in this fascinating topic. Their activities range from programmes of talks and events to major research work and publication. If you want to find out more about where you live in Hertfordshire, or to get involved in local history activity, then click the link to your local society below.
If your local society is not included here, and you would like us to add it, please contact us. Please report any broken links on this page.
Links
Hertfordshire Directory (includes contact details for local history societies which do not have websites)
Museums in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
Hertfordshire Building Preservation Trust
Hertfordshire Gardens Trust
Hertfordshire Memories community website
Hertfordshire cases - the Elizabethan Star Chamber Project (cases by county)
Herts at War
Herts Past Policing
Hertfordshire Prisons
Hertfordshire Record Society
Historical Association (Hertfordshire Branch)
British Association for Local History
The National Archives
Hertfordshire Family History Society
Genealogy in Hertfordshire
Beds & Herts Historic Churches Trust
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Abbots Langley Local History Society
Apsley Paper Trail
Ashwell Museum
Ayot St Peter local history
Baldock Museum & Local History Society
Barkway Local History Group
Barnet Battlefield Survey project
Barnet Museum & Local History Society (website not currently available)
Berkhamsted & District Archaeolgical Society
Berkhamsted Local History & Museum Society
Bishop's Stortford & Thorley History (website not currently available)
Bishop's Stortford Museum
Braughing Local History Society
Bricket Wood Society
British Schools Museum (Hitchin)
Brookmans Park History (North Mymms)
Buntingford Railway & Local History Society
Buntingford Civic Society
Bushey Museum & Art Gallery
Codicote Local History Society
Colney Heath Parish History Society
Croxley Green History Project
Dacorum Heritage Trust
de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre / Mosquito Aircraft Museum
East Herts Archaeolgical Society
Elstree & Borehamwood Museum
Elstree Screen Heritage
The Hadhams history
Harpenden & District Local History Society
Hatfield Local History Society
Hatfield: Mill Green Museum & Mill
Hemel Hempstead History & Museum Society
Hertford Museum & oral history group
Hertford & Ware Local History Society
High Wych History blog
Hitchin, British Schools Museum
Hitchin Historical Society
Hitchin: North Hertfordshire Museum
Hoddesdon: Lowewood Museum
The Hunsdon Local Hisotry & Preservation Society
Kings Langley Local History & Museum Society
Knebworth House
Lemsford Local History Group
Letchworth Garden City Society
Letchworth Local History Group
Letchworth: Heritage Foundation
Leverstock Green Chronicle
London Colney Local History Society
Markyate Village History
Much Hadham Forge Museum
North Herts Archaeological Society
North Mymms History Project
Norton Community Archaeology Group
Pirton Local History Group
Potters Bar and District Historical Society
Potters Bar Museum
Redbourn Village Museum
Redbournbury Water Mill & Bakery
Rickmansworth Historical Society
Rickmansworth Waterways Trust
Royston Cave
Royston & District Local History Society
Royston & District Museum & Art Gallery
Sawbridgeworth Local History Society
South West Herts Archaeology & Historical Society
Stanstead Abbotts Local History Society
St. Albans "Arc & Arc" Society community website
St. Albans Cathedral
St. Albans: Museum of St Albans & UH Galleries
St. Albans South Signal Box
St Albans Tour Guides
Stevenage Museum
Tewin village history
Three Rivers Museum Trust
Thorley (Bishop's Stortford & Thorley History) website not currently available
Tring & District Local History & Museum Society
Tring: The Natural History Museum at Tring
Verulamium Museum
Walkern Local History Society
Ware Museum
Watford & District Industrial History Society
Watford Museum
Welham Green (North Mymms)
Welwyn Archaeological Society
Welwyn & District Local History Society
Welwyn Roman Baths
Wheathampstead History Society
Wheathampstead: History of Wheathampstead
Wheathampstead & District Preservation Society
Wiggington History Society (website not currently available)
There is a local history society in most towns and many villages in Hertfordshire, reflecting the widespread interest in this fascinating topic. Their activities range from programmes of talks and events to major research work and publication. If you want to find out more about where you live in Hertfordshire, or to get involved in local history activity, then click the link to your local society below.
If your local society is not included here, and you would like us to add it, please contact us. Please report any broken links on this page.
Links
Hertfordshire Directory (includes contact details for local history societies which do not have websites)
Museums in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
Hertfordshire Building Preservation Trust
Hertfordshire Gardens Trust
Hertfordshire Memories community website
Hertfordshire cases - the Elizabethan Star Chamber Project (cases by county)
Herts at War
Herts Past Policing
Hertfordshire Prisons
Hertfordshire Record Society
Historical Association (Hertfordshire Branch)
British Association for Local History
The National Archives
Hertfordshire Family History Society
Genealogy in Hertfordshire
Beds & Herts Historic Churches Trust
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Abbots Langley Local History Society
Apsley Paper Trail
Ashwell Museum
Ayot St Peter local history
Baldock Museum & Local History Society
Barkway Local History Group
Barnet Battlefield Survey project
Barnet Museum & Local History Society (website not currently available)
Berkhamsted & District Archaeolgical Society
Berkhamsted Local History & Museum Society
Bishop's Stortford & Thorley History (website not currently available)
Bishop's Stortford Museum
Braughing Local History Society
Bricket Wood Society
British Schools Museum (Hitchin)
Brookmans Park History (North Mymms)
Buntingford Railway & Local History Society
Buntingford Civic Society
Bushey Museum & Art Gallery
Codicote Local History Society
Colney Heath Parish History Society
Croxley Green History Project
Dacorum Heritage Trust
de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre / Mosquito Aircraft Museum
East Herts Archaeolgical Society
Elstree & Borehamwood Museum
Elstree Screen Heritage
The Hadhams history
Harpenden & District Local History Society
Hatfield Local History Society
Hatfield: Mill Green Museum & Mill
Hemel Hempstead History & Museum Society
Hertford Museum & oral history group
Hertford & Ware Local History Society
High Wych History blog
Hitchin, British Schools Museum
Hitchin Historical Society
Hitchin: North Hertfordshire Museum
Hoddesdon: Lowewood Museum
The Hunsdon Local Hisotry & Preservation Society
Kings Langley Local History & Museum Society
Knebworth House
Lemsford Local History Group
Letchworth Garden City Society
Letchworth Local History Group
Letchworth: Heritage Foundation
Leverstock Green Chronicle
London Colney Local History Society
Markyate Village History
Much Hadham Forge Museum
North Herts Archaeological Society
North Mymms History Project
Norton Community Archaeology Group
Pirton Local History Group
Potters Bar and District Historical Society
Potters Bar Museum
Redbourn Village Museum
Redbournbury Water Mill & Bakery
Rickmansworth Historical Society
Rickmansworth Waterways Trust
Royston Cave
Royston & District Local History Society
Royston & District Museum & Art Gallery
Sawbridgeworth Local History Society
South West Herts Archaeology & Historical Society
Stanstead Abbotts Local History Society
St. Albans "Arc & Arc" Society community website
St. Albans Cathedral
St. Albans: Museum of St Albans & UH Galleries
St. Albans South Signal Box
St Albans Tour Guides
Stevenage Museum
Tewin village history
Three Rivers Museum Trust
Thorley (Bishop's Stortford & Thorley History) website not currently available
Tring & District Local History & Museum Society
Tring: The Natural History Museum at Tring
Verulamium Museum
Walkern Local History Society
Ware Museum
Watford & District Industrial History Society
Watford Museum
Welham Green (North Mymms)
Welwyn Archaeological Society
Welwyn & District Local History Society
Welwyn Roman Baths
Wheathampstead History Society
Wheathampstead: History of Wheathampstead
Wheathampstead & District Preservation Society
Wiggington History Society (website not currently available)