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.
  
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Museums in Hertfordshire 

Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies

Hertfordshire Building Preservation Trust

Hertfordshire Gardens Trust
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Herts Memories community website
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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

British Record Society

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 (Frogmore Paper Mill)

Ashwell Museum

Ayot St Peter parish history

Baldock Museum & Local History Society

Barkway Local History Group

Barnet Battlefield Survey project

Barnet Museum & Local History Society

Berkhamsted & District Archaeological Society

Berkhamsted Local History & Museum Society

Bishop's Stortford & Thorley History

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
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Cheshunt

Cheshunt (Cedars Park history)

Codicote Local History Society

Colney Heath Parish History Society

Croxley Green History Project
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Dacorum Heritage Trust

de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre / Mosquito Aircraft Museum

East Herts Archaeological Society

Elstree & Borehamwood Museum

Elstree Screen Heritage

Frogmore Paper Mill

Furneux Pelham History

The Hadhams' History Society

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
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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

Sarratt 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) 

Tring & District Local History & Museum Society

Tring Rural History

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)
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Welwyn Archaeological Society

Welwyn & District Local History Society

Welwyn Roman Baths

Wheathampstead History Society
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Wheathampstead: History of Wheathampstead

Wheathampstead & District Preservation Society

Wiggington History