The Hebden Bridge Local History Society was formed in 1949 and is a section of the HB Literary and Scientific Society which celebrated their hundredth anniversary in 2005.

We organise a winter programme from September to March on Wednesdays at the Methodist Church Hall at 7:30 pm. Summer walks and other activities are arranged for the rest of the year. More info

The Society’s archive collection is now open for access by members in its new home at The Birchcliffe Centre. The collection will be open on the second Wednesday and fourth Saturday of each month. More info

The online version of our archive catalogue is under development - the latest version is available in pdf format in downloads.

One of the many projects we are currently working on is the Gibson and Sutcliffe papers, a collection given to us in 2001. The materials had been lying in a room at Croft House undisturbed for over 50 years. One collection belonged to Abraham Gibson of Greenwood Lee and the other to Sutcliffe & Sutcliffe, architects.