The Local Studies collection boasts a wealth of historical maps pertaining to Calderdale, Yorkshire, and Great Britain as a whole. Among...

Almanacks of all descriptions can be windows into the mindset and cultural norms of the past – whether through advertisements, short...

Sometimes, you see something and you think – huh? And then – why??? That was my reaction on seeing the cover of the book produced for the...

If you’ve tried to do your family tree before, you know all about the “joy” of parish registers. We thought we would give you a very...

Pamphlet boxes in the 070-072 range include samples, and occasionally complete runs, of local newspapers and magazines. Whether published...

While Local Studies has been operating on a pre-booked system, with a decrease in footfall in the meantime, we’ve had more chances to...

Your Military Ancestors and how to find them.  Using Ancestry, Find My Past and the National Archives… Occasionally family history...

a light hearted look at shopping in Halifax.  After all, it’s never too early to think about Christmas… The 380 “Shops and Shopping”...

Learn more about a local naturalist and artist… Our latest display is a rare chance to see some beautiful drawings by James Bolton, a...

A Spotlight on one of our Pamphlet Boxes: Life in Calderdale One of the pamphlet boxes in our Horsfall Turner room that might escape...

This is an interesting one…  a local newspapers and events index covering the period of the 1830’s to the 1950’s.  6 Halifax newspapers...

They are here!  Three lovely shiny digital microfilm and Microfiche scanners are now settled in and working here in Reference and Local...

I took a peek at the Halifax Courier for 2nd of December 1916 and I was glad to see that one hundred years ago, even with a war on, the...