Bamford & District History Group
Bamford & District History Group
The History Group was formed several years ago to study and enjoy the history of Bamford and the surrounding areas. We are one of the User Groups of the Institute and members of the Institute area automatically members of the History Group. We hold monthly meetings, usually on the second Friday night in the month depending of the availability of speakers, and arrange visits to places of interest in the summer. Members of the Institute who attend History Group meetings are sent a Newsletter and Meetings Programme.
The History Group has collected an archive of local records including the census records from 1851 to 1901, an index of the Parish Burial Record and Marriage Record. We have copies of the 1842 Tithe Map and list of landowners and have a large collection of copies of local photographs. Geoff Darwent’s collection of cuttings of the entries in the Derbyshire Times from the early 1950s is also deposited with us.
Members Evenings are arranged for theses items to be viewed. Exhibitions of Photographs are held annually.
Current Committee Members
Malcolm Dungworth (President)
Kath Hearnshaw (Chair)
Maureen Dungworth (Secretary)
Dave Sheldon (Treasurer)
Jennifer Fox
David Holmes
Howard Ward
Brian Wood
PROGRAMME 2022
Bamford Village Institute
8pm start unless specified
Entrance fee: £2 for Institute members, £4 for non-members
Refreshments are included
14th January 2022 – New Year Lunch - Yorkshire Bridge Inn
11th February 2022 - Films with Nick Wheat including Peak District Tour (Digital) and the Blue Pullman Train which is in cine film. Cine films were regularly shown at the Institute in the 1950s
11th March 2022 – The Barber Family of the Hope Valley - Brian Gillman
8th April 2022 – History of the Longshaw Estate - Talk by Thelma Griffiths
13th May 2022 - Edale Mountain Rescue - Ian Donaldson
June 2022- A visit to a place of historical interest - to be arranged
July 2022 - Carnival Exhibition
August 2022 - No meeting
9th September 2022 - Wanderings in a curious valley - People and Landscape of Loxley - Peter Machan
14th October 2022 - The Ancient Suburbs of Sheffield - David Templeman
11th November 2022 - Napoleon's Lost Legions - Prisoners of war including some sent to Chesterfield - John Taylor
December 2022 - Christmas Meal
Email: bamford.history@gmail.com