• Tourist Information Centres at Halifax and Hebden Bridge have details of events locally and have publications on the area. http://www.visitcalderdale.com/calderdaletourism/

• Visit local Museums & Art Galleries - Bankfield Museum, Shibden Hall, Smith Art Gallery and Heptonstall Museum. More on : http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/leisure/index.html

• The Friends of Judy Woods group (Norwood Green/Wyke area) is very involved in the heritage of that area. Check their website at: http://www.judywoods.org.uk/

• The Workers' Education Association (WEA) runs courses locally on aspects of history and allied subjects. Check their website at: http://www.wea.org.uk/yh/

• Halifax Antiquarian Society has lectures approx. fortnightly September to May with some excursions for members in the summer. http://www.halifaxhistory.org.uk/

• Hebden Bridge Local History Society meets fortnightly from late September to the end of March with a varied lecture programme : http://www.hebdenbridgehistory.org.uk

• Greater Elland Historical Society on http://www.gehs.org.uk/ have a programme of winter lectures. They also have a History Room in part of Messrs Dobson's premises near St Mary's Parish Church which is open March to Sept. on Wednesdays 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.

• Northowram The Group published a fascinating book on the history of their area in 2014.   It is a very active group with regular meetings throughout the year: http://northowram.org/history.html

• Todmorden, Hipperholme & Lightcliffe, Ryburn, Brighouse, and Mytholmroyd all have local history societies with lectures in winter and some have other activities during the year. No websites are known for them but contact details can usually be obtained via the Calderdale register of groups on : http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/leisure/activities/clubs/search.jsp

• Malcolm Bull's CALDERDALE website contains a wealth of information about the area. That's at : http://www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/

• A specialist website for Todmorden & Walsden which includes all sorts of facts, early records and reminiscences about those areas can be found at http://todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/

• 'Weaver to Web' an 'online visual archive' of Calderdale is at http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/wtw/

• The Genuki website is useful to those studying family history, but it also has historical information of a more general nature : http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Halifax/index.html
  

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