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Halstead, Essex, England
Registered Charity No. 289304
Patron: Adrian Corder-
President: Major M. C. Portway, T.D.
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NEWS
The popular publication “A Look Back At Halstead” by Doreen Potts is now available again. Copies can be purchased from the Museum or via the bookshop pages of this website. A brief article about this book can be found in the 5th March edition of the Halstead Gazette.
The Halstead Heritage Museum is now open for the 2010 season. Further details including opening times can be found on the Museum page of this website.
Read a recent article from the Halstead Gazette.
See our 2010 programme on the Events page.
Have you got a story of Halstead that you would like to share? Use the form on our feedback page to tell us more.
Subscription Fees:
Single Member: £11 per annum
Additional Member At Same Address: £8 per annum
Visitor Fee: £3 Per Visit
Welcome to the Halstead and District Local History Society Website
The Halstead and District Local History Society was formed on Thursday December 16th 1976 at a meeting held in the Scout Hut, New Street, Halstead.
The Society currently has a membership of over 100 and holds meetings on the third Monday of each month in the Senior Citizens Centre, New Street, Halstead, Essex.
Meetings comprise of a varied programme of local history related subjects spanning the dark ages to more recent times including the influence of the industrial revolution on the area.
During the Summer months, the Society organises visits to several places of local interest.
If you are interested in local history why not come along to one of our meetings, (£3 visitor fee), you can see our current programme on the “Events” page of this website.
Outside Doubleday's Drapery Head Street. Bales of calico being delivered to beat the cotton crisis, 1904
