19th Century British Newspapers
This site is free to access from all libraries and also from home, using your Calderdale library card. Several newspapers, notably the Leeds Mercury, specifically cover the Calderdale area. Local reports can also be found by searching across all publications.
Ancestry
The Library Edition of this resource is available free of charge from all Calderdale libraries. Content highlights include:
- Census information;
- England and Wales birth, marriage and death indexes;
- parish registers of the West Riding of Yorkshire;
- military records;
- Poor Law records.
British Newspaper Archive
The British Newspaper Archive is free to use at these libraries:
- Central Library (Local Studies).
- Brighouse.
- Hebden Bridge.
- Todmorden.
Explore over 200 years of British and Irish history using historical newspapers, some of which cover Yorkshire. Please ask a member of staff to log you on. Bookings can be made in advance by ringing the relevant library: Your Local Library.
Find My Past
Find My Past is free to use in:
- Central Library (Local Studies), Halifax,
- Brighouse Library,
- Hebden Bridge Library,
- and Todmorden Library.
Find My Past includes a wide range of databases of use to family and local historians. Access to the 1921 census is now available.
Please ask a member of staff to log you on. Bookings can be made in advance by ringing the relevant library: Your Local Library.
Glimpse of the past
This is a range of short local history articles, illuminating the heritage of the area. They put key places, events and people into context.
Weaver to Web: online visual archive of Calderdale history
This archive of Calderdale history gives access to over 23,000 images and supporting historical information. It is largely based on the collections in Calderdale Central Reference Library, where it continues to be maintained and added to. The digitised Halifax Weekly Courier for 1914-18 can also be found on this site.