Bamford History Group holds a collection of local records, photographs, maps and newspaper cuttings. If you are interested in accessing the collection please e mail us at bamfordhistorygroup@outlook.com.   Our collection includes:

  • Bamford census records
  • Albums of A3 size laminated photos of buildings and events
  • Old newspapers
  • Artefacts
  • Interviews (oral and written records)
  • Local publications and books
  • Albums of postcards
  • Obituaries of local people
  • Carnival programmes
  • ‘Parish News’ old copies
  • Geoff Darwent Diaries
  • Anglers Rest records
  • Albums of photographs
  • History of Hancocks
  • Bamford School research project
  • Maps of Bamford and surrounding area
  • Ashopton and Derwent project
  • Old records of Institute and Recreation Ground
  • Bamford Methodist Church research
  • Touchstone Trail records
  • History of Bamford Mill
  • A Bamford Diary of the First World War
  • WWI In Memory of the Men of Bamford, Derwent & Hope Woodlands
  • Eastern Moors Scrapbook
  • Minutes of Bamford Gardening Society.