Welcome to the website of the Gloucestershire Local History Association.
Information on local history organisations in Gloucestershire, events, speakers and more, can be found by following the links on the side bar and the drop down menus above. Groups can find out about joining the Association here.
Local Societies Events List
You may now submit your events for this List to be updated in January.
Please visit Local Societies Events List page for Guidelines.
Winner of the Bryan Jerrard Award 2023
Chidlaw, Richard, ‘Dursley Clothiers and their Mills, 1450-1600’, The Dursley Lantern 19 (2022)
Click here to read the winning article.
This article was published in the Journal of the Dursley and Cam Society.
Find out more about the Society and their Journals which can be purchased via their website.
NEW Book Review
The Cotswold Boy: From The Coronation To ‘A Hard Day’s Night’: A Childhood In The 50s And 60s, by Martin White.
GLHA Forum December 9th Report
At the GLHA Forum in September 2024 we held a workshop to discuss how local history groups might work with schools. We have put together the advice gathered from the representatives attending and composed a Guidance document which may be accessed here. GLHA Guidelines on working with schools 2024