BLH&AG Volunteers
We're always looking for new volunteers to help the Burley Local History & Archive Group.
Please contact us if you would like to help.
Please contact us if you would like to help.
Burley Local History & Archive Group Research Task List
- Feast of the Great Pudding & the Pudding Tree.
- Houses of Burley Woodhead & their occupants.
- History of Burley District Cricket teams from 1980s onwards.
- "Slum clearance" in Burley District. From the 1950s through to the 1970s.
- History of Burley Hall & its occupants.
- Wharfedale Trunk Road part of the Liverpool-Preston-Leeds Trunk Road (Trunk Road Act 1936 & Schedule 1938)
- History of Sewers, Drains & Water Supplies of Burley District
- 1960s Hydro Electrode Boiler Systems - Greenholme Mills - Wm Fison & Co. Ltd
Please contact us if you can help on any of these topics. If you want to research your own subject(s), please get in touch.
- Feast of the Great Pudding & the Pudding Tree.
- Houses of Burley Woodhead & their occupants.
- History of Burley District Cricket teams from 1980s onwards.
- "Slum clearance" in Burley District. From the 1950s through to the 1970s.
- History of Burley Hall & its occupants.
- Wharfedale Trunk Road part of the Liverpool-Preston-Leeds Trunk Road (Trunk Road Act 1936 & Schedule 1938)
- History of Sewers, Drains & Water Supplies of Burley District
- 1960s Hydro Electrode Boiler Systems - Greenholme Mills - Wm Fison & Co. Ltd
Please contact us if you can help on any of these topics. If you want to research your own subject(s), please get in touch.
Burley Local History & Archive Group - Other Tasks
Copy across the Landowner info from the 1847 (publ 1850) Burley Tithe Apportionment Book to the 1847 Burley Tithe Map web page.
Read & review the following, noting names of pupils & teachers:
S.1.2.22 - Burley Woodhead School - Log Book - 1876-1919
S.1.2.23 - Burley Woodhead School - Log Book - 1920-1953
S.1.2.24 - Burley National School - Log Book - 1861-1898
S.1.2.25 - Burley National School - Log Book - 1897-1917
S.1.2.26 - Burley National School - Log Book - 1917-1942
S.1.2.27 - Church of England Infants School - Log Book - 1880-1918
S.1.2.28 - Church of England Infants School - Log Book - 1919-1949
Copy across the Landowner info from the 1847 (publ 1850) Burley Tithe Apportionment Book to the 1847 Burley Tithe Map web page.
Read & review the following, noting names of pupils & teachers:
S.1.2.22 - Burley Woodhead School - Log Book - 1876-1919
S.1.2.23 - Burley Woodhead School - Log Book - 1920-1953
S.1.2.24 - Burley National School - Log Book - 1861-1898
S.1.2.25 - Burley National School - Log Book - 1897-1917
S.1.2.26 - Burley National School - Log Book - 1917-1942
S.1.2.27 - Church of England Infants School - Log Book - 1880-1918
S.1.2.28 - Church of England Infants School - Log Book - 1919-1949
S.2.4.6 - Press cutting Book - Orange A5 book. Press cuttings stuck in. - See scans Digital Files - Read & Index all cuttings.
Burley Archive Task List
Priority is the inventory & cataloguing of the Burley Archive. Entering the details into a spreadsheet. Normally carried out on a Tuesday afternoon, but if interested can be arranged at other times when the Library building is open.
Burley Archive Folders - digital content of the Burley Archive
Burley Archive Inventory - physical content of the Burley Archive
Priority is the inventory & cataloguing of the Burley Archive. Entering the details into a spreadsheet. Normally carried out on a Tuesday afternoon, but if interested can be arranged at other times when the Library building is open.
Burley Archive Folders - digital content of the Burley Archive
Burley Archive Inventory - physical content of the Burley Archive