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.
NEW!
Local History Resources for Cheltenham Primary Schools
Cheltenham Local History Society has launched an exciting new brochure to support the development of topics within Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum.
Although aimed at Cheltenham primary schools, it is sure to attract wider interest and may be used as a starting point for schools in other areas.
Including a directory of more than 60 local, regional and national history resources, the brochure also contains ideas for classroom topics, types of teaching materials available and a real-life case study.
If you are a teacher looking for new ideas to inspire and engage your classes this free resource may be just what you need. The brochure is downloadable, in pdf format with interactive links, below
Local History Resources for Cheltenham Primary Schools
Click here for the latest GLHA Speakers List 7th December 2025
Feedback on speakers is always welcomed.
Click here for the latest GLHA Member Societies’ Events List – September 2025
The Bryan Jerrard Award
The winner and runner-up for the 2024 Award was announced at the Gloucestershire Local History Association’s Forum in the Dunrossil Room at The Heritage Hub in Gloucester on Monday 8 September 2025.
The winner of the 2024 Award was:
Carter, Steven, ‘Coleford’s Jovial Foresters’, The New Regard 39 (2024).
Click here to read the article
Find out more about the Forest of Dean Local History Society
and the runner-up was:
Moore-Scott, Terry, ‘The Manor, Hamlet and Tithing of Broadwell in Leckhampton’, Leckhampton Local History Society Research Bulletin 6 (2024)
Click here to read the article
Find out more about Leckhampton Local History Society
Former winners of the Award can be found here