Publications

The following are available for sale from the Society or through Dronfield Library.

  • Local History Trail 50p

  • Walkabout £1

  • Town Centre map with 1881 census details: A3 £4, A4 £2

  • Edited version of the Enclosure Award Map of the Manor of Dronfield of 1846 together with district place and field names £3.50

  • Dronfield: A small neat market town A general overview of Dronfield’s history by Kay Battye. 50p

  • Since 2001 the Society has produced two issues per year of the Local History Miscellany a collection of articles and photographs of local historical interest.

    Topics covered include the Peel Monument, Coal Aston, the effect on Dronfield of the arrival and departure of the Wilson Cammell company, field walking in Unstone, the medieval stained glass in the parish church, an eighteenth century romantic woman poet, a look back at Dronfield Woodhouse, Unstone Echoes, a snapshot of Dronfield in 1895 as well as reminiscences from old Dronfeldians, press reports and cuttings from the past and brief portraits of buildings and people, gone but not forgotten.

    The Miscellany is available from various outlets in Dronfield including Dronfield Library; Dronfield and Unstone Post Offices; Dronfield Electrics; Nunn’s Office Supplies; Special Occasions at The Forge and from the Society itself, price £2.50.

 

© Old Dronfield Society 2002
To contact the society please email us at ods@thateden.co.uk