New Mills Local History Society is in New Mills, in the High Peak district of Derbyshire.
The aims of the Society are:-
1. To promote study and research into the history of the New Mills area.
2. To convey the history of the New Mills area to a wider audience.
3. To secure the preservation and protection of items of interest relating to the history of the New Mills area.
The website is new, so if things don't look right, please bear with us.
Anything urgent, email the secretary
Meetings
Our meetings are held in New Mills Town Hall (SK22 4AT), on Friday evenings (usually), starting at 7:45pm.
11th September 2026
Greater Manchester Aviation Heritage
By Frank Pleszak
13th November 2026
William Boyd Dawkins and J. Wilfred Jackson: geologists, palaeontologists, and anthropologists of the Peak
By Stephen Hartshorne
9th October 2026
Bess of Hardwick and the Chatsworth Cavendishes
By Judith Wilshaw
11th December 2026
Religion in Northern Towns
By Hannah Barker
Trips
Details of this year's trip will be here when we have them.
Archives
archive material information here
Items in Library
Maps
Searchable lists
Links
Useful links
Maps
Coming soon
Archives
Coming soon
Wills, deeds, graveyards
Coming soon