Local History Information Request

If you have a local history question, we will try and to answer it or tell you how to get the answer.
Please mail us at BHRG local history enquiry. We usually acknowledge emails within 24 hours.

Regrettably we cannot undertake to trace your family history but if that is what you are interested in,
take a look at our links page which will point you to specialist sites.

Have a browse through our Publications page which lists all the books that the Banstead History Research Group has published.

If you would like to order one or more through the post please mail the details to our Publications secretary at BHRG books.
You can also call in at the IBIS book shop or take a look in the local libraries.

BHRG membership stands at around twenty, and members attend ten meetings a year. The main purpose of the Group is to undertake research and collate information on local history.

Members contribute in many different ways, for example by looking through old documents at the Woking Archive library. These might be books, maps, old invoices or lists of building materials, photographs, minutes of meetings etc. A few members keep in contact with local schools whilst others, in conjunction with Banstead Library Services and volunteers from a range of local societies and organisations, help to run the Banstead History Centre at the local library.

Other members contribute by writing articles, organising events and exhibitions or running stalls at local fairs. Two members have accumulated personal collections of local postcards by attending fairs around the country.

If you feel you can make a contribution, however small, we would love to hear from you.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, your contribution could be a wealth of knowledge. You may have lived in Banstead and the local area all your life and know much about local people and events including accounts of experiences during WWII. This will be invaluable to the Group so please contact us.