Community directory

Potters Bar and District Historical Society

The Society runs Potters Bar Museum at the Wyllyotts Centre on behalf of Hertsmere Borough Council. Opening times for the Museum are:
* Tuesdays and Wednesdays 2.30pm-4.30pm;
* Saturdays 11.00am-1.00pm.

Please see the separate entry on the Database for more information about the Museum.

The society holds up to eight monthly meetings a year. The meetings start at 8.00pm and are usually held on a Tuesday, Thursday or Friday once in any month from September to May, excluding December.

Venue: 60 Plus Centre at the Wyllyotts Centre.

The primary tasks of the Society are to record the changing scene in the local area, to carry out research into how the area used to be, and to encourage the preservation of buildings, monuments, documents and other evidence. The society organises visits, excavations and publications.

All research enquiries on local and family history for the area should be addressed to Mr Warren (Phone: 01707 875617).

Membership costs £3.00 per year, £5.00 for a family.

Affiliated organisations: East Herts Archaeological Society; Hertfordshire Association For Local History.

Date of AGM: April.

Publications: Potters Bar Historical Series Booklets; Occasional Papers 1-3; Occasional Papers 4-6; The Growth of the Little Heath Area to 1914; The Journal Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 are available and Historical Series 1-7.

Subsidiaries: Potters Bar Museum.

Registered charity number 299475