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Tring Local History & Museum Society was formed in 1994 with the objective of promoting the interest in local Tring History and establishing a museum.

Currently closed until COVID-19 Lock Down restrictions are lifted.

09/06/2026

Throughout June and July, Tring Local History Museum will not only be open on Fridays and Saturdays, but ALSO SUNDAYS from 11:00 - 15:00

04/06/2026

Tring Cycle Fest, Saturday 13th June 10:00 – 13:00
This year’s Cycle Fest is taking place outside the Local History Museum on Tring Market Place. The festival features bike-related activities, music, and local stalls. The Museum will be open with a window display of Tring’s Cycling past. Hope to see you there.

21/05/2026

🎉Tring School Student History Project 2026 — New Articles Now Online!

We're delighted to present our fourth year of the extracurricular Tring School student research project. Each year, we support sixth-form students to work on a local history topic of their choosing, developing research skills and learning to write public history.

Eighteen students participated this year, producing eleven excellent articles. These are now published exclusively on our website, and will be printed across two newsletter issues — May and July. Get in touch if you want to become a member and receive our newsletters straight through your letterbox.

The 2026 articles are:

• Banking in Tring, by Bea Riley, Daisy Haynes & Seren Newman

• James "Robert" Snook: The Last Highwayman, by Edward Coghlan & Luke Cobby

• Sir Francis Verney: A Life of Scandal? by Laura McDonald

• Branded as Witches: The War on Women in Hertfordshire, by Mia Moore

• 18th Century Attitudes to Witchcraft: The Case of Ruth Osborne, by Will Bonser, Scott Sawyer & Will Reynolds

• Trams in Tring: What Could've Been? by Bhav Patel

• Classic Cars and Hill Climbs, by Poppy Basford

• From Canon Law to Everyday Crime: Law and Punishment in Tring, by Emmy Brown

• Romans and Route Ways: The Origins of the Lower Icknield Way, by Safia Alqassar

• Tring and the Industrial Revolution, by Lawrence Heaton

• Silk Mill Fire: When the Inevitable Happened! By Melissa Burnell, Olivia Osmond & Matilda Clayton

Read them all here 👉 https://www.tringlocalhistorymuseum.org.uk/society/articles.html

Huge congratulations to all eighteen students on their hard work — and a wonderful range of topics this year! 🏆

17/05/2026

Next Speaker event - “The Development of Ordnance Survey Maps”
by Frank Iddiols
Wednesday 20th May at the High Street Baptist Church at 8PM
Frank Iddiols will explain the origins and development of O.S. mapping. With a focus on Tring, he’ll use examples from his own surveying instruments, as well as describe how modern maps are made. (The History Society AGM will precede the talk).
Non-members asked for a donation on entry (suggested £5)

29/04/2026

Tring Guided Walks
Tim Amsden will be leading two history walks of Tring on Sunday 3rd and 10th of May. Meet at the Tring Local History Museum on Brook Street at 1:45 PM. Walks start at 2PM. The walks are free of charge. Donations to support the museum welcome. Walks are probably not suitable for dogs or small children.

03/04/2026

The Silk Mill Estate was built just over 200 years ago. Originally a factory employing both adults and children in the finishing production of silk threads and material, it was transformed into a metal engineering factory for the production of a variety of products such as bus conductor ticket machines. At the Tring Local History Museum we have a small exhibition of these products as well as an excellent book on the history of the factory.

15/03/2026

Next Speaker event: “Neolithic Cursus Monuments” by David Saunders. Wednesday 18th March, at Tring High Street Baptist Church at 8PM.
Cursus Monuments are ancient land structures comprising parallel banks with external trenches. These are found only in Great Britain and Ireland. Relics within them indicate that they were built around 3000 BC. Archaeologist David Saunders has been investigating these and will present findings in our local district which include Cheddington and Ivinghoe Beacon.

04/03/2026

Currently on display at Tring Local History Museum, “Original Drawings by artist John Chessell Buckler (1793-1894)”.
Buckler was an architect involved in projects that included universities and cathedrals. He was also a prolific artist, his collection amounting to over 750 drawings of buildings throughout Hertfordshire. On display are drawings of the mansion, churches and vicarages in Tring, Puttenham, Wigginton and Long Marston, created between 1832 and 1839. These drawings offer us a fascinating, pre-photography view of each building.
The museum is open every Friday and Saturday from 10:00 – 15:30. Entry FREE

18/01/2026

A reminder not to miss our next speaker event at the Tring High St. Baptists Church this Wednesday 21st January at 8PM (non Society members asked to donate £5 on entry) when Phil Wilcock will be explaining the joys of Metal Detecting. “It is not just about the thrill of finding treasure but the history each find reveals about our district”.
And do not forget, many of Phil’s finds are on display (amongst other interesting artefacts) at the Tring Local History Museum.

05/01/2026

Next Speaker event - “Metal Detecting around Tring” by Phil Wilcock. Wednesday 21st January at the High Street Baptist Church at 8PM
Phil is an experienced metal detector whose finds we are privileged to have on display at the Tring Local History Museum. Whether you have ever done any metal detecting or not, I am sure that most of us can appreciate what the thrill must be of hearing the bleeping sound that indicates something below has been located - what history might it reveal? Phil will share his knowledge and experiences and perhaps encourage, if not to take up the activity, to allow him to scan your land for treasure. (non members are asked to donate £5 on entry)

Address

The Market Place, Brook St
Tring
HP235ED

Telephone

+441442827601

Website

http://www.tringlocalhistorymuseum.org.uk/

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