President: Peter Stevenson.  Vice Presidents: Malcolm Burrows and Jean Barber. 
Chairman: Alan Edwards. Secretary: Mike Sanders.  Treasurer: Marion Axford. 
Newsletter Editor: Peter Stevenson.  Committee Members: Danny Corns (Vice Chairman), 
Stephen Flinders (Website Administrator),  Sally Hawley  (representing the Erewash Museum),  Gary Henshaw,  David Hudson,
Mike Jobling, Beverley Kilby.

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THE IDLHS HOMEPAGE

About The Society - The Ilkeston and District Local History Society was established in 1966 to foster the study of local history and research into all aspects of the history of Ilkeston and the district and to disseminate this information for the benefit of the public.

Welcome - If this is your first visit, then welcome to the Ilkeston and District Local History Society (IDLHS) website. If you are a new visitor, please find time to browse through the pages of the website and feel free to send any questions, comments or suggestions you have to the IDLHS c/o 17 Richmond Avenue, Sandiacre, Derbyshire NG10 5GY. In the mean time enjoy your visit.

What You Will Find - At present, the site features information about IDLHS membership - forthcoming Society meetings and events - Society publications - and brief histories on Ilkeston, Dale Abbey, St. Mary's Church, Ilkeston's Markets and Fairs, the Local Coal Industry and The Stanton Ironworks etc etc. There is also information on the ongoing archaeological project taking place in the town centre and details of other sites and areas of interest within the district.  

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TOP OF TOWN
The Changing Face of Ilkeston Town Centre from The Market Place to White Lion Square

Now on sale at Ilkeston Library, Erewash Museum, Acacia Books Bath Street Ilkeston, Shipley Garden Centre.
Price £6

This latest book is the companion to 'From Bottom to Top of Town' published in 2007 and likewise takes a look at the way a chosen area of the town has changed over the past 100 years or so using old and new photographs including a number of previously unpublished pictures.

 

for further details or enquires about ordering one by post please contact the Society on
0115 854 8373 or e-mail - mail@ilkestonhistory.org.uk                 

Also now available as part of the Society's series of Old Ordnance Survey Maps

LITTLE HALLAM AND KIRK HALLAM IN 1938
and
ILKESTON EAST IN 1937

both priced £1-50 and available at the above outlets

 

The Society Emblem - formerly the arms of the Borough of Ilkeston.

Granted to the Ilkeston Borough Council in 1887, the arms represent the industries which were most prominent in the area at that time.

The bear holds in its mouth a miner's safety lamp to represent the coal industry. Across the top of the shield we see a sample of lace while at top and bottom are two hanks of cotton, both representing two aspects of the textile industry. To left and right we have two gloves, another of the local industries, while at centre the symbol of Mars represents the iron industry.            

The motto: Labor Omnia Vincit (Work Conquers Everything).

 

Acknowledgements: The Society would like to sincerely thank Robert Mee of the Heanor and District Local History Society (www.heanorhistory.org.uk) for his kind assistance in designing this website and the Erewash Museum and Ilkeston Library for the use of its photographic collection.
 

All the material found on this website is the copyright of the Ilkeston and District Local History Society © 2004. The IDHLS has no objection to anyone wishing to use or to print out this material for private or academic use, however it would be appreciated if an acknowledgement as to the material's origin is mentioned if used.