Useful sources

Researching the history of Arnold using the local studies collection in Arnold library

If you have a query about Arnold's history, here are the main places to look regarding the holdings of Arnold public library:

• Look on the library catalogue for catalogued items
• Try the locked cabinets for uncatalogued items (use the index to the Local Studies classification system to help)
• Investigate the newspaper cuttings
• Try the ephemera boxes
• Look in the map cabinet
• Use the photo index to help sort through the photos
• There's also an online site for local photographs: Picture the Past
• Check the index to the Thoroton Society Transactions

The main published books about Arnold are:

• Russell and King's "A History of Arnold" (1913)
• Christopher Weir's "From village to town: Arnold 1800-1900 (1986)
• Spick's "The book of Arnold" (1990)
• Negus' "Arnold...in old picture postcards" (two volumes, 1991 and 1993)
• Spick's "Arnold and Bestwood in old photographs" (two volumes, 1991 and 1994)
• Spick's "Arnold" (2000)