The Alan Ball Local History Awards in the

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, published 2011-11-02, accessed 2012-05-06 The awards were established in the 1980sAm Baile – Highland website wins national history award
, Am Baile, published 2004-11-15, accessed 2012-05-06 and are run by the Library Services Trust. They are named after the local history author and former chief librarian of the Harrow and Home Counties libraries.Press release
Nottinghamshire County Council, published 2005-01-14, accessed 2012-05-06 A maximum of three awards are made each year.

Awards

The following is the partial list of award winners.

2021

* Hard-copy joint winner
''The Picture of Yarmouth: 200 Years of Built Heritage''.
Published by the Great Yarmouth Local History & Archaeological Society. * Hard-copy joint winner: Louise Ryland-Epton (ed),
Bremhill Parish Through the Ages: The Heritage of a Wiltshire Community
'. Published by the Bremhill Parish History Group. * Hard-copy highly commended: Lewis N Wood,
Banstead War Memorial – 100 Years: An Illustrated history
'. Published by the Banstead History Research Group. * Hard-copy highly commended: Clare Wichbold –
Hard Work – But Glorious: Stories from the Herefordshire Suffrage Campaign
' (self-published). * Community award joint winner: Alison Wilson with Anna Crutchley and Lilian Rundblad, photography by Faruk Kara,
A Community Remembers: Histon Road
' (book with CD). Published by the Histon Road Area Residents Association. * Community award joint winner:
Nunnery Lane and Clementhorpe: Exploring Old Shops and Pubs in York
'. Published by the Clements Hall Local History Group. * E-publication: South West Heritage Trails – Torbay Discovery Heritage Trail https://www.southwestheritagetrails.org.uk/. Published by South West Heritage Trust.

2020

* Hard-copy winner: John Simpson (ed),
Managing Poverty: Cheltenham Settlement Examinations and Removal Orders, 1831-5
2''. Published by the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. * Highly commended: Rowan Whimster, ''Ramsbury: A Place and its People''. Published by the Friends of the Holy Cross Church, Ramsbury. * Community award: Louise Wong (ed.), ''Crossing the Borders tories of the S E Asian communities in Manchester'' An NLHF funded project by the Wai Yin Society / Manchester University / Ahmed Iqbal Ulah RACE centre – Manchester Central Library / Manchester Art Gallery. * E publication award: Stroudwater History website �
https://stroudwaterhistory.org.uk
Published by the Stroudwater Navigation Archive Charity.

2019

* ''Delving along the Derwent: a history of 200 quarries and the people who worked in them,'' National Stone Centre.
The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962
(web site), East Midlands Oral History Archive.

2018

*
A Swindon Time Capsule: Working Class Life 1899-1984. Highlights from the Dixon-Attwell Collection held at Swindon Central Library
'' by Graham Carter, Swindon Heritage, Local Studies (Swindon Libraries).
Poole, the First World War and its Legacy
(web site), Poole Museum.
Bristol Old Vic Archive
(web site), Bristol Bristol Old Vic Heritage, Amy Spreadbury.

2017

* ''Miss Weeton'', ''Governess and Traveller'', ed Alan Roby; Wigan Archives.
Spratton Local History Society website

2015

* ''West Sussex Remembering 1914-18'', eds. Martin Hayes and Emma White; West Sussex County Council.
Buxton Museum Apps
Buxton Museum.
Milford Street Bridge Project
Milford Street Bridge Project, St Edmunds Community Association.

2010

East Lothian Council East Lothian Council is one of the 32 local government councils in Scotland covering the East Lothian area. Since the last boundary changes in 2017, 22 councillors have been elected from 6 wards. History East Lothian District Council had been ...

, ''East Lothian 1945–2000'', Sonia Baker (editor) *

Epping Forest District Council Epping may refer to: Places Australia * Epping, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney ** Epping railway station, Sydney * Electoral district of Epping, the corresponding seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * Epping Forest, Kearns, a h ...

, ''The Life and Art of Octavius Dixie Deacon'', Chris Pond and Richard Morris *

Nottinghamshire County Council Nottinghamshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Nottinghamshire in England. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county; the non-metropolitan county excludes the city of ...

, ''These Uncertaine Tymes: Newark and the Civilian Experience of the Civil Wars 1640–1660'', Stuart Jennings

2007

*
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army
' (web site), Bedfordshire County Council, Stuart Antrobus *''The Somerset Wetlands: An Ever Changing Environment'', Somerset Books, Pat Hill-Cottingham, Derek Briggs, Richard Brunning, Andy King, Graham Rix

2006

*
Norfolk E-Map Explorer
' (web site),

Norfolk County Council Norfolk County Council is the upper-tier Local government in England, local authority for Norfolk, England. Below it there are seven second-tier district councils: Breckland District, Breckland, Broadland, Borough of Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmo ...

*''Viewing the Lifeless Body, A Coroner and his inquests held in Nottinghamshire Public Houses during the Nineteenth Century, 1828–1866'',

, Bernard Heathcote.

2005

*''Beyond the Grave: Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds'',

Newcastle City Council Newcastle City Council is the local authority for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. Newcastle has had a council from medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. ...

, Alan Morgan

2004

*
Am Baile/The Gaelic Village
' (web site),

Highland Council The Highland Council (' ) is the local authority for Highland, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. The council is based at the Highland Council Headquarters in Inverness. History The Highland area had been created as an administrative a ...

, Interactive Bureau *''Steam And Speed: Railways Of Tyne And Wear'', Newcastle upon Tyne City Council, Andy GuyTyne Bridge Publishing Books Win Awards – journal – September 07, 2004 – Id. 72443248
vLex, published 2004-09-07, accessed 2012-05-06 *''The Shadow of the Gallows: Crime and Punishment on Tyneside in the Eighteenth Century'', Newcastle Libraries & Information Service, Barry Redfern *
Picture The Past
' (web site),

Nottingham City Council Nottingham City Council is the local authority for the city of Nottingham, in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands region of England. Nottingham has had a council from medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous ...

Derbyshire County Council Derbyshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire in England. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county, which additionally includes Derby. The county council is ba ...

and

Derby City Council Derby City Council is the Local government in England, local authority for the City status in the United Kingdom, city of Derby, in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire in the East Midlands region of England. Derby has had a council from medieval ...

2003

*''Kinder Scout: Portrait of a Mountain'', Roly Smithrolysmith.com
, accessed 2012-05-16

1999

*''Southwark: An Illustrated History'',

London Borough of Southwark The London Borough of Southwark ( ) in South London forms part of Inner London and is connected by bridges across the River Thames to the City of London and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was created in 1965 when three smaller council ...

, Leonard Reilly *

City of Westminster The City of Westminster is a London borough with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in Greater London, England. It is the site of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament and much of the British government. It contains a large par ...

*Leading the way: a history of Lancashire's roads,

Lancashire County Council Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashire is smaller than the ceremonial county, which additionally includes Blackburn with Dar ...

, Alan Crosby

1998

City of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle ( , RP: ), is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located on the River Tyne's northern bank opposite Gateshead to the ...

, Richard Caddel and Anthony Flowers *''Guardian of the Trent: The Story of Newark Castle'',

, Pamela Marshall and John Samuels *''Stockport: a History'',

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC), also known as Stockport Council, is the Local government in England, local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council an ...

, Peter Arrowsmith

1997

*''All about Bede: the life and times of the Venerable Bede, 672 - 735 AD,''

City of Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most populous settlement in the Wearsid ...

Terry Deary William Terence Deary (born 3 January 1946) is a British children's author of 351 books, selling over 38 million copies in over 45 languages, best known as the writer of the ''Horrible Histories'' series. Since 1994 he has been one of Britain's b ...

*''The History of Croxley Green Through Its Street Names''
Croxley Green Parish Council
Shirley Greenman *''The Lancashire cotton industry : a history since 1700'',

, Mary B Rose

1996

*''Contrasts in a Victorian city, Birmingham: sources and notes for a study of Victorian Birmingham'',

Birmingham City Council Birmingham City Council is the local authority for the city of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. Birmingham has had an elected local authority since 1838, which has been reformed several times. Since 1974 the council has been a metropo ...

, Richard Albutt, Martin Flynn, Philippa Bassett, Jackie Inman *''Working Children in Nineteenth Century Lancashire'',

, Michael Winstanley *''William Morris at Merton'',

London Borough of Merton The London Borough of Merton () is a London borough in London, England. The borough was formed under the London Government Act 1963 in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham, the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton ...

, David Saxby

1994

*''Essex Gold: Fortunes of the Essex Oysterman'',

Essex County Council Essex County Council is the county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Essex in England. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county; the non-metropolitan county excludes Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock which ...

, Hervey Benham *''Durham Cathedral: artists & images,''

Durham County Council Durham County Council is the Local government in England, local authority for the non-metropolitan county of County Durham (district), County Durham in North East England. The council is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority, bein ...

, Patricia R. Andrew *''Merton Priory'',

, Penny Bruce and Simon Mason *''Beardmore built: the rise and fall of a Clydeside shipyard'', Clydebank District Council, Ian Johnston *''Shropshire From the Air: Man and The Landscape'',

Shropshire County Council Shropshire Council, known between 1980 and 2009 as Shropshire County Council and prior to 1980 as Salop County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire in the West Midlands region of England. Since 2009 it h ...

, Michael Watson and Chris Musson

1993

*''Romans on the Wight'', Isle of Wight County Council *''Riot!: the story of the East Lancashire loom-breakers in 1826'',

, Jim Walker *''Newcastle's changing map'',

, M Barke and RJ Buswell *''The Wakes of Northamptonshire: A Family History'',

Northamptonshire County Council Northamptonshire County Council was the county council for Northamptonshire in England from 1889 to 2021. It was originally created in 1889, reformed in 1974, and abolished in 2021. The headquarters of the council was County Hall, Northampton, ...

, Peter Gordon *''Huddersfield: A Most Handsome Town'', Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council, EA Hilary Haigh

1992

*''I-spy the London borough of Sutton'',

London Borough of Sutton The London Borough of Sutton () is an Outer London London boroughs, borough in south London, England. It covers an area of and is the 80th largest local authority in England by population. It borders the London Borough of Croydon to the east, ...

*''Cinemas of Newcastle upon Tyne'', Newcastle upon Tyne City Libraries and Arts, Frank Manders *''Tameside 1066–1700'',

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, also known as Tameside Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local govern ...

, Michael Nevell

1991

*''Southwold River: Georgian Life in the Blyth Valley'',

Suffolk County Council Suffolk County Council is the upper-tier Local government in England, local authority for the county of Suffolk, England. It is run by 75 elected county councillors representing 63 divisions. It is a member of the East of England Local Governme ...

, Rachel Lawrence *''Old Runcorn'',

Halton Borough Council Halton Borough Council is the Local government in England, local authority for Borough of Halton, Halton, a non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county o ...

, H F Starkey *''Waterways of Northamptonshire'',

, David Blagrove *''A Fighting Trade: Rail Transport in Tyne Coal, 1600-1800'', Gateshead Metropolitan District Council, G. Bennett, E Clavering and A Rounding *''Archive Map Collection,'' Gateshead Metropolitan District Council'','' Les Turnbull

1990

* ''The goodliest place in Middlesex: being a history of the ancient parish of Ruislip which comprised Ruislip, Northwood, Eastcote, Ruislip Manor and South Ruislip,'' Hillingdon Libraries, Eileen M. Bowlt uthor Awardref name=":8"> * ''Williams Barnes: The Somerset Engravings,'' Somerset County Libraries, Laurence Keen ook Production Awardref name=":8" />

1989

*Author: Eileen M. Bowlt, Hillingdon Libraries *Book production: Somerset County Library, Keen

1988

*Patrick Dillon & Wiltshire County Library

1987

*Author: Helen & Richard Leacroft *Book production: Cambridgeshire Libraries, Storey

1986

*Author: Eleanor & Rex C. Russell *Book production: Northamptonshire Libraries, Rowland Holloway

References

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