Tring & District Local History & Museum Society is a charitable organisation initiated in 1994 with the encouragement of Tring Town Council. Originally a Registered Charity, it has been converted into a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), no. 1214803, with the same objectives.
Run by an elected committee, the Society has flourished since its inception, providing a focus for the collection and dissemination of all aspects of Tring’s history. It hosts regular Speaker Evenings, with guest speakers on a myriad of interesting and informative local topics.
It has become a centre for all research regarding the history of Tring and district and has published several titles. It also produces a Newsletter for members which not only keeps them informed of the Society’s initiatives and progress, but has also become a repository of memories and historic facts relating to the area. It has published a Heritage Trail, and conducts guided walks.
In 2010 it opened Tring Local History Museum, with the help of a National Lottery grant. The museum is volunteer-run, free to enter and staffed entirely by volunteers. In 2015, the Society successfully obtained consent to display the original Edward II Charter, normally kept in The National Archives at Kew, during the town’s 700-year celebration of its heritage. In 2024 it secured the loan of the 14th-century Tring Tiles, usually displayed at the V&A.
The Society promotes the Museum as the collection centre for historical artefacts relating to Tring and district. Donations of relevant items will readily be considered for inclusion in our collections.
The Society has links to both local and national societies.
Membership is open to everyone, and new members are especially welcome.
Run by an elected committee, the Society has flourished since its inception, providing a focus for the collection and dissemination of all aspects of Tring’s history. It hosts regular Speaker Evenings, with guest speakers on a myriad of interesting and informative local topics.
It has become a centre for all research regarding the history of Tring and district and has published several titles. It also produces a Newsletter for members which not only keeps them informed of the Society’s initiatives and progress, but has also become a repository of memories and historic facts relating to the area. It has published a Heritage Trail, and conducts guided walks.
In 2010 it opened Tring Local History Museum, with the help of a National Lottery grant. The museum is volunteer-run, free to enter and staffed entirely by volunteers. In 2015, the Society successfully obtained consent to display the original Edward II Charter, normally kept in The National Archives at Kew, during the town’s 700-year celebration of its heritage. In 2024 it secured the loan of the 14th-century Tring Tiles, usually displayed at the V&A.
The Society promotes the Museum as the collection centre for historical artefacts relating to Tring and district. Donations of relevant items will readily be considered for inclusion in our collections.
The Society has links to both local and national societies.
Membership is open to everyone, and new members are especially welcome.
