Alan Ball Local History Awards

Awards

2021

• Hard-copy joint winner: Published by the Great Yarmouth Local History & Archaeological Society.
• Hard-copy joint winner: Louise Ryland-Epton, '. Published by the Bremhill Parish History Group.
• Hard-copy highly commended: Lewis N Wood, '. Published by the Banstead History Research Group.
• Hard-copy highly commended: Clare Wichbold – '.
• Community award joint winner: Alison Wilson with Anna Crutchley and Lilian Rundblad, photography by Faruk Kara, '. Published by the Histon Road Area Residents Association.
• Community award joint winner: . 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, 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, ''Crossing the Borders . 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 – . Published by the Stroudwater Navigation Archive Charity.

2019

• , East Midlands Oral History Archive.

2018

• , by Graham Carter, Swindon Heritage, Local Studies.
• , Poole Museum.
• , Bristol Bristol Old Vic Heritage, Amy Spreadbury.

2017

2015

• , Buxton Museum.
• , Milford Street Bridge Project, St Edmunds Community Association.

2010

• East Lothian Council, East Lothian 1945–2000, Sonia Baker
• Epping Forest District Council, The Life and Art of Octavius Dixie Deacon, Chris Pond and Richard Morris
• Nottinghamshire County Council, These Uncertaine Tymes: Newark and the Civilian Experience of the Civil Wars 1640–1660, Stuart Jennings

2007

• , 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 County Council
• Viewing the Lifeless Body, A Coroner and his inquests held in Nottinghamshire Public Houses during the Nineteenth Century, 1828–1866, Nottinghamshire County Council, Bernard Heathcote.

2005

• Beyond the Grave: Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, Newcastle City Council, Alan Morgan

2004

• ', Highland Council, Interactive Bureau
• Steam And Speed: Railways Of Tyne And Wear, Newcastle upon Tyne City Council, Andy Guy
• The Shadow of the Gallows: Crime and Punishment on Tyneside in the Eighteenth Century, Newcastle Libraries & Information Service, Barry Redfern
• ', Nottinghamshire County Council, Nottingham City Council, Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council

2003

• Kinder Scout: Portrait of a Mountain, Roly Smith

1999

• Southwark: An Illustrated History, London Borough of Southwark, Leonard Reilly
• City of Westminster
• Leading the way: a history of Lancashire's roads, Lancashire County Council, Alan Crosby

1998

• City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Richard Caddel and Anthony Flowers
• Guardian of the Trent: The Story of Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire County Council, Pamela Marshall and John Samuels
• Stockport: a History, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Peter Arrowsmith

1997

• All about Bede: the life and times of the Venerable Bede, 672 - 735 AD, City of Sunderland, Terry Deary
• The History of Croxley Green Through Its Street Names,, Shirley Greenman
• The Lancashire cotton industry : a history since 1700, Lancashire County Council, Mary B Rose

1996

• Contrasts in a Victorian city, Birmingham: sources and notes for a study of Victorian Birmingham, Birmingham City Council, Richard Albutt, Martin Flynn, Philippa Bassett, Jackie Inman
• Working Children in Nineteenth Century Lancashire, Lancashire County Council, Michael Winstanley
• William Morris at Merton, London Borough of Merton, David Saxby

1994

• Essex Gold: Fortunes of the Essex Oysterman, Essex County Council, Hervey Benham
• Durham Cathedral: artists & images, Durham County Council, Patricia R. Andrew
• Merton Priory, London Borough of Merton, 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, 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, Lancashire County Council, Jim Walker
• Newcastle's changing map, City of Newcastle upon Tyne, M Barke and RJ Buswell
• The Wakes of Northamptonshire: A Family History, Northamptonshire County Council, 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
• Cinemas of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne City Libraries and Arts, Frank Manders
• Tameside 1066–1700, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, Michael Nevell

1991

• Southwold River: Georgian Life in the Blyth Valley, Suffolk County Council, Rachel Lawrence
• Old Runcorn, Halton Borough Council, H F Starkey
• Waterways of Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire County Council, 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

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