WOOLHOPE CLUB LIBRARY
The Woolhope Club’s Library is held in the Woolhope Room which is on the first floor of Hereford Central Library, in Broad Street near the cathedral.
The Librarians
The Club has two librarians, Jacqueline Jonson and Marianne Percival. Requests for information can be sent via the ‘Librarian’ name on the CONTACT US tab.
Opening Hours
The library is open to both members and non-members on Thursdays between 11.00 and 14.00 hours when the Club's librarians will be available to assist. In exceptional circumstances the librarians may agree to be available to open the library at another more suitable time. A Club Librarian is the only person authorised to open the Library and one must remain in attendance whilst the library is in use.
Books
The library holds books on a wide range of subjects relating to the Club's interest in the natural sciences, archaeology and local history. The collection mainly relates to Herefordshire and parts of the adjacent counties. The library also contains an extensive collection of the transactions and journals of other similar societies which are listed below. A copy of the library catalogue is available in the Woolhope Room together with a cross-referenced card index.
How to Borrow Books
Only Club members may borrow books and transactions. Details of borrowings must be entered in the Library Issues Book. Publications may be borrowed for 3 months and renewed for a further 3 months at the discretion of a Club Librarian. Books should be returned to a Club Librarian on a Thursday. Members should ensure that the relevant entry in the Library Issues Book is cancelled and initialled by the librarian. Until this is done the member remains accountable for the loan.
Manuscripts and Rare Books
Manuscripts and rare books stored in the strong room are only available when the Club's Librarians are in attendance. Such items may not be borrowed and can only be consulted in the Woolhope Room.
Journals in the Library
Title |
Years |
Advancement of Science |
1953-1971 |
Agricultural History Review |
1955-2002 |
Ancient Monument Society - Transactions |
1953, 1966, 1967 |
Antiquaries - Society of - Archaeological Surveys and Reports |
1888-1926 |
Antiquaries Journal - Society of Antiquaries |
1859-2004 |
Antiquity |
1927-2002 |
Archaeologia Aeliana [Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle] |
1973-1979 |
Archaeologia Cambrensis |
1946--> |
Archaeologia Cantiana |
1858--> |
Archaeological Journal |
1906-1989 |
Associated Architectural Societies - Reports and Papers |
1906-1918 |
Birmingham Archaeological Society [formerly Birmingham & Midland Institute] - Transactions |
1870--> |
Bristol and Gloucester Archaeological Society - Transactions |
1876--> |
Bristol Naturalists Society - Proceedings |
1873-1918 |
Bristol University Spelaeological Society - Proceedings |
1920-1938 |
British Archaeological Association - Journal |
1948-1958 |
British Mycological Society - Mycological Research |
1988-2005 |
British Mycological Society - The Mycologist |
1978-1988 |
British Mycological Society - Transactions |
1897-1997 |
British Naturalist |
1891 |
Bromyard and District Local History Society |
1976-1997 |
Brycheniog |
1963-1967 |
Bye-gones - Relating to Wales and the Border Counties |
1886-1896 |
Cambridge and Huntingdon Archaeological Society |
1930-1952 |
Cambridge Antiquarian Society |
1952--> |
Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club |
1893-1946 |
Cardiff Naturalists' Society |
1868-1986 |
Carmarthen Antiquarian Society and Field Club |
1941-1961 |
Clifton Antiquarian Club - Proceedings |
1884-1912 |
Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club - Proceedings |
1861-1966 |
Current Archaeology |
1967-1998 |
Cymmrodorion - Society of -Transactions |
1921-1924 |
Durham and Northumberland Architectural and Archaeology Society |
1946-1982 |
Durham Archaeological Journal |
1984-2009 |
Essex Archaeological and History Society [formerly Essex Arch. Soc.] |
1874--> |
Essex Naturalist |
1887-1999 |
Geological Society - Quarterly Journal |
1845--> |
Geologists' Association - Proceedings |
1877--> |
Hertford Natural History & Field Club [formerly Watford Nat. Hist.Soc. and Herts Field Club |
1875-1992 |
Ibis - Quarterly Journal of the British Ornithologists Union |
1945 |
Industrial Archaeology |
1964-1977 |
Landscape History - Journal of the Landscape Studies Society |
2000-2005 |
Llandudno, Colwyn Bay and District Field Club [formerly Llandudno Field Club] |
1906-1952 |
London and Middlesex Archaeological Society |
1996-2000 |
Malvern Field Club |
1909-10, 1930-1942 |
Malvern Naturalists' Field Club |
1853-1870, 1986 |
Marlborough College Natural History Society |
1875-1922 |
Mediaeval Archaeology |
1957-1980, 2000, 2003 |
Midland History |
1971-2007 |
Montgomeryshire Collections |
1867--> |
The Naturalist - Journal of W. Riding Consolidated Naturalists' Soc. |
1864-1867 |
Newcomen Society |
1961-2005 |
Norfolk Archaeological Society |
1946 |
Northants Record Society - Northamptonshire Past & Present |
1962-1969 |
North Staffs. Naturalists' Field & Archaeological Society |
1893-2003 |
North Staffs. Journal of Field Studies |
1961-1979 |
Old Wales |
1905-1907 |
Oxoniensia - Oxford Architectural & Historical Society |
1936--> |
Picturesque Society Journal |
1998-1999 |
Prehistoric Society [formerly “of East Anglia”] |
1934-2001 |
Radnorshire Society - Transactions |
1931-2011 |
Science Gossip |
1895-1896 |
Shropshire Archaeological & Natural History Society |
1878--> |
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society |
1900-1925, 1995--> |
SE Wales Industrial Archaeology Society |
1977-1978 |
Staffordshire Archaeological & Historical Society [ formerly Lichfield Arch. and Hist. Soc. ] |
1960-2011 |
Surrey Archaeological Collection |
1942--> |
Surrey Archaeological Society - Research Volumes |
1974-1981 |
Sussex Archaeological Collections |
1848-1964 |
Swansea Scientific Field Naturalists' Society |
1927-1947 |
Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire |
1922-1928, 1937-1938 |
Vernacular Architecture Group |
1970-2005 |
West Midlands Archaeological Reports [CBA] |
1970--> |
Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History Magazine |
1949-1956 |
Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club - Transactions |
1852--> |
Worcestershire Archaeological Society |
1923--> |
Worcestershire Naturalists' Club - Transactions |
1847-1965 |
Yorkshire Archaeological Journal |
1969--> |
Yorkshire Naturalists' Union |
1882-1908 |
Young Naturalist |
1880-1890 |