LOCAL HISTORY HUB NORTH YORKSHIRE
If your area is not covered by the locations below, please complete our general North Yorkshire Expression of Interest form by clicking here.
Local History Hub Upper Wharfedale
Local History Hub Upper Wharfedale
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The Upper Wharfedale Local History Hub brings together schools, heritage organisations and community partners to support high-quality, place-based history across Upper Wharfedale and the surrounding Dales communities. The hub helps learners explore the people, places and stories that have shaped this distinctive rural area, strengthening connection, continuity and a shared sense of place.
Through curriculum support, partnership working and local storytelling, the hub makes it easier for schools and communities to work together and ensure that local history is meaningful, accessible and valued across generations.
Our Team
Jude Rhodes
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Jude Rhodes is from Yorkshire and lives in the Yorkshire Dales along with her extended family.
Jude qualified as a genealogist through the Pharos and Society of Genealogists Advanced Skills and Strategies course and is an AGRA Associate, Chair of the British Association for Local History Outreach Committee and Secretary of the Society for One Place Studies.
Jude enjoys presenting talks on a wide range of family and local history topics and teaches Family History at a local Further Education College and a Local Studies Library.
Jude holds a Certificate in Education and as a Registered Nurse she also assists individuals, and their families, who are living with a dementia by using family history to stimulate meaningful and relevant conversations.
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The Upper Wharfedale Local History Hub works with schools, heritage organisations and community partners to strengthen local history teaching across Upper Wharfedale and the surrounding Dales communities.
We’re keen to hear from teachers, schools and heritage organisations who would like to get involved, whether by collaborating on projects, sharing local expertise or supporting curriculum-linked local history opportunities.
The easiest way to get involved is to complete our Expression of Interest Form. It only takes a few minutes and helps us understand how you’d like to be part of the hub’s work.
👉 Complete the Expression of Interest Form to get involved.
Or contact us directly atenquiries@localhistoryhub.org.uk