The Haydon Bridge Archive project arose through interest from visitors and volunteers at The Bridge Library and Community Hub. This is often the first port of call for former residents or descendants of Haydonians wishing to research their family tree or find out more about their origins.

The need to help with such enquiries led to the decision to start building a collection of archive material which could be held for reference at The Bridge as well as being made available online where appropriate. Since then an archive of photographs, documents and audio files has been steadily building, with more coming in all the time.

Visitors to The Bridge can browse these photographs, many of which are tagged with the names of long-departed villagers, and which show the changing sights of the area throughout the years. Please check out the links below to see selected images from the collection.

If you can help with information on any of the featured photographs, or have any of your own which we could scan for the archive, please either call in to The Bridge or contact us by clicking here: E-mail Haydon Bridge Archive