Welcome to Castleton Historical Society’s website

Future Events

Next Meeting
There is no meeting in December so our next meeting will be our AGM on Thursday, 15 January. The AGM will be held in Castleton Village Hall and can be attended by members, guests and friends. The meeting will be followed by supper.

The programme of meetings for 2026 will be published shortly.

  • The Stones
  • Wrays Store
  • Waterside
  • Sydgate
  • Hancocks Stores, Cross St.

Closure of Castleton Museum
With great sadness, CHS announces the closure of Castleton Museum, which has been housed within Castleton Visitor Centre for over 20 years.  The space occupied by the Museum’s displays will become available for commercial use next year. A small area will be reserved for wall-mounted displays.  Some of the archive of documents, photographs and artefacts will continue to be stored on site for establishing and renewing the new display area but much of the collection will be dispersed.
More details of this development can be seen here.

The Village of Castleton
Castleton developed as a settlement in the 12th century when the Norman fortress of Peveril Castle was built there. Articles on the history of Castleton can be found here and some photos from our collection are shown below.

Castleton Historical Society
Castleton Historical Society is a voluntary group who promote the history of the Village with a programme of talks, events, displays and local history research. CHS is responsible for establishing and continuing to curate The Castleton Museum.

In recent years, the Society has participated in a number of ongoing archaeological digs. More information about our meetings, research and archaeological activities, publications and events are described on this website. New members are always welcome.