This collection of first edition volumes forms an "encyclopaedia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the various British sports and pastimes, can turn for information" (Beaufort 1885).
Find out more This is the oldest lawn tennis club in the world, located next to Birmingham Botanical Gardens at the heart of the Calthorpe Estate, playing still on six grass courts occupying the original positions in which they were laid down in 1875.
Find out more Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS) have items relating to gymnastics, lawn tennis, horse racing, golf, hunting/fishing/shooting, boating, cycling, chess, archery and rowing.
Find out more Archaeological to contemporary artefacts are included in the collections, and cover all sporting disciplines. There is a particular emphasis on traditional Scottish sports and games (hand ball games, stone and hammer throwing) and sports most commonly associated with Scotland (curling, football and rugby, golf, Highland games, motor-car/cycle racing, mountaineering and shinty).
Find out more We hold the archive and local studies collections for Oxfordshire, including a number of sporting records.
Find out more My interest is in the history of Lawn Tennis, particularly it’s early days and antecedents such as the game of Pelota or Lawn Rackets devised by Augurio Perera and his friend Harry Gem as early as 1859.
Find out more Sheffield Archives & Local Studies holds the records for both Sheffield United Football Club and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. In addition, Sheffield City Archives holds original archive records relating to a variety of local, amateur sporting organisations.
Find out more Sheffield Local Studies Library holds printed and published sources relating to both Sheffield United Football Club and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. These include programmes, fanzines, photographs, tickets, club histories, video recordings, newspaper reports, supplements and cuttings.
Find out more We hold many records in our collections relating to sports in the county including athletics, bowls, boxing, cricket, cycling, golf, motor sport, rowing and lawn tennis.
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