Graphic
Market day, Retford, c.1905.
Thatched house on Bridgegate, c.1900.
Photographic
“In 2002 the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded a grant of £78,000 to Bassetlaw Museum to enable the purchase and digitisation of 20,000 negatives taken by professional photographers Edgar Welchman and Son of Grove Street, Retford between 1910 and 1960.
The photograph collection contains over 27,000 photographs of the towns and villages of North Nottinghamshire and people who lived there from about 1870 to the present day. 8,000 general photographs from the museum's collections have been added to the Welchman Project images.”
Over 780 images of Retford are currently (November 2007) available to view on the Picture the Past website:
A collection of photographs assembled by B J Biggs has been deposited with the Local Studies department at the Denman Library in Retford.
Several collections of photographs of Retford have been published:
- E L Ableson, Retford in times past, Retford: Retford and District Historical and Archaeological Society, 1983
- Ron Beare, Retford old and new. A new take on some old views of Retford, Redi-Image.com, 2007
- Ron Beare, Fading Memories of Old and New Retford, Redi-Image.com, 2008
- Malcolm Dobly and Roy Sluman, Views of old Retford, Retford: Retford and District Historical and Archaeological Society, 1990
- Angela Franks and Greg Franks, Retford on old picture postcards, Keyworth: Reflections of a Bygone Age, 1993
- David Ottewell, Old Retford, Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing, 2001
- Peter Tuffrey, Images of England: Retford and the Bassetlaw area, Stroud: Tempus Publishing Ltd, 2003
Artistic
Bassetlaw Museum
- Keith Hudson, Retford Fair (1979)
British Library
West Retford House, 1780. Topographical drawings of Retford subjects from the 19th century include:
- Add. 42003 f34 — Drawing of West Retford church,19th cent. (Blore Drawings)
- Add. 36372 ff67-71; Add. 36396 f116b; Add. 37121 no. 17 — Drawings of West and East Retford churches 1814, by John Buckler
- Additional MS 15544, f.140 — Drawing of St Swithun’s church, East Retford, 1773 (Samuel Hieronymous Grimm) see www.collectbritain.co.uk
- Additional MS 15544, f.141 — Drawing of West Retford church, 1773 (Samuel Hieronymous Grimm) see www.collectbritain.co.uk
- Additional MS 15544, f.142 — Drawing of West Retford, 1773 (Samuel Hieronymous Grimm) see www.collectbritain.co.uk
- Additional MS 15544, f.142 — Drawing of West Retford, 1773 (Samuel Hieronymous Grimm) see www.collectbritain.co.uk
- Ktop XXXIII, 34 — Drawing of West Retford House, 1780 (although it is erroneously entitled ‘East Retford Hall’) by T Malton
Nottingham County Council Library Services
- Unknown, Arnfield's Book & Paper Shop, Carolgate, Retford (1900)
Film & video
Video
A number of videos are available from Retford Local Studies Library, including:
- Retford Bowling Green Limited : original footage
DVD
Discovering Retford, a DVD produced in 2007 by the Retford Civic Society, provides a tour of the town’s heritage (see the relevant Nottinghamshire County Council press release for more information)