Welcome to the North Mymms History Project

A growing collection of books, features, images, documents, and maps, collected, curated, and presented by a team of local volunteers keen to preserve the history of North Mymms

Search Tips

How to search the North Mymms History Project


Photograph of computer keyboard

Drilling down for better results

  • Type a term in the search box at the top right of any page then click 'Search'
  • If you are searching for a particular term, put it in quote marks, for example "East India Company"
  • A list of articles that contain the term will appear
  • Click on the headline of the article, to reveal the entire piece
  • Use the command or control button on your keyboard (see images below) together with the 'F' key open a new search box which will appear at the top of the page you are viewing

    • Image of computer keyboard cmd/ctr button by North Mymms History Project

    Image of computer keyboard cmd/ctr button by North Mymms History Project

  • Type the term you are searching for in this new box and press return
  • All instances of that term will now be colour highlighted
  • In cases where an articles has an embedded PDF, you can click on the 'pop-out' icon (see image below) at the top right of the PDF to open it in full screen mode and then use the command/control + 'F' system mentioned above.

    • Image of a PDF pop-out button

  • Scroll the document looking for the highlighted words in order to see the context in which the term has been used.


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