Cheslyn Hay Local History Society was set up in 1994 and has grown in strength over the years. In 2010 the society acquired an archives room to the rear of the Salem Methodist Church Hall which is open to the Local Community and Society Members every Tuesday from 9am till 1pm.  2025 Bridgtown & District History Society merged with Cheslyn Hay Local History Society to become Cheslyn Hay & Bridgtown Local History Society.

Membership to join our society is from £7 and we have monthly Chat N Char meetings on the second Thursday with a mixture quizzes, prize bingo and occasional speakers. Guest speakers (see events) on the last Thursday of every month.  Our members also receive a weekly email newsletter.

We have over 8,000 photographs in our archives, access to the local censuses from 1841 to 1921, local trade directories, Electoral Registers, Rates Valuations together with the majority of baptisms, marriages and burial records of St Marks Great Wyrley and Salem Cheslyn Hay all on a fully searchable database available at our base.