Hargreaves, John A. (2013) Out and About in Halifax 1863-2013. The historian. pp. 31-35. ISSN 0265-1076
Hargreaves, John A. (2012) Yorkshire Luddism : image and reality 1812-2012. The Local Historian, 42 (3). ISSN 0024-5585
Hargreaves, John A. (2010) ‘“Hat’s Off”: Methodism and Popular Protest in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the Chartist era: a case study of Benjamin Rushton (1785-1853) of Halifax’. Wesley Historical Society. Proceedings, 57 (5). ISSN 0043-2873
Hargreaves, John A. (2010) Book review : POINTERS TO THE PAST The historical landscape of Hebden Township, Upper Wharfedale edited Heather Beaumont Yorkshire Archaeological Society Occasional Papers 5 2006 vii+57pp ISBN 1903564557. The Local Historian, 40 (1). ISSN 0024-5585
Hargreaves, John A. (1999) Methodism and Electoral Politics in Halifax, 1832–1848. Northern history: a review of the history of the North of England., 35 (1). pp. 139-160. ISSN 0078-172X
Hargreaves, John A. (1990) Methodism and Luddism in Yorkshire, 1812–1813. Northern history: a review of the history of the North of England., 26 (1). pp. 160-185. ISSN 0078-172X
Hargreaves, John A., Laybourn, Keith and Toye, Richard (2017) Introduction. In: Liberal Reform and Industrial Relations: J.H. Whitley (1866-1935), Halifax Radical and Speaker of the House of Commons. Routledge, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9781138293984
Hargreaves, John A. (2014) The Minster Church of John the Baptist, Halifax, West Yorkshire : The Medieval Foundations. In: A Fresh Approach: Essays Presented to Colin Platt in Celebration of His Eightieth Birthday 11 November 2014. Trouser Press.
Hargreaves, John A. (2014) Towards the provinces? Metropolitan press coverage of the first British royal visit to Halifax 1863. In: Towards the Metropolis?: Approaches to the modern city. Leeds Working Papers in Victorian Studies (14). Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies.
Hargreaves, John A. (2013) Methodists at the Parish Pump: Methodism and Parochial, Township and Municipal Politics in Halifax, c.1825−c.1850. In: Yorkshire Methodism Essays to Commemorate the Jubilee Year of the Wesley Historical Society (Yorkshire). Wesley Historical Society. ISBN 9780957493308
Hargreaves, John A. (1999) Evangelical piety and Gallic flippancy : Religion and popular protest in Halifax parish in the age of revolution. In: The Representation and Reality of War: The British Experience. Sutton Publishing. ISBN 978-0750918619
Hargreaves, John A. (1992) A metropolis of discontent. In: Huddersfield : A most handsome town. Kirklees Metropolitan Council Cultural Services. ISBN 9780900746529
Hargreaves, John A., Laybourn, Keith and Toye, Richard (2017) Liberal Reform and Industrial Relations: J.H. Whitley (1866-1935), Halifax Radical and Speaker of the House of Commons. Routledge. ISBN 9781138293984
Hargreaves, John A. (2014) Wakefield Court Roll 1812-13. Wakefield Court Rolls Series, 16 . Yorkshire Archaeological Society. ISBN 9781903564172
Hargreaves, John A. and Haigh, E. A. Hilary (2012) Slavery in Yorkshire: Richard Oastler and the campaign against child labour in the Industrial Revolution. University of Huddersfield Press, Huddersfield. ISBN 978-1-86218-107-6
Hargreaves, John A. (2003) Halifax. Carnegie Publishing. ISBN 9781859361092
Hargreaves, John A. (1991) Religion and society in the parish of Halifax, c. 1740-1914. Doctoral thesis, Huddersfield Polytechnic.