Welcome to the Web Site of
the
Formed
in 1973, we are the official co-ordinating body for local history in the County
Palatine of Lancaster. We have
members as far apart as
Through
this web site, we hope that you will be able to find out more about the
Federation and maybe even consider joining us either as a society or an
individual. We have linked our pages
to those who we believe can offer more information on specialist areas of
Finally,
take a look at our forthcoming events and bulletin board, or check out our
latest newsletter, available on line from the Publications & Notices
section.
Since the early 1970s there has been a remarkable
growth in popular interest in the local and family history of
Across the pre-1974 County and
taking in parts of what are now
The Federation was founded in 1973
so that individuals and societies could work together and could share their
ideas and knowledge. These aims
have remained central to its work ever since. Today the Federation has alarge
membership of eighty societies and many more individuals and is one of the biggest
such organisations in
The Federation holds several
meetings each year, with a varied and interesting programme.
Spring Day Schools. .In the Spring we hold our annual day school on
At Home With. In October each year, a member
society is ÒAt HomeÓ for the day and they organise a combination of talks and
visits to reflect their own locality or sphere of influence. In recent years we
have been at home to Halliwell,
Annual General Meetings. The
business of the AGM is transacted in less than an hour but this does not stop
us from making a day of it! Usually
held in the
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Date |
Details |
Booking Information |
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Saturday 1st March
2008 |
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Click this link for full details
and Booking Form |
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Saturday 26th April
2008 |
Annual General Meeting &
Day School at the Gujarat Hindu Society |
Click
here for booking form and details |
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October 2008 |
At Home 2008 |
To be advised |
The Federation publishes an annual journal which presents
short articles on an extremely varied range of
A special edition of The
Lancashire Local Historian has just been published and is entitled ÒAspects of
The previous edition -Volume 19 (2006) is available - priced
at £2.75 including postage and packing within the
Back issues of certain volumes are available. Click on the
links for further information on availability and price or an index of subjects covered in past issues.
The very first edition The Lancashire Local Historian Ð
Volume 1 is now available as a free download Ð click here
to access
If you would like to read our
latest newsletter, which contains more information about our member
societiesÕ activities, please click on this link. The newsletter is published here in
Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
Lancashire Library Service has developed an On Line Reference
Library which provides access to a wealth of information.
In addition, Lancashire Lantern provides access to a vast
number of historical pictures of events. Places and people in
Click here for more
details for accessing these facilities.
Membership of the Lancashire Local
History Federation is open to all societies with an interest in local and/or
family history within the County Palatine of Lancaster (that is, Lancashire
within its pre-1974 borders).
Individual local historians, whether resident or not within
Lancashire,are equally welcome.
Membership includes the quarterly
newsletter but excludes copies of the Lancashire Local Historian. The subscription
year commences January 1st.
If you would like to apply for
membership, please click on this link if
you are a society or this link
for individual membership, and post it to the Membership Secretary.
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Centre for North West Regional Studies |
CNWRS have a regular programme of events. Information and booking forms can be found through
this link: www.lancs.ac.uk/users/cnwrs and clicking on ÒEventsÓ on left of
screen. Current programme includes: Saturday 17th May Ð Landscapes and Life in
Maps. Ð Dr Paul Hindle Wednesday 11th June Ð Bools,Bean Poles and
Bobbins. A guided excursion with Edward Mills, Director of Further information about the
Centre and becoming a Friend of CNWRS can be obtained from the CNWRS web site
or by email, following these links: www.lancs.ac.uk/users/cnwrs/
& christine.wilkinson@lancaster.ac.uk |
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Crosby & District Historical Society |
Click
here for Crosby & District
Historical Society have published a book entitled: Birth of an Elephant: Audubon in By their chairman Hugh Hollinghurst Price £7.50 + Postage Enquiries to |
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David Hindle New Book |
From a By David Hindle, Tempus
Publishing (September, 2007) £12.99p. ISBN 978-0-7524-4453-6 Click
here for full details of DavidÕs book |
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Darwen Local History Society |
Invite you to a presentation on
the Mills of Darwen Click here for details. |
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Earby & District Local History Society |
Recently published books
available : Glen Mills Ð a Century of Change (a History of a Colne
Textile Mill) Ð price £8 inc P & P Henry Richardson 1710 Ð 1788 Ð Life & Legacy of a Copies available from Bob @ Earby & District Local
History Society Earby Barnoldswick BB18 6ND |
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Eccles & District Local History Society |
EDLHS have celebrated their
Golden Jubilee. A new publication
has been produced to mark the occasion.
For details of this and images of the celebrations, together with
general society information, please take a look at their web site at www.edhs.colsal.org.uk Eccles current Newsletter can
be read by clicking here |
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Edenfield Local History Society |
ELHS have announced the launch
of their new publication, A History of Edenfield and District. Click here for
further details and availability. |
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Formby Civic Society Ð Local
History Group |
FCS-LHG have announced
commencement of their programme of cataloguing their now extensive archive of
local history material. Click here for further information. FormbyÕs Winter Programme
2007/8 can seen by clicking this
link |
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Horwich Heritage Society |
HHS have asked us to publicise
their web site and particularly their programme of meetings. Their website, which contains
their programme details, together with further information about the society
can be found at www.horwichheritage.co.uk
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Lancs. Archaeological
Journal - Back numbers FOC |
Member Contact Bob on 01253 895678
(tel/fax) or email Peggie@peggiedobson.wanadoo.co.uk
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A user consultation meeting
will be held at the Record Office on 11th March 2008 click here for details. The LRO are actively
participating in the national Access to Archives project, co-ordinated by the
Public Record Office (www.a2a.org.uk). The LRO have published details
of their programme of opening on
Saturdays They have confirmed
that the LRO will be open from 10am to
4pm on the second Saturday of each month. Wills On Line The index to the Archdeaconry
of Ricmond wills is now on LANCAT. Click
here for more details. Click
on this link for information to participate in this survey. The LRO newsletter is now available on line. This can be accessed through their web
site Ð www.archives.lancashire.gov.uk
Contacting the LRO is
easy. By post to Lancashire
Record Office, |
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Lancashire UniversityÕs
History Dept |
Are you interested in helping
with this project? click
here to find out more. |
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The latest copy of the LHS
newsletter is now available to read on line. Click
here for a copy. LHS have also announced the
publication of two CDs containing digitised copies of all fifty of the
Lailand Chronicle so far published.
Priced at £6 each, or both for £10, they are available from the LHS at
their monthly meetings. Click
here to email the Chairman for details & cost of purchasing them by post. |
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Longridge & District Local History Society |
For details of Longridge winter
programme please click here A heritage trail / publication
has been launched by the Longridge Heritage Committee (fully supported by
L&DLHS), called ÒLongridge Ð All of Lancashire in a square mileÓ. The 26 page booklet containing
heritage trails, map extracts, census information and local history snippets
is available at £5 inc postage.
Contact Derek@tootleheights.fsnet.co.uk
for further information. |
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Mere Brow Local History Society |
MBLHS have recently made
available on the Internet, transcripts of World War 2 newsletters from
Tarleton and Hesketh Bank.
You can access these at www.heskethbank.com/history.html |
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Middleton Civic Association |
Have several publications to
their name. They have also an
extensive programme of meetings, open to non members. Click here to
view the contents of their latest publication, "Middleton Matters
2". |
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Mona Duggan New Book |
History of Ormskirk By Dr Mona Duggan £15.99 from the Publishers Ð |
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MBBCS offer illustrated talks
about the canal Click
this link for details or visit their website www.mbbcs.org.uk |
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Have recently published Ancient Crosses and Holy Wells Volume IV
- Salford Hundred, which lists, describes and illustrates the crosses and
wells in the area. The book is
priced at £4 (post free). Additional volumes recently
publishes are also available : Volume V, Volume VI, Orders can be sent to their
Treasurer, 11 Tower Hill, |
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Preston Historical Society are
appealing for photographs of Click
on this link for further information about Preston Historical SocietyÕs
programme for 2007/8. For details of |
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Ramsbottom Heritage Society |
RHS have launched a DVD and
Video, chronicling RamsbottomÕs industrial, commercial and domestic
past. Their press release gives
further information. Click on this link for a copy. |
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Click
here for St Helens 2007/8 programme. |
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British Broadcasting Corporation |
Esther Coleman-Hawkins is a
producer at the BBC and has asked us to publicise a new initiative available
through the BBC Interactive service (web site) - UK Legacies, which hopes to
link local history through various BBC programmes and events. Take a look at their web site by
visiting www.bbc.co.uk/legacies |
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BBC & Lion TV |
Lion TV are urgently looking
for contributors to share memorabilia. Can you help? |
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Collections Link |
Practical advice for managing
your collection. Take a look at this
introduction Ð it could help you. |
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English Heritage |
Information on two English
Heritage websites where photographs can be found. |
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Family History Monthly Magazine |
Click link for details |
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Find a Rolls Royce! |
Scott Frankenberger is looking
for pictures of a specific Rolls Royce. Click here
for full details. |
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Haigh and Aspull |
We have been asked to publicise
the fact that all local data from 15no. Haigh & Aspull Parish Magazines
between 1901 and 1959 is freely available from www.gerrypalliser.co.uk - go to
the web site and follow the links to GHD Database and search by name or
place. |
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Jenner Trust |
Professor R A Shooter, Smallpox
Archivist of the Jenner Trust, is eager to receive any references to smallpox
or vaccinations in local archives. He points out that although it was only
too common, many records seem to have been lost. Smallpox is also unique in being the
only infectious disease eradicated by deliberate action. He can be contacted at The Edward
Jenner Museum, |
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Liverpool John Moores
University have asked us to publicise a new initiative to set up a radio
archive devoted to local and regional radio in the northwest of England. Please take
a look at the press release for further information by clicking on this link. |
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Liverpool Ð Norris Green
Suburbs |
We have been asked to link to a
web site dedicated to the Norris Green area of Liverpool, from its inter-war
years creation though to the present day. The web site can be found at |
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The Monastery |
A special evening has been
arranged to celebrate 50th anniversary of the Victorian Society
and restoration of Gorton Monastery. Click here for details and booking form. |
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National Archives |
Poor Law Unions Ð help
wanted National Archives are looking
for historians to help their local Poor Law Union. Click here
for more details. Medieval Latin Ð on
line tutorials For details of on line free
tutorials click here |
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Roads & Road Transport
Association. |
The R&RTA are company
limited by guarantee No.5300873.
The Association was founded in 1992 as a clearinghouse for historical
research in the subjects of our title.
One of our objectives is to bring together enthusiast, museum and
academic bodies. Their present
enquiries are aimed at discovering items that may so far have had a very
limited circulation in a particular locality, but which deserve greater
connection with the strands of national transport history. They have asked us to publicise
their work and would be most interested to learn whether any of our members
and readers have produced (or are currently working on) anything on the
history of any bus, char-a-banc or coach operators, road haulage contractors,
removals businesses or similar activities. They believe that such details may
form only part of a wider local history, or a small section of a museum, but
they could prove to be vital pieces of a larger 'jig-saw' picture. Any thoughts you may have on
this topic would be greatly appreciated by them. Their researcher is Anthony Newman and
he is contactable by email to toekneenewman@hotmail.com |
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Victoria Baths, Manchester |
Have started broadcasting on
All FM (frequency 96.6 in the Manchester area) between 4pm and 5pm on the first
Monday of each month. Click on this link for further information
- and be sure to tune in! |
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Working Class Movement
Library |
The WCML have asked us to place
a link to their web site on our web pages, which we are pleased to do! This link will move down to the links
section when we next update the site. The WCML can be found at www.wcml.org.uk |
Research
Enquiries
If you have a research query and would like assistance from
one of our member societies, please contact them direct
from the links on this site. If
the society that you wish to contact is noted as contactable via the
Federation, please email us at website@lancashirehistory.org
Membership
Enquiries /
If you have a query about membership of the Federation,
please contact
21 Petticoat Lane
Higher Ince
Wigan
Lancashire
WN2 2LH
All Other
Enquiries
Alternatively, if you prefer to communicate by post, please
write to the Federation c/o:
LLHF Secretary
CleminsonStreet
Salford
M3 6DX
The Federation hopes that you have found our site a useful
tool in your research and welcomes comment on further information sources or
links that you have come across and would like to share. If you do have any
comments, please email the web site co-ordinator at website@lancashirehistory.org
Below we list the local history, family history, industrial
archaeology and archaeological societies affiliated to the Federation. Where
permission has been given, we also reproduce a contact address. If they have given us details of their
e:mail addresses or society web sites, links are also included.
The information given below has been supplied to us by the
individual societies and we apologise if any of the links lead to a dead-end.
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E-mail Address |
Web Site Address |
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Accrington Local Studies Library |
Local Studies Librarian, Accrington Local Studies Library, Tel: 01254 306911 |
www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/services/local/accrington.asp
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Barnoldswick Local History Society |
Juniper Cottage, 2 John Street, Barnoldswick, Lancashire, BB18 5QD |
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Billinge History Society |
29 Tracks Lane, Billinge, Lancashire, WN5 7BL |
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Birkdale & Ainsdale Historical Research Society |
20 Blundell Drive, Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 4RG |
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Blackburn Local History Society |
Lynesden, 1 Peter Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 5HQ |
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Blackpool & Fylde Historical Society |
Contactable via the Lancashire Local History Federation |