Liverpool Local History Society

Information: Anyone interested in learning more, or helping others to learn more about the history of our fascinating City of Liverpool is warmly invited to attend any of these meetings. Guests are always most welcome, but after their first, free,visit, they are invited to make a contribution towards expenses.
Meetings: See website for dates and lectures. All meetings start 2.00p.m. (Doors open 1.30p.m) Room C114, 1st floor Cornerstone Building, "Hope at Everton", Shaw Street, Liverpool.
Journal: Issued free to members, copies @ £3.50 are available for purchase by the public from a number of commercial outlets in Liverpool and area, or by post from the Secretary of the Society (address below)
Membership Details: Individual @ £10.00 per year, Joint, for any two persons living together at the same address @ £15.00 per year, Student for anyone 12 - 18 years of age, or of any age undergoing a course of full-time education @ £5.00 per year, Life,, at ten times the annual rates shown above (Not available to Students)
Membership Secretary, LHS, 55 Greenloons Drive, Formby, Liverpool, L37 2LX
Contact: The Secretary, LHS, 46 Stanley Avenue, Rainford, WA11 8HU
e-mail: liverpoolhistsoc@merseymail.com
Web site: www.liverpoolhistorysociety.org.uk

Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire

Information: The Society is a charity which exists for educational purposes to promote the study of any aspect of the history of the Palatine counties of Lancashire and Cheshire and successor local authorities. The aims of the Society are achieved principally through public lectures and the publication of an annual volume of Transactions. The Constitution of the Society was published in volume 145 of Transactions for 1996.
Meetings: All meetings are free. Members and non-members are welcome. Please note different times and venues. See website for dates and lectures. The Roscoe Room is on the 5th floor of Liverpool Central Libraries, William Brown Street, Liverpool.
Journal: Articles published in the annual Transactions, a peer reviewed journal, reflect recent high quality research and scholarship on the two counties
Membership Details: Individual membership (U.K. residents) - £16.
To join the Society, please complete the membership form on the Society website and return to: Dr. D.E. Ascott, School of History, University of Liverpool, 9 Abercromby Square, Liverpool L69 7WZ .
Contact: General enquiries
e-mail: liverpoolhistsoc@merseymail.com
Web site: www.hslc.org.uk

West Derby Society

The Society - registered with the Civic Trust - seeks to protect and promote the history and heritage of West Derby, an ancient community older than Liverpool. We are actively involved in planning and environmental issues in the area.

We meet at 7.30 pm on the third Wednesday of each month except during the summer. All are welcome. In June we have an evening outing and in July a day trip. There are no meetings in August. The annual subscription is £8 which includes a free quarterly newsletter. Under-18s have free membership.

Our meetings are lively and include a discussion and update on West Derby issues followed by a guest speaker. Recent topics have ranged from Liverpool John Lennon Airport and taxidermy to the Mole of Edge Hill and protecting wildlife!

We hope you enjoy our website and welcome any comments or requests for help with queries about West Derby’s fascinating history and remarkable buildings.

Lancashire Local History Federation

Information: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 Dalton-in-Furness to the north and Denton to the south, Fleetwood to the west and Farnworth to the east. Whether you are interested in Local History, Family History, Archaeology or Industrial Archaeology, if there is a bearing on Lancashire in your field of research, one or more of our member societies will be able to help.
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.
Journal: Lancashire Local Historian (Annual, £2.50)
Membership Details: Membership Enquires If you have a query about membership of the Federation, please contact Simon Martin, Membership Secretary, by email at members@lancashirehistory.org. Please send membership applications to Simon at: 21 Petticoat Lane Higher Ince Wigan Lancashire WN2 2LH
Contact: Mark Pearson, Hon Secretary, 101 Todmorden Road, Littleborough, OL15 9EB. Tel: 01706 379949
e-mail: secretary@lancashirehistory.co.uk
Web site: www.lancashirehistory.co.uk

Lancashire Local History Societies

Cheshire Local History Association

Information: 'Promoting the study of, and interest in, local history within the ancient County Palatine of Chester'
The Association is an independent body whose membership includes organisations and individuals alike.
- It encourages Local History Societies by offering help and advice on how they may be run.
- It meets every three months at locations around the county.
- It publishes the much respected journal "Cheshire History" in December each year.
- It organises the "Cheshire History Day" held on the last Saturday in October.
Meetings: See website for dates and lectures.
Journal: Volume 44 for membership year 2004 contains 130 pages with black and white illustrations plus one colour plate and is available at the price of £5 plus 75p post and packing.
Membership Details: Personal membership is available for an individual or couple living at the same address at a subscription of £8.00 or £10.00 if overseas. It entitles the member to a complimentary copy of Cheshire History, to attend the quarterly meetings and ensures that they are well informed on Cheshire local history matters by being on the Association’s mailing list. It is hoped that in time further benefits of membership will be introduced. Use the application form to apply for individual membership. New members should note that their membership subscription entitles them to a free copy of the edition of Cheshire History published at the end of the membership year. New subscribers might like to pay £13.25 which entitles them to the current version of Cheshire History, a year's individual membership of the Local History Association and a copy of the next Cheshire History when it is published at the end of the year.
Contact: Bruce Thompson, Membership Secretary, c/o Cheshire County Record Office, Duke Street, Chester, CH1 1RL. Tel: 01270 760810
e-mail: brucet@netcentral.co.uk
Web site:www.cheshirehistory.org.uk

Cheshire Local History Societies

Chester Civic Trust

Chester Society For Landscape History

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ARCHAEOLOGY

Merseyside Archaeological Society

Chester Archaeological Society

Information: Programme of lectures and excursions. Collaboration with Chester Archaeology and Liverpool University in field projects and excavations. Special programme of lectures, conferences and other events.
Meetings: See website for dates and lectures.
Journal: The Society has published a journal since 1850. It contains reports on local excavations, discussion articles by distinguished scholars and conference proceedings. Members are entitled to a copy of the current journal free of charge and to discounts on back numbers. More here
Membership Details:
Ordinary - £15.00 per year
Associate - £7.00 per year
Institutional - £20.00 per year
The benefits of membership:
Ordinary and Associate Members are entitled to:
Attend lectures organised by the Society free of charge
Take part in the Society's excursions at preferential rates
Borrow books from the Society's library
All members receive copies of the Society's twice-yearly newsletter, The Chester Antiquary. Ordinary and Institutional Members also receive copies of the Society's Journal.
Contact: Chester Archaeology, 27 Grosvenor Street, Chester CH1 2DD. Tel +44 (0)1244 402023. Fax +44 (0)1244 347522.
Web site: Chester Archaeological Society

PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL BODIES

Chester Archaeology

20 Nicholas Street,
Chester CH1 2NX.
Tel: 01244 311855. Fax: 01244 314560.
email: giffords@compulink.co.uk

A firm of Consulting Engineers with various offices giving advice on all aspects of the heritage throughout the UK and beyond. Projects and publications include: Post-excavation on Roman defences, Barton-under-Needwood, Eccleston Hall, Walton-le-Dale and Wilderspool. Bronze Age, Romano-British, Medieval and Post-Medieval sites at Manchester Airport's second runway. Work experience schemes and volunteers involved on excavation, post-excavation and finds processing.