Lancashire Parish Register Society
| Formation | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Type | Historical Society |
| Legal status | Charity |
| Purpose | Historical Study and Research |
| Headquarters | Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Location | |
Region served | Lancashire and Greater Manchester |
Official language | English |
9th President | Thomas Woodcock |
| Website | www.lprs.org.uk |
The Lancashire Parish Register Society is a historical society and registered charity. It was founded in 1898 for the 'purpose of printing the registers of the ancient parishes' in Lancashire. The society was formed at a meeting at Chetham's Library on 26 November 1897, but the year 1898 was fixed as the first year of the society's existence. The society became a registered charity (No. 511396) in 1981.[1]
Publications
Since 1898, the society has published 175 printed volumes of Lancashire's parish registers, as well as numerous CDs and CD-Roms.[2] The society published its 175th volume in 2012.[3]
Membership
Membership is open to all individuals and institutions interested in the parish registers of the county.
Presidents
- 1897–1914 Lt-Col. Henry Fishwick
- 1920–38 Col. John William Robinson Parker
- 1938–46 Prof. Ernest Fraser Jacob
- 1946–55 Prof. Christopher Robert Cheney
- 1955–62 Prof. John Michael Wallace-Hadrill
- 1962–84 Prof. John Smith Roskell
- 1984–99 Prof. Jeffrey Howard Denton
- 1999–2003 The Worshipful John Leslie Ogilvie Holden
- 2004–present Thomas Woodcock.
See also
- Chetham Society
- Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
- Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
- Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
External links
- Lancashire Parish Register Society 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
Notes and References
- ↑ "Charity Commission of England and Wales". Charity Commission of England and Wales. 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
- ↑ Lancashire Parishes for the Genealogist (Lancashire Parish Register Society, 2007), s. 1. ISBN 1-85445-157-X.
- ↑ The Registers of the Parish of Wigan, 1711-40, ed. K. T. Taylor, Lancashire Parish Register Society, 175 (2012). ISBN 978-1-85445-171-2.
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