Lancashire Parish Register Society
| Formation | 26 November 1897 |
|---|---|
| Type | Historical Society |
| Registration no. | 511396 |
| Legal status | Charity |
| Purpose |
|
| Headquarters | Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Location | |
Region served | |
Official language | English |
Activities |
|
Collections |
|
9th President | Thomas Woodcock |
| Website | www.lprs.org.uk |
The Lancashire Parish Register Society is a text publication society and registered charity. It was founded for the "purpose of printing the registers of the ancient parishes" in Lancashire.
The society was formed at a meeting at Chetham's Library, convened by Henry Fishwick, 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.
Officers
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 L. O. Holden
- 2004–present Thomas Woodcock
General Editors
- 1976–2008 Dr Colin D. Rogers
- 2008–present Alan A. Kenwright
Secretaries
- 1897–98 Rev. W. Löwenberg
- 1898–1931 Dr Henry Brierley
- 1931–56 Archibald Sparke
- 1941–82 Dr Frank Taylor
- 1982–86 Jean M. Ayton
- 1986–89 Irene Foster
- 1989–93 R. Neil Hudson
- 1993–99 The Worshipful John L. O. Holden
- 1999–2010 Marnie Mason
- 2010–present R. Neil Hudson
Treasurers
- 1897–1936 John Rigg Faithwaite
- 1936–48 Dr Ernest Bosdin Leech
- 1948–77 Dr Robert Dickinson
- 1971–77 Florence Dickinson
- 1977–95 J. R. Bulmer
- 1995–2005 T. O’Brien
- 2005–08 Alan A. Kenwright
- 2008–present Jackie Roberts
See also
- Chetham Society
- Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
- Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
- Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
External links
- Lancashire Parish Register Society 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
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.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
