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THE RECORD SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE

Places Repositories Political Archives Record Society

 


GMCRO are pleased to host this website for the Record Society of Lancashire
and Cheshire, but regret that Record Office staff are unable to deal with
queries about the Society's membership or publications     

 

THE SOCIETY

The Society was founded in 1878 to transcribe and publish original documents relating to the two palatine counties. 133 volumes have now been published, making available a wide range of sources, important for any study of North West England. To maintain its aim of publishing a volume each year the Society depends largely on the continuing support of its individual and institutional subscribers.

The subscription for the current year is:

Individual              £15 UK
£20 overseas

Institutional

£20 UK
£25 overseas

Members receive the appropriate published volumes for which their subscriptions have been paid, and may purchase additional volumes at preferential rates.

Volumes in print are available (plus postage & packing) from :

Dr. Fiona Pogson 
Department of History
Hope University College
Stand Park Road
Liverpool L16 9JD
Tel +44 (0)151 291 3115
Email pogsonf@hope.ac.uk.

Please note that whilst volumes are posted as soon as possible there may be a delay due to pressure of work.

 

For membership queries please contact the membership secretary 
Mr. James C. Sutton' (e mail : jimsutton@jamescsutton.wanadoo.co.uk)

PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT.

Prices given are the normal retail price. Preferential rates are available for members, and booksellers receive the normal trade discount. The cost of postage and packing are normally added.  

 

Volume No

Book Title, author(s), date of publication and price.

none members

members

110, 112, 114

The great diurnal of Nicholas Blundell of 112 Little Crosby, 1702-28, eds. Tyrer, F. and 114 Bagley, JJ, 1968-72 

Paperback :  

Hardbound (limited stock): 


£10 per volume

£12 per volume

£7 per volume

£10 per volume

111

Chester customs accounts, 1301-1566, ed. Wilson, KP, 1969 £5 £2

113

Index to wills and administrations formerly preserved in the probate registry, Chester, 1826-30, ed. Dickinson, R, 1972 £5 £2

115

Marriage bonds for the deaneries of Lonsdale, Kendal, Furness, Copeland and Amounderness in the archdeaconry of Richmond now preserved at Preston pt.vii, 1746-55, ed. Dickinson, R, 1975 
£5 £2

116

Letters and accounts of William Brereton of Malpas, 1523-45, ed. Ives, EW, 1977  £9 £5

117

The registers of estates of Lancashire papists, 1717-1788, volume iii 1717 with a list of persons registered, 1717-85, ed. Sharpe France, R, 1977  £9 £5

118

Index to wills and administrations formerly preserved in the probate registry, Chester, 1831-33, ed. Dickinson, R, and Dickinson, F, 1978 prefaced by a History of the Society & Guide to Publications volumes I - CXVII 1878-1977, Harris, BE £9 £5

119

Northwich Hundred poll tax 1660, and hearth tax 1664, ed. Lawton, GO, 1979  £5 £2

124

Stockport probate records, 1578-1619, volume 1, ed. Phillips, CB and Smith, JH, 1985  

(Volume. 2 see 131 below). If purchased with volume 2, 
£8

£15
£5

£9

125

 Chester  Chamberlain's Account, 1361-2, ed Booth, PHW, and Carr, AD, 1991  £10 £5

126

The charters of the Norman Earls of Chester, ed. Barraclough, G, 1988  £15 £10

127

The diary of Henry Prescott LLB, deputy registrar of Chester Diocese, 1704-1711, volume 1, ed. Addy, J, 1987 

volumes 2 and 3 (volumes 132 and 133 below) 
£8

£45
£5

£25

128

The letter books of Sir William Brereton, volume 2 and index, ed. Dore, RN, 1991 

volume 1 (volume 123) and volume 2 
£20

£55
£10

£35

129

Odyssey of an Edwardian Liberal: the political diary of Richard Durning Holt, MP, ed. Dutton, DJ, 1990   £18 £10

130

The Autobiography of Benjamin Shaw mechanic of Dent, Dolphinholme and Preston, ed. Crosby, AG, 1991   £20 £10
extra  The Earldom of Chester and its Charters: a tribute to Geoffrey Barraclough, ed. Thacker, AT, 1991 (Companion to volume 126 above. Published by the Chester Archaeological Society. Copies are available hardbound in Record Society livery) £25 £25

131

Stockport probate records, 1620-50, volume 2, ed. Phillips, CB and Smith, JH, 1993.
With subject index and glossary to volumes 1 and 2  

volume 1 (volume 124 above) and volume 2
£10

£15
£5

£9

132

The diary of Henry Prescott, volume 2, ed. Addy, J, and McNiven, P, 1994 

volumes 1, 2 and 3 (volume 127 above and 133 below)
£15

£45
£10

£25

133

The diary of Henry Prescott, volume 3, ed. Addy, J, and McNiven, P, 1997. 

volumes 1, 2 and 3 (see volumes 127 and 132 above)

£25

£45
£15

£25

134

The papers of Sir Richard Grosvenor of Eaton Hall, 1st bart, 1585-1645, ed. Cust, R, 1996  £20 £10
135 The Account Book of Clement Taylor of Finsthwaite, 1712-42 ed Martin Mrs Janet.D. 1997
£35 £15

136

Liverpool Town Book 1649-71 ed. Power, M. 1999 ISBN 0 902593 43 9  £35 £15
137 Prescot Churchwardens Accounts 1634-1663 ed Steel T. 2002 ISBN 0 902593 48 X  £35 £15
138 Accounts of the Manor and Hundred of Macclesfield 1361-1362 ed. Booth P. H. W.
2003 ISBN 0 902593 53 6
£25 £15
139

Memoranda books of Basil Thomas Eccleston, 1757 - 89, ed Gritt, A and Virgoe, J., 2004, ISBN 0 902593 58 7 (for subscription year 2001) 

£30 £15
140 The Extent of Longdendale, 1360, ed. John Harrop with Booth Paul  and  Harrop Sylvia 2005, ISBN 0 902593 63 3 (for subscription year 2003)
£25   £15
141

Churchwardens’ accounts of Walton-on-the-Hill [Liverpool] 1627 - 67 
ed. Ramsay, B and Maddock A. J. 2005, ISBN 0 902593 68 4
(for subscription year 2003)

£30 £15
142 Jacobites and Jacobins: Two Eighteenth-Century Perpectives: The Memoir of Walter Shairp: The Story of the Liverpool Regiment during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. ed Oates J. and The Writings of the Cragg Family of Wyresdale ed Navickas K. 2006, ISBN 0 902593 73 0 (for subscription year 2004)

ISBN 0 902593 73 0 (for subscription year 2004)

£25   £15
143

The Court Records of Prescot 1640-1649, ed. King, Walter J., 2008, 
ISBN 978 0 902593 78 7 (for subscription year 2005)

 

£30 £15

NOTE : Postage is an additional cost, and will be charged at the cheapest rate unless the Society's stockholder is advised that customers require quicker delivery.


The Society's general editor is :

Mr. Peter McNiven, 12 Longacre Road, Carmarthen, SA31 1HI.

He is always pleased to receive proposals for scholarly texts which the Society will consider for publication.

 


The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire

Registered Charity No. 500434

 


This page updated 27 October, 2008