The Lancashire Parish Register Society is a text publication society and registered charity which was founded for the "purpose of printing the registers of the ancient parishes" in Lancashire and has published more than 175 volumes, CDs and CD-Roms since 1898.
| Formation | 26 November 1897 |
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| Type | Historical Society |
| Registration no. | 511396 |
| Legal status | Charity |
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| Headquarters | Manchester, United Kingdom |
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Official language | English |
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9th President | Thomas Woodcock |
| Website | www.lprs.org.uk |
History
editThe society was formed at a meeting at Chetham's Library, convened by the historian 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
editSince 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
editMembership is open to all individuals and institutions interested in the parish registers of the county.
Officers
editPresidents
edit- 1897–1914Lt-Col. Henry Fishwick
- 1920–38Col. John William Robinson Parker
- 1938–46Prof. Ernest Fraser Jacob
- 1946–55Prof. Christopher Robert Cheney
- 1955–62Prof. John Michael Wallace-Hadrill
- 1962–84Prof. John Smith Roskell
- 1984–99Prof. Jeffrey Howard Denton
- 1999–2003John Leslie Ogilvie Holden
- 2004–presentThomas Woodcock
General Editors
edit- 1976–2008Dr Colin D. Rogers
- 2008–presentAlan A. Kenwright
Secretaries
edit- 1897–98Rev. W. Löwenberg
- 1898–1931Dr Henry Brierley
- 1931–56Archibald Sparke
- 1941–82Dr Frank Taylor
- 1982–86Jean M. Ayton
- 1986–89Irene Foster
- 1989–93R. Neil Hudson
- 1993–99John Leslie Ogilvie Holden
- 1999–2010Marnie Mason
- 2010–presentR. Neil Hudson
Treasurers
edit- 1897–1936John Rigg Faithwaite
- 1936–48Dr Ernest Bosdin Leech
- 1948–77Dr Robert Dickinson
- 1971–77Florence Dickinson
- 1977–95J. R. Bulmer
- 1995–2005T. O’Brien
- 2005–08Alan A. Kenwright
- 2008–presentJackie Roberts
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Charity Commission of England and Wales". Charity Commission of England and Wales. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Lancashire Parish Register Society 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
