About Us

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 lectures and the publication of an annual volume of transactions. The constitution of the society is published in volume 145 of Transactions for 1996 and is also available here.

Articles published in Transactions, as a peer reviewed journal, reflect recent high quality research and scholarship on the two counties.

Illustration from our annual transactions

In This Section

  • Victoria Baths, Manchester
    Victoria Baths opened in 1906, and was once described as "the most splendid municipal bathing institution in the country". After winning the BBC's Restoration programme in 2003 the baths have been partially restored.

    Find Baths in the Archive