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
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The historic society was founded at public gathering in Liverpool on 20th June 1848
The business of the Society is conducted by a Council, which normally meets three times a year
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Mandate of John TillMandate of John Till, Prior Provincial of the Order of Dominicans in England, in favour of William, Prior of Cartmel, promising prayers for William on his deathbed and, on his death, prayers for his soul, 15 August 1418. From the Hulton archive: DDHU53/3. Reproduced with permission of Lancashire Archives.