Cheshire History Journal
Cheshire History is the journal of new work relating to the history and archaeology of the ancient and modern county of Cheshire. It is published by the Cheshire Local History Association and appears as a single annual edition.
Members receive copies of Cheshire History as part of their membership subscription. The edition they receive is the one published towards the end of the subscription year.
The Editor will be pleased to consider items for inclusion in future issues of Cheshire History. Notes for contributors are available.
Some back issues are available to purchase.
Numbers 1 (1978) to 58 (2018-19) are available on our Past Publications sub-website where you can search for subjects and authors of articles.
Numbers 57 (2017-18) to 63 (2023-24) are available to purchase here. Their contents can be seen here.
Number 63 (for 2023-24), a substantial issue with many black and white illustrations and colour plates, has the following contents:-
Chairman’s Introduction
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Editors’ Introduction
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Obituary: Alex Cowan
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Select Documents for Local and Family Historians in the Cheshire Quarter Sessions files, 1571 to 1616: Part Two [with summary for 1606-07]
Paul Booth
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The Comberbach Family in Chester, 1680s to 1780s
Tom Welsh
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A Disputed Will: The Case of Charles Whittingham of Over
Tony Bostock
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John Twemlow of Hatherton: the Legacy of a Fraudster
Jonathan Pepler
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Marple’s First Historian: Joel Wainwright, 1831-1916
Geoff Higgins
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Rural Outposts of the Established Church: Mission Rooms and Halls in South-West Cheshire, 1880s to 1990s
David Hayns
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Edward Cox’s ‘Tumulus’ at Storeton, Wirral
Rowan Patel
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In Brief:
Sir Marmaduke Langdale’s Road to Rowton Moor and the Phantom Bridge of Boats
Bob Burgess
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Recent Work on Cheshire History: a Select Bibliography
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Book Reviews
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Notes on Contributors
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