News & Notices
Posted 23 February 2022
Wirral History and Heritage Fair will take place on Saturday 12th March 2022 at Hulme Hall in Port Sunlight, Wirral.
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Posted 15 January 2022
A new book is now available via Amazon Books UK - 'The Norman Earls of Chester and their Barons'. In addition to chapters on each of the seven earls and the barons there are sections on the creation of the forests and avowries in Cheshire. It also contains some useful appendices on the Domesday holdings of the first earl of Chester and his barons in the county and elsewhere in England, along with a 16/17th century poem on the 'doings' of the earls.
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Posted 17 September 2021
It is with regret that we must report the sad death of Morris Garratt.
He was well known in local history circles across the North West - a most knowledgeable gentleman and a good friend.
He was a longstanding member of the executive committee of the Cheshire Local History Association and its precursor the local history committee of Cheshire Community Council. He made a significant contribution to local history in the North West. He was a local studies librarian by profession and had a long association with many local history societies particularly Stockport Historical and the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian societies as well as Bramhall Hall. He will be missed.
The funeral service will take place on Friday 24 September 2021 at Stockport Crematorium and a memorial to his late wife Eileen who passed away during the pandemic.
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Posted 28 July 2021
The Cheshire History Day programme has been announced - see Cheshire History Day for details
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Posted 28 June 2021
Cheshire Record Office is to extend its opening hours from 29 June 2021 - see Visiting us for details.
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Posted 23 October 2020
Cheshire Historic Environment Record (HER) holds information on a wide range of historic sites, buildings, finds, and landscape of Cheshire, Warrington and Halton. Information is held on a database and linked geographical system. It holds reports of surveys, excavations, published and unpublished material and aerial photographs.
HERs are a primary source for planning, development control and land management, and a great starting point for anyone researching the history of an area or building. There are these options for accessing information : www.cheshirearchaeology.org.uk also www.heritagegateway.org.uk and the HERs direct email below.
Pre–pandemic, it was possible to arrange an appointment to see source material, at Cheshire Historic Environment Record, The Forum, Chester CH1 2HS. Tel. 01244 973667 / 973997 where the contact was Moya Watson. In the absence of staff to answer telephones, email enquiries to hbsmradmin@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk, and also note that the National Library of Scotland has historic maps countrywide, accessible via https://maps.nls.uk/. For the moment, online searching is likely to be the best way forward, and if you email a question, response times may be longer than usual. You may also find that the oldest records are the least detailed, and the more recent ones the more complete.
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Posted 23 October 2020