Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire

Are earlier journals dismissed as "antiquarian"? Surely articles such as "Cotton and the cotton trade" (David Lamb, vol 2, 1850) or "Cowley, and the poets of the seventeenth century" (David Buxton, vol 7, 1854) count as history?

These hierarchies of prestige & geography are so tedious.

The EHR is not "the oldest journal of historical scholarship in the English-speaking world" as its publisher claims. There were scores of history journals in English before 1886. For example, the Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire, est 1849 @historicsoclandc.bsky.social‬

‼️PUBLICATION ALERT‼️

Huge congrats to alumnus Saskia Caddell who's masters research has been published in Nantwich Museum Journal 2025. With Drs Chris Aris and Amber Collings, Saskia worked on developing methods to identify if cremated remains were human and then produce biological profiles.

*Knobsticks, not knobticks!

YouTube video by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire Strikers and ‘Knobsticks’: Intimidation & Violence During the Preston Strike and Lock-Out 1853–1854

Don't worry if you missed Dr Lewis Darwen's talk on 'Strikers and "knobticks": violence and intimidation during the Preston Strike and LockOut, 1853-54

Catch up here: youtu.be/zJO_e-HzZG4?...

APRIL 2025 LECTURE: STRIKERS AND 'KNOBSTICKS' - INTIMIDATION AND VIOLENCE DURING THE PRESTON STRIKE & LOCKOUT OF 1853-1854 - The Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire Dr Lewis Darwen presents a new perspective on the 1853-1854 Preston Strike and Lockout. Previously remembered for the peaceful conduct of the operatives involved, the reality for many was far more com...

Was the Preston Lock-Out and Strike of 1853-54 as peaceful as Charles Dickens and other commentators thought? Dr Lewis Darwen challenges the accepted story, in a free online talk on Wed 23 April at 2pm.
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Lines of washing hang between tenements on Sloop St, Barrow-in-Furness. Photo by Edward Sankey and sons, who photographed north-west England 1885-1970s (Sankey Archive).

Welcome to Trade Union Ancestors - Trade Union Ancestors Trade Union Ancestors provides trade union history resources to help family historians find their ancestors in the trade union movement

#FamilyHistory
I launched the Trade Union Ancestors website in 2006, then rather neglected it. But I have now overhauled it and added new and previously lost content - including all the trade union ‘family trees’ I first put together 20 years ago. It’s here… www.unionancestors.co.uk

Ashton Canal, Ancoats, Manchester, 1978.

a laptop with the cover page of the Cheshire Ancestor on the screen, a pair of glasses rests on the keyboard and a cup of tea in a Welsh Dragon mug in on the side

The March edition of the Cheshire Ancestor is now available to download from the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social website

Full of news, articles, events and more...

Direct link 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/new-cheshire...

Thanks as always to @macchistorian.bsky.social & the team for all their hard work

I'll be talking about 'Made in Manchester' at Halliwell Local History Society, Bolton, Tues March 25th 7.30, St Peter’s Parish Centre, Church Road. Visitors welcome, £2.50.

Midland History Midland History publishes on the history of the English Midlands region and historical comparisons with other areas.

Does your research cover any aspect of the history of the Midlands from Roman times to the present day? If so, we want to hear from you! Please consider submitting an article for publication in our journal - further details can be found here:
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The Crown Inn in Lower Peover, Cheshire, is not just your average historic pub. It’s apparently one of the most haunted pubs in the region! A jilted bride and a mischievous phantom have made their presence known so much that it has recently been covered by the Manchester Evening News! #ghosts

NEW PhD Studentship on Irish MPs available The University of Sheffield and the History of Parliament are offering a fully-paid PhD studentship on Irish MPs in the Victorian Commons. Deadline for applications: 12 noon 5 March 2025. Full deta…

A reminder that the application deadline for a fully-funded PhD studentship on Irish MPs in the 19th century - working with the University of Sheffield and the History of Parliament - is 12 noon on 5 March. Full details in the links here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/n...

Oswald Mosley formed the 'New Party' #OTD 1931. It soon became the British Union of Fascists. Mosleys were feudal lords of the manor of Manchester for more than 200 years from 1596. Mosley Street, West Mosley Street and Lower Mosley Street are named after them.

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

@thegenealogist.bsky.social have released over 5 million Directory Records primarily focusing on the post World War II era

Link to news item with full details
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The Walking Beer Barrel: John Hodson Kearsley and parliamentary debates in the 1830s Our latest blog from our Assistant Editor Dr Kathryn Rix uses our biography of the Wigan MP John Hodson Kearsley – a forgotten figure today but a well-known Commons character in his time – to explo…

Born #OnThisDay 1785 John Hodson Kearsley. Conservative MP for Wigan in the 1830s, he was nicknamed ‘the Walking Beer Barrel’. Find out why in our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/09/18/t...

Faith in the Town: Lay Religion in Northern England, 1740–1830 Abstract. Faith in the Town explores the ways in which religious faith affected the lives of men, women, and children in the increasingly urban and industr

So excited to see ‘Faith in the Town’ (co-authored my me, @kategibson Jeremy Gregory and Carys Brown & published in Open Access form (free to read) today by @oxfordunipress.bsky.social. Want to know how religious faith was woven through urban life in northern English towns 1740-1830? Then read on …

mcrwire on Instagram: "🎭🖼️ REUNITED: This spring, The @porticolibrary will stage a series of unmissable experimental events around its unique spaces and…" 🎭🖼️ REUNITED: This spring, The @porticolibrary will stage a series of unmissable experimental events around its unique spaces and renowned collections to support their ongoing Reunited project, a visionary £9 million transformation which will renovate and reimagine all parts of the building to create one of the UK’s most accessible, sustainable and dynamic historic libraries.In celebration of International Women’s Day on Sat 8 Mar, The Portico hosts an illuminating talk which explores the work of forgotten women writers and artists from the library’s archive. Led by Creative Producer and cultural historian Dr. Debbie Challis, Hidden in Print will transport guests on a journey through the illustrations, reading habits and friends of mid-Victorian artist, Ann Mary Severn Newton, alongside the lives of the trailblazing writers she both knew and admired who forged a different path for themselves and railed against submissiveness and domesticity.On Thu 20 Mar, Dr. Rose Roberto joins The Portico to examine the inestimable literary legacy of beloved artist, Kate Greenaway, whose work influenced generations of children and left a lasting impact on the industry. For nearly seven decades, the Library Association’s Kate Greenaway Medal recognised the best illustrated children’s books, but in 2022, they quietly removed her name from the award, sparking widespread condemnation from across the literary spectrum and beyond.On Sat 22 Mar, visitors are invited to participate in the free Under Construction pop-up display, which offers comprehensive insights into the progress made to ‘reunite’ The Portico, as well as the chance to delve into the library’s history and collections.For full further programme details and to book tickets to all events check the link in bio 🔗

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Dropped into Caergwrle Castle, Flintshire to see the new Cadw info panels after the previous ones were vandalised in 2023. Good at explaining the late 13th c. history of its construction under Dafydd ap Gruffudd & disuse, but nothing about the hillfort in which it lies (best seen on the lidar pic).

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The ever brilliant @jenniferballads.bsky.social is crowdfunding her new album. If you can afford to make a donation please do.

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Probably dating from c.1904 This ceramic map showing the routes of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway is located inside the Hunts Bank entrance of Victoria Station, Manchester

Probably dating from c.1904 This ceramic map showing the routes of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway is located inside an entrance to Victoria Station, Manchester. From 1847 to 1923, the L&YR ran most of the trains

A colour painting in oils of a view from below of Beeston Castle. In typical 1770s style it shows ruined walls, trees, a bridge, a distant view, a beautiful sky and figures of people in the foreground.

Mini-series, Cheshire portrayed in Art.
An iconic image today of #Beeston Castle, Cheshire by Irish artist George Barret Sr RA. It was painted c1770 in oils and graces the cover of "The New Historical Atlas of Cheshire", published 2001.
#Cheshire #Art #Paintings #castles

Screenshot of Rachel Anderson, The Lancashire Plague Petitions: Life after the Plague in Early Modern England, The American Historical Review, Volume 129, Issue 4, December 2024, Pages 1640–1667, https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhae465. Abstract: Historians typically explore the resilience of past societies in terms of large-scale outcomes like population levels. In contrast, this paper explores the process of recovering from outbreaks of plague in smaller communities, households, and even by individuals. In doing so, it examines resilience on a micro-level in terms of the economic, emotional, and practical concerns of individuals following a period of crisis. This paper showcases six early modern petitions, each transcribed here in full, providing insight into the responses of communities to severe outbreaks of epidemic disease. These sources reveal the practical measures required to foster resilience: each petition demonstrates a series of unique needs and essential interventions. The usual systems of relief proved inadequate when faced with the unprecedented demands of plague. This made the bonds between friends and neighbors crucial to the survival of their communities. Only when these bonds were pushed to their breaking point did early modern people turn to authorities. These petitions show us when and why those points were reached.

'The Lancashire Plague Petitions: Life after the Plague in Early Modern England' by @rach-anderson.bsky.social in the AHR.

Finding 'resilience' in local petitions, with photos & transcriptions. The latest addition to the #PowerOfPetitioning bibliography 🗃️: petitioning.history.ac.uk/2019/05/13/p...

I'll be talking about 'Made in Manchester' at Leyland Historical Society, Lancashire, Monday March 3rd 7.30pm. South Ribble Civic Centre, Shield Room, Banqueting Suite, West Paddock. Visitors welcome, £5. (Pic is Leyland Festival, started in 1889.) www.leylandhistoricalsociety.co.uk/meetings.html

Serial killer sisters The Liverpool poisoners

This week's post on my Sleuthing Adventures blog (for all subscribers) is a less well-known historical case of serial poisoning committed by two sisters in Liverpool. They killed at least four members of their family with arsenic and possibly many more... drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/serial-kil...

My book - Liverpool and the Un-Making of Britain - is out today! Here is a thread I made earlier of extraordinary facts about the city's history to get everyone excited.

How many people could vote in the UK after the 1832 Reform Act? As part of our new series of ‘explainer’ articles, aimed at clarifying the workings of the United Kingdom’s historic political system, Dr Martin Spychal examines how many people could vote in…

Using census and electoral registration data, @martinspychal.bsky.social explores varying levels of enfranchisement across 19thC England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, answering the complicated question of how many people could vote after 1832: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/h...

Promenade on Chester's Roman/Saxon/Medieval/Georgian/Victorian eastern defensive wall. With the cathedral in the background. #Chester #chesterwalls #cheshire #defensively #history