Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire founded 20 June 1848. We promote the study of the history of Lancs and Cheshire. Photo (c) Cheshire Archives.
Our Society's September talk is on Wednesday 18 Sept at 2pm, it is online via Zoom and free to attend. Find out more on our website: https://t.co/cZWRiIKbd9
Excellent short, clear explanation from Paul. If you would like to know more about Chester's #Roman defences, watch our film for the 2022 @chesterherifest 'New Walls for Old': https://t.co/Q3W6BAwtME.
Day 10, Friday. Lots of evidence for a building/s, is it the Cholmondeley’s house or an earlier building in the precinct of the Church of St John the Baptist or a complicated mixture of both?
Open Afternoon 14 May 1.30 – 4.30pm, come and see what we’ve found.
@HistArchChester
Visit #SkelmersdaleLibrary for #LocalHistoryMonth and browse their Local History collections! For the month, they have a small display commemorating the 380th anniversary of the end of the First Siege of Lathom House!
@LancsLibraries
Can you find Manchester on this 17th-century map of Lancashire? Take a closer look, it’s tucked away in the bottom left corner.
🗺️Explore more fascinating Manchester maps online using Manchester Digital Collections: https://t.co/2338OVswmB
Celebrate #LocalHistoryMonth with us this May! 📚
Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery proudly holds an incredible Social History collection that showcases the borough’s journey from its earliest roots to the industrial era. ⚙
Read free content from our History journals, including #freeissues of Eighteenth Century Ireland, Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, and Studia Hibernica on the LUP website: https://t.co/HqyJdAmr7N @ECI_Society@HSLC1848@StudiaHibernica
🚨Research grant available!🚨
@ChesterArchSoc are offering a grant of up to £700 to support the research of archaeological finds reported to @findsorguk from Cheshire and surrounding areas. Happy to discuss potential research with anyone interested in applying.
The sad demise of #Liverpool's most famous Mersey ferry "Royal Iris," where The Beatles performed. Languishing on the River Thames. It's beyond saving IMHO.
We are delighted to receive £10M from @luhc in the #SpringBudget for our Waterfront Transformation Project. This represents a massive step forward to realising our ambitions for our capital project for both @slaverymuseum and @maritimemuseum_
If you are in Chester this week get along to @cwacmuseums Grosvenor Museum to see @Monty_Liz ‘s fantastic exhibition Minted: Making Money and Meaning. Finally have a photo (No. 3) for my barber to work with.
𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴!
More than a Shop - share your Browns of Chester story with us on Sat 17 Feb.
Have your memories of the iconic store recorded, turned into sound artwork & preserved in the archives!
Find out more & book: https://t.co/Tt5dUxJeDY
#EYAChallenge
As part of the preparation for our move, we've been packaging large, heavy, & sometimes downright unwieldly volumes of court records in lovely custom made boxes, ready to be taken to our out-store down the salt mine - approx. 800 boxes so far! 💪
#AThingofBeauty 😄
If you know and care about us and can spare 90 mins in Crewe on Wed 6th or Chester on Thurs 7th you can get involved in a workshop with Hemingway Design to explore what we do and who we are for our brand and new building names. DM for more info!
#EYAExpedition
The Bates family of Hinderton Hall near Neston kept a journal of their adventures on a motoring holiday in France, Spain & Portugal in 1908. They had their car shipped to Lisbon via La Rochelle & planned to return via Boulogne DDX 442/1
#Holiday#OnTheOpenRoad
Our friends @EnglishHeritage are opening Chester Castle on Saturday 11 November for a Chester Castle in the Great War experience. The Castle will be open from 10am-3pm and entry is free.