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LIVERPOOL  HISTORY  SOCIETY

Established 2001

This new section of the web site contains articles that society's members have submitted for general

distribution.   They are mainly personal social history articles covering a diverse range of Liverpool

social history related subjects. The articles are in Adobe PDF format and can be downloaded by clicking the hyper link title.


If you would like to contributbute an article for this section of the web site please email it to our

Web Administrator,  Rob Ainsworth at webmaster@liverpoolhistorysociety.org.uk

Members Articles

"I Remember" by Stan Houghton


FOUR  POINT  FIVE BILLION YEARS AND THEN  2000 AD  by Stan Houghton


Tommy Handley  by Diane Elphick  Sedbergh and District History Society

SOME USEFUL ADDRESSES

If you contact an organisation by email it is always a good idea to include your postal address.


LANCASHIRE RECORD OFFICE

Bow Lane, Preston, PR1 2RE Tel: (01772) 533039 Fax: (01772) 533050

email: record.office@ed.lancscc.gov.uk  website: www.archives.lancashire.gov.uk


CIVIL REGISTRATION (statutory registers of births, marriages and deaths from July 1837)

The Family Records Centre

PO Box 2,London ,EC1R 1UW (Tel: 020 8392 5300)  email:certificate.services@ons.gov.uk/


General Register Office 1 Myddelton Street Southport,PR8 2JD(Tel: 08456 037788)

website: www.gro.gov.uk

Microfilm copies of the indexes may be consulted by appointment at:


Harris Library, Preston (Tel: 01772 532668) email: harris.reference@lcl.lancscc.gov.uk

Greater Manchester Record Office (Tel: 0161 832 5284)

Blackburn Library (Tel: 01254 587920);

Bolton Archive & Local Studies Service (Tel: 01204 332185)

St Helen's Library (Tel: 01744 456952);

Bury Reference Library (Tel: 0161 253 5871);

Liverpool Record Office & Local History Service (Tel: 0151 233 5817)


PROBATE RECORDS (wills admitted to Probate since 1858)


The York Probate Sub-registry of the Family Division,

Castle Chambers,1st Avenue House, Clifford Street,YORK, YO1 9RG  (Tel: 01904 666777)


Principal Registry

42-49 High Holborn, WC1V 6NP London (Tel: 020 7947 6000) see www.courtservice.gov.uk/fandl/prob_guidance.htm

Copies are also available in person from District Probate Registries


LOCAL RECORD OFFICES

Wigan Archives Service

Le Mans Crescent, Leigh WN7 2DY email:heritage@wlct.org  (Tel: 01942 404430)


Bolton Archive Service,

Town Hall,  Bolton  BL1 1SE (Tel: 01204 332185)

email: archives.library@bolton.gov.uk


Manchester Archives & Local Studies

St. Peter's Square, Manchester  M2 5PD (Tel: 0161 234 1980)

email:archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk 


Liverpool Record Office Central Library Central Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool  L3 8EW

(Tel: 0151 233 5817)

email:recoffice.central.library@liverpool.gov.uk


Cheshire & Chester Archives & Local Studies Service,

Cheshire Record Office  Duke Street, 140 Duke Street, Chester CH1 1RL  (Tel: 01244 602574)


Cumbria Record Office  Barrow-in-Furness LA14 1XW (Tel: 01229 894363)

email:recordoffice@cheshire.gov.uk email:barrow.record.office@cumbriacc.gov.uk


NATIONAL ARCHIVES

The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Richmond, Kew. TW9 4DU phone: 020 8876 3444

email: enquiry@nationalarchives.gov.uk   website: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk


FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES

Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society

for details of other branches and more information about the Society see: www.lfhhs.org.uk

Preston Branch

Hon Sec: Shirley Benson

12 Catsfield Avenue ,Ingol, Preston, PR2 3UD

Fylde Branch

Hon Sec: Mrs Olive Thexton

81A Red Bank Road, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 9HZ

Chorley Branch

Hon Sec: Mrs Rita Platt

43 Mill Lane, Coppull, PR7 5AW


Research Centre, Astley Hall, Astley Park, Chorley

open: Mon, Wed, Fri, 1000-1630 phone: 01257 515920


Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society

Clayton House,59 Piccadilly,Manchester,M1 2AQ

(Tel : 0161 236 9750; Fax: 0161 236 6977; email:office@mlfhs.demon.co.uk )


Cumbria Family History Society

Hon Sec: Mrs Margaret Russell

32 Granada Road, Denton Manchester, M34 2LJ


Furness Family History Society

Hon Sec: Mrs Muriel Bland

5 Cherry Tree Way, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria email:muriel.bland@virgin.net


Liverpool & South West Lancs Family History Society

Acting General Secretary: David Guiver

11 Bushbys Lane, Formby, Liverpool, L37 2DX


The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Family History Centre 

Preston Temple Chorley PR6 7EQ (Tel: 01257 226145)

Manchester Family History Centre

Altrincham Road,Wythenshaw, Manchester M22 4BJ (Tel: 0161 902 9279)

Family History Centre

336 Manchester Road, Haslingden Rossendale, BB4 6PU (Tel: 01706 213460)

Liverpool Family History Centre

c/o C D Crompton 4 Mill Bank, Liverpool, L13 0BW,(Tel: 0151 228 0433)