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Cheshire History

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. Back issues are available.

Number 51 (for 2011-12), a substantial issue of 173 pages with many black and white illustrations, is now available.

Its contents are:

'The Green Knight: A Quest for Historical Identities.'
Carole Robinson

'Cheshire's Forgotten Salt Makers: Sea Salt production on the Wirral.'
Anthony Annakin-Smith

'An Ancient Mariner and Tudor hero: Sor george beeston of Beeston.'
Tony Bostock

'The Forgotten Estate of Moston Hall and the Founding of the Dale.'
David Russell

'The Leather trades in Seventeenth Century Congleton.'
David Jackson

'Vagrancy and Vice at Chester: The Relief of the Itinerant Poor, 1834-71.'
Mike Handley

'Aspects of Agriculture in Cheshire in the Victorian Period.'
Peter Young

A Tribute to Joan leech, MBE (1933-2010)

plus several book reviews.

To obtain your copy, please print off and complete and return the tear off form below.

The cost of Cheshire History is £6.00 + £1.00 postage and packing ; postage for overseas will be extra and is variable. Cheques should be made payable to ‘Cheshire Local History Association’ and returned, with this form, to:

Back issues are available.

Cheshire Local History Association
c/o Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies Service
Duke Street
Chester, CH1 1RL.

Cheshire History Number 51

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Cheshire History is free to members of the Cheshire Local History Association. Please note that members receive the issue published at the end of the subscription year.

The Editor will be pleased to consider items for inclusion in future issues of Cheshire History.

Cheshire History No. 48 and a number of other back numbers are available for purchase.

Notes for contributors are available.

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Cheshire History

Vol 51 (2011-2012)
AVAILABLE NOW.

To help in selecting a back number you might be interested in we now have indexes available.

Indexes to all volumes:

Author Index

Contents by Year