Wilmslow Historical Society

The Wilmslow Historical Society was founded in 1969. Its aims are to further the study of local history in Wilmslow and beyond and pass on knowledge to the local community. Annual subscription is £10. Visitors contribute £2. Further information may be obtained from Mrs Pam Savage 01625 524777 or Alan and Susan Cooper by e-mailing: susieandal.68@hotmail.co.uk

PROGRAMME 2011-12

Meetings take place at 7.45 pm at St. Bartholomew's Parish Hall, Chancel Lane, Wilmslow.

Date	Speaker	Topic
6 April	Dr Hugh Beggs	By the Dark River
18 May	John Edwards	A.G.M. + Lord Leverhulme - his life and residences
14 September	Dr Michael nevell	Newton Hall and the Cruck Buildings of the Manchester Area
12 October	Professor John Tarn	Some Historic Houses of Lancashire
9 November	Dr David Wooliscroft	Romas and natives in Scotland in the First Century AD
9 December	Professor John Tarn	Some Historic Houses of Lancashire
7 December	Christmas Social Evening	Quiz, dinner and entertainment
11 January 2012	Tony Bonson	The Macclesfield Canal
8 February	Gillian Mawson	The experience of the Guernsey Evacuees in the North West during World War II
14 March	Anne Hearle	Mellor - a Total History
11 April	Mark Bevan	Oulton Park and the Fall of the House of Grey-Egerton
16 May	John Sims	Short AGM + Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Gambler or Genius

Visits 2011

Sunday 22nd May Spring coach trip to Blackwell House and Sizergh Castle.
Wednesday 8th June Coach trip to Nantwich for a guided tour of the town and St Mary’s Church.
Wednesday 13th July Coach trip to Astley Hall.
Tuesday 16th August Afternoon trip to Arley Hall.
Fri, Sat, Sunday 2nd – 4th September 3-day coach tour of Northumberland, staying at the University of Newcastle and visiting Raby Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Lindisfarne, Cragside and Corbridge.
Wednesday, 5th October - Combermere Abbey, Whitchurch

Publications

History Trails:
The Apprentice Walk – a walk from Styal to Wilmslow £1.50
“Sans Changer” – a walk through Stanley Country £1.00
Wilmslow Historic Trail £0.40
Mobberley Revisited – a walk through Mobberley Village £1.50

Pamphlets:
Pownall Hall and its Chapel of St Olaf £1.00
George Gissing at Lindow Grove School, Alderley Edge £0.60
The Newton Family of Wilmslow £0.50
Mirrors of an Age: Wilmslow Wills, 1582 – 1640 £0.50
Church in the Field: Mobberley Quaker Graveyard and its History £1.75
Oral History in Wilmslow £0.60
“Wear it for my Sake”: Clothes and Jewellery of our Ancestors £2.00
Peter Crosse of Willmeslowe, 1561(?) – 1621 £1.00
Wyches Farm and the Stanley Estate, Alderley, 1726 - 1997 £1.75

Other Publications:
Three Sundays in Wilmslow – 1851, 1861, 1871 £1.50
The Fourth Sunday in Wilmslow 1881 £3.95
Handforth Matters: Aspects of Parish Administration, 1773 – 1836 £0.50
Victorian Handforth £2.00 Handforth National School £0.25
“Cotton Town” – Bollington and the Swindells Family in the 19th century £1.00
Handforth and Wilmslow Probate Records, Volume I pre-1600 £4.00
Handforth and Wilmslow Probate Records, Volume II 1600 – 1625 £10.00
1842 Tithe Maps of Wilmslow Old Parish: All 11 are A3 size, priced at £4.00 each and cover the four townships: Fulshaw, Chorley (East and West), Bollin Fee (South, East and West) and Pownall Fee (North, East, West Central and South).

The Research Group of the society is currently working on a book on the history of Grove Street in Wilmslow town centre.

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