Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire

The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire is a historical society and registered charity founded for the purpose of "collecting, preserving, arranging and publishing such Historical Documents, Antiquities…Specimens of Ancient and Medieval Art, etc. as are connected with the Counties Palatine of Lancaster and Chester…" on 20 June 1848. The society became a registered charity (No. 224825) in 1964.

Activities
The society organises lectures and other events, and has also amassed an extensive collection of materials and publications relating to the history and antiquities of both counties.

Journal
It publishes a peer-reviewed journal, the Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire annually.

Presidents
• 1848–54	Francis, 1st Earl of Ellesmere

• 1854–55	Charles, 3rd Earl of Sefton

• 1855–63	General Hon. Sir Edward Cust

• 1863–66	Rt Hon. William Ewart Gladstone

• 1866–69	Joseph Mayer

• 1869–75	Rev. Canon Abraham Hume

• 1875–79	 Very Rev. John Saul Howson

• 1879–85	Thomas Glazebrook Rylands

• 1885–89	Rt Rev. William Stubbs

• 1889–1903	Rt Rev. Francis John Jayne

• 1903–08	Frederick, 16th Earl of Derby

• 1908–36	Edward, 17th Earl of Derby

• 1936–62	William Fergusson Irvine

• 1963–64	Bertram Baron Benjamin Benas

• 1964–65	John Joseph Bagley

• 1965–66	W. G. H. Jones

• 1966–69	Joan Beck

• 1969–72	Maurice Marples Schofield

• 1972–75	Thomas Lloyd-Jones

• 1975–78	Neville Carrick

• 1978–81	Brian Collins Redwood

• 1981–84	Dr Michael J. Power

• 1984–87	Joan Beck

• 1987–90	Dr Jennifer I. Kermode

• 1990–93	Sylvia A. Harrop

• 1993–96	Prof. Paul Edward Hedley Hair

• 1996–99	Dr Colin Bonham Phillips

• 1999–2003	F. Ian Dunn

• 2003–06	Dr Suzanne Schwarz

• 2006–09	Janet E. Hollinshead

• 2009–12	Dr Nicholas J. White

• 2012–15	Prof. John C. Belchem

• 2015–16	Dr Paul J. Sillitoe

• 2016–23  Dr Arline Wilson

• 2023-     Professor R.C. Richardson

Transactions editors
• 1911–28	John Brownbill

• 1928–35	Eric Hardwicke Rideout

• 1935–38	Rev. Dr William Wingfield Longford

• 1938–45	Francis Arthur Bailey

• 1945–48	Rev. Charles Frank Russell

• 1948–50	Dr Frederick Threlfall Wainwright

• 1950–68	John Joseph Bagley

• 1961–68	Dr James Murphy

• 1967–71	K. B. Drake

• 1970–79	Dr Michael J. Power

• 1971–75	Dr P. J. Buckland

• 1973–90	Dr Jennifer I. Kermode

• 1979–99	Dr Colin Bonham Phillips

• 1990–2002	Dr Christopher P. Lewis

• 1996–2001	Dr Sylvia A. Harrop

• 1996–2011	Prof. John C. Belchem

• 1999–2006	Dr Graeme J. Milne

• 2001–06	John Tiernan

• 2002–07	Dr Suzanne Schwarz

• 2003–06	Dr P. Dalton

• 2006–11	Prof. Peter G. I. Gaunt

• 2011–15	Dr Andy J. Gritt

• 2016		Dr Alan G. Crosby

• 2017–present	Dr Bertie Dockerill

Secretaries
• 1848–51	Henry Clark Pidgeon

• 1848–64	Rev. Dr Abraham Hume

• 1864–67	Nicholas Waterhouse

• 1867–77	Dr David Buxton

• 1877–84	Charles Tindal Gatty

• 1884–88	Edward W. M. Hance

• 1884–1903	Richard Duncan Radcliffe

• 1903–10	William Fergusson Irvine

• 1910–14	Frank Charles Beazley

• 1914–28	Dr Philip Nelson

• 1928–39	Samuel Saxon Barton

• 1939–43	Frederick George Blair

• 1943–44	Arthur Cecil Wardle

• 1944–45	Dr Walter Alison Phillips

• 1944–51	Francis Arthur Bailey

• 1951–58	Dr George Chandler

• 1958–59	H. A. Taylor

• 1959–66	Joan Beck

• 1966–70	Patricia R. Pleasance

• 1970–83	P. J. Andrews

• 1983–89	Janet E. Hollinshead

• 1989–92	G. M. Wyatt

• 1992–present	Roger C. Hull

Treasurers
• 1848–60	Thomas Avison

• 1860–67	William Burke

• 1867–85	John G. Jacob

• 1886–98	Henry Douglas Eshelby

• 1898–1905	William E. Gregson

• 1905–11	Frank Charles Beazley

• 1911–22	S. W. Phipps

• 1922–26	Percy Culverwell Brown

• 1926–28	H. K. Hardwick Cox

• 1928–39	William J. Holgate

• 1939–45	Dr Walter Alison Phillips

• 1945–67	W. G. H. Jones

• 1965–72	Charles R. Ambler

• 1967–72	A. W. Andrews

• 1972–81	Robert Bromley

• 1981–87	Roy George Dottie

• 1987–89	G. J. Wilson

• 1989–2000	Janet E. Hollinshead

• 2000–07	C. F. Foster

• 2007–16	Dr Arline Wilson

• 2016-present	Catherine Nunn