Lancashire Parish Register Society

The Lancashire Parish Register Society is a text publication society and registered charity which was founded for the "purpose of printing the registers of the ancient parishes" in Lancashire and has published more than 175 volumes, CDs and CD-Roms since 1898.

History
The society was formed at a meeting at Chetham's Library, convened by the historian Henry Fishwick, on 26 November 1897, but the year 1898 was fixed as the first year of the society's existence. The society became a registered charity (No. 511396) in 1981.

Publications
Since 1898, the society has published 175 printed volumes of Lancashire's parish registers, as well as numerous CDs and CD-Roms. The society published its 175th volume in 2012.

Membership
Membership is open to all individuals and institutions interested in the parish registers of the county.

Presidents
• 1897–1914	Lt-Col. Henry Fishwick

• 1920–38	Col. John William Robinson Parker

• 1938–46	Prof. Ernest Fraser Jacob

• 1946–55	Prof. Christopher Robert Cheney

• 1955–62	Prof. John Michael Wallace-Hadrill

• 1962–84	Prof. John Smith Roskell

• 1984–99	Prof. Jeffrey Howard Denton

• 1999–2003	John Leslie Ogilvie Holden

• 2004–present	Thomas Woodcock

General Editors
• 1976–2008	Dr Colin D. Rogers

• 2008–present	Alan A. Kenwright

Secretaries
• 1897–98	Rev. W. Löwenberg

• 1898–1931	Dr Henry Brierley

• 1931–56	Archibald Sparke

• 1941–82	Dr Frank Taylor

• 1982–86	Jean M. Ayton

• 1986–89	Irene Foster

• 1989–93	R. Neil Hudson

• 1993–99	John Leslie Ogilvie Holden

• 1999–2010	Marnie Mason

• 2010–present	R. Neil Hudson

Treasurers
• 1897–1936	John Rigg Faithwaite

• 1936–48	Dr Ernest Bosdin Leech

• 1948–77	Dr Robert Dickinson

• 1971–77	Florence Dickinson

• 1977–95	J. R. Bulmer

• 1995–2005	T. O’Brien

• 2005–08	Alan A. Kenwright

• 2008–present	Jackie Roberts