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Text publication society and registered charity From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Formation | 26 November 1897 |
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Type | Historical Society |
Registration no. | 511396 |
Legal status | Charity |
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Headquarters | Manchester, United Kingdom |
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Official language | English |
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9th President | Thomas Woodcock |
Website | www.lprs.org.uk |
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.[1]
Since 1898, the society has published 175 printed volumes of Lancashire's parish registers, as well as numerous CDs and CD-Roms.[2] The society published its 175th volume in 2012.[3]
Membership is open to all individuals and institutions interested in the parish registers of the county.
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