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The Lancashire Heraldry Group was set up to further the study of heraldry both in Lancashire and in general, and also to act as resources for the Lancashire Family History And Heraldry Society to refer questions which arise concerning coats of arms, crests and other items armorial.
FORTH COMING MEETINGS
2007
7th. May Members Books & Interests
4th. Jun ? Peter Marshall
2nd.Jul Borders & Labels Tony Consadine
5th Jul Heraldry Day Out Start time 9.30AM Lowther (contact for details)
6th. Aug Another Surprise Gwyneth Hagen
3rd. Sep Three Short Talks Liz, Marian & Mike
1st. Oct John Mackie Irish Heraldry
5th. Nov Arms of Tudor Queens Alan Fenely
3rd. Dec Seasonal Fun Evening John & All
The group meets on the first Monday of each months at 7.30 p.m. in Saint Stephens Church, Bird St, off Broadgate, Preston. PR1 8DY
ALL are Welcome to attend.
WHAT'S WE ARE DOING
Heraldry like other aspects of family history is not limited by boundaries, and many Lancashire people have associations with other areas especially adjacent counties. Soon notes I made from Old Cheshire Churches published in 1947 will be available on the group's website as a download. There have also been several interesting inquires among which where the arms of the Lightbown family granted in 1662 and identification of a 18th century seal which turned out to have the arms of Bishop Chinnery of Killaloe in Ireland dating from 1779. We continue to experiment with photo galleries of Lancashire heraldic sites. Finally we regret that Doug Seed a long standing member of our group passed away in March, he will be sadly missed. Chris Ward March 2007
UPDATE Here are some the notes made by Chris Ward your webmaster over a long period they represent only a small portion of the body of information, once again they are a zip file this time you can read them with acrobat reader, please let me know if you have any useful comments.A Lancashire Armorial
NB If you want to an email when we update please drop us a line. CONTRIBUTIONS WANTED
If you feel you would like to send a small item (text), preferably with a picture (which you have taken or drawn), please contact us. Please don't send any material for inclusion which is copyrighted (from publications such as books, photos from website, etc), or to which you do not hold the rights, as it can not be used.
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This page was created by Chris Ward. 11 May 2007 update 27 May 2007