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Latest news from the Leckhampton Local History Society

27/12/2019

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Society meetings are currently suspended due to the pandemic. However, activity continues online, with members contributing to a series of short articles (“Smoke Puffs”) which have been circulated by email, as well as undertaking individual research. The Smoke Signal newsletter has continued to appear, our latest Research Bulletin was published in Autumn 2020 and has now nearly sold out, and we have been delighted to welcome some new members. We look forward to resuming our programme as soon as the situation allows, but in the meantime we wish all members and visitors to the website a safe and successful year.
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Meetings

Watch this space.
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Click here for the latest edition of the Smoke Signal​
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Latest Publications​

Leckhampton Yesteryear [Revised Edition, 2021] 
Eric Miller
Order a copy for £3 direct from Eric or from me (Paul) the webmaster. Also available from The Suffolk Anthology.

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Records of Leckhampton was written by Robert Cary Barnard, based on lectures that he gave in 1897. They were the result of his painstaking and extensive study and analysis  of parish and manorial records which are now kept in Gloucestershire Archives, and he also repeated received wisdom of the time - the histories of the county  written by Atkyns, Rudder and Fosbrook. This comprehensive survey will have been the first opportunity for villagers to learn about the evolution of Leckhampton, and through this pioneering work Barnard prepared much of the ground for others to cultivate in later years. 

Major Robert Cary Barnard (1827 - 1906) was a man of many talents, with a particular interest in botany. He was born in Prestbury and after a peripatetic life settled in Leckhampton in 1868. His home was Bartlow on Leckhampton Hill (now demolished), designed by his friend the architect John Middleton. He strongly opposed Henry Dale's closure of Leckhampton Hill to the public in 1894. His fondness for Leckhampton is reflected in the rumour that his ashes were scattered over the hill. Leckhampton Local History Society is pleased to be able to make the book available to the general public. 
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The churchyard burials section in the Family History section of the website has been updated with most plots now mapped.

We also now have images of many of the tombstones available here.


Checkout Martin Horwood's concise history of Leckhampton from his website.

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