The first event of our 2025-26 Programme takes place on Tuesday 30th September, starting at 7.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Church Road, Leckhampton. Ray Wilson will give a talk on ‘The Industrial Heritage of the Cotswolds’ . Free for LLHS members, visitors £3 – all welcome!
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Copies of LLHS Research Bulletin 6 are available to purchase for £6.00 plus p&p if required, email [email protected] for details.
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There is now an updated Index to all copies of Smoke Signal up to the present day, and an index to all Research Bulletins, both courtesy of Becky Dine. Available from the Smoke Signal page (09/07/23) and the Research Bulletins page (27/07/23).
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Copies of LLHS Research Bulletin 6 are available to purchase for £6.00 plus p&p if required, email [email protected] for details.
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There is now an updated Index to all copies of Smoke Signal up to the present day, and an index to all Research Bulletins, both courtesy of Becky Dine. Available from the Smoke Signal page (09/07/23) and the Research Bulletins page (27/07/23).
Latest Publications
Leckhampton Yesteryear [Revised Edition, 2021]
Eric Miller
Order a copy for £3 direct from Eric or from me (Paul) the webmaster.
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.
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.
We also now have images of many of the tombstones available here.
