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Recent additions to our website include transcriptions of Cheltenham Probate Inventories pre-1660 and post-1740. Visit our transcriptions page to access. Our Library catalogue has also been updated, with details of the books, maps and photographs which are available for members to borrow.  

Coming soon – the South Cheltenham History Festival at Bethesda Methodist Church, part of the Heritage Open Days 2024. The full programme of events, which take place from Thursday 5th to Saturday 7th September, can be viewed by clicking here.

Alan Munden’s new book, The Anglican Churches and Clergy of Cheltenham, is now available. Please visit our publications page to order your copy.

Congratulations to David Elder who received a citation from Cheltenham Arts Council at the awards ceremony in April, for his outstanding service to Cheltenham Local History Society as Chair, and for his authorship of numerous books and plays on Cheltenham and the surrounding areas. Contratulations too go to CLHS member Eric Miller, who was nomimated by Leckhampton Local History Society,…

Over 100 people attended our very successful Research & Display morning, enjoying the local history displays and slideshow, and chatting over refreshments. A full report will appear in the July Newsletter. Displays included: Cheltenham’s Statues and Odd Structures Bath Road and Southtown Hales Road Ellenville: a nursery and garden in Naunton Lane Drake’s Department Store The history of Cheltenham and…

Varied displays about the history of Cheltenham and the surrounding area, and refreshments. St. Luke’s Hall, St Luke’s Place, Cheltenham GL53 7HP on 2nd April 2024 from 10 o’clock to noon. Free admittance, tea and coffee. Displays include: Cheltenham’s Statues and Odd Structures Bath Road and Southtown Hales Road Ellenville: a nursery and garden in Naunton Lane Drake’s Department Store…

NEW – we offer free membership to 18 to 25-year-olds, giving access to our publications and recordings, and the opportunity to participate in Society events. Please come to one of our meetings at St Luke’s to sign up (entrance fees apply). Please see our Events page for details of our meetings and how to get to St Luke’s Hall.

Our series of Chronologies of aspects of life in Cheltenham, compiled by members of CLHS and illustrated and edited by Jill Waller, are now available free online. Crime & Conflict Housing the Poor Literary Connections Non-Conformity and Dissent Sickness & Health Sport Working Class Movements Please visit our Publications page to download the Chronologies.  

Recently added to our growing database is a collection of research articles by the late Reverend Brian Torode, a long time and highly regarded member of CLHS, who was minister of St Stephen’s Church, Tivoli for many years. Items included in the archive are: The Story of Tivoli, history of trading and memories of the parish, St Stephen’s Church history…

Thanks to CLHS member David Drinkwater, we are making available searchable files of the Gloucestershire Graphic newpapers from 1902-1942 and Street Directories from 1837-1952. Please access the Graphics here, and directories here. There are some wonderful images in the Graphics of Cheltenham in the early 20th century, and they are well worth browsing through.