A Series of Chronologies of aspects of life in Cheltenham has been compiled by members of CLHS and illustrated and edited by Jill Waller. The 2022 edition of the Chronology of Trade & Industry is available for purchase – please submit your order by clicking the publications order form button below. All other Chronologies are free to read and available for download with copyright restrictions on content.
If you would like to contact Jill with any comments or contributions for future editions please use the contact form on the Enquiries page.
A Chronology of Trade & Industry
Aerospace | Architectural Manufacture | Brewing & malting | Brickmaking | Finance | Hospitality | Manufacture & engineering | Market gardening, nurserymen & seedsmen | Markets, fairs & festivals | Miscellaneous businesses | Pharmaceutical | Printing & publishing | Quarrying | Shops | Spa & wells | Tobacco | Transport-related industry | Utilities | Compiled by Jill Waller with Sally Self and Sue Rowbotham (new edition 2022)
A Chronology of Crime and Conflict
Crime … Assault | Contravention of Bye-laws & Statutes, | Disorderly Behaviour & Drunkenness | Driving Offences | Fraud | Illegitimacy | Libel & Slander | Murder & Manslaughter | Theft | Vandalism | Vice (including Drugs, Gambling & Prostitution)
Conflict … Leckhampton Riots | Police | Political Conflict | Prison & Punishment |Religious Conflict | Compiled by Jill Waller (2004)
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A Chronology of Housing the Poor
Almshouses | Charitable housing | Asylums and orphanages | Council housing | Early provision for the Poor | Union Workhouse | Compiled by Jill Waller, Heather Atkinson and Sue Rowbotham (2009)
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A Chronology of Literary Connections
Authors & poets| Libraries & booksellers | Literary Societies & Festivals | Local History Publication | Local Newspapers | Religious Publications | Compiled by Jill Waller (2008, revised October 2023)
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Text is copyright of Cheltenham Local History Society and/or the author(s), and all illustrations are copyright to the copyright owners. Neither text nor illustrations may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means without the prior permission in writing of the owner or owners. We apologise if any material infringes copyright or has not been acknowledged. The Society will gladly acknowledge any omissions, if informed.
No material from this website may be reproduced in any format without permission from the copyright holder(s) and due acknowledgement of the same. Please use our Contact Form for any queries.
A Chronology of Non-Conformity and Dissent
Baptists | Christian Scientists | Congregationalists/Independents | Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion | Elim Pentecostal Church | Hebrew Community | Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) | Methodists | Miscellaneous Dissent | Presbyterian/United Reformed Church | Roman Catholics | Salvation Army | Society of Friends (Quakers) | Unitarians | Non-Anglican Places of Worship | Compiled by Jill Waller (revised June 2015 & August 2023)
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Text is copyright of Cheltenham Local History Society and/or the author(s), and all illustrations are copyright to the copyright owners. Neither text nor illustrations may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means without the prior permission in writing of the owner or owners. We apologise if any material infringes copyright or has not been acknowledged. The Society will gladly acknowledge any omissions, if informed.
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A Chronology of Sickness & Health
The Cheltenham Spas | In Sickness…and in Health | Edward Jenner and Cheltenham | Hospitals and Health Services | Sanitation | Final Resting Places | Compiled by Jill Waller (2011)
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Text is copyright of Cheltenham Local History Society and/or the author(s), and all illustrations are copyright to the copyright owners. Neither text nor illustrations may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means without the prior permission in writing of the owner or owners. We apologise if any material infringes copyright or has not been acknowledged. The Society will gladly acknowledge any omissions, if informed.
No material from this website may be reproduced in any format without permission from the copyright holder(s) and due acknowledgement of the same. Please use our Contact Form for any queries.
A Chronology of Sport
Archery | Bowling | Boxing | Cricket | Croquet | Football | General Sports | Golf | Hockey | Horse-racing | Hunting | Rugby | Tennis | Watersports | Compiled by Jill Waller (2006)
You may use the material on this website for your own private research purposes but not for publication in any format.
Text is copyright of Cheltenham Local History Society and/or the author(s), and all illustrations are copyright to the copyright owners. Neither text nor illustrations may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means without the prior permission in writing of the owner or owners. We apologise if any material infringes copyright or has not been acknowledged. The Society will gladly acknowledge any omissions, if informed.
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A Chronology of Working Class Movements
Anti-Corn Law Association | Chartists | Early Closing Movement, Shorter Hours, &c | Early Socialism | Mechanics’ Institute | Oddfellows, Foresters & Other Benefit Societies | Trade Unions | The General Strike of 1926 | The GCHQ Trade Union Ban Campaign | Working Men’s Associations | Compiled by Mike Grindley and Jill Waller (2010)
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Text is copyright of Cheltenham Local History Society and/or the author(s), and all illustrations are copyright to the copyright owners. Neither text nor illustrations may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means without the prior permission in writing of the owner or owners. We apologise if any material infringes copyright or has not been acknowledged. The Society will gladly acknowledge any omissions, if informed.
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A Chronology of Education 1547-2001
Pate’s Grammar School | George Townsend charity school | Female Orphan Asylum | National & British Schools | Sunday schools | Samuel Wilderspin & the infant school | Literary & Philosophical Institution | Cheltenham College | Teacher training colleges | Ladies’ College | Adult education | Compiled by Jill Waller (2023)
If any CLHS member would like to update the Chronology for events from 2002 to the present date, please get in touch.
You may use the material on this website for your own private research purposes but not for publication in any format.
Text is copyright of Cheltenham Local History Society and/or the author(s), and all illustrations are copyright to the copyright owners. Neither text nor illustrations may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means without the prior permission in writing of the owner or owners. We apologise if any material infringes copyright or has not been acknowledged. The Society will gladly acknowledge any omissions, if informed.
No material from this website may be reproduced in any format without permission from the copyright holder(s) and due acknowledgement of the same. Please use our Contact Form for any queries.
