Probate inventories were the list of a person’s goods that had to be presented to the church court as part ...
We have digitised all copies of the Bedfordshire Magazine – a definite source for local and family historians. This will ...
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Bedfordshire Historical Record Society’s 2023 AGM will be held at 2pm on
Saturday 23 September at the Priory Methodist Church, Newnham ...
Vacancies for volunteers from September 2023 are for:
Honorary Chair to lead the Council, develop relationships with local history organisations and ...
BHRS Council member, Stuart Antrobus, has been recognised by the British Association for Local History for his Outstanding Individual Contribution ...
The President of the Society, Sir Samuel Whitbread, died on 17th January 2023 aged 85.
He succeeded his father as President ...
Bedfordshire Historical Record Society’s 2022 AGM will be held at 2pm on
Saturday 24 September at the Priory Methodist Church, Newnham ...
On the 25th June at Priory Methodist Church, Bedford, BHRS will be hosting, for the first time, the BLHA’s annual conference.
The theme ...
We are delighted to tell you about a new exhibition for Spring 2022 at Priory House, Dunstable, and invite you ...
Bedfordshire Historical Record Society’s 2021 AGM will be held at 2pm on
Saturday 18 September at the Priory Methodist Church, Newnham ...
Unfortunately, because of coronavirus, it has been considered advisable to cancel our AGM which was due to be held at ...
Bedfordshire Historical Record Society’s 2019 AGM will be held at 2pm on
Saturday 21 September at the Priory Methodist Church, Newnham ...
AGM 2018
Bedfordshire Historical Record Society’s 2018 AGM will be held at 2pm on Saturday 15 September at the Priory Methodist ...
BHRS is delighted to announce the completion of its pilot digitisation project. The Bedfordshire Bibliography and its three supplements, long ...
AGM 2017
Bedfordshire Historical Record Society’s 2017 AGM will be held at 2pm on Saturday 30 September at the Priory Methodist ...
BHRS holds one meeting a year for its AGM and annual lecture.
Recent lectures have included:
2018 Gordon Vowles on The Life ...
Wardown House, Museum and Gallery will be officially reopened by Luton’s Mayor Cllr Tahir Khan on Saturday 8 April at ...
BHRS member James Collett-White and Barbara Tearle visited the University of Northampton on 22 February to view the history students’ ...
Cheryl Gardner, Academic Liaison Manager at the University of Northampton Library, has contacted BHRS with news of an innovative project ...
Under this title, Dr Nicholas Bennett presented the 2016 BHRS annual lecture on 23 September. The ecclesiastical connection between the ...
AGM 2016
Bedfordshire Historical Record Society’s 2016 AGM will be held at 2pm on Saturday 24 September at the Priory Methodist ...
1912-1940 Dr G Herbert Fowler
1945-1947 Anne Buck
1947-1965 C E Freeman
1965-1980 H O White
1981-2001 Betty Chambers
2001-2013 Dr Richard Smart
2013- Margaret Evans
Treasurers
1912-1928 ...
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Buying BHRS volumes
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