Why not try your hand at our Christmas Crossword and see how well you know the history of our village?! https://prestburyhistory.com/plhs-christmas-crossword

Hints and Answers are available. You can complete it online or print it out.

We hope you enjoy it. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Join us at 7:30pm on Monday 23rd October at the Prestbury WI Hall.

The subject for the meeting will be the history of Prestbury School. This will take you on a journey back to 1702 with founding of the first church school in the parish and through the centuries, telling the story of how the school has developed into the establishment we know and love today.

The presentation will be followed by tea & coffee and there will be an opportunity to share your own memories and photos of the school.

We are currently in the process of digitising the Prestbury entries in the local street and trades directories. 1901 and 1903 are now available to view online via our Street & Trade Directories page.

Prestbury Local History Society are please to announce the release of our new book.

Prestbury Past & Present : Volume 2    By Norman J Baker

Prestbury is a delightful village in a very attractive setting.  It is well known to millions of people because of its famous race course, Prestbury Park, yet its history is little explored.

Volume 2 in the Prestbury Past & Present series contains four studies. The first is ‘An Exploration Into the Beginning and Early Development of the Village of Prestbury’ and covers the period of transition from a Saxon estate in the possession of the Bishops of Hereford to a village with nine large open fields.

Secondly a study of the history of Home Farm which the author links with the Home Farm of the 13th century moated Manor House. The third study is of Lower Mill the oldest of the two mills which were once operating in Prestbury.  The fourth study is a fairly detailed account of the nine open fields, their boundaries and history.

The book will be launched at the meeting of the Prestbury Local History Society on April 24th at the W.I. Hall in Prestbury. The book costs £10.  Copies are available at the regular meetings of Prestbury Local History Society, from the author, or by post (add £2.50 p&p) via email to: prestburyhistory@gmail.com

Please see our Meetings & Events page for further details our 2017 programme.

January 23rd         History of Winchcombe – Carol Harris

February 27th      Prestbury’s Military Connections – Tony Noel

March 27th           (The AGM) ‘A trip to Southam De la Bere 1879’ – Michael Cole

April 24th              Prestbury Manor Court Rolls – Norman Baker

May 22nd               Prestbury’s Stables & Jockeys – Val Porter

June 26th               Village History Walk (NEW route for 2016!)

September 25th    Archive & Quiz evening

October 23rd         Prestbury School – Rebecca Sillence

November 27th     TBC – Michelle Rees

Prestbury Village Fete to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday.

NEW PUBLICATION!

We are excited to be introducing our new publication Prestbury: Past & Present Vol. 1, which is the beginning of a series of volumes.  We are very pleased to have Michael Cole as author of the first in the series, with his depth of knowledge of Prestbury local history and his experience in writing articles and books in the United Kingdom and overseas.

Copies can be purchased for £10 at our meetings or from:

• Prestbury Post Office, The High Street
• Prestbury Library, The Burgage

For more information please see the article on page 2 of our Spring Newsletter 2016.

The Spring Newsletter is now available to view from our Newsletters page. Happy Easter to all our members. See you at our next talk on April 4th at 7:30pm.