Welcome to Cheltenham Local History Society
Welcome and thank you for looking at our website. Here you will find a wealth of ideas and information about the abundant and varied history of our town for you to enjoy.
The free resources available include many articles from our annual journals, a collection of local newspapers, street directories, written records, research papers, newsletters and publications. Then there is information about our projects, walks and visits, and our popular talks programme.
We are also active in the community, positively promoting local history with our input to The Wilson, our support for Gloucestershire Archives, and input to Cheltenham’s Heritage Action Plan.
We can help with enquiries about the history of Cheltenham and its inhabitants.
For general queries about our Society, or to contact the committee, please click below.
Funeral Trains – the Cheltenham & Gloucestershire connections, with Nicolas Wheatley
Our banner image is Thomas Robins’ 1748 West Prospect of the Spaw & Town of Cheltenham and we are grateful to Alex Clark for granting permission to use it. Steve Blake’s article on page 11 of our November 2021 Newsletter explains its origins.
We are grateful to Jill Waller and Sue Rowbotham for allowing us to use views of Cheltenham from their collections.