Local History Research

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You can use your browser to search the following papers and pages for sources of information about the locality of Leckhampton.

  • Smoke Signal , the society's newsletter. Back numbers, which also contain short research articles, are available - see Publications page .

  • Leckhampton in the Second World War Ed. Eric Miller, John Randall & Amy Woolacott (£4.95) Preview

  • Leckhampton Yesteryear - Village Life 1888-1939 by Eric Miller (£2.50) Preview

  • A Chronology of Cheltenham by Stephen Osmond (£7.99) Preview

  • Frederick William Henry Myers and the link with Cambridge

  • Leckhampton Hill Riots

    • Past Publications

    We regret that the following publications are out of print, though we can sometimes supply second-hand copies.

  • Britain in Old Photographs: Leckhampton, Sutton Publishing

  • The History of Leckhampton Church by Eric Miller (new edition to be published in 2005)

  • Old Leckhampton by David Bick

  • Cheltenham's Upper Bath Road by Marilyn West

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    • Links to other web sites

    BBC Legacies - Gloucestershire

    Cheltenham

    Cheltenham online

    Friends of Leckhampton Hill & Charlton Kings Common

    GENUKI Gloucestershire Towns and Parishes: Leckhampton

    Gloucestershire Local History contains many links to other local history sites

    Gloucestershire Local Studies Service

    Gloucestershire Records Office

    Leckhampton at 'any-village' contains all sorts of local information and many links

    Leckhampton Green Land Action Group ("LEGLAG")

    Leckhampton Primary School

    Leckhampton Railway Station from The Foxbury & Kingham Branches by Bob Brown

    St Peter's Leckhampton Parochial Church Council

    "This is Gloucestershire"

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