History
Published historical material for the Society comprises the more rigorous, formal histories and the Chronicles. Documents available on-line are shown below.
| Brief History |
Full History |
Chronicles
The twelve volumes of the Chronicles contain much historic content but should not be regarded as rigorous histories, having been written to entertain, concentrating on social activities, and containing some historic errors. They cover the years from the earliest activity that led to the Society’s institution in 1839 until the close of session 1983-1984, material after that time being subject to data protection issues.
The earliest volume was published in 1890 and has had an historic commentary and index added for on-line uploading. It was generally unavailable by the time that the next volume was prepared in the early 1920s and the material for the years until 1890 was abridged and repeated in the new edition. However, some important content was lost in this process and serious students are recommended to use the 1890 version.
The first ten volumes are scanned from hard copy publications and the final two are available only on-line.
Please be patient during the download as these are large files ...
| Chronicles 1976 - 1984 |
Chronicles 1967 - 1976 |
Chronicles 1961 - 1967 |
| Chronicles 1956 - 1961 |
Chronicles 1952 - 1956 |
Chronicles 1945 - 1952 |
| Chronicles 1938 - 1945 |
Chronicles 1930 - 1938 |
Chronicles 1921 - 1930 |
| Chronicles 1905 - 1921 |
Chronicles 1837 - 1905 |
Chronicles 1890 |