of Antiquaries publisher Society of Antiquaries of London ref It is based at Burlington House , Piccadilly ... Visions of Antiquity the Society of Antiquaries of London 1707 2007. Edited by Susan Pearce. 282mm. Pp 488, 116 col and b&w ills. Archaeologia III. LondonSociety of Antiquaries of London, 2007. ISBN ... 2011 Publications The Society publishes Archaeologia and Antiquaries Journal international journals of record . ref cite web author SAL staff url http www.sal.org.uk history title About the Society of Antiquaries publisher Society of Antiquaries of London accessdate September 2011 ref The Antiquaries Journal 1921 to present , is known as Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London . citation ... Hats . ref http www.sal.org.uk salon index html?id 1018 SALON the Society of Antiquaries of London ... London Cite book first Susan last Pearce ed. title Visions of Antiquity the Society of Antiquaries ... Use dmy dates date August 2010 DEFAULTSORT Society Of Antiquaries Of London Category Society of Antiquaries ... of Antiquaries of London lt Current Archaeology la Societas Antiquariorum Londiniensis sv Society ...File Soc Antiq 2010.JPG thumb right Entrance in the courtyard of Burlington House The Society of Antiquaries of London SAL is a learned society charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with the encouragement ... charity . ref EW charity 207237 ref Membership See also List of notable Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Members of the Society are known as Fellows and are entitled to use the post nominal ... A precursor organisation, the College of Antiquaries College or Society of Antiquaries ... by King James I of England James I in 1614. The first informal meeting of the modern Society of Antiquaries ... Society of Antiquaries Online Newsletter . ref http www.sal.org.uk salon SALON the Society of Antiquaries ... plates still exist. ref name Nurse Clubs The Society of Antiquaries has two societies to which ... Club got its name from the initial letters SA for Society of Antiquaries . Citation needed date August ... more details
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This is an incomplete list of Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London . The honour, denoted by the post nominal F.S.A. , is awarded to members of the Society of Antiquaries of LondonSociety of AntiquariesLondon , an archaeological society founded in 1717. Donald Adamson 1939 Leslie Alcock 1925 2006 Joseph Ayloffe . ref name Ayloffe cite DNB wstitle Ayloffe, Joseph ref George Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey Marquess of Anglesey 1922 Mick Aston 1946 Sir Wyke Bayliss 1835 1906 John Thomas Blight 1835 1911 Emrys G. Bowen E G Bowen 1900 1983 John Charles Brooke , Somerset Herald 1748 1794 William Copeland Borlase 1848 1899 John Buckler 1770 1851 Charles Bury, 1st Earl of Charleville The Earl of Charleville 1764 1835 , elected 1814. ref http thepeerage.com p21545.htm i215448 thepeerage.com Charles William Bury, 1st Earl of Charleville ref Patrick Cormack 1939 Barry Cunliffe 1939 Ken Dark 1961 Beatrice De Cardi 1914 Thomas Gery Cullum , 1741&ndash 1831 King of Arms of the Order of the Bath Bath King of Arms Guy de la B doy re 1957 Neil Faulkner archaeologist Neil Faulkner 1958 Eric Fernie Augustus Wollaston Franks 1826 1897 , director of the Society 1858 1896 John Frere 1740 1807 Charles Frost antiquary Charles Frost 1781? 1862 Helen Geake 1967 Mark Girouard 1931 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark 1940 Loyd Grossman 1950 Sue Hamilton archaeologist Sue Hamilton Merlin Hanbury Tracy, 7th Baron Sudeley 1939 Phil Harding archaeologist Phil Harding Wilfrid James Hemp 1882 14 April 1962 Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon 1831 1890 Mark Horton archaeologist Mark Horton 1956 William ... http www.sal.org.uk history listoffellows List of current Fellows , Society of Antiquaries of London Category Society of Antiquaries of London Category Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Category Fellows of learned societies Antiquaries of London ... ,, Honorary Secretary of the City and Guilds City and Guilds of London Institute for the Advancement ... more details
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is the senior antiquarian body in Scotland , with its headquarters in the National Museum of Scotland , Chambers Street, Edinburgh . The Society s aim is to promote the cultural heritage of Scotland. History The Society was established in 1780, and is the oldest antiquarian society in Scotland, and the second oldest in Britain after the Society of Antiquaries of London . It was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1783, on the same day as the Royal Society of Edinburgh ... The Rhind Lectures work Society s Website publisher Society of Antiquaries of Scotland accessdate 27 November 2010 ref Objects As an Archaeology archaeological and learned society it was formed for the purpose ...?Page 293&Menu title Laws of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland accessdate 2010 04 26 last first coauthors date work publisher Society of Antiquaries of Scotland ref The Society today is concerned ...?pubid 87 available to view since 2009. Publications The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland ... variety of topics in the history and archaeology of Scotland. The Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries ... reflist External links http www.socantscot.org Society of Antiquaries of Scotland website http ads.ahds.ac.uk catalogue library psas The Society Of Antiquaries Of Scotland Scanning Project ... of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland http www.sair.org.uk Scottish Archaeological ... and in the Royal Scottish Academy Building Royal Institution building on The Mound . In 1891 the antiquaries ...?Page 472&Menu title Accommodation accessdate 2010 04 26 last first coauthors date work publisher Society of Antiquaries of Scotland ref The society moved to the National Museum of Scotland in 1954. Alexander Rhind left a bequest to the Society to fund a lecture series, the Rhind Lectures are still hosted by the Society an online recording of these prestigious lectures has been made available to the public ... Laws quote The purpose of the Society shall be the study of the Antiquities and History of Scotland ... more details
The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland is a List of Irish learned societies learned society based in Ireland , whose aims are to preserve, examine and illustrate all ancient monuments and memorials ... publications in the field of Irish archaeology and history . History Foundation The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland was founded in 1849 as the Kilkenny Archaeological Society , by a group of young ... www.rsai.ie Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland http www.xs4all.nl tbreen Journals JRSAI.html Journal Contents from 1860 DEFAULTSORT Royal Society Of Antiquaries Of Ireland Category 1849 establishments ... of Ireland. The affairs of the Society are conducted by the President, Officers and Council, whose services are entirely voluntary. Anyone subscribing to the aims of the Society, subject to approval ... and linguists , but the Society firmly believes in the importance of encouraging an informed general public, and many members are non professionals. After the Society s move to Dublin in the 1890s ... of the Society was the preservation and illustration of the antiquities of Kilkenny, city and county, although this later spread to cover a far wider area, with the Society changing its name only five years later to The Kilkenny and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society , both to attract wider ... to elect Fellows, and in 1890 it moved to Dublin , changing its name to the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland as it took on what it saw as a national role, becoming in 1891, according to its Honorary Secretary Robert Cochrane not only the largest Antiquarian Society in Great Britain ... highly aristocratic membership. Irish antiquarianism and archaeology in the 1840s The Society s foundation ... the Famine of the 1840s, and was vanishing from County Kilkenny even around the time the Society was establishing ... and frost, as much as from wanton vandalism. Conservation Work The Society s early aims therefore ..., appointing Thomas Newenham Deane Inspector of National Monuments in 1875. This relieved the Society ... more details
The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne , the oldest provincial antiquarian society in England, was founded in 1813. ref http www.newcastle antiquaries.org.uk index.php?pageId 278 ref It has had a long interest in the archaeology of the north east of England, particularly of Hadrian s Wall , but also covering prehistoric and mediaeval periods, as well as industrial archaeology. It has also maintained a long standing interest in the traditional music of the north east, and particularly the Northumbrian smallpipes . It published the Northumbrian Minstrelsy in 1882, edited by Rev. John Collingwood Bruce and John Stokoe this played a significant role in supporting the traditional instrumental music and song of the north east. The Society maintains several important collections its archaeological collection is held at the Great North Museum , its bagpipe collection, based on the collection assembled by William Alfred Cocks William Cocks , in Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum , and its collection of manuscripts at the Northumberland Record Office. Its journal is Archaeologica Aeliana , first published in 1822, and now published annually. References reflist Category Newcastle upon Tyne ... more details
for the London planning and conservation organisation LondonSociety organisation Image 1869 LondonSociety v16 no95.png thumb 150px right LondonSociety 1869 LondonSociety was a Victorian era illustrated monthly periodical, subtitled an illustrated magazine of light and amusing literature for the hours of relaxation . It was published between 1862 and 1898 by W. Clowes and Sons, London . ref cite web url http nla.gov.au nla.cat vn3125703 title Londonsociety an illustrated magazine of light and amusing literature for the hours of relaxation publisher National Library of Australia accessdate 2009 02 02 ref The magazine published miscellaneous articles, short fiction mostly anonymous , and serialized novels. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction called it an inferior imitator of George Murray Smith Smith s Cornhill Magazine Cornhill . ref name Sutherland cite book title The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction author John Sutherland publisher Stanford University Press year 1990 pages 381 isbn 0804718423 url http books.google.com books?id QzJ3yNVVqtUC&pg PA381 ref Literary contributors included Charlotte Riddell , whose novels Above Suspicion 1874 and The Senior Partner 1881 2 were serialized ref cite web url http www.geocities.com helenvict0r VicPeriod.html title Victorian Periodicals publisher accessdate 2009 02 02 archiveurl http www.webcitation.org query?url http www.geocities.com helenvict0r VicPeriod.html&date 2009 10 25 23 50 15 archivedate 2009 10 26 ref Florence Marryat Open Sesame and a pre Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle . Illustrators included Mary Ellen Edwards , Randolph Caldecott , Harry Furniss , F. A. Fraser , and George Cruikshank . ref name Sutherland References Reflist Cooke, Simon. Illustrated Periodicals of the 1860s . Pinner, Middlesex Private Libraries Association , 2010 ISBN 978 0 900002 28 x External links http books.google.com books?id qTYZAAAAYAAJ July to December 1894 issues , from Google Books http books.google.com books?id iD9KAAAAMAAJ ... more details
The Society of Entomologists of London was one of a series of brief lived entomological societies based in London .The members met to exhibit, identify and exchange, sell or purchase insects which were ... 1745 is the first definite year for the Aurelian entomology Aurelian Society of London but it was almost certainly already in existence before that year. The Aurelian Society disbanded after a fire in 1748 destroyed the Library and records of the Society. It is claimed to be the first entomological society in the world although there were similar groups in Italy , France and the Germany German states. Moses Harris was a member. 1762 saw the formation of the second Aurelian Society, which survived only a few years. 1780 was the foundation year of the Society of Entomologists of London, which survived until August 1782. Dru Drury was a member. 1801 saw a third Aurelian Society, which survived ... society entitled the Entomological Society later called the Entomological Society of London . 1815 ... Society of London went into decline, and met only occasionally until 1822. 1822 several of the members of the Society set up another Society, the Entomological Society of Great Britain, and the Entomological Society of London was adjourned for a year. 1824 saw most of the members of the two latter societies joined with various members of the Linnean Society of London to found the Zoological Club of the Linnean Society of London, which later became the Zoological Society of London . In 1826 another entomological society was formed, the Entomological Club. The Club was at first scientific ... Society of London was formed. It is the present Royal Entomological Society of London . References Sheffield Airey Neave 1933 The History of the Entomological Society of London, 1833 1933 Printed by R. Clay & sons, London DEFAULTSORT Society Of Entomologists Of London Category Learned societies ... expansion and exotica of all kinds flooded into trade centres such as London or Amsterdam . These included ... more details
The London Typographical Society was a United Kingdom British trade union . The union was founded as the London Union of Compositors in 1834 by the merger of the London Trade Society of Compositors and the London General Trade Society of Compositors . The following year, it was joined by the News Society of Compositors . In 1845, the union was officially dissolved, its members designating it the South Eastern District of the National Typographical Association . The national organisation collapsed, and the London group re established itself as the LondonSociety of Compositors The union had a membership of over 10,000 by 1910, and attempted to expand outside London, but the Trades Union Congress instituted arbitration which limited it to a fifteen mile radius of central London, the Typographical Association having rights to organise in the remainder of England. In 1955, the Society merged with the Printing Machine Managers Trade Society and was renamed the London Typographical Society . In 1964, it merged with the Typographical Association to form the National Graphical Association . General Secretaries 1848 E. Edwards 1850 J. Boyett 1854 W. Cox 1857 W. Beckett 1863 H. Self 1881 C. J. Drummond 1892 C. W. Bowerman 1906 D Pointing 1945 Robert Willis References Arthur Marsh, Victoria Ryan and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions UK trade union stub Category Organizations established in 1834 Category 1964 disestablishments Category Former British trade unions Category Typesetters Category 1834 establishments in the United Kingdom Category Printing trade unions ... more details
The London Record Society is a registered charity founded in 1964 whose objectives are to stimulate public interest in archives and similar historical material relating to London . ref name char http www.charity commission.gov.uk Showcharity RegisterOfCharities CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber 239338&SubsidiaryNumber 0 London Record Society. Charity Commission The Charity Commission , 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011. ref The current President of the society is the Lord Mayor of London . ref name lrs http www.londonrecordsociety.org.uk The London Record Society, 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2011. ref Activities The society holds an annual public lecture about London archives and publishes transcripts, translations, abstracts and lists of primary sources relating to the history of London. The society usually publishes one major scholarly work per annum which is provided free to members. Typical recent publications have included Prisoners Letters To The Bank Of England 1783 1827 . Ed. Deirdre Palk, 2007.ISBN 0900952423 A Woman In Wartime London The Diary Of Kathleen Tipper 1941 1945 . Ed. Patricia and Robert Malcolmson, 2006. ISBN 0900952415 The Bede Roll Of The Fraternity Of St Nicholas . Eds. N.W & V.A. James, 2004. ISBN 0900952393 Beginning with volume 46, the society s publications will be published by Boydell and Brewer from whom the society s back catalogue is also available. ref name lrs Some of the society s back catalogue is also available at http www.british history.ac.uk British History Online , a joint project of the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust , Finances The society s accounts are made up to 31 October annually. For the year ended 31 October 2009 the society had gross income of 10204 and expenditure of 6248. The society ... London Record Society official website. Category Learned societies of the United Kingdom Category Organisations based in London ... more details
refimprove date October 2009 The Society of London Art Dealers is an organization founded in 1932 for the promotion of art sale dealers of fine art and antiquities in London . It is a founder member of the British Art Market Federation and a member of the Conf d ration Internationale des N gociants en Oeuvres d Art CINOA . External links http www.slad.org.uk The Society of London Art Dealers Category Organizations established in 1932 Category Arts organisations based in the United Kingdom Category Associations of art dealers Category Organisations based in London UK org stub ... more details
on service to the Royal. The Society publishes a journal, The London Philatelist , which includes articles, book reviews, society news, advertisements, and other items. Objects The principal objects of the Society are 1. To promote, encourage and contribute to the advancement of the science and practice of philately . 2. To inform members of the Society on all matters affecting any of its objects .... The Thomas Tapling Tapling Medal for the best paper written by a Fellow or Member and published in The London Philatelist during the relevant period. See also Royal Philatelic SocietyLondon Meeting Handouts Collection References Reflist commonscat Royal Philatelic SocietyLondon External links http ... Royal Philatelic SocietyLondon fr Royal Philatelic SocietyLondon ru ...File Royal Philatelic Society logo.gif right thumb 300px The Society logo. File 41 Devonshire Place.jpg right thumb The premises of the Royal Philatelic SocietyLondon at 41 Devonshire Place, W1. File The London Philatelist first edition.jpg right thumb The front cover of the first number of The London Philatelist , Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1892. The Royal Philatelic SocietyLondon is the oldest philately philatelic society in the world. It was founded on 10 April 1869 as The Philatelic Society, London . ref The Royal Philatelic Society, London. 1869 April 10th 1929. by Percy de Worms in The London Philatelist , Vol. XXXVIII, No. 447, March 1929, pp. 52 56. ref Royal connections Permission to use the prefix Royal was granted by King Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII in 1906. The current patron is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II . Every September, at a special meeting of the Society, part of the Royal Philatelic Collection is displayed by its Keeper ... to any of the objects of the Society. Awards and medals The society awards the Crawford Medal for the most ... form during the two years preceding the award. br The society also awards these silver medals The John ... more details
The London Municipal Society was formed in 1894 to support the pro Unionist Moderate candidates in London local elections. It was a Liberal Unionist society, and was wound up in 1963, following the legislation that would create the Greater London Council . The stated policy of the society at the 1897 vestry elections was conferring on the local authorities of the metropolis municipal dignity and privileges . ref The Times, May 14, 1897 ref In July the society urged the Government to introduce legislation to create municipalities in London. ref The Times, July 29, 1897 ref In 1895 the society was based at 16 Great Goodge Street, in 1910 it was at 11 Tothill Street, and by 1915 it was at 2 Bridge Street. In 1921 the then secretary of the society, W G Fowler, made comments on the Poplar Rates Rebellion , and wrote a letter to The Times on the subject. References references Bibliography YOUNG, KEN. Local Politics and the Rise of Party The London Municipal Society and the Conservative Intervention in Local Elections, 1894 1963. Leicester University Press, 1975. Ken Young Metropolitan London politics and urban change,1837 1981 Edward Arnold, 1982. ISBN 0713163313 . There are several files at The National Archives , one from 1920 21 relating to a deputation about the appalling increase in rates. UK poli stub Category Political parties in England Category Politics of London Category British unionism ... more details
The London Positivist Society was a philosophical circle that met in London , England , between 1867 and 1974. In 1934 it merged with the English Positivist Committee . The Society s members occupied themselves in applying the ideas of the philosophical school of Auguste Comte Comtean positivism to current affairs of the day, including the movement for home rule in Ireland which the Society supported, following William Ewart Gladstone Gladstone s lead , the Second Boer War which the Society opposed , and the Indian independence movement which the Society supported . History The Society was founded by Richard Congreve 4 September 1818&ndash 5 July 1899 in 1867. Its members at one time or another included Henry Tompkins 1870&ndash 1954 Donald Fincham 1916&ndash 1969 George Henry Lewes 1817&ndash 1878 Frederick William Walsh 1879&ndash 1923 , who had been paralysed in an industrial accident but whose mind remained sharp Paul Juste Decours and Benjamin Fossett Lock honorary secretary of the Society 1880&ndash 1886 , who resigned in 1886 over the Irish home rule debate. In 1934 the London Positivist Society merged with the English Positivist Committee, taking the latter s name. The Society s presidents included Edward Spencer Beesley till 1901 Shapland Hugh Swinny 30 December 1857&ndash 31 August 1923 , Society president 1901&ndash 1923 Swinny was a personal friend of several Indian nationalists, including Bal Gangadhar Tilak . Sources http archives.lse.ac.uk Record.aspx?src CalmView.Catalog&id LONDON POSITIVIST SOCIETY Catalogue of the papers of the London Positivist Society at the http www.lse.ac.uk library archive Default.htm Archives Division of the London School of Economics . http membres.lycos.fr clotilde disciple britain http www.aim25.ac.uk cgi bin search2?coll id 5635 ... positivist history Category Comtism Category Philosophy organizations philosophy stub de London Positivist Society ... more details
The Pathological Society of London was founded in 1846 for the cultivation and promotion of Pathology by the exhibition and description of specimens, drawings, microscopic preparations, casts or models of morbid parts. ref name Dean824 Its first meeting was held in February 1847. In 1907 it was merged with the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London and other societies to become the Royal Society of Medicine . the society published 58 volumes of the Transactions of the Pathological Society of London . The society s first president was C. J. D. Williams. ref name Dean823 Early members included Richard Bright physician Richard Bright , Golding Bird , Sir William Gull, 1st Baronet William Gull , Sir William Jenner, 1st Baronet William Jenner , Henry Bence Jones and Richard Quain . ref name Dean824 References Footnotes Reflist refs ref name Dean823 Dean Dean , p. 823 ref ref name Dean824 Dean Dean , p. 824 ref Sources Refbegin Citation last Dean first H. R. author link title The Pathological Society of London work Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine publisher Royal Society of Medicine Press date October 1946 volume 39 issue 12 pmc 2182434 ref Dean Refend Category 1846 establishments in England Category Medical associations based in the United Kingdom Category Scientific societies ... more details
for the Victorian era illustrated monthly periodical LondonSociety Infobox non profit name LondonSociety image type Charitable organization founded date Start date 1912 tax id registration id England and Wales 206270 founder chairman Frank Kelsall location Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED coordinates origins Founded in 1912 key people area served London product mission focus urban planning method revenue endowment num volunteers num employees num members subsid owner non profit slogan former name homepage URL www.londonsociety.org.uk dissolved footnotes The LondonSociety is a United Kingdom British membership organisation established to encourage public interest and participation in urban planning and Transportation planning transport matters in London . History The Society was founded in 1912, and was concerned with advancing the practical improvement and artistic development of London . ref http www.londonsociety.org.uk index.php ref Its formation partly reflected ... of chaos the LondonSociety and the planning of London 1912 1920, Planning Perspectives , volume 12 ... Unwin , artist Frank Brangwyn , and publisher J. M. Dent . Activities The LondonSociety Journal , first produced in 1913, is now published twice a year. The Society also arranges visits and lectures ... items relating to the history of London. External links http www.londonsociety.org.uk index.php LondonSociety http www.londonsocietyjournal.org.uk LondonSociety Journal References References DEFAULTSORT LondonSociety Category 1912 establishments Category Interested parties in planning in the United ... and associational networks in London during the early twentieth century, Planning Perspectives , volume ... the future of London indeed, a 1921 report was entitled London of the Future ref http www.discoverlondonbridge.co.uk ... eg London churches, Euston Arch , the British Museum . It predated the establishment of the Royal Town Planning Institute in 1914. Members The Society s first chairman was architect Sir Aston Webb ... more details
1874 the Society has been based at Burlington House , Piccadilly , London . This building houses the Society s library, which contains more than 300,000 volumes of books and journals. ref http www.geolsoc.org.uk The Geological Society , UK. ref It is a member of the UK Science Council . In 1991 it merged ... Society, London accessdate 16 May 2010 ref The Society celebrated its bicentenary in 2007 with a number ... main President of the Geological Society of London The society counts many famous geologists amongst ... is Under the Earth The Geological Society of London 1807 to 2007 , London Geological Society, ISBN 1 ... in 1807 Category Geology societies Category Geological Society of London Category Presidents of the Geological Society of London Category 1807 establishments in the United Kingdom ca Geological Society of London de Geological Society of London es Sociedad Geol gica de Londres fr Geological Society of London it Geological Society of London la Societas Geologica Londiniensis nl Geological Society ja no Geological Society of London pl Londy skie Towarzystwo Geologiczne pt Sociedade Geol gica de Londres ru fi Geological Society of London sv Geological Society ...File Geological Society of London.jpg thumb The Geological Society offices in the Burlington House , Picadilly , London The Geological Society of London also known as The Geological Society ref http www.geolsoc.org.uk gsl op 20 3C page1.html The Geological Society , UK. ref is a learned society based ... national geological society in the world and the largest in Europe with over 9,000 Fellows entitled to the postnominal FGS Fellow of the Geological Society over 2,000 of whom are Chartered Geologists CGeol . The Society is a Registered Charity Charity registration Registered Charity , No 210161. History The Society was founded on 13 November 1807 at the Freemasons Tavern , Great Queen Street , Covent Garden . It was partly the outcome of a previous club known as the Askesian Society and records ... more details
The London Omnibus Traction Society LOTS was formed in 1964 and is the largest society for bus enthusiasts in the UK, dedicated to buses in London and the Home Counties . The Society produces two main publications Image 4UnitransRTs 2.jpg thumb right Image Pride & Prejudice London Bus.jpg thumb right The London Bus TLB has facts, figures and news of the previous month, including route changes, operator news and rolling stock. London Bus Magazine LBM , is produced quarterly and has articles, both current and historic, and an around and about section showing pictures of current interest. The magazine is published by Ian Allan. The Society reports on the central area buses or red buses and country area buses in the previous Green Line Coaches Green Line area, roughly bounded by Gravesend, Crawley, Guildford, Windsor, Aylesbury, Luton, Harlow and Tilbury. Among many other publications are the Bus and Tram fleetbook , which lists every bus and tram in the London and Home Counties area in public operation. Details of membership and publications are given on the LOTS website, which is upgraded almost every week with major news stories as well as events and rallies to do with London Buses. LOTS also has society meetings most months with speakers on different subjects. External links http www.lots.org.uk LOTS Webpage History of bus transport in the United Kingdom Category Road transport in London Category Road transport in the United Kingdom Category Organisations based in London Category Clubs and societies in England Category 1964 establishments in England Category History of transport in LondonLondon transport stub ... more details
orphan date September 2010 London Mural Preservation Society works to Protect, Preserve and Celebrate Murals in London . The society aims to bring London murals to the attention of the people of London and the rest of the United Kingdom and the world. ref http londonmuralpreservationsociety.wordpress.com London Mural Preservation Society accessed 19 September 2010 ref London murals have been described as an endangered species . ref http www.timeout.com london features 1647 Top ten London murals.html Top ten London murals , By Matt Brown, Time Out, 5 July 2006, accessed 19 September 2010 ref The society was set up in 2010 and works to protect the memory of mural images by gathering information from the people involved in their creation, collecting local recollection of the mural s beginnings and bringing together photos from the past and the present. The society hope to preserve these murals by finding possible ways to fund Conservation restoration restoration and investigate future conservation and protection. We will celebrate the murals by bringing together those who were there from the beginning and those who walk past them every day without having a notion of their meaning and significance. Accessing the stories of the murals will be made available via the internet and through exhibition s across London. ref http www.facebook.com group.php?gid 117071124970415&v info London Mural Preservation Society accessed 19 September 2010 ref The society is currently helping to support at project to restore the Fitzrovia Mural in Tottenham Court Road and is supporting the restoration of some of the Brixton Murals . ref http www.camdennewjournal.com news 2010 sep bid breathe new life ... http londonmuralpreservationsociety.wordpress.com London Mural Preservation Society Category Arts in London ... 2010 ref ref n Iconic London mural could be restored Iconic London mural could be restored Wikinews ... more details
The London Youlan Qin Society zh t s sometimes abbreviated to LYQS is a London based qin society serving guqin players in the UK . Of the three major qin societies of the West the other two being the North American Guqin Association and the New York Qin Society , this society is the most informal and the most active in terms of regular events and yajis. The Society began to adopt a constitution in 2011 and has begun to evolve into a more formal learned society. History The society was founded in 2003 by Cheng Yu musician Dr. Cheng Yu and several guqin enthusiasts. According to the society s website, the society aims to promote interest in and understanding of Chinese music al culture and philosophy, especially of the qin ... in the UK. The society had existed before then in an inchoate ... Music Circuit at the Royal Academy of Music , London. Though it is primarily based in London, the society ... school in London is the Society main event of the year, started in 2003. Each year, a qin master player is invited to London to teach students for a week. So far, Prof. Li Xiangting, Gong Yi, Prof ... decided to create a more formal society, thereby creating Britain s first and only qin society. The society ... String Quartet and other projects. During 2010, it was decided that the Society will become more formal and adopt a new constitution in order to expand the Society s promotion as well as gain easier access to funding. A new committee was elected to support the Society s increased workload. Meetings and activities The main activities the society holds are regular bi monthly yaji s as well as the occasional ... often. During the summer school, there is the main Society yaji anniversary Congregation event of the year, attended by the professor, members of the Society and guests. The summer school is the only of its kind outside China to offer yearly tutition from qin masters from China. Since 2011, the Society .... The Society has an AGM in January every year and its meeting are mostly held at SOAS since 2011. Membership ... more details
The Anglo Norse Society in London is a society based in England for advancing the education of the citizens of United Kingdom Britain and Norway about each other s country and way of life. The Society was founded in 1918 as a registered charity. The membership in London is both United Kingdom British and Norway Norwegian . Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Harald V of Norway King Harald V of Norway are joint patrons, and the Norwegian ambassador Bjarne Lindstr m is the honorary president. ref UK charity 263933 ref There is a similar society based in Norway, Anglo Norse Society in Oslo Norsk Britisk Forening , founded in 1921 by Norwegian journalist Ella Anker . Famed Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen served as first president of the society. ref cite encyclopedia year 2007 title Norsk Britisk Forening encyclopedia Store norske leksikon editor Henriksen, Petter publisher Kunnskapsforlaget location Oslo url http www.snl.no Norsk Britisk Forening language Norwegian accessdate 13 June 2010 ref The Anglo Norse Society in London is a member of The Confederation of Scandinavian Societies of Great Britain and Ireland COSCAN . Dating to 8 October 1950, COSCAN is a coordinating body for societies which works for cultural exchanges between UK and Ireland with the five Scandinavian countries, Denmark , Finland , Iceland , Sweden and Norway . ref http www.yorkangloscan.org.uk coscan.htm Under the Umbrella of COSCAN York AngloScandinavian Society ref References Reflist External links http www.anglo norse.org.uk Official site http www.coscan.org.uk COSCAN DEFAULTSORT Anglo Norse Society In London Category Charities based in London Category Norway United Kingdom relations Category Organizations established in 1918 UK org stub ... more details
Ovachlamys fulgens , from Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London The Malacological Society of London is a British learned society and charitable organisation concerned with malacology ... Edgar Albert Smith E. A. Smith , president of the Society from 1901 to 1903, ref Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London http www.archive.org details proceedingsofmal11191415mala XI 1914 ... Society , and Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London , an international journal to disseminate ... Society of Great Britain and Ireland Linnean Society of London Geological Society of London Geologists ... category Images from Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London Wikispecies Mollusca Wikibooks Dichotomous Key Mollusca http www.malacsoc.org.uk Malacological Society of London official web site ... taxonomy taxonomic class biology classes , of which two are extinction extinct . Founded in 1893, the Society ..., although the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland is older. History The Society ... of malacsoc.org.uk official web site ref On 15 September 1901 the Society lost its Secretary, Martin ... Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland web site , accessed 2 March 2012. ref Another notable early member was the geologist Caroline Birley , who joined the Society in 1894. ref http ... , author of The Land and Freshwater Mollusca of India 1882 1887 , was an early President of the Society ... published some fifty papers on molluscs, was a member of the Society from 1908 to 1938 and was president of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland Conchological Society in 1930. ref ..., 1872 1947 in Proceedings of the Malacolgical Society 28 1949 , 2 ref The Australian naturalist Charles Hedley was a vice president of the Society from 1923 until his death in 1926. ref http gutenberg.net.au ... at gutenberg.net.au ref Ronald Winckworth , a member since 1919, served as the Society s editor and went ... History Museum , venue for the Society s annual Molluscan Forum Molluscs range in size from ... more details
The London Co operative Society was a consumer co operative society in the United Kingdom . The Society was formed in September 1920 by the amalgamation of the Stratford Co operative Society and the Edmonton Co operative Society, two of the largest societies in the London Metropolitan area. In 1921, the LCS was also joined by the West LondonSociety , the Kingston Society and the Co operative Brotherhood Trust. In addition, the Society also took over two branches of the Staines Co operative Party . The consolidation of co operative societies in the Greater London area continued until 1938, with the absorption of Hendon Co operative Society in 1925, the North West London Co operative Society in 1928, the Epping Co operative Society in 1929, the Yiewsley Co operative Society in 1931, the Willesden Junction Railway Society in 1935 and the Radlett Co operative Society in 1938. Hence, the LCS was able to extend its area of the counties of Middlesex , Essex , Hertfordshire and Surrey . The LCS ... thumb right 250px Former London Co operative Society creamery and railhead for British Railway ... to Exeter line The LondonSociety also administered many manufacturing and processing establishments ... Collection Description of the London Co operative Society archive, held at the Bishopsgate Institute, London Other London area consumer co operative societies South Suburban Co operative Society Royal Arsenal Co operative Society Enfield Highway Co operative Society Invicta Co operative Society ... was also a shareholding member of the English The Co operative Group Co operative Wholesale Society ... and Wales . By 1952, the LCS and its associated co operative organisations, the major being the London ... milk trains to the main London creamery and distribution point at West Ealing railway station West Ealing . The Society was amalgamated with Co operative Retail Services in 1981. Politically, the Society ... Secretary of the London Co op Political Committee was also an MEP and Leader of the British Labour ... more details
The China Philatelic Society of London CPSL is a philatelic organisation devoted to the study of all aspects of Chinese philately from the Municipal Posts of the Treaty Ports to the People s Republic and Taiwan. ref http www.cpsl.org.uk Home. China Philatelic Society of London. Retrieved 1 August 2011. ref Origins The Society was formed on 1 June 1957 from the China Section of the City of London Philatelic Society , whose bulletins were reprinted by the CPSL in 1986. The first Chairman was Sir David Roseway and the first Editor of the Journal was James Negus . ref Philatelic Notes and Comments in The London Philatelist , Vol. LXVI, No. 780, November 1957, p. 199. ref Activities The society runs a regular auction, exchange packet service and maintains a library known as the H.B.R. Clarke Library . The Journal of Chinese Philately is published six times per annum. ref SSN No. 0951 8876. ref Membership is open worldwide but is mainly within the United Kingdom. Membership exceeded 300 as at June 2011. A counterpart, the China Stamp Society , operates in the United States. Selected publications Lane, E.N. The Local Republican Overprints of 1911 12 , 1985. City of London Philatelic Society China Section Vol. 1 Bulletin Numbers 1 52, October 1944 April 1954 , 1986. Padget, P.I. The Revenue Stamps of Communist China 1929 1955 , 3rd edition, 1986. Beales, K.H. & E.F. Aglen. The Waterlow Issue of 1898 , 1987. ISBN 0870620003 Davey, P.N. The Parcel Post Stamps of China , 1989. ISBN 1870620011 See also China Stamp Society Postage stamps and postal history of China Postage stamps and postal history of Hong Kong Postage stamps and postal history of Taiwan References Reflist External links http www.cpsl.org.uk Official website. Category Philatelic organizations Category Philately of China ... more details
The Society of London Theatre previously The Society of West End Theatre is an umbrella organization for West End theatre in London . TKTS, Half Price Theatre Ticket Booth The Society operates tkts, the only official half price London theatre ticket booth in Leicester Square and can now also be found at Brent Cross Shopping Centre. Half Price and discounted tickets for a number of shows can be bought on the day of the performance, as well as up to 7 days in advance. Tickets can only be purchased by personal callers there is no telephone number. There is a service charge of 3.00 per ticket. ref http www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk tkts tkts Half Price Theatre Ticket Booth Official London Theatre Guide Bot generated title ref . Tkts Leicester Square is located in the clocktower building at the centre of the Square. It is open Monday to Saturday 10 00 19 00 and Sundays 11 00 16 00 ref http www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk tkts leicestersquare tkts Leicester Square Official London Theatre Guide Bot generated title ref . tkts at Brent Cross Shopping Centre can be found on the Upper Mall next to M&S and is open Monday to Friday 10 00 13 30 and 14 00 16 30, Saturdays 10 00 19 00 and Sunday 12 noon 13 30 and 14 00 16 30. After the official ticket booth in Leicester Square was set up, a number ... Reflist Reflist External links http www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk Society of London Theatre s London Theatre Guide http www.solt.co.uk The Society of London Theatre s official website http www.tkts.co.uk Official half price tkts booths DEFAULTSORT Society of London Theatre Category West End theatre Category Theatre in London Category Organisations based in London UK theatre stub UK org stub ... Awards Main Laurence Olivier Award The society organize the annual Laurence Olivier Awards . Up ... The Laurence Olivier Bursary was established by the Society in 1987, in honour of the actor s 80th ... to do paid work. The Society invites about 20 drama schools to each nominate two exceptionally talented ... more details
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