The Society hold its AGM in Manchester in March. The Society also holds a special Autumn meeting in September in Knutsford.

Aims of the Society
The Society's objects are to promote and encourage the study and appreciation of the work and life of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810-1865).

To record sources of information about the work of Elizabeth Gaskell and any other material relating to her life, family, work and memory.

To foster and stimulate an understanding of her work and life by other means.

To arrange visits to places associated with her or her books.

To encourage republication of her work.

To promote and support special projects relating to her life and work at suitable times.

To co-operate with other societies having an interest in Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and her times.

Gaskell Discussion Group
Is an e-mail discussion list to connect society members and anyone interested in the life and works of Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865). Those of you interested in related fields - for example, Dickens, the Brontës, industrial novels, Victorian family issues, are invited to join this list and contribute your notices, inquiries and information.

How to subscribe to the Gaskell discussion group
On the Internet, go to http://mailman.creighton.edu
Scroll down through the lengthy list of lists to "gaskell-l" and click
on that name. Then follow the simple instructions to subscribe.

General queries can be sent to Mary H. Kuhlman, Dept of English, Creighton University, Omaha NE 68178, USA.

The Gaskell House
The Society is also very pleased to be connected with 84 Plymouth Grove in Manchester, the home of the Gaskells from 1850 until Meta Gaskell's death in 1913. It was there that Elizabeth wrote most of her novels, met many celebrated personalities and enjoyed such an interesting life with her family. The house is now closed , following the award of £1.85m towards the restoration. It will re-open in the summer of 2014

The Friends of Plymouth Grove are a charitable organisation, who, in order to raise funds to preserve and restore this famous house, host a number of fascinating events, open to both members and public alike.  While the house is closed events will take place at other venues. Arrangements have yet to be finalised but will appear on the "Events" page.

Further information from Janet Allan 10 Dale Road, New Mills, High Peak, Derbyshire SK22 4NW
Telephone/fax 01663 744233
Email janetrallan@gmail.com

Latest News & Events

Brief Lives: Elizabeth Gaskell by Alan Shelston
A new biography of Elizabeth Gaskell by Alan Shelston, former Gaskell Society President and noted Gaskell scholar, provides fascinating insight into the author’s life.

Alan Shelston, the Gaskell Society's Former President, is Honorary Research Fellow at John Rylands University Library. He was the founder, and for ten years the editor, of the Gaskell Society Journal.

The Gaskell Society
See Meetings & Events for further forthcoming events.

Poets' Corner - Westminster Abbey
In 2010 , the bicentenary of her birth, Elizabeth Gaskell was finally given the recognition she deserves when a window panel was dedicated to her, in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. After the service, conducted by The Very Reverend John Hall, Dean of Westminster, Sarah Prince, Elizabeth Gaskell's great-great-great-granddaughter laid a wreath of lilies beneath the window. 

Brook Street Unitarian Chapel

The Chapel
Is being promoted in a regional tourist campaign. Brook St Chapel has a fascinating history and is already something of a place of pilgrimage for fans of the novel Cranford and of Elizabeth Gaskell's other novels.

Brook Street has a dedicated website at www.brookstreetchapel.org

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