The Kilvert Society

The Kilvert Society is a British membership society founded in 1948 to foster an interest in the Reverend Francis Kilvert (1840–1879), his Diary and the countryside he loved. Members are united by their appreciation of Kilvert's remarkable Diary, and the Society describes membership as bringing fellowship and the source of many lifelong friendships. It is a small, specialist literary society rather than a commercial publisher, though it does sell publications and run a lending library. The Society's activities centre on the Diary and the Victorian social world it records. Members receive the Journal twice a year, which publishes new research about Kilvert, his life and his Victorian social world, along with a mid-year newsletter and information about Society events and excursions. Its April weekend in Hereford includes the AGM, a seminar, an outing and the annual Dinner. Excursions explore places associated with the diarist, including in Radnorshire and Herefordshire — his 'Kilvert Country' — as well as Wiltshire, the county of his birth, which features in much of the published Diary. The Society holds a Collection of artefacts and pictures associated with the diarist at Chippenham Museum, 9–10 Market Place, Chippenham SN15 3HF, where a rotating selection of exhibits can be seen in the Kilvert Room. It also sells the full three-volume Kilvert's Diary edited by William Plomer, available as a boxed set in a slip case, and published Who's Who in Kilvert's Diary, a companion volume for Diary readers. A postal lending library of pamphlets published over the Society's 75-year history is also maintained. The Society's President is Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles KCMG LVO.

The Kilvert Society was founded in 1948 to foster an interest in the Reverend Francis Kilvert (1840–1879), his Diary and the countryside he loved. It is a membership society whose members are united by their appreciation of Kilvert's remarkable Diary, and the Society presents membership as bringing fellowship and the source of many lifelong friendships. Over its history the Society has built a programme of publications and events. Members receive the Journal twice a year, publishing new research about Kilvert, his life and his Victorian social world, plus a mid-year newsletter and information about events and excursions. Its April weekend in Hereford includes the AGM, a seminar, an outing and the annual Dinner. Excursions explore places associated with the diarist, including Radnorshire and Herefordshire — his 'Kilvert Country' — and Wiltshire, the county of his birth, which features in much of the published Diary. The Society maintains a Collection of artefacts and pictures associated with the diarist at Chippenham Museum, 9–10 Market Place, Chippenham SN15 3HF, where a rotating selection of exhibits can be seen in the Kilvert Room. It sells the full three-volume Kilvert's Diary edited by William Plomer as a boxed set in a slip case, and published Who's Who in Kilvert's Diary, a companion volume for Diary readers. It also runs a postal lending library of pamphlets published in its 75-year history. The Society's President is Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles KCMG LVO.

• 1948

  The Kilvert Society was founded to foster an interest in the Reverend Francis Kilvert, his Diary and the countryside he loved.

• The Society's Collection of artefacts and pictures associated with the diarist is held at Chippenham Museum, with a rotating selection of exhibits in the Kilvert Room.

• The Society published Who's Who in Kilvert's Diary, a companion volume for Diary readers.

A specialist literary membership society dedicated to the study and appreciation of Francis Kilvert and his Diary.

• Kilvert's Diary (three-volume boxed set, edited by William Plomer)

• Who's Who in Kilvert's Diary

• Journal (published twice a year)

• Mid-year newsletter

• Postal lending library of pamphlets

1. 1The Kilvert Societythekilvertsociety.org.uk
2. 2The Kilvert Societywikidata.org