Barbers’ Historical Society

The Barbers’ Historical Society was started in 1987 as the Historical Group, under the chairmanship of Past Master Sir Francis Avery Jones. The aim of the Group was to expand the knowledge of the history of the Company by involving members in original research thereby encouraging greater use of its ever-expanding library and remains its aim today. The Group meets 4 times a year and meetings either take the form of a presentation either by a BHS member or visiting speaker and buffet supper in the Hall, or an outside visit.

Upcoming events:

July 16 2026 5pm-8pm with a pub supper afterwards. BHS summer outing to the Tower of London

November 9 2026 6.30pm-9pm BHS Meeting with:

Liveryman Gaye Henson on the story of The Barbers' Company and St Giles Church, Cripplegate

and:

Martin Clayton, Head of Prints and Drawings at the Royal Collection, on the Collection's anatomical drawings by Leonardo da Vinci

The Society has 3 main aims:

To commission a programme of research and presentations for its quarterly meetings
To encourage members of the Company to use the archives and library for research and to assist the Archivist
To publish at intervals folios of research and to record public presentations and other work done by members

The current officers of the Society are:

Chairman: Sara Cooke
Secretary: Richard Pusey
Treasurer: Richard Mead