[4] Publication started with Lancashire and Cheshire Church Surveys 1649–1655, edited by Henry Fishwick (1879).
"[4] The index ran to seven volumes (covering 1545–1760); according to Earwaker's obituary, "their value to students of local history is incalculable".
[6] Other important documents that have been published by the society include part of De laude Cestrie, edited by Margerie Venables Taylor,[7] one of the earliest examples of prose writing concerning an English urban centre.
[5] When the society published a volume of early Cheshire charters (1958) in honour of its long-serving President, William Fergusson Irvine, a local newspaper described the book as "beautifully printed and illustrated...well worthy of the distinguished scholar in whose honour it had been produced".
[11] Recent reviews of the society's volumes have described them as "invaluable for anyone interested in the history of this area",[12] and pointed out that they are "well edited" and the documents "thoroughly explained".