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Short Titles of CDs Available:

Accrington
Army
Bolton District
Bury District
Cheshire
Cumberland
Furness 1911
Fylde
Lancaster 1803 to 1866
Lancaster Directory 1880
Lancaster Directory c1918
Liverpool
Lune Valley
Manchester
Preston 1854
Preston 1926
Preston 1932
Transport
Westmorland 1885
Westmorland 1849

Books available:

The Gude auld towne of Lancaster in 1803
The Ancient Borough of Lancaster in 1831

For Sale:

Bulmers History & Directory of Cumberland 1901

The Flowering Plants & Ferns of North Lancashire - Lancaster Plantlife

Margery Jackson - the Carlisle Miser & Misanthrope

Postcards

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Spolit Postcards

Vintage Knitting & Crochet Patterns on CD

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CONTENTS:

• Directory & Topography of Bury, Heywood, Ramsbottom, Radcliffe, Pilkington & District 1880 – 285 pages
• Notes on Old Bury – 65 pages
• Bygone Bury – 121 pages
• People of Bury – in photographs – 70 photographs
• Bent Hall, Oldham – it’s history, occupiers & owners – 24 pages
• St. Mary’s Chapelry, Oldham – 212 pages
• History of Rochdale from earliest times to 1930 – 280 pages - INDEX
• The Vicars of Rochdale from 1194 to 1905 – 79 pages
• Tour of South Lancashire with Local History - 267 pages
• Audio / Visual of Bury, Oldham & Rochdale
• Map of Bury Area

 

More details:

Directory contents:

Bury: History, Post Office information, List of streets etc., Alphabetical Directory, Classified Directory, Street, Directory, Carriers
Ainsworth
Besses o’th’Barn
Brooks Bottoms
Cocky Moor
Edenfield
Elton
Heywood
Holcombe
Hopwood
Hollins
Outwood
Pilkington
Pilsworth
Radcliffe
Ramsbottom
Ringley
Shuttleworth
Stand
Summerseat
Tottington
Unsworth
Walmersley
Whitefield

Old Notes on Bury contents:

Old Lawyers, Schools and Schoolmasters
The Streets of the Town; Their names and the Tenants
Licensed Inns and Beerhouses
Stage Coaches and Toll Bars
Banks and Private Residences
Sports and Pastimes
The Bury Doctors
The Bury Hunt
Fires and Fire Engines
Some Bury Characters, Places and Place Names
Bury Theatres, Concerts and other Amusements
Churches and Chapels: Their Organists and Singers, and some other Local Musicians
Parish Church Singers and Musicians
The Music and Philharmonic Societies
A Monster Gathering – An Old Directory
An Ancient Vestry – The Parish Church Bells
Ancient Management of the Town
The Georgian “Owd” Church
Ancient Government of the Town and some other matters
Some Doings of the Town’s Governing Body
An Old-Time Sea Disaster
Some Former Townsmen – An Old Tragedy
The Centre of the Town when the ancient Glebe Land consisted mainly of Green Fields
Additional Notes by Various Contributors

St. Mary’s Chapelry, Oldham contents:

The History of the Ancient Chapel and Chapelry
The Fabric
The Ornaments, Vestments, and Furniture
The Clergy
The Registers
The Churchwardens
The Churchyard
The Dispersed Property
The Endowments
The Conclusion

Tour of South Lancashire with Local History contents:

Ramble from Bury to Rochdale
The Cottage of Tim Bobbin, and the Village of Milnrow
Rostherne Mere
Highways and Byeways, from Rochdale to the Top of Blackstone Edge
The Town of Heywood, and its Neighbourhood
The Grave of Geislehurst Boggart
Boggart Ho’Clough