Books of General Interest (North West)

General Publications

5016 Catholic Missions & Registers 1700-1880 - £6.00, 140gm

Compiled by Michael Gandy. Gives details of the Catholic mission registers in Northwest England 1700-1880. A5, 81pp.

5026 Lancashire Graveyards and Burial Grounds - £4.50, 400gm

Pub. LFH&HS. An alphabetical list of towns, districts, etc, with names of their churches, churchyards & cemeteries where MIs have been transcribed. Gives location of each by OS map & grid reference. A4, 102pp.

5078 Saddleworth Church Lower Graveyard - £3.00, 70gm

Stan Cowburn. An index of the grave numbers from a plan of the graveyard, in numerical order. A4 112pp.

5083 Cheshire Place Names (Census 1841-1891) - £3.95, 105gm

Index to the 1841-1891 censuses, pub. FHS Cheshire. A5, 72pp.

5089 Macclesfield Workhouse - £2.75, 110gm

Jennifer Jones (Comp.). A4, 84pp.

5098 Memories of New Moston from Afar - £4.00, 280gm

Bernard C.Savage (Comp.). Twenty ccounts by people, some living overseas recalling the times when they lived in New Moston. Photographs and illustrations. A4, 94pp.

5151 The History and Hulley Families - £4.95, 100gm

Ray Hulley. The History and Hulley Families of The One House Rainow near Macclesfield, Cheshire. The Early Families, The Hulley Connection, The One House Hulleys of the 18th Century, House For Sale, A 19th Century Ghost, An Abode of Gentry, A Sad End. Appendices include Grant of Land, Lease of Land, Deed, The One House Family Tree, etc. A5, 57pp.

5154 Circumcisions by Appointment - £6.25, 120gm

Life in Eighteenth Century Manchester. Roy Westall (ed). A light hearted insight into the city at a time when it was changing slowly from a rural to an industrial community. Contemporary newspaper reports, maps, and drawings, as well as recorded recollections of the period which have been used in the research for this book, show that 18th century Manchester was a very different place from that we know today. A5, 80pp.

5156 Wilmslow and Alderley Edge - £9.95, 510gm

Roy Westall. Wilmslow and Alderley Edge, Quarry Bank Mill & Manchester Airport: A Pictorial History. Over 190 illustrations include photographs of streets, buildings, people. School photographs of - Pupils at the County School in 1912, pupils at Wilmslow Church of England Junior School in the late 19th century (headteacher Mrs. Singleton), Morley Green School pupils in the 1890s, pupils at Oak Village School c1910 and in 1924, etc. A4, 116 pp. 196 Ill. Hardback.

5160 A Pennine Pioneer - £9.95, 116gm

Allen Holt. The History of the Summit Railway Tunnel. A4, 90pp

5170 The Great Storm of 1839 - £3.50, 85gm

On 7 January 1839 the British Isles was struck by 'a destructive and severe hurricane' which inflicted widespread damage on a scale not again seen until the German air raids of the 1940's. This is the story of its effect on ordinary people whose lives were turned literally upside down. A5, 39pp.

5180 Buckley Hall Orphanage, Rochdale 1888-1947 - £3.50, 110gm

Pat Gallacher. The history of the above orphanage. Contains: The Bucklegh Family and Buckley Hall, Brothers of Charity, Orphanage and School, Benefactors, Resident Chaplains 1889-1947, Members of the Old Boys Ass. 1973-1976, Personnel and much more regarding the health, recreation, sports & pastimes of the pupils. A5, 55pp.

5199 Mapping Saddleworth Vol 1 - £19.95, 1575gm

Published by the Saddleworth Historical Society. The book is handbound with dust jacket and all the maps are printed in full colour on art paper. This book reproduces all six printed maps which cover Saddleworth from 1771 to the end of the 19th century. Included are extracts from Thomas Jeffreys’ map of 1771, the earliest one inch scale map of Yorkshire, The Saddleworth Enclosure map of 1834 and the first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey sheets covering Saddleworth. The final map in the collection is the very detailed 25” = 1 inch map which shows Saddleworth as it was at the end of the 19th century. Contents: Thomas Jeffreys’ Map of Yorkshire, 1771-2; Christopher Greenwood’s Map of Yorkshire, 1818; Henry Teesdale’s Map of Yorkshire, 1828; The Saddleworth Enclosure Map, 1840; The First Edition Six-inch Ordnance Survey Map, 1854; The First Edition Twenty-five inch Ordnance Survey Map, 1892-4. A4, 232pp

7546 The Inscriptions of the Chapel of St. Helen, Hollinfare - £3.00, 120gm

Published by the Friends of St. Helen's Church. A4, 18 sheets.

7547 From Glazebrook to Hollins Green - £5.00, 140gm

Kath Fryer. More About Rixton in the Nineteenth Century. Describes the farmland on which the community was based, living conditions and the framework of values and their influences on the lives of the people. A5, 54pp.

7549 The Massey Family and the Chapelry of Hollinfare - £1.00, 25gm

Quinquenary Sermon by Judge Richard Hamilton. Published by the Friends of St. Helen's Church. A5, 8pp.

7550 Through a Glass Darkly - £5.00, 190gm

Canon Leslie John Forster. Notes on the Life of a Parish Priest. Forster's memoirs represent some social history of the years between the two world wars and a glimpse of life in Liverpool at that time.A5, 128pp.

Chris Makepeace Publications

5107 Manchester in Old Picture Post Cards Vol 2 1994 - £3.95, 360gm

Chris E Makepeace, European Library. 210x148mm. hardback. 140 pp. (Original price £9.99)

5112 Britain in Old Photographs - Manchester: A Third Selection - £3.50, 400gm

Chris Makepeace. Over 200 photographs, with descriptions and stories, showing streets, buildings, houses, shops, people, vehicles, etc. Some aerial views of Manchester, one in particular of the old Woolworths store in Piccadilly which opened in 1926 on the site of the Albion Hotel and suffered when a fire raged throughout the store. Includes: Introduction, Central Manchester, Posters, Suburban Manchester, When at work…., …And when not at work. The original price for this book was £9.99. A4 (approx), 144pp.

Looking Back at... Series

5303 Looking Back at Rusholme & Fallowfield - £7.50, 210gm

Peter Helm & Gay Sussex. A History and collection of old photographs. A4 40pp

5305 Looking Back at Hulme - £7.95, 345gm

Looking Back at Hulme, Moss Side, Chorlton-on-Medlock & ArdwickChris Makepeace. A history and collection of old photographs. A4 75pp.

5308 Looking Back at Levenshulme & Burnage - £7.50, 260gm

A History and collection of old photographs. 44pp. A4.

5310 Looking Back at Chorlton-cum-Hardy - £7.95, 160gm

John Lloyd. Also includes Martledge, Barlow Moor and Hough End. Gives a history of the area, Barlows of Barlow Hall, Mosleys and Hough End, Chorlton churches, Old Village, New Village and much more. Well illustrated with old photographs. 24 x 24 cm (8" x 8"), 48pp.

General Publications

5178 A History of Manchester - £18.99, 815gm

Stuart Hylton. An informative account of Manchester from the time of Roman occupation through to the present day. Tells of the dramatic social, political, technological and economic changes. Well illustrated with over 100 photographs and sketches. 11" x 7", 244pp.