I have listed some relevant resources in my possession, if
you have any recommendations I would be pleased to hear from you.
Books
Bury - a photographic history of your town by Terry Ashworth, ISBN 1904033711
The History of Bury Lancashire from 1660 to 1876 by Margaret Gray, published by
the Bury Times 1970
Lancashire Lasses their lives and crimes by Steve Jones ISBN 1870000072
Lancashire by J J Bagley ISBN 0713400714
Spin Off from a Lancashire Loom by Catherine T Herford ISBN 0721206905
Catholic Lancashire from reformation to renewal 1559-1991 by J A Hilton ISBN
085033893x
Bury and the Second World War by Ken Inman & Michael H Helm published by K Inman
& M H Helm
Hells Foundations a social history of the town of Bury in the aftermath of the
Gallipoli campaign by Geoffrey Moorhouse ISBN 0805017682
The Dark River the Irwell by Cyril Bracegirdle ISBN 0854270337
1846 before and after a historical guide to the ancient parish of Bury by Rev
Arthur J Dobb published by Bircle Parish Church Council
Red Roses on the Veldt Lancashire Regiments in the Boer War 1899-1902 by John
Downham ISBN 1859360750
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1855-1970 compiled by Stephen Bull ISBN
0752424890
Bury in old photographs collected by John Hudson ISBN 184015036x
The Kenyon Tradition 1664-1964 by Augustus Muir published by W Heffer & Sons Ltd
1964
Bury a portrait in old picture postcards by Ken & Barbara Inman ISBN 1870708628
The Urban District of Tottington 1899-1974 printed by Thomas Briggs (Blackburn)
Limited
Greenmount through the years by Ken Craven 1994
History of Greenmount by C B Taylor printed by BTL print, Market St, Bury, Lancs
The Forgotten Valley by A V Sandiford & T E Ashworth published by Bury &
District Local History Society 1981
Tottington Forty Years Ago by D M Birtwistle published by Tottington & Walshaw
Civic Amenities Society 1991
Memories of a Nuttall Village by K McCarthy
Ramsbottom in the 1920's by K McCarthy 1992
Bygone Middleton published by Borough of Middleton 1973
The Lancashire Weavers Story a history of the Lancashire cotton industry and the
Amalgamated Weavers Association by Edwin Hopwood published by the Amalgamated
Weavers Association 1969
Traditions of Lancashire 5th edition Vols 1 & 2 by John Roby published by George
Routledge & Sons 1872
A Lancashire Christmas compiled by John Hudson ISBN 0862997445
The Kings England Lancashire edited by Arthur Mee printed by Hodder & Stoughton
Like a Mighty Tortoise a history of the Diocese of Manchester by Rev Arthur J
Dobb published 1978
The Phillimore Atlas & Index of Parish Registers by Cecil R Humphery-Smith ISBN
1860772390
Ancestral Trails The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History by
Mark D Herber ISBN 0750924845
Family Names & Family History by David Hey ISBN 1852852550
