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Adamson Family of Tonge Moor (ZZ/106)
Photographs 1906-1930
Ainsworth Family of Horwich (ZZ/298)
Photographs 19th-20th Centuries
Ainsworth Family of Moss Bank in Halliwell and Smithills (ZAH, ZZ/109, 200, 480, 564)
Accounts, including family, estate, business, charities; appointments and commissions; business records (bleaching and finishing industry); correspondence, diaries and journals of John Horrocks Ainsworth; pedigrees and genealogical papers; legal papers; probate records; plans, rentals, valuations 1588-1935
Andrews Estate, Little Lever (ZZ/61)
Plans of land and coal mines 1900-1901
Armstrong Family of Haulgh (ZZ/107)
Photograph album 20th Century
Ashworth, Henry of Turton (ZZ/626)
Cuttings book 1861-1867
Aspinall, Edward of Bolton, Alderman & J.P. (ZZ/393)
Booklets, programmes, speeches 1917-1973
Aspinall Family of Tonge Moor (ZZ/103)
Photographs 1918-1927
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Balshaw Family of Lostock (ZZ/295)
Photographs 19th – 20th CenturiesBancoft, Thomas, Vicar of Bolton (ZZ/53)
Appointments, correspondence 1793-1807
Barlow, Thomas of Edgworth, Surgeon (ZZ/239)
Biographical notes, photograph 1845-1945
Barton Family of Smithills (ZZ/405, 424)
Photocopies of wills and deed 1498-1611
Batty, Albert of Salford and Cheltenham (ZZ/18)
World War I diaries (East Lancashire Field Ambulance) photographs, scrapbook, memorabilia 1914-1970
Benson Family of Astley Bridge (ZZ/392)
Correspondence 1915-1918
Blundell Estate, Horwich (ZZ/570)
Plan 1820
Blundell, Thomas of Farnworth (ZZ/337)
Title deeds 1822-1876
Bolling, William of Bolton, M.P. (ZZ479)
Papers relating to dinner and testimonial 1834-1852
Bolton Family of Belmont (ZZ/173)
Photographs, including Pikes Lane and St Bartholomew’s Schools 1900-1930
Bolton Family of Bolton and Walkden (ZZ373)
Photographs and letters 1942-1962
Bolton Library Handbill Collection (ZZ/130, 360)
Handbills and associated material relating to elections, balloon ascents, churches, clubs, societies, education, literature, local government, local celebrations, politics, transport 19th–20th Centuries
Bradford Estates (ZBR)
Accounts, including Beaumont Estate in Skerton and Lune Fishery; bills and receipts of John Bridgeman, Bishop of Chester; coal mines in Farnworth and Great Lever; correspondence and papers relating to estate management, collieries, railways, roads; maps and plans of estates in Great Bolton, Great Lever, Haulgh, Darcy Lever, Farnworth; rentals and surveys, including Duke of Devonshire’s estate in Cumberland; register of John Bridgeman, Bishop of Chester, including transcript of Lever Cartulary and title deeds of estates in Anderton (Ladihalgh), Ashton–in-Makerfield (Cranbury), Farnworth, Great Bolton, Great Lever, Little Bolton, Skerton, Tonge-with-Haulgh, Cheshire, Flintshire, Shropshire 1200-1920Bradshaw Family of Bradshaw (ZZ/414)
Photocopies of probate records 1587-1621
Bradshaw Hall, Bradshaw (ZZ/66)
Photograph album 1930
Bradshawgate Acres Estate, Great Bolton (ZZ/288)
Title deed 1717-1803
Bramwell Family of Bolton (ZZ/7, 339, 417)
Correspondence, including letters relating to Independent Methodism in Bolton and Liverpool, accounts, memoranda 1790-1862
Bramwell, Harry of Walmsley in Turton, Headmaster (ZZ/531)
Certificates, cutting 1893-1943
Brown, Arnold of Overhouse, Turton (ZZ/243)
Household accounts 1911-1915
Brown Family of Harwood (ZZ/388)
Bills and receipts 1880-1951
Browne Family of Great Bolton (ZZ/252)
Probate records 1800-1816
Bryan, Albert Haggas of Bolton (ZHB)
Antiquarian notes, documents and papers, including material relating to the Ainsworth Family of Smithills, Bolton elections, churches and chapels, Dean Mills, Barrowbridge 1822-1936
Bryce Family of Bolton (ZZ/132)
Photographs 1908-1914
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Camomile, Daniel, of Salt Lake City, U.S.A. (ZZ/362)
Copy Letters relating to emigration, settlement, Mormon Church 1875-1899
Carlile Family of Tonge-with-Haulgh (ZZ/663)
Memorandum relating to coat of arms, pedigree, family history 1864
Carter Family of Over Hulton (ZZ/136)
Photographs 1900-1971
Catherall, Arthur of Bolton, Children’s Author (ZCA)
Literary manuscripts, correspondence with publishers, copies of articles and publications 1927-1980
Chadwick and Smethurst Families of Lancashire and London (ZZ/74)
Correspondence, genealogical papers and certificates relating to estate of Sir Andrew Chadwick of London and Haslingden 1529-1853
Chamber Hall Estate, Bolton (ZZ/554)
Title deeds 1786-1787
Cheadle, Frank of Bolton, Alderman and J.P. (ZZ/336)
Cuttings, photographs 1929-1940
Claridge Family of Bolton and Stroud, Gloucestershire (ZZ/318)
Copies of correspondence, including letters of Private Thomas Claridge,9th Regiment of Foot, from France and West Indies 1815-1848
Coope, Harold of Bolton (ZZ/653)
Cuttings, photographs and correspondence relating to the World War II liberation of Turnhout, Belgium 1944-1995
Cooper, George Edward of Bolton (ZZ/455)
Travel diaries of visits to Italy and Egypt 1884-1891
Cooper, John Henry of Bolton, Mule Spinner (ZZ/460)
Certificates, photograph, letter 1911-1937
Cox, George of Bolton, Policeman (ZZ/108)
Police service record, description of Crimean War experiences, photograph 1905-1910
Crawshaw, Archie of Bolton, Printer (ZZ/560)
Correspondence, including letters relating to Scouting Movement 1906-1979
Critchley Family of Astley Bridge (ZZ/234)
Photographs 1896-1916
Crompton Family of Hall i’th’Wood and Bolton (ZCR)
Correspondence, business records and papers of Samuel Crompton, inventor of the mule, including mule survey of 1811; petitions to parliament; Whitehall Bleachworks and Vale Rock Factory, Darwen, Ewood Cotton Mill, Blackburn; papers of George Crompton, Samuel’s son; family pedigrees and genealogical papers; records relating to the Crompton Statue and New Jerusalem Swedenborgian Church, Bolton 1750-1934
Crompton, Thomas of Ormskirk (ZCT)
Notes, transcriptions, correspondence, cuttings, photographs and miscellanea relating to the Crompton families of Lancashire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire 1538-1935
Cross Family of Heaton (ZZ/384)
Household inventory 1887
Crowshaw Family of Bolton (ZZ/155)
Photographs, including Bolton Swimming Club, Lever Bridge and Derby Street Schools 1905-1936
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Darley Hall, Farnworth (ZZ/390)
Plans and sale particulars 1892
Davies, Enoch of Bolton and Australia (ZZ/287)
Letter book containing correspondence relating to life and conditions in Newcastle, New South Wales 1850-1854
Deakin Family of Egerton and Belmont (ZDEH)
Cuttings books, correspondence, legal papers; material relating to coal mines, fisheries, shooting on Belmont and Smithills Estates, Dimple Hall, Winter Hill rights of way disputes, Bolton Corporation Waterworks, Lancashire Shrievalty papers of Edward Deakin; business records of the Blackpool Gigantic Wheel Company Ltd 1882-1948
Dewhurst, Captain Roger of Halliwell (ZZ/387, 442)
Legal papers, correspondence, sketch book 1773-1816
Draycott, Tom of Bolton (ZZ/590)
Collection of World War II memorabilia 1942-1954
Duckworth, Fowler, Rothwell and Tatlock Families (ZZ/644)
Certificates 1866-1915
Duty Family of Halliwell (ZZ/528)
Bills, certificates, miscellanea 1872-1948
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Earp Family of Bolton (ZZ/172)
Photographic views of Bolton 1900-1960
Eckersley, Herbert of Bolton (ZZ/562)
World War I photograph album and notes 1914-1917
Edge Family of Breightmet (ZZ/379,415)
Leases 1728-1776
Edgerley, Herbert of Bolton (ZZ/551)
Certificates 1903-1956
Eglon, Harry of Kearsley (ZZ/194)
School attendance and labour certificates 1920-1921
Entwisle Family of Farnworth (ZZ/396)
Photographs, including Farnworth Fire Brigade 19th–20th Centuries
Entwistle Family of Bolton and Derby (ZZ/396)
Correspondence and papers 1835-1954
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Fairhurst Family of Turton (ZZ/151)
Photographs, including Edgworth and Turton Football Clubs 1900-1950
Fender Family of Bolton (ZZ/115)
World War I diary and photographs 1905-1937
Fleetwood Family of Smithills (ZZ/326)
Building work bills and receipts 1937-1977
Fletcher Family of Bolton, Breightmet and Little Lever (ZFL, ZZ/581)
Title Deeds of The Hollins (Haulgh), Leadbetter Fold, Stopes Colliery and other property in Little Lever, Hacken Hall in Darcy Lever, Alkrington Colliery, pedigrees and notes 1612-1920
Fletcher Family of Farnworth (ZZ/183)
Photographs, including Nuttall’s Mill 1910-1930
Folds, Reverend James of Bolton (ZZ/441)
Book of sermons and household accounts 1750-1788
Foley, Alice of Bolton, Trade Union Official and J.P. (ZFO)
Literary manuscripts, articles, essays and related papers, including women at work, trade union and labour history, Bolton Socialist Club, Clarion Cycling Club, Workers’ Educational Association, Fishpool Workhouse 1900-1973
Foster Family of Bolton, Barbers and Hairdressers (ZZ/271)
Photographs 1895-1940
Fray Family of Middle Hulton (ZZ/102)
Lesson book and postcards 1864-1929
Freeman, William of Bolton, Youth Organiser (ZZ/541)
Certificates, letters, photographs, memorabilia 1914-1966
French, Gilbert of Bolton, Biographer of Samuel Crompton (ZFR)
Literary Manuscripts relating to Samuel Crompton biography and statue 1750-1927
Fryer Family of Bolton (ZZ/177)
Horwich Mechanics’Institute certificates, identity cards 1925-1943
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Green Family of Rose Hill, Bolton (ZZ/383)
Family album and cuttings book 1900Green Family of Westhoughton (AW)
Wills, probate inventories, title deeds 1693-1812
Green, James of Bolton (ZZ/323)
School attendance and labour certificates 1897-1904
Greenhalgh Family of Harwood (ZZ/52)
Title deeds 1617-1732
Greenhalgh, Harry of Bolton (ZZ/637)
Notes, photographs, cuttings and other material relating to Bolton Wanderers Football Club, Samuel Crompton, local and industrial History 1750-1978
Greenlees, Mr of Astley Bridge (ZZ/472)
Autobiographical description of experiences as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II 1938-1944
Greenwood Family of Bolton (ZZ/157)
Photographs, including Bolton schools and churches 1900-1934
Greg Family of Eagley Mills and Styal (ZZ/599)
Notes and illuminated address 1877
Grundy Family of Bolton (ZZ/146)
Photographs 1932-1937
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Halliwell Family of Affetside (ZZ/145)
Photographs 1909-1928
Hamer, Lilian of Bolton, Christian Missionary (ZZ/527)
Letters and papers relating to missions in Thailand 1955-1965
Hampshire Family of Bolton (ZZ/119)
Photographs 1895-1930
Harding, Emily of Bolton (ZZ/259)
Funeral accounts 1945
Harrison Family of Bolton (ZZ/120)
Bills, including National Sea Training School, Sharpness, photographs 1913-1940
Harrop Family of Bolton (ZZ/191)
Photographs 1910-1936
Haslam Family of Bolton (ZHA & ZHE)
Business papers of Haslam & Company, cotton manufacturers of Bolton and Manchester; diaries of travel to France, Ireland, Central Europe, Italy, Norway and Russia; diary of Mary Haslam as a Poor Law Guardian; architectural drawings, estimates and accounts relating to White Bank Park and School, Rumworth; correspondence relating to Bolton Royal Infirmary Nurses’ Home and Turton and Entwistle Reservoir 1871-1937
Heaton Estate, Heaton (ZZ/41)
Farm accounts 1807-1825
Heaton Family of Ravenhurst, Heaton (ZZ/369)
Legal papers 1853
Heelis, William of Little Bolton (ZZ/25)
Lease 1769
Hepburn, Councillor N.G. of Turton (ZZ/546)
Correspondence and reports relating to local government in Turton 1960-1977
Hewitt Family of Halliwell (ZZ/334)
Photographs 20th Century
Hewitt, John of Harwood (ZZ/385)
Autobiography 1863-1946
Heyes Family of Bolton (ZZ/313)
Burial Records 1858-1892
Heywood Family of Bolton (ZHE)
Business correspondence and papers relating to John Heywood & Son of Bolton, cotton manufacturers, including letters from agents in Gibraltar, Jamaica, London and Manchester; private and family correspondence of Robert Heywood of Bolton, including local government, elections and politics, chartism, parliamentary reform, corn law repeal; diaries of Robert Heywood, including travel to Ireland, U.S.A., Canada, Egypt, Turkey, France, Malta, Russia, Italy; probate records; title deeds of the Pike Estate, Bolton; papers relating to Star Theatre and Music Hall, Bolton, Bolton Petty Sessions, Bank Street Unitarian Church and School, Bolton 1748-1868
Hindle Family of Bradshaw (ZZ/176)
Photographs 1909-1936
Hindle, Marion of Bolton, Nurse (ZZ/368)
Nursing records and correspondence 1900-1980
Holden, John of Bolton, Attorney’s Clerk (ZZ/530)
Microfilm copies of diaries of local and national events, including strikes, Luddite riots 1797-1846
Holmes, Thomas of Bolton, Travel Author (ZZ/484)
Correspondence relating to publication 1887-1888
Hopwood, Henry of Bolton and Echuca, Australia (ZZ/213)
Biographical notes and photograph relating to settlement and foundation of Echuca, Victoria, Australia 1869-1980
House Family of Bolton (ZZ/97)
Photographs and certificates 1882-1928
Howard Family of Turton (ZZ/164)
Photographs, including Turton Bottoms Smithy 1890-1950
Howarth Family of Bolton and Rochdale (ZZ/186)
Photographs 1905-1935
Howarth Family of Tonge Fold (ZZ/138)
Scholar’s progress card, photographs including Tonge Fold School 1900-1920
Howarth, Percy of Harwood (ZZ/609)
World War I military service papers 1918-1919
Howcroft, Frank of Great Lever (ZZ/611)
World War 1 and World War II (Air Raid Warden) diaries 1916-1945
Huggin Family of Bolton (ZZ/264)
Photographs 19th-20th Centuries
Hulton Family of Horwich (ZZ/143)
Photographs 1914-1915
Humphreys and Leece Families of Bolton and Australia (ZZ/3)
Genealogical papers and burial records 1870-1973
Hurst, Harold of Farnworth (ZZ/205)
Salesmanship certificates; Plodder Lane School programme 1918-1928
Hutton Family of Bolton and Rochdale (ZZ/351)
Letters of administration, bills, receipts 1902-1938
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Ingham Family of Bolton (ZZ/174, 277)
Photographs, including St John’s School, Farnworth 20th Century
Ingham, Walter of Bolton (ZZ/349)
Penmanship copy books 1878-1879
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Johnston, John of Bolton, M.D. (ZJO)
Diaries, notebooks, journals, literary manuscripts, cuttings and articles relating to the Bolton Whitman Fellowship; travel to Germany, Greece, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey; Townleys Military Hospital, Farnworth and Queen Mary’s Military Hospital, Whalley during World War I; St John’s Ambulance Brigade; family matters at Bolton and Annan, Scotland 1870-1922
Jones, Thomas Richard of Bolton (ZZ/610)
World War I notebook 1914-1918
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Kay Family of Astley Bridge (ZZ/133)
Photographs, including Edgworth Children’s Home 1900-1950
Kay Family of Halliwell (ZZ/111)
Photographs 1915-1930
Kay Family of Horwich (ZZ/134)
Photographs, including Pretoria Pit Disaster 1910
Kay Family of Westhoughton and Argentina (ZZ/445)
Correspondence, cuttings and certificates, including letters of Walter Kay, emigrant to Mendoza, Argentina 1862-1923
Kelly Family of Farnworth (ZZ/167)
Photographs, including Whitsuntide Walks, Bradshaw Tram Terminus, Ellesmere Recreation Ground 1888-1934
Kelly Family of Horwich (ZZ/195)
Photographs, including Bee Hive and Victoria Mills 1945-1955
Kenyon, Robert of Bolton, Vegetable Merchant and Councillor (ZZ/659)
Photographs and handbills 1900-1925
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Lee Family of Bolton (ZZ/113)
Photographs, postcards, newspapers 1880-1925
Lee Gate Estate, Horwich (ZZ/451)
Plan c.1900
Leicester Family of Bolton and Liverpool (ZZ/435)
Quaker marriage certificate 1851
Lever, Alice of Bolton (ZZ/432)
Penmanship exercise book 1864
Lever Family of Bolton, Grocers (ZZ/536)
Title deed of shop in Bolton 1870
Leverhulme Estates, Anderton, Belmont, Horwich and Rivington (ZLE)
Correspondence, cuttings, plans, post card album and related material concerning estates of W. H. Lever (1st Viscount Leverhulme), including Bolton Fold, Bottom o’th’Moor, Higher Barn, Nevy Fold, Rockhaven and Wilderswood Farms, Lever Park, Liverpool Corporation Waterworks, Rivington Hall, Roynton Cottage and Rivington Bungalow, new roads; Bolton School property rental and ledger 1883-1933
Lord Family of Breightmet (ZZ/165)
Photographs 1900-1915
Lostock Estate, Lostock (ZZ/285)
Plans and sale particulars 1883
Loxham Family of Great Lever (SLB/27)
Diaries and appointment books of Reverend Thomas Loxham, first rector of St Michael’s Church, Great Lever, and of his brother, Richard Loxham 1844-1888
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Mangnall, James of Bolton (ZZ/434)
Arithmetic exercise book 1844
Markland, T. W. of St Annes on Sea (ZZ/386)
Diaries 1894-1931
Marsh Family of Bolton and Halliwell (ZZ/436)
Genealogical notes and papers 16th-20th Centuries
Marsh, Thomas of Bolton (ZZ/218)
Legal papers, notebooks, cuttings, photographs 1940
Marshall Family of Egerton and Belmont (ZZ/185, 275)
Photographs, including Belmont Carnival, Darwen Show 1908-1946
Mason Family of Rumworth and Bolton (ZZ/23)
Correspondence 1806-1818
Mayoh Family of Halliwell (ZZ/461)
Correspondence, bills, receipts 1875-1949
Meade, Maria Hamilton Headmistress of Bolton High School for Girls (ZZ/284)
Academic certificates 1897-1925
Mellor Family of Bolton (ZZ/122)
Photographs, confirmation certificates 1914-1922
Mere Hill Estate, Little Bolton (ZZ/457)
Conveyance and plan 1868
Mills Family of Farnworth (ZZ/204)
Abstract of title 1846-1923
Mitchell, John of Little Bolton (ZZ/45)
Correspondence, pew conveyance, executor’s accounts 1820-1899
Mitton Family of Astley Bridge (ZZ/147)
Photographs, including Turton Football Club 1900-1935
Moorhouse, Geoffrey, Author and Journalist (ZMO)
Literary manuscripts, travel diaries of journey across Sahara 1970-1975
Murray Family of Little Hulton (ZZ/188)
Postcards, including Blackpool Illuminations, cigarette cards, H.M.S. Furious souvenir 1931-1945
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Nelson Family of Bolton and Waterlooville, Hampshire (ZZ/353)
Poems, Certificates, receipts 1873-1974
Nightingale Family of Bolton (ZZ/142)
Photographs 1910-1926
Noble Family of Bromley Cross (ZZ/662)
Memoir of life of Gladys Noble, photograph, certificate 1857-1970
Norris, Edith of Bolton, Genealogist and Stained Glass Designer (ZNO)
Genealogical and antiquarian notes and correspondence relating to Bolton families 20th Century
Norris, James of Bolton (ZZ/126)
Description of World War I experiences in France 1914-1918
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Ormrod Family of Halliwell and Myerscough (ZOR,ZZ/128)
Correspondence, plans, estate papers relating to Halliwell Hall and Estate, probate records 1871-1946
Orrell Family of Heaton (ZZ/325)
Title deeds 1779-1827
Owen Family of Bromley Cross (ZZ/148)
Photographs 1912-1928
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Parker Family of Breightmet (ZZ/11)
Plan, survey and valuation of estates in Breightmet, Harwood & Tonge-with-Haulgh 1764-1806
Peel, Robert of Bolton, Soldier (ZZ/572)
Letters relating to Waterloo campaign 1815
Pendlebury Family of Barrow Bridge, Bolton and Horwich (ZZ/557)
Cuttings book and American Civil War autobiography of James Pendlebury 1860-1940
Piggot, George of Bolton, Land Agent and Surveyor (ZZ/401)
Diaries 1849 and 1862
Pillings Farm, Harwood (ZZ/647)
Plans 1896
Platt Family of Westhoughton (ZZ/568)
Apprenticeship indenture and miscellanea 1837-1953
Prestwich, Alice of Farnworth (ZZ330)
Memorandum book 1839-1864
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Red Lion Estate, Blackrod (ZZ/399)
Title deed 1687
Ribble Motor Services Ltd (ZZ/651)
Title Deeds of property in Lum Street & Goodwin Street, Bolton 1822-1970
Ridgway, Joseph of Ridgmont in Horwich (ZZ/635)
Probate records 1841-1843
Roocroft, Harold of Bolton (ZZ/283)
School attendance and labour certificates 1920-1931
Round Family of Kearsley (ZZ/202)
Military Medal certificate c.1918
Royle, Lily of Farnworth (ZZ/291)
School attendance and labour certificates 1904-1905
Rushton, A. of Bolton, Local Historian (ZRU)
Antiquarian notes, transcripts of documents, copies of maps of Bolton, Smithills, Blackrod, Pendleton (Salford), Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Ainsworth Family estates, Earl of Bradford’s Estates 1595-1967
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Schofield, Alison of Turton, Local Historian (ZSC)
Antiquarian notes, transcripts of documents, monumental inscriptions, periodicals, articles, photographs, maps and plans relating to Turton, Edgworth, Entwistle and district 16th-20th Centuries
Scholfield Family of Whitworth (ZZ/260)
Title deeds and accounts 1715-1897
Scowcroft Family of Bolton (ZZ/581)
Genealogical notes 1621-1800
Shaw and Young Families of Farnworth and Bolton (ZZ/655)
Plan, certificates, photographs, including Walkden Methodist Football Club 1874-1935
Shaw’s Bookshop, Manchester (ZSH)
Documents purchased, including material relating to turnpike roads, railways, waterworks, farms, coal mines, in Bolton, Horwich, Turton, Westhoughton, Farnworth, Ringley, Little Lever and Whitefield 1808-1924
Shufflebotham, Joseph of Bolton, Socialist and Trade Unionist (ZZ/634)
Illuminated addresses 1892-1899
Sims and Kay Families (ZZ/257)
Correspondence, including army papers of Private George Kay of 96th Regiment of Foot; handbooks and papers relating to Moor Lane and Claremont Baptist Churches, Bolton 1819-1969
Smethurst Family of Westhoughton (ZZ/81)
Ration books, Bolton Wanderers Football Club season tickets 1946-1977
Snowmen, Hilda of Adlington and Bolton (ZZ/199)
Autobiography and photographs 1900-1975
Starkie Estates, Tonge-with-Haulgh (ZZ/84, 200)
Plan of estates in Tonge 1784
Rent and property tax accounts 1878-1884
Syed, Dr I. H. of Horwich, General Practitioner (ZZ/559)
Accounts 1932-1957
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Tatton Family of Bolton and Halliwell (ZZ/64)
Labour certificate, insurance policy, receipts 1895-1967
Taylor, Henry of Bolton, Musician (ZZ/595)
Correspondence, including letters of Charles Halle of the Halle Orchestra 1874-1883
Taylor, John, Bolton Borough Coroner (ZZ627)
Personal record book, including details of inquests held with alphabetical index of surnames 1839-1847
Tempest Estates in Heaton and Rumworth (ZZ/15, 320)
Plan of Rumworth Estate; leases of The Ferns, Heaton 1851-1874
Thistlethwaite Family of Bolton and Dent (Yorkshire) (ZZ/468)
Cuttings and genealogical notes 1661-1987
Tillotson Family of Bolton (ZZ/5, 125, 246)
Apprenticeship and probate records, illuminated addresses, household and game accounts, Winmarleigh House, Winmarleigh 1834-1899
Tipping Estates in Bolton, Manchester and Salford (ZZ/91)
Book of plans with particulars of leases, tenants and rents 1841-1893
Tong Family of Bolton (ZZ/79)
Marriage certificates 1722-1822
Tonge, Robert of Little Lever (ZZ/307)
School attendance and labour certificates 1922
Top o’th’Pike Estate, Great Bolton (ZZ/381)
Title deeds 1753-1802
Topp, Mary of Farnworth (ZZ/39)
Executorship records and valuation 1902
Towers, Samuel of Bolton and Harvington, Landscape Painter (ZZ/261)
Diaries and notebooks relating to theory of art and techniques 1897-1940
Trippier Family of Daubhill and Bolton (ZZ/317)
Correspondence, certificates, programmes of Daubhill Wesleyan Church 1892-1965
Turton Tower, Turton (ZZ/244)
Sale catalogue 1890
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Uglow Pike Estate, Edgworth (ZZ/59)
Plan and sale particulars 1894A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Vickers, Alderman Jim of Bolton (ZZ/641)
Articles and reminiscences of life in Bolton 1900-1967A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Wadeson Family of Horwich (ZZ/101)
Photographs, bill, pocket book 1881-1920
Walch, Robert of Turton, Local Historian (ZWL)
Antiquarian notes, transcripts, original documents, plans and photographs relating to the Turton area, including Ashworth family and New Eagley Mills 19th-20th Centuries
Walmersley Family of Sharples (ZZ/152)
Photographs, including Harwood Rose Queen, Adlington Show Northern Nomads Football Club 1920-1938
Walmsley, Robert of Westhoughton, Historian and Bookseller (ZWW)
Antiquarian notes, transcripts, indexes, original documents, correspondence and reports relating to Westhoughton local history, families and estates, Deane Parish Church, Peterloo 19th-20th Centuries
Walsh Family of Bolton and Wrightington (ZZ/236)
Leases and correspondence, including letters of Robert Beckett of Bolton, Maine U.S.A. and Canada 1736-1796
Warburton Family of Bolton, Bakers (ZZ/391)
Photograph album and film of mayoral year of Alderman Henry Warburton 1930-1931
Warden, John of Bolton, Chartist (ZZ/576)
Letter 1841
Warwick Family of Bolton (ZZ/303,327)
Confectioners’ recipes, financial notes, photographs, will of John Thomas Warwick 19th-20th Centuries
Wemyss, Colonel T. J. (ZZ/32)
Letter about Chartist activities in Bolton 1839
Whittaker Family of Chapeltown, Turton (ZZ/297)
Photographs 20th Century
Wild and Dawson Families of Daubhill and Bolton (ZZ/656)
Photographs 20th Century
Willett Family of Bolton (ZZ/87)
Ration Book, photographs 1900-1951
Williams Family of Little Hulton (ZZ/181)
Photographs, including Walkden Methodist Church 1902-1940
Wingfield Family of Harwood (ZZ/242)
Bolton Artillery Cenotaph photograph, Crompton Statue handbill 1862-1920
Winward, Ralph of Bolton, Tobacco Manufacturer (ZZ/337)
Title deeds of Old Hall Street and Oxford Street property, Bolton 1822-1921
Witter, Alice of Bolton (ZZ/280)
Labour certificates 1899-1911
Wood Family of Bradshaw (ZZ/100)
Funeral cards, certificates, letter from France 1860-1918
Wright Family of Bolton (ZZ/98)
Correspondence, photographs 1902-1915
Wright Estates in Horwich, Quarlton and Sharples (ZZ/48,55)
Plans 1727