Sources of Information


If you would like further information about the local history of Gorton and the surrounding areas, there follows a list of publications you may find useful.

It is by no means a list of all publications on the subject and should not be regarded as a list of recommendations. It is provided solely as a starting point for those interested.

We do not sell any of these publications. If you wish to purchase any of the books we suggest you contact a book dealer or try amazon.co.uk. Some publications may be out-of-print, but are still available through libraries.

GORTON AND OPENSHAW

MANCHESTER AND LANCASHIRE

  Gorton In Times Past
Bob Crewe
(48 pages : mainly old photographs)
ISBN 0 8615 7293 9

  Central Manchester
Peter Stewart
(160 pages : old photographs and text)
ISBN 0 7524 0322 2

  Childhood Memories of Gorton
in the Nineteen-Twenties
Harry Chadwick
(36 pages : text and photographs)
ISBN 1 8521 6096 9

  Manchester 'This Good Old Town
An Illustrated Anthology
Ann Brooks and Bryan Haworth
(112 pages : text and photographs)
ISBN 1 8593 6034 3

  A History of Gorton and Openshaw
Ernest France
(96 pages : text, maps, photographs and illustrations)
ISBN 0 9515 5280 5

  Manchester (Town and City Histories)
Alan Kidd
(252 pages : text with photographs)
ISBN 1 8533 1182 0

  East Manchester Remembered
Frank Pritchard
(30 pages : text and photographs)
ISBN 1 85216 039 X

  My Manchester
Frank Pritchard
(58 pages : text and photographs)
ISBN 1 85216 001 2

  Gorton (Images of England)
Jill Cronin and Frank Rhodes
(128 pages : old photographs and text)
ISBN 0 7524 1141 1

  Memories of Manchester
True North Books
(text and photographs)
ISBN 1 9004 6327 X

  Belle Vue (Images of England)
Jill Cronin and Frank Rhodes
(128 pages : old photographs and text)
ISBN 0 7524 1571 9

  Manchester (Britain in Old Photographs)
Chris Makepeace
(160 pages : old photographs and text)
ISBN 0 7509 1204 9

  Gorton Historical Recorder
John Higson
(text)
No ISBN details. Out of Print.
Copy available in Gorton Library

  Manchester (Britain in Old Photographs)
A Second Edition
Chris Makepeace
(128 pages : old photographs and text)
ISBN 0 7509 1774 1

  A Brief History of Gorton Heritage
Ken Lilley
(44 pages : mainly text plus drawings)
No ISBN details.
Copy available in Gorton Library

  Mediaeval Manchester and the 
beginnings of Lancashire
James Tait  M.A.
(212 pages : text)
ISBN 0 9479 9262 6 

  Beyer Peacock - Locomotive Builders
of Gorton, Manchester. A Short History
R.L. Hills
(12 pages : text and photographs)
ISBN 0 9505 7904 1

  Origins of Street Names in the
City Centre of Manchester
L.D. Bradshaw
(60 pages : text and illustrations)
ISBN 0 9075 1187 2

  The Belle Vue Story
Robert Nicholls
(82 pages : text and photographs)
ISBN 1 8521 6070 5

  Manchester Since1900
Archive Publications\Manchester Evening News
(128 pages : Photographs)
ISBN 0 948946

  Looking Back at Belle Vue, Manchester
Robert Nicholls
(76 pages : text and photographs)
ISBN 0 9463 6129 0

  Manchester...The Sinister Side
Steve Jones
(104 pages : text, photographs and illustrations)
ISBN 1 8700 0009 9

  The Oxford Companion to 
Local and Family History
David Hey
(516 pages : text)
ISBN 0 1921 1688 6

  The Manchester Man
Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks
(414 pages : fiction, set in Eighteenth Century Manchester)
ISBN 0 8597 2054 3

 

  Manchester Faces & Places
A Hundred Years Ago
Cliff Hayes
(96 pages : text and photographs)
ISBN 1 8991 8181 4

  Manchester Yesterday & Today
Cliff Hayes
(72 pages : text and photographs)
ISBN 1 8991 8183 0

 

  Manchester 100 Years Ago
Cliff Hayes
(96 pages : text and photographs)
ISBN 1 8722 2666 3

 

  Views of the Ancient Buildings in Manchester
John Ralston
(illustrations)
ISBN 0 9048 4806 X

 

  Traditions of Lancashire Past and Present
Compiled by James A. Roby
(112 pages : text and illustrations)
ISBN 1 8738 8800 7

 

  The Civil War in Lancashire
Stephen Bull
(32 pages : text and illustrations)
ISBN 1 8712 3600 2

 

Local History Information Sources

  Manchester Local Studies Unit Archives
Manchester Central Reference Library
St. Peter's Square
Manchester
0161-234-1980
(Census records and parish registers : You must order material 24 hours in advance)
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/index.htm

  Greater Manchester County Records Office
56 Marshall Street
New Cross
Manchester
M4 5FU
0161-832-5284
http://www.gmcro.co.uk/
(Birth, marriage and death records 1837-1955, and various other local documents)

 

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