Textile Weekly 1928-1967, The Textile Manufacturer 1897-1914, The Textile Recorder 1884-1967, Man Made Textiles 1956-1967, Silk and Rayon 1934-1954, British Rayon and Silk Journal 1949-1954, Silk Journal 1924-1934, Rayon Record 1929-1933, Silk Journal and Rayon World 1934-1949
Extensive archive of one of the most important canal companies in the area. Records include :
Minute [Order] Books 1791-1938; Draft Minute [Order] Books 1837-1855; Resolution Books 1813-1855; Minutes of Sub Committees 1847-1925; Minutes of Canal lessees 1855-1876; Orderly Book 1792-1800; Abstract of General Committee Minutes 1794-1839
Agendas: Board and Sub-Committees 1850-1944; Works Committee 1898-1925; Traffic Committee 1900-1925; Agents' meetings 1892-1921; Lessees' meetings 1856-1876
Early Share Issues 1791-1810; Consolidated Ordinary Stock Share Issue 1894-1957; Transfer of shares 1794-1925
Ledgers 1794-1936; Ledgers for rents 1833-1891; Journals 1800-1850; Cash Books 1794-1923; Receipt Books 1792-1887; Bonus Books 1812-1834
Letter Books 1791-1953; Private Letter Books 1809-1909; Bills and Acts of Parliament 1719-1939;
Maps and Plans 1792-c. 1960
Papers of William Jackson & Sons 1888-1894
The company was based in Ashton under Lyne, and manufactured screwing machines. Records include Minutes 1892-1979, Shareholders Records 1892-1973, Catalogues 20th Cent
Correspondence, Drawings and Estimates concerning extensions, conversions and new buildings, including a number of Cinemas: Princes Cinema, Openshaw, The Grand Cinema, Crewe, The Roxy, Birkenhead, The Roxy, Ashton, The Warwick, Ashton Under Lyne, The Victory, Oldham, The Palace, Sale, 1944-1970
Index of Classified Drawings 1874-1933, Drawing Lists 1902-1933
Corporate Records 1870-1970, Accounting Records 1901-1971, Sales and Production Records 1846-1972, Staff Records 1932-1974, Premises and Plant Records 1722-1970, Correspondence 1875-1970
Please note that prior permission from the firm is needed before viewing these records.
Programming Information and News Scripts, 1983-date.
Minute Books 1866-1971, Accounts 1878-1947
Corporate Records 1858-1965, Accounting Records 1864-1948, Insurance Records
1864-1969, Staff Records 1866-1966, Premises Records 1820-1960
Catalogue Available
Very large archive of a company which was at the centre of Manchester's economy for so long. It has by no means been fully catalogued as yet, but the records listed comprise of :
Legislation of interest to the company's activities
Catalogue Available
Prior to 1885 Act of Parliament 1882-1885; Shareholders 1886-1914; Board
1885-1944; Executive Committee 1882-1909; Works Committee 1887-1891 (1st
series); 1909-1940 (2nd series); Traffic & Rates Committee 1891-1900;
Land & Estates Committee 1893-1934; Labour Executive Committee
1916-1936; Pilotage Committee 1895-1945; Attendance Books of the Pilotage
Committee 1895-1955; Tolls, Rates & Charges Committee 1904-1937; Finance
Committee 1934-1943; Stores Committee 1939-1943; Bridgewater Committee
1930-1938; Sub-Committee 1904-1934; General Meetings 1893 - 1929
Journals 1883-1946; Works Department 1893-1959; Land & Estate
(Revenue) 1894-1959; General Charges (Revenue) 1894-1959; Rent, Rates &
Taxes 1894-1959; Maintenance 1896-1971; Dredging 1910-1960; Electric
Lighting 1909-1956; Ellesmere Port 1922-1959; Dock Office 1944-1959;
Bridgewater Department 1945-1959; Bankers 1888-1959; T.A.W. 1887-1892;
Traffic Revenue 1891-1958; Stores 1894-1959; Working of Locks 1896-1959;
Parliamentary Fund 1882- 1886; Law & Parliamentary Revenue 1874-1959;
Law & Parliamentary Charges 1887-1946; Income Tax 1903-1959; Engineering
& Surveying 1887-1959; National Insurance 1912-1959; Personal 1946-1958;
Purchase of land and Compensation 1912-1931; Tugs & launches 1896- 1958;
War measures 1937-1958; 2nd Parliamentary Fund 1884-1885; Pilots Earnings
& Fund 1929-1959; Capital Account 1889-1951; Debits 1885-1887; General
1885-1889; Suspense Account 1885-1887; General Charges (Capital) 1925-1959;
Superannuation Fund 1927-1957; General Charges 1887-1903; Ship Canal House
1945-1958; Cash Books 1882-1971
Catalogue
Available for Minutes and Financial Records
Bound Albums 1880s-1961; Mounted Prints 1880s-1970s Unmounted Prints Daniel Adamson; Anderton Lift; Associated Octel Whart, Barton Aqueduct; Bridges; Bridgewater Canal; Bridgewater Transport Services; James Brindley; Buildings; Barges; Barton Aqueduct and Bridge; Bridgewater Transport services; Canteens; Cargoes - Cars and vehicles; Cargoes - Coal and Coke; Cargoes - Cocoa; Cargoes - Cotton; Cargoes - Fruit; Cargoes - Grain; Cargoes - Meat; Cargoes - Metal; Cargoes - Tea; Cargoes - Timber; Cargoes - Wool; Cargoes - General; Cargo Handling; Cargo Handling - Heavy Lifts - Railways; Cargo Handling - Heavy Lifts; Container Traffic; Cranes; Dredgers; Eastham; Ellesmere Port; Excavation and Construction; Exhibitions and Pageants; Factories and Works; Films and T.V.; Grain Elevators House Magazine; Ince; Inspections; Irl am Ferry; Irl am Wharf and Steel Works; Irwell Park Wharf; Locks - Barton; Locks - Eastham; Locks - Irlam; Locks - Latchford; Locks - Mode Wheel Locks; Locks - General, Lock Gardens Competitions; Long Service Awards; Lorries; Manchester Dry Docks; Manchester Docks; Motorways; Museums; Naval Visits; Other Ports; Pallet Pool; Partington; Pipelines; Police; Portraits, Personalities; Preston Brook Marina; Pumping Stations; Queen Elizabeth II Oil Dock; Railways; Recreation, Sports, Receptions, Presentations, Retirements, Awards, Conferences; Rochdale Canal; Runcorn Bridge; Runcorn and Runcorn Docks; Salvage; Sheds (Cargo) Interiors; Ships; Silver Arrow I (Launch for Sightseeing Tours); Silver Arrow II; Sluices; Staff and General Inspections; Stanlow; Swing Bridges; Television; Trafford Park; Training; Tugs; Under Water Viewing Cabinet; Vere Street - New Entrance Gates; Visits - General; Weaste; Widnes; Historical (Construction and Early Years); Barges, Ships and Tugs; Manchester Docks - Aerial Views; Cargo and Cargo Handling, Containers and Pallets; Heavy Lifts; Bridgewater Transport Services Vehicles; Cranes; Railways; Miscellaneous; Bridgewater Canal; Firefighting, Accidents and Safety; Barton Dock Estate - Salford Quays Development;
The catalogues for photographs are spilt into 5 volumes :
| Volume 1 (544k) | 41 Bound volumes, 243 mounted prints, 1062 unmounted prints |
| Volume 2 (296k) | unmounted prints numbers 1063-3341 |
| Volume 3 (572k) | unmounted prints numbers 3342-5605 |
| Volume 4 (645k) | unmounted prints numbers 5606-7298; 35mm negatives |
| Volume 5 (550k) | 35mm negatives; contact prints and slides |
These records all relate to the Manchester Ship Canal Co. Subjects covered include Barton Dock Estate, Bridgewater Dept, De Trafford Estate, Ellesmere Port, Manchester Corporation, Salford Corporation, Warrington, 1892-1977
Journal of the Textile Institute, 1938-1979; Shirley Institute Bulletin, 1928-1964; Shirley Institute, 1923-1943. Both sets are incomplete.
Sandiford Estate, 1882-1894; Property of Holland Ackers of Manchester, 1754-1801; Back Bridge St, Manchester, 1806-1818; Windmill Inn, Manchester, 1818-1878; Higher Broughton, 1862
Minute Books 1866-1961; Minutes of Joint Meetings of Employers and Operatives 1881-1960; Joint Prices Committee Minutes 1935-1938; Coloured Goods Committee Minutes 1938-1953; Financial Records 1913 - 1961; Newspaper Cuttings 1922-1944;
Full Committee Minutes 1941-1950; Executive Committee Minutes 1942-1956; Other Committee Minutes 1939-1961
Various Committee Minutes 1961 - 1969; Letter Books 1961 - 1969
General Committee Minutes 1941 - 1961; General Committee Papers 1951 - 1960; Finance Committee Minutes 1941-1961; Agenda Books 1952-1962; Financial Records 1903-1962; Annual Reports 1904-1941 (incomplete)
Management Committee Minutes 1961 - 1969, Finance Committee Minutes 1961 - 1969; Financial Records 1960-1970; Desk Diaries 1963-1968; Letter Books 1961-1969
Minute Books 1905-1922, 1916-1964, 1916-1931, 1915-1928, 1942-1956
Minute Books 1893-1966; Correspondence Book 1917-1923; Financial Records 1953-1971, Price Lists 1907-1914
Minutes 1957-1970; Financial Records 1952-1967
Minutes 1955-1978; Financial Records 1916-1970
Cash Book, Paying in Book, Statements of Account 1954-1967
Cash Book, Statements of Account, Agreements, Annual Returns 1957-1967; Association ofCo-Licencees Cash Book, Paying in Book, Statements of Account 1943-1965
Minutes, Correspondence, Register of Members 1950-1970
Minute Books 1898-1957, Correspondence 1960-1963, Workmen's Compensation Act Papers 1906-1934
Minute Book 1954-1956
Minute Book 1954-1956
Minute Book 1899-1911
Correspondence 1957-1963
Register of Members 1956-1961
Letter Books 1969-1973
Assignments, Leases, Conveyances, 20th Century
Letter Books 1853-1903, Engineering Drawings and Plans 1851-1945, Patents 1852-1907, Catalogues 1869-1891
Committee Minutes 1836-1967, Annual Reports and Accounts 1901-1967, Election of Members 1845-1846, Membership Lists 1948-1974, Membership Applications 1846-1962
Yarn Day Books 1913-1928, Yarn Advice Notes 1924-1932, Cotton Delivery Books 1916-1952, Waste Delivery Books 1915-1948, Order Books 1946-1953, Wages Books 1907-1975
Very large and as yet unlisted archive of the Manchester, Bolton and Rochdale
Water Corporations. The records include:
Accounts, 1955-1964; Correspondence, 1955-1964; Letter Books 1968-1974; Water
Supplies 1970-1976; Rainfall Returns 1950-1960; Tenders for Contracts; Tenancy
Agreements; Administration Files
Account Books, Drawings, c.1951-1981
Clients Papers 1807-1967
Minute Books 1927-1977; Accounts 1917-1985; Employees Wage Books 1973-1982; Deeds 1927-1938
Records 1923-1959, including: Time Books, Hatting Ledgers, Makers Books, Cash Books, Weaving Books, Outwork Books, Order Books, Sales Ledgers, Expenditure Analysis Books, Export Books, Yardage Books, Rent Books, Price List Books, Quotation Books, Spinning Books, Stock Balance Books, Dyeing Shade Books, Correspondence
Please note that these records are closed for 30 years
Records of Trafford Park Cold Storage Ltd 1919-1972, J.Pickup & Son 1939-1975, H.Evers Ltd 1931-1967, Walter Denton Ltd 1937-1974, Frank Morgan & Co Ltd 1963, Reliance Motors Co 1955-1971, Smiths of Eccles 1953-1983
Administrative Records 1949-1976, Accounts 1920-1977, Petty Cash 1965-1977, Banking Records 1941-1977, Tax Records 1938-1977, Insurance Records 1960-1976, Correspondence 1920-1976, Sales 1906-1977 (to Greece, Turkey, Malta, Cyprus, Bulgaria, The Middle east, Europe, Africa, North & South America, Asia, The Dominions and Colonial), Personal Papers 1937-1976
Stock and Sales Books 1775-1798, Ledgers 1791-1831, Bank Accounts 1822-1836
Annual Returns 1944-1960, Notices of Meetings 1898-1927, Private Ledgers 1935-1955, Investment Ledgers 1946-1959, Charges Ledgers 1957-1967, Letter Book 1922-1936
Leases, Agreements, Articles of Partnership, Financial Records 1890-1958
Reports 1958-1977; Financial Papers 1946-1976; Leases 1930-1973; General 1898-1975
Minutes 1950-1963; Financial Papers 1939-1967; Reports 1933-1979; Wages Books 1936-1965; General Ledgers 1935-1954; War Allowance Books 1939-1946;
Minutes 1964-1973; Financial Papers 1962-1974; General 1912-1974
Financial Papers 1942-1971; Leases and Property 1931 - 1942; Pension Fund Accounts 1947-1969; Trustees Ledgers 1965-1970
Chairman's Private Minutes 1946-1970; Directors, Minute Books 1936-1961; Finance Committee Minute Books 1908-1964; Management Board Minute Books 1954-1962; Minutes 1908-1965; Reports 1899-1977; Financial Papers 1898-1971; Leases 1736-1965; Trademarks 1895-1984; Registers of Seals 1899-1948; Trusts 1940-1970; General 1890-1966
Directors Minute Books 1898-1955; Directors Fees and Bonuses 1898-1951; Directors Registers 1909-1965; Executive Directors Minute Books 1898-1954; Subsidiary Companies Minute Books 1899-1962
Board Committee Minute Books 1929-1961; Directors Attendance Books 1929-1968; Finance Committee Minute Books 1929-1937; Minute Books 1929-1931, 1961-1964; Register of seals 1934-1949; Wages Book 1973-1974; Financial Papers 1921-1971; Leases and Property 1930-1972
Minute Books, Ledgers and Wages Books of the following companies: Ainsworths, Allied Silk Mills, Barber Textiles, Bennett & Co, Bentley Smith & Co, Bolton Spinning & Doubling Co, A. Brooks & Co, Brown & Co, Brown & Fallows, Bull Royd Mill, Caleb Wright & Co, Carr Manufacturing Co, Dee Mill, Deltapine, Lilac Mill, Maple Mill, RP Lawson & Sons, Victor Mill
Papers 20th Century
Association for the Prevention of Steam Boiler Explosions 1855-1931; Atomic Energy Research Establishment 1957; Board of Trade 1879-1966; Boiler Insurance and Steam Power Co 1863- 1886; Bonecourt Boilers 1914; British Empire Exhibition 1924; British Engine Boiler & Electrical Insurance Co 1878-1995; Engine and Boiler Insurance Co 1878-1905; Engineering Offices Association 1925-1964; Factories and Workshop Acts 1925-1937; Guild of Insurance Officials 1961-1968; Industrial Radiography (NDT) Ltd 1950-1973; Insurance Institute of Manchester 1926-1973; Institute of Mechanical Engineers 1917; Longridge family 1853-1980; Manchester Steam Users Association 1855-1969; WD Minto Ltd 1960-1981; National Boiler and General Insurance Co (Vulcan Boiler Insurance) 1865-1965; Royal Insurance Co 1912-1994
Day Books, Cash Books c. 1910-1974
Poor Rate Assessments 1908-1948; Sales Records 1938-1981; Bottle Samples 1925-1959; Managed House Cash Books 1984; Wages Books 1897-1913; Private Ledgers 1895-1983; Property Ledgers 1893-1916; Property Repairs Ledgers 1941-1983; Leases & Ingoings 1888-1933; Credit Rent 1887-1984; Nominal Ledgers 1890-1983; Bottled Ledgers 1897-1940; Cask Ledgers 1977, 1984; Photographs 1945-1966; Registers of Hydes Anvil Brewery 20th century
General Committee Minute Books 1895-1987, General Committee Minutes Unbound
1987-1992,Sub-Committee Minutes 1897-1988, Membership Lists 1961-1979, Annual
Conferences 1962-1993, Subsidiary Conferences 1962-1993, Property Administration
And Repair 1940-1993, Tenancy Centres Administration 1940-1980,General
Correspondence 1946-1993, CHA Representation In Countryside Matters 1963-1989,
CHA Rambling Clubs 1940-1984, British Youth Hostel Association Inception
1930-1933, UK Holidays Administration 1959-1990, Holidays Abroad Administration
1975-1993, Marketing And Future Policy 1973-1991, Booking Statistics 1962-1993,
Staff Information and Training 1930-1993
Comradeship/CHA Magazine 1907-1980, CHA News/Countrywide News 1981-1994, Other
Magazines 1907-1972, General Circulars/Annual Brochures 1900-1994, Centre
Programmes And Guides 1896-1993, Song Books 1895-1961, Other CHA Publications
1957-1993, Route Books For Rambles 1920-1981, Fact Sheets For Special Interest
Holidays/Walks 1987-1993, Non-CHA Publications From Centre Libraries 1918-1980,
Holiday Fellowship Publications 1930-1983, Youth Hostel Association Publications
1931-1933, Publicity And Stationery Samples 1901-1993.
Memorandum And Articles Of Association 1908-1980, Change Of Name 1952- 1978,
Registration Of Name 1971-1972, Tenancy Agreements 1914-1957, Grasmere Tithe
Indenture 1930-1958, Register Of Seals Book 1917-1921
Balance Sheet and Annual Reports-Bound 1908-1965, Balance Sheet and Annual
Reports-Unbound 1966-1994
Income Tax Appeal 1937,Companies Act Return 1931-1980,Year-End Review Of
Accounts 1916-1991
General Budgets, Reports, Cash Flows etc 1981-1993,Correspondence
1962-1991,Subscriptions And Donations 1969-1977,Domestic Expenditure Analyses
1904-1987
Exhibition Sheets 1893-1992, Exhibition Objects 1893-1993, Reminiscences,
Obituaries 1893-1993
Golden Jubilee Exhibition 1960, Hope Jubilee 1966, 75th Anniversary Celebrations
1968, 90th Anniversary 1981, 100th Anniversary 1991, T A Leonard Personal Papers
And Book 1898-1979, Press Cuttings 1893-1979, Card Index not dated
Postcards 1923-1970, Correspondence with Photographers 1935-1978, Photograph
Albums and Loose Photographs 1893-1991, Slides and Transparencies ca1956-1993,
Cine Films ca 1956-1993