PUBLIC RECORDS

 


The records summarised in this section are deposits under section 4 of the Public Records Act 1958 and presentations under section 3(6) of the same act. The Public Records Act 1967 requires them to be closed for A MINIMUM OF THIRTY YEARS or longer. Please contact the County Archivist before making a visit to the Record Office to consult Public Records.

 

COURT RECORDS

A14/ OLDHAM BOROUGH QUARTER SESSIONS

 

Cases and Files 1939-1971, Calendars of Prisoners 1940-1972

 

MAGISTRATES COURTS

A17/ BURY MAGISTRATES COURT
catalogue available

Heywood Borough

Court Registers 1913-1955, Clerk's Register 1920-1922, Juvenile Court Registers 1933-1951, Maintenance Orders 1902-1952, Bastardy Orders 1902-1959, Nuisance Orders 1904-1918, Court Orders 1931-1959, Probation Case Committee Minute Book 1950-1964

Bury Borough

Court Registers 1886-1954, Clerks' Registers 1928-1940, Juvenile Court Registers 1933-1955, Clubs' Registers 1922-1962, Licensing Registers 1872-1943, Music Licensing Register 1893-1946, Bastardy Orders 1904-1954, Maintenance Orders 1944-1954, Minute Books 1882-1970

Bury County, Petty Sessions

Court Registers 1930-1955, Juvenile Court Registers 1933-1955, Licensing Registers 1903, Music Licensing Register 1948-1964, Maintenance Orders 1900-1954, Bastardy Orders 1892-1954

A/OLD/ OLDHAM MAGISTRATES COURT
catalogue available

Adult Court Minute & Charge Books 1889-1974, Juvenile & Adult Court Minute & Charge Books 1909-1936, Juvenile Court Minute & Charge Books 1933-1974, Bastardy Order Books

1903-1968, Bastardy Accounts 1925-1926, Arrears Court Minute & Charge Books 1941-1974, Special Arrears Minute Books 1950-1953, Maintenance & Arrears Notebooks 1939-1969, Police Case Notebooks 1958-1969, Case papers, Court Exhibits 1960-1974, Copies of Court Orders 1889-1974, Plans presented to the Licensing Sessions 1929-1975, Applications for Betting Licences 1961-1980, Applications for Moneylending Licences 1962-1976, Gaming Licences 1970

A/ROC/ ROCHDALE MAGISTRATES COURT
catalogue available

Court Registers 1935-1991

 

A/MIDD/ MIDDLETON AND HEYWOOD MAGISTRATES COURT
catalogue available

Court Registers 1955-1990

A/TRA

Trafford Magistrates Court papers 19th – 20th centuries

A/RMAG

Rochdale Magistrates papers

A/OMAG

Oldham Magistrates Registers

 


CORONER'S COURTS

ALL CORONERS' RECORDS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.

Permission can in exceptional circumstances be obtained from the relevant coroner to examine records. If permission is granted, the file will be returned to the appropriate coroner's office to be viewed there.

Al/ BOLTON CORONER

Inquests, Post Mortems 1961-1982

A2/ MANCHESTER CORONER

Inquests, Post Mortems 1959-1998, Indexes 1918-1998

A3/ BURY CORONER

Inquests, Post Mortems 1971-1973

A4/ OLDHAM CORONER

Inquests, Post Mortems 1955-1969

A5/ ROCHDALE CORONER

Inquests, Post Mortems 1961-1994, Index Cards

 


HOSPITAL RECORDS

Administrative records are closed for 30 years, while records which contain clinical information (including admission and discharge records) are closed for 100 years.

 

A7/ NORTH WEST REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY

Administrative files, 1948-1981. These relate to the construction and closure of individual hospitals, contracts for services, and legal files. The Regional Health Authority covers an area larger than Greater Manchester, so these records relate also to Blackpool, Burnley, Ormskirk and Preston.

The records of the Manchester-based predecessor of the Regional Health Authority, the Manchester Regional Hospital Board, are to be found within this archive. While the files have been integrated, the Minute Books form a separate series, and the following Committees are represented: Manchester Regional Hospital Board, 1947-1950; Area Nurse Training, 1951-1974; Building and Works, 1950-1974; Consultant Services, 1950-1974; Chaplaincy Services, 1960- 1974; Establishment, 1948-1974; General Purposes, 1948-1974; Geriatric, 1953-1970; Hospital and Specialist Services, 1949-1950; Joint Liaison, 1972-1973; Management Services, 1970-1974; Medical Advisory, 1948; North West Region Nurse Training, 1974-1981; Nursing, 1948-1974; Nursing & Midwifery, 1975-1981; Planning & Development, 1948-1974;

 

A9/ BURY AREA HEALTH AUTHORITY

A9/1 Bury General Hospital

Board of Management Minutes 1865-1950, Bury & Rossendale Hospital Management Committee Minutes 1948-1949, Joint Consultative Committee Minutes 1949-1951, New Hospital Committee Minutes 1873-1882, Finance Committee Minutes 1940-1960, General Purposes Sub-Committee Minutes 1948-1962, Medical Committee Minutes 1910-1948, Establishment Sub-Committee Minutes 1948-1959, House Committee Minutes 1918-1946, Farms & Gardens Sub-Committee Minutes 1948-1957, Joint Advisory Council Minutes 1954-1955, Annual Reports, Bury Dispensary 1844-1881, 1895-1947, Annual Reports Bury County Medical Officer 1896-1958, Annual Reports School Medical Officer 1911-1953

A9/2 Ramsbottom Cottage Hospital

Also known as the Aitken Memorial Cottage Hospital Annual Reports 1896-1897, 1899-1925, 1941-1942, 1944-1945, Rules 1900, Minutes 1924-1948

A9/3 Robinson Kay Home

House Visitors Report Book 1936-1942, Visitors Report Book 1921-1961

A9/4 Florence Nightingale Hospital

Register of patients 1881-1904

A9/5 Aitken Hospital

Board Minutes 1927-1940, Patients' Register 1921-1954, TB Notifications 1933-1937, Discharge Reports c 1961-1964

A9/6 Fairfield General Hospital

Opened 1857 by the Bury Board of Guardians. Also known as the Jericho Institution
Catalogue Available

Admission and Discharge Registers 1864-1867, 1871-1881, 1885-1886, 1897-1900, 1906-1907, Creed Registers 1869-1934, Registers of Burials at the Workhouse Cemetery 1858-1946, Maternity Registers 1946-1970, Mortuary Register 1940-1970, Operations Registers 1932-1950, Registers of Inmates 1935-1946, Registers of Births 1940-1945, 1951-1952, Registers of Deaths 1940-1951, Visiting Committee Books 1942-1959, Sleepers Books 1944-1969, Visitors Books 1949-1973, Patients Book 1950-1961, Officers' Appointments Register 1886-1937, Married Couples Register 1914-1949, Chaplain's Reports 1930-1959, Institutions Journal 1948-1959, Social Club Account Book 1946-1947

A10/ Manchester Royal Eye Hospital

Reception Journals, including Military Services, 1939-1964, Private Patients Registers 1943-1978, In Patients Reports Registers 1939-1984, Operation Registers 1942-1963, In Patients Notes 1901-1966, Nursing Staff Records 1897-1965, Administrators' Files 1962-1982

A13/ Trafford Area Health Authority

A13/1 Park Hospital

Hospital Management Committee: Minute Books 1948-1974, Finance Minute Books 1964-1974, Maternity Liaison Committee Minute Books 1961-1969

A13/2 Urmston Cottage Hospital

Minute Books 1899-1974

A13/3 Sale and Brooklands War Memorial Hospital

Minute Books 1938-1946, Reports 1920-1938

A/JG/ PAPERS OF DR JUDITH GRAY

Dr Gray was a specialist in Community Medicine at North Manchester General Hospital, and her papers cover all aspects of her work. The records span the years 1943 to 1985; some are confidential and therefore closed.

A/MID/

Registers of Maureen Margaret Ibberson, Midwife, of Stretford and Manchester, 1927-1945, 1947-1948

A/MFHSA/ MANCHESTER FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY

Records of the Manchester Family Health Services Authority, 1939-1968

A/PRES/ PRESTWICH HOSPITAL

Patient Records Patient Casebooks 1891 - 1913; Private Patients Casebooks - Males 1851 - 1905, Females 1890-1924, Index 1885-1919; Chronic Patients Casebooks - Males 1857-1914, Females 1855-1904; Notice of Death Books 1891-1960; Registers of Deaths 1894-1948; Death Books Addresses of Relatives and Friends 1940-1964; Admissions Registers 1851 - 1951; Civil Registers - Certified Male Patients 1907-1935, Certified Female Patients 1907-1948, Voluntary Patients 1935-1948, Temporary Patients 1941-1948; Registers of Removals, Discharges and Deaths 1893-1906; Discharge Registers 1893-1946; Registers of Departures, Discharges and Transfers 1907-1945; Registers of Departures, Discharges and Deaths 1949-1973; Register of Patients Discharged to Friends 1909-1926; Escape Books 1851-1860, 1891-1970; Index Books 1893-1974; Index Books, Transfers to Rochdale Workhouse (Females) 1893-1917;

Staff Records

Attendants Obligations Books 1872-1875, 1883-1898, 1902-1910, 1931 - 1944; Service Registers 1910-1943; Staff Changes Register 1937-1952; Attendants' Wages Books 1906-1925; Artisans Wages Book 1909-1910; Officers Salaries Books 1908-1952; Supplementary Wages Book 1940- 1947

A/SF Files of Discharged patients of the Spinal Foundation

A/MRI Patient files of the Family and Child Psychiatry Unit

 


TAXATION RECORDS

A11/ Inland Revenue Land Tax Valuations (Domesday)

Valuations for: Ashton Under Lyne, Hartshead, Droylsden, Audenshaw, Denton, Bolton, Kearsley, Little Lever, Horwich, Adlington, Blackrod, Westhoughton, Belmont, Edgworth, Turton, Farnworth, Rochdale, Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Manchester, Oldham, Chadderton, Middleton, Crompton, Royton, Milnrow, Littleborough, Prestwich, Heywood, Salford, Pendleton, Broughton, Swinton, Pendlebury, Stockport, Reddish, Heaton Norris, Stretford, Barton, Davyhulme, Eccles, Irlam, Worsley, Tyldesley with Shakerley, Cheadle Hulme, Macclesfield, Wigan, Hindley, Ashton in Makerfield, Atherton, Ince in Makerfield, Pemberton

A16/ Customs and Excise

Wet Goods Registers 1950-1965, Operations Registers (wet goods) 1960-1965, Warehouse Ledgers 1950-1965, Warrant Books 1936-1965, Dispatch Notes 1945-1963, Warehouse Keepers Orders 1951-1960, Permits 1953-1956

 

TRANSPORT RECORDS

A15/ Motor Vehicle Licensing Records
Catalogue Available

A15/1 Rochdale

Registers of new vehicles 1927-1975, Summary of counterpart licenses received from the Post Office 1934-1959, Register of car and motor cycle drivers' licenses 1920-1930, Registration cards

A15/2 Oldham

Registers of licenses for Cars and Motor Cycles 1926-30, Registration cards

A15/3 Bury

Registration cards of Cars and Motor Cycles 1932-1977

A15/4 Stockport

Registration documents 1904-1968

A18/ Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Works, Horwich
Catalogue Available

Accident Registers 1898-1935, Accident Compensation Payments 1898-1959, Workmen's Compensation Act Returns 1924-1958, Accident Non-claims 1922-1927, Accident Correspondence, Staff History Cards, Employees Collection Fund 1938-1980

A19/ Railway Plans
  Catalogue Available 

Large collection of plans, track layouts, building and engineering drawings of various railway companies in the North West of England, including: London & North Western Railway, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Midland Railway, Cheshire Lines Committee, Northern Union Railway, London Midland & Scottish Railway, London & North Eastern Railway, Great Central Railway, 1829-1955

A/GCR/ Great Central Railway

Staff Records, Plans 19th-20th Centuries


OTHER PUBLIC RECORDS

A6/ Charity Commissioners' Accounts
catalogue available

Audited accounts and information leaflets returned to the Commissioners, 1854-1959, for: Abram, Ainsworth, Altrincham, Ancoats, Ardwick, Ashton in Makerfield, Ashton Under Lyne, Aspull, Astley, Atherton, Audenshaw, Blackley, Blackrod, Bolton, Bramhall, Broughton, Bury, Butterworth, Chadderton, Cheadle, Cheetham, Chorlton on Medlock, Denton, Didsbury, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Dunham Massey, Eccles, Farnworth, Gatley, Golborne, Hale, Harpurhey, Hazel Grove, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Norris, Hindley, Hyde, Lees, Leigh, Lowton, Manchester, Marple, Middleton, Mottram in Longdendale, Northenden, Oldham, Orrell, Pendlebury, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Reddish, Rochdale, Sale, Salford, Shaw, Stalybridge, Stockport, Stretford, Tonge, Tottington, Tyldesley, Urmston, Wigan

A/NWECC/ North West Electricity Consultative Council
catalogue avaialable

Minute Books 1949-1989

A/MIN/ Health and Safety Executive
catalogue available

Plans of abandoned mines (non-coal) for Boaredge, Jericho, Brushes Clough, Lees, Manchester 1888-1931

A75/ Marriage Registers of Methodist Chapels
catalogue available

Bury

Methodist Chapel, Wellington St 1955; Methodist Chapel, Kenyon Fold, 1933-1955; United Methodist Free Church, Peel Brow (also known as Patmos Church), 1899-1951; Methodist Chapel, Edenfield, 1938-1957; United Methodist Church, Ainsworth Road, 1910-1963; Brunswick Chapel, North St, 1908-1963; Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Pine St, 1910-1963; United Methodist Church, Heywood St, 1905-1965; United Methodist Church, Parkhills Road, 1931-1965; Methodist Chapel, Railway St, 1940-1961; Methodist Church, Bolton Road, 1940-1959; Wesleyan Chapel, Isherwood St, 1925-1966; Bethel Chapel, Heap Bridge, 1911-1968; Salem Methodist Chapel, Bridge St, 1909-1921; Woolford Wesleyan Chapel, 1890-1969; Zion Chapel, Warth, 1946-1968, Methodist Church, Manchester Road, 1939-1972; Methodist Chapel, Warmersley Road, 1903-1974; Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Rowlands, 1911-1974; Bethel Chapel, Bethel St, 1911-1941

Rochdale

Wesleyan Chapel, Union Street, 1899-1944; Wesleyan Chapel, Casltlemere, 1899-1941; United Methodist Church, Littleborough, 1909-1939; United Methodist Church, Molesworth St, 1932-1950; Wesleyan Chapel, Rochdale Road, 1899-1956; United Methodist Church, Lowerplace, 1909-1957; Wesleyan Chapel, Lanehead, 1912-1958; United Methodist Church, Heywood Road, 1913-1962; Methodist Church, Spring Mill Walk, 1955-1960; Castlemere Methodist Church, 1909-1983; Methodist Church, Belfield, 1932-1963; Methodist Church, Baillie St, 1940-1967; Temple Methodist Chapel, 1912-1949; Wesleyan Chapel, Bagslate, 1899-1972; Methodist Chapel, Stubley, 1968-1975

Tameside

Primitive Methodist Chapel, Waggon Road, 1926-1982

A75/ Duplicate Marriage Register, Sedgley Methodist Church, Bury A75/add/ Marriage Register of the Parish Church of Withington, St Christopher

A/MFHSA/

Records of the Manchester Family Health Services Authority, 1939-1968

A/MIN/Add/
Plan of clay workings at Cheshire Holes, Platt Lane, Wigan

A6/add/ Charity Commissioners Accounts, Middle Hulton and Worsley

A75/add/ Marriage Register of Cross St Chapel, Manchester

A75/addn/1 Register of the Assemblies of God (Pentecostal) Church, Bow Street, Oldham

A/BREN/
catalogue available

Brentnall Bros. v Heuer & Co. (early 19th Century)

 

OFFICIAL RECORDS

GMC Printed Minutes of Greater Manchester County Council, 1974-1986 Signed minutes and agendas of the committees and the meetings of the council. Papers of departments of the County Council amount to over 30,000 files.

Policy Background Documents, 1981-1986, are publications on topics such as housing, employment, and demographic trends in the county. They were published by the Planning department who also were responsible for implementing the structure plan for the county. The Record Office has a large amount of documentation concerning the latter.

Related to the County Council are papers concerning the activities of the Passenger Transport Executive. Formed as SELNEC PTE in 1969, the documentation deposited contains transportation studies for the whole county, bus timetables and publicity leaflets.

Following the demise of the GMC in 1986, the Residuary Body was formed to complete any residual work left over from abolition. The records deposited by the Residuary Body are similar to those of the GMC.


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