Books and other published works re Great Harwood and area
Abram, W A A History of Blackburn Town and Parish
Ainsworth, R Old Homesteads of Accrington and District
Clark, A.P. Cotton mills of Great Harwood
Eaton, H.E. Genius of Great Harwood: John Mercer
Great Harwood Civic
Society Owd Arrod
Hocking, M. Dialect of Great Harwood
Phelan, B. Parish and Township of Great Harwood
Pollard, L. Great Harwood Gleanings
Pollard, L. Great Harwood Miscellany
Pollard, L. and Eaton, H.
Old Harwood
Pollard, L. People and places in Great Harwood
Pollard, L. Story of a Village Church
Rothwell, M. Industrial Heritage of Great Harwood
Great Harwood Monumental Inscriptions:
St. Bartholomew’s
Monumental Inscriptions, compiled by members of the church c. 1973
Victoria History of the County of Lancaster
Walter, E.J. The effects of industrial development in Great Harwood
Whitaker, T D A history of the original parish of Whalley and honour of Clitheroe in the counties of Lancaster
& York
(First ed. 1800)
Winchester, A Field, Wood and Forest – Landscapes of Medieval Lancashire
in
Lancashire Local Studies – Crosby, A editor.
Baines Lancashire Directory 1824-1825, Great Harwood
Pigot's Directory 1828, Great Harwood
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Great Harwood Material held at the Lancashire Record Office
Allsprings:
Allsprings rentals 1867 - 89 and 1896 - 1915
Estate papers of Trappes-Lomax
Title deeds Gt. Harwood 1728-1928
Assessments
Trappes-Lomax papers
Great Harwood assessments 1784 – 85
Coal
Hesketh papers
Various papers relating to coal in G.H. 1563-1845
Commons
Hesketh papers
Survey Great Harwood and Rishton
1803-1819
Cotton mills
Wm. And John Thompson cotton spinners
1918 on.
Deeds
Solicitors deposits
Robinson and sons, Blackburn title deeds, G.H. 1777
Deeds
Evidences of title - G.H. deeds for property in St. Hubert's Road 19th and 20th century
Deeds
Hesketh papers
G.H. deeds c1275-1775 and leases 1307-1769
Deeds
Kenyon of Peel
G.H. deeds 1618-1628
Deeds
Petre Papers
Title deeds, leases 1579 and 1838
Deeds
Trappes-Lomax papers
Great Harwood 1728 - 1928
Deeds
Hesketh paper
G.H. 1334
Estate papers
Title Deeds 1576 - 77
Winckley of Preston
Employers
Association, Textiles
Minutes 1893 - 1922
Letter book 1893 - 1924
G.H. Masters Assoc.
Enclosure
Enclosure by agreement - awards 1762
Hesketh papers - enclosure G.H. 1759 – 62
This link shows those allocated land, Gt Harwood enclosure 1762
Great Harwood
Hesketh papers - agreements with Abbots of Whalley to settle disputes 1455, 1512
Great Harwood
Hesketh papers - Agreement concerning services of Adam Nowell of Great Harwood 1312
Great Harwood
Misc. settlement certificates 1701 – 44
Leases
Trappes-Lomax papers
G.H. 1764
Manor
Hesketh manorial papers
Grant of a market 1328, grant of court leet 1615,
Certificate of homage 1429
Hesketh papers - legal papers Rishton and Harwood commons 1491, 1457 - 1536
Nowell v. Hesketh (Harwood Moor)
Maintenance of a minister at Great Harwood 1684
Sales particulars - G.H. sales particulars part of manor and estates in Tottleworth 1803
Martholme
Martholme mill 1489
Martholme tithes 1658
Mercer, John
Autobiography of John Mercer (holograph)
Methodist records
Marriage register
Jubilee union1912 - 66
Mount Zion union 1910 – 49
Moor
Hesketh papers Nowell v. Hesketh, Harwood Moor 1601 – 1603
Trappes-Lomax papers:
Plan Great Harwood Moor 1762
Parish records
Blackburn coucher books G.H. 1680 - 1865
St. Bartholomew’s registers 1547 – 1948
(also Bishop’s Transcripts)
Apprenticeship indenture 1723 - 1819
Removal and settlement papers 1699 - 1826
Churchwardens accounts 1727 - 89
Constables accounts 1741 - 89
Surveyors accounts 1758 86
Overseers accounts 1732 - 1834
Sunday school register 1822 - 26
Window tax assessment 1762
Survey 1805
Relief registers 1825 - 35
Relief subscriptions 1842
Poor-stock deeds 1681 – 1838
St. Bartholomews:
Banns, services, preachers, overseers accounts and misc., highway records, burial in woollen
certificates, school and charity papers, magazines, misc. c. 1690 - 1970
Confirmation and services, tithe and glebe paper, faculties, vestry minutes, school records, deeds,
charity records, magazines
Burials for St. Bartholomew’s 1813 – 1837 are at:
http://www.arrodgen.org/parishrecords.htm
and
http://www.great-harwood.org.uk/genealogy/indexlinks/burials.htm
St. John:
Register of baptism, marriage banns, services, church plans, PCC, school managers minutes,
magazines c. 1845 – 1977
Paving/ sewering
Trappes-Lomax papers
Paving and sewering ledgers
Plans
Solicitors papers - Woodcock and Sons Haslingden - plan, part of G.H. 1820
Estate papers - G. Sherring esq.:Plan of G.H. 1889 – 1904
Plans
Trappes-Lomax papers:
Plan Great Harwood Moor 1762
Police
Divisional records: G.H. occurrence books 1923 – 28
Rental
Hesketh papers - rentals and accounts of Rufford, G.H. 1461 - 62, general rentals 1750 – 1906
Schools
British School log book 1866 - 1909
Catholic boys log book 1938 – 43
CE infant log book 1895 - 1930
Evening attendance reg. 1945 - 48
National log book 1863 – 1904
National - Junior log book 1863 - 1916
St. John's log book 1889 - 1973
Admission register 1930 - 64 (St. Johns)
Technical
Surveys
Hesketh papers surveys G.H. and Rishton 1803 – 19
Trappes-Lomax papers survey c. 1840
Terrier
Ecclesiastical records C. of E. - terrier G.H. 1778
Trades unions
G.H. Assoc. of power loom overlookers - various papers 1910 – 1972
Textiles- G.H. and District Weavers, Winders and Warpers Association 1907 – 57
Urban District
Minutes 1863 - 98
Committee minutes 1864 - 1933
Ledgers 1864 - 69/1880 - 1949
Rate books 1864 - 196
Valuations 1872 - 1955
Wages books 1901 - 51
Health reports 1907 - 70
Financial records 1881 - 1972
Mortgage register 1908 - 40
Street improvements , allotments and other registers 1925 - 69
Mercer Hall building records 1915 - 65
Plans 1906 - 66
Clerks files 1897 - 1957
Acts and orders 1867 – 1909
Valuation
Trappes-Lomax papers
Harwood and Tottleworth valuation 1817
Created 22nd March 2007 by Barbara Youds
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Websites for General Family History
ONLINE SOURCES:
CENSUS AND OTHER RECORDS (Charges apply)
http://www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/
http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/
http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/
http://www.findmypast.com/HomeServlet
http://www.britishorigins.com/
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CENSUS AND OTHER RECORDS (Free)
http://www.familysearch.org/
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm#PageTitle
http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl
http://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl
LANCASHIRE PARISH REGISTERS
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexp.html
CEMETERIES
http://www.cemsearch.co.uk/index.html
CIVIL REGISTRATION
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/default.htm
Civil registration and much more including good how to guides
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GENERAL GENEALOGY INFORMATION
http://www.cyndislist.com/
Portal to a vast range of sites
http://www.genuki.org.uk/
UK and Ireland genealogy by area
http://www.sog.org.uk/index.shtml
http://www.blacksheepancestors.com/uk/prisons.shtml
(Prisoners....)
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/churchdb/
(Find parishes in areas adjacent to your research area)
ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/http://www.a2a.org.uk/
Links to archives including Lancashire Record Office
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm
Portal to official documents including civil registration, wills, military history. Excellent range of how to guides.
http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/?func=file&file_name=login-bl-list
British Library Catalogue
http://www.lancscc.gov.uk/libraries/
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/online_reference/index.asp
Lancashire Library Online Reference Library – some sites require library login, but the website gateway to History lists some very good sites.
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MAILING LISTS
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/LANCSGEN.html
Genealogy discussion group for the whole of Lancashire
MAPS
http://www.lancscc.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp
Old maps of Lancashire including Great Harwood 1890
http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/
Lots of information, including first edition OS maps.
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NEWPAPERS IN THE GREAT HARWOOD AREA
Holdings in Accrington Library:
(The newspapers listed below are microfilmed copies.)
PRESTON JOURNAL 9th January 1740 – 26th January 1753
PRESTON REVIEW AND COUNTY ADVERTISER 1st June 1793 – 29th March 1794
PRESTON JOURNAL AND CROFT’S LANCASHIRE GENERAL ADVERTISER 14th February 1807 – 29th August 1812
PRESTON SENTINEL AND LANCASTER COUNTY ADVERTISER 17th April 1821 – 30th March 1822
ACCRINGTON FREE PRESS 1858 – 20th October 1860
ACCRINGTON GUARDIAN 12th January – 11th April 1863
ACCRINGTON TIMES 29th December 1866 – 1891
ACCRINGTON REPORTER 2nd May – 26th December 1868
ACCRINGTON HERALD 22nd – 29th January 1870
ACCRINGTON VISITOR Friday 7th August 1874
ACCRINGTON NEWS Saturday 31st October 1874
ACCRINGTON GUARDIAN AND
CHURCH AND OSWALDTWISTLE
TIMES October – December 1879, 1880
ACCRINGTON GAZETTE 1881 – 1927
THE ECHO December 1884 – August 1887
ACCRINGTON OBSERVER 1887 – 9th April 1892
ACCRINGTON ADVERTISER 24th May 1889 – 1891; 1892 – 1896; 1898 – (Title varies) 1905; 1911; 1914 – 1915 (incomplete)
ACCRINGTON OBSERVER AND TIMES 16th April 1892 to date
ACCRINGTON STAR November 1894 – January 1895
NORTHERN DAILY NEWS Monday 7th September 1896(Accrington Edition)
RISHTON NEWS January – July 1900
LABOUR JOURNAL January – November 1914 (Accrington Branch issue)
HYNDBURN CITIZEN 1980 to date (incomplete)
The Accrington Observer and the Accrington Times merged on the 16th April 1892.
The first Tuesday issue of the Accrington Observer and Times appeared on the 9th January 1900.
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Holdings in Blackburn Library:
The holdings of newspapers at Blackburn Library are shown at :
www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/services/local/blackburn.asp
The principal newspaper holdings are:
Blackburn Alfred (Weekly) 1832 - November 1834. Not indexed or
microfilmed.
Blackburn Citizen (Weekly) 1978 - . Not indexed. Microfilmed.
Blackburn Gazette (Weekly) 1832 - 1839. Not indexed. Microfilmed.
Blackburn Labour Journal (Monthly) 1898 - 1907. Not indexed.
Microfilmed. (Incomplete).
Blackburn Mail (Weekly) 29th May 1793 - 1829. Microfilmed.
Blackburn Standard (Weekly) (H=Hardcopy; W=Wanting;
M=Microfilm) 1835 (H), 1836 (W), 1837-1852 (M), 1853 (H), 1854 (W),
1855 (M), 1856-57 (H), 1858-88 (M), 1889 (H), 1890 (M), 1891-93 (H),
1894 (M), 1895 (H), 1896-97 (M), 1898 (H), 1899-1901 (M), 1902-04 (H).
Indexed 1837-1883 – card file.
Blackburn Times (Weekly) (H=Hardcopy; W=Wanting; M=Microfilm)
1855-59 (M), 1860 (W), 1861-91 (M), 1892 (H)+part of year (M),
1893-1903 (M), 1904-05 (H), 1907-08 (H), 1909-1915 (M), 1916 (H),
1918-20 (H), 1921-25 (M), 1926 (H), 1927-40 (M), 1941-58 (H), 1959-80
(M). Microfilmed.
Northern Daily Telegraph (H=Hardcopy; W=Wanting; M=Microfilm).
Oct 1886-June 1887 (H), Jul-Dec 1887 (M), 1888-89 (M), 1890-92 (H),
1893 (M), 1894 (H), 1895 (M), 1896-99 (M), 1900-1901 (M), 1902 (H),
1903 (H+Nov-Dec M), 1904 (M), 1905 (H), 1906-14 (M), 1915 (H), 1916
(Jan-Jun M, Jul-Dec H), 1917 (H), 1918 (M), 1919 (Jan-Jun H, Jul-Dec
M), 1920-24 (H), 1925-29 (M), 1930-58 (H), 1959 to date (M).
The library has a rolling conservation policy and additional years
of the Standard, Times and Telegraph are gradually being filmed. You
are recommended to check with the staff before visiting to ascertain
if the paper(s) you require are on film and whether you need to book a
microfilm reader.
A cuttings collection is maintained.
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HOW TO GUIDES
These all give good basic information, and more, and forms etc to download.
http://www.british-genealogy.com/index.html
http://www.familysearch.org/
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm
http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/default.htm
Civil registration and much more including good how to guides
LATIN
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/beginners/
NAMES
http://www.surnamedb.com/http://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/default.aspx
OLD HANDWRITING (PALAEOGRAPHY)
http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/conventions.html
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/
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SOFTWARE AND FAMILY TREE CREATION TOOLS
http://www.tribalpages.com/
The basic, with adverts, site is free and easy to use
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/
Charges apply
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/
Basic version free, but good!
http://www.familysearch.org/
Download PAF software from the homepage. Easy to use and free!
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