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Altrincham History Society Publications

Altrincham History Society publications - journals and occasional papers -
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An index to the Society's publications is available HERE..
This was updated in October, 2024.

Publications

The Society publishes the results of research in Occasional Papers, in a yearly Journal and in Newsletters.

Newsletters (in .pdf format)

Occasional Papers (OP) (in .pdf format)

OP17: Altrincham and its Buttermarket 1682-1760
OP22: Three Centuries of Public Houses in Altrincham
OP26: Altrincham Textile Mills
OP27 & 35: One Hundred and Seventy Years of Health Care: Altrincham General Hospital.
Part 1: 1850s to Beginning of the NHS. (OP 27)
Part 2: From 1948 to 2015 (OP35)
OP28: The Barony Court of Dunham Massey, Transcripts from 1733 to 1740.
OP29: The Changing Landscape of Bowdon, Cheshire.
OP33: 'Mr Mayor Conceits Himself to Have That Power': Altrincham Court Leet in 17th Century
OP34: Asquith’s War: Altrincham, August 1914 to May 1915. Altrincham in WW1, Part 1:
OP37: Altrincham Town Hall
OP38: The Coalition’s War: Altrincham in WW1, Part 2: May 1915 to December 1916.
OP39: Altrincham, the AFS and the Merseyside Blitz of May 1941
OP41: The 10th Earl of Stamford and the Dunham Treasures
OP42: Altrincham and Dunham in 'The Lost Years': Two Townships during the Absence of George Harry, 7th Earl of Stamford, 1848-1880,
OP44: Managing Altrincham: Altrincham Court Leet 1612-1760
OP45: The Accidental Earl: William Grey, 9th Earl of Stamford
OP47: Air Raid Precautions in Altrincham, 1936 to 1942.
OP48: Enticing and Alluring: everyday fun in the 17th & 18th centuries
OP49: The Legend of the Hale Moss Witch
OP50: The Fifth Earl of Stamford and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
OP51: Petty Crime and Misdemeanours 1613-1700: from Ashton-on-Mersey to Altrincham
OP52: The Ill-fated Earl: the 6th Earl of Stamford & Warrington and his family
OP53: Harbouring Inmates: the treatment of the Poor in Altrincham and surrounding areas, 1600-1760
OP54: World War Two Memories of Altrincham [Part 1]
OP55: Portrait of a Georgian Marriage: Henrietta Cavendish Bentinck, 5th Countess of Stamford and Warrington, by Ann Nosowska and Kath Rigby
OP56: A Pauper Lunatic in Macclesfield Asylum: the terrifying experience of Alice Petschler, by Joanna Williams
OP57: Farming in North-east Cheshire 1600-1760
OP59: World War 2 Memories: Part 2
OP60: Fashion and Dress in North-east Cheshire 1600-1760
OP62: Aspects of Bowdon
OP63: Mills on the Bollin
OP64: Memories of Altrincham Shops
OP66: Weaponry in North-east Cheshire 1600-1760
OP70: Altrincham New Town (Cally)
OP71: Altrincham Blue Plaques
OP72: World War Two Memories: Part 3

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Altrincham History Society Journals (from 2013-) and Contents:

No.33: Captain Bradbury WW1 VC; The Affair at Nery 1914; Altrincham Cinemas in 1914
No.34: Memories of Dunham Camp (National Service); Bent’s Inn 1640-1713; A 1729 Date-stone from Timperley; The VC and George Cross
No.35: Altrincham’s Ancient Charter; The Old Market Tavern 1600-1753; A Death in Hale
No.36: Burdett’s Map of Altrincham; The Last Butcher in Altrincham; The Linotype Estate, Broadheath; Altrincham road development; To Serve in the Warrs; Altrincham Town Clock 1663-1707.
No.37: A Stamford Rack-Rent Dinner 1902; Isaac McDougall WW1 Red Cross Driver; Local Landscape History; Altrincham’s First Fire Engine (18th C); Obituary: Don Bayliss (President).
No.38: Obituary: Bill Speakman, Victoria Cross; Roman and Medieval Impact on the Altrincham Area; Railway Crash in Broadheath; Eaton’s Inn Revisited: Or An Apology for Getting It Wrong; The Manchester & Districts of the Ancient Order of Foresters Investment Association; Terms Found in the Court Leets of the Barony of Dunham Massey 1613-1640
No.39: The Early History of Altrincham: The Stone Age to the Normans; Douglas Marshall Rigby (1891-1918): From artist to soldier; Untangling the Gordian Knot: The Vawdrey Family, Part 1: The Main Branches – Riddings/Hazlehurst and Hale
No.40: Cabmen’s Shelters: A little article about an aspect of the local scene that has disappeared completely; Serendity, or Hope?; Memories of WW2: Part 1: Frank Eastwood, My Father; Memories of WW2: Part 2: WW2 Recipes; More Serendity; Untangling the Gordian Knot: The Vawdrey Family (but not as George Ormerod thought it was). Part 2: The Vawdreys of Bowdon and Dunham Massey; Altrincham Court Leet Meeting 1888 and the Last Court Leet Meeting in 1937
No.41: A Tale of Two Brothers; Edward Nelson (1878-1940) Barrister; Two WW1 Altrincham/Hale Lads Commemorated After One Hundred Years; Alfred Tarbolton (1861-1934), Local Historian; The Vawdrey Family: Part 3: The Ones That George Ormerod Forgot; Glyn Hughes: Poet and Writer Living in Sowerby Bridge; Snickets, Ginnel or Alleyways?: Snickets, Ginnels, Alleyways and Footpaths in Altrincham, Bowdon and Hale
No. 42: Altrincham Shops I Remember From Yesteryear; Two Views of the Altrincham Area From 1825 and 1830; John O’Jerusalem’s Patch: Another Problem?; Alleged Theft of Wheelbarrows at Altrincham; Spanish Civil War Connection; Timperley Villas and ‘Miss Marple’; Happy Birthday to My Hundred Year Old ‘Fruit Bowl’; John Grange Calveley, Cartoonist, 1943-2021; Women Field Workers
No.43: Rossmill Farm and Hale Open Field; Plague in Altrincham; Connections: The Reverend Edward Dowling; Down the Rabbit Hole – Again!; North Cheshire Place Names: The origin of place names from Knutsford to the Mersey
No.44: Hamo de Mascy; Holt’s Yard, Manor Road, Altrincham; The Origin of Altrincham Township; The Curious Will of John Jenkinson of Riddings Hall, Timperley, 1712

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