Salford University Archives and Special Collections
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Clifford Whitworth Library
The Crescent
Salford
England
M5 4WT
Telephone: 0161 295 6226
Fax: 0161 295 6189
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Collections information
Businesses (7)
- Bridgewater Canal Manchester, Lancashire
- Bridgewater Estates Ltd Worsley, Lancashire
- Butterworth Brothers Ltd, glass manufacturers, Manchester Newton Heath, Lancashire
- English Velvet & Cord Dyers Association Ltd Manchester, Lancashire
- London & Birmingham Railway Co Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Oldham & Son Ltd, battery manufacturers Denton, Lancashire
- Palatine Glass Co, glass manufacturers Salford, Lancashire
Organisations (4)
- Conservative Party
- Salford Grammar School Salford, Lancashire
- Salford Royal Technical Institute and Royal Technical College Salford, Lancashire
- Salford Technical and Engineering Association Salford, Lancashire
Persons (16)
- Armstrong, Thomas, (1899-1978), Author
- Badnall, Richard, (d 1842), Railway Engineer
- Cheney, Leo, (1878-1928), cartoonist Accrington, Lancashire;Manchester, Lancashire;Sussex
- Dockray, Robert Benson, (1811-1871), Railway Engineer
- Egerton, Francis, (1736-1803), 3rd Duke of Bridgewater
- Greenwood, Walter, (1903-1974), Novelist and Playwright Salford, Lancashire
- Hopcraft, Arthur, (1932-2004), scriptwriter Salford, Lancashire
- Houghton, William Stanley, (1881-1913), dramatist
- Mather, Frederick Clare, (b 1922), Historian
- May, Phil, (1864-1903), cartoonist Leeds, Yorkshire;London
- Murphy, Christopher John, (b 1975), academic
- Newsome, Roy, (1930-2011), music conductor
- Stephenson, George, (1781-1848), Railway Engineer Wylam, Northumberland
- Stephenson, Robert, (1803-1859), civil engineer
- Willink, Henry George, (1851-c 1936), Surveyor
- Willink, William Williamson, (1808-c 1900), Secretary to Public Works Loan Board
Diaries (5)
- Craig, Mike, (1935-2010), radio comedy writer and producer Batley, Yorkshire;Manchester, Lancashire
- Goodger, John Michael, (fl 1968-1970), film maker and lecturer Salford, Lancashire
- Hodkinson, B, Engineer Salford, Lancashire
- Phillips, Thomas, (d 1975), Engineer Salford, Lancashire
- Richardson, H, (fl 1921-1926), engineer Salford, Lancashire
Families (2)
- Egerton family, Earls of Bridgewater Studham, Bedfordshire;Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire;Pitstone, Buckinghamshire;Tatton, Cheshire;Winston, Durham;Ashridge Park, Hertfordshire;Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire;Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire;Liverpool, Lancashire;Worsley, Lancashire;Frampton, Lincolnshire;Bridgewater House, London;Brackley, Northamptonshire;Halse, Northamptonshire;Wollaston, Northamptonshire;Bromfield, Shropshire;Ellesmere, Shropshire;Whitchurch, Shropshire;Chertsey, Surrey;Astley, Warwickshire;Caldwell, Yorkshire;Hawnby, Yorkshire;Hilton, Yorkshire;Bromfield, Denbighshire;Wrexham, Denbighshire;Yale, Denbighshire
- Egerton family, Earls of Ellesmere Stetchworth, Cambridgeshire;Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire;Tatton, Cheshire;Southampton, Hampshire;Liverpool, Lancashire;Worsley, Lancashire;Frampton, Lincolnshire;Bridgewater House, London;Brackley, Northamptonshire;Wollaston, Northamptonshire;Ellesmere, Shropshire;Astley, Warwickshire;Bromfield, Denbighshire;Yale, Denbighshire;Mertoun, Berwickshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (10)
- NRA 11608 Richard Badnall, railway engineer: corresp link to online catalogue
- NRA 36987 Butterworth Brothers Archive link to online catalogue
- NRA 36986 Robert Benson Dockray, railway engineer: corresp link to online catalogue
- NRA 28500 Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgwater: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 37237 English Velvet & Cord Dyers Association Ltd link to online catalogue
- NRA 35601 Walter Greenwood, novelist and playwright: literary MSS link to online catalogue
- NRA 35602 William Stanley Houghton, playwright: literary MSS and misc papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 34904 Oldham & Son Ltd, battery mfrs, Denton link to online catalogue
- NRA 35603 Salford Technical and Engineering Association link to online catalogue
- NRA 37238 Henry George Willink and William Williamson Willink: corresp and papers rel to Birmingham canals link to online catalogue
Accessions
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