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Businesses (60)
- AW Knapp & Co Ltd, tailors London
- Bennett's Iron Foundry Co Ltd Stockport, Cheshire
- Blossoms Hotel Stockport, Cheshire
- Boots Co Ltd, pharmaceutical manufacturers and retailers, Nottingham Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Chestergate Hat Manufacturing Co Ltd, hat manufacturers Stockport, Cheshire
- Christy & Co Ltd, hat manufacturers Stockport, Cheshire
- Compstall Co-operative Society Compstall, Cheshire
- Executors of James Mills Ltd, key and taper pin manufacturers Bredbury, Cheshire
- Falcon Printing Co Ltd Stockport, Cheshire
- FS Johnson, cotton doublers Stockport, Cheshire
- G & W Turner Ltd, wine and spirit merchants Stockport, Cheshire
- Great Moor Co-operative Society Stockport, Cheshire
- Halliday & Co Ltd, dyers and finishers Stockport, Cheshire
- Hazel Grove Co-operative Society Hazel Grove, Cheshire
- Henry Heath (Wholesale) Ltd, hat manufacturers London
- Isaac Pearson Ltd, cotton spinners Stockport, Cheshire
- J Clough & Son, cabinet makers Stockport, Cheshire
- J.W. Johnston, solicitor, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- James Forster, fish, game and poultry dealer Edgeley, Cheshire
- James Harrison, cotton spinner Manchester, Lancashire
- James Jones, Steam Boiler/Steam Chest Makers, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- John Myers & Co, mail order catalogue business Stockport, Cheshire
- John Needham & Sons Ltd, ironfounders Stockport, Cheshire
- John Padmore & Sons, builders Stockport, Cheshire
- Kay Bros Ltd, chemists and druggists Stockport, Cheshire
- Lincoln, Bennett & Co Ltd, hat manufacturers London;Stockport, Cheshire
- London & North Eastern Railway Co London
- Melton & Co Ltd, hat manufacturers London
- Mr Carrington, hatter Stockport, Cheshire
- Norris Hill Farm Heaton Norris, Cheshire
- Pear New Mill Co Ltd, cotton spinners Stockport, Cheshire
- Peel & Co (Hatters) Ltd Manchester, Lancashire
- Portwood Spinning Co Ltd, cotton spinners Stockport, Cheshire
- R Eastwood, builder Marple, Cheshire
- R Greg & Co Ltd, cotton spinners and doublers Styal, Cheshire;Reddish, Lancashire
- Reddish Chemical Co Ltd, detergent manufacturers Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire
- Richard Clarke & Co Ltd, brewers Stockport, Cheshire
- Samuel Oldknow & Co, cotton spinners and weavers Mellor, Lancashire
- Samuel Stocks Junior & Co, bleachers Heaton Mersey, Cheshire
- Sayer & Sayer (Textiles) Ltd, tie manufacturers London
- Scotts Ltd, ladies' and gentlemen's hatters London
- Spur Doubling Mill Ltd, cotton doublers Stockport, Cheshire
- Staples (Stockport) Ltd, fish merchants Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Borough Cemetery Co Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Co-operative Society Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport District Waterworks Co Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Electrical Services Co, electrical engineers Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Savings Bank Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Victoria Benefit Building Society Stockport, Cheshire
- Storey Foundry Co Ltd, ironfounders Stockport, Cheshire
- Sutton & Torkington Ltd, hat manufacturers Stockport, Cheshire
- Swain & Co Ltd, newspaper proprietors and printers Stockport, Cheshire
- Sykes & Co Ltd, bleachers Stockport, Cheshire
- Tanners' Hide Buying Association Ltd Stockport, Cheshire
- Theatre Royal, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Tress & Co Ltd, hat manufacturers London
- Turner, Atherton & Co Ltd, hatters' machinery manufacturers Stockport, Cheshire
- W & J Thornhill, curriers and leather merchants Stockport, Cheshire
- William A Muir Ltd, jewellers and pawnbrokers Manchester, Lancashire
- Woodley Co-operative Society Woodley, Cheshire
Organisations (194)
- 38th Cheshire Home Guard Cheshire;Cheshire
- Age Concern: Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Aldswood Temporary Council Infants School, Neston Grove Neston, Cheshire
- Amalgamated Engineering Union: Stockport No 6 branch Stockport, Cheshire
- Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers: Stockport district committee Stockport, Cheshire
- Barrack Hill Primary School Stockport, Cheshire
- Belmont Council School, Heaton Norris Heaton Norris, Cheshire
- Bethesday Independent Methodist Chapel, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Booth Green Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Adlington Adlington, Cheshire
- Bramhall Amateur Football Club Bramhall, Cheshire
- Bramhall Horticultural Society Bramhall, Cheshire
- Bramhall Ladies Guild Bramhall, Cheshire
- Bramhall Methodist Circuit Bramhall, Cheshire
- Bredbury and Romiley Local Board Bredbury, Cheshire;Romiley, Cheshire
- Bredbury Comprehensive School Bredbury, Cheshire
- Bredbury Township Bredbury, Cheshire
- Brentnall Street Council School, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Cheadle Bulkley Township Cheadle, Cheshire
- Cheadle Cemetery Cheadle, Cheshire
- Cheadle Heath Primary School Cheadle, Cheshire
- Cheadle Hulme & Bramhall Natural History Society Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire;Bramhall, Cheshire
- Cheadle Hulme Cricket Club Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire
- Cheadle Hulme Military Auxiliary Hospital Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire
- Cheadle Hulme Volunteer Defence Corps Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire
- Cheadle Moseley Township Cheadle, Cheshire
- Cheadle township Cheadle, Cheshire
- Cherry Tree Infant School, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Cheshire Shooting Syndicate Cheshire
- Chinley and Bugsworth Womens Liberal Association Chinley, Lancashire
- Chinley, Bugsworth and Brownside Liberal Association Chinley, Derbyshire
- Compstall Methodist Church Compstall, Cheshire
- Compstall Urban District Council Compstall, Cheshire
- Davenport Methodist Circuit, Cheshire Davenport, Cheshire
- Dorothy Bilkeley & Cheadle Lads' Charity Cheadle, Cheshire
- Dr Blades Memorial Fund, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- East Cheshire Regional Planning Committee Cheshire;Cheshire
- Edgeley Botanical Society Edgeley, Cheshire
- Edgeley Council Infants School Edgeley, Cheshire
- Edgeley United Reformed Church Edgeley, Cheshire
- Etchells Township Etchells, Cheshire
- Fir Tree Primary School Stockport, Cheshire
- Forum Music Society, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Great Moor Church of England School, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Greater Manchester Archaeological Unit Manchester, Lancashire;Greater Manchester;Oldham, Lancashire
- Halle Club, Cheadle and Gatley branch Cheadle, Cheshire;Gatley, Cheshire
- Halle Club, Stockport and district branch Stockport, Cheshire
- Hanover Congregational Church, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Hanover Independent Council School, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban District Council Hazel Grove, Cheshire;Bramhall, Cheshire
- Hazel Grove and District Horticultural Society Hazel Grove, Cheshire
- Hazel Grove Primitive Methodist Church Hazel Grove, Cheshire
- Hazel Grove Provident Burial Society Hazel Grove, Cheshire
- Hazel Grove United Methodist Church Hazel Grove, Cheshire
- Hazel Grove Wesleyan Methodist Church Hazel Grove, Cheshire
- Hazel Grove, Bramhall and Woodford Arts Association Hazel Grove, Cheshire
- Heaton Chapel Literary and Philosophical Society Heaton Chapel, Lancashire
- Heaton Chapel Reform Club Heaton Chapel, Lancashire
- Heaton Mersey Coronation Celebrations Heaton Mersey, Cheshire
- Heaton Mersey Methodist Church Heaton Mersey, Cheshire
- Heaton Mersey Sunday School Heaton Mersey, Cheshire
- Heaton Moor and District Conservative Club Heaton Moor, Cheshire
- Heaton Moor Golf Club Heaton Moor, Cheshire
- Heaton Moor United Church Heaton Moor, Cheshire
- Heaton Norris parish Heaton Norris, Cheshire
- Heaton Norris township Heaton Norris, Cheshire
- Heaton Norris Urban District Council and Local Board Heaton Norris, Cheshire
- Heaton United Reformed Church Heaton, Lancashire
- Hempshaw Lane Wesleyan Mission, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Independent Order of Oddfellows: Stockport Loyal Trafalgar Lodge 401 Loyal Trafalgar Lodge 401 Stockport, Cheshire
- Jubilee Methodist Church, Marple Bridge Marple Bridge, Derbyshire
- Labour Church Movement: Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Lancashire & Cheshire Amateur Football League Lancashire;Cheshire
- Lancashire Hill British School, Heaton Norris Heaton Norris, Cheshire
- Macclesfield Aurora Cricket Club Macclesfield, Cheshire
- Manchester Hospital for Deseases of the Skin Manchester, Lancashire
- Marple Arts Group Marple, Cheshire
- Marple Children's Orthopaedic Hospital Cheshire
- Marple Library Marple, Cheshire
- Mauldeth Hospital, Heston Mersey Cheshire
- Mount Tabor Methodist Church, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- National Association of Headteachers, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- National Federation of Building Trades Operatives: Stockport branch Stockport, Cheshire
- National Union of Teachers: East Cheshire association Cheshire;Cheshire
- National Union of Teachers: North East Cheshire association Cheshire;Cheshire
- National Union of Teachers: Stockport and district Stockport, Cheshire
- Newbridge Lane Wesleyan Infant School, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- North Counties Hospital for Incurables Cheshire
- North Heaton Primary School Stockport, Cheshire
- North Reddish Primary School Reddish, Lancashire
- Offerton Hall Primary School Stockport, Cheshire
- Offerton Township Offerton, Cheshire
- Old Comrades Association: Cheshire branch Cheshire;Cheshire
- Order of the Sons of Temperance Friendly Society: Reddish Reddish, Lancashire
- Original Middle Hillgate Benevolent Burial Collecting Society, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Peacefield Primary School, Marple Marple, Cheshire
- Portwood Wesleyan School Portwood, Cheshire
- Poynton United Methodist Church Poynton, Cheshire
- Reddish Halftime School Reddish, Lancashire
- Reddish St Mary's Church of England School Reddish, Lancashire
- Reddish Urban District Council Reddish, Lancashire
- Romiley Music Group Romiley, Cheshire
- Romiley parish Chadkirk, Cheshire
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution: Stockport branch Stockport, Cheshire
- Scout Association: Stockport 12th Troop (St Paul's) Stockport, Cheshire
- Scout Association: Stockport 6th group (Christ Church) Stockport, Cheshire
- Scout Association: Tiviot Dale Group Stockport, Cheshire
- Shaw Heath Hospital Stockport, Cheshire
- Sir Ralph Pendleburys Charity for Orphans, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Sons of Temperance Friendly Society: Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- St Andrews Day School, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- St Anne's Wesleyan Day School, South Reddish Reddish, Lancashire
- St Mary and St Thomas parishes, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- St Paul parish, Portwood Portwood, Cheshire
- St Peter's Church of England School, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- St Thomas' Hospital, Cheshire Cheshire
- St Thomas's Badminton Club, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Standing Conference of Womens Organisations: Stockport branch Stockport, Cheshire
- Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockbridge Borough Stockbridge, Hampshire
- Stockport & District Commercial Travellers' Association Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Amateur Rugby League Club Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Amateur Wine-Making Society Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport and District Medical Society Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Art Gallery Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Borough Police Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Certified Assistant Teachers Association Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Chamber of Trade Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Children's House and Youth Club Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Choral and Philharmonic Society Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport civil defence Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport College for Further Education Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Commercial School Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport common Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Conservative Club Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport County Anglers Association Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport County Borough Council Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport County Court Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Evening Continuation School Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Field Club Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Fire Brigade Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Friendly Brothers Six Pounds Burial Society Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Grammar School Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Independent Labour Party Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Infirmary, Cheshire Cheshire
- Stockport Institute for the Blind Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Labour Fellowship Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Labour Party Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Lacrosse Club Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Liberal Association Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Magistrates Court Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Maternity and Child Welfare Committee Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Meat Retailers Buying Committee Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Mechanics Institute Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Methodist Circuit Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Methodists Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Retired Employees Club Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport NHS Trust Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport parish Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Police Department Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Ragged and Industrial School Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Reform Club Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport School Board Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Sick Poor Nursing Association Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Society of Journeymen Hatters Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Society of Naturalists Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport South Constituency Labour Party Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Sunday School Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Technical High School Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Trades and Labour Council Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Trades Council Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Unitarian Church Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Urban District Council Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Vocal Union Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport War Memorial Building Stockport, Cheshire
- Stockport Wellington Debating Society Stockport, Cheshire
- Stoconians Association Stockport, Cheshire
- Tame Valley Primary School Stockport, Cheshire
- Temperance Four Pounds Burial Society, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Tiviot Dale Methodist Church, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Tiviotdale Methodist Circuit Stockport, Cheshire
- Torkington Township Torkington, Cheshire
- Union Chapel British School, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians: Cheadle branch Cheadle, Cheshire
- Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians: Stockport branch Stockport, Cheshire
- United Commercial Travellers Association, Stockport Branch Stockport, Cheshire
- Water Lane Methodist Church, Wilmslow Wilmslow, Cheshire
- Wellington Road Council School, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Wellington Road South Congregational Church, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Willow Grove Cemetery, Reddish Reddish, Lancashire
- Woods Lane Methodist Church, Poynton Poynton, Cheshire
- Woodsmoor Methodist Church Sunday School Council, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
- Workers Educational Association: Stockport branch Stockport, Cheshire
- Wycliffe Congregational Church, Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
Persons (8)
- Bennett, Andrew, (1974-2005), MP
- Cobden, Richard, (1804-1865), statesman and businessman
- McCarron, John P, (fl1993-1995), mayor Stockport, Cheshire
- Miller, Sir Geoffrey Christie-, (1881-1969), Knight, Colonel
- Miller, Samuel Christie-, (1810-1889), MP for Newcastle Under Lyme
- Pailin, David A, (fl 1900-1999), methodist minister
- Sidebottom, T B, (fl 1900-1999), violinist
- Thorne, Ralph Frederick, (b 1914), Anglican Clergyman Antiquary
Diaries (3)
- Knott, Thomas
- Noble, Margaret Lee Stockport, Cheshire
- Winbolt, Hannah, (fl c1910), suffragette
Families (5)
- Bradshaw-Isherwood family of Marple Hall Marple Hall, Cheshire;Bradshaw Hall, Lancashire
- Davies family of Croydon Croydon, Surrey;London;Stockport, Cheshire
- Fox family Cheshire;Cheshire
- Legh family of Lyme Park Lyme Park, Cheshire
- Sidebottom family of Stockport Stockport, Cheshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (25)
- NRA 947 Bradshaw-Isherwood family of Marple Hall: estate papers
- NRA 26894 Bredbury Urban District Council link to online catalogue
- NRA 22838 Christy & Co, hat mfrs, Stockport: deeds and papers link to scanned list link to scanned list
- NRA 25336 John Clough & Son, cabinet makers, Stockport link to scanned list
- NRA 30858 R Greg & Co Ltd, yarn spinners, Stockport
- NRA 34926 Hazel Grove Methodist churches link to scanned list
- NRA 27972 Heaton Moor and District Conservative Club link to scanned list
- NRA 22827 Kay Brothers Ltd, chemists and druggists, Stockport: deeds and papers link to scanned list
- NRA 25337 National Union of Teachers: Stockport and District association link to scanned list
- NRA 20423 Pear New Mill Co Ltd (cotton mfrs), Stockport link to scanned list
- NRA 27973 Stockport and district co-operative societies link to scanned list
- NRA 34927 Stockport Borough
- NRA 9716 Stockport Central Library: misc accessions
- NRA 27964 Stockport Central Library: MS collections
- NRA 22841 Stockport Corporation transport records link to scanned list
- NRA 34923 Stockport County Anglers Association link to scanned list
- NRA 40432 Stockport Heritage Services: MS collection
- NRA 37007 Stockport Labour Party link to scanned list
- NRA 22839 Stockport Methodist marriage registers link to scanned list
- NRA 34924 Stockport: St Thomas's Badminton Club link to scanned list
- NRA 25338 Stockport Standing Conference of Womens Organisations link to scanned list
- NRA 26893 Stockport Unitarian Church link to scanned list
- NRA 26892 Swain & Co Ltd, newspaper proprietors and printers, Stockport link to scanned list
- NRA 34925 Tiviot Dale Methodist Church, Stockport link to scanned list
- NRA 20460 Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians: Stockport branch
Accessions
These are selected lists of new or additional collections that were acquired by this archive during a specific year. If a date is not displayed there are no accessions for that year.