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Businesses (25)

Armitage & Rigby Ltd, cotton spinners Warrington, Lancashire;Manchester, Lancashire
Caldwells Ltd, mill furnishers Warrington, Lancashire;Stockton Heath, Cheshire
Daniel Johnson & Son Ltd, basket makers, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
Grand Junction Railway Co
Happy Life Flour Co Ltd, corn and flour dealers Warrington, Lancashire
Harold Smith, dispensing chemist, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
James Fairclough & Sons Ltd, millers Warrington, Lancashire
John H Fleming & Co, tanners Warrington, Lancashire
John White & Co, estate agents Warrington, Lancashire
Joseph Crosfield & Sons Ltd, soap manufacturers Warrington, Lancashire
London & North Western Railway Co London
Longford Wire Co Ltd, steel wire drawers Longford, Cheshire
Monks Hall & Co Ltd, iron and steel manufacturers, steel rollers and rivet manufacturers Warrington, Lancashire
Moss Hall Coal Co Ltd Wigan, Lancashire
N Greening & Sons Ltd, wire manufacturers, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
Parr, Lyon & Co, bank Warrington, Lancashire
Partington Steel & Iron Co Ltd Irlam, Lancashire
Robert Dandy, farmer, Rixton Rixton, Lancashire
Rylands Bros Ltd, wire manufacturers, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
Steam Barge Pixie Co Ltd Warrington, Lancashire
T Hulbert & Sons Ltd, flour millers, Manchester Manchester, Lancashire
Warrington Gas Works Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Waterworks Co Warrington, Lancashire
WD Jeans, solicitor Warrington, Lancashire
William & Seager Owen, architects, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire

Organisations (120)

Amalgamated Society of Mill-Sawyers, Wood-Cutting Machinists and Wood Turners, later Amalgamated Society of Wood Turners: Warrington branch Warrington, Lancashire
Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers: Lymm branch Lymm, Cheshire
Amicable Club, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
Antrobus parish Antrobus, Cheshire
Arbury parish Arbury, Lancashire
Ashton and Darwen sunday and day schools Ashton, Lancashire
Ashton in Makerfield Charity Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire
Beaumont Branch Technical School, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
Bold Street Soldiers Club, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
Bold Street Soldiers Home, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
British and Foreign Bible Society: Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
British Medical Association: Warrington division Warrington, Lancashire
British Red Cross Society: Cheshire branch Cheshire;Cheshire
Cairo Street Independent Methodist Chapel, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
Cairo Street Unitarian Chapel Sunday School, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
Catholic Philanthropic Society, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
Cheshire: Newton Volunteers Newton, Cheshire
Council for the Protection of Rural England: Cheshire branch Cheshire;Cheshire
Daresbury parish Daresbury, Cheshire
Eagle and Child Card Club, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
Education Society, Warrington (People's College) Warrington, Lancashire
Gainsborough Players, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
Grappenhall and Thelwall parish council Grappenhall, Cheshire;Thelwall, Cheshire
Grappenhall parish Grappenhall, Cheshire
Great Sankey parish Great Sankey, Lancashire
Halle Club, Warrington branch Warrington, Lancashire
Hamilton Street Technical School, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
HMS Ganges (1821)
Houghton parish Houghton, Lancashire
Lancashire militia Lancashire;Lancashire
Latchford Lawn Tennis Club Latchford, Cheshire
Latchford parish Latchford, Cheshire
League of Nations Union: Warrington branch Warrington, Lancashire
Little Sankey parish Little Sankey, Lancashire
Lymm land tax Lymm, Cheshire
Lymm parish Lymm, Cheshire
Middleton parish Middleton, Lancashire
Milner's Moore Charity Moore, Cheshire
Padgate Film Society Warrington, Lancashire
Penketh and Sankey Boys Club Penketh, Lancashire;Great Sankey, Lancashire
Penketh Old Scholars Association Penketh, Lancashire
Penketh Parish Council Penketh, Lancashire
Penketh Preparative Meeting Penketh, Lancashire
Poulton with Fearnhead assessed taxes Poulton with Fearnhead, Lancashire
Poulton with Fearnhead parish Poulton with Fearnhead, Lancashire
Poulton with Fearnhead Parish Council Poulton with Fearnhead, Lancashire
Pyramid Arts Centre, Warrington Warrington, Cheshire
Raddon Court Military Hospital, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
Runcorn Ex-Servicemen's Association Football Club Runcorn, Cheshire
Social Democratic Party: Warrington area Warrington, Lancashire
South African War Veterans Association: Warrington and District branch Warrington, Lancashire
South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) (40/82th Foot) Lancashire
St James's Dramatic Society, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
Stockton Heath Garden Society Stockton Heath, Cheshire
Stockton Heath Infant Welfare Centre Stockton Heath, Cheshire
Stretton township Stretton, Cheshire
Thelwall township Thelwall, Cheshire
Union Coffee Room, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Great Sankey and Penketh branch Great Sankey, Lancashire
Warrington and District Archaeological and Historical Society Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington and District Badminton League Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington and District Joint Anglican Free Church Fraternal Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington and District Life Guards Corps Club Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington and District Nursing Association Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington and District Organists and Choirmasters Association Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington and district tithes Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington and Wigan Turnpike Trust Warrington, Lancashire;Wigan, Lancashire
Warrington Association for the Promotion of Technical Instruction Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Borough Council Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Boys Club (formerly Boys Institute) Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Caledonian Society Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Chamber of Commerce Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Circulating Library Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Classis Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Continuation School Committee Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Dispensary and Infirmary Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Field Club Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Field Naturalists Society Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Fire Brigade Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Flint Glass Manufacturers Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Footpath Protection Society Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Headstart Unemployed Drop-in Centre Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Independent Labour Party Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Institution Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Insurance Committee Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Jubilee Committee Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington land tax Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Law Society Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Library and Museum Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Light Opera Society Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Literary and Philosophical Society Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Male Voice Choir (formerly Choral Union) Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Mechanics Institution Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Medico-Ethical Society Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Methodist Circuit Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Musical Society Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Natural History Society Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington parish Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Parliamentary Debating Society Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Philomathic Society Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Phrenological Society Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Police Commissioners Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Poor Law Union Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Public Parks Amateur Bowling League Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Ragged School Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Recreative Evening Schools Association Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Regatta Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Rowing Club Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington School of Art Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington School of Science Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Society Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Society of Friends Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Swimming Club Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Teachers Association Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Town Council Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Trades Council and Labour Party Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Volunteers Warrington, Lancashire
Warrington Workers Unity Council Warrington, Lancashire
Whist Club, Feather's Inn, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
Whitecross Military Hospital, Warrington Warrington, Lancashire

Persons (24)

Diaries (7)

Ashley, Mary, (b1830), student and teacher at St Elphin's College Warrington, Lancashire
Blease, Freda, (fl1916-1924) Latchford, Cheshire
Chenhall, Thomas Sydney, (fl1935-1979)
Graham, Joan, (fl 1999), author Stockton Heath, Cheshire
Hayes, Harry, (fl1939-2007) Warrington, Cheshire
Naylor, R A, (fl1870-1900), timber merchant Thelwall, Cheshire
Williams, Fanny, (fl 1904-1920), school teacher Warrington, Cheshire

Families (5)

Bold family of Bold Bold, Lancashire;Burtonwood, Lancashire;Barkisland, Yorkshire;Ripponden, Yorkshire;Stainland, Yorkshire
Down family of Appleton Appleton, Cheshire
Harrison family of Warrington and Lea Warrington, Lancashire
Lyon family of Warrington Warrington, Lancashire
Wilson Patten family of Winmarleigh Winmarleigh, Lancashire

Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (8)

NRA 41578 William Beamont, solicitor, antiquary and philanthropist: corresp, papers and antiquarian collectio link to online catalogue
NRA 10079 John Dalton lecture notes and papers
NRA 30860 John H Fleming & Co Ltd, tanners, Warrington link to online catalogue
NRA 30861 William Dampier Jeans, solicitor, Warrington link to online catalogue
NRA 36703 Longford Wire Co Ltd, steel wire drawers, Warrington link to online catalogue
NRA 36069 Partington Steel & Iron Co Ltd, Irlam link to online catalogue
NRA 14602 Warrington Municipal Library: MS collections
NRA 9201 Warrington Municipal Library: scientific MSS

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