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Businesses (26)
- Cartridge Rope & Twine Works Heywood, Lancashire
- Dexine Rubber Company Ltd, Preston Preston, Lancashire
- E Howarth, ironmonger and haberdasher Rochdale, Lancashire
- Era Ring Mill Ltd, cotton spinners Rochdale, Lancashire
- Firgrove Co-operative Society Ltd Rochdale, Lancashire
- Healey Brothers Ltd, rope and twine manufacturers Heywood, Lancashire
- Healey Co-operative Society Ltd Whitworth, Lancashire
- HH Clough, architect and surveyor Rochdale, Lancashire
- John Bright & Brothers Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers Rochdale, Lancashire
- John Ormerod & Sons Ltd, tanners and leather dressers Rochdale, Lancashire
- Littleborough Co-operative Society of Industry Ltd Littleborough, Lancashire
- Middleton & Tonge Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd Middleton, Lancashire
- Milnrow Co-operative Society Ltd Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Aluminium & Bronze Foundry Co Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Brick Co Ltd, brick makers Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Canal Co Manchester, Lancashire
- Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society Ltd Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Provident Co-operative Society Ltd Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Waterworks Rochdale, Lancashire
- Samuel Heap & Son Ltd, dyers and finishers Rochdale, Lancashire
- Spodden Mill Manufacturing Co. Rochdale, Lancashire
- Standard Mill (Rochdale) Ltd, cotton spinners and doublers Rochdale, Lancashire
- Steps Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd
- Temperley, Taylor & Chadwick, solicitors Rochdale, Lancashire
- Turner & Newall Ltd, manufacturer of asbestos products Manchester, Lancashire
- Unnamed dentist, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
Organisations (35)
- Castleton United Reformed Church Castleton, Lancashire
- Champness Hall Methodist Church, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
- Hamer Working Men's Club, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
- Hamer Youth Club, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
- Heywood Grammar School Heywood, Lancashire
- Hope Street Baptist Chapel, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
- Kirkholt Methodist Church Kirkholt, Lancashire
- Littleborough Board Littleborough, Lancashire
- Middleton Improvement Commissioners Middleton, Lancashire
- Mitchell Street Methodist Church, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
- Municipal Borough of Middleton Middleton, Lancashire
- Oakenrod Primary School, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Amateur Operatic Society Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Board of Guardians Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Borough Constabulary Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Borough Council Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Children's Moorland Home Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Conservative Association Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Constituency Labour Party Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Field Naturalists Society Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Fire Brigade Ex-Members Association Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Liberal Party Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Pensioners Association Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Phoenix Opera Society Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Progressive Friendly Collecting Society Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Reform Association Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Trades and Labour Council Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Women Teachers Association Rochdale, Lancashire
- Spotland Methodist Youth Centre Spotland, Lancashire
- Spotland Womens Liberal Association Spotland, Lancashire
- Temple Street Baptist Church Middleton Middleton, Lancashire
- Thrum Hall Methodist Church Youth Club Thrum Hall, Lancashire
- Wardle Local Board Wardle, Lancashire
- Wardleworth Conservative Club Wardleworth, Lancashire
- West Street Baptist Church, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
Persons (3)
Diaries (1)
Families (3)
- Dearden family of Rochdale manor Rochdale, Lancashire
- Entwisle family of Foxholes Fox Holes, Lancashire;Rochdale, Lancashire
- Townley family of Belfield Hall Belfield Hall, Lancashire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (9)
- NRA 31024 John Bright & Brothers Ltd, cotton spinners and mfrs, Rochdale link to online catalogue
- NRA 33079 Dearden family of Rochdale Manor: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 31082 Era Ring Mill Ltd, cotton spinners, Rochdale link to online catalogue
- NRA 31058 Samuel Heap & Sons Ltd, bleachers, dyers and finishers, Rochdale link to online catalogue
- NRA 31054 Norwest Pioneers Co-operative Society Ltd: records of predecessor societies link to online catalogue
- NRA 31057 John Ormerod & Sons Ltd, leather dressers and finishers, Rochdale
- NRA 31060 Rochdale Canal Co link to online catalogue
- NRA 31061 Rochdale Central Library: misc accessions
- NRA 31056 Standard Mill (Rochdale) Ltd, cotton spinners and doublers link to online catalogue
Accessions
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