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Articles include (date given is date of publication of article):
Pg1. 'Report of the Committee of the Manchester Agricultural Society', 7 Oct 1828
Pg1. 'Sinking of Cateaton Street' [Liverpool?] -sewarage pipe and road accident, 26 Sep 1829
Pg1. Death Notice: William Trafford Esq, 5 Sep 1829
Pg1. Dedication of St. James Church, Oldham, 25 Sep 1829
Pg2. 'An account of the official and declared values of British cotton, twist and yarn exported from Great Britain ... for the years 1818 to 1826', n.d.
Pg2. Article re Catholic Emancipation giving a quote from Mr Peel, n.d.
Pg2. Wigan - Election of Thomas Hardman Esq to the role of Mayor, 17 Oct 1828
Pg2. Preston - Election of officials for the coming year including John Troughton Esq as Mayor, 17 Oct 1828
Pg2. Article re Liverpool to Manchester railway and its proposed extension to Stockport, n.d.
Pg3. Article re the reopening, after refurbishment and extension, of the Oldham Street Chapel, 17 Oct 1828
Pg3. Birth Notice: son of William Hulton Esq, 17 Oct 1828
Pg3. Death Notice: James Whitehead Esq, calico printer, 17 Oct 1828
Pg3. Death Notice: Joshua Dearden, Captain in the Royal Lancashire Militia, 17 Oct 1828
Pg3. Death Notice: Mr John Schofield, 17 Oct 1828
Pg3. Liverpool - election of officials including Nicholas Robinson Esq as Mayor, 24 Oct 1828
Pg3. Marriage Notice: at Bury, of William Bromilow junior Esq and Mary Melladen, 24 Oct 1828
Pg3. Marriage Notice: at Middleton of Robert Kaye Esq and Ellen Taylor, 24 Oct 1828
Pg3. Death Notice: Mrs Mary Henderson, 24 Oct 1828
Pg3. Marriage Notice: Charles Swainson Esq and Miss Emma Sergent, 31 Oct 1828
Pg3. Death Notice: William Renshaw Esq, 31 Oct 1828
Pg3. Article re the financial results of the summer season at Blackpool, 1828
Pg3. Article re a presentation by the Manchester Mechanics Institute to Mr James Horsfall, Oct 1828
Pg3. Marriage Notice: Thomas Reddish Esq and Miss Nancy Unsworth, 7 Nov [1828]
Pg3. Death Notice: Mrs Hodson wife of John Hodson M.P. for Wigan, 24 oct 1828
Pg3. Article re Cotton describing the plant and its growing locations, n.d.
Pg3 & 4. A list of 'Words Common to Scotland and Lancashire' with definition, n.d.
Pg4. Article calling for the proceeds from the Manchester Musical Festival to be put towards the building of the Blind Asylum which had been endowed by Thomas Henshaw, 7 Nov 1828
Pg4. Article re the recommended by-laws relating to Manchester Town Hall, 7 Nov 1828
Pg4. Report on the accounts of the Philanthropic Society, 7 Nov 1828
Pg4. Article detailing the state of the Silk Trade, n.d.
Pg4. Death Notice: Countess of Derby, 24 Apr 1828
Pg4. Ashton-under-Lyne: Article regarding the custom of riding the Black Lad through the town on Easter Monday and the abuse of the associated "Dowsing" custom, Easter Mon 1829
Pg4. Notice that the Bishop of Chester has become patron of the Manchester and Salford Auxiliary Bible Society, Apr 1829
Pg4. Notice of the formation of a literary and philosophical society in Pendleton, Apr 1829
Pg4. Article reporting the laying of the foundation stone of the Oldham Blue Coat School, 1829
Pg4. Notice reporting the granting of an act to establish a school for the blind in Liverpool, 25 Apr 1829
Pg4. 'Removal of the Assizes' a report on a memorial to Mr Peel re the practice and proceedings of courts in Lancashire, Apr 1829
Pg4. Two articles relating to correctional institutes in Lancashire including Kirkdale, Apr 1829
Pg4. Notice of the awarding of a Royal Society of Literature gold medal to the author of 'Leo X' and 'Lorenzo de Medicis', Apr 1829
Pg4. Marriage Notice: Mr James Moile to Miss Rowland, Apr 1829
Pg4. Death Notice: Richard Fort Esq, 25 Apr 1829
Pg4. Death Notice: William Davenport, n.d.
Pg4. Report of the twenty first meeting of the Manchester Annuitant Society, n.d.
Pg4. Notice of the appointment of John Bayley Esq as clerk of the Northern circuit assize, May 1829
Pg4. Birth Notice: son of J. W. Whittaker, vicar of Blackburn, 2 May 1829
Pg4. Marriage Notice:Thomas Edge Esq to Miss Eleanor Milnes, 2 May 1829
Pg4. Death Notice: George Clayton Esq, 27 Jun 1829
Pg5. Article on the 'State of the poor in Colne', May 1829
Pg5. A comparative statement of the number of Roman Catholic Chapels and priests in Great Britain in the years 1824 and 1829, n.d.
Pg5. An article on the Jesuit Seminary at Stonyhurst in Lancashire, n.d.
Pg5. Notice that the Manchester and Liverpool Rail-Road Amendment Bill passed its third reading in the Lords, 29 may 1829
Pg5-12. Article 'Alarming and destructive riots in Manchester' a report of the weavers riots of the 4 May 1829, including proceedings at Rochdale etc, 4-9 May 1829
Pg12. Report of a meeting of the Manchester Royal Institution which discussed the proposed amendments to the regulations, 16 May 1829
Pg12 Marriage Notice:J. Bailey Esq to Miss Yates, 16 may 1829
Pg12. Marriage Notice: Rev.Edward Cardwell to Cecilia Feilden, 15 May 1829
Pg12 Marriage Notice:James Hunter Hulme to Harriet Green, 15 May 1829
Pg12. Notice that G. Drinkwater laid the foundation stone of Aintree racecourse, 30 May 1829
Pg12. Marriage Notice: Thomas Henshaw Hadfield to Miss Mary Burtonshaw Peacock, 30 May 1829
Pg12. Marriage Notice:John Slack Esq to Louisa Gardner, 30 May 1829
Pg12. Death Notice: James Withington Esq, 16 May 1829
Pg12. Article outlining the provisions of the Earl of Bridgewaters will, May 1829
Pg12. Article about Manchester Botanical Gardens, May 1829
Pg12. Notice that Hon. Edward Petre has qualified as a Roman Catholic Magistrate, 9 May 1829
Pg12. Death Notice: Agnes Kenyon, 16 May 1829
Pg13. Table of the new county rates for the hundreds of Lonsdale, Amounderness, Blackburn, Leyland, Salford and West Derby and the divisions of Manchester, Bolton and Middleton, n.d.
Pg13. Anecdote concerning the Countess of Derby, n.d.
Pg13. Notice of a meeting of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway proprietors regarding another share issue, May 1829
Pg13. Notice regarding the Antiquarian Society of Scotland and its intention to put forward William Ford Esq for the position of Corresponding Member, 30 May 1929
Pg13. Notice recording the first meeting of the Floral and Horticultural Societ, Ashton-under-Lyne, n.d.
Pg13. Marriage Notice: Thomas Barber to Mary Ann Myddelton, 6 Jun 1829
Pg13. Death Notice: Rev. Leonard Redmayne, 6 Jun 1829
Pg13. Death Notice: Rev. Matthew Chester, 6 Jun 1829
Pg13. Notice that the proposed memorial to Mr Canning at Liverpool will be made of marble in preference to bronze, 13 Jun 1829
Pg13. Notice of the decision to build the 'Manchester and Salford Riding School and Gymnasium', 13 Jun 1829
Pg13. Article re the London to Liverpool 'road' for postal mail and suggested improvements, 27 Jun 1829
Pg13. A ditty comparing Manchester and Bolton 'trotters', n.d.
Pg13. Marriage Notice: Henry McConnel Esq and Margaret Alexander Kennedy, 20 Jun 1829
Pg13. Notice of the opening of the new market at Ashton-under-Lyne, 1829
Pg13. Report of the opening of the new Episcopal Chapel at Birch, near Middleton, 13 Jun 1829
Pg13. Report on the delay in the progress of the Manchester and Liverpool railway due to the failure of a culvet, 13 Jun 1829
Pg13. Birth Notice: son of Peter Horrocks, 27 Jun 1829
Pg14. Table showing the number of square yards of printed cotton cloths that have paid duty in the Uk in the years 1826-1828, n.d.
Pg14. Marriage Notice: William Peel Esq to Sophia Ann Drake, 27 Jun 1829
Pg14. Death Notice: Mr William Rowlinson, 27 Jun 1829
Pg14. Articles on experiments taking place on the railroad and the kinds of cargo to be carried on the new line, Jul 1929
Pg14. Article about a meeting to discuss starting a subscription in the name of Mr Henry Bell, who introduced steam navigation to Great Britian, 18 Jul 1829
Pg15. Poem about Ardwick Green by Robert Malcomson, 16 Jul 1829
Pg15. Death Notice: Miss Lydia Sudell, Jul 1829
Pg15. Notice of the auction of freehold estates in Lancashire including Divers Farms, Public Houses, a Water Corn Mill and Dwelling Houses etc in Rixton-cum-Glazebrook, n.d.
Pg15. Marriage Notice: John Barlow to MissAlice Hardman, 7 Jul 1829 (handwritten)
Pg15. Article expanding on the notice of death of one of the Whitworth Doctors, Mr Taylor, describing some incidents from the Whitworth Doctors careers, n.d., Manchester Gazette
Pg15. Marriage Notice: Rev. John Marsden Wright to Mary Lea Sailsbury, 1 Aug 1829
Pg15. Marriage Notice: Hon. Edward Petre to Laura Maria Stafford, 1 Aug 1829
Pg15. Report on the case of Sir Oswald Mosley v Jackson regarding Mosley's claim on the estate, 15 Aug 1829
Pg15. Notice of the opening of Bury Dispensary, 15 Aug 1829
Pg15. List of the grand juries at the County Assizes from enumerations of the gentry, Aug 1829
Pg16. Report on the Liverpool and Manchester Rail-Road - specifically the tunnels under Liverpool and at Edge Hill, 20 Jul 1829
Pg17. Notification that the opening of the Liverpool Manchester Railway is due to take place earlier than expected, 25 Jul 1829
Pg17. Notice of marriage of George Scholes Esq to Harriet Ann Watson, 15 Aug 1829
Pg17. Notice of the lectures due to be given at the Manchester School of Medicine and Surgey in October, 1829
Pg17. Death Notice: Samuel Smith, Aug 1829
Pg17. Marriage Notice: Charles Booth to Emily Fletcher, 29 Aug 1829
Pg17. Marriage Notice: John leigh Esq to Mary Ann Gibson, 29 Aug 1829
Pg17. Notice to the trustees of Burn Chapel, Crompton to pay the money advanced on the chapel by Joshua Heap, 24 Aug 1829
Pg17. Marriage Notice: Thomas Leicester Esq to Lucy Barton, 29 Aug 1829
Pg17. Marriage Notice: Thomas Smally Potter Esq to Miss Elizabeth Greenall, 29 Aug 1829
Pg17. Marriage Notice: John Greenall Esq to Elizabeth Molyneux, 5 Sep 1829
Pg17. Report on the re-sighting of the Ashton-under-Lyne old market cross, 15 Aug 1829
Pg17. Death Notice: Lieutenant Colonel Ferriar, 15 Aug 1829
Pg17. Death Notice: Elizabeth Fenton, 15 Aug 1829
Pg17. Report on the provision of gas lighting to Chorlton Row and the necessity of a Gasometer to provide it, 29 Aug 1829
Pg18. Letter giving observations noted on a trip through Accrington, Haslington and Henfield, n.d.
Pg18. Letter giving observations on a trip through Padiham, Lancashire, n.d.
Pg18. Report on the progression of the work on the Liverpool to Manchester railway, 15 Aug 1829
Pg18 & 19. 'Experiments on the Railway' detailing the (Rainhill) trials of steam engines including the Rocket and Novelty engines, includes statistics, 17 Oct 1829
Pg19. Description of Newstead Abby, previously home of the Byron family, n.d.
Pg19. Report on the opening of the new Catholic Chapel, Rochdale
Pg19. Table showing the international distribution of cotton crops from the USA for the years 1827-1830
Pg20. Report on the Lord Bishop of Chester on his tour of the Diocese, 25 Sep 1829
Pg20. Letter to the editor of the Manchester Times re the sinking of earth at Cateaton Street and the reveled evidence of a roman road, 21 Sep 1829
Pg20. Report on extensions to the Mersey and Irewell navigation canal, Sep 1829
Pg20. Death Notice: John Crossley Esq, 18 Dec 1830
Pg20. Tables showing figures for the amount of cotton wool imported and exported, Sep 1829
Pg20 Report on the probably expansion of the rail network in Lancashire, n.d.
Pg20. Death notice: Mr John Harvey, n.d.
Pg20. Report on the developing rail line between Manchester and Liverpool including recent movements of goods and the effect of the first snow of the season, Dec 1830
Pg20. Death Notice: Kinder Wood Esq, 18 Dec 1830
Pg21. Report on the opening of the Liverpool Cattle Market, 11 Sep 1830
Pg21. Report on the building of warehouses by the Bolton and Leigh railway for the storage of goods, Sep 1830
Pg21. Notice regarding the upcoming grand opening of the Manchester Liverpool railway, 11 Sep 1830
Pg21. Notice of the establishment of a company to construct a railway line between Bolton and Bury, 11 Sep 1830
Pg21. Obituary for Mr Edward Hobson, 11 Sep 1830
Pg21. Report on a portrait of the right Hon. the Countess of Wilton by Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sep 1830
Pg21. Report on a portrait of the late Sir Robert Peel by Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sep 1830
Pg21. Report on the results of the 1821 census with reference to catholics in Lancashire, n.d.
Pg21. Report on the passenger services between Manchester and Liverpool includes prices, 25 Sep 1830
Pg21. Liverpool - report on the whereabouts of the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel and a report on the trade in connection with Liverpool port, from the Liverpool Albion, 25 Sep 1830
Pg22. Report on the progress of rail lines between London and Preston, 25 Sep 1830
Pg22. Death Notice: Captain Thomas Chadwick of the 45th Regiment, 11 Sep 1830
Pg22. Death Notice: Robert Feilden Esq, 11 Sep 1830
Pg22. Death Notice: Helen Alsop, n.d.
Pg22. Death Notice: Harriet Cunliffe, 25 Sep 1830
Pg22. Notice that the Rev. Thomas Raffles has received the degree of D.D., 25 Sep 1830
Pg22. Table showing figures for the amount of cotton wool imported and exported, Sep 1830
Pg22. Report on the opening of a new national school at Padiham, 2 Oct 1830
Pg22. Marriage Notice: Mr Joseph McGowan to Hannah Roberts, 2 Oct 1830
Pg22. Marriage Notice: Mr Samuel Dean to Sarah Kay, 2 Oct 1830
Pg22. Table showing the salaries of county officers, Sep 1830
Pg22. Notice advising of the upcoming ceremony to lay the foundation stone of the Chorlton Row Dispensary and Public Offices, 2 Oct 1830
Pg22. Report detailing the particulars of a candidate to represent Liverpool [as MP?] specifically Mr William Ewart, 2 oct 1830
Pg22. Report on the funeral of the Right Hon. William Huskisson, 2 Oct 1830
Pg22. Death Notice: Mrs Jane Worthington, 30 oct 1830
Pg22. Death Notice: Lady Horton, 30 oct 1830
Pg22. Notice of marriage of Robert Bell Esq to Harriet Pollard, 13 Nov 1830
Pg23. Report on proposed rail lines between London and Preston, 2 Oct 1830
Pg23. Report on the development of a rail line between Oldham and Manchester, 2 Oct 1830
Pg23. Death Notice: Mr Horrocks, 13 Nov 1830
Pg23. Notice of the intention to bring a bill before Parliament to extinguish the tithes within the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, 25 Oct 1830
Pg23. Notice informing of the intention to hold a Chancery Court in Preston, 24 Nov 1830
Pg23. Notice giving details of an application regarding the development of a rail line in Oldham, n.d.
Pg24. Report of a meeting of subscribers to the Manchester and Leeds Railway, c.Sep 1830
Pg24. Report on a meeting between the concerns for Liverpool and Leeds Railway and the Leeds to Bradford Railway, 30 Oct 1830
Pg24 & 25. Notice of application to extend the Manchester to Liverpool line through out the north of England, n.d.
Pg25. Notice regarding the Preston and Wigan railway and the issue of additional shares, 4 Nov 1830
Pg25. Notice of plans deposited regarding NW railways by Oldham and Manchester and the Manchester, Bolton and Preston railway companies, Dec 1830
Pg25. Report on the development of the Central Junction railway between London and Manchester, 6 Nov 1830
Pg25. Anecdote about Sir Richard Arkwright and his genealogy, n.d.
Pg26. Article on Electioneering expenditure in Liverpool, Dec 1830
Pg26. Report on the total raise at a service at St James' on behalf of the female penitentiary, 4 Dec 1830
Pg26. Report on the election of the Rev. Charles Frederick Bagshawe to the position of chaplain of the New Bailey prison, n.d.
Pg26. Balance sheet for the Stalybridge Bank for Savings, c. Nov 1830
Pg26. Report on the will of Jonathan Peel, 24 Jan 1835
Pg26. Report on a grant of land by the Duke of Lancaster to the inhabitants of Pendleton, Nov 183?
Pg26. Death Notice: John Paercival and family information on the Percival family, 22 Nov 1834
Pg26. Notice of the appointment of the Rev. J. H. Anderton to the perpetual curacy of Clithero, 21 Feb1835
Pg26. Notice of the appointment of Rev. Ambrose Lane to [St Thomas' Pendleton?], 18 Oct 1834
Pg26. Notice of grants to aid the building of churches in West Houghton, Liverpool and Tong, Nov 183?
Pg26. Death Notice and obituary for Colonel Clayton, 28 Feb 1835
Pg27. Handwritten notes on various topics, often referring to other notes taken by Butterworth or other publications, topics include Schofield Family of Rochdale; Whitworth Chapel, Rochdale; Wolstenholme Family, Rochdale; Prestwich Parish; Rhodes in Pilkington, Prestwich; Heywood in Heap, Bury parish; Kenyon, Winwick parish; Samlesbury; rectors of Middleton; Middleton Church; Oldham; Accrington, n.d.
Pg27. Notice regarding the publication of a new journal: the Manchester and Salford Advertiser, c.Nov 1828
Pg27. Notice regarding the publication of a new journal: Lancashire Illustrated, May 1829
Pg27. Notice regarding the publication of the results of the railway trials, 17 Oct 1829
Pg27. Notice of the awarding of a Royal Society of Literature gold medal to Mr Roscoe, the author of 'Leo X' and 'Lorenzo de Medicis, 1829
Pg27. Notice of the commissioners of bankruptcy meeting to receive proof of debts against Henery Sudell, c.1827
Pg27. Death Notice: Elizabeth, countess of Derby, 2 May 1829
Pg27. Death Notice: Mrs Ann Townley Rigby, Apr 1829
Pg27. Report on the patronage by the King of the Salford and Pendleton Dispensary, Apr 1829
Pg28. Handwritten notes on various topics including Whalley Abbey; Whiston parish, Prescot; Rufford parish; Hoole parish; Ormerod in Clinger and Bank in Burnley; Carr in Barrowford, Colne; Moston parish, Manchester; Peel Hall and Chapel, Little Hulton Dean Parish; St John's Chapel, Bury
Pg28. Report on the election of churchwardens for the townships of Spotland, Castleton, Butterworth and Hundersfield, 25 Apr 1829 |