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AHS Journal Contents
Below is a list of the articles in Altrincham History Society’s Journal from 1991 to 2010, with the PDF page number in each set, to locate them more quickly. We are thankful to the Society for its permission to share their Journal on this website. More recent Journals can be bought from the Northern Writers Advisory Service.
Here is a list of illustrated talks by Altrincham History Society to attend.
Please visit the Local History Publications page to find more PDFs of publications by local history authors.
Altrincham History Society Journals no. 1. (June 1991) to no. 10. (September 1995)
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1. June 1991
Mansions and Men of Dunham Massey: From Errant Earl to Red Dean by Frank Bamford (PDF p. 9)
New Open University Course in the Pipeline Family and Community by Jill Groves (PDF p. 11)
Trafford’s Prehistory by Mike Nevell (PDF p. 12)
Editing the Letter Books of Sir William Brereton by R. Norman Dore (PDF p. 14)
The Walker Family by Janet Hardman (PDF p. 15)
Altrincham’s Tameside ‘Cousins’ by Ron Higginbottom (PDF p. 16)
Thomas De Quincy by Barbara J. Nevell (PDF p. 18)
Blue Plaques by Chris Hill (PDF p. 20)
2. December 1991
A Dunham Massey Estate Court Roll for Altrincham Borough, May 1653 by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 32)
Tanners and Masons: A look at Timperley History by Hazel Pryor (PDF p. 35)
Ancient Footpaths Association by Chris Hill (PDF p. 37)
Deed of Private Covenant 1472 Translated by R. Norman Dore (PDF p. 38)
Victorian Stained Glass in and around Altrincham by Derek G. Richbell (PDF p. 39)
23rd Battalion Cheshire Home Guard by T. Marriott-Moore (PDF p. 42)
Visit to Ashton-under-Lyne by Ron Higginbottom (PDF p. 43)
3. June 1992
Altrincham in The Survey and Rental of The Manor of Dunham Massey AD 1348 – 49: Part I by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 59)
Family and the Community: New OU Course for 1994 by JiII Groves (PDF p. 62)
A Healing Well at Timperley Derek G. Richbell (PDF p.64)
In Search of Cow Lane by Chris Hill (PDF p. 64)
Some Notes on Seamon’s Moss School by H.E. Heaton (PDF p. 66)
Altrincham Market Bell by H. E. Heaton (PDF p. 67)
4. December 1992
Altrincham in the Survey and Rental of the Manor of Dunham Massey AD1348 – 49: Part II by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 85)
26th November, 1813 – General Rejoicing in Altrincham by Ron Higginbottom (PDF p. 88)
Extracts of Proceedings of the Altrincham and District Natural History and Literary Society by Chris Hill (PDF p. 90)
A Royal Coat of Arms at Shotwick by H.E. Heaton (PDF p. 93)
5. March 1993
‘Finem Respice’ and the Black Horse by Derek G. Richbell (PDF p. 108)
Altrincham in The Survey and Rental of The Manor of Dunham Massey AD 1348 – 49: Part I by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 59)
Captain Scott’s Visit to Seamons Moss School by Chris Hill (PDF p. 116)
Obituary and Appreciation: Sale’s History Man – Norman Swain by Alan Morrison (PDF p. 117)
6. November 1993
Chorley Old Hall by Ron Higginbottom (PDF p. 136)
Altrincham in Decline? A Rental of Altrincham for 1514AD by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 137)
Historical Ode to Henry’s Wives by Bryan W. Massey (PDF p. 139)
A Cheshire Quartet – Three Naturalists and a Gamekeeper by Chris Hill (PDF p. 139 )
DA301 : Studying Family And Community History; Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by Jacqueline H. Eustace (PDF p. 142)
7. March 1994
Davenport Green and the Lost Villages by Jill Groves (PDF p.155)
Green Grow the Rushes-O: Thoughts on our Local Greens by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 157)
A Wartime Story by Muriel Kristant (PDF p. 159)
Hale Road Air Raid Defence Organisations Fifty Years Ago by Hilda Bayliss (PDF p. 161)
Colonel Johan Rosworm in his Own Words by Ron Higginbottom (PDF p. 166)
8. September 1994
The Total Eclipse of 1927 by Chris Hill (PDF p. 180)
The Germans Bombed Our Chippy! By Alan Lockett (PDF p. 182)
War Service Rewarded: Sergeant Cottrill’s D.C.M. edited by Hilda Bayliss (PDF p. 183)
A Guiding Light of the Manchester Ship Canal: Marshall Stevens by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 184)
Cheshire Archaeology Day, 9th April 1994, Northwich Memorial Hall Report by Jill Groves (PDF p. 186)
East Cheshire Textiles Mills by Jean Fricker (PDF p. 187)
Lindow Man Ten Years On by Rick Turner (PDF p. 188)
9. March 1995
The Dutch Wars – 1652 – 74 by Ron Higginbottom (PDF p. 204)
A Tameside Man in the Isle of Man by Hilda Bayliss (PDF p. 205)
The Denton Churchyard Masonic Gravestone by Rev. N. B. Cryer M.A (PDF p. 207)
Stray Thoughts by Chris Hill (PDF p. 210)
10. September 1995
What’s in a Name? The Term ‘alias’ and the Legitimate Families of Altrincham, Ashton-on-Mersey and Sale by Jill Groves (PDF p. 227)
Cunningham’s Camp, 1894 – 1939: The International Young Men’s Holiday Camp, Isle of Man by George Burton, edited by Ron Higginbottom (PDF p. 229)
1667 Subsidy Roll for Altrincham Edited by JiIl Groves, transcribed by Pat Higginbottom (PDF p. 231)
The Contribution of Some Recent Booklets on the Civil War in Cheshire and Surrounding Counties by R. Norman Dore (PDF p.238)
Altrincham History Society Journals no. 11. (March 1996) to no. 20. (September 2000)
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11. March 1995
Provost’s Sunday by Chris Hill (PDF p. 8)
Tolls to be Let, 1796 submitted by Chris Hill (PDF p. 12)
Comments on the 1667 Subsidy Roll for Altrincham by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 13)
Comparison of Altrincham in 1667 with Neighbouring Townships by Jill Groves (PDF p. 15)
12. September 1996
Broadheath and a Naval Enigma 1916 by Professor Donald Cardwell (PDF p. 31)
Cottages at Nos. 113 and 115 Navigation Road from Notes compiled by Mrs Gillian Fitzpatrick for Mrs Jackie Rundle (PDF p. 33)
A Grand Inquest of Altrincham Court Leet, 1744 by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 34)
Who was Who in Bowdon 1600 to 1650: Part 1 from Hugh Ashton to Alice Hardy compiled by Jill Groves (PDF p. 38)
13. March 1997
A Great President: An Appreciation of Norman Dore (PDF p. 54) by Don Bayliss
Anyone for Croquet? by Chris Hill (PDF p. 57)
Altrincham Tithe Map Schedule of 1838 by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 62)
Altrincham between the Wars by Arthur R. Warburton (PDF p. 65)
14. September 1997
From Pillar Box to Pill Capsule and Back Again by Sue Nichols (PDF p. 81)
Off-the-Peg Planning in Medieval N.E. Cheshire by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 84)
Ferdinand Laughton of Altrincham, gentleman, c.1690 to 1750 by Jill Groves (PDF p. 87)
15. March 1998
Miscellanea (Football Pools; The Country’s First Petrol Pump; The Old Altrincham Abattoir; More about Croquet and Local Enclosures of Common Land) by Arthur Warburton (PDF p. 106)
Goering as Property Developer: The Bombing of Southwold’, South Downs Road, Hale by Robert T. Needham (PDF p. 108)
The English Borough in the Thirteenth Century by Chris Hill (PDF p. 112)
The Impending Disappearance of Carrington Moss by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 115)
16. September 1998
Susan Isabel Dacre, Artist, 1844 to 1933 by Chris Hill (PDF p. 129)
The Walton Family of Bowdon and Dunham Massey by Jill Groves (PDF p. 131)
Altrincham and Bowdon Occupations, 1600 – 1760 by Jill Groves (PDF p. 136)
Epidemics in the Manchester, Chester, Liverpool and Lancaster by R. Ian Sandham (PDF p. 141)
17. March 1996
Heritage Open Days, 1998 by Ron Higginbottom (PDF p. 156)
The Other Altrincham Gas Works by Chris Hill (PDF p. 158)
A Seventeenth Century Auction by Jill Groves (PDF p. 159)
Who was Who in Bowdon, 1600 – 1650 John Hardy to Joan Litherland (PDF p. 161)
Games and Pastimes on the 20s and 30s by A. R. Warburton (PDF p. 166)
18. September 1999
Random Jottings (An Ancient Sinderland Footpath; Clibrans Nursery and A Cellar Dwelling in Altrincham) by Chris Hill (PDF p. 175)
King Edward I and his Welsh Problems by Ron Higginbottom (PDF p. 179)
Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway 150th Anniversary by Doug Darby (PDF p. 182)
Sir Gawain A Local Hero? by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 186)
19. March 2000
Altrincham Gas Works Branch Line by John Williams (PDF p. 201)
Altrincham Families: The Higginsons, Butchers of Altrincham, 1600 – 1735 by Jill Groves (PDF p. 203)
Altrincham in 1835 – Bias in a Government Report?: Part 1 by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 208)
Who Was Who in Bowdon, 1600 – 1650: Edward Ridgway to Edmund Simpson compiled by Jill Groves (PDF p. 212)
20. September 2000
Altrincham in 1835 – Bias in a Government Report?: Part 2 by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 227)
More Random Jottings (Boundaries and Seamons Moss) by Chris Hill (PDF p. 230)
Source of Water for Dunham Mill by Jim Haworth (PDF p. 234)
Gossip and Scandal in Bowdon and Altrincham: Part 1 by Jill Groves (PDF p. 237)
The Mayor’s Lands by Jill Groves (PDF p. 239)
Who Was Who in Bowdon, 1600 – 1650: Katherine Simpson to Joan Venables compiled by Jill Groves (PDF p. 241)
Altrincham History Society Journals no. 21. (December 2001) to no. 29. (September 2010)
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21. December 2001
The Halemoss Velvet Works by Mike Nevell (PDF p. 13)
More Random Jottings (Seamons Moss School Development; Alan Turing Statue; Lymm Slitting Mill; Oldfield; Benjamin Graham Wood and Lewis Carroll) by Chris Hill (PDF p. 23)
Honours Boards from Seamons Moss School by Chris Hill (PDF p. 31)
Local People in the Royalist Garrison of Wythenshawe Hall, 1643 – 1644 by Jill Groves (PDF p. 35)
Altrincham in 1834 – Bias in a Government Report: (Final) Part 3 by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 38)
Who Accompanied William The Conqueror when he Invaded England In 1066? by Hilda Bayliss (PDF p. 41)
22. September 2002
The Luptons of Altrincham and Wyatt Clocks by Bernard Champness (PDF p. 58)
Random Jottings Continued (‘There’s nowt like muck’ Altrincham Local Board of Health; Road Etymology; Velvet Works; Altrincham’s Causeway and Fray Bentos, Altrincham) by Chris Hill (PDF p. 61)
Fat Lawyers: The Careers of Local Attorneys in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries by Jill Groves (PDF p. 68)
An Overview of the Stamford Archive at John Rylands Library, Deansgate by Bernard Champness (PDF p. 73)
Alison Uttley’s House – My Childhood Home by Jill Groves (PDF p. 74)
Charity Shops in Altrincham – Early Days by Hazel Pryor (PDF p. 78)
23. September 2003
Information from House Deeds by Hazel Pryor (PDF p. 93)
Altrincham Documents in Cheshire Record Office (PDF p. )
List of Local Soldiers in Royal Hospital, Chelsea Documents (Chelsea Pensioners) (PDF p. 95)
Robert Johnson of Hale: International Local Man of Mystery by Jill Groves (PDF p. 97)
Random Jottings (Railway Omnibus Driver; Uses of Holly Trees; Seamons Moss Honour Boards in Need of Local Heritage Centre; Civic Pride; Richard Lakin Mason, Local Writer; One Hundred year old Shoe Repair Shop; Lymm Environment and Heritage Group; Alice in Orchestra Land; Cheshire Cheese; Harold Holmes, Local Photographer; Budenberg’s Broadheath; The Dunham Fleam and Dame Wendy Hiller) by Chris Hill (PDF p. 99)
Broadheath’s Black Night, 25 October 1944 by Arthur Warburton (PDF p. 107)
24. September 2004
Walk Along the Bridgewater Canal and Around Broadheath Industrial Estate, 2003 by Bernard Champness (PDF p. 121)
H. W. Kearns and Co., The Early Days 1907 – 1930 by Keith Gowing (PDF p. 127)
Random Jottings (First Petrol Pump; Bird Watching and The Custom of the Sea) by Chris Hill (PDF p. 130)
Recent Findings about the Burgages of Altrincham by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 137)
History of the Altrincham and District Darby and Joan Club, Mayor’s Road, Stamford Park by Mrs M. Coates (1960s) (PDF p. 143)
25. October 2005
‘Old Bleeding Wolf’ Hotel and the Northern Automobile Co., Ashley Road, Hale by Bernard Champness (PDF p. 155)
How Altrincham Acquired the Market Rights from Lord Stamford in 1878 by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 159)
St. Anne’s Home: A Brief Architectural, Social and Medical History by Sue Nichols (PDF p. 162)
Church Tithes in Hale, Cheshire by David Miller (PDF p. 164)
H. W. Kearns and Co. 1930 – 1945 by Keith Gowing (PDF p. 168)
Local Men at Trafalgar (Thomas Caldwell and John Wade) compiled by Jill Groves (PDF p. 175)
26. September 2006
Charles Frederick Southwell by Colin Graham (PDF p. 188)
Private Thomas Hollinworth and the Battle of Egypt (1801) by David Eastwood (PDF p. 190)
My Four-and-half Years in the Altrincham LDV and Home Guard by C. M. S. Warburton (PDF p. 195)
Random Jottings (Notes on John Shaw and Stamford Park; Lucy Fildes; Observatories and An Equestrian Feature) by Chris Hill (PDF p. 203)
Colin Spofforth Statue for Altrincham by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 205)
H. W. Kearns & Co. 1945 – 1967: Peace and the Aftermath of War Part 1 by Keith Gowing (PDF p. 207)
Altrincham Railway Stations by David Groves (PDF p. 213)
27. September 2007
George Faulkner Armitage (1849 – 1937) by Colin Graham (PDF p. 224)
Random Jottings (Uncommon Law; Some Things Never Change; Folklore and Mr Philip Mules) by Chris Hill (PDF p. 227)
H .W. Kearns & Co., 1945 – 67 Part 2 by Keith Gowing (PDF p. 230)
The History of the Devisdale, Dunham Massey Township by David Miller (PDF p. 239)
Education in Hale in the Seventeenth Century by Jill Groves (PDF p. 246)
Farewell to Arnolds Yard, Heart of Old Altrincham by Norman Herringshaw (PDF p. 248)
28. September 2008
The Stamford Hospital by David Eastwood (PDF p. 260)
The Death of Air Chief Marshall Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory, KCB DSO by Derek Cardin (PDF p. 275)
Local Masons’ Marks by David Miller (PDF p. 281)
29. September 2009
Archaeology for the Public: Are adult learning archaeology courses an endangered Species? by JiII Groves (PDF p. 300)
Random Jottings: Bobbin Turners; Only Just in Time; Gold Leaf; Two Lesser Known Altrincham Authors; John Thomas, Artist by Chris Hill (PDF p. 302)
Twenty-one years in Broadheath by Enid Halliday (PDF p. 307)
Aspects of the History of Altrincham General Hospital by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 309)
Sir William Veno by Paul Parker (PDF p. 313)
Lord Stamford and the Bombing of Altrincham, December 1940 by David Eastwood (PDF p. 315)
Maudie Tipping’s Third Will,1613: A Tale of Jealousy, Deception and Illegitimate Children by JiII Groves (PDF p. 319)
30. September 2010
Demographic Changes in Nineteenth Century Cheshire: A Short Study of the Effects of Social Change on the Economic Profile of the Village of Bowdon by Steven Dickens (PDF p. 333)
The Blitz in Altrincham by Bob Jones (PDF p. 338)
East Chinnock, Somerset by David Miller (PDF p. 344)
Altrincham in the 1930s by Colin Graham (PDF p. 347)
The Otto Gas Engine by Chris Hill (PDF p. 350)
Social Division in Altrincham in the Nineteenth Century: Two towns into one. Road building for social engineering or military protection? by Don Bayliss (PDF p. 354)