The Old Series

Publications date from 1844 to 1893.

116 Publications

A history of the ancient Chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton, in Manchester parish, including sketches of the townships of Didsbury…

Volume #42 1857

Booker, John, ed., A history of the ancient Chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton, in Manchester parish, including sketches of the townships of Didsbury, Withington, Burnage, Heaton Norris, Reddish, Levenshulme, and Chorlton-cum-Hardy; together with notices of the more ancient local families, and particulars relating to the descent of their estates; including 14th Report of Council (1856–7); List of Publications; List of Members (1856–7).

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, The house and farm accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall, Part 2

Volume #41 1856

Harland, John, ed., The house and farm accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall, Part 2; including List of Publications.

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The private journal and literary remains of John Byrom, Volume II, Part 1

Volume #40 1856

Parkinson, Richard, ed., The private journal and literary remains of John Byrom, Volume II, Part 1 [1736–42]; including List of Publications.

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The Farington papers: The shrievalty of William ffarington, Esq., A.D. 1636; documents relating to the civil war…

Volume #39 1856

Ffarington, Susan Maria, ed., The Farington papers: The shrievalty of William ffarington, Esq., A.D. 1636; documents relating to the civil war; and an appendix containing a collection of letters taken from the ffarington correspondence between the years 1547 and 1688; including 13th Report of Council (1855–6); List of Publications.

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Biographical notices of the church libraries of Turton and Gorton, bequeathed by Humphrey Chetham

Volume #38 1855

French, Gilbert James, ed., Biographical notices of the church libraries of Turton and Gorton, bequeathed by Humphrey Chetham; including List of Publications.

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Chetham Miscellanies, Volume II

Volume #37 1856

Chetham Miscellanies, Volume II
I Yates, Joseph Brooks, ed., The rights and jurisdiction of the County Palatine of Chester, the Earls Palatine, the Chamberlain, and other officers; and disputes concerning the jurisdiction of the Court of Exchequer with the city of Chester, etc.
II Robson, John, ed., The Scottish Field.
III Raines, Francis Robert, ed., Examynatyons towcheynge Cokeye More, temp. Hen. VIII in a dispute between the lords of the manors of Middleton and Radclyffe [c.1515].
IV Booker, John, ed., A history of the ancient Chapel of Denton, in Manchester parish; including sketches of the townships of Denton and Haughton, for the convenience of which hamlets the chapel was originally erected; together with notices of the more ancient families, and particulars relating to the descent of their estates.
V L[angton], W[illiam], ed., A letter from John Bradshawe of Gray’s Inn to Sir Peter Legh of Lyme [c.1623]; including List of Publications.

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The diary and correspondence of Dr John Worthington, Volume II, Part 1;

Volume #36 1855

Crossley, James, ed., The diary and correspondence of Dr John Worthington, Volume II, Part 1; including 11th Report of Council (1853–4); 12th Report of Council (1854–5); List of Publications; List of Members (1854–5).

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The house and farm accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall, in the county of Lancaster, at Smithills and Gawthorpe, from September 1582 to October 1621, Part 1.

Volume #35 1856

Harland, John, ed., The house and farm accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall, in the county of Lancaster, at Smithills and Gawthorpe, from September 1582 to October 1621, Part 1.

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