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Parish records

Chadderton, Failsworth & Hollinwood Churchyard Burials (ref B1/1)

Contents:

  • Chadderton St. Matthew 1857-1890s
  • Failsworth St John 1846-1976
  • Hollinwood St Margaret 1769-1901

Crompton & Royton Churchyard Burials between 1665-1938 (ref B1/2)

Contents:

  • Shaw Holy Trinity 1704-1888
  • Royton St Paul 1757-1938
  • Heyside Friends (Quaker) 1665-1938

Oldham Churchyards: Churchyard Burials 1768-1977 (ref B1/3)

Contents:

  • Oldham St Peter 1768-1876
  • Moorside St Thomas 1873-1977
  • Waterhead Holy Trinity 1847-1928

Oldham St Mary: The Parish Church Churchyard Burials 1558-1932 (ref B1/4)

Contents:

  • Oldham St Mary 1558-1932

Saddleworth & Lees Churchyard Burials (ref B1/5)

Contents:

  • Delph St Thomas Friarmere 1769-1992
  • Denshaw Christ Church 1864-1920
  • Dobcross Holy Trinity 1788-1842
  • Friezland Christ Church 1850-1934
  • Hey St John the Baptist 1744-1887
  • Leesfield St Thomas 1848-1905
  • Lydgate St Anne 1788-1952
  • Saddleworth St Chads 1801-1886

Records of Saddleworth Chapelry 1613-1800 (ref B2/7)

Contents:

  • Scanned set of two volumes published in 1890s (complete transcription of the registers and indexes of names and places)

National Burial Index for England & Wales (ref B2/4)

Contents:

  • Over 13 million burial records (2 Oldham churches)

Census records

  • 1851 Ashton-under-Lyne - Unfilmed Returns (ref B1/14)
  • 1851 Oldham Below Town - Unfilmed Returns (ref B1/15)
  • 1891 Bolton - Name and Street Index (ref B1/16)
  • 1891 Manchester - Name and Street Index (ref B1/17)
  • 1891 Salford - Name and Street Index (ref B1/18)

Military

Army Roll of Honour – World War II: 1939-1945 (ref B1/11)

  • Soldiers died in the Second World War 1939-1945

Military Courts 1879-1994 by Stuart Tamblin (ref B2/3)

  • Royal Navy 1911-1965
  • Royal Air Force 1941-1994
  • British Army 1879-1986
  • Soldiers Executed 1914-1920
  • Shot at Dawn (Western Front) 1914-1920 (by Vic Morris)

National Roll of The Great War: 1914-1918: Section 14 –Salford (ref B1/12)

  • Names and records of those who served during the Great War 1914-1918
  • Includes enrolment dates, ranks, medals and a summary of service, action and posts

Oldham Chronicle Index of Service Personnel 1914-1919 (ref B2/6)

  • Index to all service personnel who were mentioned in the Saturday editions of the Chronicle from August 1914 to the end December 1919
  • Transcription of listings of Oldham recruits from Oldham War Roll of Honour scrapbook
  • Complete set of Our Local Heroes supplements to the Chronicle – scanned and indexed

Oldham’s Battalions 1899-1938 (ref B2/5)

Scanned images of three out-of-print books:

  • Amateur Soldiers
  • Oldham Battalion of Comrades
  • Cotton Town Comrades

Soldiers Died In The Great War 1914-1919 (ref B1/13)

  • Complete database

Electoral registers/Poll books

Absent Voters List 1918: Borough of Oldham (ref B1/9)

  • Alphabetical list of 14,514 absent Oldham voters who registered to vote in 1918

West Riding, Yorkshire Poll Book 1835 (ref B1/10)

  • 1835 Poll for Knights of the Shire in West Riding

Directories

Lancashire Directories 1822-1905 (ref B2/2)

  • Baines 1824/25
  • Kelly 1895
  • Kelly 1905
  • Pigot 1822
  • Pigot 1828/9
  • Pigot 1834
  • Post Office 1858
  • Slater 1846
  • Slater 1855
  • Slater 1869

Maps

Ordnance Survey 25 inch Maps of Lancashire 1888-1893: Disc 1 Northern Section (ref B1/20)

  • 1400 Maps at a scale of 25ins to 1 mile on 3 CDs

Ordnance Survey 25 inch Maps of Lancashire 1888-1893: Disc 2 Manchester and Southeast Lancashire (ref B1/21)

  • 1400 Maps at a scale of 25ins to 1 mile on 3 CDs

Ordnance Survey 25 inch Maps of Lancashire 1888-1893: Disc 3 Liverpool and Southwest Lancashire (ref B1/22)

  • 1400 Maps at a scale of 25ins to 1 mile on 3 CDs

Other CD ROMs

  • Children of the Industrial Revolution 1750-1914 (ref B1/6)
  • Criminal Register Indexes 1805-1816: Surname Master Index by Stuart Tamblin (ref B2/1)
  • Dictionary of Occupational Terms (ref B1/7)
  • Mormon Immigration Index (ref B1/19)
  • Prestwich Asylum 1851-1901 (B1/8)
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