The Runcorn and District Historical Society.

Last update June 30^th. 2008

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Our Society

• Who we are and our past events
• Meetings Programme
• The Committee
• Society Newsletters
• Society Journal
• Publications for Sale NEW
• Runcorn Bibliography
• Our Archives
• Something you would like to know?
• Can you help us?
• Other local or historical websites
• Tithe and old OS maps of Cheshire, including Runcorn. (NEW from CCC)

Runcorn & District History

• Bridgewater Canal
• Hazlehurst, Thomas
• Historical sketch of Runcorn
• Leather tanning industry in Runcorn.
• Recollections of Runcorn in 1930
• Rocksavage and Clifton
• Sandstone, Runcorn Quarries
• Sandstone, Buildings
  which have Runcorn stone in them.
• Temperance Movement in Victorian Runcorn.
• Weston Point School from 1856.
• A Timeline of Runcorn History

The Buildings in Runcorn & District

• Halton Castle
• Norton Priory
• Old Postcards of Runcorn and District,
• The Anglican Parish Church of Runcorn.
• The Roman Catholic Church in Runcorn
• Listed buildings
• Other unlisted old or historic buildings
• Listed buildings of Moore, Daresbury
  and Preston Brook
• A list of the Churches and Chapels
  past and present.