Runcorn Historical Society Publications, Books and Pamphlets

No. 1	Wills and Inventories in Diocesan Registry 1487 to 1836 and Marriage Licences and Bonds Preserved at Chester 1606 to 1719 Runcorn and adjacent Parishes
No. 2	"In Memoriam" - A Miscellany of Remembrance
No. 3	Early Local Government in Runcorn - Abstracts from the Vestry Minute Book 1751 - 1851
No. 4	Chesshyre's Library at Halton
No. 6	William Handley - An Anthology of his Writings around 1900
No. 7	Weston Township - Some snippets of the history of the Township through the ages

Reprints of out of print publications :-

Chimney Stacks and Penny Blacks (the postal history of Runcorn, Preston Brook and Widnes)
Weston Historical Notes and Walk (1977)

The following items have been donated :-

Books

"Runcorn Railway Bridge" by Alex Cowan
"Runcorn Town Hall" by Alex Cowan
"Bridging the Years" by Dave Thompson
"Bridging Us Together" by Dave Thompson
"Runcorn History Trail" by Halton B.C. ( 2 copies)
"The Bridging of Runcorn Gap" by Halton B.C.
"A History of Cheshire" by Dorothy Sylvester
"Three Bridges and West Bank" by H. Woodfine
"A History of Farnworth Church, its Village and Parish" by Alan Foster
"A Walk around old Farnworth Village Past & Present" by Alan Foster
"A Halton Lass" by Sybil Mitchell
"A Halton Nipper's War" by Sybil Mitchell
Nickson's Town History of Runcorn (pub. Warrington Guardian 1972)
Norton Priory Mansion and memories of Halton by Alf Reynolds
History of the Castle at Halton and the Abbey of Norton by William Beamont
Runcorn New Town Master Plan (2 copies )
Runcorn New Town Draft Plan
Runcorn New Town Master Plan Amendment No. 1 (2 copies)
Runcorn New Town Master Plan Amendment No. 2
Runcorn & Widnes Co-operative Society Jubilee History 1862-1912
Runcorn & Widnes Co-operative Society Centenary 1862-1962
A new Historical Atlas of Cheshire
Photographed extracts Ormerod's "History of Cheshire"

Cheshire Local History Association -

Cheshire History Vol. 41 (2001-2002)
Cheshire History Vol. 42 (2002-2003)
Cheshire History Vol. 43 (2003-2004)
Cheshire History Subject Index vols. 1-43
Cheshire History Vol. 44 (2004-2005)

Frodsham and District Local History Group -

Medieval Frodsham
Schools in Frodsham
Frodsham in the Civil War
Local History Journal No. 38 - December, 1999

Widnes Historical Society -

Notes and Queries No. 25 April, 2001
Notes and Queries No. 26 November, 2001

Family History Society -

Cheshire Parish Registers Summary Guide

Northwich and District Heritage Society -

W.J.Yarwood and Sons, Shipbuilders of Northwich, 1896-1966

Preston Brook & District History Society -

"A Walk into the Past"

Waterways Recovery Group -

Journal from April, 2000 - March, 2002

Local Authority Publications -

Runcorn Urban District Council Handbooks for the years -
Burrows Pointer Guide Map to Runcorn 4th ed. 1962
Building Byelaws 1954
Halton Borough Council Official Handbook for 1993
Cheshire Record Office - Printed Maps in Cheshire Record Office 2nd edition
Victoria Park(Widnes) the first 100 years
Runcorn Improvement Commissioners - Typed transcript of Minutes from January, 1875 to December, 1881
Runcorn U.D.C. Grading of Staff 1933
Runcorn UDC Proceedings 20.4.1915 - 4.4.1921
The Halton Legacy

Miscellaneous books and pamphlets :-

Runcorn 1851-1951
Cheshire Past Issue 3
Photocopy booklet titled "History of Halton Castle & its Court Leet" by Joseph Walker, 1908
Guardian Centenary 1962
Runcorn and Widnes Co-operative Society Centenary 1962
Bethesda Church 150th Anniversary 1985
Souvenir Jubilee King George V 1935
Thirty Eight Years Work at Runcorn - James Wilding
Merseyside Plan 1944 - Supplementary Illustrations
Manchester Ship Canal Centenary 1994
The PLP Story ( motor car dealers)
Wesleyan Circuit Rally 15th & 16th July, 1922 Programme
4 Poems by Sybil Mitchell
Bibliography and Chronology of Runcorn (produced in 1974) - typescript
"Along the Waterfront" - a Riverside History of Runcorn
Holy Trinity Church Centenary Souvenir brochure 1938
Thomas Hazlehurst - The Prince of Methodists (Open University project report)
Parish of St. John the Evangelist, Weston, Runcorn - a Brief History of the Present Church and a tour around the Church
Holy Trinity Information display book
St. Budeux Parish Church, Plymouth - Guide Book and 10 associated photographs
The New Towns
Royal Visit to Runcorn 5th May, 1972 brochure
Balfour Road County Secondary School profile 1973
History of Foxhill. Frodsham (1995 Whiteway & Posnett Associations)
History of Robert Greig, Sailmakers 1923-2004
Navvies Journal Feb-Mar 2005

Monographs - Halton Chemical Industry Museum (now Catalyst Museum)-

Gaskell Deacon & Co. 1853-1930 An Alkali Firm
The Muspratt Family and the Merseyside Alkali Industry
The Copper Industry in Widnes

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