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Businesses (26)
- Cartridge Rope & Twine Works Heywood, Lancashire
- Dexine Rubber Company Ltd, Preston Preston, Lancashire
- E Howarth, ironmonger and haberdasher Rochdale, Lancashire
- Era Ring Mill Ltd, cotton spinners Rochdale, Lancashire
- Firgrove Co-operative Society Ltd Rochdale, Lancashire
- Healey Brothers Ltd, rope and twine manufacturers Heywood, Lancashire
- Healey Co-operative Society Ltd Whitworth, Lancashire
- HH Clough, architect and surveyor Rochdale, Lancashire
- John Bright & Brothers Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers Rochdale, Lancashire
- John Ormerod & Sons Ltd, tanners and leather dressers Rochdale, Lancashire
- Littleborough Co-operative Society of Industry Ltd Littleborough, Lancashire
- Middleton & Tonge Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd Middleton, Lancashire
- Milnrow Co-operative Society Ltd Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Aluminium & Bronze Foundry Co Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Brick Co Ltd, brick makers Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Canal Co Manchester, Lancashire
- Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society Ltd Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Provident Co-operative Society Ltd Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Waterworks Rochdale, Lancashire
- Samuel Heap & Son Ltd, dyers and finishers Rochdale, Lancashire
- Spodden Mill Manufacturing Co. Rochdale, Lancashire
- Standard Mill (Rochdale) Ltd, cotton spinners and doublers Rochdale, Lancashire
- Steps Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd
- Temperley, Taylor & Chadwick, solicitors Rochdale, Lancashire
- Turner & Newall Ltd, manufacturer of asbestos products Manchester, Lancashire
- Unnamed dentist, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
Organisations (35)
- Castleton United Reformed Church Castleton, Lancashire
- Champness Hall Methodist Church, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
- Hamer Working Men's Club, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
- Hamer Youth Club, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
- Heywood Grammar School Heywood, Lancashire
- Hope Street Baptist Chapel, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
- Kirkholt Methodist Church Kirkholt, Lancashire
- Littleborough Board Littleborough, Lancashire
- Middleton Improvement Commissioners Middleton, Lancashire
- Mitchell Street Methodist Church, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
- Municipal Borough of Middleton Middleton, Lancashire
- Oakenrod Primary School, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Amateur Operatic Society Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Board of Guardians Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Borough Constabulary Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Borough Council Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Children's Moorland Home Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Conservative Association Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Constituency Labour Party Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Field Naturalists Society Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Fire Brigade Ex-Members Association Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Liberal Party Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Pensioners Association Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Phoenix Opera Society Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Progressive Friendly Collecting Society Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Reform Association Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Trades and Labour Council Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rochdale Women Teachers Association Rochdale, Lancashire
- Spotland Methodist Youth Centre Spotland, Lancashire
- Spotland Womens Liberal Association Spotland, Lancashire
- Temple Street Baptist Church Middleton Middleton, Lancashire
- Thrum Hall Methodist Church Youth Club Thrum Hall, Lancashire
- Wardle Local Board Wardle, Lancashire
- Wardleworth Conservative Club Wardleworth, Lancashire
- West Street Baptist Church, Rochdale Rochdale, Lancashire
Persons (3)
Diaries (1)
Families (3)
- Dearden family of Rochdale manor Rochdale, Lancashire
- Entwisle family of Foxholes Fox Holes, Lancashire;Rochdale, Lancashire
- Townley family of Belfield Hall Belfield Hall, Lancashire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (9)
- NRA 31024 John Bright & Brothers Ltd, cotton spinners and mfrs, Rochdale link to online catalogue
- NRA 33079 Dearden family of Rochdale Manor: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 31082 Era Ring Mill Ltd, cotton spinners, Rochdale link to online catalogue
- NRA 31058 Samuel Heap & Sons Ltd, bleachers, dyers and finishers, Rochdale link to online catalogue
- NRA 31054 Norwest Pioneers Co-operative Society Ltd: records of predecessor societies link to online catalogue
- NRA 31057 John Ormerod & Sons Ltd, leather dressers and finishers, Rochdale
- NRA 31060 Rochdale Canal Co link to online catalogue
- NRA 31061 Rochdale Central Library: misc accessions
- NRA 31056 Standard Mill (Rochdale) Ltd, cotton spinners and doublers link to online catalogue
Accessions
These are selected lists of new or additional collections that were acquired by this archive during a specific year. If a date is not displayed there are no accessions for that year.