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BURY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH

one of the 6 townships of Bury Metro
Bury	Radcliffe	Whitefield	Prestwich	Tottington	Ramsbottom

links to other local towns & metros that might be of interest including a link to
"Historical and Genealogical Information for the Greater Manchester Region Anciently Known as the Salford Hundred"
updated 20July 2012

STOP PRESS - Bury Libraries/Council have finally put their historical images online at http://www.buryimagebank.org.uk/

On 1st of April 1974 Local Government Boundaries were extensively reorganised.

This was the beginning of BURY Metropolitan Borough.

It consists of

the former County Borough of BURY
the Borough of RADCLIFFE
the Borough of PRESTWICH
the Urban District of WHITEFIELD
the Urban District of TOTTINGTON
and must of the Urban District of RAMSBOTTOM, apart from the EDENFIELD area.

Though this is the official listing, in reality the district covers a whole host of ancient townships whose names should not be forgotten and are listed here for posterity (along with others in the area now under other Local Authorities, but which may be of interest)

A 'Heritage Resource' document produced by Bury Metro Council - contains some interesting photos I've not seen anywhere else.

Desk based assessment: Bury Ground, Carlyle Street, Bury, Gtr. Manchester by Peter Cardwell of Archaeo-Environment Ltd. on behalf of the Property Alliance Group prior to development of the area after a site visit of 26th June 2007 (pdf type document so may take a while to load). Page 14 gives a brief overview of this part of South Lancashire during Saxon and Norse (Danish) times, and many more interesting references to local history.

(links added 20 July 2012)

PLACE	ANCIENT PARISH	ANCIENT TOWNSHIP	PRESENT LOCAL AUTHORITY
Affetside	Bury	Tottington-Lower	Bury
Ainsworth	Middleton	Ainsworth	Bury
Alkrington	Prest/Oldham	Alkrington	Rochdale
Ashworth	Middleton	Ashworth	Rochdale
Baldingstone	Bury	WalmersIey	Bury
Bamford (part)	Bury	Heap	Rochdale
Bamford (part)	Middleton	Birtle-cum-Bamford	Rochdale
Besses o'th Barn	Prest/Oldham	Pilkington	Bury
Birch	Middleton	Hopwood	Rochdale
Birtle	Middleton	Birtie-cum-Bamford	Rochdale
Brooksbottom	Bury	Walmersley	Bury
Burrs	Bury	Walmersley	Bury
Bury	Bury	Bury	Bury
Chadderton	PrestlOldham	Chadderton	Oldham
Chapelfield	PrestlOldham	Pilkington	Bury
Chatterton	Bury	Tottington-Higher	Bury
Cockey Moor	Middleton	Ainsworth	Bury
Cowpe	Bury	Cowpe	Rossendale
Crimble	Bury	Heap	Rochdale
Crompton	PresUOldham	Crompton	Oldham
Edenfield	Bury	Tottington-Lower	Rossendale
Elton	Bury	Elton	Bury
Fall Bank	Bury	Tottington-Lower	Rossendale
Freetown	Bury	Bury	Bury

to be continued (May'99)

Links to other local towns & metros that might be of interest (of-site links open in a new window - please close top return here)

Historical and Genealogical Information for the Greater Manchester Region Anciently Known as the Salford Hundred, a site being put together by my sister & her husband - should expand my own efforts to the boundaries of Greater Manchester.
http://www.middletonuk.com/ - Joan White's Middleton site
some sketches of old Blackley
Rochdale
Tameside Local and Family History - Tameside covers areas such as: ASHTON : AUDENSHAW : DENTON : DROYLSDEN : DUKINFIELD : HYDE : LONGDENDALE : MOSSLEY : STALYBRIDGE

visit my other sites (some links may not work while Geocities move takes place)

SOME OF MY OTHER INTERESTS

GENEALOGY

my family

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The owner of this web page was born and bred (some ut se drug up bit scruf ut neck) in Radcliffe in 1948. Originally from Bank Top (Hagside), moving to Spring Lane at the start of school (Radcliffe Parish Church School, Bury Street), ending up on Bolton Road estate before moving to wedded bliss! on the Cams Lane estate in 1973. (A little bit of Radcliffe history in his own right!)