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19/05/15

Scott Gildea

Products exclusively manufactured in Ramsbottom

73


19/05/15

Rosemary Gibb

Cobden Mill / George Altham

72


19/05/15

Eithne Russell

Memories of the off-licence on Stubbins Lane

71


19/05/15

Anne Welch

Band Photo Query of Mona Holt’s family

70


19/05/15

Geoff Kay


Kays the soapmakers

69


05/03/14

Kevin Larson

information on who Miss P Tattersall was in 1893

68


12/10/13

Eric Gandy

Mary Ellen Henderson  at 16 Ramsbottom Lane in Chadderton

67


12/08/13

Dave Kelly

History of 5/7 Stubbins Lane

66


14/06/13

Christine Ramsbottom

Researching Ramsbottom family name

65


14/06/13

John Davies

Vaccary walling

64


14/06/13

Kaye Ashton

James Ashton and Rachel Hamer

63


04/10/12

Maureen Chadwick

Family history of  Alfred Jones and Catherine Nee Grimshaw

62


04/10/12

Roger Davison

Whereabouts of Rodney Ison

61


18/07/12

Gill

Giles Taylor mineral water

60


18/07/12

Mr A Winstanley

Lower Dickfield Farm, Ramsbottom

59


18/07/12

Terry Marsh

Ramsbottom United

58


24/04/12

Brian Rothwell

Family history and research into Higher Chatterton

57


24/04/12


Esther Pilling

Derelict buildings in Shuttleworth and Edenfield Mill

056

06/08/11

06/08/11

Nick Mansfield

Female Union Society - 1824

055


06/08/11

Brenda Whiteman

House explosion in Eden Avenue in 1955

054


06/08/11

Rev. Judy Ransbottom-Stallons

Ramsbottom Family

053


06/08/11

Lindsay Harris

Richard St just off Bye Rd

052


27/11/10

Mrs LA Melech

“The female travellers of 1824”

051

1

08/07/14

Geoff Beard

Where was James Place, Ramsbottom ?

050


27/11/10

Sven Ramspott

Was the name Ramspott originally Ramsbottom ?

049


05/11/10

Dave Carney

Ramsbottom Paper Mill

048


05/11/10

Michael Cooney

Ramsbottom House

047

06/08/11

05/11/10

David Ward

Wiiliam Ward, stonemason

046

05/11/10

07/04/10

Dave Walsh

Ramsbottom Cable System

045


07/02/10

Nicola Morgan

Hey House , Ramsbottom

044


07/02/10

Randall King

Giles Taylor bottle

043


07/02/10

Judith Howell

Sarah Ann Walker who donated stained glass windows to Park Chapel

042


01/11/09

George Cogswell

Researching J. Arthur RODWELL‏

041


24/08/09

Michael J Lane

Taylor and Nicholson Co Bleachers and Dyers Walmersley Dye Works Mather Road Bury

040


24/08/09

Derek Lawrence

Eric G Taylor

039

1

27/09/09

Derek Lawrence

 A.V Taylor’s sweet shop

038

1

30/08/09

Joanne

History of 30 Bolton Street

037


20/06/09

Kim Waterworth

The Waterworth Family

036

1

31/08/09

Martin Gray

John and Elizabeth, John Gray's lodge, Scotch Row and Scotland Place

035

1

20/09/08

Gemma Brown

13 Bolton Street, Ramsbottom

034

1

08/07/14

Jane Phoenix

Stubbins Mill and Stubbins House

033


06/09/08

Heather May Smith

Robert Taylor who worked for the Grants

032


06/09/08

Vanessa Smith

History of Gregory and Garnett family

031


16/08/08

Norman Ashworth

Pilgrim’s Cross, Holcombe Moor

030

3

27/11/10

Julie Pease

Ramsbottom family of Ramsbottom

029


16/08/08

Rebecca H. Smith

James and Elizabeth (Styles) Robinson

028


16/08/08

Fred Jones

I was wondering what this competition may have been. Fred Jones
was my grandfather and I have had this trophy for many years.

027


03/02/08

Michael Green

Buckhurst Farm, Walmersley

026

1

17/05/08

Barry Palmer

My mother's family were Tattersalls from the Rawtenstall area.

025


06/11/07

Kathleen

I am looking for any information you might have on the former Miss England, Elaine Farnworth in 1972 from Ramsbottom.

024

1

12/09/07

Christopher Rickards

i'm looking for any information and /or photographs relating to the bombing of ramsbottom by a zeppelin on 25 September 1916.

023


10/09/07

Bob Hodkinson

Oddfellows Hall, Ramsbottom

022


05/09/07

David Mckie

I am looking for papermills housed in historic  -- though probably modernised  buildings in Ramsbottom.

021


05/09/07

Christine Shackell

Do anyone have any old photos of Nuttall, my father was born at 2 Nuttall Road but I understand it was knocked down in the 1920's.

020

1

05/09/07

Dave

Please can you tell me how the Major Pub got its name?

019


23/03/07

Arnold Hamer

My father was born in 1900 and the address on the birth certificate is Nuttall Hall.  The family story is that he was born in a room on a bridge that spanned a road.  The address given in the 1901 census is No 1 Nuttall Road.  It occurs to me that it may have been an arched gatehouse to the hall.  Was there such a thing at that time?

018

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23/03/07

Bethan Miller

Hello:   We are coming to England and Wales to visit and would like to find out any information about our mother, Marion Bennett, who was born in Ramsbottom on December 7, 1920

017


04/02/07

Liz and John Kirkman

We would like to look up information on any Kirkmans who lived in Ramsbottom/Tottington area in the 1800s or if there are any Kirkmans left in Ramsbottom.

016


04/02/07

Peter Sleigh

I saw in the Lancashire Telegraph that the Ramsbottom Heritage Society had

put up a plaque commemorating Peter McDouall which triggered a chain of

thought concerning McDouall's associates in Ramsbottom during the 1840's.

015


28/06/06

John Tomlinson

I am looking into family history. Most seem to originate in Bank Lane. Is there any definition of this? It seems to be a vague area between Peel Brow and Shuttleworth.


014


09/06/2006

Vic Cliffe

My Grandfather Harry Brown (14) and  his brother James(17) lived with their mother Ellen Brown/Scott on the 1901 census. Ellen had married Thomas Scott after the death of  her  husband in 1890.

013


09/04/2006

Mrs Pauline Shaw

 I know from her birth certificate that my mother was born in 1908 at 3 Springwood Street, Ramsbottom (I believe the Old Mill site now), and dad was born in 1906 at 16 Starling Street, Ramsbottom,

012


09/04/2006

Martin Carroll

On my mothers side I have a Robert Cuthbertson who was born in 1886 in Lumm Carr Barr Holcombe.

011

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18/03/2006

Elaine Rushton

 I am currently researching my  Sergenson family tree. Feel free to view it on GenesReunited. My great-great uncle Thomas Sergenson (buried in Stubbins United Reformed Church graveyard) was a beer seller at 20, Bridge Street, known as the Swan Inn ( photo in your Around Ramsbottom book).

010


18/03/2006

Joan Barlow

I am from Ramsbottom and would like to find out more about my Grandfather who used to have an electrical shop in Ramsbottom in the 1950's or 60's

009


18/03/2006

Margaret Shepard

John Greenhalgh was born in 1794 to John & Mary (believed to be Brooks) in Holcombe, the information suggests he was one of six children born in the district to John & Mary.

John married Mary Shaw in 1814 in St. Mary's Bury, he was transported to Australia in 1821. Mary followed in 1823. It is believed that both his father John & he were stocking weavers.

007



Ken Hill

John & Priscilla Hill, born Turn, died 1925-6, Buried in Shuttleworth

006



Mrs Jeanette Brandwood

I am looking for information about 78 Whalley Road, Shuttleworth

005




We recently had an enquiry from Margaret Plummer, nee Russell, living at 16 Watling Avenue, Litherland, Liverpool L21 9NU, who was born at 6 Union Street, Ramsbottom, 1930's, was looked after by her grandparents, Joe and Jane Kenyon, and wished to contact anyone who might remember her.    

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My children are researching the Grant Brothers and would like some information suitable for their age

002

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Who owned Quarry Bank Mill on Holcombe Moor - was the Pilgrims Cross mined from there?  

001

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We would like information on our house.The address is on Stubbins Lane and we have been told that our semi used to be a pub called the White Horse or White Lion.

Since the setting up of this web site, the society has been asked several questions about aspects of Ramsbottom and the houses and people who have lived there in the past. Whilst the Society is unable to spend time researching, here are a sample of the questions asked with answers were possible.


Latest updates have the date highlighted in red


Please e-mail if you have a question or an answer to one of the questions, or any information  

Some of the questions have referred to the Zeppelin Air Raid of 1916. One of the members has researched this, and the details are here. If you have anything further, please contact us

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