6 Research Other  
Research: Breweries and Public Houses, Photographs, Maps,  
Grade 2 Listed Buildings, Blue Plaques and Online Books.  
Breweries and Public Houses  
hꢀp://www.breweryhistory.com/  
Click on “Breweries by County index” then click on Lancashire.  
John Baxter Ltd. Glen Top Brewery, Waterfoot, Lancashire.  
A list of the local public houses.  
Bury Brewery Co. Ltd, 38-40 George Street, Bury, Greater Manchester.  
A list of the local public houses.  
Alfred Crowther & Co. Ltd, Star Brewery, 66 Brook Street, Bury, Greater Manchester.  
A list of the local public houses.  
Crown Brewing Co. Ltd, Rochdale Road, Bury, Greater Manchester.  
A list of the local public houses.  
Edenfield Brewery Co. Ltd, Spring Bank Brewery, Edenfield, Lancashire.  
Wilson's Brewery Ltd, Newton Heath Brewery, Monsall Road, Newton Heath, Manchester.  
A list of public houses, see Bury, Ramsbottom and Lancashire.  
Ramsbottom Heritage Society 2023  
www.ramsbottomheritage.org.uk  
6 Research Other  
Photographs  
The Geograph Britain and Ireland project aims to collect geographically representaꢁve photographs and  
informaꢁon for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland.  
Use the search box top right e.g. Ramsbottom.  
If you register you can upload your own photographs to add to the database.  
https://www.geograph.org.uk  
The Ramsbottom Heritage Society web site photographic database.  
It holds nearly 9,000 photos. You can submit your own photos to be added to this database of  
Ramsbottom life.  
www.ramsbottomheritage.org.uk  
Maps  
Naꢁonal Library of Scotland  
https://maps.nls.uk/  
Click on “Side By Side Viewer”  
Use the ‘Slider’ boꢀom leꢂ to slowly change from the old map to the modern map.  
To zoom in and out use the wheel on the mouse.  
To move the map, click on the map and move the mouse.  
The Ramsbottom Heritage Society web site holds numerous maps  
www.ramsbottomheritage.org.uk  
Grade 2 Listed Buildings  
https://historicengland.org.uk  
Scroll down the page unꢁl ‘The National Heritage List for England’ click on either  
‘Search the List’ or ‘Explore the Map’  
Historic England has a detailed descripꢁon of the Grade 2 Listed building with photographs.  
If you register you can upload your own photographs.  
Blue Plaques  
www.openplaques.org  
Open Plaques is a community-based project which catalogues, curates, and promotes commemoraꢁve  
plaques and historical markers (oꢂen blue and round) installed on buildings and landmarks throughout  
the world.  
Online Books.  
All have an easy-to-use search facility on the top leꢂ of the screen.  
Search for “William Hume Elliot” For his two books on Ramsbottom  
The Country and Church of the Cheeryble brothers by Rev. William Hume Elliot. 1893.  
The Story of the “Cheeyble” Grants: from the Spey to the Irwell, by Rev. William Hume Elliot. 1906.  
Search for “Henry Dowseꢀ” for his book on Holcombe.  
Holcombe Long Ago by Rector Henry Dowseꢀ. 1902  
Ramsbottom Heritage Society 2023  
www.ramsbottomheritage.org.uk  
6 Research Other  
Search for “Ramsbottom Urban District Council“ for:  
Ramsbottom Urban District Council Annual Reports for the Medical Officer of Health from 1894 to 1972  
(43 available, some years are missing).  
Streets and Buildings of the R.U.D.C  
Earliest references to houses and other buildings within the limits of old Ramsbottom Urban District  
Council (1894-1974) includes Ramsbottom, Holcombe, Holcombe Brook, Nuꢀall Village, Shuꢀleworth,  
Summerseat, Stubbins, Edenfield, and Turn. Also included informaꢁon on Chaꢀerton, Strongstry and  
Hawkshaw.  
Quite a large document stored on Facebook in the “Files” secꢁon or on our web site at:  
www.ramsbottomheritage.org.uk  
Conservaꢀon Reports  
Chaꢀerton and Strongstry Area 2011.  
Brookboꢀoms/Rowlands Conservation Area 2010.  
Summerseat Conservation Area 2010.  
Ramsbottom Conservation Area 2011.  
Holcombe Conservaꢁon Area 2010.  
Edenfield: Land West of Market Street Masterplan 2023.  
They are stored in the “Files” secꢁon on our Facebook page.  
Various books produced by the RHS available from our online shop.  
Nuttall: Ramsbottom's Lost Village.  
Nuttall Park and the Porritt Legacy to Ramsbottom.  
10 Monarchs 8 Coronations 1783 – 2023.  
Local Heritage Trails Volume 1.  
Ramsbottom Reminiscences Volume 1 & 2.  
19th Century Ramsbottom – an extract from Rev. Hume Elliot’s book “The Country and Church of the  
Cheeryble Brothers”.  
Around Ramsbottom.  
Trade Directories Reprints 1818 to 1888.  
Ramsbottom’s Revolutionary Doctor.  
The books can be purchased from our website and some of the books can be purchased from Hearts for  
Home on Bridge Street.  
www.ramsbottomheritage.org.uk  
Click on Shop.  
Ramsbottom Scene  
A look at the landscape of part of the Irwell Valley. Part local geography, part local history, part  
reminiscences. Proceeds to Ramsbottom Heritage Society.  
Available from airevillepublishing@gmail.com  
Ramsbottom Heritage Society 2023  
www.ramsbottomheritage.org.uk