A Saddleworth Bibliography
Whilst this bibliography attempts to be comprehensive it has also been necessary to limit its scope. Firstly, it excludes fiction and poetry. Secondly, and this is a more difficult delineator, it aims to include publications of interest to the historian rather than the collector of all things Saddleworth. An attempt has also been made to include works which include Saddleworth where this incorporates original material but not where there are only a few references or where the material used is largely taken from other works. Neil Barrow was responsible for a detailed search for the period 1980-89. Other periods are less complete and work is ongoing. Please bring any additions to the attention of Mike Buckley.
Most of the works cited are available in one or more of the following libraries.
Saddleworth Historical Society Archives. Uppermill Museum. Contact Wilf Theakstone for details.
The Irad Hewkin Collection. Uppermill Library.
Oldham Local Studies Centre. Union Street, Oldham.
Local Interest Centre. Manchester Central Library.
For details of Saddleworth Historical Society publications still in print see Current Publications. Books out of print can sometimes be obtained from Antiquarian Booksellers.
Books
| Airne, C.C.W. | St. Anne's, Lydgate: A Pennine Parish 1788-1988. Saddleworth Historical Society & Lydgate PCC. 1988. |
| Andrew, Samuel. | A Manufacturer's Business a Hundred Years Ago: Notes on the Account Books of Joseph Wrigley of Stonebreaks (1711 -1781). Reprint from Oldham Chronicle 1879. Saddleworth Historical Society. 1984. |
| Ashton, W. | A Saddleworth Miscellany. 1986. (revised edition 1989). |
| Ashton. Wilfrid. | The Story of Methodism in Uppermill. 1996 |
| Barnes, Bernard. | Saddleworth Heritage. Drawings by Geldart. Published by Saddleworth Historical Society in Association with Saddleworth Festival of the Arts. 1975. |
| Barnes, Bernard. | Passage Through Time: Saddleworth Roads and Trackways, A History. 1981. |
| Barnes, Bernard. | Man and the Changing Landscape. 1982. |
| Barnes, B;
Buckley, P.M; Hunt, J.M; Petford, A. |
Saddleworth Surveyed: Selected Maps of the Township, 1625-1851. Saddleworth Historical Society in Association with Saddleworth Festival of the Arts. 1983. |
| Barnes, B. & Schofield, D. | Saddleworth: The Australian Connection. 1983. |
| Bradley, A. | A History of Delph Methodist Sunday School 1784-1984. 1984. |
| Bateson, Hartley. | Provident Lives. c1960. |
| Bottomley, James. | Greenfield. A poem. c 1816. |
| Bradbury, Joseph. | Saddleworth Sketches. 1871. |
| Brierley, Helen | Morgan Brierley. A memoir. 1900. |
| Brierley, Henry | Annals of Saddleworth - A Mss History of Saddleworth. 1892-4. |
| Brierley, Joseph. | Pre-Historic Saddleworth. 1910. |
| Brierley, Morgan. | Chapter from a M.S. History of Saddleworth. A History of Saddleworth Schools. 1891 |
| Brierley, Morgan. | Introduction to a MS History of Saddleworth. |
| Bruton, F.A. | Excavation of the Roman Forts at Castleshaw. First interim report. 1908. |
| Bruton, F.A. | Excavation of he Roman Forts at Castleshaw. Second interim report. 1911. |
| Buckley, P.M. | The Story of Denshaw. Christ Church, Denshaw, Centenary 1863 - 1963. 1963. |
| Butterworth, James. | A History of the Town & Parish of Rochdale and Parochial Chapelry of Saddleworth. 1828. |
| Charlesworth, D. (ed.) | The Huddersfield Narrow Canals Towpath Guide. 1981 |
| Clark, D. | Colne Valley: Radicalism to Socialism. 1981 |
| Crump, W.B. | Huddersfield Highways Down the Ages. Tolson Memorial Museum. 1949. |
| Dennett, Maurice (Ed). | Cherry Valley Chronicles. Letters from Thomas Buckley of Massachusetts to Ralph Buckley of Saddleworth 1845 - 1875. Saddleworth Historical Society. 1991. |
| Delph Independent Chapel | Delph Independent Sunday School Centenial Souvenir. 1818 -1918. 1918. |
| Denshaw Church. | A Jubilee Souvenir of Christ Church, Denshaw. 1913. |
| Farmer, T.D. | Bygone Saddleworth. 1971. |
| Fishwick, H. | A Genealogical Memorial of the Family of Buckley of Derby & Saddleworth. 1900. |
| Fox, Peter. | Old Saddleworth. 1982. |
| Fox, Michael. & Peter. | The Delph Donkey. 1984. |
| Fox, Michael. & Peter. | Victorian Saddleworth. 1987. |
| Fox, Michael. & Peter | Pennine Passage. 1988. |
| Fox, Michael. & Peter. | Bygone Saddleworth. 1989. |
| Fox, Michael. & Peter. | Saddleworth Album. 1993. |
| Fox, Michael. & Peter. | A Saddleworth Whitsuntide. |
| Greenfield Methodist Church | The Chapel in the Valley Builds Anew: Greenfield Methodist Church Centenary, 1883-1983. 1982. |
| Greenfield Socialist Society | Gems of Thought - A souvenir. n.d.. |
| Gurr, Duncan & Hunt, Julian. | The Cotton Mills of Oldham. 1985. |
| Gurr, Duncan & Hunt, Julian. | The Cotton Mills of Oldham. Second Edition 1998. |
| Haigh. Donald, (ed.) | Saddleworth Seven One Two. 1982. |
| Hampson. | Book of the Radcliffes |
| Haynes, Ian. | Mossley Textile Mills. Neil Richardson. 1996. |
| Heap. | Book of Heap Family. c1900. |
| Higson, C.E. | The Families of Linthwaite & Lees. 1913. |
| Higson, C.E. | Jone o' Grenfilt. 1926. |
| Hodge, Mary et al., | The Saddleworth Story. Saddleworth WEA. 1964. |
| Holt, Alfred. | The Story of Mossley. 1926. |
| Holt, Alfred. | The Story of Mossley. Revised & Enlarged by Mossley Civic Society. 1974. |
| Howcroft, A.J. | History of the Chapelry and Church of Saddleworth and the Township of Quick. 1915. |
| Howcroft, A.J. | Tales of a Pennine People. 1922. |
| Howcroft, A.J. | Supplement to the History of the Chapelry and Church of Saddleworth &c. 1933. |
| Howcroft, A.J. | Saddleworth Place Names: A Romance of Names and Places. 1930. |
| Howcroft. G.B. | George Shaw of St. Chad's, Saddleworth. Saddleworth Historical Society. 1972. |
| Howcroft, G.B. | The First World War 1914-1918, Remembered by a Yorkshire Territorial. 1986. |
| Hudson, Edwin. | A History of Delph Methodism 1770-1850, 1902. |
| Keevill, G. | Standedge Guide. Kirklees Metropolitan Council. 1986. |
| Lawton, David. | Village Co-operation. A Jubilee Sketch of Greenfield Co-operative Society Ltd. 1856-1906. 1906 |
| Lees. Major William | Memorials of the Families of Lynthwaite & Lees of Saddleworth. 1889. |
| Lees. Major William | Old Family Deeds. 1891. |
| Lees. Major William | Memorials of the Families of Lynthwaite & Lees of Saddleworth (supplement). 1910. |
| Livings, Henry. | That the medals and the Baton be put on View. The story of a Village Band 1875-1975. 1975. |
| Magee, Rob. | Mossley Pubs and their Licensees 1750-1991. Neil Richardson. 1991. |
| Magee, Rob. | Springhead and Lees Pubs including Alt with their Licensees 1717-1996. Neil Richardson. 1996. |
| Magee, Rob. | Saddleworth Pubs and their Licensees c1674-1998. Neil Richardson. 1998. |
| Mallalieu, J.P.W. | On Lark Hill. 1983. |
| Mitchinson, K.W. | Saddleworth 1914-1918. The Experience of a Pennine Community during the Great War. Saddleworth Historical Society. 1995. |
| Millett, Freda. | Saddleworth and its People. 1999. |
| Lord Morpeth, Mr Brougham, James Lees and others | Speeches by on free trade, civil & religious liberty, parliamentary reform, taxes an literature etc. at a dinner in Saddleworth 25 Sep 1830. 1830. |
| Mossley | Mossley Old Photographs |
| Neild, Daniel. | Addresses to the Different Classes of Men in the Parish of Saddleworth. Lees, 1795. Saddleworth Historical Society. Reprinted 1983. |
| OMBC Planning Dept. | Saddleworth Visitor Guide. 1986. |
| Parry, Anne (Ed). | The Saddleworth-America Connection. Saddleworth Festival of the Arts. 1979 |
| Peet, D.J. et al. | The First Fifty Years 1911-1961. Saddleworth Secondary Modern School. 1961 |
| Platt, James. | A Selection from his Writings. 1865. |
| Quiney, Anthony | House & Home. A History of the Small English House. Chapter 3. The Industrious Home. BBC. 1986. |
| Radcliffe, John. | The Parish Registers of St Chad, Saddleworth 1613 -1751. 1887. |
| Radcliffe, John. | The Parish Registers of St Chad, Saddleworth 1751 -1800. 1891. |
| Redhead, N;
Roberts, J; Start, D; Walker J; McNeil, R. |
Castleshaw: The Archaeology of a Roman Fortlet. 1989. |
| Ryley, Ann. | Fanny Fitz-York, heiress of Tremorne. Vol. I -III. 1812. |
| Ryley, S.W. | The Itinerant. Vol. I -III. 1808. |
| Seville, S. (B.Barnes, ed.) . | With Ammon Wrigley in Saddleworth. Saddleworth Historical Society. 1984 |
| Smith, W.John. | Saddleworth Buildings. A Guide to the Vernacular architecture of the Parish of Saddleworth in the Pennines. Saddleworth Historical Society in Association with Saddleworth Festival of the Arts. 1987. |
| Saddleworth Historical Society. | Huddersfield Narrow Canal. A compendium of Articles published in the Saddleworth Historical Society Bulletin. Published to celebrate the bicentenery of the canal. 1994. |
| Saddleworth & District Weavers' & Woollen Textile Workers' Association. | Jubilee Souvenir. 1894 - 1944. 1944. |
| Shaw, R. Cunliffe. | The Book of the Shaws. c.1960. |
| Shaw, Thomas (Aparian) | Poems. 1824. |
| Sykes, D.F.E. | The Huguenot Ancestry of the Mallalieus of Saddleworth. 1920. |
| Taylor, Jane. | Frozen music. (listed Buildings in Oldham & Saddleworth. c1974. |
| Thornton, Edwin (Saddleworthian). | The Hunting Wars of Saddleworth, a history of Local Feuds. c 1850. |
| Thornton, Edwin. | The Old Church Saddleworth. c 1850. |
| Thornton, Edwin. | The Mechanics & Literary Exhibition. 1853. |
| Thornton, Edwin. | What are the Elements of National Greatness?. n.d.. |
| Thornton, Edwin. | Bards of Britain (Mss). n.d. |
| Thornton, Joseph. | The New Saddleworth Sketches. 1967. |
| Whitehead, Becket & Goddard, F.S. | Friarmere Cricket Club 1864-1964. One Hundred Glorious Years. 1964. |
| Whitehead, Becket. | Friarmere Parish 1768-1968. 1968. |
| Winterbottom, Vera. . | Saddleworth Murder & Mystery. 1959 |