Archives Indexes


These pages list indexes available to the public at the Bolton History Centre, the home of the Archives and Local Studies Unit..

Further indexes of use to Family historians

This section details lists of indexes of Archives records organised by subject. The menu to the left lists these in alphabetical order.

More detail is given below as to what each of these categories contain.

Section Contents


Associations, unions, societies

Indexes listed by type of association or organisation

Bolton Newspapers

Microfilm of old editions of of Bolton newspapers, newspaper indexes and archives of cuttings.


Books, articles & pamphlets

Posters, articles and manuscripts. Local authors collection including work by Alfie creator Bill Naughton.

Business records

Businesses listed by trade type including: Cotton spinners and engineering companies.




Cemetery Registers

Records for various cemeteries in the Bolton area going back to 1856

Census returns

Returns indexes for the Bolton area



Church Records

Lists of church records for Bolton and beyond organised by denomination

Civil registration

Birth registers



Directories

Telephone, trade and commercial directories index

Election registers

Poll books, Burgess rolls and electoral registers for Bolton


Family & estate papers

Various miscellaneous archives relating to Bolton family estates

Local Authority Records

Records relating to Bolton Borough Councils and their various forms over the years


Maps and Plans

Includes archives of surveyors and estate agents, Tithe and Ordnance Survey maps

Marriage Registers

Boyds marriage index and General Register Office index



Oral History

Details about oral history tapes and transcriptions

Photographs & illustrations

Archives photographic collection details including recent doantions and community library collections


Probate Indexes

Probate records details

Public Records

Details about courts and public health records


Rate books

Details about local authority rate payer indexes

School Admission Registers

These often include names and addresses of pupils


Walt Whitman Collection

About the archive of the Bolton Whitman fellowship

Workhouse registers

The earliest workhouse records start in 1839