Local History

History of schools in the area of the junction of Devonshire Street and Hyde Road

History site offering information on a district of Manchester known as Collyhurst

Black history month acknowledges our acts of achievement inspired by our ancestors

It's free to add your Ancestors to their Ancestral Villages. By adding your information you are helping to build up a list of residents throughout the history of the village. Also you may find other branches of your family tree.

Providing online information on the origins and history of Ancoats

An online site providing memories of the Italian colony in Ancoats

Information on the old Ardwick Tech and its students

History of the old Belle Vue Zoological Park

A list of Brookfield Church and Sunday School Memorabilia.

This is a personal project of the Revd Dennis Lloyd Nadin who has been engaged in research into the township of Burnage for some years

A pilot web site for research resources relating to Caribbean Studies and the history of Black and Asian peoples in the UK.

This site holds records of local births, marriages and deaths back to the start of civil registration in 1837

A country park located in the Salford area

A website providing historical information about Collyhurst

Aim of the project is to offer opportunities for people and school children to get involved with real archaeology in a practical and 'live' environment

Website of The Now & Then Project which aimed to break down barriers between young and older people living in the Miles Platting, Ancoats and Collyhurst area.

The work of Edgar Wood, one of Manchester's foremost nineteenth-century architects

Local history information focusing on Ellen C Wilkinson

Provides information on this historical figure

Ardwick captured in contemporary photographs

Exploring Levenshulme

Photographic images of Victoria Baths

Raises awareness to the local history and heritage of the area

This is a course provided by the Varna Adult Education Centre

A non-profit making body which intends to promote good relations between the two parent countries by means of an emphasis on the cultural ties which bind us

Information on a local Manchester actor who died in 2002

Project to save the Chapel at Agecroft Cemetery

Here you will find photos and local history, along with a chat room and message board

A personal view of Levenshulme during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s compiled by George Nixon, a resident of Levenshulme from 1949 to 1973.

Attempting to tell the story of Longsight through the words and pictures of those people who lived there and some who still do

Supports family history research in the Greater Manchester area

Your forum for all things Manchester.

The website of the former Manchester High School of Art, Strangeways, Manchester

Provides information about the Manchester Jewish community over the last 200 years

David Boardman's memories of his time at Ardwick Tech 1958 - 1965

Online information on the origins and history of Miles Platting

Information on the nature and location of manuscripts and historical records

Provides historical information about new moston and the surrounding areas

A gateway to a number of local history web sites focused on greater Manchester

You can find out what your street looked like in Ardwick

Find out what your street looked like here

Memorabilia site for ex pupils of the two schools and for ex residents of Salford

Information on how to trace your family history

A friendly group,55+, meeting the first Tuesday of each month with a guest speaker. Other activities include heritage walks, theatre visits, play reading, walking for health, computing etc.Meetings start at 2.00 pm and a warm welcome is extended to all. Contact: Trevor Cheetham on 0161 434 6377

You can research, read or write about life of wartime memories