Colne Valley Topic List
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The following source list was originally available only on paper in one of the West Yorkshire Archive Service offices. It may have been compiled many years ago and could be out of date. It was designed to act as a signpost to records of interest on a particular historical subject, but may relate only to one West Yorkshire district, or be an incomplete list of sources available. Please feel free to add or update with any additional information. |
Enclosure Awards and Maps
Golcar 1823
Longwood and Deanhead 1825
Scammonden 1816
Tithe Awards and Maps
Golcar 1849 (tracing of map only)
Lingards 1847
Linthwaite 1847
Marsden 1849 (copy of map only) KC640
Township maps and plans
Colne Valley map 1909, showing railway, canal and adjacent buildings from Marsden to Milnsbridge
Map of Dartmouth estate in Lingards and Slaithwaite (copy) 1805 KC592/3/3
Map of Dartmouth estate in Slaithwaite (copy) 1799 KX209
Golcar map 1863, showing part of Golcar and part of Longwood KC573
Lingards 1852
Marsden 1801 KC500
Map of Radcliffe estate in Linthwaite and Golcar (copy) 1786 KX287
Map of part of Radcliffe estate in Milnsbridge (copy) 1795 KX341
Scammonden with Deanhead 1839
Non-conformist records
Colne Valley Free Church Federal Council 1945-1970 KC27
Golcar Baptist Church, records 1835-1970, including baptisms, memberships and minutes, financial, burial ground and Sunday School records KC1033
Golcar Clough Head Baptist Sunday School, Bolster Moor, marriage register 1956-1966 KC514
Golcar Providence New Connexion Church, records 1877-1979 KC205
Golcar Wellhouse Methodist New Connexion Church, records 1817-1975 KC23, KC502, KC772 and KC997
Linthwaite Wesleyan Day School, records 1871-1900 NM/HSC
Longwood Wesleyan Methodist Church, records 1847-1992 NM/L, KC605, KC796 and KC808/2/15
Marsden Congregational Church, records 1796-1981 NI/MA and KC904
Marsden Wesleyan Methodist Church, records 1847-1974 NM/M and KC808/2/16
Milnsbridge Wesleyan Methodist Church, records 1883-1964 NM/HSC and KC808/2/18
Pole Moor Baptist Church, records 1788-1992 including baptisms, burial and grave registers, membership, church books. minutes and financial records KC1034
Scapegoat Hill Baptist Church records 1895-1954, mainly Sunday School Anniversary programmes KC1037
Slaithwaite Methodist Chapels (Carr Lane, Centenary and Crimble) 1833-1993 NM/HSC, KC294, KC772 and KC808/2/24
Business records
J Bailly-Ancien Ltd, wool scourers and carbonisers, Marsden 1931-1957 KC844
Job Beaumont & Son Ltd, textile manufacturer, Woodland Mills, Longwood 1857-1974 B/JB
Bottom Hall Mill, Milnsbridge, plan of proposed alterations 1888 KC466
Broadbent Companies, cloth manufacturers, finishers and engineers, Longwood 1844-1998, includes John Broadbent & Son., Parkwood Mills Co. Ltd., Longwood Finishing Co. Ltd., Longwood Engineering Co. Ltd., Gee and Whitley Ltd., Hanson-Walsh Engineering Co., also Broadbent family papers 1873-1953 KC17
Colne Valley Spinning Company, Linthwaite and Marsden 1910-1946 B/CO and KC630
Co-operative Stores:- Linthwaite 1878-1926; Milnsbridge 1873-1958; Scapegoat Hill 1950-1967; Slaithwaite 1860-1970; Slaithwaite Junction House 1901-1921; Colne Valley and District Bakery 1908-1955; Scarwood Coal Society, Milnsbridge 1917-1963 KC63
W and E Crowther, woollen manufacturers, Slaithwaite 1906-1976 B/WEC
Eddison, Taylor and Booth, sale plans and sale catalogues, including some in Colne Valley and Scammonden 1855-1918 B/ETB
George and Dragon Inn, Marsden, bills and receipts 1800-1875 B/GDM
Hey Green Corn Mill Co Ltd, illustrated billhead 19 cent KC377
James Hirst, weaver, Slaithwaite, records 1795-1987 KC390
Business records –cont
John Lockwood and Sons Ltd, woollen manufacturers, Scarbottom Mills, Milnsbridge, and Holme Mills, Britannia Road, Golcar 1881-1971 B/JL
George Mallinson and Sons Ltd, woollen and worsted manufacturers, Linthwaite 1866-1961 B/GM and KC714
Mark Shaw, engineer and millwright, Milnsbridge, plan of condensing engine for Commercial Mill, Milnsbridge c1900 KC982
Shaw and Shaw, Cotton Spinners, Milnsbridge 1871-1904 KC26 and KC137
Standedge New Tunnel Works, wage book 1891 B/SNT
James Sykes, woollen and worsted manufacturer, Milnsbridge 1900-1971 B/S
Albert Taylor, valve manufacturer, Milnsbridge, financial records 1917-1950 KC1008
Taylor, Livesey & Co Ltd, fancy woollen manufacturers, Paddock and Linthwaite, letter book 1942-1943 KC526
T W Thorpe Ltd, woollen manufacturers, Golcar, records 1898-1993 KC471 and KC821
Samuel and David Walker, woollen merchants, Golcar, letter with woollen samples 1946 KC464
Manorial, Estate and Family
Almondbury manorial court rolls, including "leet" business re Slaithwaite 1627-1934 DD/R/M
Charlesworth family, Slaithwaite, recollections of life in the Colne Valley c.1889-20th cent KC470 (permission required to view certain items)
Dartmouth Estate, manorial court rolls for Slaithwaite cum Lyngarths 1524-1593 (originals), 1524-1682 (transcripts) M/SL and KX369
Dartmouth Estate, agents' letter book and audit memoranda 1804-1810 KC161
Golcar, deeds 13th cent-1501 WBD/VII/61-67
Golcar, deeds and sale plan re Hill Top 1850 (photocopies) KX266
Golcar, deeds 1631-1742 mainly about Skirehouse Mills and Ramsden Mills KC311/14
Linthwaite, deeds re grant of Over Hey and Over Royde by John Brookesbank 1630-1631 KC582
Florence Lockwood, Linthwaite, diaries 1914-1920, autobiography 1905-1911 KC329 and KC909
Marsden, manorial records 1878-1922 M/M
Marsden, deed relating to the Walker family and Plains 1676 KC581
George Marsden of Marsden and family, records 1808-1947 KC391 and KC312/12/3
Rev John Murgatroyd, Lingards, diaries and notebooks 1781-1804 KC242
Manorial, Family and Estate- cont
Alice Quarmby, Slaithwaite, recollections of life in Colne Valley in the period before the First World War, written in c1964 KX319
Ramsden accounts books, including information on Marsden 16th-17th cent DD/RA/F/4a-4b
Ramsden commonplace book, including records re manor of Marsden, compiled 16th-17th cent DD/R/dd/V/30
Harold Hirst Ramsden, Golcar, photograph albums 1909-1936 mostly of holidays, also including photograph of Duke of Wellington's Regiment leaving Huddersfield 1915 KC647
Savile Esate papers: Golcar and Milnsbridge, papers re boundary dispute, leases, correspondence and plans 1719-1897; Scammonden, will and deeds concerning Great Field Head Farm 1816-1866; rentals and surveys 1578-1840 DD/S
Slaithwaite, deeds 1396-1473 KC184
James Sykes, Golcar, billheads and receipts 1876-1890 KC721
Official Records
Colne Valley area, building plans 1916-1939 See also Golcar, Linthwaite, Marsden and Slaithwaite
Colne Valley Urban District Council, minutes 1937-1974
Colne Valley Urban District Council, volume of photographs of Festival of Britain Exhibition 1951 KA79
Colne Valley Old Peoples' Welfare Committee, minutes 1964-1985 KC744
Golcar Local Board and Urban District Council, minutes 1861-1937
Golcar Local Board and Urban District Council, building registers and plans 1866-1939 See also Colne Valley
Golcar Urban District Council, records re endowed charities in Golcar, Scammonden and Slaithwaite, 1897-1898 KA91
Golcar Branch Library, specification and plans for improvement 1959 KA92
Golcar School Board, minutes 1893-1904
Golcar National School, log books 1904-1942
Golcar St John's Church Sunday School, minutes 1891-1894 and 1901-1913
Linthwaite Local Board and Urban District Council, minutes 1862-1937
Linthwaite Local Board and Urban District Council, building registers and plans 1868-1937 See also Colne Valley
Linthwaite School Board, minutes 1893-1904
Lingards National (later Church of England) School, log books 1934-1955
Official records- cont
Longwood, valuations 1845-1921 and rate book 1875
Longwood Local Board, minutes 1882-1890
Longwood School Board, minutes 1874-1890
Marsden National (later Church of England) School, log books 1862-1960
Marsden, valuations 1838-1897
Marsden Local Board and Urban District Council, building registers and plans 1874-1938 See also Colne Valley
Marsden Town School, records 1810-1955 including log books 1890-1955
Marsden Urban District Council, minutes 1921-1937
Milnsbridge Church of England School, log book 1948-1956
Milnsbridge St Luke's National Infants School, log book 1891-1901
Scammonden Local Board, minutes 1862-1912
School Board minutes - see Golcar, Linthwaite and Slaithwaite
Slaithwaite Local Board and Urban District Council, minutes 1862-1937
Slaithwaite Local Board and Urban District Council, building plans and registers 1870-1937 See also Colne Valley
Slaithwaite and Lingards School Board, minutes 1893-1904
Slaithwaite Swimming Baths file 1939-1968 KA31
Slaithwaite Cemetery, plan 1908 KA137
Wellhouse National School, Golcar, log books 1865-1893
West Riding County Council, Education Department, District Sub-Committee for Colne Valley, minutes 1904-1944
Official records- cont
West Riding County Council, records re election of County Councillors 1955-1961 KA99
West Slaithwaite National (later Church of England) School, log books 1898-1989
West Slaithwaite National School, illustrated letter heading 1860 KC679
Societies
Colne Valley Business and Professional Womens' Club, records 1951-1982 KC37
Golcar Community Association, records 1978-1987 KC593
Linthwaite District Nurse Association, accounts 1907-1912 KC673
Linthwaite Red Cross and Comfort Fund for H.M. Forces, minutes 1939-1945 S/LRC
Linthwaite Musical Festival, Sick and Aid Committee, records 1923-1949 KC674
Longwood Sick and Dividing Society, records 1881-1950 S/SLD
Longwood Mechanics Institute, minutes 1852-1902 KC580
Marsden Adult School, records 1905-1993 S/MAS and KC805
Slaithwaite Girls Club and Colne Valley Swimming Club, records 1941-1947 KC499
Slaithwaite and District Horticultural and Allotment Society, records 1928-1999 including minutes, financial papers and exhibitors KC1063
Miscellaneous
Admittance for property at Clowley Booth, Marsden 1686 KX399
Higher Green Owlers, Marsden, archaeological survey KX411
Crosland and Fenton, solicitors, Huddersfield, and successors, court cases re Colne Valley 1800-1825 KC165, items 72, 99, 125, 136, 142, 145, 163, 169, 173, 285, 288, 292, 307, 318
List of poor people in Huddersfield parish 1612, including the hamlets of Golcar, Longwood and Scammonden KC337
Marsden, records 1757-1908 including papers re lawsuit in 1908 concerning Marsden Packhorse Road KC311/27
Marsden township, survey 1801
Archaelogical building recording for Higher Green Owlers, Marsden related to a retaining KC390
Marsden, plan showing enclosure of part of Shaw Cow Hey pasture 1828 KC315/6/1
Ottiwells, Marsden, sale poster for mill and other property 1865 KC323
Ottiwells, Marsden, sale particulars and notes 1822 (photocopies) KX329
Transcriptions of various wills mainly of Colne Valley 1397-1780 KX370
Marsden, petition re new stone bridge presented on behalf of inhabitants 1723 KC153
Marsden, plan of detail of proposed bridge 1902 KC348
miscellaneous- cont
Marsden, petition in support of plans to build a fulling mill 1709 KC615
Marsden, sale plan and particulars re Lingards Wood and Gatehead 1871 KX360
"River Colne - Spring or Sewerage?", photocopy of A-Level project 1996 KX365
Slaithwaite parish church, plan of pews and names of occupants 1589 KX366
Slaithwaite, hearth tax returns 1672 (transcript) KX369
DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLNE VALLEY HELD AT WEST YORKSHIRE ARCHIVE SERVICE: LEEDS
RADCLIFFE PAPERS
Deeds relating to Golcar 1672-1870, Linthwaite 1760-1882, Marsden 1810-1882 and Milnsbridge
Account book for Yorkshire Estates 1748-1892 including one for Marsden 1795-1800
Rentals including survey of the estate in Linthwaite and Golcar 1786, rental for Marsden lands 1790, maps including Linthwaite and Golcar estate 1786
DARTMOUTH ESTATE PAPERS
Deeds relating to Farnley and Woodsome, including Slaithwaite 13th-20th century
Surveys including the estate in Slaithwaite 18 cent
Rentals 1805-1889
Correspondence 1838-1914 which includes letter regarding "an infidel bookseller" called Ogden at Slaithwaite who sold godless books and held meetings on Sundays to read them, and notes regarding the outbreak of typhoid in Slaithwaite 1890
DARTMOUTH ESTATE PAPERS HELD IN THE MANOR HOUSE, SLAITHWAITE
Rentals 1651-1687, 1815-1956
Slaithwaite cottage rents 1849-1969
Terriers 1828-1916
Accounts 1815-1902
Map of the estate 1840
Correspondence relating to Slaithwaite 1916-1955
SAVILE ESTATE PAPERS HELD IN NOTTINGHAM
Charters relating to Golcar 1847
Title Deeds relating to Golcar 1588-1796
Court rolls relating to Golcar
Leases, mostly l7th cent
Rentals, surveys and valuations for Golcar from 1660
Enclosure papers, bills and acts, but not the award