Passage Through Time: Saddleworth Roads and Trackways (1981) by Bernard Barnes
Passage Through Time: Saddleworth Roads and Trackways was written by Bernard Barnes and published in 1981 by Saddleworth Historical Society.
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- paperback
- 106 pages
- ISBN 0904982033
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Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Early Roads
- Inter-regional Roads
- Standedge — Delph — Oldham
- Standedge — Saddleworth Church — Mottram
- Standedge — Dobcross — Grotton Head
- Roads to Rochdale
- Other Inter-regional Roads
- Local Roads
- Bridges
- Turnpike Roads
- Administration
- Turnpike construction in Saddleworth
- Turnpike traffic and finances
- The Turnpike Roads of Saddleworth
- Wakefield — Austerlands Road
- Stockport — Doctor Lane Head Road
- Standedge — Oldham Road
- Staley Road
- Oldham — Ripponden Road
- Huddersfield — New Hey Road
- Holehouse — Shepley Lane Head Road
- Ridgehill Lanes — Holehouse Road
- Enclosure Roads and the Cotton Famine Road
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Appendices:
- Quarter Sessions Records
- Standedge — Oldham Turnpike Road: Subscriptions List 1797
- Oldham — Ripponden Turnpike Road: List of Subscribers 1794
- Coaches and Carriers
- Income and Expenditure of the Turnpike Trustees 1818-1850
- Agreement for Road Making 1792
- Tolls compounded at the Frenches Toll Gate
- Agreement for Carrying 1858
- Public Roads listed in the Commissioner’s Award 1834
- Estimates for the Construction of two Branch Roads of the Standedge — Oldham Turnpike Road (1827)