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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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)