Denton and Haughton were two neighbouring towns until 1894
when Denton Urban District Council was formed, subsuming the
township of Haughton and leaving the name Haughton Green.
Durning the period covered by the book both towns were particulary
famous for hatmaking but mining, farming and the cotton industry
also dominated the working lives of the people in this area.
This sequence of over 200 old photographs shows some of these
people in the settings of the streets and buildings in which
they worked and lived. We see them at work and at play in
peace time and at war. Most of these fascinating photographs
have never been seen in print before. Included are some unique
photographs taken by a gifted amateur Victorian photographer,
Edward Joseph Sidebottom. These pictures record the area around
Denton in the 1850's and also provide a pictorial account
of the building of St. Annes Church, Haughton in the 1880's.
Denton Local History Society reaches it's twentieth birthday
in 1998 and this collection of old images, which represents
only a part of its large archive of photographs, documents
and oral history records, helps celebrate two decades of reasearch
in to Denton's history. The help of the people of Denton in
putting together this archive over the years is greatfully
acknowleged and the Society hopes that in turn the people
of the town will now enjoy this pictorial representation of
their community's history. ISBN-13: 978-0752407579
Denton is one of the largest townships in the Metropolitan
Borough of Tameside, largely because it now embraces the
sister community of Haughton. In the early days of the industrial
development, coal mining, cotton factoring and hat making
were the key trades that brought work to the area and although
the days of large scale manufacturing in Denton are over there
is still evidence of those days to be seen. The remains
of factory Buildings sometimes recycled for new uses, and
the terraces of houses built for the mine and mill employees
are still to be found.
Denton's early growth was aided by it's pivotal position at
the important crossing of major routes but sadly this location
has latterly brought about a devastating loss with the advent
of the twentieth-century road developments. In the 1970s the
construction of a new motorway, the M67, destroyed a large
number of the town's residential and industrial buildings,
schools and a church, a process that continued in the 1990s
with the arrival of another motorway, the M60, which now meets
the M67 in the west end of the town.
This book illustrates dramatically how these double invasions
have changed the face of the town but also how much of the
past, suprisingly, still survives. The Denton Local History
Society selected a series of early photographs that show the
old Denton as it was then took new photographs from the same
vantage points to highlight the changes that have taken place.
It is not only the buildings and the streets that receive
attention: the people of Denton are seen as well, going about
their everyday activities in the changing landscape. The accompanying
captions provide a fascinating account of the background to
the changes and the history of this important area. The book
will appeal to all who knew the old town as it was but also
to those who have recently and are only familiar with the
new.
ISBN-13 / 9780752418391
Publisher The History Press Ltd
Publication date November 15th, 1999
Number of pages 96
by Jill Cronin and Marion Pilcher for the Denton Local History Society
This book is extensively illustrated with contemporay photographs,
largely chosen from the family albums of thepeople who were
interviewed, and bring to life the memories that they accompany.
The stories are sometimes amusing and sometimes poignant but
all are an important record of a time gone by.
The book, compiled and published during 1998, celebrates the
twentieth anniversary of the Denton Local History Society.
The Society that it will servre, not only as a plesant and
nostalgic read for older readers, but aslo help a younger
generation to understand more about a way of life that was
known to their parents and grandparents but which will seem
far removed from their own. The text of this book is made
up entirely of the memories of Denton people collected by
the members of the Denton Local History Society on tape and
transcribed onto the page .
The reminisences of over seventy people describe childhood,
schooling, working in factories, shops and farms, wartime
experiences and aspects of family and social life covering
most of the century.
Memories of hatting, an activity now all but lost in Denton,
are particually interesting because they describe in detail
the skills and processes involved in an industry that was
unitl recently the area's major employer. Terms like planking,
stumping, blocking and trimming, and names like Wilsons, Wildes
and Shaws are largely unknown by today's youth but only a
generation ago were the topics of everysay conversation for
these were the processes and employers in local hat making.
Just as fascinating, too, are the accounts of life on local
farms and in high street shops, the effects of wartime rationing
and the pleasures of the Whit walks.
(Currently Out of stock)
by the Denton Local History Society
The area, now named Crown Point North and lying between Ashton
Road, the motorway and Taylor Lane, used to be the hub of
the hatting industry of Denton, based on Wilton street. This
book records that area in photographs, personal memories and
descriptions of homes and buildings and their use. It brings
to life residents, who worked in or owned the hat works and
other businesses, attended Russell Scott School and Wilton
Street Unitarian Chapel and socialised at the corner shops,
the two local cinemas and the “Gentlemen's Club ”.
BY ALAN WARD. PUBLISHED IN 2006
BOOK REVIEW BY DR F N VALDEZ
(Honorary Member, Past Captain, Past President Denton GC)
Alan Ward was born in Denton and became a Denton Golf Club
member in 1964. The book was written as a prologue to the
Club’s Centenary in 2009. It is of particular interest
to the golfing membership since it is a comprehensive history
of the Club from its foundation in 1909. Written in an attractive
A4 format, the book contains 100 pages of text and over 150
photographs in black/white and colour. The subject matter
covers both the geography and history of the 177 acres of
land (leased by Manchester Corporation Waterworks) on which
the golf course was built. Salient features along its boundary
and within the course itself are described including Nico
Ditch, Dodgeleach Brook and Cornhill Lane. The effect on the
Club of the Kingswater Park proposal and the intrusion of
the M60 Denton/Middleton Motorway are highlighted. Many other
items of historical interest are portrayed including the bombing
of the clubhouse in October 1940. Aerial photographs of the
course can be seen at various stages of the Club’s history.
For the members there are many special items of interest,
all of which have contributed to making Denton Golf Club one
of the finest in the area.
Without doubt, this interesting and well presented book is
a must for all Golf Club members and anyone else interested
in local history.
This book can be obtained from the Golf Club, Manchester Road, Denton, Thackeray’s Book Shop, Crown Point or directly from the author (336-0101)
Price - £10.00
Author Frank Rhodes
Edition illustrated
Publisher Neil Richardson, 1984
ISBN 090751135X, 9780907511359
Length 32 pages
Maps
Denton (West) 1916
Lancashire Sheet 105.13
This detailed map covers the western part of Denton and coverage then extends westward to east Gorton around Gorton Bridge. Features include tramways, a stretch of the Manchester & Ashton Canal, Brook Green, short stretches of the GCR railway, cemetery, Gorton Upper and Lower Reservoirs, Lancashire Felt Works, a stretch of the LNWR line with Denton station, Audenshaw Reservoir Nr.2 etc. On the reverse we include street directory entries for Balmoral Drive, Heaton Street, Manchester Road, Oak Drive; plus a railway timetable for the Stockport-Stalybridge and Stockport-Manchester Victoria lines in 1897.
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North Reddish & SW Denton 1904
Lancashire Sheet 112.01
This detailed map is dominated by Gorton Road which runs up the western side of the map, with coverage stretching from St Elisabeth's church and St Joseph's RC church northward to St Agnes church and Reddish station. Other features here include Summerfield House, tramways, Reddish Iron Works, Ashbrook Farm, Barlow Fold. Further east the map is semi-rural, with two railways, the LNWR Stockport to Guide Bridge line and Sheffield & Midland Joint line crossing in the centre of the map. Other features include Denton Colliery sidings and mineral line, Holt Wood, Dane Bank, Denton Hall. On the reverse we include a large extract from the later 1914 revision of the map, showing the Gorton Road area at this later date for comparison.
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South Denton & Haughton Green 1904
Lancashire Sheet 112.02
This detailed map covers the area around and to the north of Haughton Green, with the Stockport Road area of south Denton to the north. Coverage stretches from Hyde Hall eastward to Gibraltar Mill on the River Tame. Other features include Denton cemetery, Great Wood Pit, Denton Colliery, Three Lane Ends, Vinery Hat Works, Town Lane, Moorfield Mills, St Mary's church, Whittles Farm etc. On the reverse we include a selection of street directory entries, incl Gibraltar Lane, Haughton Green Road, Stockport Road and Two Trees Lane.
Denton Town Centre 1918
Lancashire Sheet 105.14 Audenshaw & Droylsden 1916 - published 1996; intro by Jill Cronin
This detailed map covers the central area of Denton, with coverage stretching from Holland Street and Windmill Lane eastward to Kingston Mills; and from St Lawrence's church northward to Audenshaw cemetery. Features include tramways and depot, St Anne's church, Broomstair Bridge, River Tame, Peak Forest Canal, numerous small works such as hat manufactories, Victoria Iron Works, Market Place, Town Hall, Christ Church, Kingston Bridge, Broomstair Mill, Planet Foundry, Wellington Fur Works etc. On the reverse we include street directory entries for Acre Street, Ashton Road, Howard Lane and Hyde Road.
Denton West 1916
This detailed map covers the western part of Denton and coverage then extends westward to east Gorton around Gorton Bridge. Features include tramways, a stretch of the Manchester & Ashton Canal, Brook Green, short stretches of the GCR railway, cemetery, Gorton Upper and Lower Reservoirs, Lancashire Felt Works, a stretch of the LNWR line with Denton station, Audenshaw Reservoir Nr.2 etc. On the reverse we include street directory entries for Balmoral Drive, Heaton Street, Manchester Road, Oak Drive; plus a railway timetable for the Stockport-Stalybridge and Stockport-Manchester Victoria lines in 1897.
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Full list of Tameside maps :http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/tameside.htm