Archived projects relating to the history of Ashton-in-Makerfield and its neighbouring towns and villages. The following topics are covered (click to view):

The Diary of Roger Lowe

Holy Trinity Church, Downall Green

Bryn Station

Ashton Market

Jubilee Park

Park Lane Chapel & Early Protestant Nonconformity

The Penswicks of Ashton Manor House

POW Camp 50

Cymru-yn-Makerfield: A history of Welsh settlement in Ashton

Local Government

Ashton Gasworks

“The Ashton Alien”

Park Lane Friendly Co-operative Society

Primitive Methodism

Queens Rd, Methodist Church

Baptist Chapel, Bolton Rd

Brynn Hall Colliery

Hawkley Hall

Birchley Hall

Thomas Bradbury

James Turton

Dr William Latham & Family

Bispham Hall Brick & Terracotta Co

Bruche Hall, Haydock

Wood & Lyme Pits, Haydock

Windleshaw Chantry

Greenfield House, Billinge

(Images are arranged sequentially within each "album", starting top left.)