The resource includes references to Runcorn and the Townships of Acton Grange, Aston, Aston Grange, Daresbury, Halton, Keckwick, Moore, Norton, Preston Brook and on the Hill, Sutton and Weston (including Weston Point). If anyone knows of any other books or Society journals not listed here please advise our Archivist with details and copy of relevant extracts. There are 500 books and 289 Journal entries listed. Books and Journals are known as ‘Secondary Sources’ and the information needs careful checking. BOOKS Details are given of the author(s), publishers, publication year the pages on which references can be found and the subjects mentioned. **** indicates information not known.
| AUTHOR | PUBLICATION | DETAILS | CONTEXT | PUBLISHED |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abram | "The Brookes at Norton : The Civil War and After 1642-1660" | (Andrew Abram. Norton Priory Museum Trust) All pages. | Brooke family. | 1994 |
| Abram | "Tugs, Barges, and Me" | (John Abram. Neil Richardson) Pages 2,17,22,23,25,34 | Chemicals, Salt, Ship Canal, Tanneries, Boats, Transporter Bridge | 1996 |
| Aiken | "A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles Round Manchester" | (John Aiken. John Stockdale Reprint David & Charles 1968). Pages 415-21. | General description of Rocksavage, Weston, Runcorn, Halton, and Norton. | 1795 |
| Albert | "The Turnpike Road System in England 1663-1840" | (William Albert. Cambridge University Press) Page 221. | Runcorn - Northwich road. | 1972 |
| Alcock | "Discovering Cheshire" | (Joan Alcock. Shire Publications) Pages 13/14,50 | Runcorn and villages. | 1972 |
| Aldred | "The Duke of Bridgewater – His Canal" | (John Aldred. Bridgewater Canal Co.) Pages 23,24,29-32,50-52 | Brindley, Bridgewater Canal | 2011 |
| Aldridge | "The British New Towns – a Programme without a Policy" | (Meryl Aldridge. Routledge & Kegan Paul) Pages 64,70,76,89,101,120/21,138,174,184. |
New Town, Housing. | 1979 |
| Allison | "The Mersey Estuary" | (J. E. Allison. Liverpool University Press) Pages 9, 20. | Mersey, Steamboats. | 1949 |
| Anderson | "A History of Crosville Motor Services" | (R.C. Anderson. David & Charles) Pages 11/12, 21,57,66-69,85-88,151,155/56. |
Bus services, Busway ,Transporter Bridge. | 1981 |
| Andrews | "Bygone Cheshire" | (William Andrews. Phillipson Golder) Page 187. | Ferry. | 1895 |
| Angus-Butterworth | "Old Cheshire Families and Their Seats" | (Lionel M. Angus-Butterworth. Sherratt & Hughes Reprint E. J. Morten 1970) Pages 19,171,178, 186. | Civil War, Halton Castle, Barony. | 1932 |
| Appleby | "Manchester – Its Port and Industries" | (H. N. Appleby. Charles Knight & Co.) Pages 23,29,42,54-57,64/65, 85-114. |
List of canal Tolls, Directors, Principal Officers, Details of Ship Canal, dock and wharf accommodation, and ship’s dues. | 1923 |
| Appleby | "Clockmakers of Cheshire" | (Keith Appleby. Farmhouse Antiques, Chester) Pages 100,102,107,112,124,145. Plates IV, XII | Clockmakers in Runcorn. | 1999 |
| Armand | "The Ghosts of Cheshire" | (Muriel Armand. Countyvise) Pages 47/48. | Crowther’s farm, Castle Hotel, Waterloo Hotel, Wellington Inn. | 1989 |
| Armstrong | "History of Freemasonry in Cheshire" | (John Armstrong. Bro. Geo. Kenning) Pages 383/84 |
Ellesmere Lodge. | 1901 |
| Arnold | "A History of Britain’s Parliamentary Constituencies" | (Jacques Arnold. Patricia Arnold) Eddisbury – 7 pages; Weaver Vale 2 pages; Halton 4 pages; Warrington South 6 pages |
Parliamentary Constituencies | 2004 |
| Ashmore | "The Industrial Archaeology of Lancashire" | (Owen Ashmore. David & Charles) Pages 84/85,114,130/31,134/35,162-65,184/85,190/91, 210,220/21,308,317,320. |
Railway, Soap, Chemicals ,River navigations, Railway Bridge. | 1969 |
| Ashton | "An 18th Century Industrialist – Peter Stubs of Warrington – 1756 – 1806 " | (T.S. Ashton. Manchester University Press
Reprinted 1961) Pages 65,74,80-83,92-94,97. |
Brooke, Hazlehurst, Heron, Wright, Writing slates, Agriculture, Daresbury, Mersey, Canals. | 1939 |
| Aston & Bond | "The Landscape of Towns" | (Michael Aston and James Bond. J.M. Dent) Pages 69,143,208 | Saxon fort, port of Runcorn, New Town. | 1976 |
| Axon | "Cheshire Gleanings" | (William E. A. Axon. Tubbs, Brook & Chrystal, Manchester) Pages 75-83 | Chesshyre Library. | 1884 |
| Bagley | "The Story of Merseyside Part I - From the Romans to the Tudors " | (J.J. Bagley. Parry Books Ltd. Liverpool) Pages 18-20,28/29,45,48/49,64/65. |
Saxons, Normans. | 1969 |
| Bagley | "The Story of Merseyside Part II - From Elizabeth to Victoria" | J. Bagley. Parry Books Ltd. Liverpool) Pages 60,63,72,81. | Mersey navigation | 1972 |
| Bagley | "A History of Lancashire" | (J.J. Bagley. 6th ed. Phillimore) Pages 21,81,89/90,97/98,117. |
Aethelfleda, Transhipment Liverpool – Runcorn, Canals, Castner Kellner, Bridges. | 1976 |
| Baines | "Lancashire and Cheshire Past & Present Vol. 1" | (Baines. William Mackenzie) Pages frontispiece, 18/19,163-65,168,203/04,270,313/14, 323, 363,393,432,500,544,557/58,560,613-16,663. | Prehistoric, Roman, Saxon, Norman, Tudor, Railways, Canals Norton Priory, Halton Castle, Ferry, Hale Ford, Railway Bridge, Barony, Population, Geology, Savage, de Lacy. | 1867 |
| Baines | "Lancashire and Cheshire Past & Present Vol. 2" | (Baines. William Mackenzie) Pages 82-89,126-29,204-11,269,294,298,349. | Mersey, Canals, Weaver Navigation, Parish Church, Values, Families, Schools, Halton Castle, Norton Priory, Brookes, Steamers, Population, Railway Bridge, Coal trade figures. | 1867 |
| Baines | "History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster" | (Baines. 1825 William Wales, Chester. Croston revision 1893) Pages 27,29/30. | Barony, Norton Priory, Savage, Hazlehurst. | 1893 |
| Banham | "Tokens and Commemorative Medals of Cheshire" | (Ken Banham. Author) Pages x, xi, 7,13,51,59,89,109. |
Tokens and Commemorative Medals of Cheshire | 1989 |
| Banham | "Tokens and Commemorative Medals of Cheshire Book Two" | (Ken Banham. Brian Edge) Pages 10,42,51. |
Tokens and Commemorative Medals of Cheshire | 1992 |
| Barber and Ditchfield | "Memorials of Old Cheshire" | (Ed. Ven. Edward Barber & Rev. P. H. Ditchfield.
Geo. Allan & Sons.) Pages 34/35,51,53-55,106-13. |
Norton Priory, Halton Castle, Saxon Fort, Rocksavage, Halton Court Leet. | 1910 |
| Barker and Harris | "A Merseyside Town in the Industrial Revolution - St. Helens 1750-1900" | (T.C. Barker and J. R. Harris. Liverpool University Press) Pages 6,18/19,21,36/37,47,57/58,186,193,195,197,229,230, 235,327,329,331/32,335/36,357,436/37,444. | Canals, Brindley, Railways, Hazlehurst, Shipping, Johnsons, Chemicals. | 1954 |
| Barker and Savage | "An Economic History of Transport in Britain" | (T.C. Barker & C. I. Savage. 3rd revised ed. 1974 Hutchinson) Pages 38-40,60-62,72,246,252-55. | Canals, Busway. | 1959 |
| Barratt | "Cheshire Shipyards" | (A.J. Barratt. Bernard McCall) Pages 11-14 | Ships, boat building. | 2000 |
| Baylis | "Who’s Who in Cheshire" | (Ebenezer Baylis & Son)
Pages 5,7,26,38,42,49,69,116,119,124,134,147/48,173,186. |
Details of prominent people. | 1935 |
| Beamont | "A Literal Extension and Translation of the Portion of Domesday Book Relating to Cheshire and Lancashire" | (William Beamont. Minshull & Hughes) Pages xi, xxviii, 42/43. | Domesday information. | 1863 |
| Beamont | "A History of the Castle of Halton and the Priory or Abbey of Norton " | (William Beamont. Percival Pearse.) Pages – all. | Halton Castle, Norton Priory, Barons of Halton. | 1873 |
| Beamont | "An Account of the Rolls of the Honour of Halton" | (William Beamont. Percival Pearse.) Pages – all. | Townships, Seneschals and other Officers, Court Leet, extracts from Court records. | 1879 |
| Beamont | "An Account of the Ancient Town of Frodsham in Cheshire" | (William Beamont. Percival Pearse.) Pages 3,170-204. | Aethelfleda, Savage family. | 1881 |
| Beck | "Tudor Cheshire" | (Joan Beck. Cheshire Community Council) Pages 53,64,97/98,100-02. | Norton Priory. | 1969 |
| Bennett | "Community, Class and Careerism" | (Michael J. Bennett. Cambridge University Press) Pages 14/15,34,43/44,48-50,62,66,71,74,78,80/81,93,96, 106, 114,116,136,138,150,224/25. |
Norton Priory, Barony of Halton, Tradesmen, Clergy | 1983 |
| Bethell | "Portrait of Cheshire" | (David Bethell. Robert Hale) Pages 129-136, illus. between 64/65. |
Spiritualist Church, Southgate(Hallwood Park), Bridge, Canals, Norton Priory, Halton Castle, Parish Church, Barony, New Town, Daresbury. | 1979 |
| Biddle | "Britain’s Historic Railway Buildings" | (Gordon Biddle. Oxford University Press) Pages 468, 472-474 |
Railway bridge, Sutton Weaver viaduct | 2003 |
| Bilsborough | "The Treasures of Cheshire" | (Norman Bilsborough. North West Civic Trust) Pages 1,3,5-7,27,59-61, 99,141,143,154/55,161/62,178. |
Lewis Carroll, New Town, Canals, Industry, Chemicals, Halton Castle, Bridgewater House, Bridges, Norton Arms, Norton Priory, All Saints Daresbury. | 1983 |
| Bird | "The Major Seaports of the United Kingdom" | (J. Bird. Hutchinson) Pages 26,260/61,265-69,273,287,290/91,293-95,305-07. | Ship Canal, Bridgewater Canal. | 1963 |
| Bode | "James Brindley 1716 –1772" | (Harold Bode. Shire Publications) Pages 17-28 | Canals | 1973 |
| Boothman & Hyde Parker | "Savage Fortune" | (Lyn Boothman and Sir Richard Hyde Parker. Suffolk Record Society) Pages xiii, xxi, xiii, xiv-vi, xvii, xxi, xxiv, xxvii, xxix, xxx, xxxiv, xxxvi, xxxvii,xlii, xlv, xlvi, xlvii, li- iii. lv, lix, lx, lxi, lxv, lxxi, lxxiii, lxxix, lxxvi, lxxv-lxxxiii, lxxx, lxxxi, 5, 10, 21, 26, 30/1, 33,36, 42,52/3, 72, 77, 92, 98, 102/3, 106-110, 129-131, 159-63, 165. 169, 172/3, 176, 180, 185, 191,193 | Savages, Rocksavage, Halton Castle, Royal visit, Norton Priory, Daresbury, Moore, Weston, Astons , Brookes. | 2006 |
| Bostock | "The Chivalry of Cheshire" | (A.J.Bostock. E.J. Morten) Pages 15,16,21,23,24,34,38,39,49,56,86,88,89,101,106 | Daniel, Savage | 1980 |
| Bott & Williams | "Man’s Imprint on Cheshire" | (Oliver Bott and Rhys Williams. Cheshire County Council) Pages 3,15-17,22,24,31,35/36,41-44,47. | Halton Castle, Norton Priory, Canals, Railway Bridge, Main Street, Population, Salt, Chemicals, Road Bridge | 1975 |
| Boucher | "James Brindley – Engineer 1716 – 1772" | (C.T.G. Boucher. Goose & Son Ltd. Norwich) Pages 17,46-49,52,54,58/59,62,64/65,80-83. | Brindley, Bridgewater Canal. | 1968 |
| Bracegirdle | "The Dark River" | ( Cyril Bracegirdle. John Sherratt & Son Ltd.) Pages 20,69-73,88-9 | Angling, Canals, Brindley. | 1973 |
| Braddock | "Haunted Houses" | (Joseph Braddock. Batsford.) Pages 192-202 | Ghosts, Byron St. and Crowthers. | 1956 |
| Bradburn | "Runcorn Through the Ages" | (Jean & John Bradburn. Amberley Publishing) Pages – all | Old and new photographs with captions | 2014 |
| Bradshaw | "Canals and Navigable Rivers of England & Wales" | (Henry Rodolph de Salis. Henry Blacklock & Sons) Pages 6/7,16,21,220-239,245-248,429-433. | Canals, Steamboats, Canal boats, Mersey, Weaver | 1904 |
| Brewers | "Cheshire Pubs" | (Brewers Society. Good Books) Pages 128,157-161. | Public Houses. | 1986 |
| Bridges | "Industrial Locomotives of Cheshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire" | (ed. Alan J. Bridges. Industrial Railway Society) Pages 6,12/13,21/22,24-27. | I.C.I., Power Station, Railway lines | 1977 |
| British Museum | "Catalogue of Maps, Charts, and Plans in the British Museum Vol. 1" | British Museum. Pages 243/44 |
Norton Priory, All Saints, Runcorn, Canals | 1962 |
| Broad | "Centennial History of the Liverpool Section of the Society of Chemical Industry 1881 – 1981" | (Donald W. Broad. Society of Chemical Industry) Pages 5,37,56,127,133. | Hazlehurst, Chemicals. | 1981 |
| Brown & Howard-Davies | "Norton Priory Monastery to Museum Excavations 1970 – 1987" | (Fraser Brown & Christine Howard-Davies. Oxford Archaeology North) Pages all | Norton Priory, Norton Village, Salt, Brookes, Barons, Civil War, Railways | 2008 |
| Brownsword-Hulland | "The Legendary Tribes of Cheshire – Stone Age to Normans" | (Derek John Brownsword-Hulland. Guildmaster Books, Nantwich) Pages 2,130,194/95,244,252,256-261,267/68. | Geology, Romans, Aethelfleda, Domesday. | 1996 |
| Broxap | "The Great Civil War in Lancashire 1642 –1651" | (Ernest Broxap. Manchester University Press) Pages 86,124,140,142. |
Hale Ford | 1973 |
| Brunner & Ellis | "Public Education in Cheshire" | (John Tomlinson Brunner & Thomas Edward Ellis.
John Heywood.) Pages 7,17/18,66,74-76,79,82,84,87,90,93/94,99,100, 112,13,117. |
Education, Library, Statistics, Halton Grammar. | 1890 |
| Brunner & Hammond | "Public Education in Cheshire in 1896" | (John Tomlinson Brunner & J. Lawrence Hammond. John Heywood.) Pages 63,66,68,73,75,81,83,87,90,92/93,95,101/02, 113,150,248/49,252,279. | Education, Poor Law Union, Library, Halton Grammar,Population | 1896 |
| Bruton | "Lancashire" | (F.A. Bruton. A. & C. Black) Pages 12,15,20,115 | Hale Ford, Runcorn Gap | 1921 |
| Bu’Lock | "Pre-Conquest Cheshire 383-1066" | (I.D. Bu’Lock. Cheshire Community Council) Pages 34,53,61. | Saxon Fort, St. Bertolin | 1978 |
| Burdett | "A Survey of the County Palatine of Chester 1777" | (P. P. Burdett. Historical Society of Lancashire & Cheshire Occasional series Vol. 1) Page 30. | Cheshire map, 1777 | 1974 |
| Burford | "Merseyside – An Industrial and Commercial Review" | (Ed. Patrick Burford. Lancashire & Merseyside Industrial Development Association) Pages 57,107-109,114. | I.C.I, Road Bridge, New Town | 1964 |
| Burton | "The Canal Builders" | (Anthony Burton. Metheun.) Pages 14/15,17,20/21,33,37,39,82-97,133/34,140,180,219/20 | Canals, Brindley, Duke of Bridgewater | 1972 |
| Burke | "A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain" | (John Bernard Burke. Hurst & Blackett.) Pages 171/72. | Norton Priory, Brooke. | 1853 |
| Butt | "Directory of Railway Stations" | (R.V.J. Butt. Patrick Stephens Ltd) Pages 76, 112, 162, 174, 191, 201, 224 | Stations | 1995 |
| Calvert | "A History of the Salt Union" | (Alfred F. Calvert. Effingham Wilson.) Pages xiv, xxii, xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxvi, 10-14,78,217/18, 235, 258,263-266,272-278,283-285 | Salt, Salt Works, Brine Pipeline, Electricity | 1913 |
| Calvert | "Salt in Cheshire" | (Albert F. Calvert. E. & F. Spon.) Pages 418-30, 573-77, 587-91, 675, 969, 971 | Salt, Brine Pipeline, Weston Point | 1915 |
| Calvert | "Salt and the Salt Industry" | (Albert F. Calvert. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons) Pages 53/54,121-124 | Salt | 1919 |
| Cambridge | "Cheshire" | (Ed. T. A. Coward. Cambridge County Geography.) Pages 33, 64/65,73, 92, 95,107,111,142,144/45, 167/68, 175, 192, 200, 203. | Geology, Quarries, Bridges, Weston Point Lighthouse, Boat Building, Chemicals, Docks, Aethelfleda, Norton Priory, Castle Rock, Halton Castle, Ship Canal, Barons, Chesshyre Library, Weston. | 1910 |
| Caradine | "Tales of a Town" | (Peter Caradine. Radio Merseyside) Pages 48-50 | Halton Castle, Rocksavage, Ferry | 1983 |
| Carroll | "The Best of British Buses No. 5 - 75 Years of Crosville " | (John Carroll. The Transport Publishing Co.) Pages 29, 65, 94. | Crosville buses and services | 1981 |
| Carroll & Roberts | "Crosville - The First Forty Years" | (John Carroll & Duncan Roberts. Venture Publications) Pages 17,23/24,57,79,116. | Crosville services to & in Runcorn, Watson, Garner | 1995 |
| Carter | "Warrington & the Mid Mersey Valley" | (G. A. Carter. E. J. Morten) Pages 1,4/5,30/31,36-38,51/52,60/61,63,65,169-171. | Saxons, Daresbury, Moore, Halton, Norton, Ferry | 1971 |
| Carter | "Cornish Shipwrecks Vol. 2 North Coast" | (C. Carter. David & Charles) Pages 25,47,128,131/32,162,209 | Ships | 1970 |
| Chandler | "Liverpool Shipping – A Short History" | (George Chandler. Pheonix House) Page 50 | Packet service, steamboat | 1960 |
| Chapman | "A Plan for Cheshire" | (W.Dobson Chapman. Country Life Ltd.) Pages 175-177,206/07,210. | General description and proposed changes of use. | 1946 |
| Cherry | "Urban Change and Planning" | A History of Urban Development in Britain since 1750 (Gordon E. Cherry. G.T. Foulis & Co.) Pages 18,168,170 | New Town, Canals | 1972 |
| Cheshire County Council | "The Jubilee of the County of Chester 1889-1939" | (Cheshire County Council) Pages 69, 73, 76, 79, 82, 88 | Local administration, Education, Health & School Clinics, Cottage Hospital, Police | 1939 |
| Cheshire County Council | "The Unity of Cheshire" | (Cheshire County Council.) | Series of 8 maps relating to various geographical matters in Cheshire | 1970 |
| Cheshire County Council | "Runcorn River Crossings" | (Cheshire Education Committee - Teachers pack) | Ferry, Ford, Bridges and other crossing proposals | 1976 |
| Cheshire County Council | "The Role of the Railways in Cheshire" | (Cheshire County Council) Pages 7-10,12,18-20,23,29/30,33,36/37 | New Town, Population, Inter City, Map of principal through services, railheads, route map, car parking. | 1984 |
| Cheshire County Council | "Discovering Wartime Cheshire 1939 - 1945" | (Cheshire County Council) New Edition 1995 Pages 43-45 | Chemicals, Runcorn Hill | 1985 |
| Cheshire Council | "County Discovering Cheshire’s Civil War" | (Cheshire County Council) Pages 20-24 | Halton Castle, Norton Priory, Old Hall, Brookes, Astons, Daresbury, St. Peter Aston. | 1983 |
| Cheshire Council | "County Action for Cheshire’s Heritage" | (Cheshire County Council) Pages 5,6,12,21 | Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas | 1988 |
| Cheshire County Council | "Policy for Rural Cheshire" | (Cheshire County Council) Pages not numbered | Housing, Aston ,Daresbury, Moore, Sutton Weaver | 1973 |
| Cheshire County Council | "Registration in Cheshire 1837 –1987" | (Cheshire County Council) Pages not numbered | Register Offices, Lewis Carroll | 1987 |
| Cheshire County Council | "Cheshire’s Historic Towns Survey – Runcorn & Halton" | (Cheshire County Council) Pages – all | Saxons, Normans, Mersey Crossings, Churches, Canals, Industry, Housing | 2003 |
| Cheshire County Council | "The Widnes – Runcorn Transporter Bridge" | (Cheshire County Council) Pages – all | Transporter Bridge | 2004 |
| Cheshire County Council | "Township Pack 24 - Runcorn" | (Cheshire County Council - Resource Pack) Pages - all | Runcorn, Domesday, brief history, Directory extracts, maps | 1991 |
| Cheshire County Council | "Township Pack 43 - Halton" | (Cheshire County Council - Resource Pack) Pages - all | Halton, Domesday, brief history, Directory extracts, maps | 1994 |
| Cheshire County Council | "Township Pack 49 - Moore" | (Cheshire County Council - Resource Pack) Pages - all | Moore ,Domesday, brief history, Directory extracts, maps. | 1996 |
| Cheshire County Council | "Township Pack 50 - Weston" | (Cheshire County Council - Resource Pack) Pages - all | Weston, Domesday, brief history, Directory extracts, maps | 1996 |
| Cheshire County Council | "Township Pack 52 - Daresbury" | (Cheshire County Council - Resource Pack) Pages - all | Daresbury, Domesday, brief history, Directory extracts, maps | 1996 |
| Cheshire County Council | "Township Pack 65 - " | (Cheshire County Council - Resource Pack) Pages - all | Preston on the Hill, Domesday, brief history, Directory extracts, maps | 1997 |
| Cheshire County Council | "Township Pack 79 - Norton" | (Cheshire County Council - Resource Pack) Pages - all | Norton, Domesday, brief history, Directory extracts, maps | 1998 |
| Cheshire County Council | "Township Pack 84 - Clifton" | (Cheshire County Council - Resource Pack) Pages - all | Clifton, Domesday, brief history, Directory extracts, maps | 1998 |
| Cheshire Council | "County Township Pack 112 - Acton Grange" | (Cheshire County Council - Resource Pack) Pages - all | Acton Grange, Domesday, brief history, Directory extracts, maps | 2000 |
| Cheshire County Council | "Township Pack 114 - Keckwick" | (Cheshire County Council - Resource Pack) Pages - all | Keckwick, Domesday, brief history, Directory extracts, maps | 2000 |
| Cheshire County Council | "Archaeological Excavation at the site of Daresbury Parsonage" | (Cheshire County Council) Pages - all | Birthplace of Lewis Carroll, Detailed description of the excavation | 1994 |
| Cheshire Federation Women’s Institutes | "Cheshire Within Living Memory" | (Cheshire Federation of Women’s Institutes. Countryside Books) Pages 24/25,173,177,229,234 | Brief description, T. A. Jones V .C., Weaver, Daresbury | 1994 |
| Cheshire Federation Women’s Institutes | "Cheshire Village Memories" | (Cheshire Federation of Women’s Institutes) Pages 74/90/108/109 | Brookes, Aston Hall, Rocksavage, Sutton Weaver, Aston Daresbury School | 1952 |
| Cheshire PIDC. | "Industrial Cheshire" | (Cheshire Publicity & Industrial Development Council. County Publications) Pages 36,39,61,63,65/66,133,135,219,257-261,272/73,405 | Chemicals, Population, Hazlehurst, Astmoor Bridge, Bridgewater Canal, Tanneries, Councillors | 1938 |
| Cheshire PIDC | "A Guide to some aspects of the County of Cheshire" | (Cheshire Publicity & Industrial Development Council. County Publications) Pages 30, 31, 33. | Elections, ship building, Runcorn Docks | 1937 |
| Clinker | "London and North Western Railway - Chronology 1900 - 1960" | (C. R. Clinker. David & Charles) Pages 21,23,26-28 | Closed Stations 1900 – 1960 | 1961 |
| Clulow | "No Tides to Stem Vol. I" | (Derek Clulow. Countyvise Books) Pages 6,9,15,23/24,30-32,40,43,45,54-57,91/92,135,139, 176,197-99,243,285/86,338 | Ship Canal and Pilots on Canal | 1995 |
| Clulow | "No Tides to Stem Vol. II" | (Derek Clulow. Countyvise Books) Pages 95,225 | Transporter Bridge, Railway Bridge, Ship Canal | 1998 |
| Coghlan | "Iron Road Book and Railway Companion from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool" | (Francis Coghlan. A. H. Baily & Co. 1970 reprint) Pages 131-33, table of fares and distances | Description of places of interest between Hartford & Warrington | 1838 |
| Cooke | "A Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Cheshire" | (George Alexander Cooke. Author.) Pages 1,8,13,16,18-22,83-86,129/30 | Distances, Aston Hall, Fairs, Romans, Normans, Mersey, Weaver, Bridgewater Canal, Halton Castle, Rocksavage, Halton, Weston, Saxon Fort, Norton Priory, Quarries, Astons. | 1810 |
| Cooke | "The Diamond Jubilee in Cheshire" | (John H. Cooke. Mackie & Co.) Pages 4,9,13/14,157/158,213,235,239,250,267 | Photo. Samuel Taylor; Illustrations Parish Church 1840 & St. Paul’s High Street. Description of Celebrations | 1899 |
| Cooke | " Bibliotheca Cestriensis" | (John H. Cooke. Mackie & Co.) Pages 1-3,5/6,17,19/20,22,25-27,29/30,32/33,36-43,45-47, 49,51-58,60/61,63-70,72,74-77,79-82,84-90,92-94,96-122, 124,126,128,133-35,143-46,157,167/68,171-73,175/76,187 | Bibliography of Cheshire books to 1901 | 1904 |
| Cooper Edward Smith | "Titanic Captain – The Life of Edward John Smith" | (G.J. Cooper. The History Press.) Pages 1, 16, 18,19,68,69,76,79,93,101 | Edward Smith | 2011 |
| Corbett | "The River Irwell" | (J.Corbett. Abel Heywood, Manchester) Pages 40-44,opp 46. | Bridgewater House, Bridgewater Canal, Mersey & Irwell Navigation, Norton Priory, Wilsons Hotel | 1907 |
| Corbridge | "A Pictorial History of the Mersey & Irwell Navigation" | (John Corbridge. E. J. Morten) Pages 67,81,83-96 | Illustrations Mersey & Irwell Navigation, Old Quay, Ferryman | 1979 |
| Cornish . | "Guide & Companion to the Grand Junction Railway and Liverpool & Manchester Railways " | (S. Cornish. Cornish & Co.) Pages 7-18,38/39,172/73 | Grand Junction Railway times, fares, charges, Preston Brook, Moore stations, brief description of Runcorn | 1838 |
| Corrie | "Tales from the old Inland Waterways" | (Euan Corrie. David & Charles) Pages 6, 7, 35/6, 40/1, 44-55, 63-65 | Bridgewater Canal, Duke of Bridgewater, Brindley, Ships, Weston Point Docks, Marina | 2005 |
| County Councils Association | "The Jubilee of County Councils 1889 – 1939 – 50 Years of Local Government" | (County Councils Association. Evans Bros. Ltd. Pages 69,73,76,79,82,89 | Councillors, Education, Schools, Public Health, Cottage Hospital, Police | 1939 |
| Cowan | "Runcorn Ferry & Hale Ford" | (C.A. Cowan. Halton Borough Council.) Pages - all | History of the Ferry, and Ford from Hale to Weston | 1991 |
| Cowan | "Early Mersey Bridging Proposals" | ( C. A. Cowan. Halton Borough Council.) Pages - all | Details of Mersey bridging proposals never built | 1991 |
| Cowan | "Runcorn Railway Bridge" | (C.A. Cowan. Halton Borough Council) Pages - all | Railway Bridge details | 1991 |
| Cowan | "Runcorn Town Hall" | (C.A. Cowan. Halton Borough Council) Pages - all | History & description of the Town Hall, Hazlehurst, Johnsons, Bostons | 1990 |
| Cowan | "Last Orders – Runcorn Pubs Vol. I" | (C,A. Cowan. Countyvise) Pages – all | Public Houses | 2010 |
| Cowan | "Time Gentlemen Please – Runcorn Pubs Vol. II" | (C.A. Cowan. Countyvise) Pages – all | Public Houses | 2012 |
| Coward | "Picturesque Cheshire" | (T.A. Coward. Sherratt & Hughes) Pages 42-53 | General description of Keckwick, Halton, Barony, Norton Priory, Rocksavage, Chesshyre Library, Runcorn | 1903 |
| Creighton | "Cheshire - a Portrait in Words and Pictures" | (John Creighton. Sigma Press) Pages 51/52,92-96,106-111,119. | Norton Priory, Population, New Town, The Elms, Road Bridge, Busway, Canals, Runcorn Docks | 1987 |
| Crookenden | "The History of the Cheshire Regiment in the Great War" | (Arthur Crookenden. Cheshire Regiment) Pages - photo facing title page, 307/08 | Pte. T.A. Jones, V. C | 1925 |
| Crosby . | "A History of Cheshire" | (Alan Crosby. Phillimore) Pages 23-25,29/30,32,36,42,48,50,55,58,69,71,73,86, 91,94-99,111/12,116,123-25,130-35 | Romans, Saxons, Normans, Norton Priory, Markets, Fairs, Agriculture, Brookes, Weaver, Canals, Industry, Railways | 1996 |
| Cross & Daniel | "Lancashire & Cheshire" | (M. F. Cross & P. A. Daniel. Ginn & Co.) Pages 12,47/48,51,53,55 | New Town, Weaver, Bridgewater Canal, Bridges, Chemicals | 1972 |
| Crosland-Taylor | "Crosville - The Sowing & the Harvest" | (W. J. Crosland-Taylor. ****** Revised 1987. Pages 252,256,260/61,269 | Buses and services | 1948 |
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| Croston | "County Families of Lancashire & Cheshire" | (James Croston. John Heywood, Manchester) Pages 28,175,178,224/25,227,260,284,302,305,318, 321,373,419. | Savage, Brooke, Daniels, Halton Castle | 1887 |
| Crowther | "National Series of Waterway, Tramway and Railway Atlases Volume 2c - Cheshire" | (G. L. Crowther. Author) Maps 65Q, 879, 5082,5182,5282 | Railways, Canals, Runcorn Station, Runcorn Docks | 1998 |
| Cullen & Horden | "Castles of Cheshire" | (P.W. Cullen & R. Hordern. Crossbow Books) Pages 9,11/12 | Halton Castle, Saxon Fort, Barons | 1986 |
| Curzon | "Cheshire - County of Contrasts" | (J. Brian Curzon. Dalesman) Pages 86/87 | General description | 1978 |
| Curzon | "Hidden Cheshire" | (J.Brian Curzon. Countryside Books) Pages 19, 53/54, 72-74, 141-143, 172/73 | Aston,Daresbury,Halton, Runcorn, Weston, Aston Hall, Chesshyre Library, Weaver, Norton Priory,Prehistoric, Quarries, Chemicals | 2002 |
| Dams & Darwall | "Lewis Carroll and his Birthplace, Daresbury" | (Rev. Victor Dams & Rev. Dyott W. Darwall) Pages 5-19 | Lewis Carroll, All Saints, Daresbury | 1985 |
| Darby & Maxwell | "Domesday Geography of Northern England" | (H. C. Darby & I. S. Maxwell. Cambridge University Press) Pages 335-39,348-51,356/57,362/63,377,382 | Halton, Norton, Weston | 1962 |
| Darby | "An Historical Geography of England before 1800" | (H.C. Darby. Cambridge University Press) Pages 297,499-501,514-517 | Ferry, Canals, Agriculture | 1963 |
| Darlington | "Gone! But Not Forgotten" | (Chris Darlington. Voice Publications) Pages – all | Football | 2008 |
| Darlington | "Tales of the Old Town" | (Chris Darlington. Voice Publications) Pages – all | Streets, businesses | 2009 |
| Darwell | "The Big Ditch" | (John Darwell. Countryside Publications) Pages 40-57 | Photographs of Ship Canal and some personnel | 1987 |
| Darwin | "Canals and Rivers of England" | (Andrew Darwin. J. M. Dent & Sons) Pages 135-44 | Canals | 1976 |
| De Mare | "The Canals of England" | (Eric de Mare. Architectural Press Rev. 1961) Pages 62, 85, 89 | Brindley, Bridgewater Canal, Trent & Mersey Canal | 1950 |
| Department of Economic Affairs | "The North West - A Regional Study" | (H. M. S. O.) Pages 31,37,59,86,111/12,122,178 | Industry, Bridge, New Town, Population | 1965 |
| Dick | "A Hundred Years of Alkali in Cheshire" | (W. F. L. Dick. I. C. I. Ltd.) Pages 33,43,90,93. | Castner Kellner, Brunner, Transporter Bridge | 1973 |
| Diggle | "A History of Widnes" | (George E. Diggle. Widnes Borough Council) Reprint 1995. Pages 2-5,10-13,21,24,36,47/48,111/12, Photos opp. 147, 164/65,175. | Barony, Ferry, Runcorn Gap, Bridges, Mersey crossings, Methodism | 1961 |
| Dingwall & Hall | "Four Modern Ghosts" | (Eric J. Dingwall & Trevor H. Hall. Gerald Duckworth & Co.) Pages 68-85 | Byron Street Ghost | 1958 |
| Diocese of Shrewsbury | "History of the Shrewsbury Diocese 1850 - 1986" | (Diocese of Shrewsbury) Pages 89-91 | Roman Catholic Churches and Schools | 1986 |
| Disbrowe | "History of the Volunteer Movement in Cheshire 1914 - 1920" | (E. J. W. Disbrowe. County Committee of Cheshire Volunteer Regiment) Pages 59,65,73,87,92,98-100,102,104-07, and Map | Army Volunteers World War I, 1804 Volunteer Units | 1920 |
| Dodgson | "The Place Names of Cheshire PT. II" | (J. McNeil Dodgson. English Place Name Society Vol. 45) Pages 145-83 | Place and Field Names and their origin | 1970 |
| Doerflinger | "Slow Boat Through England" | (Frederick Doerflinger. Tandem Books). Pages 186,188 | Canals, Weston Point Docks | 1970 |
| Dore | "Cheshire" | (R.N. Dore. B. T. Batsford) Pages 55,59-63,66-70,118,147/48 | Ferry, Saxon Fort, Canals, Railways, Industry, Halton Castle, Norton Priory | 1977 |
| Dore | "The Civil Wars in Cheshire" | (R.N. Dore. Cheshire Community Council) Page 1 | Rocksavage, Visit of King James I | 1966 |
| Drake | "Drake’s Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway" | (Drake & Co. Reprint 1974 Moorland Publishing) Pages 58-62, Table of fares, Map in Frontispiece | Building of the line and brief notes on places of interest en route | 1838 |
| Driver | "Cheshire in the Later Middle Ages 1399 - 1540" | (J.T. Driver. Cheshire Community Council) Pages 4,13,15,20,22,53/54,93,123,135,153,155/56,159/60 | Halton Castle, Norton Priory, Savage family | 1971 |
| Duckworth & Langmuir | "West Coast Steamers " | (Christian Leslie Dyce Duckworth & Graham Easton Langmuir. Stephenson & Sons) Pages 23-25,35,69,105-07,148 | Liverpool-Runcorn, Ferry, Canals, Details of ships | 1953 |
| Dumpleton. | "The Story of the Paddle Steamer " | (Bernard Dumpleton. Colin Venton.) Pages 115/16 | Paddle Steamers | 1973 |
| Eddison & Hopkins | "Cheshire Life" | (Mike Eddison & John Hopkins. Tempus) Pages 43, 72 | Transporter Bridge, Highfield Tannery | **** |
| Edmondson | "A Pocket History of River Weaver Navigation" | (Colin Edmondson. ‘The Wandering Boater’ Pages 5, 6, 13, 14 | Canals, Salt, Weston Point Docks | 2008 |
| Ekwall | "Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names" | (Eilert Ekwall. 4th edition Clarendon Press, Oxford.) Pages 139,213,269,330,344,396,444,508 | Daresbury, Halton, Keckwick, Moore, Norton, Runcorn, Stockham, Weston | 1960 |
| England | "Schoonerman" | (Capt.Richard England. Hollis & Carter) Pages 30, opp 61, 82,84-87,99/100,107/108,119/20, 133,151/52 | Ships, Shipping | 1981 |
| Estry | "The Story of Cheshire" | (Oswald Estry. E. J. Arnold Ltd.) Pages 13,17,30,40/41,50,54-56,58,63/64,74,102/03,147,150/51,166 | Maps of Occupied Britain, Romans, Saxons, Normans, Civil War, Saxon Fort, Halton Castle, Norton Priory | 1908 |
| Evans | "Mersey Mariners" | (Canon Robert Evans. Countyvise) Pages 68,79,121-125,127,129,131 | Quarries, Churches, Mersey Mission, Grappling Corps, Cottage Hospital, Ferry, Shipping | 1997 |
| Evans Medical | "The Story of Evans Medical 1809-1959" | (Evans Medical) Pages not numbered | History of the Company, Crofton Lodge | 1959 |
| Falk | "The Bridgewater Millions" | (Bernard Falk. Hutchinson & Co.) Pages 7,8,97-102,113,126,129,175. | Canals, Bridgewater House, Bradshaw, Ship Canal | 1942 |
| Farnie | "The Manchester Ship Canal and the Rise of the Port of Manchester 1894 - 1975" | (D. A. Farnie. Manchester University Press.) Pages 5,10,30,55,60,82,98/99,106/07,152-56,165,169 | Ship Canal | 1980 |
| Fenton | "Mersey Rovers" | (R.S. Fenton. World Ship Society) Pages 6,8,11-19,3/32,42-57,81,85,87,96,148,188,194-200 | Mersey, Canals, Shipping, Docks, Boats, Chemicals, Ship Building, Ship Owners, Industries | 1997 |
| Figueiredo & Treuherz | "Cheshire Country Houses" | (Peter de Figueiredo and Julian Treuherz. Phillimore) Pages 45,214,227/28,235/36,259/60,268,174/75 | Rocksavage, Aston Hall, Daresbury Hall, Halton Grange, Norton Priory, Sutton Hall | 1988 |
| Finn | "Cheshire" | (Borzoi County Histories. R. Welldon Finn. Alfred A. Knopf, London) Pages 38/39,100,105,114 | Saxons, Steamboats, Industry, Place Name derivation | 1928 |
| Fishwick | "History of Lancashire" | (Lt. Col. Henry Fishwick. Elliot Stock.) Page 259 | Bridgewater Canal | 1894 |
| Fishwick & Ditchfield | "Memorials of Old Lancashire" | (Lt. Col. Henry Fishwick & Rev. P. H. Ditchfield Bemrose.) Pages 61/62 | Hale Ford | 1909 |
| Fowler | "The Visitors Guide to Runcorn and its Vicinity" | (Rev. George Fowler. W. Walker, Runcorn.) Pages - all | General historical account of Runcorn and its environs. Details of the Parish Church and its Memorials | 1834 |
| Fowler | "The Strangers Companion" | (Rev. George Fowler. W. Walker, Runcorn) Pages - all | Plan of Runcorn and its environs with concise historical account. Companion volume to “Visitors Guide” | 1834 |
| Frangopulo | "Rich Inheritance" | (Ed. N. J. Frangopulo. Manchester Education Committee Pages 42,137,154,185 | Bridgewater Canal, Francis Egerton, Samuel Collier | 1962 |
| Freeling | "Grand Junction Railway Companion" | (Arthur Freeling. Whittaker & Co.) Pages 12, 13, 18-21, 28/29, 34, 37-40, 44-47 | Stations, Norton Priory, Daresbury Hall, Moore Hall, Runcorn, steamboat, Halton Castle | 1838 |
| Freeman, Rogers & Kinvig | "Regions of the British Isles - Lancashire, Cheshire & Isle of Man" | (T.W. Freeman, H. B. Rodgers, & R. H. Kinvig Nelson.) Pages 4-7,16/17,38/39,62-65,70/71,78-87,92,114/15, 160/61,184/85,196/97,280/81 | New Town, Canals, Population, Salt, Mersey Crossings | 1966 |
| Freethy | "The River Mersey" | (Ron Freethy. Terence Dalton Ltd., Lavenham.) Pages 59-61,64,66,69/70,106,108-119,124-26,130,153,162. Map including canals | Canals, Norton Priory, Ship Canal, Ferry, Boat building, Halton Castle, Court Leet, Chesshyre Library, Aethelfleda, Normans, Montpelier, Road Bridge, Alkali industry, Castners, Christ Church Weston Point, St. John’s Church Weston, Orreds, Hale Ford | 1985 |
| Freethy | "The Bridgewater Canal" | (Ron & Marlene Freethy Aurora Publications) Pages 6/7,17-19,60-80,84-86,92 | Bridgewater Canal, Norton Priory, Old Town | 1996 |
| Freethy | "Discovering Cheshire" | (Ron & Marlene Freethy. John Donald) Pages 4,6,61,104-107 | Saxon Fort, Daresbury Laboratory, Lewis Carroll, Mersey, Norton Priory, Canals | 1992 |
| Frith | "Photographic Memories of North West England" | (Francis Frith Collection). Pages 24/25 | Halton Castle, Transporter Bridge, Docks, Cottages | 1996 |
| Furness | "Soils Survey Bulletin No. 6 - Soils of Cheshire" | (R.R. Furness. Harpenden) Pages 6/7,10,21,71/72,132,138,164 | Geology | 1978 |
| Gallichan | "Cheshire" | (Walter M. Gallichan. 3rd edition Methuen) Pages 70,111/12,126-129,146,155,166,168,185-87,192,223 | Aston Hall, Churches, Daresbury Hall, Savage, Barons, Halton Castle, Chesshyre Library, Astons, Norton Priory, Civil War, Population, Saxon Fort, Quarries, General description | 1928 |
| Gaskell | "Cheshire Leaders Social and Political" | (Ernest Gaskell. Author) Pages - not numbered | John Ockleston.. | 1908 |
| Gibb | "The Story of Thomas Telford" | (Sir Alexander Gibb. Alexander Maclehose & Co.) Pages xxi, 140-142,161,269,298,303,315,326,333,336 | Telford, Bridging proposals, Weaver, Weston Canal | 1935 |
| Gibbs & Cooper | "History of the Runcorn & Widnes Co-operative Society Ltd. 1862 – 1962" | (T.D. Gibbs & A. Cooper. Runcorn & Widnes Co-operative Society Ltd.) Pages - all | As Title | 1962 |
| Gilbert | "Victoria Road 1886 - 1985" | (Susan Gilbert. Countryside Publications Ltd.) Pages - all | A history of Victoria Road School, Runcorn | 1985 |
| Gough | "Runcorn Through Time" | (Roy Gough. Amberley Publishing) Pages – all | Old and new photographs with captions | 2008 |
| Gould & Hodgkiss | "The Resources of Merseyside " | (W. T. S. Gould & Alan G. Hodgkiss. Liverpool University Press) Pages 9,11-13,16,40/41,62,69-71,75,83/84,150/51,153-55,160-62,172 | Population, Areas, Industry, New Town | 1982 |
| Goulder | "Church Life in Medieval England Pt. I - The Parishes" | (Laurance Goulder. Guild of Our Lady of Ransom) | Maps of Diocese | 1965 |
| Grant | "The Great Canal" | (Roderick Grant. Gordon & Cremonesi.) Pages 20-23,91-94,133 | Ship Canal, Bridgewater Canal, Mersey &Irwell Navigation | 1978 |
| Gray | "A Hundred Years of the Manchester Ship Canal" | (Edward Gray. Aurora Publications) Pages 8,12,16-21,24-26,30,33,35,38/39,42,45/46,48/49 | Canals, Railway Bridge, Ship Canal Railway | 1993 |
| Gray | "Manchester Ship Canal" | (Edward Gray. Sutton Publishing) Pages 5/6,11,20,22-25,57,62/63,84-87,92/93,97,108 | Canals, Ship Canal Railway, Transporter Bridge, Docks, Boats, Railway Bridge | 1997 |
| Grayling | "The Bridgewater Heritage" | (Christopher Grayling. Bridgewater Estates plc.) Pages 17-33,39-45,49/50,56/57,62/63 | Egertons, Brindley, Bridgewater Canal | 1983 |
| Greenhill | "The Merchant Schooners 2 vols." | (B.Greenhill David & Charles) Pages Vol. I - 55,74/75,202/03. Vol. II - 33,39,64-69,74-76,96-101,121 | Boats, Trade to/from Runcorn | 1968 |
| Greene | "Norton Priory" | (J.Patrick Greene. Cambridge University Press) Pages - all | Norton Priory, Astmoor, Daresbury, Astons, Brookes, Barons, Saxon Fort, Parish Church | 1989 |
| Greenwood | "Lancashire" | (Walter Greenwood. Robert Hale.) Page 255. | Transporter Bridge | 1951 |
| Greswell | "An Account of Runcorn & its Environs" | (Rev. J. Greswell Joseph Aston, Manchester Pages - all | General history of Runcorn & its environs with general Description of the area in 1803 | 1803 |
| Greswell & Lawton | "British Landscapes Through Maps - 6, Merseyside" | (R. Kay Greswell & Richard Lawton. The Geographical Association.) Pages 7-9,14,17,23,25,31/32 | Geology, Settlements, Prehistoric, Medieval, Parishes, Local Government, Chemicals, Population. | 1964 |
| Greville | "Chronology of the Railways of Cheshire" | (M.D. Greville. Railway, Canal & Historical Society) Pages 5/6,11-13. | Grand Junction Railway, Chester - Warrington line, Norton Canal branch. | 1973 |
| Griffiths | "Guide to the Iron Trade of Great Britain" | ( Griffiths. ********** David & Charles Reprint 1967.) Pages 282,284 | Lead smelters, Pyrites Companies. | 1873 |
| Griffiths | "Weston Historical Notes and Walk" | (Joan Griffiths. Weston Parochial Church Council) Pages - all | Brief description and chronology of Weston Township. Descriptive walk noting points of historical interest | 1977 |
| Haber | "The Chemical Industry During the 19th Century" | (L. F. Haber. Clarendon Press.) Pages 20,56,153/54,236,243. | Hazlehursts, Johnsons, Brookes. | 1984 |
| Haddock | "The Schoolboy and the Signalman " | (Peter Haddock. Silverlink) Pages 17,20,28-31,56,94-96,100-109, 143/44 | Stations, bus services, Railway bridge, Sutton Tunnel, Locomotives, Chemicals | 2008 |
| Hadfield | "The Canal Age" | (Charles Hadfield. David & Charles) Pages 20,28/29,73,88,94,119,127,138,141/42,145. | Canals, Towing horses. | 1968 |
| Hadfield | "British Canals - An Illustrated History" | (Charles Hadfield. David & Charles 4th ed.) Pages 28,44,79,91,185-88,243-54. | Canals | 1970 |
| Hadfield & Biddle | "The Canals of North West England 2 vols." | (Charles Hadfield & Gordon Biddle. David & Charles) Pages Vol. I - 18,28-37,54/55,86-101,106-119,124,126,132-42. Vol. II - 353,358-95,462-65 | Canals | 1970 |
| Halton Borough Council | "The Bridging of Runcorn Gap" | (Halton Borough Council.) Pages - all | Ferry, Railway Bridge, Transporter Bridge, Road Bridge. | 1978 |
| Halton Borough Council | "Runcorn History Trail" | (Halton Borough Council) Pages - all | Historical notes and description of Trail in the Old Town area of Runcorn based on Ship Canal, Norton Priory and Bridgewater Canal | 1979 |
| Halton Borough Council | "Runcorn Shopping in 1888" | (C. A. Cowan. Halton Borough Council) Pages - all | List of all properties in Bridge Street, Church Street, High Street and Regent Street with business occupants in 1888. | 1988 |
| Halton Borough Council | "Brief History of Runcorn" | (Frank Whitby, Halton Borough Council.) Pages - all | Notes on historical development of Runcorn up to 1974 | 1975 |
| Halton Borough Council | "Halton Legacy" | (Halton Borough Council.) Pages 33,50-52 | Industrial dereliction and reclamation 1974 - 1991. | 1991 |
| Halton Historical Publications | "1841 Census South Halton, excluding Runcorn" | Halton Borough Council) Pages - all | Transcription of Census Returns for Acton Grange, Aston by Sutton, Aston Grange, Clifton, Daresbury, Halton, Keckwick, Moore, Newton by Daresbury, Norton, Preston, Stockham, Sutton and Weston | 1988 |
| Halton Historical Publications | "1851 Census South Halton, excluding Runcorn" | (Halton Borough Council) Pages - all | Transcription of Census Returns for Acton Grange, Aston by Sutton, Aston Grange, Clifton, Daresbury, Halton, Keckwick, Moore, Newton by Daresbury, Norton, Preston, Stockham, Sutton and Weston | 1988 |
| Halton Historical Publications | "Tithe Awards Runcorn & adjoining Townships" | (Halton Borough Council.) Pages - all | Transcription of Tithe Awards for Acton Grange, Aston by Sutton, Aston Grange, Clifton, Daresbury, Halton, Keckwick, Moore, Newton by Daresbury, Norton, Preston, Stockham, Sutton and Weston. | 1988 |
| Halton Historical Publications | "Pre- Industrial South Halton 1700 - 1850" | (Halton Borough Council) | Rents, Land Tax, Population, Charities, Occupations for Townships of Acton Grange, Aston by Sutton, Aston Grange, Clifton, Daresbury Halton, Keckwick, Moore, Newton by Daresbury, Norton, Preston, Stockham, Sutton and Weston. | 1988 |
| Hamilton & Potter | "Losing Track" | (Kerry Hamilton & Stephen Potter. Routledge & Kegan Paul). Pages 83,93-97 | New Town, Busway, Bus Services | 1985 |
| Hanshall | "The History of the County Palatine of Chester" | (J. Henry Hanshall. Author) Pages 10/11,15,32,64/65,71,74,82,87/88,96,103,402-18 | Reproduction Camden map 1610, Saxons, Population, Quarries, Plants, Mersey, Canals, Churches, Description of Runcorn and Villages | 1817 |
| Hanson | "Canal People" | (Harry Hanson. David & Charles) Pages 14,16,46,52/53,59,76,99,106,124,132/33,142, 146/47,155,162 | Canal people and life on the Canals | 1978 |
| Hardie | "A History of the Chemical Industry in Widnes" | (D.W.F. Hardie. I. C. I. Ltd.) Pages 1-7,60,71,73,75,77-82,121/22,125,129,144,161, 177,191,204/05,226,229. | Runcorn Gap, Telford’s Bridge, Chemicals, Old Quay Works, Leblanc Works, Castner Kellner. | 1950 |
| Hardie & Pratt | "A History of the Modern British Chemical Industry" | (D.W.F.Hardie & J. Davidson Pratt. Pergammon Press) Pages 26,89/90,101/02,106/07,117,127,132,141,143,151, 209,252,294,299-301. | Soap, Alkali, Castner Kellner, Evans Medical | 1966 |
| Harris | "Cheshire & its Rulers" | (Brian E. Harris. Cheshire Libraries & Museums) Pages 2,7,18-21,26/27,36/37. | Barons, Hundreds, Magistrates, Poor Law Unions, Local Government. | 1984 |
| Harris | "Liverpool & Merseyside" | (J.R. Harris. Frank Cass & Co.) Pages 5,78-87,90,93-95,175-177 | Watchmaking, Steamboats, Ferry, Canals, Crossing Mersey | 1969 |
| Hartwell & Hyde | "The Buildings of England – Cheshire " | (Clare Hartwell & Matthew Hyde. Yale University Press) Pages 6,11/12,15,18,20,30,32,34,41/42,44/45,48-50,55,59/60, 73-76, 115/16, 325/26, 486,559-64, 566-69. 616/17 Photos 5,18 | Buildings | 2011 |
| Hatton | "History of Hale" | (P.B.Hatton. Author) Pages 11,41/42 | Hale Ford | 1978 |
| Hawthorne | "English Notebooks" | (Nathaniel Hawthorne. ****) Pages 396/97 | Description of canal trip to Runcorn | 1856 |
| Hayden | "The Book of Bridges" | (Martin Hayden. Marshall Cavendish) Pages 96/97, 109 | Transporter Bridge, Road Bridge | 1976 |
| Hayes | "The Catalyst Triangle" | (Gerald Hayes. D.D. Leitch) Pages 12-19,45,58-64,67 | Mathieson, McKechnie, Wigg, Norman, Johnsons, Brookes, Heath House, Buildings.. | 2013 |
| Hayes | "Francis Frith’s Around Liverpool and Merseyside" | (Cliff Hayes Frith Book Co.) Pages 82-86 | Bridges, Docks, Weston Point, Halton Castle, Top Locks | 2001 |
| Hayes | "The Changing Face of Widnes" | (Cliff Hayes with Robert Martindale. Sutton Publishing) Pages 95-98, 128 | Bridges | 2002 |
| Hayes | "The Changing Face of Merseyside" | (Cliff Hayes. Breedon Books) Pages 155-158 | Streets, Saltport | 2002 |
| Hayman | "Mersey & Irwell Navigation to Manchester Ship Canal" | (Alfred Hayman. Federation of Bridgewater Cruising Clubs) Pages - all | Development of the Navigation from inception to incorporation of the majority into the Ship Canal. | 1981 |
| Hazlehurst | "The History of the House of Hazlehurst 1816-1916" | (Hazlehurst & Sons Ltd.) Pages - all | Centenary celebrations of Company, Soap, Chemicals, Hazlehurst, T. A. Jones, V. C. | 1917 |
| Head | "A Home Tour Through the Manufacturing Districts of England in the Summer of 1835" | (Sir George Head. John Murray, London Reprint 1968 Frank Cass & Co. Pages 1-8,15/16 | Canals, Docks, Ferry, Early bridging proposals, Industry,Chimney. | 1836 |
| Heath School, Runcorn | "Runcorn 1851" | (Heath Comprehensive School, Runcorn) Pages - all | Interpretation of 1851 Census information | 1983 |
| Helsby | "Memory Lane" | (Betty Helsby. Author) Pages – all | Autobiography- growing up in Runcorn since 1930 | 2006 |
| Hewitt | "Cheshire Under the Three Edwards" | (H. J. Hewitt. Cheshire Community Council) Pages 1,4-6,18/19,23-25,28-31,36/37,39,44/45,48/49, 68/69,92-95 | Norton Priory, de Lacy Estates, Salt, Agriculture, Livestock | 1967 |
| Hewitt | "The Building of Railways in Cheshire down to 1860" | (H. J. Hewitt. E. J. Morten) Pages 7-9,15-23,36,48/49,52,62/63. | Grand Junction Railway, Chester - Warrington line | 1972 |
| Heywood | "Visitors Illustrated Guide to the Ship Canal" | (John Heywood, Publishers.) Pages 11-13,23-28. | Illustrated Guide to Ship Canal works in progress. | 1891 |
| Higham | "The Origins of Cheshire" | (Nicholas J. Higham. Manchester University Press) Pages 10/11,21,27,79, 107,111-113,116,155-160,179, 210,212. Plates 10,11. | Geology, Coinage, Church, Ford, Saxon Fort, Halton Castle, Domesday, Preston on the Hill, Place Name Origin | 1993 |
| Higham | "A Frontier Landscape – the North West in the Middle Ages" | (Nicholas J. Higham. Windgather Press) Pages 3, 17,40,50/1. 77/8, 84, 92, 113, 133, 135, 137, 143/4, 146/7, 153, 174, 185, 192, 200/01, 208/9, 213, 215/6, 221-227, 234. | Geology, Mersey, Domesday, Norton, Barons, Agriculture, Halton Castle, Shipping, Local administration, Norton Priory, All Saints Runcorn. | 2004 |
| Hitches | "Cheshire Railways in Old Photographs" | (Mike Hitches. Alan Sutton Publishing.) Pages 53-56. | Railway Bridge, Transporter Bridge, Moore | 1994 |
| Hodson | "Cheshire 1660 -1780 - Restoration to Industrial Revolution" | (Howard Hodson. Cheshire Community Council) Pages 56/57,61,122,132-134. | Halton Grammar School, Ferry, Canals | 1978 |
| Holloway | "Weston Point Remembered" | (Alfred Holloway. Cheshire County Library.) Pages - all | Reminiscences of life in Weston Point 1911- 1920 | 1989 |
| Holt | "A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain - Vol X - The North West" | (G.O.Holt. David & Charles) Pages 37-39,48/49,60,63,65/66,84/85 | Grand Junction Railway, Chester - Warrington line, Runcorn - Frodsham line, Electrification | 1978 |
| Home Guard | "History of the Cheshire Home Guard" | (****. Gale & Polden, Aldershot.) Pages 55-58 | As Title | 1950 |
| Hough & Randles | "Mysteries of the Mersey Valley" | (Peter Hough & Jenny Randles. Sigma Leisure.) Pages 88-104. | Ghosts | 1993 |
| Howard | " The Way we Were - Runcorn Remembered" | (Elizabeth Howard. Aurora Publishing.) Pages - all | Illustrated social history of Runcorn | 1993 |
| Howard | "Runcorn in Old Picture Postcards" | (Elizabeth Howard. European Library). Pages - all | Old photographs and postcards with captions | 1995 |
| Hubbard | "The Work of John Douglas" | (Edward Hubbard. Victorian Society) Pages 183/84,258,268 | St. John, Weston; St. Mary, Halton | 1991 |
| Hughes | "Cheshire and its Welsh Border" | (Herbert Hughes. Dobson Books.) Page 43,67/68 | Norton Priory, Robert Nixon | 1966 |
| Hughes | "Chronicle of Chester. The 200 Years 1775 – 1995" | (Herbert Hughes. Macdonald & Jane’s) Pages 32-38 | John Fletcher of Halton | 1995 |
| Hulbert | "The Strangers Friend" | (C.Hulbert. ****) Pages 16-21 | General Description, Norton Priory, Halton Chapel, Chesshyre Library, School,Mill, Bridgewater Canal, Chapel, Epitaphs. | 1829 |
| Hulbert | "Cheshire Antiquities" | (Charles Hulbert. **** Pages 39-42. | Halton Castle | 1838 |
| Husain | "Cheshire Under the Norman Earls 1066-1237" | (B.M.C. Husain. Cheshire Community Council) Pages 4,6,10,18,27,29,32,44,112,121,125/26,131 | Domesday, Norton Priory | 1973 |
| ICI | "Fifty Years of Progress, The Story of Castner Kellner Alkali Co. 1895 – 1945" | (ICI) Pages – all | Chemicals, ICI Railway Fire Brigade, Housing, World War II | 1945 |
| Ingham . | "Cheshire - its Traditions and History" | (Alfred Ingham. Pillans & Windsor) Pages 5,10,20,78/79,89/90,156/57,164/65, 170/71,359,364 | Freemasonry, Halton rocks, Stone Axe, Saxon Fort, Yeomanry, Court Leet, T. A. Jones, V.C., Electoral areas, Railways | 1920 |
| Ingram | "North Midland Country" | (J. H. Ingram. Batsford) Pages 32, 63/4, 67 | Ships, shipping, Halton Castle, Rocksavage, Lewis Carroll, Daresbury | 1947 |
| Ingram | "Companion into Cheshire" | (J. H. Ingram. Methuen) Pages 121-125 | Weston, Runcorn Docks, Halton, Norton, Chessyre Library | 1947 |
| Ireland-Blackburn | "Hale Hall" | (Ireland-Blackburn. Author) Pages 75,79 | Hale Ford | 1881 |
| Jenkins | "Images of West Bank" | (Fiona Jenkins. West Bank Heritage Project) Pages 181-192 | Bridges | 2005 |
| Jones | "Shipwrecks of North Wales" | (Ivor Wynne Jones. 4th ed. Landmark Publishing) Pages 34,111,113,118,151,153,155/56,158,164/65 | Ships | 2001 |
| Kelsey | "Oxford County Histories - Cheshire" | (C.E. Kelsey. Clarendon Press) Pages 18,54,61,129,186,193,195. | Railways, Halton Castle, Norton Priory, Quarries, Saxon Fort, Salt | 1911 |
| Kennedy | "I.C.I The Company That Changed Our Lives" | (Carol Kennedy Paul Chapman) Pages 1,13,51,143,159,161,162,168,170,172,190,201 | Chemicals | 1993 |
| King | "Northern England" | (Cuchlaine A. M. King. Methuen) Pages 24,44 | Geology | 1976 |
| King | "The Vale Royal of England" | (Daniel King. Reprint 1976 E. J. Morten) Pages 96-98,133 | Rocksavage, Halton Castle, Norton Priory | 1656 |
| Knowles & Hadcock. | "Medieval Religious Houses England & Wales" | (David Knowles & R. Neville Hadcock. Longman) Pages 141/42,168,172,481 | Norton Priory | 1971 |
| Knowles | "The Religious Orders in England" | (Dom David Knowles. Cambridge University Press) Pages 324/25 | Norton Priory | 1959 |
| Knowles & Brooke | "The Heads of Religious Houses in England & Wales Vol. 1 940 to 1216" | (David Knowles & ? Brooke. Cambridge University Press) Pages 178,283 | Norton Priory | 1972 (2nd ed.) |
| Lack, Stuchfield & Whittemore | "The Monumental Brasses of Cheshire" | (William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield & Philip Whittemore Monumental Brass Society) Pages xv, 8,28,41/42,46,68-72,88,137,142-145,164,179/80, 183/84,192. | Churches, Brookes, Astons, Heron, People | 1996 |
| Langston | "Cheshire Parish Registers – A Summary Guide" | (B. Langston. Family History Society of Cheshire) Pages 4, 11, 13/4, 20, 22, 27, 37, 41, 45 – 48. | Parish Register details for all Anglican churches in Runcorn | 1966 |
| Lawless | "Chimney Stacks and Penny Blacks" | (Frank Lawless. Halton Borough Council) Pages - all | Postal history of Runcorn and Preston Brook | 1987 |
| Lawton & Cunningham | "Merseyside – Social & Economic Studies" | (Richard Lawton & Catherine M. Cunningham. Longman) Pages 5/6,10,12-15,20/21,30/31,35,40,46,54,80. | Geology, New Town | 1970 |
| Lee | "Social Leaders and Public Persons" | (J. M. Lee. Clarendon Press) Pages 8/9,48,60,89/90,98/99,106,118,149,179,198. | Population, Ship Canal, Improvement Commissioners, Weaver, Christ Church, Transporter Bridge, Road Bridge, Member of Parliament, Housing, Industry, Rateable Values | 1963 |
| Lee & Wood | "The Scope for Local Initiative" | (J. M. Lee & Bruce Wood, Barbara W. Solomon and Peter Walters. Martin Robertson.) Pages 5,19,24/25,47,60/61,72,76/77,83,141,167/68, 170/71,174,178,180 | Local authorities, New Town | 1983 |
| Leech | "History of the Manchester Ship Canal Vol 1." | (Sir Bosdin Leech. Sherratt & Hughes, Manchester.) Pages - Vol I - 4-8,17-19,22/23,34,62-66,69,95,143/44,274/75, 291,304,314,330 | Plan of Bridgewater Docks at Runcorn, Chart of Mersey Liverpool - Runcorn. History and construction of the Ship Canal | 1907 |
| Leech | "History of the Manchester Ship Canal Vol. 2" | (Sir Bosdin Leech. Sherratt & Hughes, Manchester.) Pages -Vol II - 29-32,38,45,52/53,56,69,108,114/15,125,127-130, 138,140-142,148,160/61,167/68,173,175/76,182/83,186, 192,194,280/81,286,300-302,306/07,309-315. | History and construction of Ship Canal, Saxon Fort, Railway Bridge, Wigg Works | 1907 |
| Leland | "Itinerary of England & Wales Vol. 5" | (John Leland. Southern Illinois University Press) Pages 24/25,41/42, | Halton Castle, Norton Priory, Mersey | 1964 (Reprint) |
| Leonard | "Cheshire Parish Churches" | (John Leonard. Sigma Leisure) Pages 12,17,22 | Aethelfleda Saxon Fort, Norton Priory | 1991 |
| Lewery | "Gold, Silk and Painted Scripture" | (Tony Lewery. Cheshire County Council & Warrington & Runcorn New Town Development Corporation) Pages - all | Sunday Schools, Churches, Church Banners. | 1986 |
| Lewis | "Topographical Dictionary of England" | (S.Lewis & Co. 4 vols.) Pages - Vol. I - 65 Vol. II - 300,473 Vol. III - 323,416,644 Vol. IV - 181,436 | Description of Runcorn and Villages | 1831 |
| Lewis | "Topographical Dictionary of England" | (S.Lewis & Co. 4 vols. ) Pages - Vol. I – 8, 165 Vol. II – 5, 304, 489 Vol. III – 323, 416, 570, 644 Vol. IV – 181, 436 | Description of Runcorn & Villages | 1838 |
| Lewis | "Topographical Dictionary of England 7th ed" | (T.Lewis & Co. 4 vols. ) Pages - Vol. I - 105 Vol. II - 8,383,641 Vol. III - 339/40,439/40,714-716 Vol. IV - 209,523. | Description of Runcorn & Villages | 1849 |
| Lightfoot | "The Weaver Watermen" | (Thomas S. Lightfoot. Cheshire Libraries & Museums) Pages 56,58,62,76,79 | Weaver, Weston Point Docks, Ship Canal, Salt, Mersey | 1983 |
| Lindsay | "A History of the North Wales Slate Industry" | (Jean Lindsay. David & Charles) Pages 47,89,186,188,195 | Slate, Runcorn Docks | 1974 |
| Lindsay | "The Trent and Mersey Canal" | (Jean Lindsay. David & Charles) Pages 12,14,17/18,20-22,25/26,29-31,35,40-43,65,86, 97/98, 103,113,123/24,128,130,132,136,140,142 | Trent & Mersey Canal, Shipping. | 1979 |
| Lindsay | "Merseyside Heroes" | (Sidney Lindsay. Author) Pages 99/100 | Private T. A. Jones, V .C. | 1988 |
| Littler | "A Victorian Childhood" | (Walter Littler. Privately by Marion Seymour.) Pages - all | Author’s childhood in Runcorn 1890s | 1997 |
| Looker | "Early Methodism in Halton" | (William S. Looker. Holy Trinity Church) Pages – all | As title | 1918 |
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| McDermott | "The History of the Great Western Railway" | (McDermott. **** . Revised ed. 1964 Ian Allan Ltd.) Pages 191/92,198,202,214,219/20,222/23,339,464. | Chester – Warrington line | 1927 |
| MacGregor | "The Alehouses & Alehouse Keepers of Cheshire 1629-1828" | (Alastair J. MacGregor. Caupona Publications No. 4) Pages xix, 3, 16-18,21-25,29,31-34,36. | As Title | 1992 |
| McKnight | "The Shell Book of Inland Waterways" | (Hugh McKnight. David & Charles) Pages 251,343 | Canals, Docks, Mersey, New Town, Christ Church | 1975 |
| McNeil | "Halton Castle – a Visual Treasure" | (Robina McNeil. North West Archaeological Trust.) Pages – all | Report on the excavation and finds at Halton Castle and historical background to Castle | 1987 |
| Maddocks | "Liverpool Pals" | (Graham Maddocks. Leo Cooper.) Pages 216,218-23,225/26,229,234,236,240,243 | World War I deaths in The King’s (Liverpool) Regiment | 1991 |
| Makepeace | "Manchester Ship Canal – a Short History" | (Christopher Makepeace. Hendon Publishing Co.) Pages 21, 28-30 | Ship Canal, Transporter Bridge, Saltport | 1983 |
| Makepeace | "Manchester Ship Canal – a Portrait in Photographs and Postcards" | (Christopher Makepeace. SB Publications) Pages vii,12,26-34. | Ship Canal, Docks, Railway and Transporter Bridges | 1993 |
| Malet | "Bridgewater – The Canal Duke 1736- 1803 " | (Hugh Malet. Manchester University Press) Pages 74/75,98/99,112/13,117,120-131,133,135,148,150/51,155,174. | Biography, Canals. | 1979 |
| Malet | "The Canal Duke" | (Hugh Malet. David & Charles.) Pages 114-127,146,157 | Biography of Duke of Bridgewater, Bridgewater Canal. | 1961 |
| Manchester Ship Canal Co. | "Bridgewater Bicentenary Handbook" | (Manchester Ship Canal Co. ) Pages - 39-45,48/49,52-66,70/71,73,75/76,84-88,102-09, 114-116,118,147,197,201,217 | History of Canal, Activities of Bridgewater Department of Ship Canal Co., Table of distances, sketch plan of canal, Locks, Bridges, List of Officers, Brooke, Bridgewater House, Boats, Canals, Industry, Flora & Fauna. | 1961 |
| Manchester Ship Canal Co. | "Bridgewater Department Handbook" | (Manchester Ship Canal Co.) Pages 33,35-39,42-47,52,54-61,65,73,78/79,83,85/86,104. | History of Canal, Summary of Canal Acts, Description of Canal, Duke of Bridgewater, Brindley, Gilbert, Docks, Bridges, Industry. | 1968 |
| Manchester Ship Canal Co. | "The Bridgewater Canal - the Re-opening of the Canal 1973" | (Manchester Ship Canal Co.) Pages 8,28/29,34-38,47-49,58-60,64,67,71. | History of Canal, Summary of Canal Acts, Description of Canal, Duke of Bridgewater, Brindley, Gilbert, Docks, Bridges, Industry, Marina. | 1973 |
| Manchester Ship Canal Co. | "Manchester Ship Canal Co. Past & Present" | Pages not numbered – 8 are relevant | Duke of Bridgewater, Bridgewater Canal ,Ship Canal, Runcorn Docks | 1980 |
| Manchester Ship Canal Co. | "The Bridgewater Canal" | (Bridgewater Canal Co.) Pages 7,9-11,13-15,18,21,23,25,29-33 | Bridgewater Canal, Bridgewater House, Brindley, Marina, Bridges | 1980 |
| Mann | "Railway Bridge Construction" | (F.A.W. Mann. Hutchinson Educational) Pages 19,24-28, three unnumbered | Sutton Weaver Bridge, Pipe Bridge | 1972 |
| Margary | "The old Ordnance Survey series Vol. VII - North Central England" | (Harry Margary. Author.) Page 30. | 1st series O. S. Map | 1989 |
| Marrow | "The Brookes at Norton Priory - The Tudor Manor House & Georgian Mansion" | (Jon Marrow. Norton Priory Museum Trust) Pages - all | Brooke family | 1992 |
| Marshall | "A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers" | (John Marshall. David & Charles) Pages 19,142,181,238. | William Baker, Joseph Locke, Rendell, Willet. | 1978 |
| Mather | "After the Canal Duke" | F.C. Mather. Clarendon Press) Pages xvi, xvii, 2/3,8-11,16/17,20-23,54/55,60/61,64-71, 74-77,92/93,100-103,108-111,114/15,124/25,128/29, 134/35,152/53,162/63,166,169,180,185,190-194,206/07, 230-233,244/45,257-265,272-275,279-295,300-303, 334-342. Appendix D. | Detailed history of the Bridgewater Trust including involvement with Canals and Railways | 1970 |
| Matheson | "Early life of Lewis Carroll at Daresbury | "The Tender Years - Lewis Carroll Around the North" | (Brenda Dane Matheson. Nordales(Five Counties) Publications, Darlington) Pages 3,4,6. | 1973 |
| Maund | "Liverpool Transport Vol. 5 - 1957 - 1986" | (T.B. Maund. Transport Publishing Co.) Pages 73-75,197 | Buses and bus services | 1991 |
| Maund | "The Birkenhead Railway" | (T.B. Maund. Railway Correspondence & Travel Society) Pages 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 34, 39, 48, 53, 67, 69, 70,74,77/8, 85, 92/3. | Chester - Warrington railway, Runcorn – Frodsham branch, Accidents, Ship Canal railway, Stations | 2000 |
| Mayor | "Cheshire Congregationalism" | (Rev. S. H. Mayor. Cheshire Congregational Union) Pages 21/22,27,30,39,64,82. | As Title | 1957 |
| Meadows & Radcliffe | "Cheshire - a Portrait in Colour" | (Bill Meadows & Leslie Radcliffe. Countryside Books.) Pages 26-28,32/33 | Runcorn, Daresbury | 1994 |
| Mealor | "An Unorthodox History of The Oaklands" | (George D. Mealor. Author.) Pages - all | Quarries, Schools, Market, World War I, Daresbury Park Hotel | 1991 |
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| Mee | "The King’s England - Cheshire" | (Ed. Arthur Mee. Hodder & Stoughton) Pages 84,138/39,169 | Halton, Runcorn, Weston | 1968 |
| Mercer | "A Survey of the Agriculture in Cheshire" | (W. B. Mercer. Royal Agricultural Society of England) Pages 11,18/19,154/55,157,204-210. | Ship Canal, Weaver, Crops, Farms, Geology, Physical features, Rainfall, Population. | 1963 |
| Merlin | "New Towns Regional Planning and Development " | (Pierre Merlin. Methuen) Pages 12,243/44 | New Town | 1971 |
| Millington | "Runcorn & Widnes Co-operative Society Ltd. Jubilee History of the Society 1862 - 1912 " | (Walter Millington. Runcorn & District Co-operative Society) Pages 9/10,15-17,19/20,26-29,50,63,100/101 | History of the Co-operative Movement in Runcorn and its personalities | 1912 |
| Mitchell | "A Halton Lass" | (Sybil Mitchell. Halton Borough Council) Pages - all | Cheshire childhood in verse | 1994 |
| Mitchinson | "The Return of Papists for the Diocese of Chester 1705" | (Allan Joseph Mitchinson, Ed. North West Catholic History Society.) Page 3 | Papists list | 1986 |
| Moore | "Salkelds Through Seven Centuries" | (Joseph Grange Moore. Phillmore) Pages viii, 5/6,142-156,159-167 | People, All Saints Daresbury, Brewery, Public Houses, Shipping, Hazlehursts, Town Hall, Bridgewater Canal, Brindley, Population, Runcorn-Latchford Canal, Railway Bridge, Transporter Bridge, Ferry, Baths, Savings Bank, Post Office, Johnsons, Weston, Buses, Cemetery, Windmill, Mersey & Irwell Navigation, Tanneries, Water, Public Hall, Churches | 1988 |
| Morant | "Monastic and Collegiate Cheshire" | (Roland W. Morant. Merlin Books Ltd.) Pages 60-71,126-128,205 | Norton Priory, Barons, Brookes | 1996 |
| Morgan | "Domesday Book - 26, Cheshire" | (Philip Morgan. Phillimore) Pages 263b,263c,266b. | Facsimile reproduction and translation of the Domesday Book entries for Aston, Clifton, Halton, Norton and Weston | 1978 |
| Morgan | "Prehistoric Cheshire" | (Victoria B. Morgan & Paul E. Morgan. Landmark) Pages 30, 37, 142/3. | Prehistoric, Norton Village, Halton Castle, Sutton Weaver | 2008 |
| Morrill | "Cheshire 1630- 1660" | (John S. Morrill. Oxford University Press) Pages 18,66,118,133 | Recusants, Civil War | 1974 |
| Morris | "Diocesan Histories - Cheshire" | (R.H. Morris. S. P. C. K.) Pages 22,46/47,55,77,93-95,117,119 | Domesday, All Saints Runcorn, Norton Priory,Daresbury, Aston. | 1895 |
| Morris | "The Manchester Ship Canal Story " | (Colin Morris. Transport Publishing Co.) Pages 6,8,10/11, 13/14, 18,26, 36, 41/2, 60, 68, 98, 111/12, 114, 117, 125, 130 | Duke of Bridgewater, Canals, Runcorn Docks, Weaver, Ships, Chemicals, Bridges | 1985 |
| Morton | "From Southgate to Hallwood Park - 25 Years in the Life of a Runcorn Community " | (Jane Morton. Merseyside Improved Houses.) Pages - all | Details building and demolition of Southgate estate and replacement by the Hallwood Park estate | 1994 |
| Moss | "Pilgrimages in Cheshire and Shropshire" | (Fletcher Moss. Author. Reprint 1972 by E. J. Morten) Pages 4/5,7,9 | Norton Priory, Halton Castle, Morphany Hall, Duttons, Brookes | 1901 |
| Mowl & Mako | "The Historic Gardens of England – Cheshire" | (Timothy Mowl and Marion Mako. Redcliffe Press) Pages 255-258 | Norton Priory | 2008 |
| Mullin | "A History of Methodism in and around Halton 1750-2000" | (Raymond Mullin UNPUBLISHED) Pages – all | As title | ++++ |
| Mullineux | "The Duke of Bridgewater’s Canal " | (Frank Mullineux. Eccles & District History Society.) Pages 6,16-18,20,25,27,30/31 | Duke of Bridgewater, Brindley, Gilbert | 1959 |
| Murphy | "Diocese of Shrewsbury Centenary Record 1851 - 1951" | (John Murphy, Bishop of Shrewsbury. Diocese of Shrewsbury) Page 85. | St. Edwards R.C. Church | 1951 |
| Murray | "A Handbook for Residents and Travellers in Shropshire and Cheshire" | (John Murray. London 3rd ed. Revised.) Pages 20/21,23/24,33/34,36,40 | Quarry, Ship Canal, Railways, Halton Castle, Norton Priory, Rocksavage, Daresbury | 1897 |
| Musson | "Enterprise in Soap and Chemicals" | (A. E. Musson. Manchester University Press) Pages 107,112,200,236/37,239 | Hazlehurst, Castner | 1965 |
| Needham | "Francis Frith’s Canals & Waterways" | (Dennis Needham. Frith) Page 19 | Runcorn locks | 2004 |
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| Nickson | "History of Runcorn" | (Charles Nickson. Mackie & Co.) Pages - all | General history of Runcorn up to 1886 with detailed references to All Saints Parish Church and Monumental Inscriptions | 1887 |
| Nickson | "Nickson’s Town History of Runcorn" | Condensed version of Nickson’s History of 1887 | (Warrington Guardian) Pages - all | 1972 |
| Nicolle | "Cheshire Living Memories" | (Dorothy Nicolle. Frith) Pages 41-43 | Bridges, St.Peter’s Aston, All Saints Daresbury, Moore Post Office | **** |
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| Nock | "The London & North Western Railway" | (Oswald. S. Nock. Ian Allan Ltd.) Page 42. | Aston - Ditton line | 1960 |
| North West Landscape Trust | "Historic Parks and Gardens of Cheshire" | (Landscape Institute) Pages 9, 25 | Aston Lodge, Norton Priory | 1985 |
| Norton | "Waterways and Railways to Warrington" | (Peter Norton. Railway & Canal Historical Society) Pages 16,19-22,25/26,32-41,45,49,53-56,58/59,61/62,66. | Grand Junction Railway, Chester-Warrington line, Bridgewater Canal, Mersey & Irwell Navigation | 1974 |
| Norton | "Guide to National & Provincial Directories of England & Wales Published Before 1856" | (Jane E. Norton. Royal Historical Society Pages 32,41/42,45,47,51,60,72/73,130-138 | As Title | 1950 |
| Norton Priory | "Halton Castle - An Historical Investigation" | (Norton Priory Museum Trust.) Pages - not numbered - 17 sheets | Details of history of Castle, Maps and Directory extracts | 1995 |
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| Nulty | "Guardian Country 1853-1978" | (Geoffrey Nulty. Cheshire County Newspapers.) Pages 50-53,104 | Newspapers | 1978 |
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| Osborne | "Guide to the Grand Junction Railway" | (Osborne) Pages not numbered | West Coast Main Line, Quarries, Dutton Viaduct | 1838 |
| Owen | "The Manchester Ship Canal" | (David Owen. Manchester University Press.) Pages 3-5,7-9,12,14-17,21-24,29,33,35-37,47/48,50, 54,56-60,62,64-66,69-72,85/86,90/91,119,122/123 | Ship Canal | 1983 |
| Owen | "Canals to Manchester" | (David Owen. Manchester University Press.) Pages 5-7,11-16,18/19,21-31,34/35,37,106-115, 118/19,125/26. | Canals | 1978 |
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| Paget-Tomlinson | "Britain’s Canal & River Craft" | (Edward Paget-Tomlinson. Moorland Publications) Pages 7-9,34/35,37,39,93,99,114,117/18,139 Photos 36/37,40,103-105,109-112,119,137 | Canals, Narrow Boats, Barges, Flats | 1979 |
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| Palmer | "The River Mersey" | (William T. Palmer. Robert Hale) Pages 120-122,134-141,210-218 | Ship Canal, Halton Castle, Chesshyre Library, Court Leet, Saxon Fort, Weston Point, Ferry, Hale Ford | 1944 |
| Pannell | "An Illustrated History of Engineering" | (J. P. M. Pannell. Thames & Hudson) Pages 61-65,84-87,234-237 | Brindley, Telford, Ship Canal, Transporter Bridge | 1964 |
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| Parks | "Men of Steel – The Story of Joseph Parks & Sons 1861-1961" | (Parks & Co. Harley Publishing Co.) Pages 20, 25, 27, 30-33 | Sutton Weaver factory, Sutton Weaver Bridge, World War II | 1961 |
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| Phillips & Smith | "Lancashire and Cheshire from AD 1540" | (C. B. Phillips & J. H. Smith. Longman) Pages 6/7,13,16,21,24,30,56,71,76,86,88,99,126-129, 136,161,197,209-212,219/20,243,246/47,263,265,267, 270,306/07,314,318,336,339,342,363,369,373 | Population, Landowners, Peel Hall, Brookes, Astons, Mize, Halton Grammar School, Canals, Salt, Poor Law Union, Church attendances, Bridge, Chemicals, Norton Priory, Mersey, Parliamentary and Local Government | 1994 |
| Platt | "The Abbeys and Priories of Medieval England" | (Colin Platt. Secker & Warburg.) Pages 116 Illus. 40,87,121. | Norton Priory | 1984 |
| Platt | "A History of the Castner Kellner Alkali Company" | (David Platt ICI plc.) | As title | 1997 |
| Poole | "Old Widnes and its Neighbourhood" | (Charles Poole. Swale Press.) Pages 1-5,8/9,18/19,36-63,146-153,166-171,263-269 | Mersey, Ferry Hale Ford, Barons, Bridges | 1906 |
| Poole **** | "History of Cheshire" | (J.Poole. ****) Pages - Vol. II 466,498-501,508, Leycester 658,666-670,687-689,691/92,700-704, 735-742,777-779,781,845/46 | **** | 1778 |
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| Runcorn Development Corporation | "Runcorn New Town Master Plan Amendment No. 2" | (Runcorn New Town Development Corporation) Pages - all | As Title | 1975 |
| Runcorn Development Corporation | "Amenities for Runcorn" | (Runcorn New Town Development Corporation) Pages - all | Existing and proposed amenities for recreation in Runcorn | 1973 |
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| Runcorn Historical Society | "No. 3 Abstracts of the Vestry Minutes 1751-1851" | Pages – all | Local government | 2000 |
| Runcorn Historical Society | "No. 4 Chesshyre’s Library at Halton" | Pages – all | Library, Sir John Chesshyre | 2000 |
| Runcorn Historical Society | "No. 6 William Handley, Runcorn Historian – An Anthology of his Writings around 1900" | Pages – all | Local government, Bridging the Gap, Schools, Bridgewater Canal, Hallwood, Sir John Chesshyre, Chesshyre Library Rocksavage, Music, Boats, Royal celebrations, population, Shipping. | 2001 |
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| Youngs | "Guide to the Local Administrative Units in England Vol. 2 Northern England " |
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