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Hurst Cross Circa 1900

Hurst Cross Circa 1900


1901 Census Access 234x60  
- 10% DISCOUNT

Click for a description of Hurst circa 1832


This is the introduction to my pages about the place that I was born and lived for the first 30 years of my life.

Being the adventurous type, I then moved to Hartshead all of one mile up the road !

I hope that you find these pages both helpful and entertaining:




The Censuses

The 1841 census of Hurst and surrounding district                       The 1851 census of Crickets Lane Fever Hospital                    The 1871 census of Hurst and surrounding district

The 1811 Census of Tameside
Courtesy Of Gay Oliver

The Directories

Baines's 1824 Directory of Ashton                                            Kelly's Directory of Hurst  1905   1918                                      The Electoral Roll of 1918
Missing sections: Gentry A-H & Hotels A-J

War Memorials

The Fallen of Hurst on Hurst War Memorial                          The Fallen of Alt from Alt War Memorial                                 The Ashton Munitions Factory Explosion

The Manchester Regiment in the Boer War


Local Baptisms

Baptisms at Stamford Street Wesleyan Methodist                    Baptisms at Hooley Hill Wesleyan Chapel 1802/34                  Baptisms at Mount Pleasant Stalybridge Baptist
Chapel 1802/1837. Extracted from the IGI                                                                                                                                    Church 1812/37

Queen Street Methodist New Connexion Chapel

The MI's of Queen Street Hurst Methodist Chapel                   The Baptisms at Queen Street Hurst Methodist Chapel

On the way to Wembley ?

Queen Street United Methodist Chapel F C 1913/1914              Ashton Schools' Football Team c1905.                                Mossley Road School 1931 Group 12    
Can you name any of them ?
                                                         Can you date this ?

Local Anecdotes

Joe Wood's Pies                                                                             Hurst A Happy Land                                                                Two Minute Topping

Maps of Old Ashton

Old Ashton's Pubs circa 1800                                                       A Map of Hurst Cross about 1900                                          Three maps of Ashton superimposed on each other.
                                                                                                        Highlighed are where my dad lived and The Big Back.                       How Ashton Grew
Photos of Hurst Old and New

Hurst in Old Photos
                                                                        Hurst Local Board

The Chartists in Ashton

The Chartist Co-operative Members

Dorset Interests






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