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Hurst Cross Circa 1900



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 Censuses of the Barracks 1851-1911                                          The Censuses of the Workhouse 1841-1911

Directories & ElectoralRolls

Kelly's Directory of Hurst  1905   1918                                              The Electoral Roll of 1918                      Hurst Local Board

The First World War

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


The Boer War 1899-1902

The Manchester Regiment in the Boer War


Local Parish Register Transcriptions

Queen Street Methodist New Connexion Chapel

Queen Street Memorial Inscriptions                   Queen Street Baptisms             Baptisms at Hooley Hill Wesleyan Chapel 1802/34

On the way to Wembley ?

Queen Street United Methodist Chapel F C 1913/1914          Queen Street United Methodist F C 1918/1919.       St James's Football Team 1919
                       Can you name them?                                                     Can you name them ?                                    Can you name them ?

Ashton Schools' Football Team c1905. Can you date this or name them ?

Local Anecdotes

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

Maps of Old Hurst

A Map of Hurst Cross about 1900                                        Map of Hurst in 1848.

                                                     ^{Highlighed are where my dad lived and The Big Back.}

Maps of Old Ashton Under Lyne

A Map of Ashton Under Lyne from 1824.          Three maps of Ashton superimposed on each other.

                                                                                                                                        ^{How Ashton Grew}

                        Photos of Hurst Old and New                                 

Hurst in Old Photos                                                        Mossley Road School 1931 Group 12     

The Chartists in Ashton             Ladysmith Barracks

The Chartist Co-operative Members               The Barracks

My Dorset Interests

Kimmeridge A Lovely village on South Coast






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