Paupers and Vagabonds
Covering the history of poverty in Stockport from the Black Death in 1348 to WWII – by Coral Dranfield.
Inns & Outs of Stockport Taverns
An A4 black & white book with stories from the social side of some of Stockport’s old Inns and Taverns by Coral Dranfield.
Stockport’s Home Front
This £2 booklet gives a look into what was happening at home during the Great War. Stockport people played their part in many ways.
Admiral Sir George Back
Admiral Sir George Back was Stockport’s own Arctic Explorer, searching alongside John Franklin to find the Northwest Passage.
I Spy Stockport
This children’s ‘I Spy’ book of Stockport has 39 pictures of places and things for them to locate and tick off. It will help them to look more closely at the town they live in.
Rivers Under Your Feet
River’s Under Your Feet tells the story of Stockport’s first mills, run by water wheels and so many underground tunnels to suply them that the river Goyt was somtimes an empty channel.
Stockport Through Time
Stockport Through Times is one of a series of books published by Amberley Publishing. They use old postcards and corresponding new photographs to document the changes to Stockport over 100 years.
Pigs, Peasants & Pestilence
This book followes the growth of Stockport from the time of Domesday to the end of the 17th Century, through wars, famine and disease to a thriving commercial Market Town, long before the Industrial Revolution.
Stockport Past & Present
Stockport Past & Present documents the changes to our town using photographs from different periods, with brief descriptions .
Stockport History Tour
This pocket-sized guide provides a fascinating glimpse into the history of the town of Stockport. Some of its medieval past has been hidden by the rapid expansion during the early part of the Industrial Revolution but much still remains if you know where to look.