Stockport a History
Peter Arrowsmith’s book is the comprehensive history of Stockport and surrounding district. For the person with all the other history books. It has 300 pages filled with information and illustrations.
Dipping into Stockport’s Past
An A4 48 page, compilation of 15 illustrated stories about Stockport and it’s history, which first appeared in the online newspaper, Nub News.
Stories range from the Mealhouse Brow tragedy to memorials,inns to infirmaries,dowager house to workhouse and much more.
A Castle in the Air – The history of Wycliffe Congregational Church
This booklet traces the history of this grade II listed church, from a disagreement at the Tabernacle, through extensions in 1876 and 1902, to bomb damage during WWII – with a few of the notable characters who have shaped the building’s past.
Beatin the Bounds
Joshua Brown was the Superintendant of the Stockport Police Force from 1853-55. This 14 page booklet tells of the re-enactment of a medieval custom, tracking and beating the Stockport Township boundary markers.