Ramsbottom Heritage Society

Photograph Archive

Category Albums Files
RHSFull list of RHS photos
1 0
Bury ArchivesPhotographs held at Bury Archive
5 1,617
Photographic CompetitionPictures taken each year for the annual Ramsbottom Heritage Society Photographic Competition. The competition is no longer running, but photos are welcome to maintain an annual record of Ramsbottom
37 6,072
MiscellaneousPhotos that have yet to be categorised
2 359
Special CollectionsRamsbottom Buses, Cottage Hospital Demolition, War Weapons Week 1941, War Memorial in St Paul's Gardens
4 330
Pubs for Exhibition
37 121
Photo Day 22nd February 2022To celebrate 35 years of the formation of the Ramsbottom Heritage Society, photos were taken to represent Ramsbottom Life
1 112
MagazinesPhotos and drawings, maps e.t.c. that have appeared in the News Magazines. Format is MAG-nn-Ppp-0z, where nn is the Magazine number, Ppp is the page number and 0z is the photo on the page
1 115
Digital OnlyDigital photographs donated to the Heritage Society
1 23
National Archives Field Books A digital version of 45 field books detailing houses in Ramsbottom in 1910

The survey took place as a result of the 1909-1910 Finance Act which provided for the levy and collection of a duty on land in the United Kingdom based on any increased value of the land as a result of public money spent on communal infrastructure – a so-called ‘increment value duty’.

The entries have the house name, the occupier and owner, the rateable value, and rent paid. In some cases there are drawings of the property and descriptions of the property
1 101
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