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The Rev John Booker Collection

Catalogue reference: Booker

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Reference: Booker
Title: The Rev John Booker Collection
Date: 1820-1895
Description: Papers of the Rev John Booker (1820-1895), curate of Prestwich, 1848-58. Consists mainly of material produced by Booker for his Chetham Society publications on chapelries in the parish of Manchester. See 'A History of the Ancient Parish of Denton', Chetham Miscellanies, o. s. 37 (1855), 'A History of the Ancient Chapels of Didsbury and Chorlto', Chetham Society, o. s. 42 (1857), and 'A History of the Ancient Chapel of Birch', Chetham Society, o. s. 47 (1859). The bundles were left in the order in which they were found, but were numbered and catalogued by H. Lofthouse in August 1953. A few copies of the Manchester Mercury for 1770 and 1771, which were in very poor condition, were removed and added to the collection of miscellaneous newspapers.
Arrangement: The collection is arranged into 2 series: Papers of Rev John Booker and Printed volumes of Rev John Booker.
Held by: Chetham's Library
Former department reference: C.7.47-C.7.49
Language: English
Creator(s): <persname>Booker, John, 1820-1895, clergyman</persname>
Physical description: 3 boxes, 20 files
Access conditions: Access will be granted to any accredited reader.
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/914fd314-9833-42ae-8040-888a28ea2ab7/