The Old Town

Historical Information links for your town!

Find out something of your town's past by clicking on these links: 

Note - More histories always arriving...

Barnston:   http://www.barnstonvillage.info/bvhistory.htm

Bebington/Higher Bebington:   http://www.houseofnames.com/bebington-family-crest

Berlin, NH:   http://www.berlinhistory.weebly.com/
 
Bidston:   http://www.wirralhistory.net/

Birkenhead:   http://www.localhistories.org/birkenhead.html

Brimstage:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brimstage            http://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/285291

Bromborough:   http://www.oldwirral.com/bromborough_pool.html

Burton:   http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/burton.html

Caldy:   http://www.caldy.org/

Calgary:   http://www.incalgary.com/History%20of%20Calgary.htm

Capenhurst:   http://www.houseofnames.com/capenhurst-family-crest

Chester:   http://www.localhistories.org/chester.html

Claughton:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claughton,_Merseyside

Dunkirk:   http://www.francisfrith.com/dunkirk,cheshire/maps/#utmcsr=google.ca&utmcmd=referral&utmccn=google.ca

Eastham:   
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Eastham,_Cheshire

Edmonton:   http://www.edmontonhistory.ca/

Ellesmere Port:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellesmere_Port#History

Elton:   http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Elton,_Cheshire,_England

Fflint:   http://www.fflint.co.uk/

Frankby:   http://www.roydenhistory.co.uk/roydenfhp/frankby/roydensoffrankby/roydensoffrankby.htm

Greasby:   http://www.greasby.btck.co.uk/

Great Sutton:   http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=3716

Gresford:   https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Gresford,_Wrexham

Halifax:   http://www.trailcanada.com/nova_scotia/halifax/history/

Hawarden:   http://www.castlewales.com/hawrdn.html

Heswall:   http://www.heswall.com/heswall_history.asp

Hilbre Island:   http://www.wirral-mbc.gov.uk/history/Hw1_56k/hilbreisland.htm

Hooton:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooton,_Cheshire

Hoylake:    http://www.plasterersarms.com/History-of-Hoylake    http://hoylakeandwestkirby.com/#/history/4537948692

Irby:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irby,_Merseyside#History

Ince:   http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/ince.html

Iqaluit:   http://www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca/i18n/english/history.html

Leasowe:   http://lch.arena-housing.com/content/986/history-of-leasowe.aspx

Ledsham:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledsham,_Cheshire

Lethbridge:   http://www.chinookcountry.com/travellers-handbook-detail.asp?HandbookID=48

Little Stanney:   http://www.enotes.com/topic/Little_Stanney

Little Sutton:    http://www.francisfrith.com/little-sutton,merseyside/

Meols:   http://hoylakeandwestkirby.com/#/meols-early-history/4538163143

Medicine Hat:   http://www.ourroots.ca/toc.aspx?id=4118&qryID=42309e1c-9731-402d-a5f7-6ad027886b38

Mission BC:   http://www.mission.ca/play/arts-history/

Mollington:   http://cheshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/backford-mollington-and-district-local-history-society-create-first-book-11594/

Montreal:   http://www.imtl.org/montreal/histoire.php

Moreton:  http://www.wirralhistory.net/moreton.html

Nanaimo:   http://www.nanaimo-info.com/gpage2.html

Neston, Little Neston and Ness:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neston#History

New Brighton:  http://www.merseyside.net/newbrighton/ 

New Ferry:   http://homepage.ntlworld.com/axisassortment/2%20-%20History%20(redone)/01%20-%20Pre%2019th%20Century.htm

Ottawa:   http://www.ottawa.ca/visitors/about/history_en.html

Pensby:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensby#History

Port Sunlight: http://www.portsunlight.org.uk/history/index.htm 

Portland:   http://www.pdxhistory.com/Prenton:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prenton#History

Prince George:   http://www.hellobc.com/en-CA/CultureandHistory/Prince-George.htm

Puddington:   http://www.francisfrith.com/puddington,merseyside/#utmcsr=google.ca&utmcmd=referral&utmccn=google.ca

Quebec City:  http://archives.cbc.ca/society/celebrations/topics/3512/

Raby, Thornton Hough:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Hough 

Rock Ferry:   http://www.birkenheadhistorysociety.org.uk/page5/page6/page6.html

Runcorn:   http://www.runcornandwidnesweeklynews.co.uk/runcorn-widnes-information/runcorn-widnes-history/2008/08/18/runcorn-history-55368-21552465/

Saskatoon:   
http://www.saskatoonkiosk.ca/history.php

Saughall:   http://www.saughall.gov.uk/Hist1.htm

Seattle: http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives/Facts/history.htm

Seacombe:   http://denisknowles.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/a-potted-history-of-seacombe-1761-1861/

Shotton:   http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/sites/flintshire/pages/shotton.shtml

St.Johns:   http://www.tidespoint.com/stjohnsnewfoundland.shtml

Thingwall:   http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41305

Thornton Hough:   http://www.visitwirral.com/site/coast-and-countryside/countryside/picturesque-villages/thornton-hough

Thurstaston:   http://www.thurstaston.org.uk/the-parish/history/

Tranmere:   http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=20473

Upton, Wirral:   http://www.upton-wirral.co.uk/

Wallasey:   http://www.wirralhistory.net/wallasey1.html

Warrington:   http://www.localhistories.org/warrington

West Kirby:   http://hoylakeandwestkirby.com/#/history/4537948695

Whitby:   http://www.sacred-destinations.com/england/whitby-st-mary-church.htm

Whitehorse:   http://explorenorth.com/yukon/whitehorse-history.html

Willaston:   http://willaston-cheshire-west.co.tv/

Winnipeg:   http://www.winnipegkiosk.ca/history.php

Woodbank:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodbank,_Cheshire

Woodchurch:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodchurch

Wrexham:   http://www.localhistories.org/wrexham.html