Saddleworth Historical Society was established in 1966 with key aims to:-

• document the history of Saddleworth,
• promote an interest in the area’s past, and to
• facilitate historical research.

The Society’s interest and activities are wide and varied and encompass studies into prehistory and archaeology, landscape and settlement, family history, the domestic textile industry, the industrial revolution and its impact of the growth of the Saddleworth villages in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The Society arranges lectures and events and publishes a quarterly Bulletin containing articles on a wide variety of local historical topics. Over the years the Society has published over twenty books relating to the history of the area, many of which are still in print.

A large archive of historical material is available to members for research purposes. Family history is a popular area of research and the Society’s possesses a large collection of pedigrees of historic Saddleworth families. Extensive information is also available on the history of many Saddleworth houses.

A growing international membership is testimony to the many families that emigrated overseas in past centuries and the Society proudly celebrates these strong historic links between the old world and the new worlds.

Our website continues to be developed. We will be adding more history, documents and photographs soon.

Come back and see what’s there.