Below is some recommended reading to add to your journey through Haughton Green and delve into a fascinating story of the area’s hatting industry – Bow Garret.
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"WHERE'S OUR LIZZIE", a book written by my mother about her childhood in HAUGHTON GREEN LANCASHIRE between 1909-1923.
South Denton & Haughton Green 1904: Lancashire Sheet 112.02 (Old O.S. Maps of Lancashire)
Denton and Haughton (Archive Photographs)
Annals of Hyde and district : containing historical reminiscences of Denton, Haughton, Dukinfield, Mottram, Longdendale, Bredbury, Marple, and the neighbouring townships
Denton Then & Now (Archive Photographs: Then & Now)
The Story of the Village Green
by
Margaret Smethurst
(PDF Document)
The Bow Garret Story
Click Here to read Andrew Gwynne's fascinating story of how an unspectacular brick outbuilding turned out to be a significant piece of Denton’s pre-industrial history