Northern Baptist College Archive

Date range: 1838-1971

Medium: Archive

There are 88 manuscript volumes in the Northern Baptist College Archive. There are two items by John Fawcett (1740-1817), but the bulk comprises minute books, account books and other records of various Baptist organizations in North-West England. The largest number relate to Longsight Baptist Church in Manchester, 1887-1970, with smaller archives for churches in Manchester, Padiham, Carlisle and Llangollen.

Local associations and organizations represented include:

• the Baptist Building Fund Liverpool Auxiliary;
• Lancashire and Cheshire Association of Baptist Churches;
• Lancashire and Cheshire Baptist Women's League;
• Bury and Rossendale District Baptist Lay Preachers' Association;
• Manchester District Baptist Union;
• Lancashire and Cheshire Baptist Women's Federation.

There is a separate collection of records from Aenon Baptist Church, Burnley.

See also:

• Northern Baptist College Printed Collection

Further information:

Catalogue available via Special Collections reading rooms.

Location:

• The John Rylands Library, Deansgate  [Map]
• Find out how to use the reading rooms in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library