The 19th-Century Chroniclers of Heywood

There are several richly-written accounts of Heywood scenes and people from the mid-19th century. This was still a young growing town yet to experience its most prosperous days, but still old enough to have developed established grand homes and impoverished neighbourhoods:

A descriptive look at the emerging cotton town by writer Edwin Butterworth.

An article depicting a slice of life and the characters in 1840s Heywood.

Edwin Waugh wrote extensively about Heywood during the 1850s and produced vivid accounts of life in the town.

A charming recollection of the the walk from central Heywood to the then-new cemetery in the 1850s.

Another detailed description of the streets and scenes of Heywood in 1858.