These are papers about organisations, activities, and employment in Middle Barton from the Methodist Church with which Ruth Kirby (1911-1998), her father George Kirby (1877-1951), her grandfather Jeremiah Kirby (1837-1896), and great-grandfather William Finch (1799-1876) were involved.
The collection was given to the office in April 1992 (accession 3462). Copies of some of it and additional notes are held by the Bartons History Group.
Catalogued by Mark Priddey, January 2012