Index of Subjects, Places and People

A

Ainsworth family, 117-118, 168, 185
Ainsworth, John Horrocks, 67, 187
Ainsworth, Nigel Combe, 165
Ainsworth, Peter
    bleach works, 66
Ainsworth, Peter
    building of roads, 108
    death, 166, 168
    influence over trial, 72–73, 82–83, 85
    interest in education, 187
    problems with poachers, 74, 77–78, 81, 86
    Smithills Estate, 67, 129
Ainsworth, Richard
    bleach works, 66-67, 124
    blocking paths, 115, 124
    suppression of alcohol sales, 117
Ainsworth, Richard Henry
    blocking paths, 116, 120, 123, 161-162
    Bob's Smithy, 160
    gamekeeping, 166, 168
    interest in education, 188, 194
Albinson, John, 19, 24
alcohol, see beerhouses, public houses and temperance
America, 170–173, 181-183, 226
animal cruelty, 88, 191
Anti-Corn Law League, 62
Archaeology, 19, 28, 29, 32-35, 37, 121
Arkwright, Kath, 71
Atkinson, Chris, 32
Australia, 135–141, 214, 217

B

Baines, Edward, 17
Barton, Thomas, 23, 43
Bazley, Thomas, 61, 62, 64
beacons, 38–39
Beamish, Alexander Arthur, 168
beerhouses, 49, 71–73, 115, 116–117, 126, 155–163
Berry, Andrew, 126
Billington, W D, 24, 146
Black Jacks, 115, 124–127
Blair, Stephen, 83
bleach works, 66, 67, 124–125, 145, 146, 158, 160, 161, 205
Bob's Smithy, 89, 160, 161
Bolton and District Archaeological Society, 28, 29
Bolton Union Workhouse, 91, 107
bookbinding, 201
Bootle family, 198–199, 201
Bradshaw, John, 43
Bramwell, Thomas, 135–136
brick works, 105, 108
Bright, John, 62
Bronze Age activity, 28–30
Brown family, 217, 219–221
Brownlow, Christopher, 49
Bu'Lock, Dr John, 28
Burnt Edge, 43–45, 118
Burrell, Benjamin, 71, 76
Butcher, Mr, 88
Butler family, 224, 228
Byrom, Edward, 47

C

cairns, 16–41
Callender, W R, 64
Canada, 204, 207–215, 217–226
Carr, Anthony, 180
carting, 108–109, 121
Cartwright, Edmund, 96
census data, 144–152, 181, 185–186, 206
Chadwick, Samuel, 47
Chadwicks Close Farm, 47–52
chapels, 25, 27
Chartism, 102
children
    born outside marriage, 85, 129, 178, 204
    emigration, 136, 138, 139
    farm work, 55, 191, 206
    illness, 190–191
    mill work, 61, 65, 97, 205
    mining work, 21–22, 106, 185
    plaiting work, 110
    working conditions, 67, 193
Chorley Historical and Archaeological Society, 28, 29
Clarke, Allen, 99, 155–156, 158
Clayton family, 146
Coal Pit Road, 118–120, 123, 124
Colliers Row School, 161, 187–196
commercial travellers, 71, 126, 173
Constantine, Mary, 145, 146
Cooper family, 48–50, 65
co-operative shop, 64
Corliss, James, 74, 77–78
Cottage i' th' Moor, 124–127
Crompton, Ellis, 180
Crompton, Samuel, 57, 95
Crompton, Wright, 78, 80
Cross, Mary, 73, 84
crosses, stone, 24, 27
Culshaw family, 108–109
Cundict, Joyce, 221
Cunliffe family, 47–48
Cunliffe Farm, 217
Curwen, David, 168

D

Darwen, Joseph, 130
Davis, Enoch, 136
Deakins Farm, 144, 145, 148, 152, 156
Dean Gate Farm, 129–132, 166
Dean Mills, 58–64, 145, 158, 205
Dearden, Henry, 206
deaths
    burial mounds and barrows, 28, 31
    children, 174–175
    funerals, 119, 166
    James Cooper, 48–49
    murder, 70-86
    suicide, 173–174
Two Lads memorial, 20–23
Dewhurst family, 150–151
Dickinson family, 120
Disraeli, Benjamin, 64
Ditchfield, Elizabeth, 108, 109
divorce, 181
Doffcocker Cotton Mill, 194
domestic service, 107, 150–151
drapery industry, 70–71
dressmaking, 145–146

E

Eatock, Robert, 177–183
Eatock family, 145, 152, 156, 159, 178–180, 181–183
Eccles, Ephraim, 103
education
    adult, 63–64, 187
    Dean Mills Institute, 63–64
    religion, 187, 192
    schools, 63–64, 143, 144–145, 161, 187–196
Eighteen Acres Farm, 88–89
Elliott family, 136, 139–141
emigration
    America, 170–173, 181–183, 226
    Australia, 135–141, 214, 217
    Canada, 204, 207–215, 217–226
    children, 136, 138, 139, 221
    New Zealand, 226–229
Entwistle, Mary, 71, 75
Entwistle, William, 44–45, 71
Escricke, Henry, 56
evictions, 118, 120

F

Fairhurst family, 152, 159–160, 224
Fairhurst, Thomas, 45
farming
    Canada, 209–212
    children's work, 55, 191, 206
    dairies, 94, 143, 148–149
    Newfield, 105–113
    Smithills Estate, 106
    supplement to textile work, 99, 101, 106
    women's work, 54, 143–153
Fielding, Richard, 161
Five Houses Beerhouse, 22, 71, 71–73, 117, 120, 122, 124
Fletcher, James, 72, 74–75, 77, 78
Fletcher, William, 84
footpaths, 115–117, 118–120, 123, 161
Freeman family, 129–133, 136

G

gamekeeping
    conflict with poachers, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169
    duties, 165, 167–168
    housing, 160, 161
Garbutt, William, 72–73, 74, 75, 89, 120
gardens, 17
Gardner, Richard, 61, 64
Garnett family, 140–141
Gilligant's Farm, 119, 124
Gordon-Stewart, W R, 126
Green Nook, 48, 52, 169
Greenhalgh, Alice, 89–90
Greenhalgh, Thomas, 79–80, 83
Guest, Henry, 178
Guest family, 159, 217
guns
    access to guns, 73, 74
    licencing, 84
    shooting parties, 72, 73

H

Haddock family, 132
Halliwell, Joseph, 75–76, 81
Halliwell Bleach Works, 66, 67, 145
Halliwell Local History Society, 71
Hamer family, 125
Hampson, Thomas, 16, 22, 37, 38
Hardman, John, 78
Hargreaves, James, 56, 95
Hart family, 204–215
Haslams Farm, 217
Hearst, Mary, 107
Heathcote family, 137
Heaton, Lambert, 80
Heaton, Mary, 170
Heaton family, 88–91, 91, 106–107, 120–121, 123
Henderson, George, 70–86
Holdens Farm, 144, 150
Holdens Farm coal working, 121, 123
Holdsworth family, 161
Holt, James, 222, 224
Hornby, William, 150
Horner, Leonard, 61, 64
Horrocks, Roger, 78, 78–81, 82, 83
Horwich Locomotive Works, 112
Hulton, Adam, 43, 44
hunting
    poaching, 43–45, 73, 80–81, 86, 167, 168
    shooting parties, 72, 73, 74, 77–81, 165

I

Ince, Ann, 185
Ince, Bartholomew, 78
industrialisation, 94–99, 102, 105, 112, 133
inquests, 70–71, 75
Ireland, Isaac, 78, 79
Irvine, William Fergusson, 17

J

Jackson family, 52
Jardine, William, 70
Jones, Bill, 78

K

Kay, John, 94–95
Kay, Joseph, 200
Kingsmill, Sir John, 21
Kirkman family, 107

L

Lambert, Matthew, 73, 74, 84
Lambert, Mrs, 71
Lang, John Dunmore, 136
laundry work, 129–133
Leech, John Thomas, 147
Leverhulme, Lord, 19, 37, 86
Little Deakins Farm, 178–179
lodgers, 107, 108, 161
Lomax, Sarah, 75
Lomax Wives Farm, 144, 146, 151, 217
Longworth family, 143, 148
Lord, Robert, 58
Lowe, William, 206
Luddites, 97

M

Malcolmson, P E, 130
maps
    Bartholomew 1914, 25
    Christopher Saxton 1577, 23
    John Albinson, 24
    John Speed 1610, 23
    Lancashire 1787, 18
    murder trial, 121
    Ordnance Survey, 23, 45, 63, 123, 124, 159, 160, 185, 205
    Smithills Estate, 14, 47, 48
    William Senior, 23, 156
Meake, John, 44
Merrifield, William, 138
Middlemas, Ellen, 194
Milton, Reverend, 67
mines
    Australia, 136
    children’s work, 21–22, 106
    Holdens Farm, 121, 123
    Newfield Colliery, 105, 108
    Winter Hill, 21–22, 30, 32–33, 158
    women’s working, 185
Morris family, 124, 125

N

Naylor, Mr, 194
Neolithic activity, 31
New Colliers Row, 204
New Zealand, 226–229
Newfield, 105–109, 113
Newhouse family, 170, 173–174
Newspaper Hall, 115, 115–123
Norman, William, 79
Norris, William, 43

O

Oakley family, 110–113
Ordnance Survey, 23, 45, 63, 123, 124, 159, 160, 185, 205
Ormrod, John, 206–207
Orrell, Mr, 74
Ouzel Hall, 118, 120, 123

P

Partington, Solomon, 116
Peachey, George, 107, 169–174
Peachey, Henry, 45, 126, 165–166, 170
Peachey, Walter, 174–175
Pendlebury, Eleanor, 177–178, 180–181
Pendlebury, Frederick, 180–181
Pendlebury's Farm, 204
People's Charter, 102
picnics, 77, 155, 161, 163, 177
Pilkington, James, Bishop, 20–2, 170
Pilkington, Leonard, 21
Pilkington, Lieutenant-Colonel John, 21
Pilkington, Richard, 19
Pinchbeck, Ivy, 150
poaching, 43-45, 73, 80-81, 86, 167, 168
police forces, 79–80
Poor Law, 111
Pound House Cottage, 170
poverty, 91, 97, 107, 111, 135, 150, 168–169
Prince Albert, 63
printing industry, 199–202
prosecutions
    animal cruelty, 88, 89
    assault, 50, 169
    breach of promise, 177–180
    highway robbery, 83–84
    mass trespass, 115–116, 123, 125
    murder, 70, 71, 75–77, 81–83, 121
    poaching, 43–45, 167
    rotten meat, 90
    theft, 130
Prosser, Leslie, 35
public houses
    Ainsworth Arms, 49
    Black Dog Inn, 71
    Bob's Smithy Tavern, 89–90
    Brown Cow, 159
    Doffcocker, 50
    licencing, 72, 116–117, 156
    Moor Gate Inn, 73
    Old Cock Inn, 71
    Twicham Arms, 156
    Volunteer Inn, 50
    Wagon and Horses, 180
    Walker Fold Tavern, 206
Pye, Thomas, 119

Q

quarries, 186, 205, 206, 217

R

Radcliffe, Thomas, 72
Rasbotham, Dorning, 17
Rawlinson, John, 40
recipes, 147
Redding, Cyrus, 22, 27
Reddish, Sarah, 68
religion, 26–27, 85, 187, 192
Reynolds family, 115–120
Ridgeway, Joseph, 18–19
Ridings, John, 78, 79, 80
Rivington Hall Farm, 177
Romans, 16, 35–39
Roscow's Tenement, 204, 221, 222
Ross, Ellen, 150
Russia, 198–199

S

Saxon activities, 24–28
Saxton, Christopher, 23
Schofield, Margaret, 89
Schofield, Thomas, 88
Scholes, Mary, 181
Scottish drapers, 70, 71
Seddon, John, 43
Seddon family, 50
Senior, William, 23, 47, 156
Settle, John, 49
Sewart family, 65, 145, 146, 166
sewing, 145-146, 150
Shaw, Frederick, 108
Shuttleworth family, 50–51
Sixty-three Steps, 155–164
Slack Hall, 105, 106, 110–113, 120
smallholding, 94
Smith, John, 19, 34
Smith, Robin, 18, 19–20, 33, 39
Smithills Dean School, 187–196
snow, 189–190
Southern family, 221–228
Speed, John, 23
spinning, 55–56, 59, 94–95
Sproat, Alexander, 126
Stead family, 198–202, 207
stonemasons, 217
Stott, John, 80
Stott, William, 81
Sunlight Soap, 132
Sutcliffe, James, 55
Sutcliffe family, 93–103
Swinglehurst, James, 102–103
Sydmonton Court, 21, 170

T

Tar Hall, 120, 121
Taylor, Mr, 76–77, 82
Taylor, Robert, 48
Taylor family, 186
tea houses, 155, 161, 163
temperance, 159, 199–200
textile industry, 54–68
    Dean Mills, 58–64, 145, 158
    domestic spinning, 55–56, 59
    drapery industry, 70–71
    dressmaking, 145-146
    handloom weaving, 55, 93–103, 106, 116
    mills, 58–64, 96–99
    Russia, 198–199
    women's work, 50, 54–68, 94, 97, 110, 144–146
Thompson, F W, 123
Thompson family, 144–146
Thornley family, 144–145, 152
Tinsley, Ann, 178
Tonge family, 50, 51
Towler family, 160
transport
    carting, 108–109, 121
    emigration, 135–141, 171, 207–208, 213, 219, 222–223
    hazards of ships, 138, 139, 219–220, 223
    merchant navy, 179–180, 182
    mines, 108, 123
    schools, 188
trespass, 115–116, 118–120, 125
Turner family, 217, 218–221
Twitchells Farm, 155–163, 217
Two Lads, 16-40, 43
Tyrer, Mary, 181

W

Wagstaff family, 146, 148
Walker Fold, 55, 93–103, 198, 204–207
Walsh, Joseph, 120, 126, 168
war, 186, 195–196, 223–224
watchmen, 78–80
Watson-O'Hara, John, 169
Waugh, Edwin, 116
weaving, 55, 93–103, 106, 116
Whewell, Thomas, 58
Whitaker, John, 16, 37
Whitehead family, 125–126
Whitman, Walt, 206, 207
Whittle family, 70, 73-77, 84, 85
Whowell, Thomas, 72, 75
Wigan Archaeological Society, 37
Wilkins, Mr, 76, 82
Wilkinson, Fred, 189
Winstanley, John, 28, 29, 35–37
Winstanley, Margaret, 152
Winter Hill
    archaeology, 32–35, 121
    description, 22–23
    houses, 115–117
    mass trespass, 115–116, 123, 125, 166
    mines, 21–22, 30, 32–33, 158
    murder, 70–86, 121
    trespass, 161
    Two Lads, 16–40, 43
Wolstenholme, George, 74
women
    domestic work, 65, 130, 143, 148, 150–152
    education, 143, 144–145
    employment opportunities, 68
    farm work, 54, 143–153
    laundry work, 129–133
    mine work, 185
    mistreatment of, 89
    New Zealand, 227–228
    printing and bookbinding, 201
    school teaching, 193, 194
    suffrage, 68
    textile work, 50, 54–68, 94, 97, 110, 144-146
    widows taking over businesses, 47, 50, 146, 159, 180
workhouses, 91, 107, 111, 135

Y

Yate, James, 43, 44
Yates, Elizabeth, 227–228