This list of employees at Halliwell Bleachworks was compiled in 1857 by J H Ainsworth in response to a Parliamentary Commission looking into hours and conditions worked by Women and Boys in his bleachworks. (Please also see evidence given by female workers at Halliwell when questioned by the Parliamentary Commissioner (click here)
|
Name |
Age |
Years.Emp. |
Weeks Sick |
MARKING ROOM
|
Elizabeth Hayward |
21 |
8 |
0 |
|
Isabella Slater |
23 |
5 |
0 |
|
Martha Hayward |
18 |
4 1/2 |
0 |
|
Isabella Howarth |
19 |
4 1/2 |
0 |
|
Ellen Eckersley |
17 |
4 1/2 |
0 |
|
Mary Jane Taylor |
14 |
2 |
0 |
|
Mary Ann Walch |
16 |
¾ |
0 |
|
Elizabeth Longworth |
18 |
6 |
1 |
|
Mary Bury |
11 |
¾ |
1 |
|
Sarah Cross |
14 |
4 |
2 |
|
Ann Pendlebury |
20 |
8 |
3 |
|
Ann Bullough |
15 |
2 |
3 |
|
Mary Atherton |
26 |
10 |
4 |
|
Jane Tyson |
18 |
4 |
5 |
|
Elizabeth Leather |
27 |
6 |
6 |
|
Mary Winstanley |
23 |
9 |
8 |
|
Alice Bullough |
23 |
7 |
10 |
|
Betsy Ashworth |
24 |
4 |
10 |
|
Ellen Alker |
20 |
8 |
13 |
DRESSING PLACE
|
Edward Harwood |
40 |
28 |
0 |
|
William Smith |
26 |
16 |
0 |
|
Thomas Hamer |
30 |
19 |
0 |
|
John Mayoh |
36 |
24 |
1 |
|
Samuel Greenhalgh |
22 |
12 |
2 |
NO. 1 & 2 MAKING-UP & PACKING ROOMS IN CAPITOL BUILDING
|
Richard Stanning |
36 |
26 |
0 |
|
Samuel Taylor |
37 |
24 |
0 |
|
James Woods |
32 |
23 |
0 |
|
James Holt |
19 |
5 |
0 |
|
Edward John Openshaw |
14 |
½ |
0 |
|
John Ashworth |
27 |
14 |
1 |
|
William Cross |
24 |
14 |
1 |
|
James Longworth |
20 |
7 |
1 |
|
Richard Bury |
42 |
32 |
2 |
|
James Taylor |
36 |
25 |
2 |
|
Alfred Morris |
28 |
13 |
2 |
|
James Harwood |
19 |
7 |
2 |
|
Joseph Ashworth |
23 |
9 |
3 |
|
William Ince |
19 |
6 |
5 |
|
Thomas Openshaw |
38 |
25 |
6 |
|
Andrew Morris |
33 |
21 |
6 |
|
John Ashworth |
21 |
9 |
6 |
|
Stephen Walmsley |
34 |
25 |
8 |
|
James Mayoh |
25 |
12 |
8 |
|
Isaac Greenhalgh |
34 |
20 |
10 |
|
Thomas Brindle |
50 |
33 |
12 |
|
Richard Livingston |
21 |
6 |
12 |
|
Thomas Molyneux |
23 |
12 |
15 |
|
John Platt |
69 |
45 |
23 |
|
Betsy Martin |
21 |
8 |
0 |
|
Deborah Rideout |
22 |
5 |
0 |
|
Betsy Duxbury |
18 |
4 |
0 |
|
Mary Cross |
19 |
4 |
0 |
|
Susannah Hulme |
21 |
4 |
0 |
|
Frances Dewhurst |
16 |
3 |
0 |
|
Maria Pendlebury |
13 |
1 |
0 |
|
Elizabeth Cross |
20 |
6 |
1 |
|
Sarah Winstanley |
18 |
2 |
3 |
|
Sarah Heaton |
20 |
7 |
4 |
|
Sarah Ashworth |
19 |
6 |
4 |
|
Eliza Pennington |
18 |
5 |
5 |
|
Mary Ann Martin |
24 |
11 |
7 |
|
Ann Gerrard |
37 |
23 |
9 |
|
Alice Molyneux |
21 |
6 |
10 |
CALENDERING PLACE
|
John Fairbrother |
39 |
26 |
0 |
|
John Barlow |
37 |
22 |
0 |
|
Jeffrey Kay |
54 |
39 |
1 |
|
Robert Barlow |
69 |
50 |
5 |
|
Thomas Mayoh |
50 |
32 |
6 |
|
James Barlow |
72 |
62 |
12 |
|
Benjamin Hood |
59 |
45 |
30 |
|
John Meadowcroft |
64 |
49 |
35 |
|
Moses Crankshaw |
57 |
51 |
40 |
JACONET, FINISHING & MAKING UP ROOM
|
James Morris |
44 |
32 |
0 |
|
William Gregory |
19 |
7 |
0 |
|
Absolam Green |
20 |
6 |
0 |
|
George Rideout |
21 |
4 |
0 |
|
James Rideout |
19 |
4 |
0 |
|
William Smith |
19 |
4 |
0 |
|
Ralph Hammond |
19 |
4 |
0 |
|
James Dewhurst |
30 |
21 |
2 |
|
James Taylor |
50 |
38 |
3 |
|
William Roscoe |
19 |
5 |
3 |
|
Daniel Green |
22 |
6 |
4 |
|
James McQuilling |
32 |
20 |
7 |
|
Jonathan Ashcroft |
29 |
18 |
7 |
|
Thomas France |
26 |
13 |
10 |
|
Richard Rideout |
35 |
25 |
20 |
|
Betsy Pennington |
20 |
9 |
0 |
|
Sarah Holt |
21 |
7 |
0 |
|
Ellen Smith |
19 |
5 |
0 |
|
Alice Smith |
18 |
5 |
0 |
|
Mary Ashcroft |
18 |
4 |
0 |
|
Mary Jane McQuilling |
13 |
3 |
0 |
|
Jane Mayoh |
14 |
2 |
0 |
|
Mary Smith |
14 |
2 |
0 |
|
Jane Swales |
21 |
5 |
2 |
|
Mary Pendlebury |
27 |
13 |
3 |
|
Mary Ann Pilling |
20 |
8 |
3 |
|
Margaret Walch |
17 |
2 |
4 |
BEETLING ROOM
|
Joseph Parkinson |
34 |
24 |
0 |
|
Robert Mayoh |
26 |
14 |
0 |
|
Levi Parkinson |
22 |
2 |
0 |
|
Joseph Hammond |
18 |
2 |
0 |
|
Cornelius Parkinson |
17 |
2 |
0 |
|
William Thornborough |
24 |
5 |
6 |
CALENDER ROOM
|
James Hood |
38 |
22 |
8 |
|
Joseph Jordan |
27 |
12 |
8 |
|
John Jordan Snr. |
53 |
45 |
12 |
|
Richard Greenhalgh |
59 |
50 |
29 |
|
Hannah Smith |
21 |
7 |
0 |
|
Fanny Slater |
18 |
5 |
0 |
|
Eliza Hardman |
21 |
1 |
0 |
|
Ann Cross |
21 |
5 |
2 |
CAMBRIC MAKING-UP ROOM
|
Hannah Price |
25 |
12 |
0 |
|
Alice Pennington |
21 |
6 |
0 |
|
Harriet Taylor |
16 |
5 |
0 |
|
Maria Holt |
18 |
4 |
0 |
|
Lettetia Platt |
20 |
3 |
0 |
|
Jane Ann Price |
14 |
2 |
0 |
|
Isabella Mayoh |
18 |
7 |
3 |
|
Mary Ann Ashworth |
41 |
26 |
4 |
|
Jane Gregory |
21 |
9 |
8 |
|
Alice Jones |
17 |
4 |
12 |
JACONET & CAMBRIC PACKING ROOM
|
Adam Gerrard |
34 |
24 |
0 |
|
James Pendlebury |
54 |
39 |
2 |
|
James Harwood |
33 |
22 |
2 |
|
James Cooper |
81 |
66 |
4 |
|
William Hilton |
70 |
45 |
4 |
|
John Pilling |
21 |
7 |
5 |
|
Thomas Vose |
31 |
21 |
7 |
|
John Jordan Jnr. |
29 |
12 |
9 |
ALBERT & PROSPECT DRYING STOVES
|
John Thornley |
66 |
50 |
0 |
|
Joshua Mayoh |
43 |
30 |
2 |
|
Timothy Fairclough |
33 |
20 |
3 |
|
John Smith |
52 |
41 |
5 |
|
John Orrell |
46 |
30 |
6 |
|
John Leather |
29 |
18 |
8 |
MILL, FINISHING & PACKING ROOMS
|
Edward Morris |
26 |
9 |
0 |
|
Robert Leather |
22 |
8 |
0 |
|
Samuel Price |
32 |
20 |
0 |
|
John Morris |
31 |
19 |
1 |
|
John Crompton |
26 |
15 |
2 |
|
John Kay |
29 |
18 |
3 |
|
William Price |
28 |
16 |
3 |
|
Thomas Morris |
38 |
27 |
14 |
|
Alice Harwood |
29 |
14 |
4 |
TEMPLE MAKING-UP & PACKING ROOM
|
Samuel Price |
20 |
7 |
0 |
|
James Greenhalgh |
21 |
7 |
0 |
|
John Smith Jnr. |
16 |
4 |
0 |
|
John Smith Sen. |
42 |
3 |
0 |
|
Thomas Haddock |
21 |
12 |
2 |
|
James Lee |
16 |
3 |
2 |
|
James Crook |
28 |
17 |
4 |
|
William Latham |
27 |
17 |
12 |
|
Richard Haddock |
46 |
34 |
21 |
|
Ann Hayward |
14 |
2 1/2 |
0 |
|
Alice Ann Taylor |
12 |
1/2 |
0 |
|
Ann Smith |
19 |
21/2 |
1 |
TEMPLE DRYING STOVE
|
William Settle |
40 |
30 |
0 |
|
Charles Parkington |
15 |
5 |
0 |
|
Eli Parkington |
13 |
4 |
0 |
|
Richard Haddock Jnr. |
12 |
1 |
0 |
|
Edward Platt |
44 |
32 |
4 |
|
John Crook |
23 |
13 |
22 |
MISCELLANEOUS
|
John Morris |
Package collector, formerly Packer |
77 |
66 |
6 |
|
Thomas Kirkman |
Storekeeper |
79 |
65 |
5 |
|
James Crankshaw |
Labourer, formerly Crofter |
72 |
62 |
2 |
|
Richd.Greenhalgh |
Chemical maker, formerly Crofter |
74 |
61 |
8 |
|
Joseph Woods |
Mangler |
70 |
60 |
7 |
|
Jer.Gregory |
Labourer, formerly Finisher |
75 |
52 |
17 |
|
Thomas Duxbury |
Chemical Maker, formerly Crofter |
59 |
50 |
0 |
|
George Mayall |
Crofter |
57 |
48 |
? |
|
James Ashcroft |
Watchman, formerly Finisher |
57 |
48 |
6 |
|
Wm.Thomasson |
Labourer, formerly Crofter |
59 |
47 |
9 |
|
Wm.Pennington |
Joiner |
61 |
47 |
? |
|
Wm.Robinson |
Package collector, formerly Carter |
64 |
47 |
6 |
|
John Pendlebury |
Labourer, formerly Crofter |
60 |
45 |
2 |
|
Henry Ashworth |
Blacksmith |
56 |
45 |
6 |
|
Peter Taylor |
Crofter |
53 |
44 |
3 |
|
Wm.Thornley |
Crofter |
50 |
42 |
5 |
|
John Hamer |
Crofter |
53 |
41 |
3 |
|
Peter Pilling |
Crofter |
54 |
41 |
7 |
|
Robert Greenhalgh |
Crofter |
54 |
41 |
3 |
|
John Stanning |
Manager |
51 |
40 |
0 |
|
Wm.Morris |
Manager |
50 |
40 |
6 |
|
Wright Gregory |
Carter |
64 |
40 |
? |
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