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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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