Grace's Guide

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Burnley (p73)

BLEACHERS AND FINISHERS

• Edward Lee (dyer and sizer), Victoria Works.

• Robert Pickles, Buccleuch Mills. Telegrams, " Pickles, Burnley."

CALICO PRINTERS

• Alexander Drew and Sons, Lower House Print Works. Accounts paid at Manchester office-15, Nicholas street; Glasgow office-149, West George street. Telegrams to Rosegrove Station.

COTTON SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS

• William Bancroft, North Bridge Mill, Elm street; 228 looms, printers.

• B. Berry Tunnel Hill Shed, Whittlefield; and Albion Mill; 1,122 looms, printers. Telephone No., 28.

• J. and J. Birley, New Hall Mill, Elm street; 55,464 spindles,468/548 weft.

• Thomas Birley -Exors. of, Lodge Mill, Reedley Hollows; 87,500 spindles,468/528 weft

• J. and R. Blakey, Sandy Gate, Hope and Rake Head Sheds; 952 looms, printers, shirtings and tanjibs.

• E. F. Bleakley and Brother, Pentridge Mill; and Whittlefield Shed; 33,260 spindles, 321, twist,468/548 weft;744 looms, printers.

• William Brierley, Calder Vale Shed; 488 looms, printers, jeans and twills. Pay days Tuesday and Friday.

• Bulcock and Threlfall, Springfield Shed; 436 looms, printers, shirtings, jacconettes and madapollams.

• Burnley Self-Help Cotton Spinning and Manufacturing Society, Limited, Healey Royd Mills; 506 looms, shirtings, printers, jeanettes, twills, etc. Pay days Tuesday and Friday. Telegrams, Healey Royd Mill, Burnley. James Bancroft, manager; Albert Bradshaw, secretary.

• Thomas Burrows, Calder Vale Shed; 289 looms, shirtings and printers.

• William Burrows, Gannow Shed; 630 looms, printers.

• Butterworth and Dickinson, Westgate Shed; 400 looms, twills, jeanettes, serges and satteens. Pay day third Wednesday. Telegrams, "Globe, Burnley." Telephone No., 6.

• Calvert and Berry, Fulledge Mill; 340 looms, printers.

• C. Catlow and Sons, Spring Hill Shed; 120 looms, printers, jeans, twills and satteens

• Catlow, Howker and Hartley, Healey Royd Mill; 214 looms, printers.

• Collinge Brothers, Clifton Mill, Ashfield road; 374 looms, printers.

• J. R. Cooper and Co, Scar Top Mill; 232 looms, printers.

• Thomas Cowpe and Sons, Albert Shed, Stoneyholme; and Woodfield Mill; 1,317 looms, printers.

• Robert Crabtree and Co, Wood Top Mill, near Burnley; 1,000 looms, printers, twills, satteens, jeans and fancys.

• Crook Brothers, Thorney Bank Mill; 950 looms, printers, shirtings and domestics. Telegrams, " Crook Bros., Burnley."

• John Dugdale and Brothers, Lower House; 74,576 spindles, 321/34" twist, 36'j468 weft; 1,531 looms, printers and shirtings.

• Robert Emmott, Bishop House Mill; 1,242 looms, printers.

• O. and J. Folds, Rishton Mill and Trafalgar Shed 31,724 spindles, 321/368 twist, 368/503 weft; 781 looms, printers and shirtings.

• Foulds, Thornber and Co, Healey Wood and Bankfield Sheds; 1,232 looms, printers.

• Thomas Garstang, Fulledge Mill; 52 looms, plain and fancy cloths.

• George Street Mill Co., Limited, George Street Shed; 500 looms, printers.

• Samuel Greenwood, King Street Mill; 284 looms, printers.

• John Grey, Livingstone Mill; 1,388 looms, printers; Manchester warehouse-22A, Princess street.

• James Harrison Dilworth and Brother, Mount Pleasant Mill; 692 looms, plains and twills. Accounts, paid at the Manchester office-15, Spring gardens, by cheque on the first Tuesday.

• Haslam Brothers, Yatefield Mill; 52,000 spindles, 328 twist,368508weft;1,062 looms, printers and, shirtings; and at Spring Gardens Mill, Colne. Telephone No., 10.

• R. and R. Haythornthwaite, Spring Hill Shed; 372 looms, printers, shirtings, jacconettes and madapollams. Pay day Tuesday.

• Healey Wood Mill Co, Limited, Healey Wood; 6,336 spindles, 3898weft; 170 looms, waste, crapes, plains, twills and towels. John Heap, manager and secretary

• James Heap and Son, Marles Shed; 246 looms, printers, mexicans and stripes.

• Peter Heap, Lower Rake Head Mill; 250 looms, printers.

• Hill Top Mill Co, Limited, Hill Top Mill, 50 spindles, 32, twist, 508 weft; 655 looms, printers and shirtings. Pay day last Saturday. T. Judson, manager and secretary.

• R. T. Holdsworth, Woodfield Shed; 400 looms, printers.

• Holgate Brothers, Limited, Bankfield Shed; 570 looms, printers. Richard Holgate, secretary.

• Hollingreave Manufacturing Co, Hollingreave Mill and Clifton Shed; 1,041 looms, printers, tanjibs and shirtings.

• Edward Houlding, Central Mill, Albert street; 665 looms, printers. Pay day every Wed., 5 to 5-30.

• John Hurtley and Son, North Bridge Mill; 666 looms, twills and printers. Telegrams," Arctic, Burnley."

• J. Jackson and Co, Scar Top Shed; 213 looms, twills, cords and printers. Manchester Exchange-

No. 11 pillar.

• William Jackson, Sons and Co, New Hall, Handbridge and Rake Head Mills; 1,868 looms, printers, shirtings and fancy cloths; office- New Hall Mill. Pay day quarterly, first Wed. Telephone No., 9.

• John Kay and Sons, Spafield and Burnley Wood Mills; 16,500spindles;1,082 looms, twills, serges, spots, fancys, etc. Telephone No., 24

• Keighley Green Mill Co., Limited, Keighley Green Mill; 33,378 spindles, 508/548 weft. Pay day last Saturday in the month. Helme Sutcliffe, manager; E. L. H. Crossley, secretary. Telephone No., 48.

• Mark Kippax, Salford Mills, and Marles and Brownside Sheds; 19,500 spindles,408/508 weft; 600 looms, printers.

• Lancaster Brothers, Springfield Mill; 1,250 looms, printers. Telephone No., 22.

• James Lee and Brother, Elm Street Shed; 460 looms, jeanettes, satteens, twills and printers

• Lord Brothers, Wood Top Mill; 416 looms, printers, jeans, twills and satteens.

• Thomas Moorhouse, Mount Pleasant Mill; 365 looms, Printers.

• Lawrence Nutter, Rake Head Mill; 96 looms, printers.

• Oak Mount Self-Help Manufacturing Society, Limited, Oak Mount Mill; 560 looms, printer.

• Olive Mount Mill Co, Limited, Olive Mount Mill, Whittlefield; 1,000 looms, printers and shirtings. Pay day every Tuesday. Mitchell Shackleton, manager; Jno. Stansfield, junior, secretary.

• James Osbaldeston, Cliviger Cotton Mill; 400 looms, printers.

• Oxford Mill Co, Limited, Oxford Mill; 21,156 spindles, 32- twist, 468/508 weft; 578 looms, printers and shirtings. Pay day, quarterly, first Saturday after quarter-day,10 to12. Thomas Horner, manager and secretary.

• Robert Pickles, Cairo Mills; 630 looms, linen and cotton scryms, flannelettes and fancys; and bleacher and dyer, Buccleuch Mill. Telegrams, "Robert Pickles, Burnley." Telephone No., 55.

• James Pollard, Bank Field Mill; 248 looms, printers

• Sandy Gate Mill Co, Limited, Sandy. Gate; 20,000 spindles, 328 twist, 308/528 weft; 419 looms, printers and shirtings. Telephone No.,82. John Proctor, manager; R. Halsted, secretary.

• Scholfield and Pratt, Limited, Elm Street Shed; 400 looms, printers, coloured and striped goods.

• Walter Shepherd, Thorney Bank Mill; 953 looms, printers.

• Simpson and West, Belle Vue Mill, Burnley; and Harle Syke Shed, Briercliffe; 900 looms, printers. Telegrams, etc., to Belle Vue Mill.

• Simpson Brothers, Rake Head Shed; 216 looms, printers.

• J. Simpson, Albion Mill, Whittlefield; 918 looms, printers.

• W. Slater and Son, Spring Garden Shed; 510 looms, fine printers, twills, satteens, etc.

• Isaiah Smallpage, Parsonage Mill; 22,818 spindles, 328 twist, 421468 weft; 870 looms, printers. Telephone No., 47.

• Christopher Snowden, Fulledge Mill;10 looms, shirtings.

• John Snowden, Fulledge Mill; 31 looms, shirtings, checks and stripes.

• Henry Spencer (winder), Bankfield Mill, Curzon street.

• John Spencer and Sons (of Burnley), Queen's Mill, New Hall street; 600 looms, printers.

• Stansfield and Duckworth, George Street Shed; 500 looms, narrow printers

• A. Stansfield and Co, Stoneyholme Shed; 532 looms, printers and splits.

• J. W. Stott and Co, Spruce Mill, Finsley Gate; 433 looms, printers.

• James Stuttard and Sons, Fence Mills, Burnley; and Clover Croft Mills, Higham, near Burnley; Roughlee Mill, Roughlee, near Burnley; Victoria Mill, Sabden; and at Swinton, neat Manchester; 29,000 spdls.; 1,350 looms, domestics, sheetings, twills, jeanettes, shirtings, printers, jacquards, checks, etc.; Manchester office-61, Mosley street.

• Richard Stuttard, Byerden Mill, Colne road; 1,010 looms, printers, skirtings, etc.

• Sutcliffe Brothers, Fulledge Mill;507 looms, printers, jacconettes, etc.

• John Sutcliffe, Fulledge Mill; 474 looms, printers, jeans and twills.

• William Sutcliffe, Waterloo Shed, Trafalgar street; 444 looms, printers.

• William Sutcliffe, North Bridge Mill, Elm street; 228 looms

• Tatham Hartley and Co, North Bridge Mill; 126 looms, printers

• Thomas Tattersall, Rake Head Mills 126 looms, printers and coloured goods.

• Temple and Sutcliffe, Rosegrove Mills, Gannow lane; 23,200 spindles, 40, twist, 508/608 weft; 550 looms, cambrics, jacconettes and shirtings; Manchester office-33, Kennedy street. Telephone No., 63.

• Thomas Thistlethwaite, Rake Head Mill; 230 looms, printers and coloured goods

• William Thompson and Sons, Trafalgar Mill and Hope Shed; 26,063spindles,321, twist,368/508 weft; 625 looms, printers.

• Benjamin Thornber and Sons, Throstle and Danes House Mills, and Old Hall Shed; 43,000 spindles, 208/408 water twist; 2,028 looms, printers; Manchester warehouse-56, Faulkner street.

• Tunstill Brothers, Newtown Mill, Burnley; Brierfield Mills, Brierfield; and Throstle Nest Mill, Nelson; 117,000 spindles, 328 twist, 808/508 weft; 2,800 looms, printers. Pay day last Wednesday at Brierfield.

• Thomas Tunstill, Spa Mill, Whittlefield; 634 looms, printers. Pay day for sundry accounts, every Friday.

• Turner Oates, No. 5, Sandy Gate Shed, Wiseman street; 24 looms, checks and grandrelle shirtings for home trade Varley and Pomfret, Albert Mill, Trafalgar road; 18,500 spindles, 508/548 weft. Pay day first Saturday, 10 to 12.

• Victoria Mill Co., Limited, Victoria Mill, Trafalgar road; 19,000 spindles, 468/528 weft. Jesse Simpson, manager; T. Kendrick, secretary.

• John Walmsley and Sons, Hargher Clough Shed; 1,704 looms,printers; Manchester office-11, Nicholasst.

• Josias Walmsley, Stoneyholme Shed; 468 looms, printers. Telephone No., 59.

• Walton and Co, Stoneyholme Shed; 504 looms, printers; Manchester warehouse-107, Portland street.

• Walton and Cowpe, Pendle View Shed; 572 looms, printers Walton James, New Hall and Bishop House Sheds; 1,132 looms, printers.

• Robert Walton, Spring Hill Shed; 372 looms, printers and shirtings.

• Waring and Phillips, Calder Vale Mill; 517 looms, printers and shirtings. Pay day quarterly.

• Whitaker and Lupton, Caledonia Mill; 4,000 spindles (waste), 38/108 weft; 157 looms, twills, crapes, etc.

• J. H. Whitaker, Whittlefield and Ashfield Sheds, Burnley; and Orchard Mill, Padiham; 22,000 spindles; 2,080 looms, printers; Manchester warehouse-14, Princess street.

• Septimus Whitaker and Son, Spring Hill Shed; 372 looms, fine printers.

• Whitehead and Altham, Queen Street Mill; 385 looms, printers.

• Whitehead and Leaver, Rake Head Mill; 696 looms, printers.

• Whittlefield Mill Co, Limited, Whittlefield Mill; 20,132 spindles, 268/328 twist, 368/508 weft; 483 looms, printers. Telephone No., 27. R. Simpson, manager and secretary.

• John Williams and Son, Trafalgar and Bank Field Sheds; 867 looms, printers, shirtings and splits.

• John Windle , Elm Street Shed; 513 looms, printers.

• Witham Brothers, Finsley Mill, and Plumbe Street Shed; 48,504 spindles, 248/328 twist(throstle), 388/428 weft; 1,506 looms, printers. Pay day every Saturday, at Finsley Mill, 9 to 10. Telephone No., 16.

• J. W. Wright, Scar Top Mill, Hill Top; 193 looms, printers and Turkey reds.

Barley. 7 miles N.W. from Burnley (p77)

COTTON SPINNER AND MANUFACTURER

• John Moorby, Narrowgates Mill; 2,500 spindles, 68/108 weft (cop waste); 60 looms, sheetings. Pay day Tuesday, fortnightly.

Briercliffe. 3 miles N.E. from Burnley (p77)

COTTON SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS

• Abraham Altham, Harle Syke Mill; 264 looms, printers.

• Haggate Weaving Co, Harle Syke Mill; 352 looms, printers.

• Simpson and West, Harle Syke Shed, Briercliffe; and Belle Vue Mill, Burnley; 900 looms, printers.

• Thomas Smith, Thornber, Hill End Mill; 428 looms, printers, jacconettes and satteens

• John Stuttard, Harle Syke Shed; 128 looms, printers.

• James Thornton and Co, Harle Syke Shed; 221 looms, printers.

Brierfield. 2.5 miles N. from Burnley (p79)

COTTON SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS

• H. Hartley and Sons, Jewel Mill; 3,328 spindles, 41,/88 weft (waste).

• Pickles Brothers, Pendle View Shed, Brierfield; and Bridge Mills, Nelson; 800 looms, oxfords, zephyrs, striped mexicans, denims, checks, etc. Pay day every Friday.

• James and William Proctor, Spring Mill, Wheatley lane; 464 looms, printers and twills.

• G. Shaw and Co, Pendle View Shed; 372 looms, printers.

• Spenbrook Manufacturing Co, Newchurch-in-Pendle; 300 looms, twills, jeanettes and satteens.

• Tunstill Brothers, Brierfield Mill, Brierfield; Newtown Mill, Burnley; and Throstle Nest Mill, Nelson; 117,000 spindles, 32, twist, 308/508 weft; 2,827 looms, printers. Pay day last Wednesday at Brierfield.

• John S. Veevers, Lob Lane Shed; 1,190 looms, printers.

Hapton. 3 miles S.W. from Burnley (p79)

CALICO PRINTERS

• W. N. Wilson and Son, Clough Print Works; Manchester office-Cooper street.

COTTON MANUFACTURER

• John Simpson, Perseverance Mill; 1,000 looms, twills, plains, jeanettes, satteens, shirtings and wide printings.

Worsthorne. 2.5 miles E. from Burnley (p79)

COTTON MANUFACTURER

• Lawrence W. Halstead, 300 looms.

See Also

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Sources of Information

• 1891 Worrall's Cotton Spinners Directory