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Volume 39 Number 4 Winter 2009 Bulletin of the Saddleworth Historical Society

Volume 39 Number 4 Winter 2009

Chairman's Report to the Annual General Meeting 2009 85 Mike Buckley

Recollections of Saddleworth Workhouse 89 Norah Brown as told to Roy Bardsley

Early Saddleworth Records - 3 93 Mike Buckley

Benjamin Howard on the Titanic 99 James Bancroft

Book Reviews 100 Neil Barrow & Terry Wyke

Letters 103

Index to Volume 39 104 Alan Schofield

Cover Illustration: Privy Seal of the Abbot of Roche Abbey. (The Historyof Roche Abbey, J.A.Aveling, Worksop, 1870, Plate X)

©2010 Saddleworth Historical Society and individual contributors

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CHAIRMAN'S REPORT TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2009

Mike Buckley

As with last year, 2009 has been a very active one for the Society. Once again my thanks are due to the members of the committee for their continued hard work during the year and the support they have given me. In the summer, sadly, Roger Ivens, our Bulletin editor, had to give up this role due to pressure of work. Roger has done a first class job over the last three years and our grateful thanks are due to him for achieving such a high standard of publication, also for his own articles which have added to our knowledge of Saddleworth’s past. Also, for health reasons Stanley Broadbent has handed the job of newsletter editor to Michael Fox. Once again sincere thanks go to Stanley for his contributions to the newsletter over many years and thanks to Michael for taking on this important job. Thanks also go to Cheryl Westlotorn for managing our Family History Internet mailing list, to Alan Haigh for his work on the society’s website, to Oliver Benson for distributing and promoting our publications to local bookshops, and, last but by no means least, to the Dorothy Latimer, Christine Barrow, Tony Wheeldon and others for arranging refreshments after our meetings. Keith Taylor and Dorothy Latimer once presented us with an interesting and varied lecture programme. At the AGM last year I gave an illustrated talk on some of the new insights recently emerged into Saddleworth’s early history, in particular, hitherto undiscovered material that has emerged via the Internet. Victor Khadem tonight will develop this theme further in his talk on 14th century Saddleworth. I also gave the first lecture of the New Year on the early history of the Springhead area, focussing on medieval landowners, the origins of Quickmere, a division of Saddleworth that was in many ways quite independent of the rest of Saddleworth, and the dramatic impact on settlement that occurred following the massive Quickmoor enclosure of 1625. Neil Barrow continued the Springhead theme in the next lecture by presenting an account of how Springhead grew from a few scattered farms in the early eighteenth century to one of the most densely populated and industrialised parts of Saddleworth. As a complete contrast, in February, Professor Keith Laybourn gave a highly entertaining and amusing talk on 20th century working class gambling, peppered with his own boyhood experiences as a bookie’s runner. At the March meeting Dr Robert Poole, a frequent lecturer to the Society, and the author of the introduction to Butterworth’s Saddleworth which we recently reprinted, gave an illustrated talk on “Doctor Healey of Lees, hero of Peterloo”. This was an account of his research into Dr Healey, a quack local doctor who led the contingent from Saddleworth and Lees to this bloody event. The Bernard Barnes memorial lecture in April saw the return of an old friend of the Society and past editor of the Bulletin, Julian Hunt, now retired from his job in charge of Buckinghamshire libraries, but as busy as ever in writing local histories of the towns in his area. Julian gave a superbly illustrated talk on “Portraits of the Civil War” bringing to life the dramatic events that split families and communities in

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seventeenth century England by focussing on some of the key players in the struggle that ended in the triumph of Oliver Cromwell and the Parliamentarians. Another old friend, Sue Latimer, having now taken up a new post as a senior curator at the Harris Museum in Preston, entertained us with a talk in May about her career moves and various galleries she had worked in since leaving Saddleworth Museum fifteen years ago. Sue illustrated her talk by contrasting the work of the different museums and galleries and describing some of the innovative ideas that she had been involved with during her career. The 2009-10 programme started in September with a talk by Alan Petford on medieval misericords. Misericords are one of Alan’s present areas of interest and, as always, his talk was meticulously researched, superbly delivered and beautifully illustrated. This was followed in September by the return of another past lecturer to the society, Dr John Hargreaves. Dr Hargreaves’ topic was Yorkshire Luddites and we were taken through the events that lead up to the troubles in 1812 and an account of some of the key players. “The Voyage of the Beagle” was the subject of Ian McInnes’ talk last month. In this anniversary year of Darwin’s birth and the publication of “The Origin of Species” Ian gave an account of the epic voyage and the discoveries that led to Darwin’s revolutionary work. He also spoke of the men involved and harsh life on board for the common seaman. He explained how his own interest was sparked by acquiring a set of medals that had belonged to one of the officers that had taken part in the voyage. In July we hosted another successful Family History weekend repeating the formula of the first one three years ago. Once again the event was well attended and it was a pleasure to meet members from all parts of the country who had travelled to Saddleworth for the event. The first day included a walk around Tunstead and the ancient settlements on the hillsides above Uppermill and in the afternoon a trip to the Golcar Museum. A social event in the evening was followed the next day by a workshop on the use of wills in tracing Saddleworth ancestry. A good time was had by all and we pledged the repeat the event in the not too distant future. Once again, this summer Alan Schofield organised a very full programme of guided walks. Alan and other members of the Committee led walks around Harrop Dale, Woolroad and Weakey, Greenfield and the Chew Valley, Strinesdale, and the Uppermill environs. Continuing the theme of last year the programme concluded in August with a nine mile walk around the boundary of another of Saddleworth’s ancient divisions, this time Shawmere. The walks have proved very popular and again our thanks go to Alan for his hard work in pulling together the programme also to those who acted as guides. Alan Schofield and Alan Petford once again were responsible for a very successful summer trip. This year it was to the historic City of Lincoln. Alan Petford guided us round the castle and cathedral and in Alan’s account of the cathedral’s fine collection of misericords we got a foretaste of his autumn talk. Once again our thanks go to the two Alans, for making the trip an interesting and enjoyable day out. In September, as in previous years, Jim Carr gave a number of popular guided tours of the Castleshaw Roman Forts as part of the Heritage Open Days and last month the Society once again participated in the Local History Day held in Gallery Oldham.

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“Mapping Saddleworth” continues to sell at a steady rate with sales close to the 1000 mark. A great deal of effort is going into the production of Volume 2 which we intend to publish in autumn next year. The two key maps in this publication will be the hand drawn maps of 1770 and 1822. The first of these, the 1770 map, will be a facsimile edition in full colour and the second a reconstruction of the 1822 map based on two fragments that have survived of the original. The task of recreating the 1822 map has proved to be very labour intensive but we are optimistic that all will be ready for the launch next year. The next festival publication “Saddleworth Hillsides and Hamlets” is also progressing well and is on target for launch at the Saddleworth Festival in 2011. The Summer Bulletin, a special edition on the early history of Saddleworth, broke new ground in that it was illustrated in colour. The improved print quality we have achieved in recent editions we plan to supplement with colour from time to time. Another innovation is the availability of an electronic version of the Bulletin that can be emailed to members as an alternative to a printed copy. So far twenty five members, many overseas, have opted for the electronic version, cutting down on postage costs and delivery time. Another advantage of the electronic version is that it is possible to reproduce all the illustrations in colour. Work on the early history of Saddleworth continues with new discoveries come to light almost on a daily basis. Many of the recent discoveries were featured in the summer bulletin and others will be presented later this evening by Victor Khadem. A new series has also begun in the Bulletin aimed at publishing all known early Saddleworth documents. This year 27 new members have joined the Society and membership has grown to just over 492 members; among these are 30 overseas members. Once again, sadly, we have to record the deaths of several of our members. Among them are David Swann of France, Chris Marcus of Shaw, Malcolm Seville of Todmorden, Victor Stubley of Delph, Mr M. Leadbeater of Grotton, Phyllis Schofield of Clitheroe, Bernard Kivlin of Lees, Donald Kershaw of Southampton, D. Newton of France, Haydon Clough of Grotton, Ann Cox of Uppermill and Hubert du Pont Lhotelain of France. Our sincere condolences go to their families. Finally, I would like to repeat my thanks to all who have contributed this year to the success of the Society. I wish you all a very happy Christmas and prosperous New Year.

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The Workhouse at Running Hill was built 1815 and closed in April 1930. It replaced an earlier one at Daisy Hill, Knarr Barn Lane, Delph.

Mr Alfred Robert Foy, master and Mrs Janet Bessie Foy, matron (front row) with Nurse Brown, Willy & Florrie Hancock (back row) and Tilly Woolfenden, cook (front left): Source “Saddleworth and its People”, Freda Millett, Oldham, 1998. The Foys were at the workhouse between 1922 and 1927. Source: Kelly's Directory of the West Riding of Yorkshire 15th (1922) & 16th (1927) eds.

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RECOLLECTIONS OF SADDLEWORTH WORKHOUSE

Norah Brown as told to Roy Bardsley

Mrs Norah Brown (nee Horsfall) was born in Saddleworth and brought up at Briggs House, Waggon Road (now known as Running Hill Gate), Uppermill. Briggs House is quite close to the old Saddleworth Workhouse which was built in 1815 and closed in April 1930 and is situated on Running Hill Lane. As a child of 10 in 1928 Norah was friendly with Nancy Foy, daughter of the Workhouse Master and Nancy had a bicycle, quite an attraction, and probably one of the reasons for many of Norah’s visits. The Workhouse Master was a small lean man and his wife a rather large lady. Norah remembers the Workhouse as probably one of the better ones. It was very clean and tidy but very strict rules were rigidly enforced. The children were always properly dressed and clean, tidy and adequately fed but apparently were not allowed to play or enjoy themselves as children should. She recalls the children sitting on a bench watching her and Nancy playing and riding the bicycle. They didn’t smile or talk and although invited to play and ride the bicycle, they said they were forbidden to leave the bench and could not be persuaded. They were perfectly ordinary children, typical of the time, the sons and daughters of local families who had, through no fault of their own, fallen on hard times. Most working people lived in rented houses and if the wage earner fell ill, died or for any other reason the family were unable to pay their rent they were evicted. There were no benefits as we know them today. The Workhouse which, although forbidding, provided the basic needs of the poor and avoided the necessity of sleeping out and starvation and enabled a family to survive. It was the only option, no other benefits, no sick pay, no dole. In those circumstances where the wage earner was alive, the preferred option was for the wife and children only, to go into the Workhouse whilst the husband was able to tramp the highways and byways searching for work. These men were known as “Gentlemen of the Road”. Had the wage earner also gone into the Workhouse as a resident he would have been employed full time on the Workhouse farm and would not have had the opportunity to pursue employment and therefore unable to ever get his family out. On the other hand, if he were fortunate enough to find a job he would have easily been able to rent a cottage as there were plenty available at that time. The workhouse farm produced food for the inmates. But at that altitude, over 900 feet and exposed as it was to the Saddleworth climate, way before the onset of global warming and the poor quality thin soil close to rock must have made food production a very labour intensive job if crops were to survive. However, the animal production, cattle, sheep and pigs should have been more viable. Being ‘Gentlemen of the Road’ the men were allowed to stay at the Workhouse overnight in the “Casual Ward” on a regular basis, although not with their families. They would receive an evening meal, a bath, a bed and a breakfast. They would have had to hand over any little money they may have carried, to the Workhouse Master as they entered the premises. This would be returned the following morning as they left. In payment for the food and accommodation they would be required to work on the

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Workhouse farm for three or four hours the following day before they could again tramp the roads in search of work. A man was required to be at the entrance to the Workhouse by 6 pm to gain admittance, not a minute late, otherwise regardless of the weather or the circumstances he was locked out. Norah’s parents had a disused stable and cart-house in their garden. Men who had not managed to get to the Workhouse on time often went to this stable to shelter for the night. Whenever Norah’s father saw them there he would inform his wife and she would send the children up to the stable with sandwiches and pots of tea. In the morning a bucket of hot water was sent up so the men could wash, and bacon sandwiches were provided before they again went on their way to search for work. Norah recalls that they were indeed worthy of their label ‘Gentlemen of the Road’. They were genuine, polite and grateful for any help. They were ordinary working men who, through bad fortune had hit a rocky patch. A very rocky patch in the 1920’s.

Runninghill workhouse with staff and children c 1910. Source “Saddleworth and its Peop le”, Freda Millett, Oldham, 1998.

She recalls an example of a neighbouring family. Father, mother who was pregnant and three very young children. The youngest of the three children became infected with viral pneumonia and died within the week. The father, who must have caught the virus from the child, also succumbed. This family lived in a rented cottage nearby and with the death of the wage earner, had absolutely no income. The neighbours of course rallied round as was the custom in those days and all sent food. Norah’s mother sent Norah to the cottage each evening with food for the family and Norah recalls the two remaining little boys sitting waiting at the table with empty plates. Their mother would not have allowed them to go for the food, this would have been

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considered begging. They had to simply wait and hope. Although this family were one of the more fortunate ones, they at least had food, they had no money to pay rent and would have been evicted from their cottage had not the neighbours kept a watchful eye to make sure the landlord did not gain admittance. However, fortunately a neighbour remembered that the dead father had served in the Grenadier Guards. So he wrote to the regiment asking if anything could be done to help this family and consequently the widow was awarded relief in the form of four shillings a week pension. This enabled her to pay the rent, which cost three shillings a week and left her one shilling for food, clothes, shoes, doctor’s bills etc. Most importantly this saved her and her family from the Workhouse, from where she would probably have been placed in the home of a nearby farmer to give birth to the child she was carrying, under the supervision of the farmer’s wife. She may also have been separated from her other children. Norah remembers the children of this family playing, along with her and other local children. The eldest one always brought a bag in which he could collect bits of wood for fuel for the house fire. This was the only fuel they had. Although some days when they played together in Norah’s family’s ground floor cellar, which was rather a large room and was used to store coal, Noah’s mother would put a few large lumps of coal in the child’s bag before he went home. The circumstances of families in this position and the children and their families at the Workhouse caused Norah a great deal of stress and anguish. She mentioned this to her mother and was told “See who does something about it. Then you will know who to vote for in the future”. In the event it was David Lloyd George’s government who introduced unemployment pay of four shillings a week, not a lot but better by far than the Workhouse.

Runninghill workhouse from the North before restoration.

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Work required from Paupers receiving Relief 1880. Source: SHS archives.

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EARLY SADDLEWORTH RECORDS - 3

Mike Buckley

A small seventeenth century notebook, once in the possession of the Holt family of Ashworth, contained an English transcription of seven thirteenth century deeds relating to land in Friarmere. The deeds were copied from the notebook, which was then in the possession of James Dearden, Lord of the Manor of Rochdale, by Rev. Francis Raines, the well-known nineteenth century antiquarian. Raines’s notes are now to be found in his manuscript volumes deposited in Chetham’s Library, Manchester1. Raines prefaces the transcripts by the following description: “Copied from the Evidences of Holte of Ashworth, now in the possession of James Dearden Esq. FSA Lord of the Manor of Rochdale by me F R Raines MA July 3 1845. These are written in small 4to paper book. I do not find any of these original deeds amongst the other ancient evidences of the family. The deeds are headed, “True Copies of originall Charter of Richard Holt of Ashworth Esq. translated into English by mee John Shakeshafft An Dm 1648” The deeds were presumably part of the title to Friarmere. After the dissolution of Roche Abbey in 1539 the King sold Friarmere to two Rochdale men, Arthur Assheton and Roger Gartside and, through a marriage to one of the daughters of Roger Gartside, the Holts acquired all the land in the Denshaw Valley. They held this until 1649 when, presumably as a result of a heavy fine for supporting King Charles in the Civil War2, they were forced to sell their Friarmere estates3. The fact that the clerk John Shakeshafft was copying the deeds shortly before the sale may imply that the deeds were to be transferred to the new owners and that Holt wanted to keep a copy for himself. The deeds would almost certainly have formed part of the chartulary of Roche Abbey, which was lost at the time of the Dissolution, and the fact that they found their way into the hands of the Holts, with other deeds relating to Friarmere, indicates that at the time of the sale they must have been handed over by the King to Assheton and Gartside. The original deeds were lost, or at least not in Dearden’s possession, when Raines made the extracts, and again this is evidence that they were probably transferred to the purchasers in 1649. Which of the purchasers acquired the deeds and what happened to them subsequently is unknown.

1 Raines MSS. Vol. 11. Chetham’s Library, Manchester. pp 240-5. 2 Royalist Composition Papers. Record Society of Lancashire & Cheshire, Vol 29, pp 255-7. 3 William Buckley of New Tame, William Buckley, his son, Edmund Buckley of New Tame, Henry Buckley, John Buckley, his sons, Jeremy Wrigley, John Buckley of Lynthwayte, John Wrigley of Ould Tame, John Buckley of Castleshawe, Edmund Buckley of Castleshawe, Edmund Buckley of Ould Tame, Francis Gartside of Denshawe, James Gartside, Francis Gartside, his son, Henry Gartside, John Gartside, Edmund Gartside, John Gartside, Edmund Gartside, Robert Gartside, John Gartside and Willam Buckley, of Swinescrofte, Querents; Richard Holte, Esq., and Jane his wife, Deforciants. The National Archives. Feet of Fines. Michaelmas Term 1649. CP 25(2) 612.

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Six of the charters must date from shortly after 1247 as a series of court cases4,,5 6, first at the Lancashire assizes in 1246, then at York in 1247, must have immediately predated the amicable agreements finally reached between the parties. It would appear from the deeds that the complainants finally acknowledged the title of the abbey to the lands in dispute, however, it is notable that Gilbert de Barton apparently never officially relinquished his claims. The deeds contain the earliest description of part of the boundary of Saddleworth and the phrase “by ye ancient and right divisions betwixt ye Fee of Sadelworth and the Fee of Crompton” points to the boundary’s antiquity. It is also significant that the land in dispute is different in the case of the Crompton parties and those from Sholver; the first apparently starting at Ramsclough adjoining Crompton while the other, which “from the Foorde of Cnothill by the way wch leads to the higher Cnothill and so unto Wudewardhill and thence to Mantalelowe …” further incorporates the land adjoining Quickmere and Sholver Moor. The parties to the deeds were the Lords of Crompton and Sholver at the time. The witnesses to the deeds present other points of interest. Most of the deeds are witnessed by the same parties indicating that they were probably executed at the same time, the exception being that from Adam de Crompton where a number of local names appear; “Richard Brune of Staveley”, “Robert de Quicke” and “Alexander de Holinggreave”. Perhaps this was executed in Saddleworth while the others took place at some other location, possibly York, where a number of important people, including the High Sheriff, were present. Robert de Stapleton and Richard de Staveley witness every deed. It has been proposed elsewhere that Richard was possibly Stapleton’s bailiff or forester7. Stapleton himself was also in dispute around about the same time with the Lords of Sholver as is instanced by another case at the Lancashire assizes8. This may or may not have been linked to the disputes with the Abbot. The sudden occurrence of the dispute perhaps indicates that either prior control by Stapleton over this part of Saddleworth had been weak, or more likely that some leasehold arrangements were already in place with the residents of the adjoining townships, in either case it also points to the abbey asserting its rights having probably recently acquired the land. The agreement between the Abbot and Convent of Rupe and Sir John Byron of Cleytone Knt is dated 4th October 1278 and records an agreement to arbitration

4 Gilbert de Barton, Brun de Crompton, Jordan his brother, Simon de Lee, Hugh his son, and Adam son of Elias v. the Abbot of Roche, Andrew de Thoong, and Robert Scalpy in a plea of Novel Disseisin re a quarry [minera] &c. in Crompton.. [20th October 1246]. The National Archives. Lancashire Assize Rolls. Roll 404. 5 Geoffrey son of Luke v. the Abbot of Roche, Andrew de Thoong, and Robert Scalpy in a plea of Novel Disseisin re a quarry (minera) &c. in Crompton.. [20th October 1246]. The National Archives. Lancashire Assize Rolls. Roll 404. 6 Andrew de Shollere v. the Abbot of Roche, Andrew de Thoong, Robert Scalpy and Robert de Blackeburnesire in a plea of Novel Disseisin re. common of pasture in a wood at Shollerg.. [20th October 1246]. The National Archives. Lancashire Assize Rolls. Roll 404. 7 Mike Buckley, Seeing through a Glass Darkly, An Outline of the Early History of Saddleworth. Saddleworth Historical Society Bulletin, Vol 39, No 2, 2009, p 36. 8 Andrew de Choller, Ailward Thagun and Roger de Pilkenton v. Robert de Stapleton, Thomas de Cutheworth and Henry le Low re 20 acres in Shollere. The National Archives. Lancashire Assize Rolls. Roll 404.

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following another case at the York assizes. It is interesting that the Justices were party to the agreement to arbitration. This time the dispute concerned the position of the boundary between Friarmere and the lands of Sir John Byron, one of the Lords of Rochdale. It has already been suggested9 that a prominent boundary ditch between Cherry Clough and Readycon Dean in Denshaw may date back to St Luke’s Eve in 1278 when Sir John and the Abbot’s men met “to make and place the certain Bounds betwixt the lands of the afd Abbot and John faithfully”.

Heading of the Lancashire Assize Roll for Michaelmas Term 1246 This session contains the cases against the Abbot of Roche. Quitclaim by Symond de Leigh de Crompton to the Abbot and Convent of Rupe To all about to see or heare this wrytinge Symond de Leigh de Crompton greeting in the Ld. Know me to have given remysed and quitclaymed for ever to the Abbot and Convent of Rupe all the right title &c wch I have in all the lands woods moors meadows feedings pastures turbaries and all other tenemts within these Boundaries viz: from the Water of Tame ascendg towards Rames clougheued and thence towards Mantalelowe as the water descends towards the River of the Water of Thame and by Mantalelowe by the height of the Mountain soe far as the Mountain extends and from yt place by ye ancient and right divisions betwixt ye Fee of Sadelworth and the Fee of Crompton even unto Thamesheued as the water descends towds the sd water of Thame without any reservatn. Whereof an Assize of new disseisine by me was arraigned and taken before Roger de Thurkelby and his fellows agt the afd Abbot and Convent in the 30 of K. Henry son of K. John at Lancaster Justices Itinerants. And whereof the Abbot and Convent afd did cause another Assize to be resumoned at York before Henry de Bathon by the Precept of our Sov. Ld. the King in his 31st yr to certify the said Henry of certain Articles touching that Assize To Have &c to sd Abbot and Convent freely quietly &c without any reclaym contradictn impedimt or cavilling of me or my heirs for ever. These being witnesses - Robert de Ripariis Gaufrid de Cheteham Robert de Stapelton Peter de Waddeworth John de Smitheton William de Mirfeld Richard de Staveley Richard de Strafford William de Nortton Robert de Bretton Walter de Gargrave William de Brereley & ors. A trew Coppie of ye original Charter marked A on ye backe syde and dated about ye two and thirtieth of Henry the third as may be supposed.

9 Seeing through a Glass Darkly, An Outline of the Early History of Saddleworth. Mike Buckley. Saddleworth Historical Society Bulletin, Vol 39, No 2, 2009, p 45.

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Quitclaim by Robert, son of Alexander de Pilkinton to the Abbot and Convent of Rupe To all &c. Robert, son of Alexander de Pilkinton greeting in ye Lord Know ye that I have released quitcld &c to the Abbot and Convent of Rupe all my right claym &c in all the lands woods moors feedings meadows pastures turbaryes &c lying betwixt the Water of Thame and the Topp of the Mountain towards the West i.e. from the Foorde of Cnothill by the way wch leads to the higher Cnothill and so unto Wudewardhill and thence to Mantalelowe and thence unto Thameheued and by the height of the Mountain as the Water descends from the topp of the Mountain towds the water of Thame Whereof an Assize of new Disseisin was arraigned and taken by me before Roger de Thurkilby and his felows Justices Itints agt the afd Abbot and Convent in the 30 yr Henry son of K. John and whereof the afd Abbot and Convt caused that Assize to be summd at York before Sir Henry Bathon by a Precept of our Ld the King upon Wednesday next after ye Exaltation of the Holy Cross in the 31st of sd K. Henry to certify the sd Henry concerng certain Articles touching that Assize To have &c to sd Abbot and Conv freely &c for ever. Soe that neyther I nor my heirs can claym or demand any right in all the afd Lands These being witnesses William de Midelton then High Sheriff of Yorke Robert de Stapelton Thomas de Horebiry John de Thornhill William de Bretton Helia de Gigeleswike Rayner de Wambewelt Adam de Crigeleston Nicholas de Birton Robert de Wirtunthorp Robert de Schelflay John de Batelay Jordan de Heton Alan son of Robert de Smetheton John son of Alan de Smetheton Richard de Staveley Robert Briton Reginald Collan Reginald son of Reginald de Donecaster & many ors. Copied from the Evidences of Holte of Ashworth. Temp Hen III. The original Charter noted C. on the bake syde. Quitclaim by Hugh de Crompton, son of Simon de Legh to The Abbot and Convent of Rupe To all &c Hugh de Crompton Son of Simon de Legh greets in the Lord Know me to have released remysed and for me and my heirs by this present Charter quyte claymed for ever to the Abbot and Convent of Rupe all my right and clayme which I have in all the lands woods, Moors Meadows Feedings Pastures Turbaries and all other Tenemts being within these bounds i.e. from the Water of Thame asendg towds Ramesclogheued and thence towards Mantatelow as the water descends towards the River of the water of Thame and from Mantatelowe from the height of the Mountaine as far as the Mountain extends and from the place by the ancient and right divisions betwixt the Fee of Sadelworth and the Fee of Crompton to Thamesheued as the water descends towards the water of Thame without any retaining: from whence an Assise of new disseisin was arrained and taken by me before Roger de Thurkilby and his fellows Justices Itints agt the afd Abbot and Convent in the 30th yr of the reign of K. Henry son of K. John at Lancaster And whereof the afd Abbot caused that assise to be removed to York before Henry de Bathon by a Precept of or Sov Ld. the King in the 31st yr of his reign to certify the sd Henry to certain articles touching that assise. To Have and to Hold to the afd. Abbot & Convent quietly freely & peaceably without any reclaim contradn impedimt or cavil of me or my heirs for ever. These being witnesses Robert de Rivers Robert de Stapelton Peter de Waddesworth John de Smitheton William de Mirfeld Richard de Stavelegh Richard de Stratford William de Fornon Robert le Bretun Walter de Gairgrave William de Brereley & many ors.

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Copied from the Evidences of Holte of Ashworth. Temp Henry III. Out of ye origl Charter marked D. on ye backe syde. Robert, son of Adam de Crompton to the Abbot and Convent of Rupe To all that shall see or hear this writg Robert Son of Adam de Crompton greets. Know you mee for the health of my Soul and of all my Ancestors and of all my heirs to have released remysed and quitcd for ever to the Abbot and Convent of Rupe all my right and claym which I have or ought to have without &c laying in all lands woods meadows moors feedings pastures turbaries and all other tenements being within these Meeres viz: from the Water of Tame ascending and following Ramesclogh to the height of the Mountain at Ramescloghevede & from the sd height of the Mountain following as far as the water descends towds the Water of Tame to Mantalelowe & thence so far as the water descends towds the afd Water by the divisions of Ratchdale. To have &c without any dettension freely fully and peaceably without any Reclamation of me or my heirs. These being witnesses Robert de Stapelton John de Haderode Knighte Martin de Sepelay Peter de Birton Nicholas his brother Richard Brune of Staveley Adam de Helay Robert de Selflay Robert de Quicke Alexander de Holinggreave William de Birton Copied from the Evidences of Holte of Ashworth. The origl Charter marked E on the backesyde. Jordan, son of Alexander de Crompton to The Abbot and Convent of Rupe To all &c Jordan son of Alexander de Crompton Greets &c. Know ye me to have released remysed &c to the Abbot and Convent of Rupe all my right or claym which I have or might have in all lands woods moors meadows feedings pastures turbaries & all other tenements being within these bounds viz: from the Water of Tame ascending towds Ramesclogh heued and thence towards Mantalelowe as the water descends towards the break of the Water of Thame & by Mantalelow by the height of the Mountain so far as the mountain extends as the water descends from the height of the Mountain towards the afd water of Thame & from that place by the ancient and right divisions betwixt the Fee of Sadelworth and the Fee of Crompton to Tamesheued as the water descends towds the River of Thame without any retainment Whereof an Assize of new disseisin by me was arrainged before Roger de Thirkilby & his fellows Justices Itints. at Lancaster agt. the sd. Abbot & Convent 30 Hen. Son of K. John And whereas the sd. Abbot and Convent caused that Assize to be resumoned at York before Henry de Bathon 31 Hen. &c To have &c to sd. Abbot and Conv. for ever. These being witnesses, Robert de Rivers, Robert de Stapelton, Peter de Waddeworth John de Smitheton William de Mirifeld Richard de Staveley Richard de Strafford William Fornon Robert le Britton Walter de Gairegrave de Brereley. Copied from the Evidences of Holte of Ashworth. The original. Charter noted F. over the head.

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Andrew, son of Adam de Crompton to the Abbot and Convent of Rupe To all that shall see &c Andrew son of Adam de Crompton Greets. Know me to have released remysed & for me & my heirs by this present Charter quitclaymed for ever to the Abbot & Convent of Rupe all my right &c (in the premes described in the last abstrd. deed) These being witnesses Geoffrey de Cheteham Robert de Rivers Robert de Stapelton Peter de Waddesworth John de Smitheton William of Mirifeld Richard de Staveley Richard de Strafford Jordan Son of Alexander de Crompton Hugh Son of Simon de Legh Copied from the Evidences of Holte of Ashworth. Ex carta notata G. Agreement between Sir John Byron, Kt and the Abbot and Convent of Rupe Know all men &c that when stryfe was moved betwixt the Abbot and Convent of Rupe of the one part and Sir John Byron of Cleytone Knt and certen others of ye other pte by a Briefe of new Disseisin by sd Abbot agt sd John and others concerning a certain Ditch in Sadelworth thrown down, gotten before John de Reygate and William de Northbury Justices assigned did friendly cease after this manner viz: that ye sd Abbot by his brethren Robert Celer and Stephen his Attorney and sd John Byron chose 12 free and lawful men of the Co of Yorke the names of wch sd Abbot and John have in their custody associated to themselves 6 lawful men of the Co of Lancaster to certify them more certainly All which touching the Holy Sacrament (tactis sacramentis) have sworn that upon the Eve of St Luke the Evangt [October 17th] in the year of Grace 1278 will come personally to the afd ditch in Sadelworth to make and place the certain Bounds betwixt the lands of the afd Abbot and John faithfully. But if 6 elected out of the Co of Lancr shall refuse to come thither or to swear ye afd 12 of ye Co of Yorke shall make and appoint the sd certain Bounds betwixt the afd lands. And if the sd 12 cannot agree interchangably where the greater part of them doth consent it shall for ever hereafter stand firme and stable for them and their heirs. But if the afd Ditch by ye sd John and his overthrowe by the divisions of ye afd 12 men made to the losse of the sd Abbot and be found to be unjustly overthrown then ye afd John shall make sufficient amends to the sd Abbot at the sight of the sd 12 men. And the Abbot in the same manner shall be responsible to the sd John if it be found within the limits of the sd John. And this to be observed betwixt the parties faithfully as well the sd Abbot by sd Robert and Stephen his attorney as the sd John touching the Holy Sacramant have sworn themselves to maintain firm and stable for themselves and their heirs for ever whatsoever the sd 12 or the greater part of them shall due and make of the sd divisions. And likewise have bound themselves in a penalty of £10 in the name of Amerciament to the Lord the Earl of Lincoln to be pd of the party refusing from the form of the sd Composition renouncing hereafter all exceptions cavillings Regal prohibition Petition and all remedies of law as well canon as civil wch may be objected agt this writing or instruction. In witness &c Robert and Stephen have set to their seals. Dated at York before John de Reygate and William de Northbury, Justices, upon Tuesday next after the feast of St Michael in the year of grace 1278, Edward I [October 4th]. Copied from the Evidences of Holte of Ashworth. Transd out of the original Charter marked B.

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BENJAMIN HOWARD ON THE TITANIC

James Bancroft

Benjamin Howard was born in 1848, in Cotton Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. He was the youngest of five children of Joseph Howard of Glossop, and his wife Ann, who was a native of Saddleworth. His father was a spinner, and all the family worked in the cotton industry. By 1861 Ben was thirteen years old and was working as a farmer’s boy. He is recorded as a brother-in-law, residing with his sister Mary and her husband, Samuel Kenworthy, a Saddleworth-born farmer of fourteen acres of land, at Mill Barn, Saddleworth. By 1871 Ben had moved to Swindon, and was living with his sister, Sarah, and her husband, and he had gained employment as a bolt maker at the Swindon Railway Works. Ben married Ellen Arman, in 1872, and they settled in Swindon. They had four children, William, Frederick, Ethel and Herbert. Fred and Bert emigrated to the United States, and when Ben retired he and Ellen decided to cross the Atlantic to visit their sons. They paid twenty-six pounds for tickets and boarded the Titanic as second class passengers, their destination being Idaho. Sadly, Ben and Ellen never reached their destination and died in the disaster, and if their bodies were recovered they were not identified. Extracted from Titanic Struggle by James Bancroft 2009

RMS Titanic leaving dock 1912 Source: Google images

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BOOK REVIEWS

Saddleworth through my Lens Christine Widdall, 2009, pp 120.

The striking cover of this book gives a foretaste of the wonderful photographs that follow. Christine Widdall has been photographing Saddleworth for forty years and the book contains over one hundred colour photographs from her more recent digital work. The book is divided into four sections: the moors, the valleys, the settlements and the waterways. Christine writes that “I prefer to photograph the landscape of Saddleworth between September and March …” and for each of the themes the photographs bring out the colours in the landscape the water, the sky and the buildings. This is intentionally one dimension of Saddleworth glorying in the impact of the low sun in bringing out the rich colours of the area. As Joe Cornish writes in his introduction this is a book to inspire a sense of the outdoors and for those who walk and cherish the moors. This is not a documentary record, it even, regarding landscape, ignores most of Saddleworth. The photographs are unashamedly the author says “romantic”. She avoids the grey and bleak which, perhaps too often, typifies Saddleworth. They are nevertheless “real” showing contemporary views of Saddleworth that, hopefully will remain unspoilt. Although it is secondary, there is an informative text which gives the reader information about the shots’ locations. Saddleworth is fortunate in having a group of painters who have portrayed their feeling for the area. They have now been joined by an excellent photographer. Neil Barrow

A History and Description of the Parochial Chapelry of Saddleworth in the County of York by James Butterworth. A facsimile edition with new introduction by Robert Poole, Saddleworth Historical Society, Uppermill: 2006, xxxvii + 86pp, ISBN 0904982092

James Butterworth, remembered rather unflatteringly by one contemporary as ‘a very sharp thin spare man’ who ‘wore a long brown coat and always appeared to be in a hurry, sinister looking and an habitual drinker’, made a singular contribution to the history of what we have come to regard as the Manchester region. He was responsible for some of the earliest published histories of its towns, including Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Stockport, Rochdale and Bury. His Tabula Mancuniensis (1829) was a forerunner of Axon’s much-used Annals of Manchester. Butterworth also wrote poetry. Another of his publications was An Historical and Topographical Account of the Parochial Chapelry of Saddleworth in the County of York, a slim volume printed in 1828 by the Manchester printer, William Dixon Varey. It is this history that has been reprinted by the Saddleworth Historical Society. In an insightful introduction Robert Poole provides a biographical sketch of Butterworth and a discussion of the writing and publishing of the Saddleworth volume. Born in 1771 into a handloom-weaving family near Oldham, Butterworth had an itch for learning that was to express itself in a deep curiosity about the past and

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culture of the area in which he lived. This level of interest in the history of the district was hardly typical. He acquired a basic education but, in a period of increasing uncertainties, years of ever-thinner porridge, his ambition to become a writer was, if anything, an even more precarious way to make a living than remaining a handloom weaver. For a time he found more steady and satisfying employment as Oldham’s postmaster. The Saddleworth volume is organised into two main parts, a general history followed by a topographical description of the district. Saddleworth was an area that Butterworth knew well. By the 1820s it had passed through the larval stage of the textile revolution, and was a community in which the pace of economic and social change was quickening: water-powered mills were giving way to factories driven by steam, white bread was replacing the local oatcakes, and coal rather than turf was being burned in the grates of Dobcross and Delph. Hilly Saddleworth was a particularly intriguing textile community in that it looked to the woollen markets of the West Riding as well as towards the new cotton exchange in Manchester. In 1828 the railway was some twenty years away but an efficient network of turnpike roads and the Huddersfield Canal linked Saddleworth to the wider world. As Butterworth guides us around the district’s 72 villages and hamlets it is clear that for all the evidence of more ancient ways of making a living, Saddleworth had come in from the pre-industrial cold. One of the many interesting features of the original volume is the list of subscribers which includes individuals such as Edward Baines, presumably the elder Baines who established the Leeds Mercury and whose interests in the history of the north resulted in the employment of James’s son, Edwin, as an underpaid and under-acknowledged researcher and writer. Francis Robert Raines was another subscriber, then a young curate in Saddleworth, whose own historical researches were to make him one of the region’s most respected antiquarian scholars. Presumably for Baines and Raines, Butterworth’s book whetted an existing appetite for matters historical. The subscripton list also reveals that residents in the meres of Saddleworth were a minority of the total subscribers. In contrast, the modern subscription list shows Saddleworthians in much larger numbers, though in terms of the broader changes that have shaped the production and consumption of local history over the last two hundred years, perhaps the most revealing feature is the number of female subscribers. They comprise over one-third of all the modern subscribers, outnumbering the original female subscribers by a ratio of eight to one. Today, one of the significances of Butterworth’s writings is in helping us understand how communities, especially those outside the major towns, were perceived and their history constructed at this point in the early nineteenth century. They are important historical studies and hardly deserve some many of the criticisms that following generations directed at them. Fortunately, a more detailed account of the man in the long brown coat is being undertaken by Robert Poole and Michael Winstanley, itself part of a larger study of Butterworth père and fils (or dad and lad as they say in Owdham), based on the extraordinary collection of notebooks and correspondence held in Oldham Local Studies Library. This reprint is a handsome volume, maintaining the standards that the Saddleworth Historical Society has set itself (and other local history societies) for over a quarter of a century. One’s only regret is that the new volume did not include a map to help the reader follow Butterworth around this administratively and topographically challenging district. This book deserves a wide readership. It is hardly likely to suffer

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the fate that befell many of Butterworth’s books in his own lifetime. It was, after all, one thing to write a book, another matter to sell it and make even a small profit. On one occasion a bookseller took 700 copies of one of Butterworth’s publications about Manchester off his hands, though unknown to the author, this arrangement rested on the fact that one of the persons to whom the book had been dedicated was so annoyed with the volume that he was willing to pay to have the offending page torn out of each copy. Such a fate will not befall this volume, and readers should not put off purchasing it in the expectation that copies, perfect or otherwise, will be found on the table of local history remainders in one’s local bookshop. Terry Wyke Manchester Metropolitan University reprinted from Transactions of Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society 2008

Springhead Board School Architects drawing 1904.

A.J.Howcroft also designed local cotton mills and his design for the school in Accrington brick with sandstone detailing was very much in the Oldham cotton mill tradition. A very different building by Howcroft in a more modern idiom was the Measurements Works in Dobcross. Source: Saddleworth Museum Archives

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LETTERS

310 Wimbush Drive Danville Virginia USA

Dear Editor,

My name is Harry Ward. I was born in Springhead on 5th August 1926. I went to Springhead School. In those days elementary schooling was over by the time one reached 14 years of age and went to work at Measurements Mill in Dobcross. I remember my schooldays in Springhead the best of times as I remember. I was told later that my Grandfather was the caretaker of that school when it was first built. I never met my Grandfather as I believe he died before I was born, could you give me an input on that question. Most of the Ward family went to that school, one of the best times of my life. Percy Scott, the headmaster, a small man in stature but a very fair man, he took no pains in putting the rules down, I guess I deserved it. Circumstances caused our family to move to Oldham, I loved that school so much, and I didn’t report that we had moved so I rode my bike from Oldham to Springhead School for over a year, it was one of the saddest days of my life at the time when I left it. After Measurements (Dobcross) and a year in a Cotton Mill, I got a job as an apprentice Bricklayer. A job that served me well when I moved to the United States at 23 years old, by that time I had been married for three years. My wife was a cotton mill worker and we had two daughters. We couldn’t afford for all of us to go to the States at that time, so I went by myself with a passage ticket and forty dollars in my pocket. I had been laying bricks in England for about Seven Pounds Ten a week (£7- 50p), about twenty dollars at that time. My first week in Virginia my pay was One Hundred Dollars a week. I thought I had hit the jackpot. A couple of months or so I had all my family with me in Virginia USA. At this date we have the two daughters and two sons. Nine Grandchildren, sadly we lost two in accidents and now have fifteen great grandchildren. Lilian my wife and I have had several business operations and have travelled much of the world, but I think of Springhead every day. I am now almost 84 years old and have been retired for almost 24 years. We are planning a trip to the UK this coming year. What I am really asking, could you please give me some input on my Grandfather Ward and Springhead School and would love any photographs. I have a story to tell my grandchildren. Thank you – Please excuse my grammar etc., it’s a long time since my schooldays!!

HARRY

Harry Ward

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INDEX TO VOLUME 39

Alan Schofield

Number 1 pages 1-24 Number 2 pages 25-56 Number 3 pages 57-84 Number 4 pages 85-103

absentee lords 30 Berdeshull, Roger de 53 Agbrigg Wapentake 25 Bills o’Jacks inquest 17 Albert Mount 7 Billington, G.A., Coroner 4 Alexandra Park Boating Lake 58 Binglelay, Richard de 75 Allot, James 11 Bingley, Harry 78 Allwood, George 3 Birchinall, William 5 Allwood, Sarah 3 birds of prey 54 Almondbury 33 Biron, John de 51, 55 Alstaneslei, Austonley 27 Biron, Richard de 54 Alt, Alban de 49 Birton, Nicholas de 96, 97 Amateur Swimming Association 58, 59 Birton, Peter de 97 Amerciament 98 blue plaque 61 Ammon Wrigley 63 Blundel, Richard 54 Anderson, Pte. 16 Boarshurst 30 annual chief rent 31 Bodlean Library, Oxford 72 arable land 54 bolt maker 99 Arman, Ellen 99 bookmaker’s runner 80 Armitage, Police War Reserve 78 Booth Estates 50 Ashton Parish 48 Booth, Langham 6 Ashton Reporter 1 Booth, Sir George, Bt., D’ham Massey 44, 49 Ashton under Lyne 100 Bottomley, Elizabeth 3 Ashton, Albert of Shaw 77 boundary disputes 45 Ashworth, Arthur 18 Bowden, John 9 Assheton, Arthur 46, 93 Bowden, Samuel 9 Austerlands 34 Box, Jane 4 Austerlands Cricket Club 64, 76 Bradbury, Albert 12 Bagnall, Capt. 80 Bradbury, Clara 13 bailiff 32, 36, 94 Bradbury, Frederick 13 Baines, Edward 101 Bradbury, Hilton, Pte. 7 Bancroft, James 99 Bradbury, James 14 Barber, Frank, Pte. 17 Bradbury, Thomas, Pte. 16, 19 Barker, A 80 Bradbury, Timothy 82 Barons 29 Bradbury, William 16 Barrowclough, Dick 6 Bradbury, William H. 83 Barrowclough, Dyson 6 Bradfordmeduis, Nicholaus de 36 Barton, Gilbert de 94 Bradshaws, of Bolton 47 Batelay, John de 96 Bratt, Arthur 2 Bateson, Joseph 11 Bratt, Eliza, nee Schofield 1, 2 Bathon, Henry de 95, 96, 97 Bray, Charles 15 Batt, F.R., Judge 4 Brereley, Walter de Gairegrave de 97 Battrick, John 81 Brereley, William de 95, 97 Beagle, The Voyage of 86 Bretton, Robert de 95 Beckett, Clem 66 Bretton, William de 96 begging 78 Bretun, Robert le 97 bells 55 Brierley, Henry 5 Ben Cut 3 Brierley, Joseph 15 Berdeshull, William de 53 Brierley, Louisa 5

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Brierley, Mr. 81 Chandler, Emily 8 Briggs House 89 channel swim 61 Bristow, Joan 77 Chapel, 1st written ref. to Saddleworth 30 Brithfotemedehurst 36 Chaplain 54 Briton, Robert 96 Charter of pasture of Saldewrthe 74 Britton, Robert le 97 Charter of Richard Holt of Ashworth 93 Broadbent, Edith 5 Charters 30, 31, 51, cover no.2 Broadbent, Edwin 4 chartulary 93 Broadbent, Eli 14 Cherry Clough 45, 95 Broadbent, Joseph 19 Cheshire 27, 28 Broadbent, Rhoda 5 Chester, Constable of 29, 51 Broadbent, Sarah 14 Cheteham, Gaufrid de 95 Broadbent, Sidney 5 Cheteham, Geoffrey de 98 Brodeston 54, 74, 75 Chetham’s Library, Manchester 93 Brookbottom 46 Chew Brook 36 Brooks, Benjamin 14 Chew Valley 70, 78 Brooks, Samuel 14 Childreslaue, Jordan de (Shelderslow) 48 Brooks, Stanley 18 Childreslaue, William de (Shelderslow) 48 Brown, Nora 89 chirograph 54 ,55 Brown, Nurse 88 Church Bank 20 Brun, Henry 52 Cistercian 51 Brune, Richard of Staveley 94, 97 Civil War 72, 85 Bucklegh, Geoffrey de 53 Civil War, America 83 Buckley families of Tame 94 Clayton, W 64 Buckley, Abel 8 Clegg, Wilfred 77 Buckley, E. 81 Clegh, Michael de 53 Buckley, John 11 clerk, Henry of Rachdale 52 Buckley, John Edward 64 clerk, Martin 52 Buckley, Mary 7 clerk, Peter 52 Buckley, Mrs. 20 clerk, Thomas 52 Buckley, William 1, 2, 11 Clifton, Esther 5 Buckley, Wright 2 Clifton, R.K. 15 Buckton Castle 21 Clitheroe, Honour of 29, 30,map 42 Bullivant, Mr. 17 clothes coupons 70 Burd, Dr. 6 Cnothill 40, 54, 74, 75 Burgess, Annie 77 Cnothill, Foorde of 94, 96 Burgess, Harry, Cllr. 77 Coch, James of Oldham 77 Burgess, Henry 79 Collan, Reginald 96 Bury 100 Collins, Ethel 5 Butiler, Roald le 32 Combesbrok 54 Butterworth, James 100 common pasture 32, 72 Butterworth, Richard de 53 common rights 31, 49 Butterworth, the hermit 20 commons 34 Byrom, John Lewis 64 Constable appointments 20 Byrom, Rev. George, D.D. 49, 50 Contrariants Roll 32 Byron, Sir John 45 Cotton MSS., British Library 72 Byron, Sir John Kt. of Cleytone 95, 98 Cotton Street, Ashton-under-Lyne 99 Cadiz 40 Coucher Book of Whalley Abbey 51 Cartwright, J.H., Rev. 15 Cresswell, Robert 14 Castle Clough, Derbyshire 21 Crigeleston, Adam de 96 Castleshaw 34 Crompton 36, 45 Castleshaw Forts 86 Crompton, Adam de 94, 97 casual ward 89 Crompton, Andrew, son of Adam de 98 Catholic emancipation 20, 21 Crompton, Fee of 94-97 Catholics 33 Crompton, Hugh de 96 celebrate Holy Office 52 Crompton, Jordan son of Alexander de 97, 98 Celer, Robert 98 Crompton, Robert de 97 Chadderton Swimming Baths 58, 61 Crompton, Symond de Leigh de 95 Chairman’s report 85 Cropper, Frank 77 Chalice 55 Cropper, Leonard 77

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Cross Bank 49 Feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle 56 Crow, William 80 Feast of St. Martin 56 Crown, (the) 46 Feast of St. Martin in Winter 74, 75 Cumbrock 74, 75 feoffees 33 Cunningham, Joseph 15 Fernlee 30 Davies, P.C. 79 Firth, George 5 Dawson, Cllr. 17 Fishing 54 Deanhouse Institution 3 Flanders 39 Dearden, James L.o.M. of Rochdale 93 Fletcher, Harold 4 Dearden, Miss 21 Floating Light 17 deeds 13th century 93-98 foot race 63 Delph & Dobcross Cricket Club 64 forest 28 Delph 34, 36, 101 Forest of Sadelword 52 Delph Weslyan Chapel Fire 4 Forester 30, 36, 94 Denshaw 93 Fornon, William de 97 Deusbury, William de 52 Fort Lauderdale, USA. 62 Diggel 74 Foulkes, W 66 Diggle 31, 33, 35, 73 Fox, John 20 Diggle A.F.C 65 Foy, Alfred Robert, workhouse master 88 Diggle Hotel 16, 63 Foy, Janet Bessie, workhouse matron 88 Diggle Rifle Range 16 Foy, Nancy 89 Dighill 75 frankincense 56 Dighull 54 freehold estates 35 Dilcock, Pearson 16 freeholders 32 Dirt Track Rider Association 66 freemen 31 Dissenters 20 French, George 5 dissolution of the monastery 46, 72, 93 Friarmere 31, 34, 35, 40, 45, 46, 93 Ditch, Agreement 98 Friarmere Cricket Club 64 Dobcross 35, 101 Friezland Goods Station 19 Dobcross Swimming Gala 61 Friton, John de Barton de 37, 38 Docherty, Edward of Oldham 78 Fulthorpe, Roger de 38 Doctor Healey, of Lees 85 G. Cox Ltd, Dyeworks 79 Doctor House 50 Gairgrave, Walter de 95, 97 Doctor Low 50 gamekeeper 10, 11, 78, 80 Dodsworth, Roger 72 Garrett Hall, Ancoats 48 Domesday 27, 28 Gartside families of Denshaw 94 Donecaster, Reginald son of Reginald de 96 Gartside, J.E., Cllr. 77 dower rights 38 Gartside, James 79 Drummond, Dr. 1, 2 Gartside, Robert 65 Duchy of Lancaster 50 Gartside, Roger 46, 93 Dukes of Lancaster 30 gas mask 69 Dukinfield 39 Gascoigne, John 33 Dunn, Supt. 77 Gascoigne, Richard 72 Earl of Essex 40 gentlemen of the road 89 Eccles, Adam de 55 Geoffrey, Dn of Whalley, Vicar of St.Cedde 52 Edge, Bernard 61 Gigeleswike, Helia de 96 Education Act 1902 15 glebe land 36 Edward IV 39 Glohut, Mathew de 52 Eland, Henry de 52 Godley, Esther 5 Elliot, Mr., Surgeon of Lees 20 Golcar Museum 86 Eltham, London 69 Goldsmith’s Company 39 emigrated 99 Gooseman, Leonard 81 enclosure 32, 34, 54 Gowers, Jack 81 Entwhistle, George 5 Graham, James 12 Evacuee 69-71 Grains Bar 34, 48 Evans, Rev., Curate of Rochdale 21 Grange 46 Farrand, Fred 4 grants of land 29, 30 Farrand, Harry 4 Grasscroft 34, 47, 49 Farrar, William of Midgley 34 Grasscroft Clough 16 Farrer, James 34 Great Cnothill 74, 75

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Greenfield 32, 35, 86 Hilltop Lane 34 Greenfield Co-operative Society 77 Hirst, Emily 6 Greenfield Cricket Club 64, 65 Hirst, John 5, 10 Greenfield Mills 13 HMS Ramilies 60 Greenhalgh, Mrs. 18 HMS Vincent 60 Greenwood, John 10 Hodgson, Elsie 7 Grimshaw, James 63 Hodgson, George 7 Grimshaw’s Dye Works 6 Hodgson, Mary 7 Grotton 34, 48 Holinggreave, Alexander de 94, 97 Grotton, Robert de 48 Holland, Robert de 32 Grove Mill 4 Hollands de 38 Grove Terrace 5 Hollingreave 30, 33 Haderode, John de, Knighte 97 Hollingworth 27 Haigh, P.C. 5 Hollingworth, Mary 78 Hall, W.D. 81 Holmes, William 80 Hall, Wilfred 16 Holne, Holme, Yateholme 27 Halls 36 Holroyd 20 Hancock, Florrie 88 Holt Family of Ashworth 93 Hancock, Willy 88 Holte of Ashworth 96-98 Hanging Gate Inn 15 Holton, Harry 18 Hannon, Thomas 19 Holyngreve, Adam de 55 Har OE grey 26 Holyngreve, Richard de 55 Hardman, W., Lt. 16 Hopkinson, Cllr. 80 Harper, Mary 7 Hopwood, John 63 Harper, P.C. 8 Hopwood, William de 52, 55 Harris Museum, Preston 86 Horebiry, Thomas de 96 Harrop Dale 86 Hough, Elizabeth 8 Harrop 72 housebote 54 Harrop, Joseph 21 Howard, Ann 99 Haukerserd 54 Howard, Benjamin 99 Haukeserd 74, 75 Howard, Ethel 99 Hawkin, Albert 6 Howard, Frederick 99 Hawking 10 Howard, Herbert 99 Hawkyard 30 Howard, Joseph of Glossop 99 Haword, Henry de 53 Howard, William 99 Haword, William de 53 Howarth, James Henry 2 Hay, R.W., Rev. of Rochdale 22 Howcroft, A.J. 102 haybote 54 Howord, H. de 55 Heights 64 Hudson, E., Cllr. 18 Heights Church 24 Hudson, W., Rev. 18 Helay, Adam de 97 Hulme, William 16 Henry I 29 Hulmes, James 12 Henry VIII 46 Humphreys, Roland 79 Heton, Jordan de 96 Hunt’s trial 20 Hewkin, Mr. 13 hunting 63 Hey 49 hunting rights 31, 54 Hey Top Mission 81 Idaho 99 Heywood, Charles 1, 2 indenture 56 Heywood, James 2, 8 infectious cases/diseases 76, 80 Heywood, Martha 2 Invention of the Holy Cross 74, 75 Heywood, Samuel 15 Jackson, P.C. 15 High Sheriff 94, 96 Jenkins, G.M., Rev. 15 Highley, John 79 Jobson, Emily 2 Highley, Simon 80 John Hirst and Sons 5 Highmoor 34, 49, 63 John, brother of the Dean 52 Hildebricthope, (Hillbrightthope) 45 Jubilee Pit, Shaw 3 Hill, Harry, Pte. 9 Kenney, Annie, Suffragette 19 Hill, J.E., County Coroner 6, 12, 13 Kenny, John 9 Hill, James, Jimmy o’Pappys 3 Kenworthy, James, Pte. 81 Hill, Thomas, Pte. 19 Kenworthy, Samuel 99

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Kenworthy, Thomas 14 Lydgate 46, 49 Kersal Cell 49 Lyed, Adam de la 48 Kilkenny, Edward 11 Malcolm, Mary 10 King Edward II 28, 32, 38 Mallalieu, A., J.P. 5 Kirklees Monastery 31 Mallalieu, David 9 Kirklees Nunnery 72 Mallalieu, Franklin 9 Knotthill 47 Mallalieu, Henry, J.P. 5 Knotty Lane 34 Mallalieu, Sarah 12 Lacy de 27-30 Mallalieu, Thomas 40 Lacy, de, holdings, map 42 Mallalieu, William 12 Lacy, Henry de 51 Manchester Divorce Court 4 Lacy, John de, seal 29 Manchester, Archdeaconry of 25 Lacy, Roger de 30, 51 Manchester, Deanery of 25 Lancashire 27 Manchester, Diocese of 25 Lancashire Assize Roll 95 Mann’s Wharf 2 Lancaster Assise 94, 96, 97 Manns, early mill 37 Lancaster, Thomas Earl 32 manor rights 34 landscape photographs 100 Mantalelowe 94-97 Lanehead 36 Marsden 30 Langsett 63 Marshall, William 11 Lascy, Lord R. de 52 May Day 70 Lawton, Esther 17 Mayall, James 15 Lawton, Frank, Petty Officer 9 McCallum, Lizzie 61 Lee, Henry de 53 McLintock, Joseph 79 Lee, Kenneth 77 Measurements Works 102, 103 Leech, Betty 70 Medical Officer of Health 76, 80 Leech, Kathleen 70 medieval land owners 85 Leech, Kenneth 70 Medlock, River 48 Leech, Nancy 70, 71 Mellor, Harold 19 Lees 48 Mellor, John 63 Lees F.C 65 Mental Hospital, Kirkburton 5 Lees, J., Rev. 20 mere Maere OE boundary 26 Lees, James 4 meres 34 Lees, John 11 Mersey 27, 28 Lees, Mrs. 21 Middleton, Roger de 51 Lees, Thomas 78 Midelton, Roger de 55 Legh, Hugh de 98 Midelton, William de 96 Legh, Simon de 96, 98 Mill Barn 99 Leigh, Thomas, of High Leigh 49 Mills, Mrs. 21 Lichfield, Diocese of 50 Milne, Ellen 79 Lighting Committee 11 Milner, Messrs, provisions dealers 13 Lincoln 86 Mirfeld, William de 95, 97 Lincoln, Lord the Earl of 98 Mirfield, John 33 Linfitts 64 Mirifeld, William of 98 Liversedge and Cox 60 misericords 86 Liversegge, Robert de 52 Mitchel, Booth 15 Loftus, Dr. 17 Mitchell, Norman 79 London, Thames Swim 60 monastic land 40 Long Mill 6 Moorcock Inn 16 Longendale, Manor of 32 Moore, George 6 Longley Hall, Huddersfield 33 Moores, William 63 Lord Boniface VIII, Pope 56 Morecambe Bay Swim 60, 61 Lord Chief Justice of Ireland 38 Morris, P.C. 18, 80 Lord Mayor of London 39 Mortgage 37 Lords of Rochdale 95 Mossley 34, 46 Lords of the Manor of Saddleworth 49 muzzling of dogs 13 Lords of the Manors 29 National Fire Service, Mossley 79 Lordship of the Manor 32 nationality statement 17 Lordsmere 33, 34, map 43 Nevill Robert 33 Lovell, Lords 32 new disseisin 95-98

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Newark Castle 34 Probation Officer 76 Newport, John 5 Prune Hill 2 Newson, Moses 14 public tips 10 Nicholson, Insp. 76, 78 Queen Elizabeth I 39 Nicholson, printer of Lees 20 Quick 27, 33, 37, 45, 46, 49 nightsoil tip 17 Quick, Gilbert de 46, 47 Noonsun 6 Quick, Robert de 46, 94, 97 Norbury, George 9 Quickedge United A.F.C. cover no.3 Norris, E.W., Coroner 4, 5 Quickmere 34, 35, map 43, 46-49, 85, 94 Northbury, William de 98 Quickmere Local Board 8 Nortton, William de 95 Quickmoor 33, 49 Nostel Priory 32 Quickmoor enclosure 85 Nostell Augustinian Priory 72 Quickwood 46 Nostell Coucher Book 72, 73 quitclaim 95, 96, 98 Nudger Inn 57, 61, 65 Qwike, Robert de 55 Oakely, Sgt. 9 Qwyke 54 Oddfellows Hotel 6 Qwyke, Gilbert de la 54 Ogden, Harry 4 Rachedale, Rector of 56 Ogden, Irene 4 Radcliffe, James, Lt. 10 Oldham & District Junior League 66 Radcliffe, John de of Ordsall 38 Oldham 100 Radcliffe, Richard de 38 Oldham Magistrates Court 80 Radcliffes of Ordsall 40 Oldham Police Court 5, 7, 77 Radcliffes of Saddleworth 39 Oldham Receivers Office 11 Radicals 20 Oldham Swimming Baths 58 railway accident 11, 19 Olympic Games 57, 59, 60 Raines, F.R., Canon, Diary 1829 21, 23 Olympic medals 57 Raines, Francis Rev. 93, 101 Openshaw, Thomas, Rev. 64 Raines, Joseph 21, 23 overseers appointments 20 Ram Inn 15 Palden Lees 49 Ramadhin, Sonny 65 Palmer, MP, Surrey 21 Ramesclogh 96 pannage 54 Ramesclogheued 95-97 Paris, Seine Swim 60 Ramsclough 94 Parliament 38 Ramsden, John 33 Parochial Chapelry 25 Ramsden, Dr. E.A. 76 Partington, Inspector 7 Ramsden, Herbert, Dr. 6, 8 Passive Resisters 15 Ramsden, Sir John, Kt. 33, 44, 49 pasture 54 Ramsden, William 33, 40 paupers’ outdoor work 92 Ratchdale 97 Pecsaete Saxon kingdom 26 Read, Norman 77 Pedestrianism 63 Readycon Dean 95 pedlar’s licence 18 Redford, Mr. 13 Pentecost 56 Reygate, John de 98 Peterloo 85 Ribble, 27, 28 Peters, Alfred 18 Richard I 45 Phythian, Arthur 80 Richard II 32 Phythian, Alice 80 Richmond, Henry 7 picking flowers 81 right and claym 96, 97 Pilkington, Alexander de 96 Ripariis, Robert de 95 Pilkington, Robert de 96 Rivers, Robert de 96-98 Platt Lane 60, 62 Riversdale Hall, Bardsley 82 Platt, R.C., LCpl. 19 RMS Titanic 99 Platt, Sarah 10 Robert, Parson of Prestwich 51, 53 Pontefract, Honour of 27, map 41, 50 Robertson, Charles 13 Porisse, Robert 66 Robinson, Abel 15 Postmaster 101 Robinson, May 15 Potter, P.C. 7 Robinson, Mr. 13 priestly vestments 55 Roche Abbey, Abbot’s Privy Seal cover no.4 prize fighting 63 Rochdale 29, 50, 100 Probation of Offenders Act 80 Rochdale Church Rectors 29, 30

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Rochdale Church, 25 Salt, James 17 Roche Abbey 31, 40, 50, 93 Salter, P.C. 81 Roughtown Estate 46 Sanderson, Mark 11 Royal forest 39 Saville, Harold 79 Rugby League 66 Sawkins, Jeannie 69 Rugby Union 66 Saxon period 26 Running Hill Gate 89 Saxon thanes 28 Rupe, Abbot & Convent of 56, 96-98 Scargill, William de 33, 40 Rycroft, Sgt. 80 Scargill, Sir Robert 33 Ryevall, Lords Abbots of 56 Scargill, Warin de 31, 32, 47 Saddleworth & Dist. Am. Bowling League 66 Scargills 38 Saddleworth & District Cricket League 64 Scead, OE separation 26 Saddleworth 14th Century 85 Schelflay, Robert de 96 Saddleworth 25-56 Schofield, Ann 2 Saddleworth 1st written ref. to 30 Schofield, Eliza 3 Saddleworth Board of Guardians 8, 10, 80 Schofield, Emily 1, 2 Saddleworth Chapel Nave 55 Schofield, Lousia 15 Saddleworth Chapel graveyard 55 Schofield, Mary 15 Saddleworth Chapel books 55 Schofield, Richard 79 Saddleworth Church cover no.1 Schofield, William 2 Saddleworth County Court 78 Scouthead 34, 49 Saddleworth Cricket Club 64 seals, of Robert & Stephen 98 Saddleworth cum Quick 46 Second Statute of Westminster 35 Saddleworth Deeds 52 Selflay, Robert de 97 Saddleworth early documents 87 Sepelay, Martin de 97 Saddleworth early records 93 Shackleton, Pte. 16 Saddleworth Football League 65 Shadworth Lane 26, 36 Saddleworth Frith 28, 46 Shady Grove House 9 Saddleworth Golf Club 66 Shagh, Edmund del 38 Saddleworth Health Committee 4, 16, 76, 80 Shagh, Halmot, Court of 39 Saddleworth Juvenile Court 76 Shagh, Robert de Staveley del 38 Saddleworth Medical Officer of Health 3 Shagh, Robert del 39, 55 Saddleworth Moor 35 Shagh, Sybil del 38 Saddleworth Petty Sessions 8, 9 Shagh, William del 38 Saddleworth Police/County Court 6-19, 76-78 Shakeshafft, John 93 Saddleworth poll tax 1379 39 Shakespeare 39 Saddleworth Rangers 66 Shaw Hall 37 Saddleworth records 51 Shaw, George 20, 21, 23, 37 Saddleworth Stye (Sadewrthesti) 36 Shaw, Harry 18 Saddleworth Village Games 67 Shaw, Martha 15 Saddleworth Workhouse 89 Shaw, Ralph, D.D. 39 Saddleworth, Manor of 40 Shaw, Sir Edmund 39 Saddleworth, Parochial Chapelry 100 Shaw, Sir Edmund’s Will 39 Sadelword, Chapel of 55 Shawmere 33-37 Sadelword, forest of 53 Shawmere boundary 86 Sadelword, Vill of 53, 54 Shaws 38 Sadelworth 98 Sholver 36, 45, 94 Sadelworth, Fee of 94-97 Sholver Moor 94 Sadelwrth 75 Sholver, Lords of 94 Sadol OE saddle 26 silver 56 Saedaela, Saxon name 26 Singleton, Ben 6 St Luke’s Eve 95 smallpox 3, 4, 8, 13, 21, 22 St Mary’s Tower York 72 Smethetin, Robert de 96 St. Cedde of Rachedale 53 Smetheton, Alan de 96 St. Edward of Nostle 74, 75 Smetheton, John de 95-98 St. Oswald of Nostle 75 Smethurst, P.C. 16 St. Peter’s Church Oldham 2 Smith, Edwin, Cllr. 16 St.Cedde 52 Smith, George 18 Salesbury, William de 55 Sneyd, Inspector 18 Salford Hundred 28, 29 speedway 66

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Spencer, Edward 13 Swallow, Joseph 13 spirits under strength 15 Sweet, Jane 15 sport archives 63-68 Swimming Hall of Fame 62 Springbank 15 swimming world records 57 Springhead 34, 85 Swindon 99 Springhead A.F.C. 65 Swindon Railway Works 99 Springhead Board School 102 Swintiaker 72, 75 Springhead Council Offices 4, 5 Sydney, Sir Philip 39 Springhead District Council 17 Sykes, Christopher of Slaithwaite 63 Springhead Local Board 13 Sykes, Garnet 16 Springhead Sewage Works 16 Sykes, James 16 Springhead Stone Quarries 19 Sykes, Jonathan 16 Stabilicloth 74 ,75 Tame River 36, 34 Stabliclogh 54 Tame, Water of 40, 54, 74, 75, 95-97 Staley 35 Tanner, Annie nee Whitehead 2 Staley Hall 47 Tanner, George Frederick 1, 2 Staley, Manor of 32 Tanner, Gilbert, Lt. Col. D.S.O. 2 Stalybridge Police Court 14 Tanner, James William 2 Stanedge 32, 34, 54 Tanner, John of Hampshire 2 Staneheges 40 Tanner, Mary Buckley nee Bradbury 2 Stanf.,Lord A. de, Archdeacon of Chester 53 Tanner, Sarah nee Slater 2 Stanlawe, Lord Abbot 36, 53-55 Tanner, Thomas Hoare 2 Stanlow Abbey 32, 50, 51 Taylor, Henry 65 Stansfield, William 7 Taylor, A.E., Rev. 15 Stapelton, Hugh de 52 Taylor, Archibald, Capt. 81 Stapelton, Robert de 94-98 Taylor, Bill 58 Stapleton Manors, map 41 Taylor, Elizabeth 58 Stapleton, Charissa de 32 Taylor, George 18 Stapleton, Emma de 32 Taylor, Henry 57-62 Stapleton, Lord Robert de 55 Taylor, James 58 Stapleton, Pontefract 29 Taylor, Philip 64 Stapleton, Robert de 31, 32, 36, 40, 53, 72-75 Taylor, Bowes, Rev. 81 Stapleton, Robert de, seal of 74 Territorials 16 Stapleton, William de 30 Thamesheued 95-97 Stapletons 29 The Great Sacrifice, painting 16 Stapylton, Lord William de 53 Thirkilby, Roger de 97 Stapylton, Lord Robert de 54 Thoac 27 Stapylton, William de 52 Thornhill, John de 96 Star Inn 14 Thornley 48 Stavele, Richard le Brun 54 Thornton, R. 9 Stavele, Simon de 54 Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire 49 Stavelegh, Richard de 94-98 Thurkelby, Roger de 95, 96 Staveley family 32, 35, 48, 49 Thurland Castle, Lancaster 33 Staveley, Richard de 37, 39 Thurston Clough (Thuresdenebroc) 36 Staveley, Richard le Brun de 36 Tintwhistle, 27 Staveley, Robert de 36, 37 Tither, Harold 80 Staveley, Simon de 36 Tithes 28, 46, 52, 53 Stavely, Richard 94 Tithes of Hildebrighthop 56 Stead, Mr. 13 Tithes of Saddleworth 51 Steer, E. 17 Toft 38, 54 Steer, J. R. 17 Trafford 33 Stephen, Attorney 98 Trafford family of Manchester 47 Stockport 100 Trafford, Robert de 47 Stonegge 74, 75 Trudgen stroke 59 Storey, Bates, Rev. 16 Tunstall, Sir Marmaduke 33 Stott, Inspector 3 Tunstead 86 Strafford, Richard de 95-98 Tweedale, Ben 14 Strinesdale 34, 49, 86 uemployment pay 91 subinfeudation 35 United States 99 Survey of Fees 29 Uppermill 35, 69, 86

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Uppermill A.F.C. 65 Widdall, Albert 19 Uppermill Cricket Club 64, 68 Widdall, Christine 100 Uppermill Police Court 1 Wigglesworth, John of Linthwaite 81 Uppermill Wesleyan Church 68 William the Conqueror 27 Upperthong 27 William, Rector of Rachedale 56 Upperwood Estate 10 William, Vicar of Rochdale 51, 53 Uttley, Mark 80 Wilson, Thomas 12 Vavasur, William le 51, 56 Winstanley, P.C. 19 vestry meeting 21 Winterbottom, Betty 78 Virginia, USA 103 Wirtunthorp, Robert de 96 Waddesworth, Peter de 96, 98 witnesses 52-55, 94-98 Waddeworth, Peter de 95, 97 Wolstencroft, Herbert J.P. 62 Waggon Road 89 Wolstencroft, Thomas 12 Walk Mill 18 Wood, Doris 17 Walker Lane 4 Wood, Dr. 80 Walmsley, Gordon 76 Wood, Enid 17 Walter, Lord, Archdeacon of Chester 54 Wood, J., Cllr. 18 Wambewelt, Rayner de 96 Wood, William 17 Ward, Harry 103 Woodcock, ‘Old Joe’ 5 Ward, Joseph 3 Woodhead, Geoff 64, 66 Warlow Pike 26 Woodhouse Mill fire 81 Warrior, William 10 Woodward, P.C. 12 Waterhead 48 Wool Road Police Station 3, 4, 5 Watson, Eric, Obit. 84 Woolfenden, Tilly 88 wax 56 Woolroad, (Wolveroyd) 30, 86 Weakey 86 Workhouse farm 90 Weardon, P.C. 10 Workhouse, Daisy Hill 88 Wellington Mill 17 Workhouse, Running Hill 88, 90, 91 Weorth, worth, enclosure 27 working class gambling 85 Werld, Henry de 52 World War II 69 West Riding 25, 27, 28 Wostencroft, Sarah 13 West Riding Police Court 12 Wragg, Sadie 77 West Riding Regiment 1st/7th 2 Wright, Ammon 2 Whalley Abbey 30, 50 Wright, Cornelius 4 Whalley, Abbot of 56 Wright, Frank 2 Whalley, Dean of 29, 30, 50 Wrigley, Mrs. 78 Wharlow Clough (Harelowecloht) 36 Wrigley, Nelson 63 Wharmton 36, 49 Wrigley, Robert of Barnsley 45 Wharmton Cottage 6 Wrigley, William 14 Wharton, William 79 Wrigley, Wright 11 Whigs 20 Wroe Samuel 8 whimberry pie 70 Wroe, Joseph 80 White City, London 59 Wroe, Martha 8 White Hart 14 Wudewardhill 94 White Lion 65 Wygan, William de 53 Whitebrok 54 Wynne, Frederick 76 Whitehead, Arthur 6 Wytibrok 75 Whitehead, H. 78 Yates, Harold 76 Whitehead, John 7,21 York 50 Whitehead, John Parkin 64 York Assize 95-97 Whitehead, Lees 64, 67 York, Archbishopric of 25 Whyke, Manor of 47 Yorkshire Luddites 86 Whytebrock 74 Yorkshire players, cricket 64

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SADDLEWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

FORTHCOMING LECTURES All will will take place at Saddleworth Museum, Uppermill, at 7.30 p.m.

Thursday, 25th March Living with Grandma Speaker: Freda Millett.

Wednesday, 21st April Highways and Waymarkers of West Yorkshire Speaker: Jan Scrine.

Thursday, 20th May Ritual and Monumentality in the prehistoric landscape of Stonehenge Speaker: Professor Julian Thomas.

Thursday, 17th June Stone Quarrying in the Halifax Area Speaker: George Bowers

SADDLEWORTH CIVIC TRUST

Thursday, 4th March Saddleworth History and Heritage - A Photographic Trail Michael Fox.

Thursday, 22nd April Building Design Partnership - A Major Architectural Practice: Aspects of our work. Ken Moth, Architectural Director & Stephen Gilham, of BDP.

Both will take place at Saddleworth Museum, Uppermill, at 7.30 p.m. For further information see www.saddleworthcivictrust.org

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SADDLEWORTH ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST

Tuesday, 16th March The John Buckley Memorial Lecture Lentworth Hall Mill, Wyresdale Ben Edwards, Former County Archaeologist, Lancashire.

Tuesday, 13th April Medieval Settlement in Saddleworth A slide lecture by Stephen Moorhouse B.A., F.S.A., M.I.F.A. Independent Researcher, formerly West Yorkshire Archaeology Service.

All meetings are at the Masonic Hall, 138 High Street, Uppermill. 7:30 pm for 8:00 pm. For further information see www.sadd-arch.org.uk/index.htm

SADDLEWORTH MUSEUM & ART GALLERY

ART GALLERY EXHIBITION (FREE ENTRY TO MUSEUM) 13th February - 21st March 4Most Digital Photographic exhibition

MUSEUM EXHIBITION ( SMALL CHARGE WILL APPLY) “We’re Getting Married in the Morning” This exhibition includes some of the varied costumes from the Museum collection on the theme of weddings. Wedding dresses on display include examples from a period of over a hundred years, the earliest dating from the 1860s.

FUTURE EXHIBITIONS “On Your Bike” If you have any memories / photographs of owning and/or riding a bike, please ring Peter Fox at the Museum (01457 874093)

“What Did Your Ancestors Do?” The Museum is interested in photographs and memories of yourself or your relatives at work and would be glad to hear from you.

MEMBERSHIP SECTION The following new members have joined the Society since publication of the Summer Bulletin, and we wish to extend a welcome and trust they will enjoy their membership.

Mr and Mrs John Chapman, Oldham Mr R. Newton, Uppermill Miss Brenda Wren, Dobcross Mr Martin Arthur, Grasscroft Mrs Christine Heywood, Springhead Mrs D.A. McKeever, Uppermill.

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SUBSCRIPTIONS 2010

Family subscription £15.00 Single membership £13.00 Retired (family and single) £11.00

Overseas: United States and Canada £15.00 (PayPal) or $40 Australia and New Zealand £15.00 Sterling.

The last increase in subscriptions was in 2003. Recently we have felt the impact of cost increases outside our control, particularly for the Bulletin and its postage. At the same time interest earned has been considerably reduced. To ensure that we cover our annual expenses and maintain funds to finance publications the AGM agreed to the small increase in subscriptions. Your continued support is very much appreciated and we shall be pleased to receive a remittance at your earliest convenience. Cheques made out to Saddleworth Historical Society and forwarded to: Mrs. E. Broadbent, Pastures Farm Flat, Back’ oth’ Low Road, Strinesdale Saddleworth, Yorks. OL4 3SG. (tel. 0161 785 8268).

OBITUARIES

Hubert P.L. Dupont Lhotelain, a long time member of our Society, has died in Paris, aged 98 years. He came to England in 1949 and joined the Mossley Wool Combing and Spinning Co. Ltd., which eventually became a huge complex - Milton / Border Mills, Brunswick / Victoria and Carrhill Mills: as the founders were of French nationality it was soon referred to as the ’French Firm’. Mr Hubert Dupont Lhotelain became a Director in 1950, was Managing Director between 1958 and 1962 and, finally, was Chairman and Managing Director between 1962 and 1981. A keen supporter of many local charities and societies, he will be sadly missed. He lived in Dobcross when he married Marie-Claire in 1951 and returned to France only a few years ago.

We also have to report the death of Bob Winterbottom, a former head teacher at Derker School. He inspired hundreds of pupils at Yew Tree School, Chadderton and became deputy head at Mills Hill School, Chadderton. He was involved with the National Association of Head Teachers, serving as President of the local branch. Later, he worked on a training programme for potential head teachers at the Centre for Educational Leadership at Manchester University. Bob was a keen classical music and jazz fan and supported our jazz evenings - and lectures - at the Museum. Condolences have been sent to Kath and his family.

Member Geoff Brown has also died. Formerly an engineer designer at ICI fibres, Harrogate he had a keen interest in Industrial Archaeology. He was particularly interested in canals and railways being also a member of The Huddersfield Narrow Canal & other canal societies and the Huddersfield Railway Circle.

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NEW PUBLICATIONS

Titanic Struggle James Bancroft Copies are available from James Bancroft, 280 Liverpool Road, Eccles M30 0RZ. £3 plus £1 p&p. For further information on publications by James Bancroft contact: email: [email protected] or visit our website at: www.timewater.co.uk.

Almondbury Manor Court Rolls: Part 1 1627-1641 edited by Peter Hurst. In addition to incorporating an introduction and guide to the subject, this publication includes 144 pages of translations from Latin of court rolls relating to the townships of Huddersfield, Meltham, Honley, Slaithwaite, South Crosland and Quick(Saddleworth). The price to SHS members is £15.00. For further details, phone 01457 876947 or email [email protected]

Saddleworth through myLens Christine Widdall Price £25.95 plus £3.99 p&p All profits from the book will be donated to Christie’s Hospital Foundation Trust. Further information, can be found on the websites http://chriswiddall.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/saddleworth-book/ http://www.christinewiddall.homecall.co.uk/. There is a preview of the book, showing the photographs at www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1022569 where the book can be ordered. Local orders can be made & collected post free: please ring 01457 876381

WEBSITES

Manchester Region History Review The Society takes this journal which has now reached its twentieth volume. Rather than visit the Archives back copies are now available on line at: http://www.mcrh.mmu.ac.uk/pubs/mrhrind.htm Although there are no articles on Saddleworth there is much of interest, including an issue devoted to Peterloo and an article on the Glen Mill POW camp.

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SADDLEWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS BOOKS “Mapping Saddleworth” Edited by Mike Buckley, David Harrison and Alan Petford. Volume I, Printed Maps of the Parish 1771-1894. £19.95 “A History and Description of the Parochial Chapelry of Saddleworth” by James Butterworth, with introduction by Robert Poole. A facsimile reprint of the original edition of 1828. £13.95 “Saddleworth 1914-1919” by K.W.Mitchinson. The Experience of a Pennine Community during the Great War. £10.00 “Cherry Valley Chronicles” Edited by Maurice Dennett. Letters from Thomas Buckley of Millbury, Massachusetts, USA to Ralph Buckley, his son of Dobcross, Saddleworth 1845-1875. £10.00 “Passage through Time” by Bernard Barnes. Saddleworth Roads and Trackways - A History. £6.95 “With Ammon Wrigley in Saddleworth” by Sam Seville, edited by Bernard Barnes. £5.95 “Saddleworth from the Air” edited by Barri Jones. £5.00 “The Saddleworth-America Connection” by Anne Parry. Reprint of the original 1979 Saddleworth Festival Publication. £5.00 “The Huddersfield Narrow Canal” A compilation of essays on the construction and history of the canal. £5.95

SADDLEWORTH LOCAL INTEREST TRAILS Ten walks around Saddleworth illustrated with sketches and notes on local history and landscape. Uppermill, Greenfield, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Grasscroft, Denshaw, Delph, Lydgate & Grotton, Dobcross, Diggle, Castleshaw each £1.20

MAPS & PLANS Churchyard Plan: St Chad’s Church, the old graveyard £1.20 Churchyard Plan: St Chad’s Church, the lower graveyard £3.00 Ordnance Survey 25” Godfrey reprint - Lydgate £1.95

ORDERS Graham Griffiths, 6 Slackcote, Delph, Saddleworth OL3 5TW. Cheques should be made payable to Saddleworth Historical Society. Please add 20% for post & packing in the UK.

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SADDLEWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Registered Charity No. 505074

Chairman Mike Buckley 01457 820015 [email protected] Vice-Chairman Stanley Broadbent 0161 785 8268 Hon. Secretary Alan Schofield 0161 338 6555 [email protected] Hon. Treasurer Neil Barrow 01457 876381 Carr Farm Cottage, Diggle, Saddleworth OL3 5ND [email protected] Hon. Archivist Alan Petford 01422 202758 [email protected] Hon. Membership Secretary Elsie Broadbent 0161 785 8268 Pastures Farm Flat, Back o’th Lowe Road, Strinesdale, Saddleworth, OL4 3SG Newsletter Editor Michael Fox 01457 870378 4 West Mount, Greenfield, Saddleworth [email protected] Publications Officer Graham Griffiths 01457 870159 [email protected] Family History Group Jean Sanders 01457 873157 [email protected] Alison Wild 01457 834579 [email protected] Archaeology Group Jim Carr 01457 873612 Internet Site Manager Alan Hague [email protected] Family History Mailing List Cheryl Westlotorn [email protected]

The Bulletin aims to reflect and encourage interest in all aspects of the history of Saddleworth. It relies on a regular supply of articles, letters, short reviews &c. from members and others. Fresh material is required constantly, and should be sent to the Acting Editor Neil Barrow, who will be happy to discuss ideas for articles (or shorter contributions) from anyone considering preparing one. Articles need not be confined to subjects within Saddleworth’s borders, but should have some connection with the district.

The Society’s website is at: www.saddleworth-historical-society.org.uk This has full details of the Society’s activities, publications, library and archives, and there is a facilty to contact the Society by EMail. An index to Saddleworth place names, a reference map of Saddleworth, and a bibliography of Saddleworth publications are included. There are links to other relevant websites

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