1801 CENSUS OF EDGWORTH A list from an article in the Bolton Chronicle on 24th November 1906. 158 inhabited houses occupied by the same number of families, but these also included boarders and lodgers: the grand total enumerated being 1,003. 501 were males and 502 females. Of persons occupied in agriculture there were only 8; in trade manufactures or handicrafts 719, while those not comprised in the two preceding classes numbered 277. MOOR HILLOCK: Robert HOLDING (in Haworth’s house?), Henry CRAWSHAW. CLOUGH: Susan MORRIS, George HASLAM, John ENTWISLE. HEY HEAD: Mally HAYDOCK, James CROWSHAW. ENGINE: Thomas BENTLEY? James ADKINSON. GRAVEYARD? WALLEACH LANE: Thomas CHARNLEY, Thomas WHOWELL. Agnes ORRELL, James HAWORTH, John BROOKS, John ROSTRON Jnr. Thomas KNOWLES. WHITE HORSE INN: Samuel HAYDOCK, Lawrence HASLAM, Richard HARGREAVES, John SINGLETON (uncle of old William CROWSHAW of Ramsbottom), John DUCKWORTH, Richard HOLLINHURST, James TAYLOR. OLD SMITHY (where Whitehead’s butcher shop stands at Four Lane Ends): Richard ENTWISLE, William NUTTER, James RALPH. NONTES (situated over the wall from Blackburn Road) James ISHERWOOD, John ROSTRON. FACTORY FARM (Glenthorn Farm): Nathan DUCKWORTH. BRANDWOOD: Robert SINGLETON (grandfather to William CROWSHAW, came from Preston, shoemaker), John YATES, James MATHER, John DEARDEN (blockcutter), William HOLDEN, Peter CHARNLEY, Peggy HAYDOCKS (Martin HAYDOCKS’ mother), Henry ENTWISLE, James CROWSHAW (Jacky, Billy and James?), John LISTER (Sammy COBBETT, HUNT& liberty?), George SCHOLES, Thomas DUCKWORTH, John ORRELL, James DUCKWORTH, Richard BAILEY (John, William, Tom and Richard BAILEY), Richard HOLDEN. (142 people in Brandwood Fold) HILLOCK: Thomas FAIRBROTHER, Hillock grandfather to John FAIRBROTHER in Grub Street). MILLWOOD MILL (Printer in Turton Bottoms, closed in 1844), John LIVESEY, John WALSH, Thomas MULLIN, Dolly TOOTILL. BANK BOTTOM: John ENTWISLE. WHEAT SHEAF: Thomas DUCKWORTH. TUBER ROW: (Old Ralph o’Tubers built these houses): Ralph HAWORTH, John HASLAM, James HILL, William ISHERWOOD, John HAMER, James BROMLEY, John CROMPTON, Ralph KNOWELS, Thomas HINDLE. WINDY HARBOUR: John ASHWORTH, Ann MELLING, Richard THOMPSON, Robert WALSH. HOB LANE: Ann DUCKWORTH. ENGINE: John DUCKWORTH. THOMASON FOLD; Thomas THOMASON, Mary THOMASON, William THISTLEWAITE, Ben CROMPTON, Nathaniel LOMAX. HORROCKS FOLD: George HARGREAVES, Christopher DUCKWORTH (Old Bill o’Kesters?), John LOWE, Richard KAY. CLOUGH COAT FARM, near Horrocks fold: William BARLOW (Elizabeth and William BARLOW of Edgworth). ISHERWOOD FOLD: John BARLOW, John HORROCKS, John BOOTH, John MITCHELL, Thomas KAY, Peggy TAYLOR, Thomas DUXBURY. KNOW MILL: Samuel HASLAM. At SMITHY (ditto)? John HUTTON. HOBB LANE: Thomas BOOTH, James ENTWISLE, = Betty’s brother? Samuel ROSTRON. KILL or KIBB BROW: Thomas ENTWISLE. CROFT GATE: James HORROCKS. HILL TOP: Thomas KAY. KNOW MILL FARM: Joseph Cooper. GREEN OWLERS (Alders?): Ellen ROSCOW, James HAWORTH, Catherine ISHERWOOD (Rifle Range). LONGWORTH BANK: Richard MELLING, William WADDICOR, William KAY. ASHWORTHS: Thomas MATHER, Samuel ENTWISLE, James GRIME, Alice FITTON. ORRELLS: Ann FITTON, Ann ENTWISLE, Evan PILKINGTON. NAZE END: William ENTWISLE, = Betty’s father? Thomas GRIME.= James Grime’s uncle? NEVELS: James MELLING. SALT PIE: Samuel ENTWISLE. LOWER HOUSE: Catherine KAY. CLOSE NOOK: Richard ORRELL. LONG SHOOT: James COOPER. BANK BOTTOM: George YATES. CLOUGH HEAD: Joseph, Henry and Edward ENTWISLE, = Betty’s brothers? John ORRELL. PASTURES: Henry, Edward and Samuel ENTWISLE. FAR PASTURES: Thomas, John and William ROSTRON, John YATES. PASTURES BARN: Peggy BENTLEY. BANK TOP: Ann BENTLEY. UGLOW: William HARWOOD, William COOPER and John LONSDALE. COATES: William ENTWISLE. = Betty’s father? WHOWELS: Henry ENTWISLE. GILES: Joseph ENTWISLE.= Betty’s brother? ALDREDS: Richard ENTWISLE, Mary ENTWISLE. HEY HEAD: Edward BENTLEY. KNOWSLEY: John HAWORTH.= Alice’s brother b 1727??? ENGINE: William SMITH, Robert PILKINGTON (near) WIDOWS: Thomas, William and John BENTLEY. CROWTHORN: John ENTWISLE. CROWN POINT: John RADCLIFFE, Thomas REED, Peggy TAYLOR, Thomas HAWORTH, Mary FAIRBROTHER, John YATES, Thomas ENTWISLE, John LONGWORTH. PICKERING: John JACKSON. BRANDWOODS: James BRANDWOOD. By 1811 the population of Edgworth had grown to 1302 (292 houses, 290 families). .