| Surname |
First Name |
Occupation etc |
Year |
Details |
| ALLANSON of Oxford |
George |
Gentleman |
1722 |
Agreement-messuage-Greens Tenement |
| ASPINALL |
Henry |
Fustian Weaver |
1722 |
Agreement with Geo. Allanson re: messuage-Greens Tenement |
| ASPINALL |
Thomas |
Weaver |
1743 |
Conveyance -sale- (see Rigby) |
| ASPINWALL of Rumworth |
Frances |
dau.of William Leigh |
? |
Release of Bradleigh Hall & Mill |
| ASPINWALL |
Henry |
|
1724 |
Lease & Rel. of Cow Lees & other lands in W/H |
| BOLTON (born 1812) |
Margaret |
Mother of Thomas (bastard) |
1842 |
Removal Order from Pennington to W/H |
| BOLTON |
Thomas |
Bastard son of Margaret |
1842 |
Removal Order from Pennington to W/H |
| BOWLING of Chorley |
Jaquitt |
dau. of William Leigh |
? |
Release of Bradleigh Hall & Mill |
| BRANDWOOD (born 1735) |
Matthias(8) |
apprentice Fustian Weaver |
1743 |
Pauper apprentice to John Fletcher Fustian Weaver |
| BROWN |
James |
Esquire |
1911 |
Westhoughton Manufacturing Company Ltd |
| BROWN |
Robert |
Husband of Margaret |
1844 |
Mortgage-Great Stone Estate |
| BROWN |
Margaret |
Wife of Robert |
1844 |
Mortgage-Great Stone Estate |
| BROWNE |
James |
Gentleman |
1638 |
Conveyance of cottage & Croft |
| BULLOUGH |
Adam |
Weaver |
1775 |
See: Laurence Hampson |
| CROMPTON |
Richard |
Fustian Weaver |
1757 |
Covenant to levy fine |
| DICCONSON (DYCONSON) |
Richard |
Yeoman |
1541 |
Lease-land in Hindley |
| DICCONSON (DYCONSON) |
Richard |
Tailor |
1563 |
Appointment by John Culceth as his bailiff |
| ECKERSLEY of Over Hulton |
John |
Farmer |
1803 |
See: Morris of Waters Nook |
| FLETCHER |
Peter |
Tanner |
1703 |
Purchase of Hindley Common Tenement from John Green of Green Hall. |
| FLETCHER |
John |
Fustian Weaver |
1743 |
See: Mathias Brandwood |
| FRANCE |
Edwin |
Farmer |
1849 |
Will |
| GERRARD |
Thomas |
Husband of Jane |
1770 |
Settlement Certificate from W/H to Pennington |
| GERRARD |
Jane |
Wife of Thomas |
1770 |
Settlement Certificate from W/H to Pennington |
| GERRARD |
Margaret |
dau.of Thomas & Margaret |
1770 |
Settlement Certificate from W/H to Pennington |
| GERRARD |
William |
son of Thomas & Margaret |
1770 |
Settlement Certificate from W/H to Pennington |
| GERRARD |
Esther |
dau.of Thomas & Margaret |
1770 |
Settlement Certificate from W/H to Pennington |
| GERRARD |
Henry |
son of Thomas & Margaret |
1770 |
Settlement Certificate from W/H to Pennington |
| GERRARD |
Samuel |
son of Thomas & Margaret |
1770 |
Settlement Certificate from W/H to Pennington |
| GERRARD |
John |
Coal Proprietor |
1866 |
Agreement |
| GERRARD |
Betty |
Widow |
1812 |
Agreement |
| GERRARD |
Thomas |
Yeoman (deceased) |
1812 |
Agreement |
| GREEN |
Edward |
Common Carrier |
1830 |
Lease |
| GRUNDY |
James |
|
1872 |
Writ |
| HALLIWELL |
Isabel |
apprentice housewife |
1741 |
Pauper apprentice to James Rogers (until 21) |
| HAMPSON age 8 (b.1767) |
Lawrence |
apprentice weaver |
1775 |
Pauper apprentice to Adam Bullough, Weaver |
| HARTLEY |
Christopher |
Yeoman |
1812 |
Agreement |
| HILTON |
James |
Esquire |
1869 |
Mines under Hilton House |
| HINDLEY |
Adam |
Tanner |
1724 |
Lease of messuage in Atherton |
| HINDLEY |
Margaret |
Widow of John Hindley |
1724 |
Lease of messuage in Atherton |
| HINDLEY |
Alice |
dau of J.Waters |
1758 |
Wife of Ralph Hindley (Tyldesley) |
| HINDLEY |
John |
Grandson of John Waters |
1758 |
See: Waters: Waters Nook |
| HOLDEN |
Ralph |
Yeoman |
1615 |
Grant of Messuage & Land-Hynndley Tenement |
| HOWCROFT |
Ralph |
Yeoman |
1743 |
Conveyance-sale |
| HULME |
Edward |
|
1638 |
Tenants of Cottage & Crofts |
| HULMES of London |
Elizabeth |
dau. of William Leigh |
? |
Release of Bradleigh Hall & Mill |
| HULTON |
Jessop |
Gentleman |
1724 |
Lease & Release of Cow Lees and other lands in W/H |
| HULTON |
Adam |
|
1638 |
Conveyance of Cottage & Croft |
| HULTON |
Adam |
|
1650 |
Less-messuage in W/H |
| HUNTER age 9 (b.1746) |
Thomas |
Apprentice Fustian Weaver |
1755 |
Pauper apprentice to Joseph Woodward- Fustian Weaver (for 9 years) |
| HURST of Over Hulton |
John |
Naylor |
1662 |
Horse Sales |
| LEIGH (LEGH) |
Charles |
|
1699 |
Horse Sales |
| LEIGH |
William |
Gentleman |
? |
Release of Bradleigh Hall & Mill |
| LEIGH |
Mary |
Wife of William |
? |
Release of Bradleigh Hall & Mill |
| LEIGH |
William |
Son of William & Mary |
? |
Release of Bradleigh Hall & Mill |
| LEIGH |
Peter |
Son of William & Mary |
? |
Release of Bradleigh Hall & Mill |
| LEIGH |
Daniel |
Son of William & Mary |
? |
Release of Bradleigh Hall & Mill |
| LEIGH |
Thomas |
Son of William & Mary |
? |
Release of Bradleigh Hall & Mill |
| LEIGH |
Ann |
(Spinster) of Bradleigh |
? |
Release of Bradleigh Hall & Mill |
| LEIGH |
Dorothy |
(Spinster)dau.of Wm. Leigh |
? |
Release of Bradleigh Hall & Mill |
| LEIGH |
Charles |
Yeoman |
1650 |
Lease-messuage in W/H |
| LEIGH |
John |
Son of Charles |
1650 |
Lease-messuage in W/H |
| LEIGH |
Elizabeth |
Dau of Charles |
1650 |
Lease-messuage in W/H |
| LEIGH |
Mary |
Dau of Charles |
1650 |
Lease-messuage in W/H |
| LEIGH |
John |
Gentleman |
1656 |
Feoffment |
| LEIGH |
Robert |
Yeoman |
1707 |
Assignment |
| LEIGH |
Hannah |
Wife of Robert |
1707 |
Lease |
| MAKAND (Makant) |
Ellis |
Husband of Mary |
1738 |
Settlement Certificate from W/H to Pennington |
| MAKAND (Makant) |
Mary |
Wife of Ellis |
1738 |
Settlement Certificate from W/H to Pennington |
| MAKAND (Makant) |
Margaret |
dau of Ellis & Mary |
1738 |
Settlement Certificate from W/H to Pennington |
| MAKAND (Makant) |
Jane |
dau of Ellis & Mary |
1738 |
Settlement Certificate from W/H to Pennington |
| MAKAND |
Ellis |
Husband of Mary |
1708 |
Removal Order from Pennington to W/H |
| MAKAND |
Mary |
Wife of Ellis |
1708 |
Removal Order from Pennington to W/H |
| MANLEY |
Richard |
|
1724 |
Lease & Release of Cow Lees & other lands in W/H |
| MANLEY |
Richard |
Gentleman |
1632 |
Letter of Attorney |
| MANLEY (Manlove) |
Richard |
|
1722 |
Tenant of Cow Lees & Bradshaw Fields |
| MELLING (Mellinge) |
Katherine |
Widow |
1638 |
Tenants of Cottage & Crofts |
| MOLYNEAUX (Molineux) |
Nathaniel |
Gentleman |
1670 |
Recognizances of Debtors (£600 borrowed from Francis Anderton of Lostock) |
| MOLYNEAUX (Molineux) |
Edward |
Gentleman |
1656 |
Feoffment |
| MORRIS |
John |
Yeoman |
1758 |
Mortgage-Waters Nook |
| MORRIS |
Margaret |
Widow of John |
1766 |
Will of John Morris |
| MORRIS |
James |
son of John & Margaret |
1766 |
Release-Waters Nook |
| MORRIS |
Dorothy |
wife of James |
1773 |
Admin. of goods from James (Dec'd) |
| MORRIS of Heaton |
Ellen |
Spinster |
1802 |
Waters Nook |
| NIGHTINGALE |
John |
Carrier |
1703 |
Agreement to purchase messuage in Blackrod |
| PARR of West Leigh |
Alice |
Dau of William Leigh |
? |
Release of Bradleigh Hall & Mill |
| PARTINGTON |
Benjamin |
Farmer |
1809 |
Conveyance of Close called Common Garden |
| PARTINGTON |
Benjamin |
Farmer |
1815 |
Lease & Release to Wm. Hulton |
| PARTINGTON |
Ann |
|
1773 |
Lease in W/H |
| PENDLEBURY (born 1798) |
Hannah |
Wife of Peter |
1841 |
Removal Order (Husband deserted her) from Pennington to W/H |
| PENDLEBURY |
John |
Weaver |
1813 |
Waters Nook |
| PENNINGTON |
Gilbert |
Husband of Margaret |
1782 |
Former tenant of Dicconsons |
| PENNINGTON |
Margaret |
Wife of Gilbert |
1782 |
Former tenant of Dicconsons |
| PERRINS |
Isaac |
|
1874 |
Agreement-wagon hire |
| PLATT |
Simon |
Weaver |
1813 |
Waters Nook |
| RAMSDALE (born 1804) |
William |
Husband of Margaret |
1842 |
Removal order from Pennington to W/H |
| RAMSDALE |
Margaret |
wife of William |
1842 |
Removal order from Pennington to W/H |
| RAMSDALE |
William |
Husband of Margaret |
1843 |
Removal order from Pennington to W/H |
| RAMSDALE |
Margaret |
wife of William |
1843 |
Removal order from Pennington to W/H |
| RAMSDALE |
Sarah |
dau of Wm & Margaret |
1843 |
Removal order from Pennington to W/H |
| RAMSDALE |
Mary |
dau of Wm & Margaret |
1843 |
Removal order from Pennington to W/H |
| RAMSDALE |
John |
son of Wm & Margaret |
1843 |
Removal order from Pennington to W/H |
| RAMSDALE |
James |
son of Wm & Margaret |
1843 |
Removal order from Pennington to W/H |
| RAMSDALE |
Betty |
dau of Wm & Margaret |
1843 |
Removal order from Pennington to W/H |
| RAMSDALE |
Robert |
son of Wm & Margaret |
1843 |
Removal order from Pennington to W/H |
| REEVES |
John |
Farmer |
1854 |
Declaration |
| RIGBY |
Margaret |
Aunt of T Aspinall |
1743 |
Tenant - (see aspinall) |
| ROBERTS of London |
Mary |
Dau of William Leigh |
? |
Release of Bradleigh Hall & Mill |
| ROGERS |
James |
Yeoman |
1741 |
See: Isabel Halliwell |
| RYCROFT |
Roger |
Yeoman |
1740 |
Lease & Release of messuage in W/H |
| SEDDON |
Thomas |
Manufacturer |
1816 |
Covenant to produce deed (land in Rumworth-Seddon Fold) |
| SILCOCK |
John |
Farmer |
1773 |
Lease in W/H |
| SILCOCK (late of W/H) |
John |
Farmer of Lostock |
1789 |
Bond-extention of lease of 1494 |
| SMITH |
James |
Farmer |
1824 |
Release-land called Waters Nook |
| SMITH |
James |
Farmer |
1837 |
Waters Nook |
| SMITH |
John |
|
1862 |
Waters Nook |
| SOUTHERN |
James |
|
1722 |
Tenant of Cow Lees & Bradshaw Fields |
| STARKEY |
James |
|
1782 |
Former tenant of Dicconsons (latterly Penningtons) |
| TAYLOR |
Roger |
Husbandman |
1662 |
Horse sales |
| TONGE |
John |
Yeoman |
1707 |
assignment will 1749 (died 1750) |
| TONGE |
Mary |
Spinster (sister of John) |
1707 |
assignment by will of her brother 1749 inheriting house & lands-Lee Common |
| WATERS |
John |
Nailor |
1725/6 |
Enclosure-Waters Nook |
| WHITTLE (Whittell) |
Thomas |
Dec'd before |
1650 |
Former tenant |
| WILLINS |
Thomas |
Chapman |
1662 |
Horse sales |
| WINWARD (Windward) |
Alexander |
|
1782 |
Former tenant of Dicconsons (latterly Penningtons) |
| WOODWARD |
Joseph |
Fustian Weaver |
1755 |
See: Hunter |
| WOODWARD |
Robert |
|
1782 |
Tenant of Dicconsons/Penningtons |
| WORTHINGTON |
Ralph |
Esquire of Snythill |
1638 |
Conveyance of cottage & croft |
