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ROSANNA J
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chorley mills 1840/50
« on: Sunday 14 October 07 18:56 UTC (UK) »
Hi , my 3xgreat grandmother was a cotton handloom weaver, in Chorley,when she was 9 in 1851. At what age did they start in the mills back then?  By age 19 she was a servant in a house in Liverpool, this seems a long way from Chorley for the time.
Rosanna J
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banner/wakefield of cheshire, joynson of whitley, chester and birkenhead, illingworth of leeds,  audley liverpool, roberts liverpool, smith of winsford and birkenhead, webster&hough chorley, waterson isleof man, richardson liverpool, underhill  middlesex and liverpool, winn  bristol and liverpool, cowdall jersey, howlan/holden of ireland and liverpool, fairclough liverpool, o'leary ireland and liverpool, grant/whitehall of wrexham and liverpool, zelen of sweden and liverpool, upton of  middlesex
mosiefish
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Re: chorley mills 1840/50
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 14 October 07 20:31 UTC (UK) »
Hi,

I think it was around aged 8 in the time frame and they could only work 6 and a half hours a day (Factories Act 1844).  However, although hand loom weaving was a dying trade, a number of hand loom weavers actually had a loom at home (not a mill) and so all the family were involved.

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Lancs: Harrison, Entwistle, Devine, Grundy, Ashworth, Freeman, Jackson, Rushton
Cornwall: Rich, Binney, Peake
Devon: Walters
ROSANNA J
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Re: chorley mills 1840/50
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 14 October 07 21:16 UTC (UK) »
Thanks for info, you maybe right about working at home, cos her father had same trade.
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banner/wakefield of cheshire, joynson of whitley, chester and birkenhead, illingworth of leeds,  audley liverpool, roberts liverpool, smith of winsford and birkenhead, webster&hough chorley, waterson isleof man, richardson liverpool, underhill  middlesex and liverpool, winn  bristol and liverpool, cowdall jersey, howlan/holden of ireland and liverpool, fairclough liverpool, o'leary ireland and liverpool, grant/whitehall of wrexham and liverpool, zelen of sweden and liverpool, upton of  middlesex
Martin Briscoe
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Re: chorley mills 1840/50
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 14 October 07 22:27 UTC (UK) »
Wiki has a good summary of the various Factories Acts

Factories Acts

I find this book a good source on working conditions in Lancashire etc.

The First Industrial Society: Social History of Lancashire, 1750-1850

Martin Briscoe
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andrewalston
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Re: chorley mills 1840/50
« Reply #4 on: Monday 15 October 07 09:56 UTC (UK) »
The first mechanised mill in the area was built at Birkacre, just south of the town, in 1777, and leased to Richard Arkwright. The mill was effectively destroyed in 1779 by a mob of machine breakers, who came all the way from Blackburn, picking up support on the way.

Your ancestors might well have been part of that mob.
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Re: chorley mills 1840/50
« Reply #5 on: Monday 15 October 07 10:13 UTC (UK) »
Thanks Andrew and Martin, will lookup info.
Rosanna J
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banner/wakefield of cheshire, joynson of whitley, chester and birkenhead, illingworth of leeds,  audley liverpool, roberts liverpool, smith of winsford and birkenhead, webster&hough chorley, waterson isleof man, richardson liverpool, underhill  middlesex and liverpool, winn  bristol and liverpool, cowdall jersey, howlan/holden of ireland and liverpool, fairclough liverpool, o'leary ireland and liverpool, grant/whitehall of wrexham and liverpool, zelen of sweden and liverpool, upton of  middlesex
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