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« Reply #3 on: Friday 05 March 04 21:51 GMT (UK) » |
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I am not connected to John Emanuel at all, my only interest is in trying to help you.
I found this site which gives you some background on Accrington
Our journey begins outside the Town Hall. In 1858 - the year Queen Victoria was proclaimed Sovereign of India - this magnificent building in the Italianate style was built as a memorial to Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel. Peel (1788-1850), whose forebears lived at Peel Fold, Oswaldtwistle, and whose family were the largest employers and the most extensive landowners in the district, is best remembered as the founder of the modern police force (‘Peelers’ Bobbies’)
Following his death in 1850 a subscription fund was opened and a total of £1,056 was raised. The money was incorporated into a company called ‘The Peel Institution, Market and Baths Company’. With the aid of a mortgage, the company raised about £11,000 which was sufficient for building the Peel Institution but the ambitious plans for the Market and Baths were later abandoned.
The building was originally leased to the Mechanics Institution for social and educational purposes when it opened in 1858 before becoming the Town Hall when Accrington was granted its charter as a Borough in 1878. The first Mayor was John Emanuel Lightfoot His portrait now hangs above the stairs in the Library.
http://www.lancshistory.co.uk/hyndburn/acorntrail.htm
There is more archived records held at Manchester Central Library
.W. Grafton and Co. of Broad Oak Printworks, Accrington, (formerly Fort, Taylor and Bury, then Hargreaves, Dugdale and Co.), calico printers.
This firm benefited from the management and scientific expertise of John Emmanuel Lightfoot, his brother Thomas Lightfoot and Thomas’ son John. The dye, aniline black, was discovered by John Lightfoot. Broad Oak Printworks was also the site for experiments by John Mercer, works chemist and later partner at Oakenshaw Printworks, whose ‘mercerisation’ process improved the finish of cotton fibre.
Business memoranda books, notes and diaries of John Lightfoot, his sons Thomas and John Emanuel Lightfoot and grandson John, 1818-1869; trial books, 1831-post December 1864 (9 volumes); receipt books, 1831-1871 (12 volumes); swatch books, 1841-1871 (8 volumes); pattern books and pattern samples, 1840s, 1867-1872 and un-dated; pattern books, 1850-post 1857, 1863 (2 volumes); newspaper cuttings, 20th century; papers and notes on patents with printed specifications.
There are some good links to try on the Lancashire board surrounding manufacturing and Industry which may help you with your research.
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