Bank house 203 Blackburn road haslingdn

[Curious George]

Please can any one help me. I am currently buying this property and I would like to know anything about it. I believe it belonged to a mill owner in the 1800.

I am very intrigued.

Can anyone help me?

[Morganllan]

Hello Curious George 

Welcome to Rootschat!

There were 2 families with address Bank House, Haslingden in 1881

Martha Maxwell Head age 58 Cotton Manufacturers Widow  born Haslingden
Alice Ann Maxwell Daughter    age 25 Cotton Manufacturers Dau    born Haslingden
James Maxwell Son age 22 Cotton Manufacturer born Haslingden
Martha Ellen Maxwell Daughter age 17 Cotton Manufacturer Dau born    Haslingden
Thomas Maxwell    Son age 13 Scholar born Haslingden
Maria Chew Servant age 37 General Servant Domestic born Haslingden

RG11 Piece 4137/22 Page 37

and

Ellen Rawstron Head age 66 born Haslingden
Amelia Rawstron Daughter age 29 Assistant born Haslingden
A Livesy Rawstron Son age 27 Cotton Manufacturer    born Haslingden
Elizabeth Ratcliffe Servant age 21 Domestic Servant born   Isle of Man
Edith Fox Servant age 21 Domestic Servant born Hereford

RG11 Piece 4138/114 Page 27         

[Morganllan]

I notice that a Bank House, Haslingden, appears on the Lancashire Paranormal Database 

Once you complete the purchase, you should be able to obtain information about previous owners from the Land Registry. The local Record Office may have some interesting records also.

See this thread on History of Houses:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,491856.0.html

[Morganllan]

Ellen Rawstron was also there with her family in 1871

Bank House, Old Laneside, Haslingden

Ellen Head age 56 Annuitant
William Stepson age 27 Cotton Manufacturer
James  Stepson age 26  Cotton Manufacturer
Ellen   Dau age 20
Amelia  Dau age 19
Livesy  Son age 17
Mary  Dau age 14
Eleanor Golloghy Servant age 26 Domestic Servant

RG10 Piece 4141 Folio 49 Page 28

[Morganllan]

1861

Bank House
    
Thomas Raustron Head age 46 Cotton Spinner? & ? Manufacturer Born Bury
Ellen Raustron Wife age 46
John Ormerod Son age 24 Manufacturer (Cotton)
Thomas L Ormerod Son age 22 Manufacturer (Cotton)
Mary A Ormerod Dau age 17
William Raustron Son age 17
James Raustron Son age 16
Ellen Raustron Dau age 10
Emelia A Rawstron Dau age   9
Adam L Rawstron Son age 7
Mary A Rawstron Dau age 4

RG9 Piece 3061 Folio 62 Page 26

Also found marriage of Ellen Ormerod and Thomas Rawstron in 1850
Bury volume 21 page 217

[Morganllan]

You can search for Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials on Lancashire OPC:

http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html

With a quick search I found the Baptisms for Ellen Rawstron in 1851, and Amelia Ann Rawstron in 1852. Thomas's occupation is given as Cotton Manufacturer and address Laneside, Haslingden

Also James Rawstron, son of Thomas and Mary Rostrom in 1844 is likely match.
Thomas was a Manufacturer. Address Alden, Holcombe, Lancashire

William was Baptised in 1844

You can search for post-1837 births, marriages, and deaths on Lancashire BMD:
http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/index.php

[BashLad]

  The most haunted house in the region! Or something.

[BashLad]

I'll ask grandma next time I see her. She'll probably know something - she's always lived in haslingden.

[Hassy Girl]

Between 1841 and 1911 there were 4 seperate entries for a residence known as Bank House in Haslingden. The 2 mentioned in the earlier census details posted were the one at Laneside and the One "Up Grane". The house in question in the original enquiry was and still is located on Blackburn Road in Haslingden and was in the census for 1891, 1901 and 1911.