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Briercliffe-with-Extwistle

is a township in the parish and rural deanery of Whalley, Manchester diocese, Burnley Union and county court district, and is situated about three miles north-east from Burnley. The Church of St James, erected in 1840, is a stone edifice in the lancet style of architecture; it has nave, aisles, chancel and spire. The living is a perpetual curacy in the gift of the Hulme Trustees. the Rev. W. S. Hoole, M.A., of Brazenose College, Oxford, is the present vicar. The Acreage is 4,180. Population in 1861, 1,332; in 1871, 1,263.
Letters through Burnley, which is the nearest Money Order Office.
St James' church, Rev. William S. Hoole, M.A., vicar.
Baptist Chapels, Hill End and Haggate:
National Schools, James Corrin, master.

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Private Residents
Hoole Rev. William S., M.A., the Vicarage
Smith Mrs. Fanny, Hill end
Smith Mr. John, the Hill
Smith Mr. T.T., Hill end

Commercial
Altham Mary, shopkeeper, South view
Altham Wilkinson, cotton manufacturer, Harle Syke Mill
Atkinson Abraham, farmer, Higher House
Atkinson John, farmer, Pig hole
Baldwin James, framer, north bank
Banks John, tailor, South view
Banks Robert, tailor, Haggate
Barker John, farmer, Banks
Barker Susannah, farmer, Higher Cockden
Brierley William, shopkeeper, Cop row
Catlow John, shopkeeper, Holt hill
Chaffer Benjamin, quarry owner and farmer, Monk Hall
Coates John, farmer, Broadbank
Cock William, farmer, Bridge End
Dent Thomas, farmer, Shaw lane, Extwistle
Dent Thomas, farmer, Mustalgh
Dent William, farmer, Bend hill
Duerden Robert, farmer, Spring house
Edmondson Christopher, farmer, Hanson's Tenement
Edmondson James, farmer, Extwistle
Edmondson James, farmer, Holt hill
Edmondson John, farmer, Houghton
Edmondson Mary, shopkeeper, Haggate
Emmott Robert & Co., cotton manufacturers, Harle Syke Mill
Greenwood James, farmer, Hollin grove
Halstead Halstead, shopkeeper, Haggate
Halstead James, shopkeeper, Haggate
Halstead James, farmer, Jackwell house
Halstead William, farmer, Burwems
Halstead William S., farmer, Cockden
Hartley Betty, farmer, Stoneyrake
Hartley John, farmer, Shuttleworth Pasture
Hartley William, grocer and draper, Lane bottom
Heap Ann, shopkeeper, Lane bottom
Heap Richard, farnerm Higher Ridehalgh
Heap William, tailor, Cop row
Holden Thomas, Hare and Hounds Inn
Holt Hartley & William, farmers, Lee Green
Hudson, Duerden & Co., cotton manufacturers, Harle Syke Mill
Laycock John, farmer, Monk Hall
Leaver Grace, shopkeeper, Lane bottom
Lever Peter, farmer, Slack Farm
Mason William, farmer, Windle House
Nuttall Henry, shopkeeper, Pasture Gap
Nuttall William, farmer, Hill
Nutter Bannister, farmer, Batty Holes
Oddie Thomas, farmer, Fenny Moor Foot
Parker William, farmer, Walshaw
Rawsthron Richard, farmer, New House
Rhodes Martha, farmer, Boldsworth End
Rhodes William, farmer, Back lane
Robinson joseph, farmer, Higher Ridehalgh
Sagar Abraham, farmer, Holdem
Sagar John, beer retailer, Cop row
Simpson & West, cotton manufacturers, Harle Syke Mill
Smith T. T., cotton manufacturer, and farmer. Hill End Mill
Stanworth -, farmer, Extwistle
Stanworth Benjamin, farmer, Shorey hey
Stanworth Joseph, farmer, Wall nook
Suttard Hartley, farmer, Best Pasture House
Stuttard John & Co., cotton manufacturers, Harle Syke Mill
Sutcliffe Henry. farmer, Lane House
Sutcliffe John, farmer, Foulds House
Sutcliffe Sarah, farmer, Yeomans
Taylor Hartley, cotton manufacturers, Harle Syke Mill
Taylor Robert, farmer, Haggate House
Thornton James & Co., cotton manufacturers, Harle Syke Mill
Thornton Robert, shopkeeper, Lane bottom
Thornton Robert, butcher, Haggate
Walton Thomas, farmer, Inghams
Watson Jonathan, farmer, Thursden
Watson Richard, beer retailer, Pasture Gap
Whitaker joshua, farmer, Enclosure
Whittaker Charles, beer retailer, haggate
Wilkinson Thomas, farmer, Hird House

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Thanks Mel.

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Gloria

I'd be dangerous with a brain.

Sarah Sutcliffe at Yeomans was my 4x Gt Grandmother. She died in the early 1870's

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Mel

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Valuable resources, Mel. These will tie in well with the Census Project.

Things are tricky with that at the moment. Matching 1891 locations and residents to 1881 ones is haaaard!

Why is that?

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Mel

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Partly because road 'names' change a lot between '81 and '91, and also partly because an awful lot of people seem to move house between the two years.

I see. Another 100 names added this morning, email on way.

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Mine seemed to move house a lot in Briercliffe from one census to the next. I wonder if the house owner was also the employer of the weavers-----Roger would probably be able to answer that one.

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Gloria

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Richard WATSON selling beer at Pasture Gap : my 2-gt-grandfather, this is actually I think the Craven Heifer.

Rex

1861 Census - RG9; Piece: 3073; Folio: 84; Page: 18
Cockden Briercliffe
Peter Leaver, Head, Mar, 29yrs, Quarry man, b. Extwistle
Grace Leaver, Wife, Mar, 23yrs, b. Marsden
Elizabeth Leaver, Daughter, 10 months, b. Briercliffe

1871 Census - RG10; Piece: 4152; Folio: 27; Page: 9
Slaik, Briercliffe
Peter Lever, Head, Mar, 38yrs, Farmer of 12 Acres, b. Extwistle
Grace Lever, Wife, Mar, 33yrs, Farmers Wife, b. Marsden
Elizabeth Lever, 10yrs, Scholar, b. Briercliffe

1881 Census - RG11; Piece: 4155; Folio: 79; Page: 8
Blackhouse Lane, Briercliffe
Peter Leaver, Head, Mar, 49yrs, Farmer of 17 Acres and Stone Quarry man, Lancs
Grace Leaver, Wife, Mar, 43yrs, House Keeper, b. Marsden
Elizabeth Leaver, Daughter, Unm, 20yrs, Servant, b. Briercliffe
1881 Census - RG11; Piece: 4155; Folio: 79; Page: 8
Blackhouse Lane, Briercliffe
Betty Leaver, Head, Wid, 78yrs, House Keeper, b. Extwistle

1891 Census - RG12; Piece: 3371; Folio 141A; Page 1
Cockden, Briercliffe
Peter Leaver, Head, Mar, 59yrs, Farmer, b. Extwistle
Susannah Leaver, Wife, Mar, 51yrs, b. Briercliffe
Mary Barker, Step Daughter, Single, 22yrs, b. Briercliffe
Joseph Hannons?, Farm Servant, Single, 35yrs, Farm Labourer, b. Netherdale, Yorkshire

Thanks for the emails, Mel. I'll get onto them soon! Just rather snowed under at work etc. at the moment.

Almost literally today!

We closed our office Tuesday lunchtime. It certainly won't be open this morning. We will see what the afternoon brings!

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