Former Turton Workhouse (Goose Cote) c.1910
Bolton Genealogy
ADMISSION REGISTER, TURTON WORKHOUSE (GOOSE COTE HILL) - 1840
| Name | When born | Parish | Calling | If adult, whether married single widowed. If child, orphan deserted or bastard |
Cause of seeking relief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banister Darbyshire | 1808 | Edgworth | None | Single | Idiot |
| Margaret Asky(?) | 1828 | Edgworth | None | Single | Fitts |
| Mary Kay | 1760 | Edgworth | Service | Single | Aged |
| *Richard Whitehead | 1794 | Entwistle | Winder | Single | Idiot |
| *Jas. Booth | 1784 | Entwistle | Weaver | Single | Soft(?) |
| *Ralph Entwistle | 1798 | Entwistle | Weaver | Single | -do- |
| *Jas.Lomax | 1765 | Entwistle | Weaver | Single | Aged |
| Rachel Whitehead | 1765 | Entwistle | Winder | Single | Aged |
| Mary Holding | 1799 | Entwistle | - | Single | Idiott |
| Sarah Wood | 1817 | Entwistle | Weaver | Single | Sick |
| *Thos. Grundy | 1774 | Harwood | Out work | Widower | Near blind |
| *Ann Hamer | 1784 | Harwood | Weaver | Single | Bad legs |
| *Jas.Hutchinson | 1756 | Harwood | Weaver | Married | Aged |
| +Ann Hutchinson | 1770 | Harwood | Weaver | Married | Aged |
| *Richd.Rothwell | 1815 | Darcy Lever | Weaver | Single | Fitts |
| Jane Brooks | 1755 | Darcy Lever | Housewife | Widow | Aged |
| Elizabeth Sharrett | 1830 | Darcy Lever | - | Bastard | - |
| Wm. Davis | 1765 | Gt. Lever | - | Widow | Aged |
| Betty Watson | 1773 | Gt. Lever | - | Single | Idiot |
| *Wm. Duxbury | 1773 | Longworth | Out work | Single | Lame |
| *Thos. Edge | 1785 | Sharples | Weaver | Single | Bad health |
| *Wm. Haworth | 1757 | Turton | Weaver | Widow | Aged |
| Jas.Rostron | 1779 | Turton | Out work | Single | Bad health |
| Wm Haworth | 1761 | Turton | Weaver | Single | Ruptured |
| Nancy Mayoh | 1806 | Turton | Baker(?) | Widow | Family |
| Mary Mayoh | 1832 | Turton | - | Bastard |
*Found in Turton Workhouse in 1841 census
+ Found in Bolton Union Workhouse in 1841 census.
The picture above shows the former Turton Workhouse c.1910. Cottages dating from around 1700 were converted for use as a workhouse in 1780. Enlargements in 1801 and 1825 enabled the workhouse poor to be employed on handloom weaving.
When the Fishpool Workhouse was built in Farnworth in 1861, the now redundant Turton Workhouse was sold to Mr. Kay of Turton Tower, then to the Rothwell family of Sharples Hall who opened it as a pub known as the De Rothwell Arms.
It reverted to cottages in 1910, and was demolished in 1945.
Cox Green Road, close to the quarry, is today just open farmland where the workhouse once stood. The map (shown left) is dated 1850. Place cursor on map to enlarge.
