SANDHOLME ROPE WORKS
Commercial Street
Todmorden
Known occupiers
1849-1886
CLEGG Samuel Fielden
CLEGG William & Co.
CLEGG Jonas
1887
demolished
Additional information
researched, recorded and referenced by Mrs Sheila Wade
Hebden Bridge WEA Local History Group
Fielden papers 14th November 1842
John Fielden ordered young Sammy Clegg to buy the following articles and bring invoices to the Fielden Bros to pay them. Then bring a stock account at a month hence to show if loss or gain on business. Told him to say to creditors to wait until it was seen if he and his assistants could manage the business – if so, the debts would ultimately be paid. Told him also to get in debts owing to his father and pay off what he can. List of goods wanted for the Rope Walk: 1 hatchet to cut old bale ropes; 1 truck to fetch and carry goods; half a ton of Polish Rhines Hemp, this is the best quality; old ropes; oil for dressing the hemp; sweet oil for oiling the wheels; rovings; and tallons to put on the twine.
(Samuel Clegg's father, John Clegg, died December 1842)
Stock in hand 14th November 1842
| amount |
goods |
£ |
s |
d |
| 504lb |
manilla boat lines = 3 coles weight of 1 = 168lbs at 5d per lb |
10 |
10 |
0 |
| 108lb |
tandetern line = 1 coles weight of 1 = 180lbs at 4d. per lb |
3 |
7 |
6 |
| 560 |
blacktow in bags @ 9s.6d. |
2 |
7 |
6 |
| 100lb |
roving in cop @ 6d. per lb |
2 |
10 |
0 |
| 612 |
hemp bar or 51 dozen @ 2s.6d. per dozen |
6 |
7 |
6 |
| 15 |
bedcords 6 fold @ 1s.10d each |
|
9 |
2 |
| 78 |
bedcords 3 fold or 3 dozen @ 1s each |
1 |
16 |
0 |
| 8lb |
gaskins @ 6d per lb |
|
4 |
0 |
| 4lb |
penny and quarter bull @ 1s. 4d per lb |
|
15 |
4 |
| 24lb |
twine boat lines @ 6d per lb |
|
12 |
0 |
| 8lb |
twist throstle bands @ 8d per lb |
|
5 |
4 |
| 9 |
sash lines 3 of them @ 2s. each |
|
6 |
0 |
| 26lb |
throstle and penny bands @ 8d per lb |
|
12 |
4 |
| 30lb |
black stitching @ 6d per lb |
|
15 |
0 |
| 24lb |
soterking hemp @ 10d per lb |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| 32lb |
tared stem lines @ 5d per lb |
|
13 |
4 |
| 6 |
close lines @ 1s. 6d each |
|
9 |
0 |
| 17lb |
cording @ 9d per lb |
|
12 |
9 |
| 16lb |
cording @ 9d per lb |
|
12 |
8 |
| 224 |
raw hemp @ 38s per cut |
3 |
16 |
0 |
| 60 |
black shorts @ 3s. 6d per dozen |
|
17 |
6 |
| 6lb |
engine hemps @ 6d per lb |
|
3 |
0 |
| 52lb |
white rope @ 6d per lb |
1 |
6 |
0 |
| |
2 doz and a half of hay ropes @ 3d each |
|
5 |
0 |
| 34 st. |
old bale ropes @ 1s. 4d per stone |
1 |
4 |
4 |
| 13lb |
bed lacing @ 7d per lb |
|
7 |
8 |
| |
GOODS WORTH |
41 |
16 |
11 |
1841 census
John Clegg, Hallroyd Stansfield, aged 40, rope maker. Samuel Fielden Clegg and Jonas Clegg were his sons.
Walker 1845
Samuel Fielden Clegg, rope and cotton band maker
White 1847
Samuel Fielden Clegg, rope, twine, and cotton band maker
Langfield Highway Rates November 1849
Occupier S. F. Clegg; Sandholme; owner John Knowles; rope walk; rateable value £4.5s.0d.
Langfield Rate Book 1849-55
Occupier S. F. Clegg; owner John Knowles; Sandholme; rope walk; rateable value £4.5s.0d.
Census 1851
Samuel F. Clegg, York Street, aged 24, an iron monger and rope maker, at home with his mother.
Langfield Rate Book 1856-60
Occupiers William Clegg & Co; owner John Knowles; Sandholme; rope walk; rateable value £4.5s.0d.
Census 1861
Jonas Clegg, Canal Street aged 26, rope maker
Langfield Rate Book 1861-64
Occupier Jonas Clegg; owner John Knowles; Sandholme; rope walk; rateable value £4.5s.0d.
Kelly 1861 and 1871
Jonas Clegg, Sandholme, rope, twine, and cotton band maker
Langfield Rate Book 1865-81
Occupier Jonas Clegg; owner Thomas Knowles; Sandholme; rope walk; rateable value £4.7s.0d.
1880 – rateable value £12.
Census 1871
Jonas Clegg, 39 North Street, aged 36, rope maker
Census 1881
Jonas Clegg, North St., Todmorden, rope manufacturer
Factory Inspectors prosecutions
29th November 1883
Jonas Clegg, rope manufacturer – Sandholme
Case heard before Abraham Ormerod, John Ingham, J.W. Horsfall and Thomas Riley
- Employing a child without certificate of attendance at school
- Employing a child without certificate of fitness
Penalty No 1. 5s and 7s.6d costs; No 2. 6s.6d costs.
Langfield Rate Book 1887
Demolished |
