VALE MILL
Stansfield Road
Tipside
Todmorden
Map Ref. SD938244
Known occupiers
1854-1862
CLEGG William
1854-1861
FIELDEN William
1854-1880
SHEPHERD James & Henry & SUTCLIFFE William
1854
SUTCLIFFE Barker
1854
PILLING Andrew
1854-1861
UTTLEY John
1855-1861
BROOK Uriah
1855
STEPHENSON John
1855-1861
SUNDERLAND John
1857
GIBSON James
1859-1863
STANSFIELD, George or Joseph
1861
BARKER William
1861
LAW Samuel
1861
SUTCLIFFE William
1861-1894
MALLINSON & HEYWORTH
MALLINSON John
MALLINSON Marmaduke
1875
HEYWORTH Moses
1881
HARGREAVES Thomas & MITCHELL James Edward
1881-1908
HEYWORTH Timothy
HEYWORTH Eliza
1882
FARRAR Abraham
1882
JESSOP Thomas
1883-1908
WEST Thomas
1884-1897
HORSFALL Frank
1885-1971
REDMAN Bros.
1887-1897
WIDDUP William
1888-1897
OLDFIELD Robert, MITCHELL William Henry & BARKER Elias
1888-1897
BARKER Fred
1888-1897
CLEGG Barker
1871? 1888-1897
STANSFIELD Thomas
1888-1908
LAW James & GREGSON Abraham
1897
CROWTHER James
1907
cotton mill on 25” OS map
Notes of contemporary historian John Travis
William Clegg, shuttle maker of Cobden, built Vale Mill about 1854. He added a second shed in 1855 for 200 looms, and later a third shed. About 1860 a new engine house and bed was erected at Vale Mill. As a result of the cotton famine 1862-64, William Clegg failed. His property was sold and 4/6d in the £ was paid to the creditors. Clegg went back to shuttle and rake making. He died in August 1889 aged 84.
William Clegg sold those parts of Vale Mill (about half) occupied by Shepherd & Sutcliffe, John Stevenson, Uriah Brook and John Sunderland to Shepherd & Sutcliffe. Mr. Clegg then began to erect another shed on the site of his late water-cooling dam on the opposite side of Stansfield Road.
Shepherd & Sutcliffe of Todmorden – a new firm – were one of the first tenants in the mill built about 1854 by William Clegg, shuttle maker of Cobden. Later, Mr. Clegg built a third mill of 2 storeys with large shed behind, and Shepherd & Sutcliffe took over and began to card and spin as well as weave. Their rooms in shed no.1 were let to new tenants including James Gibson of York Street, Todmorden, fustian dealer and clothier. James Gibson later built his own mill known as Gibson’s Mill near Stackhills and moved his looms there.
Shepherd & Sutcliffe were exceptionally successful and purchased from William Clegg the place they occupied, and also those occupied by John Stevenson, Uriah Brook and John Sunderland. They provided the power for themselves and their tenants and laid new water pipes from the river.
John Stevenson was one of the first tenants in Vale Mill (2nd shed) on Stansfield Road, built in 1855 by William Clegg. He occupied the first section. He began with a few looms for which he had room and power with Dugdale and Mills at BOTTOMS MILL Walsden. From there he went to Vale Mill, Tipside. He later bought SHADE MILL.
John Uttley was one of the first tenants at Vale Mill. He was previously a master plumber and glazier.
John Sunderland was one of the first tenants at Vale Mill, in the second shed built about 1855. He made piece goods for the Manchester market. Uriah Brook was also one of the first tenants in this second shed, and he also made piece goods for the Manchester market.
Andrew Pilling was also one of the first tenants at Vale Mill. He had, for a short time, been at BANKS MILL, Dulesgate. After Vale, he moved to CROWCARR INGS.
Barker Sutcliffe of Nanholme Mill previously had room and power at Clegg’s Vale Mill.
William Fielden had previously been in business in a small way before becoming one of the first tenants at Vale Mill, built in 1854.
Additional information
partly researched, recorded and referenced by Mrs Sheila Wade
Hebden Bridge WEA Local History Group
Stansfield Rates Book
Stansfield Rates Book 1854
Owned and occupied by William Clegg; West Barr; mill and power; rateable value £107.
Stansfield Rates Book 1860
- Owned and occupied by William Clegg; Vale Mill; mill and power; rateable value £178.2s.6d.
- Owned and occupied by Shepherd & Sutcliffe; Vale Mill; part mill and power; rateable value £155.2s.6d.
Stansfield Rates Book 1867-79
Owned and occupied by Shepherd & Sutcliffe; Vale Mill; mill and power; rateable value £366.5s.9d.
1867 – additions to mill £31.8s.8d.
1868 – rateable value £384.10s.6d.
Stansfield Rates Book 1880-81
- Occupied by Marmaduke Mallinson; owned by James Shepherd; joiners shop; Vale Mill; rateable value £28.10s.0d.
- Owned and occupied by Shepherd & Sutcliffe; Vale Mill; mill and power; rateable value £366.5s.9d. (1880 – re-valued £443.5s.0d. 1881 – re-valued £386.15s.0d.)
Stansfield Rates Book 1882-83
Occupied by Marmaduke Mallinson; owned by James Shepherd; joiners shop; Vale Mill; rateable value £28.10s.0d.
Stansfield Rates Book 1888
- Occupied by Thomas Jessop; owner Thomas West; reed shop; Vale Mill; rateable value £2.
- Occupied by Marmaduke Mallinson; owned by Thomas West; joiners shop; Vale Mill; rateable value £32.
- Owned and occupied by Thomas West; mill and power; Vale; rateable value £137.10s.0d.
- Occupied by Frank Horsfall; (house 24 Garden Street), owner Thomas West; shuttle shop; Vale; rateable value £6.5s.0d.
- Occupied by Redman Bros; owner Thomas West; clothing manufactory; Vale; rateable value £45.
- Occupied by Eliza Heyworth; (house Stansfield Road); owner Thomas West; loomshed; Vale; rateable value £32.
- Occupied by William Widdup; (house Calder Street); owner Thomas West; loomshed; Vale; rateable value £8.
- Occupied by James Law (house 2 Stones Terrace Walsden) & Gregson (house 3 White Platts St.); owner Thomas West; reed shop; Vale; rateable value £1.15s.0d.
- Occupied by Thomas Stansfield; (house 60 Wellington Road); owner Thomas West; pickershop; Vale; rateable value £27.15s.0d.
- Occupier Barker Clegg; owner Thomas West; slipper manufactory; Vale Mill; rateable value £15.10s.0d.
- Occupier Fred Barker (house 2 Store Street); owner Thomas West; loomshed; Vale; rateable value £8.15s.0d.
Stansfield Rates Book 1889
- Occupied by Marmaduke Mallinson; owned by Thomas West; joiners shop; Vale Mill; rateable value £32.
- Owned and occupied by Thomas West; mill and power; Vale; rateable value £137.10s.0d.
- Occupied by Frank Horsfall; (house 24 Garden Street), owner Thomas West; shuttle shop; Vale; rateable value £6.5s.0d.
- Occupied by Redman Bros; owner Thomas West; clothing manufactory; Vale; rateable value £45.
- Occupied by Eliza Heyworth; (house Stansfield Road); owner Thomas West; loomshed; Vale; rateable value £32.
- Occupied by William Widdup; (house Calder Street); owner Thomas West; loomshed; Vale; rateable value £8.
- Occupied by James Law (house 2 Stones Terrace Walsden) & Gregson (house 3 White Platts St.); owner Thomas West; reed shop; Vale; rateable value £2.
- Occupied by Thomas Stansfield; (house 60 Wellington Road); owner Thomas West; pickershop; Vale; rateable value £27.15s.0d.
- Occupier Barker Clegg; owner Thomas West; slipper manufactory; Vale Mill; rateable value £15.10s.0d.
- Occupier Fred Barker (house 2 Store Street); owner Thomas West; loomshed; Vale; rateable value £8.15s.0d.
Stansfield Rates Book 1890-94
- Occupied by Marmaduke Mallinson; owned by Thomas West; joiners shop; Vale Mill; rateable value £32.
- Owned and occupied by Thomas West; mill and power; Vale; rateable value £137.10s.0d.
- Occupied by Frank Horsfall; (house 24 Garden Street), owner Thomas West; shuttle shop; Vale; rateable value £6.5s.0d.
- Occupied by Redman Bros; owner Thomas West; clothing manufactory; Vale; rateable value £45.
- Occupied by Eliza Heyworth; (house Stansfield Road); owner Thomas West; loomshed; Vale; rateable value £32.
- Occupied by William Widdup; (house Calder Street); owner Thomas West; loomshed; Vale; rateable value £8. 1890 – dead; 1894 – empty.
- Occupied by James Law (house 2 Stones Terrace Walsden) & Gregson (house 3 White Platts St.); owner Thomas West; reed shop; Vale; rateable value £2.
- Occupied by Thomas Stansfield; (house 60 Wellington Road); owner Thomas West; pickershop; Vale; rateable value £27.15s.0d.
- Occupier Barker Clegg; owner Thomas West; slipper manufactory; Vale Mill; rateable value £15.10s.0d.
- Occupier Fred Barker (house 2 Store Street); owner Thomas West; loomshed; Vale; rateable value £8.15s.0d.
- Occupied by Robert Oldfield (house 3 Durn) & William Henry Mitchell (house 14 Crescent St.); owner Thomas West; loomshed; rateable value £7.15s.0d.
Stansfield Rates Book 1895-97
- Owned and occupied by Thomas West; mill and power; Vale; rateable value £137.10s.0d.
- Occupied by Frank Horsfall; (house 24 Garden Street), owner Thomas West; shuttle shop; Vale; rateable value £6.5s.0d.
- Occupied by Redman Bros; owner Thomas West; clothing manufactory; Vale; rateable value £45.
- Occupied by Eliza Heyworth; (house Stansfield Road); owner Thomas West; loomshed; Vale; rateable value £32.
- Occupied by James Law (house 2 Stones Terrace Walsden) & Gregson (house 3 White Platts St.); owner Thomas West; reed shop; Vale; rateable value £2.
- Occupied by Thomas Stansfield; (house 60 Wellington Road); owner Thomas West; pickershop; Vale; rateable value £27.15s.0d.
- Occupier Barker Clegg; owner Thomas West; slipper manufactory; Vale Mill; rateable value £15.10s.0d. (1897 rateable value £32.)
- Occupier Fred Barker (house 2 Store Street); owner Thomas West; loomshed; Vale; rateable value £8.15s.0d.
- Occupier Fred Barker (house 2 Store Street); owner Thomas West; warehouse etc; Vale; rateable value £4.5s.0d.
- Occupied by Robert Oldfield (house 3 Durn) & William Henry Mitchell (house 14 Crescent St.); owner Thomas West; loomshed; rateable value £7.15s.0d.
- Occupied by Oldfield & Mitchell; owner Thomas West; warehouse; Vale; rateable value £15.10s.0d.
William Clegg
shuttle maker
Slater 1855
William Clegg, shuttle maker, Vale Mills
Kelly 1861
William Clegg, shuttle manufacturer.
1861 census
William Clegg, 15 Peel Street, aged 53, cotton mill owner.
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Advertiser 7th December 1861
Sale by auction. Powerloom shed situated in Stansfield, Todmorden. With engine etc. Now or late in the occupation of Messrs. Shepherd & Sutcliffe and others. 2270 square yards of land. 999 years lease from 5th May 1852 at £28.7s.6d ground rent. Shed new and can hold 400 looms. Engine 22hp. Particulars William Clegg, cotton manufacturer, Todmorden.
Halifax Courier 18th January 1862
William Clegg of Stansfield, mill owner, discharged from prison after having been adjudicated a bankrupt.
Halifax Guardian 22nd March 1862
William Clegg of Vale Mill, Stansfield, mill owner, bankrupt.
Halifax Guardian 29th March 1862
William Clegg attributed his bankruptcy principally to the erection of a mill that cost about £6,000 and was sold recently for £2,600.
James & Henry Shepherd, and William Sutcliffe
cotton manufacturers
Slater 1855
Shepherds & Sutcliffe (calicoes) Vale Mills
Todmorden Post Office Directory 1861
Shepherd and Sutcliffe – cotton manufacturers – Vale Mill
Sutcliffe, William – cotton manufacturer – Vale Mill
1861 census
Henry Shepherd, London Road, aged 44, manufacturer of cotton.
James Shepherd, 10 Albert Terrace, aged 36, cotton manufacturer employing 70 hands.
William Sutcliffe, 4 Victoria Terrace, aged 48, cotton spinner and manufacturer.
Kelly 1861
Shepherd & Sutcliffe, cotton manufacturers.
William Sutcliffe, cotton manufacturer
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Almanac 18th December 1861
Shepherd & Sutcliffe purchased Clegg’s factory at Tipside for £2,600.
White 1866
Shepherd & Sutcliffe, Henry Shepherd – house Cobden, James Shepherd – house 40 Wellington Road, cotton spinners & manufacturers.
Rivers Pollution Commission 1869
Shepherd & Sutcliffe. Employ 300 hands. Rateable value £400. Water obtained from the river. Manufacture yearly 450 tons of goods, value £55,000. Steam power nominal 80hp. Use 1,500 tons of coal yearly.
Todmorden West Riding Directory 1871
Shepherd and Sutcliffe – cotton manufacturers – Vale Mills
Census 1871
James Shepherd, Vale Cottage Wellington Road, aged 45, cotton manufacturer.
Henry Shepherd, White Platts Street, aged 54, cotton manufacturer.
William Sutcliffe, White Platts Street, aged 48, cotton manufacturer.
Slater 1875
Shepherd & Sutcliffe, cotton spinners & manufacturers.
13 November 1875
Death of Mr. William Sutcliffe of Rose Bank Todmorden (of the firm of Messrs Shepherd and Sutcliffe, Vale Mill) He had been a superintendent of BRIDGE STREET SUNDAY SCHOOL 20 years, and one of the oldest Trustees of the chapel.
3 Nov 1876
Alarming and destructive Fire occurred about 5-40pm at Messrs Shepherd & Sutcliffe’s mill fronting Stansfield Road. Damage about £8000. Fall of the wall after the fire, December 8th. One person in the mill had a narrow escape. Fielden’s fire engine attended.
White 1877
Shepherd and Sutcliffe – cotton manufacturers – Vale Mills.
Halifax Guardian 20th July 1878
Petition for liquidation by James Shepherd and Henry Shepherd of Vale Mill, Todmorden, cotton spinners and manufacturers trading as Shepherd & Sutcliffe. Liabilities estimated at £19,000.
Halifax Guardian 10th August 1878
Meeting of creditors of James and Henry Shepherd trading as Shepherd & Sutcliffe, Vale Mill, Todmorden. Liabilities to unsecured creditors £12,604. 1s.11d. Assets £6291.12s.10d. Composition of 7/6d in the pound accepted.
Halifax Guardian 5th October 1878
Accident to boy at Vale Mill, Shepherd & Sutcliffe.
The Leeds Mercury, Friday 1st November 1878
Todmorden trade depressed. Messrs Shepherd & Sutcliffe, Vale Mill, nearly 600 looms running full time but 9,000 spindles not used since fire 2 years ago.
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Advertiser 1st August 1879
Vale Mill, Shepherd, 3,500 spindles, 580 looms, half looms running full time, spindles and rest of looms idle.
Halifax Courier 1st November 1879
Shepherd & Sutcliffe, Vale Mill, work ceased.
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Advertiser 30th January 1880
Vale Mill, Stansfield, late in occupation of J. & H. Shepherd, for sale. 515 powerlooms etc.
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Advertiser 6th February 1880
To let. Room and turning for 700 looms at Vale Mill, Stansfield Road. Apply James Shepherd, Vale House, Todmorden.
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Advertiser 30th April 1880
To let, room and turning for 400 looms at Vale Mill, Stansfield Road. Apply James Shepherd, Vale House, Todmorden.
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Advertiser 14th May to 19th November 1880
To let, room and turning for 200 looms at Vale Mill, Stansfield Road. Apply James Shepherd, Vale House, Todmorden.
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Advertiser 24th December 1880
Flood at Vale Mill, Stansfield Road.
Halifax Courier 26th March 1881
James Shepherd, owner of Vale Mill, summonsed for non-payment of Poor Rate. Pleaded that only half his premises were occupied, and also held that his undertenants should pay.
Halifax Courier 13th June 1885
James Shepherd, formerly cotton manufacturer at Vale Mill, Todmorden, also for some time a member of Todmorden Board of Guardians and the Local Board, was jailed for non-payment of rates on a warrant issued in 1883.
Thomas West
cotton manufacturer
see CANTEEN MILL for many other details of Thomas West
Halifax Courier 2nd June 1883
Thomas West of Lydgate removing looms from CANTEEN to Stansfield Road.
Slater 1887
Thomas West, manufacturer of cotton goods.
Todmorden Advertiser 27th May 1887
To let, room and power for a few hundred looms in lots to suit tenants, on lease or otherwise. Thomas West, Vale Mill, Todmorden.
Manchester Examiner 22nd July 1887
Thomas West, 164 looms running full time.
Todmorden Advertiser 21st March 1890
Vale Mill, Stansfield Road, stopped due to strike in coal trade.
Worral 1891
Thomas West, Vale Mill, 164 looms, drills, twills, domestics etc.
Kelly 1893
Thomas West, Vale Mill Stansfield Road, cotton manufacturer.
Kelly 1895
Thomas West, 266 looms, Vale Mill, Stansfield Road
Kelly 1897
Thomas West, Vale Mill, Stansfield Road, cotton manufacturer.
Kelly 1898-1907
Thomas West, Vale Mill, Stansfield Road, cotton manufacturer.
Kelly 1908
Thomas West, Vale Mill, Stansfield Road, cotton manufacturer
Todmorden News 14th September 1900
After a somewhat lengthy illness, Councillor Thos. West, cotton manufacturer, 42 Stansfield Road, Todmorden, breathed his last early on Saturday morning, the first public intimation of his death being the hoisting of flags half-mast at the Town Hall and the Liberal Club. He had not been in good health for about three years, since an accident set up blood poisoning in his finger: for many months back he suffered from nervous debility which ultimately affected his heart. Dr. Thorn, his medical attendant, advised a visit to Colwyn Bay, and after a six weeks stay Councillor West returned home a fortnight ago, unfortunately the improvement sought for was not attained. N the contrary, Councillor West had become worse, and the end came as stated above.
Deceased, who was 56 years of age, was the son of Mr. Martin West. After being brought up as a weaver, he and his father entered the cotton manufacturing business at Canteen shed, Lydgate, nearly 30 years ago. Mr. Martin West ultimately withdrew from the concern, which was carried on by Mr. Thos. West until about the year 1883, when he obtained possession of Vale Mills, Stansfield Road, sub-letting such portions as he did not require for his own purposes. He has carried on a successful business there ever since...
Andrew Pilling
cotton manufacturer
Slater 1855
Andrew Pilling & Sons (calicoes) Vale Mills
William Barker
cotton manufacturer
Todmorden Post Office Directory 1861
Barker, William – cotton manufacturer – Vale Mill
Kelly 1861
William Barker, cotton manufacturer
Uriah Brook
cotton manufacturer
Todmorden Post Office Directory 1861
Brook, Uriah – cotton manufacturer – Vale Mill
1861 census
Uriah Brook, Honeyhole, aged 51, cotton manufacturer
Kelly 1861
Uriah Brook, cotton manufacturer.
William Fielden
cotton manufacturer
Slater 1855
William Fielden (calicoes) Vale Mills
Todmorden Post Office Directory 1861
Fielden, William – cotton manufacturer – Vale Mill
Kelly 1861
William Fielden, cotton manufacturer.
Samuel Law
cotton manufacturer
Todmorden Post Office Directory 1861
Law, Samuel – cotton manufacturer – Vale Mill
Kelly 1861
Samuel Law, cotton manufacturer.
John Sunderland
cotton manufacturer
Todmorden Post Office Directory 1861
Sunderland, John – cotton manufacturer – Vale Mill
1861 census
John Sunderland, 9 Albert Terrace, aged 47, cotton manufacturer employing 13 hands.
Kelly 1861
John Sunderland, cotton manufacturer.
John Uttley
cotton manufacturer
Slater 1855
John Uttley (calicoes) Vale Mills
Todmorden Post Office Directory 1861
Uttley, John – cotton manufacturer – Vale Mill
Kelly 1861
John Uttley, cotton manufacturer
James Gibson
cotton manufacturer
Slater 1855
James Gibson (Ginghams) Vale Mills
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Advertiser January 1857
James Gibson of Vale Mill treated his work people at the WHISKET INN, Shade.
Fielden papers 8th April 1858
Letter from Fielden Bros. to James Gibson. You have not thought fit to take any notice of our letter of the 15th. In which we requested payment of our account for warps. Unless the amount is paid by Saturday night we shall instruct our solicitor to take the necessary steps for recovering the same.
George or Joseph Stansfield
cotton manufacturer
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Advertiser 19th November 1859
Treat to weavers. On Saturday evening last, the hands in the employ of Mr. George Stansfield of Vale Mill were treated to supper at the Bay Horse. Mr. Stansfield was called upon to preside when the dancing commenced … and was now among the now almost daily example of masters and work people becoming more to understand the fact that the interest of masters and workmen are so linked together as to call for unity of purpose and effect to ensure stability and success.
Halifax Guardian 25th April 1863
County Court
On Saturday, a court was held before C. Temple, Esq., Judge. The following cases were tried:
Stansfield v. Farrar and Hargreaves - Plaintiff was Mr. Joseph Stansfield, Vale Mill and the defendants Messrs. Farrar and Hargreaves of Crescent Mill. The action was for the balance owing on the sale of eight warps, the price of which was 1s.9d per pound, and the total amount was £57.2s.9d. They were sold on the 10th September and £30 was paid on account in October. Some deduction had to be made for short weight, which left a balance owing of £5.9s.7d halfpenny. The defence was that the warps were represented to be good ones, that they were not so, but actually incapable of being woven; that the plaintiff knew they were not good, having actually tried to wind one on, when, according to his own admission, it would try whether they were good or not. His honour gave a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount sought.
Moses Heyworth
cotton spinner & manufacturer
Census 1871
Moses Heyworth, Castleton (Rochdale), aged 29, partner in cotton mill employing 12 persons.
Slater 1875
Moses Heyworth, cotton spinner and manufacturer
Marmaduke Mallinson
joiner & builder
Todmorden Post Office Directory 1861
Mallinson and Heyworth – carpenters – Vale Mill
1861 census
John Mallinson, Causeywood (Langfield) aged 53, joiner and builder. Sons George (20) and James (18) in household, also joiners.
Marmaduke Mallinson, Oldroyd (Langfield), aged 27, joiner.
Kelly 1871
Mallinson & Sons, carpenters etc.
Todmorden West Riding Directory 1871
Mallinson and Sons – carpenters – Vale Mill
Census 1871
Marmaduke Mallinson, Oldroyd (Langfield), aged 38, joiner.
John Mallinson, Stansfield Road, aged 63, master joiner
Thomas Mallinson, Stansfield Road, aged 22, joiner (son of above John).
Halifax Guardian 8th February 1879
Joiners employed by Mr. M. Mallinson at Vale Mill, Todmorden, on strike.
Census 1881
Marmaduke Mallinson, 22 White Platts, aged 47, master joiner & builder.
1891 census
Marmaduke Mallinson, 15 Stansfield Road, joiner
Timothy and Eliza Heyworth
cotton manufacturers
Census 1881
Timothy Heyworth, 24 White Platts, aged 49, cotton manufacturer (wife Eliza)
Worral 1891
Eliza Heyworth, Vale Mill, Stansfield Road, 50 looms, twills, sheetings.
1891 census
Eliza Heyworth, widow, 19 Stansfield Road, aged 50, cotton manufacturer.
Kelly 1893
Eliza Heyworth (Mrs.), Vale Mill, Stansfield Road, cotton weaver.
Kelly 1895
Eliza Heyworth, 50 looms, Vale Mill, Stansfield Road.
Kelly 1897
Eliza Heyworth (Mrs.), Vale Mill, Stansfield Road, cotton weaver.
Kelly 1898-1907
Eliza Heyworth (Mrs.), Vale Mill, Stansfield Road, cotton weaver
1901 census
Eliza Heyworth, widow, 21 Stansfield Road, aged 59, cotton manufacturer.
John H. Heyworth (son of Eliza) aged 34, cotton mill manager.
Kelly 1908
Eliza Heyworth (Mrs.), Vale Mill, Stansfield Road, cotton weaver
Thomas Hargreaves & James Edward Mitchell
cotton manufacturers
Halifax Courier 12th November 1881
Partnership dissolved between Thomas Hargreaves and James Edward Mitchell trading as Hargreaves and Mitchell at Vale Mill, Todmorden, cotton manufacturers. Thomas Hargreaves retires.
Abraham Farrar
cotton manufacturer
1881 census
Abraham Farrar, 5 East Street, aged 26, cotton manufacturer employing 23 hands.
Halifax Courier 1st July 1882
Partnership dissolved, S. and A. Farrar, Todmorden, cotton manufacturers.
Halifax Courier 11th November 1882
Petition for liquidation, Abraham Farrar, cotton manufacturer, Stansfield Mill Todmorden (another report in the same paper says Vale Mill). Liabilities estimated at £1060.
Halifax Courier 25th November 1882
Creditors meeting. Abraham Farrar, cotton manufacturer, Vale Mill, Stansfield Road, Todmorden. Liabilities £1066.1s.3d. Assets £206.15s.6d. Offer of 3 shillings in the pound refused. Resolved to bankrupt.
Thomas Jessop
reed maker
Halifax Courier 19th August 1882
Petition for liquidation, Thomas Jessop, reed maker, Vale Mill Stansfield Road Todmorden. Liabilities estimated £200.
Halifax Courier 2nd September 1882
Creditors meeting, Thomas Jessop; liabilities £200, assets £42. 1 shilling in the pound accepted.
Frank Horsfall
shuttle manufacturer
Todmorden Advertiser 5th September 1884
Wanted – apprentice to shuttle making. Apply Frank Horsfall, Vale Mill Shuttle Works, Stansfield Road, Todmorden.
Kelly 1893
Frank Horsfall, shuttle maker.
Kelly 1895
Frank Horsfall, shuttle makers, Vale Mill, Stansfield Road.
William Widdup
fustian manufacturer
Slater 1887
William Widdup, fustian manufacturer.
Worral 1891
William Widdup, Vale Mill, 12 looms, fustians
Kelly 1893
William Widdup, Vale Mill, Stansfield Road, fustian manufacturer.
Kelly 1897
William Widdup, Vale Mill, Stansfield Road, fustian manufacturer.
Redman Bros.
clothing manufacturers
Todmorden Advertiser 19th December 1884
Redman Bros of Hebden Bridge about to start clothing works at Vale Mill.
Slater 1887
Redman Bros. (also Hebden Bridge), clothing manufacturers.
Yorks Factory Times 5th July 1889
Treat to Hands – The hands in the employ of Messrs. Redman Bros., Vale Mills, Todmorden had an outing on Thursday week to Blackstone Edge and round by Ripponden. There were about 100 in the company.
Industries of Yorkshire 1890
Redman Bros. (Vale Mill Todmorden and Banksfield Mytholmroyd, offices at Hebden Bridge, mills and warehouse Salem Mill Hebden Bridge), manufacturers of clothing and slipper makers.
Kelly 1893
Redman Bros. (Vale Mill, Stansfield Road) clothing manufacturers.
Kelly 1897
Redman Bros. (Vale Mill, Stansfield Road) clothing manufacturers.
Kelly 1908
J. & R. Redman Ltd. Vale Mill Stansfield Road, clothing manufacturers.
Todmorden 75th Anniversary Booklet 1971
Redman Bros. Vale Mill Stansfield Road, Todmorden and Foster Mill Hebden Bridge, established in Todmorden 1887. The oldest existing clothing manufacturers in town. Established at Hebden Bridge in the 1870’s, opened a Todmorden branch in 1888 renting part of Thomas West’s cotton mill at Vale Mill, Stansfield Road, West providing power for sewing, whisking and cutting. In 1901 they became part of the English Fustian Manufacturing Co.
Robert Oldfield, William Henry Mitchell and Elias Barker
cotton manufacturers
Worral 1891
Oldfield, Mitchell & Barker, Vale Mill, 120 looms, wigans etc.
1891 census
Robert Oldfield, 3 Durn, aged 40, cotton manufacturer.
Kelly 1895
Oldfield & Mitchell, 120 looms, Vale Mill, Stansfield Road.
Kelly 1897
Mitchell & Barker, cotton weavers.
Kelly 1898-1907
Mitchell & Barker, cotton weavers.
1901 census
William Henry Mitchell, 1 William Street, aged 40, cotton manufacturer.
Elias Barker, 21 Wellington Road, aged 38, cotton manufacturer.
Kelly 1908
Mitchell & Barker, cotton weavers.
James Law and Abraham Gregson
heald and reed manufacturers
James Law (1846-1909)
1891 census
James Law, 2 Pellon Street Walsden, aged 44, reed manufacturer.
Abraham Gregson, 3 White Platts, aged 38, reed manufacturer
Kelly 1893
Law & Gregson, heald and reed manufacturers.
Kelly 1895
Law & Gregson, reed and heald makers, new and second hand, Vale Mill, Stansfield Road.
Kelly 1897
Law & Gregson, heald and reed manufacturers.
Kelly 1898-1907
Law & Gregson, heald and reed manufacturers.
1901 census
James Law, 308 Rochdale Road Walsden, aged 52, wire reed manufacturer.
Abraham Gregson, 38 Joshua Street, aged 48, reed maker.
Coronation Souvenir 1902
Law & Gregson, manufacturers of reeds, healds etc. Vale Mill, Todmorden.
Kelly 1908
Law & Gregson, heald and reed manufacturers
Thomas Stansfield
picker manufacturer
Kelly 1895
Thomas Stansfield, picker manufacturer and general mill furniture, Vale Mills, Stansfield Road
Coronation Souvenir 1902
Thomas Stansfield, buffalo and leather pickers, Vale Mill Pickerworks, Stansfield Road, Todmorden. Also T. Stansfield & Co. Railway Side Pickerworks, Stansfield Road, Todmorden.
Barker Clegg
slipper manufacturer
Kelly 1893
Barker Clegg, felt slipper manufacturer.
Kelly 1897
Barker Clegg, felt slipper manufacturer.
Fred Barker
cotton manufacturer
Worral 1891
Fred Barker, Vale Mill, 40 looms, wigans etc.
Kelly 1893
Fred Barker, cotton manufacturer
Kelly 1895
Fred Barker,cotton manufacturer, 48 looms, Vale Mill
Kelly 1897
Fred Barker, cotton manufacturer.
James Crowther
Kelly 1897
James Crowther, temple manufacturer.
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