1881 Census

There is a Key to the columns at the foot of the page

	Forename	Surname	Rel	Cond	Age	Occupation	Where Born		Today?
#158	Ellen	Pickering	h	w	65		Eccleshill	Lancs	46/44
	John	Pickering	s	s	30	cotton weaver	Eccleshill	Lancs
#159	William	Lee	l		32	paper maker	Bury	Lancs	42/44
#160	William	Knight	h	m	32	paper maker	Drayton	Norfolk
	Kate	Knight	w	m	22	paper maker”s wife	Hadley	Shropshire
#161	James	Knight	h	m	28	paper maker	Drayton	Norfolk	40
	Ann	Knight	w	m	28	paper maker’s wife	Weldreth	Cambs
	Alice Ann	Knight	d		4		Oswaldtwistle	Lancs
	Mary Celia	Knight	d		3		Oswaldtwistle	Lancs
#162	Edward	Crompton	h	m	30	coal miner	Eccleshill	Lancs	38
	Alice	Crompton	w	m	29	cotton weaver	Eccleshill	Lancs
	Robert	Crompton	s		4		Eccleshill	Lancs
	Thomas	Crompton	s		2		Eccleshill	Lancs
	Mary Ann	Crompton	d		0.5		Eccleshill	Lancs
#163	James	Yates	h	m	47	collier	Oswaldtwistle	Lancs	36
	Alice	Yates	w	m	42	cotton weaver	Oswaldtwistle	Lancs
	Yates	Yates	s	s	21	collier	Oswaldtwistle	Lancs
	Elizabeth Ann	Yates	d	s	19	cotton weaver	Oswaldtwistle	Lancs
	Moses	Yates	s		17	collier	Oswaldtwistle	Lancs
	John	Yates	s		13	cotton weaver	Oswaldtwistle	Lancs
	Robert	Yates	s		13	cotton weaver	Oswaldtwistle	Lancs
	Sarah Ann	Yates	d		5		Eccleshill	Lancs
	Betty Ellen	Yates	d		3		Eccleshill	Lancs
	James	Yates	s		1		Eccleshill	Lancs

	Forename	Surname	Rel	C	Age	Occupation	Where born		Today?
#164	Ralph	Hindle	h	m	54	paper ‘cather’ out of employ	Over Darwen	Lancs	34
	Jane	Hindle	w	m	67	housewife	Newcastle u Tyne	Durham
	John Howard	Hindle	l	s	27	rag engineer out of employ	Over Darwen	Lancs
#165	Daniel	Wardle	b	s	26	paper maker	Bolton	Lancs
#166	James	Melling	h	w	73	labourer	Edgeworth, Bolton	Lancs	32
	Selena	Melling	s	s	80	housekeeper	Edgeworth, Bolton	Lancs
#167	William Henry	Lightbown	h	m	30	coal miner	Eccleshill	Lancs	30
	Betty	Lightbown	w	m	30	cotton weaver	Eccleshill	Lancs
	Mary Ann	Lightbown	d		8		Eccleshill	Lancs
	Thomas	Lightbown	s		7		Eccleshill	Lancs
	Timothy	Lightbown	s		5		Eccleshill	Lancs
	Sarah Ellen	Lightbown	d		2		Eccleshill	Lancs
	Betsy Jane	Lightbown	d		4m		Eccleshill	Lancs
#168	Thomas	Lightbown	h	m	54	cotton weaver	Eccleshill	Lancs	28
	Elizabeth	Lightbown	w	m	42	cotton weaver	Lower Darwen	Lancs
	Nancy	Lightbown	d		20	cotton weaver	Eccleshill	Lancs
	Elizabeth Jane	Lightbown	d		15	cotton weaver	Eccleshill	Lancs
	Richard	Lightbown	s		12	cotton weaver	Eccleshill	Lancs
	Thomas	Lightbown	s		10	schoolboy	Eccleshill	Lancs
#169	Hugh	Crompton	h	m	26	cotton weaver	Tythebarn,	Lancs	26
	Sarah	Crompton	w	m	21	cotton warper	Brocklehead	Lancs
	Ann	Crompton	d		2		Handle Arms, Ecc.	Lancs

Sarah Crompton, #169, was Andrew and Betty Heap’s daughter. Andrew Heap had the Handel Arms and later moved to 2, Dandy Row and built the 4 “new” houses, infilling the gap in the row.

	Forename	Surname	Rel	Cond	Age	Occupation	Where born		Today?
#170	Robert	Garsden	h	m	35	labourer, iron works	Grane, Haslingden	Lancs	16
	Mary	Garsden	w	m	34	cotton weaver	Pickup Bank	Lancs
	James	Garsden	s		15	cotton weaver	Over Darwen	Lancs
	Richard	Garsden	s		14	cotton weaver	Over Darwen	Lancs
	Mary Ellen	Garsden	d		12	scholar	Over Darwen	Lancs
	William	Garsden	s		10	scholar /cotton weaver	Ranters’ Row, Ecc.	Lancs
	John	Garsden	s		8	scholar	Ranters’ Row, Ecc.	Lancs
	Walter	Garsden	s		5	scholar	Dandy Row	Lancs
#171	William	Lightbown	h	s	69	newsagent	Over Darwen	Lancs	14
#172	Timothy	Lightbown	h	m	58	collier out of work	Eccleshill	Lancs	14
	Mary Ann	Lightbown	w	m	58	cotton weaver	Eccleshill	Lancs
	Thomas	Lightbown	s	s	24	cotton weaver	Eccleshill	Lancs
#173	Margaret	Yates	h	w	47	housekeeper	Pickup Bank	Lancs	12
	James	Yates	s	s	26	cotton weaver	Pickup Bank	Lancs
	Thomas Henry	Yates	s		14	dresser in cotton mill	Pickup Bank	Lancs
#174	John	Hollis	h	w	76	silk weaver	Pickup Bank	Lancs	10
	Betty	Hollis	d	s	45	cotton weaver	Eccleshill	Lancs
#175	Jane	Nightingale	h	w	41	char woman	Holden Fold	Lancs	6
	Betty	Nightingale	d		10	scholar	Tythebarn	Lancs
	Margaret	Nightingale	d		8	scholar	Tythebarn	Lancs
#176	Abraham	Lightbown	h	m	64	coal miner	Eccleshill	Lancs	4
	Maria	Lightbown	w	m	61	housekeeper	Eccleshill	Lancs
	Thomas	Lightbown	s	s	22	cotton weaver	Eccleshill	Lancs
#177	William	Harding	h	m	28	warehouse man	Salford	Lancs	2
	Hannah	Harding	w	m	25	housekeeper	Hulme	Lancs
	Eliza	Harding	d		6		Salford	Lancs
	Elizabeth Hannah	Harding	d		3		Salford	Lancs
	Beatrice	Harding	d		1		Salford	Lancs

Key to the columns

• # – the record for each house was given an order number in the schedule
• Rel – relationship to head of the household
  • h – head of household
  • w – wife of head of household
  • wd – ward
  • d daughter of head of household
  • s – son of head of household
  • sis – sister
  • m – mother of head of household
  • f – father of head of household
  • l – lodger
  • gd – grand-daughter of head of household
  • gs – grand-son of head of household
  • sd – step-daughter of head of household
  • ss – step-son of head of household
• C or Cond – condition
  • m – married
  • s – single
  • wid – widow
• nk – not known
• Today? – if the schedule is in house order from the Eccleshill end, then this is possibly today’s house number

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