The house was bounded off and reached from the West by a path, footbridge and ford, the banks of the boundary can be seen in the woodland today.A further path from the East lead up towards Wellbank. collapsed storage tanks
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Although the rest of their work regarding buildings and infrastructure was reported to have been a bit hap-hazard.
In 1900, John's daughter, May, married Arthur Seal Blackwell M.D. So if you own a business and would like to sponsor us please get in touch or if you see a volunteer rattling a bucket at the gate and are able just throw in a couple of pounds as every pound helps us continue to fund this great event.
The bleachworks themselves are believed to be one of the oldest bleachworks in Prestwich, dating from 1762, when a Mr John Travis was listed as a whitster and proprietor of Prestwich Clough Dye Works.
The redirection of the stream allowed for it (along with streams from Butterstile and Hilton Lane) to also supply the pond in Drinkwater Park, which had been dammed and in turn may have supplied the Tudor water mill, believed to be located along the banks of the Irwell at Drinkwater. In 1854, there is a registration of the burial of Fredrick son of John Buckley, and John is also listed as Churchwarden from 1855 to 1862.
John had also committed his efforts to the locality of Prestwich, and was listed as one of the 12 members of the first board of Guardians in 1867. Travis Stone from 1787
The Prestwich Archaeological group investigated the site of Prestwich Clough house, and the water feature was found to have included some carved stonework which, although out of context, is thought to be of medieval period, and possibly from older stages of St Mary's Church.
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Bleachworks
[In 1871 an Edward Buckley, a bleacher dyer and finisher lived at Beech Wood House on Bury New Road - near Sedgley Mount]
1915
Last year we tried something new and had a Folk Concert on the Saturday night called Clough Day Does Folk and we are hoping to repeat it this year, so another event to add to your calendar. Family Vault
As chemicals, sulphuric acid at first and then chloride, and machinery was introduced to the bleaching process, the whitsters became known as bleachers, and the large amounts of water stored would have allowed for steam machinery to be introduced. Most of the culvert has been dismantled/washed away and the down-stream section is littered with brick and stone work as a result. He also had 2 servants and a coachman.
Watch this video exploration of the ruins of Buckleys, and Prestwich Clough House, Travis slab dated 1821 [St Mary D Section], Next to the broken slab from 1779 is a further Travis plot, recording Richard's son, also Richard, along with the children of Richard's other son, John. The Buckley Vault in St Mary's graveyard records the death of John's son, Joseph in 1881, aged 38. In 1854, there is a registration of the burial of Fredrick son of John Buckley, and John is also listed as Churchwarden from 1855 to 1862.
Issachar Thorpe had Dams Head Lodge built to supply his bleach works and dashwheels with water. Manual drainage channels are suggested in the field pattern to the South of the bleachworks that can be seen on the maps, this would have allowed for the fields to be used for the drying of the bleached cloth.
This embankment was flattened and deposited on the right hand side of the path during drainage work after the floods in 2012.
Thomas Grimshaw, a finisher, living with his wife
1861
John, aged 57, was a widow, living with his 4 children (Mary, Anne, Edmund and Hannah) and Mary Shawcross, his niece, with 2 servants to help them out.
In 1900, John's daughter, May, married Arthur Seal Blackwell M.D. [you can also make out the WWII shelter with blast wall along the footpath to the south - still standing today]
Kontakte telefon: +44. The redirection of the stream allowed for it (along with streams from Butterstile and Hilton Lane) to also supply the pond in Drinkwater Park, which had been dammed and in turn may have supplied the Tudor water mill, believed to be located along the banks of the Irwell at Drinkwater. Watch this video exploration of the ruins of Buckleys, and Prestwich Clough House, 1953
Of Clough House itself a curve cellar wall and garden steps remain visible amongst piles of bricks and slates. Other features to spot on the North side of the stream are the retaining walls that made up some of the the water reservoirs used by the works and the feeder channel that captured water from the stream into the reservoirs.
Prestwich Clough Tea Rooms People Contact Clough Tea rooms Clough lane was the main track to Prestwich Clough Dye Works which had been in operation since at least 1795.
Other features to spot on the North side of the stream are the retaining walls that made up some of the the water reservoirs used by the works and the feeder channel that captured water from the stream into the reservoirs.
collapsed storage tanks
You can explore the ruined foundations and cobbled pathways of the Buckley Bleach & Dye works.
Back on track in 1911, the census lists James (aged 65) Bleacher Of Cotton And Linen Goods, with his wife Ada, and sister in law.
[as well as two dye works in Prestwich Clough and Waterdale, there were also works established in Spring Vale adjacent to Hilton Lane and at Kersal Moorside,on the Singleton Brook in the George Street area of Sedgley]
stonework
There has also been some management of the stream as it enters the works with a water channel (leet) constructed to the North of the stream (circled - still visible today).
Sunday 21 st May 7.30 - 9.30 6 to erect gazebos, moving tables and chairs from Marquee to stalls - 1 or 2 to do the tea/coffee, breakfast for us all. We finally see the Buckley family present in the census of 1861, with John (born Cheshire, 1803), listed as a cotton manufacturer and bleacher. Countess Wilton
By the 1939 census young James had become Company Director living at Prestwich Clough house, with the Grimshaw's still at the cafe. John Travis died:1675
It consisted of six lodges filled with water diverted from the stream in Prestwich Clough.
Prestwich Clough House Ruins
It's been suggest that it was a shelter for a barrage balloon crew, protecting the factories from enemy bombers, or an ammo store for an AA gun. Whitster A whitster, or whitner, removed the impurities such as seeds shell and waxes from cloth by dipping and stirring the cloth in large containers of alkali, a mix of potash and lime ((bowking).
1861
Though St Mary's baptismal registers record Whitsters back to 1678. The 1901 census then refers to Prestwich Clough house as being occupied by Thomas Grimshaw, a caterer, but shows it as a refreshment/coffee house so is clearly the Clough Tea Rooms further up the Clough.
The redirection of the stream allowed for it (along with streams from Butterstile and Hilton Lane) to also supply the pond in Drinkwater Park, which had been dammed and in turn may have supplied the Tudor water mill, believed to be located along the banks of the Irwell at Drinkwater. The stream itself had been culverted and re-routed in front of Prestwich Clough house some time earlier. WWII shelter
1861, We finally see the Buckley family present in the census of 1861, with John (born Cheshire, 1803), listed as a cotton manufacturer and bleacher. The Consterdine family were a long standing family of both Prestwich and Blackley
Countess Wilton
This photo looks back up the clough from the dye works, you can make out the shadow of the shed on the left, and a brick wall to the right which would have blocked off access to the rear of Prestwich Clough house.
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Prior to its taming, the stream would have followed its general direction Westwards down past the dyeworks and the water treatment plant which was constructed in the late 19th century, and on into the river Irwell. Watch this video exploration of the ruins of Buckleys, and Prestwich Clough House, [many thanks to Peter Corbally for some of the content and tipping me off on the Travis grave]. The Prestwich Archaeological group investigated the site of Prestwich Clough house, and the water feature was found to have included some carved stonework which, although out of context, is thought to be of medieval period, and possibly from older stages of St Mary's Church. Of Clough House itself a curve cellar wall and garden steps remain visible amongst piles of bricks and slates.
Benjamin Blackley, book keeper, living with his wife. The census of 1851 lists the following families as resident in Prestwich Clough:
Back on track in 1911, the census lists James (aged 65) Bleacher Of Cotton And Linen Goods, with his wife Ada, and sister in law.
There has also been some management of the stream as it enters the works with a water channel (leet) constructed to the North of the stream (circled - still visible today). John Buckley, a bleacher of Prestwich was appointed in 1856 to the grand jury of the Salford Assizes, and in 1859 he donated towards the foundation of a Volunteer Rifle Corps, headed up by the Earl of Wilton.
1. Prestwich Clough House Ruins
It also shows how the garden area of Prestwich Clough house stretched over the covered stream, giving the water feature you see in the photo of the house (top of page).
Watch this video exploration of the ruins of Buckleys, and Prestwich Clough House, 1950 - ridge up towards Wellbank in the background, stonework
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1861
1953
A lodge on Buckley Lane had been built upon and the lane itself had been straightened as it passed between the Bleachworks & the water works. This would have made the works more resilient to the variations in the flow of the stream.
1891
Back on track in 1911, the census lists James (aged 65) Bleacher Of Cotton And Linen Goods, with his wife Ada, and sister in law.
There has also been some management of the stream as it enters the works with a water channel (leet) constructed to the North of the stream (circled - still visible today). Weekly Radcliffe - Belmont Road The census of 1851 lists the following families as resident in Prestwich Clough:
Bleachworks Ruins
The Buckley family vault shows Ada died in 1927 aged 79 and James (son of John) died in 1943 aged 97. Thomas Grimshaw, a finisher, living with his wife
Prestwich Clough is a gateway to the Irwell Valley and beyond. Prestwich Clough House Ruins
Other features to spot on the North side of the stream are the retaining walls that made up some of the the water reservoirs used by the works and the feeder channel that captured water from the stream into the reservoirs. You can explore the ruined foundations and cobbled pathways of the Buckley Bleach & Dye works.
It also shows how the garden area of Prestwich Clough house stretched over the covered stream, giving the water feature you see in the photo of the house (top of page). The census of 1851 lists the following families as resident in Prestwich Clough:
Travis Stone from 1787
Buckleys was just one of three or four bleach and dye works in Prestwich in the 19th century. Next to the broken slab from 1779 is a further Travis plot, recording Richard's son, also Richard, along with the children of Richard's other son, John.
1950 - ridge up towards Wellbank in the background
The Buckley family vault shows Ada died in 1927 aged 79 and James (son of John) died in 1943 aged 97. collapsed storage tanks
John and his wife Ester, lived at Prestwich Wood. The Bleachworks and Prestwich Clough House fell into disuse in the 1930's, but some buildings survived as a paint works into the 1950-60s.
This property comes under Bury local authority/council with C council tax band and total council tax charges are 1,699 per year.
Culvert under Bury New road - similar to what would have existed at the Buckley works
The Travis family continued as proprietors of the Dye Works for 40 years, before it passed to Robert Leak then to John Rylance before passing to the Buckley family. He also had 2 servants and a coachman. John Buckley, a bleacher of Prestwich was appointed in 1856 to the grand jury of the Salford Assizes, and in 1859 he donated towards the foundation of a Volunteer Rifle Corps, headed up by the Earl of Wilton. Buckleys was just one of three or four bleach and dye works in Prestwich in the 19th century. In 1869, John Buckley (aged 66), son of Joseph of Prestwich Clough was buried in the family vault at St Mary's.
The 1901 census then refers to Prestwich Clough house as being occupied by Thomas Grimshaw, a caterer, but shows it as a refreshment/coffee house so is clearly the Clough Tea Rooms further up the Clough. In 1869, John Buckley (aged 66), son of Joseph of Prestwich Clough was buried in the family vault at St Mary's. John had also committed his efforts to the locality of Prestwich, and was listed as one of the 12 members of the first board of Guardians in 1867. We finally see the Buckley family present in the census of 1861, with John (born Cheshire, 1803), listed as a cotton manufacturer and bleacher. Water channel to the lodges
Your email address will not be published. Watch this video exploration of the ruins of Buckleys, and Prestwich Clough House, A much older gravestone, shows a John Travis, who died 1675, unfortunately it gives no clues of other family relatives, as the rest of the stone lists the Bowker family.
1950s
Bleachworks
Family Vault
Richard Rayner, Farmer of 63 acres,employing 4 labourers, with a family of 6. Water channel to the lodges
Bleachworks Ruins
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