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Harry Tunstill
Harry Tunstill (19 November 1852 - 11 May 1928) was a wealthy mill-owner from Lancashire, England. Early life and family Harry Tunstill was born on 19 November 1852 to William and Mary Tunstill. He was Christened at Barrowford, Lancashire, which was also his place of residence. Tunstill married Margaret Ecroyd in 1879, the daughter of a cotton manufacturer in East Lancashire. They lived at Oak Lodge, in the Little Marsden area of Nelson, Lancashire, Nelson, where their first three children were all born. These were Mary Cicely (February 1880), Harry Gilbert (August 1881) and Margaret Farrer (known as "Meta") (1884). They subsequently moved to Montford Hall, near Fence, Lancashire, Fence, where the couple had five more daughters, Edith Dorothea ("Dolly"), Rosamond, Alice Ecroyd, Gertrude Adelaide (Gertie) and Constance Sybil (Sybil). Gertrude married the physician William Pickles (doctor), William Pickles in 1917. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Tunstill
Harry Tunstill (19 November 1852 - 11 May 1928) was a wealthy mill-owner from Lancashire, England. Early life and family Harry Tunstill was born on 19 November 1852 to William and Mary Tunstill. He was Christened at Barrowford, Lancashire, which was also his place of residence. Tunstill married Margaret Ecroyd in 1879, the daughter of a cotton manufacturer in East Lancashire. They lived at Oak Lodge, in the Little Marsden area of Nelson, Lancashire, Nelson, where their first three children were all born. These were Mary Cicely (February 1880), Harry Gilbert (August 1881) and Margaret Farrer (known as "Meta") (1884). They subsequently moved to Montford Hall, near Fence, Lancashire, Fence, where the couple had five more daughters, Edith Dorothea ("Dolly"), Rosamond, Alice Ecroyd, Gertrude Adelaide (Gertie) and Constance Sybil (Sybil). Gertrude married the physician William Pickles (doctor), William Pickles in 1917. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashire was created by the Local Government Act 1972. It is administered by Lancashire County Council, based in Preston, and twelve district councils. Although Lancaster is still considered the county town, Preston is the administrative centre of the non-metropolitan county. The ceremonial county has the same boundaries except that it also includes Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen, which are unitary authorities. The historic county of Lancashire is larger and includes the cities of Manchester and Liverpool as well as the Furness and Cartmel peninsulas, but excludes Bowland area of the West Riding of Yorkshire transferred to the non-metropolitan county in 1974 History Before the county During Roman times the area was part of the Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrowford
Barrowford () is a large village and civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It is situated to the north of Nelson on the other side of the M65 motorway, and forms part of the Nelson conurbation. It also comprises the area of Lowerford (not to be confused with its neighbour Higherford). The parish has a population of 6,171. The community is located near the Forest of Bowland, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty while the Borough of Pendle is at the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales. Barrowford is situated on the Nelson, Lancashire, Marsden–Gisburn–Long Preston Turnpike trust, turnpike. One of the original toll houses, dating from 1804 to 1805, can still be seen at the junction with the road to Colne, complete with a reproduction of the table of tolls which were paid. The toll house was restored in the 1980s and is owned by the trust which operates nearby Pendle Heritage Centre. Barrowford is located about half a mile from the Leeds and Liverpool Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson, Lancashire
Nelson is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, with a population of 29,135 in 2011. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Burnley and 2.5 miles southwest of Colne. It developed as a mill town during the Industrial Revolution, but has today lost much of its industry and is characterised by some of the lowest house prices in the whole of the United Kingdom. History An Iron Age hillfort called Castercliff is on a hill to the east of the town. The modern town spans the two parts of the Township (England), township of Marsden in the ancient parish of Whalley.An Early History of Burnley, Pendle and West Craven Clayton 2006, p.118 Little Marsden was on the southwest of Walverden Water, its lands considered part of the Manorialism, manor of Ightenhill and Great Marsden to the northeast, part of the manor of Colne. Great Marsden included the southern parts of Colne, and Little Marsden included all of modern-day Brierfield, La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fence, Lancashire
Fence is a village in the civil parish of Old Laund Booth, Pendle, Lancashire, England, close to the towns of Nelson and Burnley. It lies alongside the A6068 road, known locally as the Padiham bypass. The parish (which includes the adjoining village of Wheatley Lane) has a population of 1,586. Fence is a small village along 'Wheatley Lane Road', It abuts the sister village of Wheatley Lane. Because of this, Fence and Wheatley Lane are often referred to together as 'Fence'. The present village now terminates to the west pasSt Anne's church where the new bypass cuts the line of the old road. Fence was in the Hundred of Blackburn. Up until late medieval times, it lay in the Forest of Pendle, the hunting preserve of the King. The name of the village, is derived from the fact that an enclosure was erected in the area, within which the King's deer were kept. This became known as the "Fence", and the community that built up around it over time took the name. In 1507, Henry VII ''"su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Pickles (doctor)
William Norman Pickles (6 March 1885 – 2 March 1969) was a British physician who worked as a general practitioner and was the first president of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 1953. He showed the opportunities available to GPs for epidemiological observation in two ''British Medical Journal'' ''(BMJ)'' articles in 1930, on ' catarrhal jaundice' and in 1933, on Bornholm disease. His observations reached a wider audience in his book, '' Epidemiology in Country Practice'' (1939). This contained pioneering work on the incubation periods of common infectious diseases of the time and earned him the reputation of one of the world's leading epidemiologists. He was in practice in Wensleydale for more than 50 years, half of which time he spent recording his observations, thus proving that the rural general practitioner had great opportunities to make observations on disease. Early life Pickles was born in Camp Road, Leeds, on 6 March 1885 to the general practitioner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton Mills
A cotton mill is a building that houses spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system. Although some were driven by animal power, most early mills were built in rural areas at fast-flowing rivers and streams using water wheels for power. The development of viable steam engines by Boulton and Watt from 1781 led to the growth of larger, steam-powered mills allowing them to be concentrated in urban mill towns, like Manchester, which with neighbouring Salford had more than 50 mills by 1802. The mechanisation of the spinning process in the early factories was instrumental in the growth of the machine tool industry, enabling the construction of larger cotton mills. Limited companies were developed to construct mills, and the trading floors of the cotton exchange in Manchester, created a vast commercial city. Mills generated employment, drawing workers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tunstill
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brierfield Mills Limited , Mississippi
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Brierfield may refer to: * Brierfield, New South Wales, in Bellingen Shire, Australia United Kingdom * Brierfield, Lancashire ** Brierfield railway station ** Brierfield (ward) ** Brierfield Swifts F.C. United States * Brierfield, Alabama * Brierfield Plantation Brierfield Plantation was a large forced-labor cotton farm built in 1847 in Davis Bend, Mississippi, south of Vicksburg and the home of Confederate president Jefferson Davis. History The use of the plantation, with more than 1,000 acres, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornton Rust
Thornton Rust is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Yorkshire Dales about west of Aysgarth, high on the south bank of the River Ure in Wensleydale. History The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 by the name ''Toreton''. At the time of the Norman invasion the manor belonged to ''Thor'', but afterwards was granted to ''Count Alan of Brittany''. A mesne lordship was held here by ''Sybil of Thornton'' in 1286, but the head tenant of the manor was Robert de Tateshall, who was also lord of Thorlaby manor. The descent of Thornton Rust manor followed that of Thoralby into the 19th century. The toponymy of the village name is derived from the combination of the Old English words of ''þorn'' and ''tūn'', which gave the meaning of ''Thorn tree farm'', and partly it is said from Bishop Restitutus, to whom the medieval chapel was claimed to have been dedicated, though evidence is lacking. The chapel no lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aysgarth
Aysgarth is a village and civil parish in Wensleydale, in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, about south-west of Richmond and west of the county town of Northallerton. History A Bronze Age burial has been found in the village. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as ''Echescard''. The toponymy is derived from the combination of the Old Norse words ''eiki'', meaning oak, and ''skarð'', which may mean open space, cleft or mountain pass, so the probable meaning is ''Oak tree cleft'', referring to the valley cut by the River Ure. At the time of the Norman invasion, the manor was held by Cnut, son of Karli. Afterwards the manor was in the possession of Count Alan of Brittany, who granted lordship to Geoffrey of Swaffham. By the 13th century, the manor was in the hands of the ''Burgh'' family of Hackforth. The manor descended with the manor of Hackforth until 1480, at which time they were conveye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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