GATEBOTTOM SIZE WORKS
(Later Scaitcliffe Picker Works)
Cross Lee Gate
Burnley Road
Todmorden
Map Ref. SD928251
Newton Green about 1908, picker works on left of the housing
Known occupiers
1860-1867
FIELDEN William
1868-1880
COUPE James
COUPE James & RAINFORD William
1876
Destroyed by fire
1878-1882
PRIESTLEY Fred
1885-1887
SUTCLIFFE Thomas
1888
LAW Simon Whip
1893
Permanently unoccupied
1895-1908
ASHWORTH Tom
Additional information
researched, recorded and referenced by Mrs Sheila Wade
Hebden Bridge WEA Local History Group
Stansfield Rates Book 1860
Owner William Fielden; empty; Gatebottom; sawmill; rateable value £18.13s.6d.
White 1866
William Fielden, sizer
Stansfield Rates Book 1867
Owned and occupied by William Fielden; Gatebottom; size house; rateable value £11.10s.0d.
Stansfield Rates Book 1868
Occupied by James Coupe; owner William Fielden; size house; rateable value £20.6s.0d.
Stansfield Rates Book 1869-72
Occupied by James Coupe; owners James Coupe & William Rainford; Gatebottom; size house; rateable value £20.6s.0d.
Kelly 1871
James Coupe, warp sizer, Gatebottom Works
Census 1871
James Coupe, 6 Newton Grove, aged 26, cotton warp dyer employing 8 men.
Halifax Guardian 5th August 1871
Mr. J. Coupe’s size works at Gatebottom, Todmorden, are in the course of re-building.
Stansfield Rates Book 1873-76
Owned and occupied by James Coupe; Gatebottom; size house; rateable value £67.10s.0d.
1876 – demolished
Halifax Guardian 11th March 1876
Fire at the size works of Coupe and Rainford, Gatebottom. Destroyed. Premises contained 2,000 to 3,000 warps valued at about £7,000. Damage £15,000. Partially insured. Fielden’s fire engine attended.
Stansfield Rates Book 1877
Owned and occupied by James Coupe; Gatebottom; size house; rateable value £111.15s.0d.
White 1877
James Coupe, warp sizer, Gatebottom Works
Stansfield Rates Book 1878-80
Occupied by Coupe and Priestley; owned by James Coupe; Gatebottom; size house; rateable value £111.15s.0d.
1880 - £105.15s.0d.
Stansfield Rates Book 1881
Owned and occupied by Fred Priestley; bankrupt; size works; Gatebottom; rateable value £105.15s.0d.
Census 1881
Fred Priestley, Newton Grove, aged 22, warp sizer employing 4 men.
Halifax Courier 10th June 1882
Petition for liquidation – Fred Priestley, warp sizer, Gatebottom, Todmorden. Liabilities £1,700.
Halifax Courier 24th June 1882
Creditors meeting, Fred Priestley, sizer of Gatebottom. Liabilities £2,666.1s.8d. Assets £370. Composition of 1/6d in the pound.
Stansfield Rates Book 1885
Occupied by Thomas Sutcliffe; owner Todmorden Building Society; size house & power; Gatebottom; rateable value £90.
Todmorden Advertiser 27th May 1887
Thomas Sutcliffe, warp sizer, Newton Green and Gatebottom, Todmorden – bankrupt.
Stansfield Rates Book 1888
Occupied by Simon Whip Law; owner Todmorden Building Society; size house & power; Gatebottom; rateable value £78.
Stansfield Rates Book 1890
Owned and occupied by the Todmorden Building Society; size works; Gatebottom; rateable value £78.
Stansfield Rates Book 1893
Permanently unoccupied
Stansfield Rates Book 1895-99
Owned and occupied by Tom Ashworth; picker works etc; Scaitcliffe Picker Works; rateable value £70.10s.0d.
Kelly 1897
Tom Ashworth, picker maker, Scaitcliffe
Census 1901
Tom Ashworth, 7 Harley Villas, aged 43, buffalo hide and sizing merchant, employer
Kelly 1908
Tom Ashworth, picker maker, Scaitcliffe, Burnley Road.
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