SANDBED SMITHY AND MACHINE WORKS
Sandbed
Hebden Bridge
Map Ref. SD970261
Known occupiers
1805, 1816, 1833
Small building at Sandbed on Stansfield Township maps
1848
Small building at Sandbed on OS 6” map
1841-1890
DUGDALE William
DUGDALE John
DUGDALE Richard
DUGDALE James
1907
Sandbed Machine Works on OS 25” map
1970’s
Storehouse for Calder Valley Supplies
Census returns
Census 1841
Sandbed, William Dugdale, aged 40, blacksmith
John Dugdale (son) aged 20, blacksmith
Samuel Crabtree (lodger) aged 20, blacksmith
Sandbed, Richard Dugdale, aged 30, machine maker
Census 1851
Sandbed, William Dugdale, aged 56, blacksmith.
Sandbed, Richard Dugdale, aged 44, blacksmith
Sandbed, James Dugdale, aged 21, mechanic
Census 1861
Sandbed, William Dugdale, aged 63, whitesmith (wife Ann)
William Wright (apprentice aged 15)
Census 1871
Lower Underbank, William Dugdale, aged 25, whitesmith
Census 1881
Sandbed, William Dugdale, aged 35, mechanic employing 2 men and 2 boys
Census 1891
William Dugdale is a patient at Haydock Lodge Asylum, recorded as a lunatic. His wife Susey is at Sandbed Villas. Sons Walter (18) and George (15) are Blacksmith apprentices.
Additional information
researched, recorded and referenced by Mrs Sheila Wade
Hebden Bridge WEA Local History Group
Smithy
Stansfield Rates Book 1854-1860
Occupied by William Dugdale; owned by Thomas Fielden; cottage and smithy; Sandbed; rateable value £5.15s.0d.
Stansfield Rates Book 1867-1886
Occupied by Mrs. W. Dugdale; owned by Lacy Bros; cottage and smithy; Sandbed; rateable value £6.9s.6d
From 1873 occupied by John Dugdale
From 1877 occupied by William Dugdale
1887 – demolished
Machine Shop
Stansfield Rates Book 1871-1881
Occupied by William Dugdale; owned by Lacy Bros; smiths shop and power; Sandbed; rateable value £6.7s.0d
1880 – rateable value £9.15s.0d.
Stansfield Rates Book 1886
Owned and occupied by William Dugdale; mechanics shop & foundry; Sandbed; rateable value £20.5s.0d.
Stansfield Rates Book 1887-1890
Owned and occupied by William Dugdale; mechanics shop & foundry; Sandbed; rateable value £25.5s.0d.
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