GAUXHOLME PICKER WORKS & WORKSHOPS

Gauxholme

Todmorden

List of known occupiers

For earlier entries on this site see ALBERT BOILER WORKS

1875-1876

TURLEY Alfred

1875-1880

SUTCLIFFE Thomas, bottler

1875-90

WALTON Thomas & John, picker makers

1875-90

CROSSLEY Abraham , joiner

1879-1881

HASLAM & SUTCLIFFE

1881-1890

DUGDALE John, bottler

1890

SUTCLIFFE Richard, wheelwright

Notes

Abraham Crossley (1829-1907), joiner and cabinet maker, was an occupier of the premises from 1875 to 1890.

Extract from the Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Almanac 1902

Abraham Crossley, a joiner of Gauxholme, was associated with KNOWLWOOD CHAPEL over 64 years, 40 of which he was school superintendent. He was greatly involved with the building of the original school and became a lay preacher in the chapel. He was born at GAUXHOLME STONES FARM in 1829, the son of Abraham Crossley senior, a copperas manufacturer of COPPERAS HOUSE, and his wife Ellen Wood.

In 1901 at the age of 72, Abraham retired from active life at the chapel. His retirement was commemorated with a special day at the chapel during which Mr. James Law presented him with a marble timepiece inscribed, “presented to Abm. Crossley by the teachers and scholars of Knowlwood Sunday School as a token of esteem for long and faithful service. April 27th 1901”. He was also presented with a walking stick and umbrella, and a framed portrait photograph of him was hung on the wall of the Sunday School.

Additional information

researched, recorded and referenced by Mrs Sheila Wade

Hebden Bridge WEA

 Local History Group

Todmorden Rates Books:

1876: occupier Alfred Turley, owner John Fielden esq., workshop

Rateable Value £7.13s.0d.

1879: occupiers Sutcliffe & Haslem, owner John Fielden esq., workshop

Rateable Value £7.13s.0d.

1880: occupiers Sutcliffe & Haslem, owner John Fielden esq., dry saltery works

Rateable Value £7.5s.0d

1881: occupier John Dugdale, owner John Fielden esq., bottling stores

Rateable Value £7.5s.0d

Walsden Rates Books:

1883-1890: owner and occupier Samuel Haslem, chemical works

Rateable Value £4.10s.0d