Culvert under Bury New road - similar to what would have existed at the Buckley works WWII Sites of Prestwich Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Z5mrBxboQJtMMUiz5 Walk leader: Maggie Smith Contact number: 07879465047 Contact email: maggie@maggiesmith.me.uk Further information: manchesterandsalfordramblers.org.uk Share this Route Full Name* Watch this video exploration of the ruins of Buckleys, and Prestwich Clough House, 1891 James Hilton, agricultural labourer, with John Barnes bleacher However James Buckley is present at "Prestwich Clough" living with his wife and employing his son James as clerk at the bleachworks. The Event features Activities | Concessions | Countryside Groups | Entertainment | Local Groups Hello and welcome to our website for Prestwich Clough Day 2023 In the distance (click to enlarge) photo you can make out the curved edge of the third lodge. Limit search to Prestwich. Family Vault [There was a Joseph born 1843 listed in Prestwich Asylum in the 1871 census] WWII Sites of Prestwich 1953 John appears to have been baptised in Chadderton in 1733/4. 1915 This embankment was flattened and deposited on the right hand side of the path during drainage work after the floods in 2012. This photo shows the works looking down towards Waterdale, with a large shed (circled) now added on the right just before the stream, and a row of the original works buildings, that were shown on the 1845 map, along the left hand side of the track. In the1841 census, shows Richard and two of his sisters, living next door to the Church Inn on Church Lane. For more WW2 sites around Prestwich see this map 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. 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. Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Z5mrBxboQJtMMUiz5 Most of the culvert has been dismantled/washed away and the down-stream section is littered with brick and stone work as a result. [you can also make out the WWII shelter with blast wall along the footpath to the south - still standing today] 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). Culvert remains stonework Thorpe, the WhitsterA whitster called Issachar Thorpe was another local person to step up to bleaching on an industrial scale in his bleach works at the bottom of Prestwich Clough in about 1772. [you can also make out the WWII shelter with blast wall along the footpath to the south - still standing today] https://youtu.be/nbt2YUjHGKA See translationConditions:Great! John Travis slab (dates from 1824) By 1891 James was living with his wife and 3 children. 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. We may have to make some small changes to. 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. 27 days ago. 1950 - ridge up towards Wellbank in the background 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. Culvert remains 1850, 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. 1950 - ridge up towards Wellbank in the background Buckleys works stonework The entrance to the culvert (circled) was capped by 3 circular stones which can still be found discarded nearby. stonework 1950 - ridge up towards Wellbank in the background 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. [There was a Joseph born 1843 listed in Prestwich Asylum in the 1871 census] Prestwich Wood was now occupied by Rev Nathaniel Milne. Bleachworks James retired from the local board of governors in 1894. 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). 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. 376. This would have made the works more resilient to the variations in the flow of the stream. 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. 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. Issachar Thorpe had Dams Head Lodge built to supply his bleach works and dashwheels with water. By 1881, James was listed as employing 103 hands, and now had 4 children. Travis Stone from 1787 However the family vault shows that in 1873 they lost a son Edward, aged just 2 days. James retired from the local board of governors in 1894. Richard Rayner, Farmer of 63 acres,employing 4 labourers, with a family of 6. This practice led to names that live on today, such as Whittaker.As chemical replacements for natural substances (such as urine) were discovered the Whitsters became Bleachers, and machinery was introduce to the industry. collapsed storage tanks However James Buckley is present at "Prestwich Clough" living with his wife and employing his son James as clerk at the bleachworks. 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). Buckleys works The entrance to the culvert (circled) was capped by 3 circular stones which can still be found discarded nearby. Not far from the entrance at Buckley Lane, various brick structures, cobbled paths and gateposts remain today, mostly hidden in the trees and undergrowth. In 1900, John's daughter, May, married Arthur Seal Blackwell M.D. 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. For more WW2 sites around Prestwich see this map 1953 Culvert remains By 1845 the Prestwich Clough Dye Works was owned by Richard Travis, great grandson of John & Esther of Prestwich Wood. Florence (b:1872), James (b:1875), May (b:1878), and his cousin Mary Shawcross (b:1825) was still living with the family. You can explore the ruined foundations and cobbled pathways of the Buckley Bleach & Dye works. Thorpe, the WhitsterA whitster called Issachar Thorpe was another local person to step up to bleaching on an industrial scale in his bleach works at the bottom of Prestwich Clough in about 1772. Meeting point: Prestwich Tram stop In the town centre of Prestwich Prestwich M25 1BP Booking is not required. His son Oswald Milne, in 1847 sold Prestwich Wood and 59 acres of land to allow the construction of what became Prestwich Hospital. In the1841 census, shows Richard and two of his sisters, living next door to the Church Inn on Church Lane. 1950 - ridge up towards Wellbank in the background By 1881, James was listed as employing 103 hands, and now had 4 children. The gravestone of the John Travis mentioned in 1850 above, lies not far away, having been cut & reused into the pathway near the tower John and his son John, both died in 1824. 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. 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. 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. They opened the doors in 2017 and have never looked back serving delicious coffee + cakes breakfast, lunch and dinner with a laidback relaxed caf bar vibe. James Hilton, agricultural labourer, with John Barnes bleacher These earthworks are regionally significant to the understanding of early industry, however have been damaged by recent flood repair works(2012). 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. 1953 James retired from the local board of governors in 1894. Issachar Thorpe had Dams Head Lodge built to supply his bleach works and dashwheels with water. These earthworks are regionally significant to the understanding of early industry, however have been damaged by recent flood repair works(2012). However James Buckley is present at "Prestwich Clough" living with his wife and employing his son James as clerk at the bleachworks. This embankment was flattened and deposited on the right hand side of the path during drainage work after the floods in 2012. 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