[There was a Joseph born 1843 listed in Prestwich Asylum in the 1871 census]
Watch this video exploration of the ruins of Buckleys, and Prestwich Clough House, John Travis died:1788, but the stone dates from 1779.
The manorial estates were divided up and purchased by the first generation of rich Manchester industrialists who created individual private estates which characterised Georgian Prestwich.
[There was a Joseph born 1843 listed in Prestwich Asylum in the 1871 census]
1915
The redirection of the stream allowed for it (along with streams from Butterstile and Hilton Lane) to also supply the pond in Drinkwater Park, which had been dammed and in turn may have supplied the Tudor water mill, believed to be located along the banks of the Irwell at Drinkwater.
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This embankment was flattened and deposited on the right hand side of the path during drainage work after the floods in 2012. 1950 - ridge up towards Wellbank in the background
In 1854, there is a registration of the burial of Fredrick son of John Buckley, and John is also listed as Churchwarden from 1855 to 1862. Along the path South of the ruins you can still find a WWII shelter with blast wall to the front. Thorpes premises later became Wardleworths (famous for its Turkey Red dyes) and then turned into the Waterdale Bleachworks. Travis Stone from 1787
Bleachworks Ruins
Watch this video exploration of the ruins of Buckleys, and Prestwich Clough House, Bleachworks
John appears to have been baptised in Chadderton in 1733/4. Florence (b:1872), James (b:1875), May (b:1878), and his cousin Mary Shawcross (b:1825) was still living with the family. Bleachworks
Of Clough House itself a curve cellar wall and garden steps remain visible amongst piles of bricks and slates. Once bleached, the cloth could then be dyed, but first would be laid out, or hung up on tenter frames (secured with tenter hooks) to dry in communal or private bleaching crofts.
By 1871 James Buckley (born 1846) and now master bleacher was head of the household, living with his wife, 2 sisters, 1 cousin, and 2 servants.
A lodge on Buckley Lane had been built upon and the lane itself had been straightened as it passed between the Bleachworks & the water works. See more ideas about manchester, history, saint mary. 1871
Along the path South of the ruins you can still find a WWII shelter with blast wall to the front. Manual drainage channels are suggested in the field pattern to the South of the bleachworks that can be seen on the maps, this would have allowed for the fields to be used for the drying of the bleached cloth.
Family Vault
Bleachworks Ruins
The entrance to the culvert (circled) was capped by 3 circular stones which can still be found discarded nearby. Bleachworks Ruins
M25 9GL View area details View maps in the shop In 1854, there is a registration of the burial of Fredrick son of John Buckley, and John is also listed as Churchwarden from 1855 to 1862. Buckleys works
WWII Sites of Prestwich
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 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.
By 1881, James was listed as employing 103 hands, and now had 4 children. Prestwich Clough House Ruins
As chemicals, sulphuric acid at first and then chloride, and machinery was introduced to the bleaching process, the whitsters became known as bleachers, and the large amounts of water stored would have allowed for steam machinery to be introduced.
These fields sat in a sheltered area below a U shaped bank to the east that went up toward Wellbank and Diggle Fold/Prestwich Hills This had been carved out by the Irwell when it had a more meandering nature. The Consterdine family were a long standing family of both Prestwich and Blackley
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). 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. WWII shelter
[as well as two dye works in Prestwich Clough and Waterdale, there were also works established in Spring Vale adjacent to Hilton Lane and at Kersal Moorside,on the Singleton Brook in the George Street area of Sedgley]
You can explore the ruined foundations and cobbled pathways of the Buckley Bleach & Dye works. 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. WWII Sites of Prestwich
The area was used as a landfill tip in the 20th century so bears little resemblance today. 1891
WWII Sites of Prestwich
[you can also make out the WWII shelter with blast wall along the footpath to the south - still standing today]
Culvert under Bury New road - similar to what would have existed at the Buckley works
stonework
The census of 1851 lists the following families as resident in Prestwich Clough:
Buckleys works
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. Though St Mary's baptismal registers record Whitsters back to 1678.
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. The Buckley Vault in St Mary's graveyard records the death of John's son, Joseph in 1881, aged 38. Prestwich Clough through the centuries.The lower end was home to the Travis (1762) & Buckley (1850's) families and their Dye Works.
The Buckley family vault shows Ada died in 1927 aged 79 and James (son of John) died in 1943 aged 97.
Bleachworks
In 1906 Mr Gardner, a local developer - purchased an area of land for the residents of Prestwich called Prestwich Clough.
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These fields sat in a sheltered area below a U shaped bank to the east that went up toward Wellbank and Diggle Fold/Prestwich Hills This had been carved out by the Irwell when it had a more meandering nature. 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). stonework
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.
387 reviews of Sluurpy's users with a rating of 91/100 and check prices. As chemicals, sulphuric acid at first and then chloride, and machinery was introduced to the bleaching process, the whitsters became known as bleachers, and the large amounts of water stored would have allowed for steam machinery to be introduced.
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). Water channel to the lodges
Mary Entwistle, weaver, with 2 daughters living in a cottage
James Hilton Agricultural labourer, with family of 4
This would have made the works more resilient to the variations in the flow of the stream. It is administered by Bury Metropolitan Borough Council and is part of Prestwich Forest Park, which also incorporates Drinkwater Park, Philips Park, Mere Clough, Forest Bank Park in .
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These earthworks are regionally significant to the understanding of early industry, however have been damaged by recent flood repair works(2012). The entrance to the culvert (circled) was capped by 3 circular stones which can still be found discarded nearby.
Watch this video exploration of the ruins of Buckleys, and Prestwich Clough House.
He also had 2 servants and a coachman.
As chemicals, sulphuric acid at first and then chloride, and machinery was introduced to the bleaching process, the whitsters became known as bleachers, and the large amounts of water stored would have allowed for steam machinery to be introduced.
[as well as two dye works in Prestwich Clough and Waterdale, there were also works established in Spring Vale adjacent to Hilton Lane and at Kersal Moorside,on the Singleton Brook in the George Street area of Sedgley]
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This stone mentions that John and his wife Mary, were "of Prestwich Clough" (1850), and the records show that John had followed the family occupation of Whitster. Family Vault
Of Clough House itself a curve cellar wall and garden steps remain visible amongst piles of bricks and slates.
Limit search to Prestwich. 1950 - ridge up towards Wellbank in the background
A lodge on Buckley Lane had been built upon and the lane itself had been straightened as it passed between the Bleachworks & the water works. collapsed storage tanks
Countess Wilton
Of Clough House itself a curve cellar wall and garden steps remain visible amongst piles of bricks and slates. 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. In 1830 Esther, the daughter of John & Esther Travis married John Consterdine, yeoman of Prestwich at St Mary's church. Prestwich Clough (referred to locally as "The Clough") is a 24.12 acre [1] Site of Biological Importance situated in Prestwich and is bound by Church Lane to the north, Bury New Road to the east, St. Ann's Road to the south and Buckley Lane to the west. A section of curved brickwork which made up the culvert that the stream passed through, still remains along the base of the stream as it passes under todays path. Buckleys was just one of three or four bleach and dye works in Prestwich in the 19th century. 1850
You can explore the ruined foundations and cobbled pathways of the Buckley Bleach & Dye works.
I don't recall the adjacent St Mary's Flower Park making it into a Fall lyric, but it was a gentle diversion for two men of a certain age on their way to the next pub.
These earthworks are regionally significant to the understanding of early industry, however have been damaged by recent flood repair works(2012).
In 1866, John complained about the state of the path coming down from Ramsbottom Row (at Green Gate) serving the dye works. The map of 1915 shows some of the lodges up towards the Hospital annex were no longer in use. 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.
1950 - ridge up towards Wellbank in the background
Prestwich Clough House Ruins
The entrance to the culvert (circled) was capped by 3 circular stones which can still be found discarded nearby.
You can explore the ruined foundations and cobbled pathways of the Buckley Bleach & Dye works.
The Bleachworks and Prestwich Clough House fell into disuse in the 1930's, but some buildings survived as a paint works into the 1950-60s. 1950s
In 1858, John Buckley rode in the ninth coach of the cortege for the funeral of Mary Margaret Egerton (nee Stanley) Countess of Wilton, who had died of typhoid fever. This property comes under Bury local authority/council with C council tax band and total council tax charges are 1,699 per year.
Latitude: 53.5445248, Longitude: -2.2807547 John Travis died:1675
Family Vault
These earthworks are regionally significant to the understanding of early industry, however have been damaged by recent flood repair works(2012).
Family Vault
In the1841 census, shows Richard and two of his sisters, living next door to the Church Inn on Church Lane. In 1900, John's daughter, May, married Arthur Seal Blackwell M.D. Goto prestwich.org.uk/clo. [In 1871 an Edward Buckley, a bleacher dyer and finisher lived at Beech Wood House on Bury New Road - near Sedgley Mount]
Buckleys works
Prestwich was ravaged by a dispute about ownership of the manor between 1362 and . [you can also make out the WWII shelter with blast wall along the footpath to the south - still standing today].
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. They went straight to work as the summer of that year had been a drought, with no rains for 16 weeks, the lodges of the Parish had dried up, they re-opened recently closed wells, and employed water carts to travel the tracks through Prestwich, delivering water to rate payers. Buckleys was just one of three or four bleach and dye works in Prestwich in the 19th century. 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.
of Kensington Mansions London, the ceremony taking place at ST Mary's, she died two years later in 1910 aged 32, with her abode listed as Monaco.
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.
The Buckley family vault shows Ada died in 1927 aged 79 and James (son of John) died in 1943 aged 97.
1953
In the distance (click to enlarge) photo you can make out the curved edge of the third lodge. Prestwich Wood was now occupied by Rev Nathaniel Milne. For more WW2 sites around Prestwich see this map
Bleachworks
WWII Sites of Prestwich
John Travis died:1675
Prestwich Clough Tea Rooms People Contact Clough Tea rooms Clough lane was the main track to Prestwich Clough Dye Works which had been in operation since at least 1795. Family Vault
Buckleys works
[There was a Joseph born 1843 listed in Prestwich Asylum in the 1871 census]
Culvert remains
A further stone dates from 1787, and seems to belong to another branch of the family descended from John & Esther Travis of Prestwich Wood.
collapsed storage tanks
The map of 1915 shows some of the lodges up towards the Hospital annex were no longer in use.
Prestwich Wood was now occupied by Rev Nathaniel Milne.
In the1841 census, shows Richard and two of his sisters, living next door to the Church Inn on Church Lane.
Watch this video exploration of the ruins of Buckleys, and Prestwich Clough House, Along the path South of the ruins you can still find a WWII shelter with blast wall to the front. 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. Thorpes premises later became Wardleworths (famous for its Turkey Red dyes) and then turned into the Waterdale Bleachworks.
For more WW2 sites around Prestwich see this map
WWII Sites of Prestwich
of Kensington Mansions London, the ceremony taking place at ST Mary's, she died two years later in 1910 aged 32, with her abode listed as Monaco. Culvert remains
These earthworks are regionally significant to the understanding of early industry, however have been damaged by recent flood repair works(2012). John Travis died:1788, but the stone dates from 1779.
In 1866, John complained about the state of the path coming down from Ramsbottom Row (at Green Gate) serving the dye works. Family Vault
The Bleachworks and Prestwich Clough House fell into disuse in the 1930's, but some buildings survived as a paint works into the 1950-60s. 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. In 1866, John complained about the state of the path coming down from Ramsbottom Row (at Green Gate) serving the dye works. collapsed storage tanks
Bleachworks
Buckleys was just one of three or four bleach and dye works in Prestwich in the 19th century. The cortege formed at Heaton Hall and lead to St Mary's where she was placed in the family vault with great mourning shown throughout the local community. John had also committed his efforts to the locality of Prestwich, and was listed as one of the 12 members of the first board of Guardians in 1867.
Countess Wilton
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). Watch this video exploration of the ruins of Buckleys, and Prestwich Clough House, 1950s
Countess Wilton
In 1869, John Buckley (aged 66), son of Joseph of Prestwich Clough was buried in the family vault at St Mary's. The redirection of the stream allowed for it (along with streams from Butterstile and Hilton Lane) to also supply the pond in Drinkwater Park, which had been dammed and in turn may have supplied the Tudor water mill, believed to be located along the banks of the Irwell at Drinkwater.
John had also committed his efforts to the locality of Prestwich, and was listed as one of the 12 members of the first board of Guardians in 1867. This embankment was flattened and deposited on the right hand side of the path during drainage work after the floods in 2012. 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.
In 1858, John Buckley rode in the ninth coach of the cortege for the funeral of Mary Margaret Egerton (nee Stanley) Countess of Wilton, who had died of typhoid fever. 1953
Not far from the entrance at Buckley Lane, various brick structures, cobbled paths and gateposts remain today, mostly hidden in the trees and undergrowth. Mary Entwistle, weaver, with 2 daughters living in a cottage
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Not far from the entrance at Buckley Lane, various brick structures, cobbled paths and gateposts remain today, mostly hidden in the trees and undergrowth. The above stone uncovered by volunteers in 2021, records John, his wife Esther, and their son Richard.
1950s
The stone records that John was of "Prestwich Clough" however the burial record shows they lived at Prestwich Wood.
John Travis was listed as church warden in 1770 (this is likely John from Prestwich Wood) and a second John appointed in 1816 ( his grandson), and then the role was adopted by Richard appointed in 1823 & 1832 - presenting Rev Lyon with a silver salver upon the 50th year of his incumbency.John Travis was also a member of the committee responsible for the detection and prosecution of felons and receivers of stolen goods in the local area. 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. Bleachworks Ruins
In 1900, John's daughter, May, married Arthur Seal Blackwell M.D.
However the family vault shows that in 1873 they lost a son Edward, aged just 2 days. Thorpes premises later became Wardleworths (famous for its Turkey Red dyes) and then turned into the Waterdale Bleachworks. Bleachworks Ruins
It consisted of six lodges filled with water diverted from the stream in Prestwich Clough. Sold House Prices in Clough Drive, Prestwich, Bury, Greater Manchester, M25.
Prestwich Wood was now occupied by Rev Nathaniel Milne.
Along the path South of the ruins you can still find a WWII shelter with blast wall to the front. Florence (b:1872), James (b:1875), May (b:1878), and his cousin Mary Shawcross (b:1825) was still living with the family. The Buckley Vault in St Mary's graveyard records the death of John's son, Joseph in 1881, aged 38.
1953
The map of 1915 shows some of the lodges up towards the Hospital annex were no longer in use. Although the rest of their work regarding buildings and infrastructure was reported to have been a bit hap-hazard. 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. Water channel to the lodges
Kate + Johanna originally met at Salford Quays Pizza Express, in 2008 while working their way up the hospitality ladder. 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. However James Buckley is present at "Prestwich Clough" living with his wife and employing his son James as clerk at the bleachworks. We finally see the Buckley family present in the census of 1861, with John (born Cheshire, 1803), listed as a cotton manufacturer and bleacher.
He also had 2 servants and a coachman. A much older gravestone, shows a John Travis, who died 1675, unfortunately it gives no clues of other family relatives, as the rest of the stone lists the Bowker family. Prestwich Clough House Ruins
By 1871 James Buckley (born 1846) and now master bleacher was head of the household, living with his wife, 2 sisters, 1 cousin, and 2 servants. In 1869, John Buckley (aged 66), son of Joseph of Prestwich Clough was buried in the family vault at St Mary's.
Not far from the entrance at Buckley Lane, various brick structures, cobbled paths and gateposts remain today, mostly hidden in the trees and undergrowth. Watch this video exploration of the ruins of Buckleys, and Prestwich Clough House, The map of 1915 shows some of the lodges up towards the Hospital annex were no longer in use.
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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).
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. Water channel to the lodges
Buckleys works
WWII Sites of Prestwich
Issachar Thorpe had Dams Head Lodge built to supply his bleach works and dashwheels with water. 1891
Bleachworks
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. For more WW2 sites around Prestwich see this map
In the distance (click to enlarge) photo you can make out the curved edge of the third lodge. Travis Stone from 1787
1953
A section of curved brickwork which made up the culvert that the stream passed through, still remains along the base of the stream as it passes under todays path. When the auto-complete results are available, use the up and down arrows to review and Enter to select.
Most of the culvert has been dismantled/washed away and the down-stream section is littered with brick and stone work as a result.
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of Kensington Mansions London, the ceremony taking place at ST Mary's, she died two years later in 1910 aged 32, with her abode listed as Monaco. [as well as two dye works in Prestwich Clough and Waterdale, there were also works established in Spring Vale adjacent to Hilton Lane and at Kersal Moorside,on the Singleton Brook in the George Street area of Sedgley]
They went straight to work as the summer of that year had been a drought, with no rains for 16 weeks, the lodges of the Parish had dried up, they re-opened recently closed wells, and employed water carts to travel the tracks through Prestwich, delivering water to rate payers. Watch this video exploration of the ruins of Buckleys, and Prestwich Clough House, 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.
Not far from the entrance at Buckley Lane, various brick structures, cobbled paths and gateposts remain today, mostly hidden in the trees and undergrowth. You can explore the ruined foundations and cobbled pathways of the Buckley Bleach & Dye works.
The Consterdine family were a long standing family of both Prestwich and Blackley
1891
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.
The map of 1891 shows how the bleachworks had expanded with additional lodges in the small clough running down from The Hospital Annex. [as well as two dye works in Prestwich Clough and Waterdale, there were also works established in Spring Vale adjacent to Hilton Lane and at Kersal Moorside,on the Singleton Brook in the George Street area of Sedgley]
Along the path South of the ruins you can still find a WWII shelter with blast wall to the front. 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.
1915 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. Bleachworks
[In 1871 an Edward Buckley, a bleacher dyer and finisher lived at Beech Wood House on Bury New Road - near Sedgley Mount]
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).
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