List of employees at Halliwell Bleachworks, compiled in 1857 by J H Ainsworth, in response to a Parliamentary Commission looking into hours and conditions worked by Women and Boys in his bleachworks. (Only one third of the workforce are recorded here - unfortunately the rest has not survived the passage of time)

(Please also see evidence given by female workers at Halliwell Bleachworks when questioned by the Parliamentary Commissioner (click here)

MARKING ROOM

NAME	AGE	YEARS EMP.	WEEKS SICK
Elizabeth Hayward	21	8	0
Isabella Slater	23	5	0
Martha Hayward	18	4 1/2	0
Isabella Howarth	19	4 1/2	0
Ellen Eckersley	17	4 1/2	0
Mary Jane Taylor	14	2	0
Mary Ann Walch	16	¾	0
Elizabeth Longworth	18	6	1
Mary Bury	11	¾	1
Sarah Cross	14	4	2
Ann Pendlebury	20	8	3
Ann Bullough	15	2	3
Mary Atherton	26	10	4
Jane Tyson	18	4	5
Elizabeth Leather	27	6	6
Mary Winstanley	23	9	8
Alice Bullough	23	7	10
Betsy Ashworth	24	4	10
Ellen Alker	20	8	13

DRESSING PLACE

Name	Age	Years emp.	Weeks sick
Edward Harwood	40	28	0
William Smith	26	16	0
Thomas Hamer	30	19	0
John Mayoh	36	24	1
Samuel Greenhalgh	22	12	2

NO. 1 & 2 MAKING-UP & PACKING ROOMS IN CAPITOL BUILDING

Name	Age	Years emp.	Weeks sick
Richard Stanning	36	26	0
Samuel Taylor	37	24	0
James Woods	32	23	0
James Holt	19	5	0
Edward John Openshaw	14	½	0
John Ashworth	27	14	1
William  Cross	24	14	1
James Longworth	20	7	1
Richard Bury	42	32	2
James Taylor	36	25	2
Alfred Morris	28	13	2
James Harwood	19	7	2
Joseph Ashworth	23	9	3
William Ince	19	6	5
Thomas Openshaw	38	25	6
Andrew Morris	33	21	6
John Ashworth	21	9	6
Stephen Walmsley	34	25	8
James Mayoh	25	12	8
Isaac Greenhalgh	34	20	10
Thomas Brindle	50	33	12
Richard Livingston	21	6	12
Thomas Molyneux	23	12	15
John Platt	69	45	23
Betsy Martin	21	8	0
Deborah Rideout	22	5	0
Betsy Duxbury	18	4	0
Mary Cross	19	4	0
Susannah Hulme	21	4	0
Frances Dewhurst	16	3	0
Maria Pendlebury	13	1	0
Elizabeth Cross	20	6	1
Sarah Winstanley	18	2	3
Sarah Heaton	20	7	4
Sarah Ashworth	19	6	4
Eliza Pennington	18	5	5
Mary Ann Martin	24	11	7
Ann Gerrard	37	23	9
Alice Molyneux	21	6	10

CALENDERING PLACE

Name	Age	Years emp.	Weeks sick
John Fairbrother	39	26	0
John Barlow	37	22	0
Jeffrey Kay	54	39	1
Robert Barlow	69	50	5
Thomas Mayoh	50	32	6
James Barlow	72	62	12
Benjamin Hood	59	45	30
John Meadowcroft	64	49	35
Moses Crankshaw	57	51	40

JACONET, FINISHING & MAKING UP ROOM

Name	Age	Years emp.	Weeks sick
James Morris	44	32	0
William Gregory	19	7	0
Absolam Green	20	6	0
George Rideout	21	4	0
James Rideout	19	4	0
William Smith	19	4	0
Ralph Hammond	19	4	0
James Dewhurst	30	21	2
James Taylor	50	38	3
William Roscoe	19	5	3
Daniel Green	22	6	4
James McQuilling	32	20	7
Jonathan Ashcroft	29	18	7
Thomas France	26	13	10
Richard Rideout	35	25	20
Betsy Pennington	20	9	0
Sarah Holt	21	7	0
Ellen Smith	19	5	0
Alice Smith	18	5	0
Mary Ashcroft	18	4	0
Mary Jane McQuilling	13	3	0
Jane Mayoh	14	2	0
Mary Smith	14	2	0
Jane Swales	21	5	2
Mary Pendlebury	27	13	3
Mary Ann Pilling	20	8	3
Margaret Walch	17	2	4

BEETLING ROOM

Name	Age	Years emp.	Weeks sick
Joseph Parkinson	34	24	0
Robert Mayoh	26	14	0
Levi Parkinson	22	2	0
Joseph Hammond	18	2	0
Cornelius Parkinson	17	2	0
William Thornborough	24	5	6

CALENDER ROOM

Name	Age	Years emp.	Weeks sick
James Hood	38	22	8
Joseph Jordan	27	12	8
John Jordan Snr.	53	45	12
Richard Greenhalgh	59	50	29
Hannah Smith	21	7	0
Fanny Slater	18	5	0
Eliza Hardman	21	1	0
Ann Cross	21	5	2

CAMBRIC MAKING-UP ROOM

Name	Age	Years emp.	Weeks sick
Hannah Price	25	12	0
Alice Pennington	21	6	0
Harriet Taylor	16	5	0
Maria Holt	18	4	0
Lettetia Platt	20	3	0
Jane Ann Price	14	2	0
Isabella Mayoh	18	7	3
Mary Ann Ashworth	41	26	4
Jane Gregory	21	9	8
Alice Jones	17	4	12

JACONET & CAMBRIC PACKING ROOM

Name	Age	Years emp.	Weeks sick
Adam Gerrard	34	24	0
James Pendlebury	54	39	2
James Harwood	33	22	2
James Cooper	81	66	4
William Hilton	70	45	4
John Pilling	21	7	5
Thomas Vose	31	21	7
John Jordan Jnr.	29	12	9

ALBERT & PROSPECT DRYING STOVES

Name	Age	Years emp.	Weeks sick
John Thornley	66	50	0
Joshua Mayoh	43	30	2
Timothy Fairclough	33	20	3
John Smith	52	41	5
John Orrell	46	30	6
John Leather	29	18	8

MILL, FINISHING & PACKING ROOMS

Name	Age	Years emp.	Weeks sick
Edward Morris	26	9	0
Robert Leather	22	8	0
Samuel Price	32	20	0
John Morris	31	19	1
John Crompton	26	15	2
John Kay	29	18	3
William Price	28	16	3
Thomas Morris	38	27	14
Alice Harwood	29	14	4

TEMPLE MAKING-UP & PACKING ROOM

Name	Age	Years emp.	Weeks sick
Samuel Price	20	7	0
James Greenhalgh	21	7	0
John Smith Jnr.	16	4	0
John Smith Sen.	42	3	0
Thomas Haddock	21	12	2
James Lee	16	3	2
James Crook	28	17	4
William Latham	27	17	12
Richard Haddock	46	34	21
Ann Hayward	14	2 1/2	0
Alice Ann Taylor	12	1/2	0
Ann Smith	19	21/2	1

TEMPLE DRYING STOVE

Name	Age	Years emp.	Weeks sick
William Settle	40	30	0
Charles Parkington	15	5	0
Eli Parkington	13	4	0
Richard Haddock Jnr.	12	1	0
Edward Platt	44	32	4
John Crook	23	13	22

MISCELLANEOUS

NAME	OCCUPATION	AGE	YEARS EMP.	WEEKS SICK
John Morris	Package collector, formerly Packer	77	66	6
Thomas Kirkman	Storekeeper	79	65	5
James Crankshaw	Labourer, formerly Crofter	72	62	2
Richd.Greenhalgh	Chemical maker, formerly Crofter	74	61	8
Joseph Woods	Mangler	70	60	7
Jer.Gregory	Labourer, formerly Finisher	75	52	17
Thomas Duxbury	Chemical Maker, formerly Crofter	59	50	0
George Mayall	Crofter	57	48	?
James Ashcroft	Watchman, formerly Finisher	57	48	6
Wm.Thomasson	Labourer, formerly Crofter	59	47	9
Wm.Pennington	Joiner	61	47	?
Wm.Robinson	Package collector, formerly Carter	64	47	6
John Pendlebury	Labourer, formerly Crofter	60	45	2
Henry Ashworth	Blacksmith	56	45	6
Peter Taylor	Crofter	53	44	3
Wm.Thornley	Crofter	50	42	5
John Hamer	Crofter	53	41	3
Peter Pilling	Crofter	54	41	7
Robert Greenhalgh	Crofter	54	41	3
John Stanning	Manager	51	40	0
Wm.Morris	Manager	50	40	6
Wright Gregory	Carter	64	40	?