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.
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. 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. 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.
He also had 2 servants and a coachman. Sunday 21 st May 7.30 - 9.30 6 to erect gazebos, moving tables and chairs from Marquee to stalls - 1 or 2 to do the tea/coffee, breakfast for us all. 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. Most of the culvert has been dismantled/washed away and the down-stream section is littered with brick and stone work as a result. WWII shelter
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. Of Clough House itself a curve cellar wall and garden steps remain visible amongst piles of bricks and slates. 1. 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. 1871
Travis Stone from 1787
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.
Benjamin Blackley, book keeper, living with his wife.
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). 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.
This would have made the works more resilient to the variations in the flow of the stream.
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We finally see the Buckley family present in the census of 1861, with John (born Cheshire, 1803), listed as a cotton manufacturer and bleacher. By 1845 the Prestwich Clough Dye Works was owned by Richard Travis, great grandson of John & Esther of Prestwich Wood.
James retired from the local board of governors in 1894.
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. 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. M25 9GL View area details View maps in the shop Thomas Grimshaw, a finisher, living with his wife
Benjamin Blackley, book keeper, living with his wife. The map of 1891 shows how the bleachworks had expanded with additional lodges in the small clough running down from The Hospital Annex.
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.
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.
In 1900, John's daughter, May, married Arthur Seal Blackwell M.D. His son Oswald Milne, in 1847 sold Prestwich Wood and 59 acres of land to allow the construction of what became Prestwich Hospital. WWII Sites of Prestwich
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.
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, [many thanks to Peter Corbally for some of the content and tipping me off on the Travis grave]. 1950s
Prestwich Clough Day is a FREE Annual Event held from 12pm - 5pm in St Mary's Flower Park and outside The Church Inn, Church Lane. By 1891 James was living with his wife and 3 children. 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).
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Mary Entwistle, weaver, with 2 daughters living in a cottage
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.
1891
1950 - ridge up towards Wellbank in the background
In the distance (click to enlarge) photo you can make out the curved edge of the third lodge. 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. 1891
1891
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(with no reference to Prestwich Clough house)
The entrance to the culvert (circled) was capped by 3 circular stones which can still be found discarded nearby.
Mary Entwistle, weaver, with 2 daughters living in a cottage
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.
Countess Wilton
A track lead up form the bleachworks towards Well bank.
The Buckley family vault shows Ada died in 1927 aged 79 and James (son of John) died in 1943 aged 97. [you can also make out the WWII shelter with blast wall along the footpath to the south - still standing today]
The area was used as a landfill tip in the 20th century so bears little resemblance today. WWII Sites of Prestwich
1861, We finally see the Buckley family present in the census of 1861, with John (born Cheshire, 1803), listed as a cotton manufacturer and bleacher. 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. Bleachworks Ruins
WWII shelter
By the 1939 census young James had become Company Director living at Prestwich Clough house, with the Grimshaw's still at the cafe. 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. 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. Buckleys was just one of three or four bleach and dye works in Prestwich in the 19th century.
Thomas Grimshaw, a finisher, living with his wife
Mary Entwistle, weaver, with 2 daughters living in a cottage
Bleachworks
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. In 1876 John was summoned for charges of employing young children. The entrance to the culvert (circled) was capped by 3 circular stones which can still be found discarded nearby.
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.
The Buckley Vault in St Mary's graveyard records the death of John's son, Joseph in 1881, aged 38. 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 area was used as a landfill tip in the 20th century so bears little resemblance today. Though St Mary's baptismal registers record Whitsters back to 1678.
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The census of 1851 lists the following families as resident in Prestwich Clough:
Bleachworks Ruins
Culvert remains
James Hilton, agricultural labourer, with John Barnes bleacher
Mary Entwistle, weaver, with 2 daughters living in a cottage
The route from Prestwich Wood to Prestwich Clough was Clough Lane
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. 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. Your email address will not be published. John Travis slab (dates from 1824)
Bleachworks
Family Vault
The entrance to the culvert (circled) was capped by 3 circular stones which can still be found discarded nearby.
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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. stonework
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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. [There was a Joseph born 1843 listed in Prestwich Asylum in the 1871 census]
WWII shelter
Family Vault
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Prestwich Wood was now occupied by Rev Nathaniel Milne. You can explore the ruined foundations and cobbled pathways of the Buckley Bleach & Dye works. https://youtu.be/nbt2YUjHGKA See translationConditions:Great! However James Buckley is present at "Prestwich Clough" living with his wife and employing his son James as clerk at the bleachworks. For more WW2 sites around Prestwich see this map
These earthworks are regionally significant to the understanding of early industry, however have been damaged by recent flood repair works(2012). The stream itself had been culverted and re-routed in front of Prestwich Clough house some time earlier.
Although the rest of their work regarding buildings and infrastructure was reported to have been a bit hap-hazard. For more WW2 sites around Prestwich see this map
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. 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.
(with no reference to Prestwich Clough house)
Buckleys was just one of three or four bleach and dye works in Prestwich in the 19th century. Water channel to the lodges
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.
You can explore the ruined foundations and cobbled pathways of the Buckley Bleach & Dye works.
In the1841 census, shows Richard and two of his sisters, living next door to the Church Inn on Church Lane.
Florence (b:1872), James (b:1875), May (b:1878), and his cousin Mary Shawcross (b:1825) was still living with the family. WWII shelter
In 1900, John's daughter, May, married Arthur Seal Blackwell M.D. 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. We finally see the Buckley family present in the census of 1861, with John (born Cheshire, 1803), listed as a cotton manufacturer and bleacher. Of Clough House itself a curve cellar wall and garden steps remain visible amongst piles of bricks and slates.
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[In 1871 an Edward Buckley, a bleacher dyer and finisher lived at Beech Wood House on Bury New Road - near Sedgley Mount]
Culvert remains
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. For more WW2 sites around Prestwich see this map
From the Park you can walk to St Mary's Church, and continue down through Prestwich Clough.
1950 - ridge up towards Wellbank in the background
1950s
By 1881, James was listed as employing 103 hands, and now had 4 children. 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. Buckleys works
1950 - ridge up towards Wellbank in the background
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.
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).
The map of 1891 shows how the bleachworks had expanded with additional lodges in the small clough running down from The Hospital Annex. In 1830 Esther, the daughter of John & Esther Travis married John Consterdine, yeoman of Prestwich at St Mary's church. 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.
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.
By 1845 the Prestwich Clough Dye Works was owned by Richard Travis, great grandson of John & Esther of Prestwich Wood. It consisted of six lodges filled with water diverted from the stream in Prestwich Clough. Of Clough House itself a curve cellar wall and garden steps remain visible amongst piles of bricks and slates. Thomas Grimshaw, a finisher, living with his wife
However the family vault shows that in 1873 they lost a son Edward, aged just 2 days.
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.
stonework
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.
This would have made the works more resilient to the variations in the flow of the stream. 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.
Bleachworks Ruins
The Coffee Sack dream was born. In the distance (click to enlarge) photo you can make out the curved edge of the third lodge. Bleachworks Ruins
266. 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. His son Oswald Milne, in 1847 sold Prestwich Wood and 59 acres of land to allow the construction of what became Prestwich Hospital. 1950s
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. 1950 - ridge up towards Wellbank in the background
However James Buckley is present at "Prestwich Clough" living with his wife and employing his son James as clerk at the bleachworks. John Travis slab (dates from 1824)
This was during the tenure of the Cokes as Lord of the Manor. [you can also make out the WWII shelter with blast wall along the footpath to the south - still standing today]
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. 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). WWII Sites of Prestwich
These earthworks are regionally significant to the understanding of early industry, however have been damaged by recent flood repair works(2012).
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. 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. Bleachworks
John appears to have been baptised in Chadderton in 1733/4.
The tea was gorgeous. 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.
The Consterdine family were a long standing family of both Prestwich and Blackley
In 1900, John's daughter, May, married Arthur Seal Blackwell M.D. Along the path South of the ruins you can still find a WWII shelter with blast wall to the front.
In 1876 John was summoned for charges of employing young children.
The Consterdine family were a long standing family of both Prestwich and Blackley
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.
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.
This embankment was flattened and deposited on the right hand side of the path during drainage work after the floods in 2012. In 1830 Esther, the daughter of John & Esther Travis married John Consterdine, yeoman of Prestwich at St Mary's church.
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. 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.
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. Buckleys was just one of three or four bleach and dye works in Prestwich in the 19th century. 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.
Of Clough House itself a curve cellar wall and garden steps remain visible amongst piles of bricks and slates. The map of 1915 shows some of the lodges up towards the Hospital annex were no longer in use.
[you can also make out the WWII shelter with blast wall along the footpath to the south - still standing today]
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Most of the culvert has been dismantled/washed away and the down-stream section is littered with brick and stone work as a result.
[In 1871 an Edward Buckley, a bleacher dyer and finisher lived at Beech Wood House on Bury New Road - near Sedgley Mount]
collapsed storage tanks
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 Buckley family vault shows Ada died in 1927 aged 79 and James (son of John) died in 1943 aged 97. By 1881, James was listed as employing 103 hands, and now had 4 children. The Buckley Vault in St Mary's graveyard records the death of John's son, Joseph in 1881, aged 38.
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