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. Bleachworks Ruins
Of Clough House itself a curve cellar wall and garden steps remain visible amongst piles of bricks and slates. In 1830 Esther, the daughter of John & Esther Travis married John Consterdine, yeoman of Prestwich at St Mary's church. However James Buckley is present at "Prestwich Clough" living with his wife and employing his son James as clerk at the bleachworks. Bleachworks
Prestwich Wood was now occupied by Rev Nathaniel Milne.
1915
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 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 Ruins
The stone records that John was of "Prestwich Clough" however the burial record shows they lived at Prestwich Wood. Most of the culvert has been dismantled/washed away and the down-stream section is littered with brick and stone work as a result. 1950s
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. 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. [In 1871 an Edward Buckley, a bleacher dyer and finisher lived at Beech Wood House on Bury New Road - near Sedgley Mount]
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Of Clough House itself a curve cellar wall and garden steps remain visible amongst piles of bricks and slates. This embankment was flattened and deposited on the right hand side of the path during drainage work after the floods in 2012. 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. Prestwich Clough House Ruins
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). 1915
He also had 2 servants and a coachman.
Although the rest of their work regarding buildings and infrastructure was reported to have been a bit hap-hazard.
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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.
You can explore the ruined foundations and cobbled pathways of the Buckley Bleach & Dye works. Bleachworks
Buckleys works
John appears to have been baptised in Chadderton in 1733/4.
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 map of 1891 shows how the bleachworks had expanded with additional lodges in the small clough running down from The Hospital Annex. 1953
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. Bleachworks Ruins
A 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. WWII Sites of Prestwich
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. For more WW2 sites around Prestwich see this map
In 1869, John Buckley (aged 66), son of Joseph of Prestwich Clough was buried in the family vault at St Mary's.
John Travis slab (dates from 1824)
1915
The map of 1915 shows some of the lodges up towards the Hospital annex were no longer in use. Family Vault
The stream itself had been culverted and re-routed in front of Prestwich Clough house some time earlier. 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.
Countess Wilton
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. For more WW2 sites around Prestwich see this map
WWII shelter
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 map of 1891 shows how the bleachworks had expanded with additional lodges in the small clough running down from The Hospital Annex. Of Clough House itself a curve cellar wall and garden steps remain visible amongst piles of bricks and slates. 1950s
1. However James Buckley is present at "Prestwich Clough" living with his wife and employing his son James as clerk at the bleachworks. In 1869, John Buckley (aged 66), son of Joseph of Prestwich Clough was buried in the family vault at St Mary's. 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). Real photograph.
Buckleys works
1950s
Culvert remains
The map of 1891 shows how the bleachworks had expanded with additional lodges in the small clough running down from The Hospital Annex.
Culvert remains
Travis slab dated 1821 [St Mary D Section]
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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. Watch this video exploration of the ruins of Buckleys, and Prestwich Clough House, Bleachworks
You can explore the ruined foundations and cobbled pathways of the Buckley Bleach & Dye works. The entrance to the culvert (circled) was capped by 3 circular stones which can still be found discarded nearby.
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. Prestwich Wood was now occupied by Rev Nathaniel Milne.
[There was a Joseph born 1843 listed in Prestwich Asylum in the 1871 census]
In 1869, John Buckley (aged 66), son of Joseph of Prestwich Clough was buried in the family vault at St Mary's. For more WW2 sites around Prestwich see this map
James Hilton, agricultural labourer, with John Barnes bleacher
Bleachworks
John and his wife Ester, lived at Prestwich Wood.
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. By 1881, James was listed as employing 103 hands, and now had 4 children. Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Z5mrBxboQJtMMUiz5
1891
WWII shelter
Not far from the entrance at Buckley Lane, various brick structures, cobbled paths and gateposts remain today, mostly hidden in the trees and undergrowth.
Most of the culvert has been dismantled/washed away and the down-stream section is littered with brick and stone work as a result.
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.
These earthworks are regionally significant to the understanding of early industry, however have been damaged by recent flood repair works(2012). Family Vault
Along the path South of the ruins you can still find a WWII shelter with blast wall to the front. collapsed storage tanks
These earthworks are regionally significant to the understanding of early industry, however have been damaged by recent flood repair works(2012).
The bleachworks themselves are believed to be one of the oldest bleachworks in Prestwich, dating from 1762, when a Mr John Travis was listed as a whitster and proprietor of Prestwich Clough Dye Works. Buckleys works
You can explore the ruined foundations and cobbled pathways of the Buckley Bleach & Dye works.
Thorpes premises later became Wardleworths (famous for its Turkey Red dyes) and then turned into the Waterdale Bleachworks. 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. So shop in-store and collect Clubcard points today. 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. 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. The stream itself had been culverted and re-routed in front of Prestwich Clough house some time earlier.
In 1876 John was summoned for charges of employing young children. 1950s
1850
Along the path South of the ruins you can still find a WWII shelter with blast wall to the front.
Culvert remains
Weekly Radcliffe - Belmont Road 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.
1850
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. 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. Thorpes premises later became Wardleworths (famous for its Turkey Red dyes) and then turned into the Waterdale Bleachworks. Florence (b:1872), James (b:1875), May (b:1878), and his cousin Mary Shawcross (b:1825) was still living with the family.
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