BROWN INDEX ENTRIES

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BROWN INDEX ENTRIES
As of 02/03/14

1647
Brown. John. Court Rolls of the Manor of Gisburn. November 3rd 1647. John Brown of Gisburn, clothier, was given judgement against Thomas Danser(?) of Gisburn for a debt of 7/-. (Brown must have been putting out work to the cottage textile industry)
1717
Brown. Henry. The 1717 estate map of Bracewell shows Henry Brown as tenant of land to the SW of Bracewell Hall and church. He seems to have been resident at Bracewell Hall.
1717.
Brown. Mr William. Noted on 1717 estate map of Bracewell as being the tenant of lands at Stock.
1837
Brown. Benjamin reported as elector of Barnoldswick. Address given as 'Whitemoor Bottoms' (Lane Bottoms?) Same entry for 1848.
1847
Brown Henry. Born 1847, died 1903. Elizabeth, his wife, born 1847, died 1924. Frokm the inscription on the Riley Street Chapel (Earby) clock made by Johnny Pickles in 1937 as a memorial to his old master. When the chapel was made redundant in 1960 the clock was moved to Wellhouse and in 1981 when that shop was demolished, Jack Gissing mounted the clock over his offices in Wellhouse Road where it is to this day.
1848
Brown. Joseph. Elector of Salterforth address given as Salterforth. Same entry in 1859.
1851 census
Prospect House (Whitemoor)
Brown. John, 43, farmer of 56 acres with one labourer. Margaret, wife, 43. Mary, 17, PLW cotton. William, 15. Jonas, 13. Joseph, 10. John, 7. Margaret A, 3. Martha, 1. (Also noted as farmer at Sandiford in Barrett 1902. Same man?)
1851 Census
Anthony Brown, Gillions[sic], 33, HLW cotton. Wife Hannah, 30, HLW cotton. Mark, 10. Ellen, 8. Nancy, 6. Elizabeth, 4. Henry 2.
1851 census
Engine. (This could be the district around the Engine pub at the top of Skipton Road)
Brown John, 38, labourer on highway. Ellen, wife, 36. James, 15, factory hand. Jane, 14, factory hand. Henry, 10, factory hand. Mary A, 6. Isabelle, 3. Sarah, 2. John, 2 months. Jane Jenkinson Mother in law, 69, widow and pauper.
1851 census
Brown. Henry. Townhead, 31, HLW wool. Martha, wife, 31, HLW wool. Ellen, 2. Alice A, 2months. John Green, 23, HLW wool, lodger. Joseph Green, 17, PLW cotton, lodger. James Green, 26, PLW cotton, lodger.
1859
Brown. John noted as an elector of Barnoldswick.
1861 census
Brown Robert. Lower Harpers, 57, cotton manufacturer employing 88 hands.
1861 census
Brown William of Hemp, butts, 48, engine driver. Alice, wife, 28, born Skipton. William, 19, cotton spinner. Mark, 17, cotton spinner. Betty, 5, scholar. Thomas Andrew, 2. George, 1. James Thursby, 17, lodger.
c.1870.
CH article 19/05/1935 mentions Henry Brown as being associated with Bracewells at Victoria mill as a mechanic.
1871 census
Brown Jonathan, 53, farmer of 78 acres at Brown House farm on Gisburn Old Track.
1871 census
Brown. John, South Street, 31, engine driver. (Three engines in Barlick at that time, Clough, Butts and Wellhouse. I think favourite is the beam engine at Clough)
1871 census
Brown. Mark, Barnoldswick vill, 26, engine tenter. In Barrett 1896 he is noted as 'overlooker' of 6 Rainhall Road.
1871 census
Bancrofts cottages
Brown. John, 52, quarry man. Son Thomas, 22, blacksmith. (see Brown. John William)
1871 census
Brown Joseph, Parson's House Salterforth, 50, noted as being a landowner of 7 acres.
1871 census
Brown. Thomas. Town Head Cottage, 32, Blacksmith.
1881 census
Brown. Henry of Earby. Living at Stoops Hill Earby. Henry Brown, 33, machine smith born Lothersdale Yorks. Elizabeth, wife, 33, born Burnley. Sarah H brown, 7, scholar. William Brown, 6, scholar. Frederick Edmund, 3. Alfred H, 2.
1887
Brown. David. Barrett directory notes David Brown as a farmer, Whitemoor. Same entry in 1896 Barrett and in 1902 the same directory gives his address as Star Hall which is on Gisburn Old Track near Sandiford.
1887
Brown John. Report in CFT (Cotton Factory Times) of 04/02/1887 that one of the first tenants at the new Long Ing Shed was John Brown, ex Clough Mill with 58 looms. In Barrett for 1887 John Brown is noted as Cotton Manufacturer and engineer at Long Ing Shed. His house is noted as Albion Terrace. (Could this be Earby, a connection with Henry Brown? His workshop was on Albion Street) Same entry in Barrett in 1896.
1887
Brown Henry starting as engineer in Earby. LTP, 78/AG/01 Newton Pickles says that his understanding was that old William Brown, Henry Brown's father, started the Earby shop but later research shows that he was working as a mechanic for Bracewell and possibly started on his own account earlier than that in space in Victoria Mill.
1887 Barrett
Brown. William. Noted as engine tenter. 25 Rainhall Road. Same entry but no occupation in Barrett for 1896.
1889
Brown Henry Sons and Pickles. The nameplate outside the offices at Wellhouse give the date of the founding of the company as 1889. In fact I believe that Henry Brown was in business on his own account in Earby before this date.
c. 1890
Brown. Mark. LTP 78/AB/03 side one. Billy Brooks says that he was engineer at Clough Mill. (Son of John Brown 1871? These jobs often passed father to son.) Later on the same tape Billy Brooks told me that Mark Brown's son Willy was a mate of his at school and they often called in to see his dad running the engine. Billy said they lived then on Rainhall Road. (See Mark Brown 1871 census)
1890
Brown. John William was a schoolmaster at Kelbrook.
1887 and 1896
Brown. John William. Barrett notes him as blacksmith of Manchester Road and in 1902 as living on Bethesda Street. Various mentions of him doing work for the CHSC.
1895
Brown Henry noted as a shareholder in the flotation of the Earby Manufacturing Company which took over a new section of Victoria Shed with 420 looms. When spinning at Victoria was ended in 1910 the Earby Manufacturing Co. took more space and increased to 684 looms.
1896
Brown. Mrs Maria. Noted in Barrett as living at 1 Albion Terrace. See John Brown in 1887 at same address)
1896
Brown, John James. Mentioned in Barretts directory as weaver of Park Cottage.
1896
Brown. James. Mentioned in Barrett for 1896 as grocer and stationer of Earby.
1896 Barrett
Brown Henry noted as machinist and blacksmith at Victoria Mill.
1896 Barrett
Brown. William. Boot and shoe maker of Cavendish Terrace Earby.
1901
Brown. Benjamin of Barrowford mentioned as qualified to act as a director of the Calf Hall Shed Company in July 1901 statement of accounts. Same entry in July 1899. (He had sufficient shares to qualify)
1901 census
Brown Henry. 28 Cemetery Road Earby, 53, machine smith at cotton weaving mill, born Lothersdale. Elizabeth, wife, 53 born Burnley.
1902
Brown Robert noted as butcher of Newtown in Barrett 1902.
1911
Brown. Mrs Ada. 1911 Is the date on a postcard sent to Ada Elsworth who was on a temperance trip to Larne at the time. She later became Mrs Brown and ran the grocer's shop on Longfield Lane until the 1960s
1911/1912 and 1915/1916.
Brown and Bailey. (William Brown and Edward Bailey) Worrall's directory reports Brown and Bailey at Long Ing with 600 looms. Also note they had applied for space to the Calf Hall Shed Company in 1902.
1912
Brown and Watts, ironfounders. CHSC minutes 11/12/1912 Makes it clear that Henry Brown is running the old foundry at Ouzledale in partnership with a man called Watts. They traded as 'The Dale Ironworks for a time. (I have also found references in the minutes to 'Overdale Foundry' referring to the same business. There are references to H Brown at Ouzledale in the minutes up to 1922 when the new foundry at Havre Park was opened.)
1920
Brown Henry and Sons. CHSC minute books for 04/02/1920 contain a resolution to sell land at Wellhouse abutting the dams to Henry Brown. He paid £1396-19-6 for the land which was to be the site of the Havre Park foundry.
1913
Brown. Richard. BUDC council member 1913-1919. Died October 20 1939. In Barrett for 1896 and 1902 he is noted as living at Moorside Farm.
c.1920/1930
Brown. Tom. In LTP 78/AB/02 Billy Brooks says that cockles and mussels were brought into Barlick by rail and sold round the streets by Tom Brown a greengrocer who was noted for his loud voice. I have later references to the same man selling paraffin and donkey stones.
c.1920
Brown. William. Billy Brooks said he was one of Henry Brown's sons and lived at Horton in Craven. LTP. 78/AB/6, side two. (confirmed in other places by Newton Pickles)
1920/1921
Brown and Bailey, Long Ing. Reported in the LTP as having 600 looms.
1922
Brown. Henry and Sons. Built new foundry in Havre Park and ceased to run the foundry at Ouzledale. In 1929 when they liquidated their Foreman Cecil Ashby went back into the old foundry and ran it with help from CHSC who needed the resource and owned the building. Johnny Pickles used the foundry and it was eventually the basis for the modern Ouzledale Foundry at Long Ing.
1925
Brown. Sarah. Sarah was born in Lothersdale and was sister to Henry Brown father of the Henry who founded the engineering firm H Brown and Sons. She died in 1925. She was married to John Duxbury (1845-1916) and it was through John that Henry Brown got the chance of the engineering shop at Wellhouse because he was a shareholder in the CHSC who owned the mill.
c.1925/30
Brown. Jimmy. In LTP 78/AK/02, side one, Emma Clark tells of Jimmy Brown looking after the gas engine that generated power for the Majestic Cinema when she was in the pit orchestra. He lived up near the Greyhound and renovated and repaired bicycles as well.
1929. Brown Henry. Report in CH of 08/02/1929 that Henry Brown, engineer of Earby was fined 10/- by the magistrates for driving a car with a 'rusty and dirty' numberplate in Water Street, Earby on January 23.
1929
Brown. Anthony Ltd. CH 04/01/1929. Advertisement offering 406 Cooper looms (41” and 42” reedspace) with usual preparatory machinery. Apply to Proctor and Proctor Burnley. (In 1912 M'c Royal Exchange directory Browns are at Salterforth with 406 looms)
1929
LTP, 82/HD/05. Harold Duxbury talks about Henry Brown and Sons liquidating in 1929, seven years after they had built the new foundry at Havre Park and were running the shop at Wellhouse as well. Newton Pickles told me that they must have been badly advised because they paid out 19/6 in the £ to their creditors.
1930
When Henry Brown and Sons liquidated Johnny Pickles took over the shop at Wellhouse with all the machinery and was backed by the Calf Hall Shed Company because they needed the resource. Shortly after Johnny started on his own (possibly in 1930) Henry Brown (or more likely his son Willy Brown, came into the business to run the office. It was in 1938 that Johnny Pickles changed the name of his firm to 'Henry Brown Sons and Pickles Ltd' from J A Pickles and Company, generally thought to be his gesture of support to his old master. Johnny served his apprenticeship to Browns at Earby.
c.1930
Charlie Brown was the ghost of a tackler reputed to haunt Bancroft Shed. LTP 78/AC/10. Evidence of Ernie Roberts.
1930
Brown and Bailey. CH 12/09/1930. Report of the fact that the New Road Manufacturing Company are to move their business (400 looms) from Brook Shed Earby into the premises at Long Ing previously occupied by Brown and Bailey. They will use Brown and Bailey's old looms but will bring in their own tapes and preparation machinery. There was speculation that the move was triggered by favourable terms at Long Ing but Mr Fred Pickles would only say that the arrangement was 'more convenient'. In truth they were probably getting 6 months grace rent free. BUDC warned against optimism because no new looms were being run and no new labour would be needed.
c.1930
Brown Phineas. Used to live in one of the cottages at the bottom of Jepp Hill. Ran the old swimming bath on the Croft built by Matt Hartley and did various trades, ice making, electrical engineer and small maintenance jobs. Not thought to be related in any way to the main Brown family. In Barrett for 1914 he is noted as electrical engineer at the Brick School in Fountain Street and in Kelly for 1922 as P P Brown and Co on the Croft.
1930
Brown. G. D. In CH of 18/07/1930 there is a report of G D Brown announcing the half yearly dividend of the Crow Nest Shed Company at 2 ½%.
1932
Brown. Robert. Butcher. CH 18/03/1932. Robert Brown, butcher of Barlick in court accused of stealing a winch property of James Hague, Boat proprietor of 10 Omerall(sic) Terrace in Foulridge. It was stated that the defendant and his brother had Greenhill Farm at Salterforth and a sale under Distress Warrant took place there on January 12th. The winch was sold to James Hague for 3/6 but when he went to collect it, it had gone. The case was dismissed.
c.1935
Brown. Gladney. In LTP 79/AG/13 Newton Pickles tells the story of being called to Victoria Mill Earby to attend to a loose spur wheel in 1937/38. He was told to go down there by Willy Brown (of Horton) who was associated with Henry Brown Sons and Pickles. Bill Lancaster Senior was the engineer and he told Newton that Gladney Brown used to come from Henry Brown's Earby workshop and knock the key up 'every now and then'. (Even after Henry Brown and Sons ceased trading at Havre Park and Wellhouse they kept the original Earby shop on.)
c.1935
Brown. Harry was a mate of Newton Pickles and worked at Wellhouse at B&P. LTP. 78/AG/01, side two. Son of Willy Brown?
c. 1950?
'Mrs Brown'. In a conversation with Brian Ashby in 2003 Brian said that his father, James Cecil Ashby who had been foreman at Henry Brown's foundry at Havre Park moved to Ouzledale Foundry on Longfield lane when Brown failed. His wife died of breast cancer and he married(?) a lady always known to the family as Mrs Brown. When JC died there was no will and Mrs Brown took the foundry over. George Ashby stayed working for her but the other brothers left. George eventually took the foundry over and founded the present day firm Ouzledale Foundry now at Long Ing.
1959
Brown. Grant. (Sailor Brown) In 1959 SCG bought Hey Farm from Grant Brown for £2000 and £200 ingoings. He had bought the farm from Ebor Crook. The Crook family were farmers and wheelwrights at Hey for at least 150 years.
1960
Brown. Derrick. BUDC council member 1960-1963.
1981.
Brown. Henry Sons and Pickles. Finished at Wellhouse on 10 May 1981 and Wellhouse was demolished. The name of the firm survived because it, and some of its machinery, was bought by Jack Gissing who served his apprenticeship with them.
1986
Arnold Brown of Salterforth. The man who taught Newton Pickles to play the organ. LTP, 78?AG/2, side two.
2004
Brown. David. In February 2004 David Taylor told me that Harry Smith told him that Maurice Hoyle gave his wife £25,000 to invest in Dorothy Perkins (lingerie manufacturers). This explains the tale that David Brown told me and Ted Waite in 1960 about clearing a lot of underwear out of one of the cottages at the Corn Mill when he worked there. He said the brassieres were no good as they all had holes in them, we had to educate him about naughty knickers. David was a strange lad and walked an entire horse round the district for stud, he often wore spurs and a stetson.

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