NUTTER INDEX ENTRIES

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NUTTER ENTRIES

NUTTER. JAMES. B.1846
1861 census. James Nutter is living at home with the family at Townhead, Barnoldswick. He is 16 and working in a local mill. In the 1881 census he is still living at Townhead but in 1891 has moved to Stopes House, Colne road. Also at Stopes House is Ephraim, 9. Eliza Jane 23. Herbert, 6. James Edmund, 21. Mary Jane his wife (Nee Bracewell) 45. Rupert aged 5. Thomas, 17. Wilfred Ewart, 8.

NUTTER. THOMAS (BARNOLDSWICK) LTD
14/12/1922. Thomas Nutter (Barnoldswick) Ltd is incorporated with a share capital of £15,000 in £1 shares. The founding directors were Thomas and Rupert Nutter of Grimestopes, Barnoldswick. Cotton manufacturers.

NUTTER. JAMES AND SONS LTD. 1907.
6/07/1907. James Nutter and Sons Ltd incorporated with a share capital of £15,000 divided into 1,500 shares of £10 each. The founding directors were James Nutter, Heather View, Barnoldswick. James Edmund Nutter, Rook Street. Ephraim Nutter, Glen View. Thomas Nutter, Cobden Street. Wilfred Ewart Nutter, Heather View. Herbert Nutter, Heather View. Rupert Nutter, Heather View. All with one share each.

BAILEY AND ROBERTS. BARNSEY SHED
BET Nov 12 1937. Report of the death of David Nutter at Rydal Mount Barnoldswick aged 73. Born 1867 he started in cotton in 1912 with Bailey and Roberts at Barnsey Shed and in 1932 this firm changed its name to WE and D Nutter Ltd. [Wilfred Ewart and David Nutter were brothers]

NUTTER. WE AND D LTD
BET Nov 12 1937. Report of the death of David Nutter at Rydal Mount Barnoldswick aged 73. Born 1867 he started in cotton in 1912 with Bailey and Roberts at Barnsey Shed and in 1932 this firm changed its name to WE and D Nutter Ltd.

NUTTER AND TURNER. SOUGH BRIDGE MILL. 1912
Manchester Royal Exchange Directory, 1912. Nutter and Turner, Sough Bridge Mill, Kelbrook. Cotton Manufacturers,252 looms. H G Wilkinson rep.
-see NUTTER. R AND CO.

BANKFIELD SHED, ‘BOTTOM SHOP’ 1920s
AWOL page 57. Arthur Green talks about the succession of firms which followed Bradley Brothers (unlimited company) in the ‘bottom shop’ at Bankfield after they bankrupted about 1922. The Barnoldswick Manufacturing Company (nicknamed ‘Woolworths’) took over but were a ‘flash in the pan’. It looks as though Thomas Nutter’s took over the space and there may have been a succession of firms after that including Stephen Pickles.



CALF HALL SHED, TENANTS AND RATES . 1894.
BUDC rate books 26th March 1894 records S Pickles and Sons, £188. B&EM Holden, £188. James Nutter and Sons, £188. CHSC paid £564. [This would be for 6 months rates]

BANKFIELD SHED.
78/AB/04. Page 5. Billy Brooks talks about Richard Roundell from Gledstone christening the engine when Bankfield No 1 Shed opened in 1905. His connection was that he sold the land to the Barnoldswick Shed Company.

84/SP/01, page 11. Stephen Pickles talks about James Nutter. He mentions that when Bancroft was built James Nutter controlled the water supply for Newfield Edge and used to cut it off every night. [There was a catchment point in Gillian’s Beck in the field behind Bancroft and there was a three inch pipe in the boiler house above the top manhole for filling the boiler from this source. It was carred up badly in 1978 but still wept. Could this source have been the original water supply for Newfield Edge? Was that pipe controlled from the boiler house?]

James Nutter 1911
1861 census. Noted as living at Townhead. The family came to Barnoldswick between 1854 and 1858. Wife Jane, born Gisburn, 15. John 19. Mary Ann, 18. James, 16. Elizabeth Jane, 13, PLW. Isabella 10. ? 8. Levi, 5. Miriam, 3. Ephraim, 6 months. Last three children born Barnoldswick, all the others in Rimington. John, Mary Ann and James all working in cotton mill. 1871 census notes James and Jane living at Philip Street. Occupation given as labourer. Children at home are John, 29. Mary Ann, 27. Elizabeth, 23. Aaron, 18. Levi, 15, Miriam, 13 and Thomas, 3. 1881 census notes James, 70 and Jane 66 living at Chapel Street. 1887 Barrett notes a James Nutter at 7 Chapel Street.

James Nutter1845
As a boy, James was reared in Rimington and first worked in the local water-powered shoddy mill. 1861 census, James Nutter is living at home with the family at Townhead, Barnoldswick. He is 16 and working in a local mill. His first entrepreneurial move was selling bibles with his mate Thomas Slater Edmondson who lived at Townhead as well. Billy Brooks said that James Edmondson did the same thing. James was partner with Slater Edmonson in Clough Mill and the partnership moved to Long Ing in 1888 but then broke up, Slater Edmondson staying at Long Ing but James moving to Calf Hall. He was there with 400 looms until in 1905 he moved into Bankfield Shed with 900 looms. In the 1881 census he is still living at Townhead but in 1891 has moved to Stopes House, Colne road. Also at Stopes House is Ephraim, 9. Eliza Jane 23. Herbert, 6. James Edmund, 21. Mary Jane his wife (Nee Bracewell) 45. Rupert aged 5. Thomas, 17. Wilfred Ewart, 8. BUDC papers give James's address as Heather View in April 1903. On 6/07/1907. James Nutter was one of the founding directors of James Nutter and Sons Ltd. Emma Clark says that James Nutter built the bungalows on Manchester Road, Homelands and the adjoining ones. He also built two houses at the end of Letcliffe Lane and Grimestopes down Gisburn Road. He built houses for all his sons except Ephraim who lived at Glen View. See CH 20/02/1914 for death notice. James Nutter and Sons were first tenants in Bankfield Shed in 1905 with 900 looms (with Bradley Brothers). Stephen Pickles says he had an illegitimate daughter and described the Nutters as 'Chicago Gangsters'. SP says there was a fire in Nutters space at Clough while Pickles wove there. This must be prior to 1889 as Pickles moved to Calf Hall then.

DAVID NUTTER
BET Nov 12 1937. Report of the death of David Nutter at Rydal Mount Barnoldswick aged 73. Born 1864 he started in cotton in 1912 with Bailey and Roberts at Barnsey Shed and in 1932 this firm changed its name to WE and D Nutter Ltd. When the war started WE&D Nutter were weaving at Wellhouse and had to move out when the Admiralty took it over. They moved looms to Bancroft and stacked them in the shed to draw the subsidy but had no intention of restarting.

JAMES EDMUND NUTTER
1881 census is at Townhead aged 11. 1891 census is at Stopes House. I think Edmund is the brother that Emma Clark refers to as Ted or Ned. If so he was father to Harry, Fred and Arthur. On 6/07/1907. James Edmund Nutter was one of the founding directors of James Nutter and Sons Ltd. Noted as owner of shares in the Liberal Club Building Company in 1902. Address given as Heather View. JE was Manchester man for James Nutter and Sons in 1912.

EPHRAIM NUTTER
1881 census is at Townhead aged 9. In 1891 is at Stopes House. On 6/07/1907. Ephraim Nutter was one of the founding directors of James Nutter and Sons Ltd. Lived at Glen View. 1912 Manchester Royal Exchange directory notes Ephraim Nutter and son of Glen View Barnoldswick as cloth agents. Principals Ephraim and Ewart Nutter. In 1902 Ephraim is noted as living at 2 Clough Terrace. Later at Glen View and in 1914 at Wellfield.

THOMAS NUTTER
1881 census is at Townhead aged 7. In 1891 is at Stopes House. Emma Clark says that Tom and Ned (?) Nutter lived at Grimestopes (Stopes House) and were both drinkers. She thinks that Sidney Nutter (died 1977) would be Tom's son. Emma says that Tom died while she was on holiday and she thinks it was 1915. Sidney once told SG that he lived at Grimestopes and his father was a drinker. 14/12/1922. Thomas Nutter (Barnoldswick) Ltd is incorporated with a share capital of £15,000 in £1 shares. The founding directors were Thomas and Rupert Nutter of Grimestopes, Barnoldswick. Cotton manufacturers. On 6/07/1907. Thomas Nutter was one of the founding directors of James Nutter and Sons Ltd. Evidence of Arthur Green quoted in AWOL p.57. 'Tommy Nutter's was one of the firms in the 'Bottom Shop' at Bankfield. CHSCMB 13/12/1911. Note that Thomas Nutter has bought the plant and machinery of Bailey and Roberts.

Wilfred Ewart Nutter
In 1891 census he is at Stopes House aged 8 years. On 6/07/1907. Wilfred Ewart Nutter was one of the founding directors of James Nutter and Sons Ltd. Jim Pollard told me (78/AA/05. Page 12) that Wilfred’s son had no interest in following his father in the family firm. Wilfred lived at the Knoll, Bracewell Road, Barnoldswick in later years. CH 19/07/1929 he is mentioned as living there when his gardener, George Monks was struck be a bus as he was going to work. WE&D Nutter are mentioned as weaving at Westfield Shed on an invoice dated 23/06/1937 for cloth sold to J Nutter and Sons. Wilfred ran James Nutter and Sons at Bancroft until K O Boardman bought them out in the mid 1950s.

Herbert Nutter
1891 census Herbert is at Stopes house aged 6. On 6/07/1907. Herbert Nutter was one of the founding directors of James Nutter and Sons Ltd. 1912 Manchester Royal Exchange Directory notes Herbert as a representative of James Nutter and Sons together with his father and Wilfred. Barrett for 1911 and 1914 notes him as living at Letcliffe and connected with J Nutter and Sons. CH 25/10/1929. Death notice of Herbert Nutter aged 45. Left a widow and six sons. In February 1929 his address is given as Homelands, Manchester Road.

Rupert Nutter
1881 census Rupert is at Stopes house aged 5 years. Jim Pollard says that Rupert Nutter was weaving at Bancroft when it started as Nutter Brothers but then moved to Grove Shed in Earby, then in with Pickles and then into Wellhouse. From Wellhouse he went to Friendship Mill at Read. 14/12/1922. Thomas Nutter (Barnoldswick) Ltd is incorporated with a share capital of £15,000 in £1 shares. The founding directors were Thomas and Rupert Nutter of Grimestopes, Barnoldswick. Cotton manufacturers. On 6/07/1907. Rupert Nutter was one of the founding directors of James Nutter and Sons Ltd. Jim Pollard says [78/AA/05. page 13] that Rupert was the instigator of Nutter Brothers because he was restricted as part of James Nutter and Sons Ltd. I have a note that Randall Ughtred Nutter was Rupert's partner in Nutter Brothers, this was separate from R Nutter and Co Ltd. Address of Rupert in 1911 is Letcliffe. 1912 M/c Royal Exchange directory gives R Nutter and Co Ltd, Grove Shed and Albion Shed Earby, 1084 looms. CH 24/05/1929 mentioned R Nutter and Co as being manufacturers of Sough Bridge Mill. CH 06/05/1932 reports that after the failure that year of R Nutter and Co 'a few weeks ago', Sough Bridge, Albion and Grove shut down throwing 2,000 people out of work.' Sough Bridge might reopen as a cooperative. [This was when Rupert's Manchester man, Percy Lowe stepped in and organised the workers.]

Reginald Nutter
Owen Duxbury told me that Reginald Nutter had Gill Hall Farm in the 1930s. He knew this because he once saw some plans for a proposed extension built by Briggs and Duxbury when he was researching his family. Reginald had no interest in his fathers business and never went into cotton.

SCG/07 December 2003

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