OneGuyFromBarlick

Again, many thanks to you all for your information and photographs. I'm very surprised that my great, great grandfather's house has survived. My next move will be to come over to have a look as soon as I'm able.

Thanks. John Brown

Thanks to Stanley, Wendyf, Whyperion and Elise for all the information you've provided. It's moved my research on considerably.

Regards, John Brown

Stanley, thank you for this useful information. I don't expect you know of any photographs of the cottages, do you? Strangely enough, after a period in the textile industry, my father became a mechanical engineer and I'm a retired civil engineer...so it seems William's engineering genes are still ac...

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Wendy, My name is John Brown and I'm researching ancestors' details on my father's side. I couldn't find a clue to the location of Hemp Butts other than references to Butts Mill. It seems that hemp butts were fields where hemp was grown, presumably before the focus locally changed to cotton. My grea...

Thanks to you both. I haven't posted this request previously. I'm a new member. I would like to know if the cottages still exist or, if not, where they were located. My line of the Brown family is descended from a son of the William Brown born in 1813. However, although this son migrated to Manchest...

My Great, Great Grandfather, William Brown was born in Barnoldswick in 1813. He's recorded in the censuses up to 1891 and lived, at least for part of the time, in Hemp Butts Cottages. I assume these were located near Butts Mill. He was an "Engine Driver" at a (un-named) cotton mill. His wi...