BERRY INDEX ENTRIES

[Stanley]

BERRY INDEX ENTRIES AS OF 19/02/06

1851 census
Newfield Edge Cottage, Barnoldswick. William Berry, 40, carter. Catherine, wife, 38, washer woman. William, 10. Margaret A. 4. James Coates, nephew, 4.

1852
Slater’s directory records Richard Berry and sons as cotton manufacturers of Barrowford.

c.1860
James Thomas Berry mentioned as the owner of land at Salterforth in the prospectus for the Barnoldswick Railway Company.

1861 census.
Berry’s houses, Barrowford. Margaret Ann Berry, 42, widow, cotton manufacturer. Richard, 20. James, 15. Thomas, 10. Ellen, 8. Lucy, 11.

1871 census.
William Berry of Ridge Street Barnoldswick, 61, carter. Thomas, his son was an apprentice bobbin turner. In same census William Berry of Dotcliffe, Kelbrook, is noted as aged 34 and engine driver at a factory [Dotcliffe Mill?]

1887
Barrett directory notes William Berry as shopman and living at 16 Manchester Road.

1896
Barrett directory notes Jonathan Brown Berry as Joiner and Cabinet maker of Kelbrook. Same directory notes Miss Mary Ann Berry as living at Dotcliffe House, Kelbrook with Miss Rebecca Berry. Miss Mary Martha Berry is noted as resident of Kelbrook [no address]. Michael Berry noted as shopkeeper in Kelbrook. Also noted is William Berry, draper and post office, Kelbrook.

1902
Barrett directory notes William Berry as stores manager and living at 16 Mitchell Terrace [Manchester Road]

1913
In the History of the Baptist church, p 81, Lewis records that when the Rev. E Winnard came as pastor in 1913, Slater Edmondson and William Berry were deacons of the church.

1929
CH 01/02/1929
Report of a case of poaching at West Marton. William Berry and Edwin Slater, twister of Barlick, were caught netting rabbits and using a ferret on the Gledstone Estate. Sidney T England was the head keeper who gave evidence. Both men fined £1 with costs.

1929
CH 29/11/1929. Article base on an interview with John Bailey who was born in 1819 at Bawhead near Earby. He started as a bobbin winder and then HLW at home but then went into the grocery business and amassed capital. He was one of the instigators of the Earby Shed Company which built Albion Mill in 1890 on Seal Croft [Selcroft]. This was part of School Farm which he had bought. Supported by John Bailey, members of his family started trading in Grove Shed as Bailey, Watson and Berry. In 1896 John Bailey built Spring Mill in Earby. Mr Irving Berry, who was one of the partners in the Grove Shed firm bought a shed at Foulridge and left Spring Mill in the control of C W Bailey Ltd.

c.1930
Edwin Berry was a timber merchant and sold wood to Johnny Pickles. See LTP 78/AG/02, side 1, page 10.

1935.
CH. 24/05/1935. Reporting on the death of W N Berry. “In 1903 a dissolution of partnership took place and Mr Watson went to Albion Shed and started the firm of James Watson and Sons. The Spring Mill was divided into two sections, Mr Berry utilising one part for the manufacture of coloured goods, the firm being styled W N Berry and Sons. Mr C W Bailey with the association of Mr Charles Watson and Mr W E Gaunt established a firm called C W Bailey Ltd and they specialised in high class sateen goods. About 1930 the Berry firm removed its looms to Foulridge and that firm is now under the control of Mr Irving Berry, the surviving son of Mr W N Berry.

Berry’s also had the sawmill at Sough but for some reason I haven’t got a card for this.

SCG/19/02/06