List of Old People of seventy-seven years and upwards who dined at the Swan and Kings Head Inns, Dobcross on Thursday, August 28th 1845. Taken from the Book "At the Sign of the Kings Head” by, Ammon Wrigley. Copy at Tameside Local Studies. These names transcribed by Colin McInnes and kindly donated to this website for publication 28th October 2007
Forename
Surname
Address
Age
John
Brierley
Workhouse
89
Thos
Seville
Workhouse
80
Sarah
Seavile
Workhouse
80
James
Buckley
Workhouse
83
John
Winterbottom
Workhouse
86
Joshua
Mallalieu
Workhouse
78
Mary
Bottomley
Workhouse
82
James
Winterbbottom
Workhouse
83
Sarah
Platt
Workhouse
80
John
Holden
Cloughbottom
82
Mrs John
Holden
Cloughbottom
80
Thos.
Hutchinson
Dobcross
77
Jonathan
Shaw
Dobcross
83
John
Platt
Stoneswood
83
John
Wrigley
New Delph
79
Joseph
Pomfret
Old Tame
83
Henry
Buckley
Old Tame
83
John
Kenworthy
Dobcross
77
John
Fisher
Diggle Bridge
77
Sarah
Newton
Carrhill
77
Robert
Winterbottom
Mossley
76½
Samuel
Broadbent
Uppermill
75
Thomas
Slater
Spring Gardens
77
Edward
Hall
Dungebrooth
82
William
Burgess
Dobcross
83
Sarah
Farrand
Royal George
81
Abram
Bentley
Uppermill
75
Martha
Platt
Carrhill
80
Ben
Wrigley
Baguley
78
Hannah
Morton
Carrhill
77
John
Walker
Dobcross
80
Mrs John
Platt
Frenches
82
William
Bradbury
Uppermill
77
Betty
Wrigley
Openshaw
81
John
Platt
Uppermill
88
John
Ogden
Baguley
92
John
Platt
Hollins
89
Ben
Whitehead
Bedlam
77
John
Pilling
Uppermill
77
James
Holden
Calf Hey
77
Hannah
Worsnop
Calf Hey
76½
Rebecca
Buckley
Carrhill
79
Mary
Wadsworth
Wood Quick
75
Thos
Winterbottom
Lydgate
77
James
Buckley
Quickwood
80
Mally
Buckley
Quickwood
85
Sarah
Shore
Austerlands
79
Mally
Wrigley
Hill End
77
Betty
Rhodes
Delph
87
Phineas
Bottomley
Delph
87
Mally
Buckley
County End
77
George
Buckley
County End
77
Sarah
Holden
Bakestone Pit
82
John
Woolley
Clogger Knowll
77
John
Roberts
Grove
77
Sarah
Bottomley
Lees
82
Betty
Bottomley
Roughtown
80
Mally
Buckley
Austerlands
84
Joseph
Kaye
Austerlands
81
Ann
Lees
Austerlands
88
Betty
Dickson
Austerlands
77
Ann
Mayall
Shelderslow
77
Ann
Wolfenden
Shelderslow
80
Martha
Buckley
Shelderslow
80
Widow
Chadwick
Brighton
82
Sarah
Winterbottom
Stonebreaks
77
Hannah
Shaw
Denshaw
86
Ann
Pilling
Sharon
77
Joseph
Bradbury
Garners
87
Michael
Horsefall
Warrock Hill Clough
77
Abrahm
Horsefall
Brun Clough
80
John
Waterhouse
Gilberts
81
Chas.
Buckley
Turf Lane
88
John
Wood
Uppermill
77
Jas.
Lees
Woodbrook
78
Betty
Wrigley
Lydgate
85
Betty
Whitehead
Delph
78
Sarah
Maws
Linfitts
86
Joseph
Bottomley
Crompton
85
Joseph
Whitehead
Den
78
Mrs
Whitehead
Den
77
Wm.
Buckley
Den Lane
77
James
Dickson
Knowsley
79
Betty
Schofield
Newhouses
82
James
Rhodes
High Barn
78
Joshua
Bowden
Hill End
77
Mary
Bradbury
Garners
87
Hugh
Brierley
Junction
79
John
Longbotton
Delph
84
Luke
Brierley
Hill End
82
Mary
Wood
Delph
79
Betty
Broadbent
Slackfield
81
Peggy
Lees
Sandhole
77
Mary
Holden
Stoneswood
76
Mary
Winterbottom
Woodhouses
77
Ann
Garlick
Millbottom
84
Sarah
Lees
Millbottom
77
John
Taylor
Millbottom
79
Edward
Evans
Quickwood
84
Catherine
Stockton
Lees
86
Betty
Lewis
Quickwood
75
Ben
Hurst
Warley Clough
78
James
Buckley
Waterside
79
Nancy
Hollingworth
New Barn
81
Mary
Schofield
Boarshurst
77
John
Lees
Slackcote
77
Mrs
Lees
Slackcote
77
Widow
Schofield
Nook
82
James
Shaw
Arthurs
79
Mrs
Shaw
Arthurs
81
Robt.
Goddard
Hollins
78
Susannah
Haigh
Lydgate
75
Jane
Humphereys
Lydgate
80
James
Rhodes
Quick
77
James
Hinchliffe
Halls
77
Mrs
Hinchliffe
Halls
77
John
Wood
Castleshaw
81
Mary
Lawton
Oldhey
77
Thos
Rhodes
Warrock Hill
83
Wm.
Bradbury
Drybridge
79
Mary
Wrigley
Scouthead
84
Jane
Mellor
Wharmton Bank
81
John
Bradbury
Runninghill
81
Jas.
Bradbury
Thurstones
77
Betty
Schofield
Castleshaw
77
Edmund
Whitehead
Wood
82
Jane
Bottomley
Diggle Bridge
88
James
Littlewood
Delph
79
Rachel
Wrigley
Hey
84
Nancy
Bradbury
Junction
77
James
Buckley Esq
Holly Villa
80p
Tickets
were given to the folowing people (shown in age as a T)
John
Radcliffe
Governor of Workhouse
T
Thos.
Harrison
Lees
T
Joseph
Ashton
Uppermill
T
Joseph
Platt
Delph Constable
T
Robert
Buckley
Upperhouse
T
Whitehead
Bentfield
T
Scofield
Heathfield
T
Mark
Andrew
T
Joseph
Kershaw
T
John
Shaw
Hunter, Dobcross
T
Taylor
With Omnibus
T
Walker
With one horse Carriage
T
Warris
Brierley
Carter
T
John
Schofield
Carter
T
Joseph
Brierley
Carter
T
Henry
Broadbent
Carter
T
J.
Shaw
Carter
T
Among
the subscribers appear the names of (show in age as S)
