Oldham Historical Research Group

William Rowbottom's Diary as published in the Oldham Standard

1799

Surname

First Name

Abode

Age

Children

Women

Haigh

Thomas

Markfield

21

1

1

Supplementary militia

Halkyard

Joseph

Goldburn

34

4

1

One eye

Hall

Martha

Mill End

67

0

0

Housekeeper; very infirm; not able to remove

Hall

William

Mill End

70

0

1

Wife

Hall

William

Mill End

19

0

0


Hall

William

Oldham

35

3

1


Hardman

George

Oldham

16

0

0


Hardman

John

Oldham

51

0

1


Harrision

John

Holebottom

35

6

1


Harrison

Henry

Oldham

40

7

1


Harrop

William

Markfield

28

1

1


Haworth

Robert

Holebottom

47

1

0


Hindle

Henry

Markfield

50

3

1

Rheumatism

Hindle

John

Markfield

16

0

0

Apprentice

Hodson

Abraham

Oldham

41

0

0


Hodson

Isaac

Markfield

20

0

0

Oldham Loyal Association

Hodson

James

Markfield

15

0

0


Hodson

Joseph

Markfield

47

4

1

Very bad state of health and not fit to serve

Holt

Joseph

Oldham

26

1

1


Hopwood

William

Goldburn

38

0

0

Very infirm

Horsefall

James

Markfield

46

0

3

Surfiet and other infirmities

Horsman

John

Markfield

40

1

0


Houghton

Samuel

Holebottom

45

4

1


Houghton

William

Holebottom

20

0

0


Hyde

Thomas

Markfield

19

0

0

Apprentice

Isherwood

William

Markfield

36

2

1

Woman upwards of 70

Jackson

Charles

Holebottom

49

4

2


Jackson

David

Chapel Street

55

0

0

Nervous complaint

Jackson

James

Markfield

31

3

1


Jackson

Jesiah

Goldburn

41

6

2


Jackson

Jesse

Holebottom

35

3

1

One eye

Jackson

John

Holebottom

21

0

0

Provincial cavalry

Johnson

Christopher

Goldburn

42

5

1


Johnson

George

Chapel Croft

18

1

0


Johnson

John

Mill End

30

0

1


Johnson

Richard

Goldburn

17

0

0

Apprentice

Jones

David

Goldburn

60

1

1

Very infirm

Kershaw

John

Oldham

48

0

1

Very infirm

King

Henry

Markfield

48

2

2

Very lame (a Quaker)

King

James

Holebottom

16

0

0

A Quaker

Lawson

John

Chapel Street

16

0

0


Lawson

William

Chapel Street

42

1

4

Oldham Yeomanry

Leanardness

Humphrey

Markfield

26

0

0


Lee

Nelly

Goldburn


6

2

Housekeeper

Lees

Edward

Oldham

25

0

0

Oldham Loyal Association

Lees

James

Chapel Croft


0

1

Upwards of sixty years but willing to serve

Lees

John

Holebottom

26

2

1

Woman infirm

Lees

John

Oldham

52

0

5

Oldham Loyal Association

Lingard

John

Oldham


0

1


Lowe

James

Chapel Street

45

5

1

Very infirm

Marlor

William

Markfield

21

0

3

Apprentice

Marshall

James

Oldham

22

3

1

Oldham Loyal Association

Mason

Edward

Markfield

20

0

0


Mayall

Robert jun

Oldham

31

0

0

Two persons upwards of the age of 72 years

Mayall

Samuel

Oldham

27

0

0


McDonald

Peter

Mill End

31

2

1


Meadowcroft

William

Markfield

15

0

0

Apprentice

Mellor

Daniel

Holebottom

24

0

1


Mellor

George

Chapel Street

30

0

1

One eye and infirm

Mellor

John

Chapel Croft

45

0

0


Mellor

John jun.

Chapel Croft

16

0

0


Mills

John

Markfield

27

1

1

Oldham Loyal Association

Mills

Thomas

Mill End

43

5

3

bad eyes

Mills

Thomas

Markfield

28

1

1

Oldham Loyal Association

Neild

Mark

Oldham

39

1

1


Nelson

George

Markfield

30

1

2


Nicholson

John

Goldburn

60

2

1


Nield

William

Chapel Street

22

2

1

Oldham Loyal Association

Oddy

Matthew

Holebottom

20

0

0

A Quaker

Ogden

Mary

Oldham


2

1

Housekeeper

O'Neal

John

Goldburn

31

3

1


Owens

Roger

Mill End

54

0

0

Lost a finger

Patterson

William

Chapel Street

33

3

2


Peacock

Edward

Oldham

15

0

0


Pettygru

Archibald

Oldham

48

0

0

Very infirm

Pool

James

Oldham

47

0

0


Poole

Joseph

Oldham

33

5

1


Poole

William

Oldham

32

0

0


Potter

Sarah

Holebottom


1

1

Housekeeper; woman infirm

Pratt

William

Chapel Street

28

0

0


Radcliffe

John

Chapel Street

30

2

1


Radcliffe

John

Mill End

48

7

2


Radcliffe

Robert

Mill End

16

0

0


Ramsbottom

Alice

Oldham

70

1

2

Housekeeper; child under 15 years

Ridgehouse

William

Holebottom

17

0

0

Oldham Loyal Association

Rigby

Alexander

Markfield

46

3

1

Piles bad

Roch

Henry

Goldburn

40

1

1

Very weak

Rowland

George

Oldham

16

0

0


Rowland

James

Oldham

19

0

1

Also one person upwards of 68 years and not capable to remove; OLA

Rutherford

George

Markfield

17

0

0

Apprentice

Schofield

John

Oldham

61

0

1

One person upwards of seventy years and not capable to remove

Schofield

Jos.

Oldham

50

0

0


Shakshaft

Thomas

Oldham

59

1

1

Infirm

Smethurst

Samuel

Oldham

15

0

0

Apprentice

Spaight

William

Chapel Croft

36

6

2


Stansfield

John

Oldham

35

6

1

Rhumatism

Steeple

John

Oldham

34

7

1


Stockdale

Leonard

Oldham


0

0

Absent

Sudbury

William

Markfield

28

0

1


Swire

Elias

Oldham

24

1

0


Taylor

Abraham

Markfield

50

3

2


Taylor

James

Markfield

19

0

0

Oldham Loyal Association

Taylor

John

Chapel Croft

58

0

0


Taylor

John jun.

Chapel Croft

22

1

2

Oldham Loyal Association

Taylor

Joseph

Oldham

50

5

2

Rhumitism

Taylor

Robert

Chapel Street

37

1

1

Oldham Loyal Association

Taylor

Thomas

Oldham

36

4

1

Oldham Loyal Association

Travis

John

Markfield

27

3

1

Oldham Loyal Association

Travis

John

Oldham

50

1

2


Travis

John jun.

Oldham

15

0

0


Travis

Joseph

Oldham

22

0

0

Oldham Loyal Association

Tunstall

John

Chapel Street

33

1

1


Warburton

Paul

Holebottom

17

0

0

(A Quaker)

Ward

Benjamin

Oldham

32

0

0

One person very infirm

Waterhouse

Jos.

Oldham

28

2

1


Waterhouse

Samuel

Markfield

15

0

0

Apprentice

Watson

John

Markfield

39

2

2


Watson

Sharp

Holebottom

26

0

0


Webb

B. D.

Oldham

29

0

2


Whitehead

John

Oldham

28

1

2


Whitehead

Thomas

Goldburn

15

1

2

Apprentice

Whittaker

Edward

Oldham

38

2

2

Oldham Loyal Association

Whittaker

James

Oldham

46

2

3

Oldham Loyal Association

Whittaker

John

Markfield

38

0

2

Lost two fingers of right hand (Quaker)

Whittaker

Miss

Oldham


0

0


Whittaker

Thomas

Oldham

36

0

0


Whitworth

James

Markfield

26

2

0

Bad leg

Wilde

James

Holebottom

33

0

1


Wilde

James

Oldham

61

2

2


Wilde

James jun

Oldham

18

0

0

Oldham Loyal Association

Wilde

Robert

Holebottom

28

1

1

Woman upwards of 60

Wilde

Robert

Oldham

16

0

0


Wilkinson

James

Mill End

34

3

2

Lame leg

Williamson

George

Holebottom

23

2

1

Oldham Loyal Association

Wilson

Thomas

Holebottom

36

4

1


Wiltshire

Thomas

Mill End

46

3

2

Lame

Wimpenny

George

Markfield

40

5

1


Winter

W (Rev)

Oldham

28

0

0


Winterbottom

Dorothy

Goldburn

60

3

1

Housekeeper; one lame daughter and three children under 15 years

Winterbottom

Jonathan

Holebottom

16

0

0


Winterbottom

Mary

Goldburn

75

0

0

Housekeeper

Wire

James

Oldham

26

1

1


Wolstencroft

Thomas

Oldham

38

4

2


Wood

John

Oldham

36

4

3

Oldham Loyal Association

Wood

John

Goldburn

36

4

1


Wright

Benjamin

Goldburn

18

0

0


Wright

Daniel

Goldburn

47

3

1

Infirm

Wright

George

Markfield

48

1

1

A lame wife

Wright

James

Mill End

49

2

0


Wright

James

Markfield

16

0

0

Apprentice

Wright

Samuel

Markfield

24

1

0

Supplementary militia

Wright

William

Markfield

26

0

0


Wrigley

John

Goldburn

20

0

0

Oldham Loyal Association

Wrigley

Miles (Rev)

Goldburn

50

5

2

One hand lost and most of left. two people upwards of 60 years



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William Rowbottom's Diary as published in the Oldham Standard
Transcribed by Mary Pendlbury & Elaine Sykes
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