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Name

Dates

Notes

Buckley, John

1812-1892

Tyldesley Historian and Handloom Weaver

Burton, James

1784-1869

Mill owner, Tyldesley, Lodge, Field, Westfield mills

Darlington, Abraham

1846-1903

Secretary Tyldesley Miners Federation

Eckersley, Charles

       -1919

Mill owner

Green, George

1818-1886

Coal owner, Yew Tree Colliery

Hine, John

died 1865

Soldier in Napoleonic Wars

Holland, John

1815-1871

Coal owner, Tyldesley Coal Company

Jackson, George

1816-1867

Coal owner, Astley and Tyldesley Coal Co.

Johnson, Thomas

      - 1823

Owner of Banks Estate and cotton master

Jones, Jimmy

1913-1996 

Dialect Poet

Kirkpatrick, Thomas

1806-1881

Mill owner, Hindsford Mill

Lunn, John

1903-1973

Tyldesley Historian and Councillor

Ormerod, George

1785-1873

Owner of Banks Estate and Historian of Cheshire

Parkinson, William

died 1844

Soldier in Napoleonic Wars

Ramsden, William

1834-1904

Coal 0wner, Nelson Pit

Tinker, Joseph

 

Labour MP

Tyldesley, Thomas

1612- 1651

Royalist officer

Wright, Caleb

1810-1898

Mill owner, Barnfield Mills

Tyldesley people