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What did your family do in the revolution?
Millions signed the three great Chartist petitions of 1839 to 1848. Thousands were active in those years in the campaign to win the vote, secret ballots, and other democratic rights that we now take for granted.
Chartist Ancestors lists many of those who risked their freedom, and sometimes their lives, because of their participation in the Chartist cause. The names included on the site are drawn from newspapers, court records and books of the time, from later histories and other sources.
I would like to thank the many historians, researchers and the descendents of those associated with Chartism who have helped with this site since it was launched in 2003.
Mark Crail, Editor
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Chartist land company subscribers in Preston
This page lists all those named in the Chartist land company share register with Preston, Lancashire addresses. It includes 215 people, and has a small number of double entries (see explanation).
During the 1840s, more than 70,000 people subscribed to the land company in the hope that they would be allocated land on one of the colonies of smallholdings established by the Chartist movement to rehouse industrial workers.
Find out more about the Chartist Land Company and understand the context for these names. See other towns for which we have lists of subscribers to the venture.
The lists were transcribed by Professor Jamie Bronstein of New Mexico State University during the course of her PhD research in the early 1990s. Chartist Ancestors is grateful to her for persmission to reproduce the lists here, believing that many family historians will find something of interest in them.
Professor Bronstein is also the author of Land Reform and Working-Class Experience in Britain and the United States, 1800-1862
A note of warning
There are likely to be many inconsistencies and errors in the lists that follow. Many of the would-be shareholders themselves may not have had a consistent way of spelling their
own name and address and may have used informal versions not found on official maps and documents. Details from whatever written application they sent to the Land Company's offices were then copied by hand into a leather-bound ledger by clerks who may have had to guess at handwriting and abbreviations. Some 150 years later, these ledger entries were typed into a spreadsheet for private academic study. And finally, a further decade and a half on, they have been converted from one redundant software package to a more modern program, and some tidying up has been carried out before publication.
If entries here do not entirely tally with those for what may be the same people in the 1851 census or in other sources, then human error at one or some of these stages may be the explanation. Similarly, census entries also go through similar processes, and similar errors occur.
Matthias Wilkinson |
overlooker |
15 Moss Rose St Preston |
William Wilson |
sawyer |
42 Bridge Lane Preston |
William Woods |
powerloom weaver |
42 Charlotte Street Preston |
John Bamber |
labourer |
34 Shepherd Street, Preston |
Robert Bambridge |
moulder |
15 Adelphia Street Preston |
John Baxendale |
spinner |
6 Spring Street, Preston |
Matthew Baxter |
turner |
34 Meadow Street, Preston |
James Bury |
bricklayer |
19 Union Street, Preston |
John Bury |
bricklayer |
19 Union Street, Preston |
William Bury |
cabinetmaker |
6 Trinity Square, Preston |
Thomas Blackhurst |
weaver |
3 Dog Yard, Church Street, Preston |
John Blackhurst |
weaver |
13 Agonduct Street, Preston |
John Bolton |
calico printer |
Wilky Trees, Walton Le Dale |
Lawrence Booth |
overlooker |
Scool Lane, Walton Le Dale |
Septimus Booth |
overlooker |
Scool Lane, Walton Le Dale, |
Thomas Borwick |
spinner |
18 Lower Pitt Street, Preston |
John Bowes |
dresser |
Bramber Bridge, Walton Le Dale |
James Brown |
weaver |
71 Park Road, Preston |
Robert Brown |
weaver |
3 Armside Street, Preston |
John Battersby |
labourer |
Queen Street, Preston |
John Chadwick |
weaver |
3 Dog Yard, Church Street, Preston |
William Cook |
dresser |
24 Ribble Street, Preston |
John Copping |
chair maker |
2 Little George's Passage, Preston |
William Coupe |
tailor |
Parish Of Goosnaugh, Preston |
James Carns |
cordwainer |
12 Emmett Street, Preston\ |
Aaron Chanshaw |
weaver |
22 Heddon Street, Preston |
William Duckett |
weaver |
4 Spring Street, Preston, |
James Duckett |
weaver |
14 Gardener Street, Preston |
Thomas Duckett |
weaver |
13 North Street, Preston |
William Durrant |
carter |
Orchard, Preston |
Peter Eddlestone |
dresser |
12 Byron Street, Preston |
George Eccles |
labourer |
35 Crown Street, Preston |
Edward Ellis |
iron moulder |
11 Higginson Street, Preston |
Thomas Eaglestone |
cordwainer |
Marsh Lane, Preston |
Margaret Gardener |
grocer |
138 Lancaster Road, Preston |
Edward Halliwell |
spinner |
Walton Le Dale |
Peter Halliwell |
spinner |
Walton Le Dale |
Thomas Howson |
spinner |
Bamber Bridhe, Walton Le Dale |
Thomas Hunter |
iron turner |
School Lane, Walton Le Dale |
Henry Holmes |
weaver |
20 Sleadon Street Preston |
William Holmes |
weaver |
20 Sleadon Street Preston |
Thomas Holmes |
weaver |
85 Byron Street Preston |
Thomas Kelly |
labourer |
Watling Street, Fullwood, Preston |
John Lancaster |
spinning master |
Bamber Bridge, Preston |
Benjamin Lawton |
printer |
Preston |
William Naylor |
calico printer |
Pannister Hall, Walton-Le-Dale |
Charles Nelson |
card room hand |
Pannister Hall, Walton-Le-Dale, |
Philip Nelson |
warehouseman |
Pannister Hall, Walton-Le-Dale, |
Matthew Newsome |
labourer |
27 Seddon Street, Preston |
Joseph Nixon |
iron moulder |
6 James St North Road Preston |
William Nellard |
iron turner |
24 Ormskirk Road Preston |
Richard Nutter |
cordwainer |
75 Wooth Road Preston |
William Norish Jr |
carpenter |
John Street Twirton |
Humphrey Odlem |
tailor |
Garst Street, Preston |
Timothy Parkinson |
labourer |
3 Richmond Street, Preston |
Joseph Smalley |
labourer |
Walton-Le-Dale, Preston |
Mary Swansick |
housekeeper |
1 Bishopsgate St Preston |
Thomas Slater |
engineer |
Wild New Row, Preston |
James Seddon |
power loom weaver |
8 Peter Street Preson |
Christopher Talley |
labourer |
126 March Lane Preston |
James Thornton |
power loom weaver |
71 Park Road Preston |
Robert Walton |
iron polisher |
8 Lills Yard Friergate Preston |
William Walmsley |
handloom weaver |
127 Marsh Lane Preston |
James Walmsley |
handloom weaver |
Igh Street Preson |
Thomas Waterhouse |
cotton spinner |
Holland Slack, Walton Le Dale, |
Joseph Waring |
hand loom weaver |
Moorside, Preston |
John Weight |
hand loom weaver |
Manaland Bank, Preston |
Thomas Welch |
millwright |
Walton Le Dale, |
James Wilden |
labourer |
Great George's Street, North Rd Preston |
Robert Woodruffe |
power loom weaver |
Green Walton Le Dale |
John Walmsley |
hand loom weaver |
21 High Street Preston |
John Wilding |
engineer |
93 North Road Preston |
William Wilding |
hand loom weaver |
93 North Road Preston |
Peter Woods |
labourer |
2 Brunswick Street Preston |
Michael Ward |
weaver |
6 Paradise Street Preston |
John Bentham |
basket maker |
14 Vauxhall Road Preston |
Lawrence Brown |
weaver |
Bamber Bridge Preston |
George Brown |
weaver |
Bamber Bridge Preston |
Joseph Bromley |
engineer |
Marshland Street Preston |
Robert Davis |
spinner |
4 Spring Street Preston |
William Knowles |
weaver |
Marsh Lane, Preston |
John Knox |
bracemaker |
Clarence Lane, Short St Preston?) |
William Liddle |
cordwainer |
10 Russell Street, Preston |
Anthony Rothwell |
weaver |
99 Moor Lane Preston |
John Robinson |
weaver |
229 Fylde Road Preston |
Richard Valentine |
labourer |
Bamber Bridge Walton Le Dale |
James Ashton |
labourer |
Barracks Walton Le Dale |
Mitton Ayrey |
overlooker |
3 Byron St Preston |
Charles Ayrey |
overlooker |
186 North Rd Preston |
John Ashworth |
weaver |
Walton Le Dale |
John Ainsworth |
weaver |
Walton Le Dale |
Thomas Ainsworth |
spinner |
Roach Bridge Near Preston |
Walter Atherton |
spinner |
Roach Bridge Preston |
John Atherton |
mechanic |
Samelsbury Preston |
Edward Barker |
cordwainer |
5 Pleasant St Preston |
Ann Barrett |
housekeeper |
Dawsons St Preston |
Thomas Berry |
cordwainer |
Back Lane Preston |
May Berry |
dressmaker |
Trinity Sq Preston |
James Barnes |
labourer |
16 Cross St Marsh Lane Preston |
Robert Baslow |
overlooker |
9 Ledwick St North Rd Preston |
Ward Baxter |
dresser |
92 Thomas St Preston |
Charles Baxendale |
weaer |
60 Byron St Preston |
Philip Baxendale |
sawyer |
28 Heatley St Preston |
Robert Baxendale |
weaver |
2 Boran St Preston |
Daniel Bentham |
weaver |
21 Mill St North St Preston |
William Bennett |
weaver |
6 Byron St Preston |
Robert Billington |
weaver |
126 North Rd Preston |
Thomas Bleasdale |
weaver |
Spring Field Preston |
Betty Bolton |
weaver |
Club St Bamber Bridge Walton Le Dale |
Joseph Bowman |
maker up |
1 Frank St Preston |
Roger Brade |
boiler maker |
62 Park Rd Preston |
Thomas Breakell |
bookkeeper |
Back Lane Kirkahm Preston |
Thomas Brewer |
tinplate worker |
Bridge Lane Preston |
James Brierley |
calico printer |
Walton Le Dale Preston |
Thomas Brown |
spinner |
30 Poplar St Marsh Lane Preston |
Agnes Brocklebank |
weaver |
53 Green Bank St Preston |
Thomas Clitheroe |
weaver |
Cab St Bamber Bridge Walton Le Dale |
Richard Cruthwaite |
dresser |
Broughton St Walton Le Dale Preston |
John Cox |
currier |
52 Pole St Walton Le Dale Preston |
Joseph Craven |
glazier |
Bamber Bridge Walton Le Dale Preston |
Giles Critchley |
bookmaker |
St Paul's Sq Walton Le Dale Preson |
William Chadwick |
weacver |
Sedgwick Preston |
Richard Dawson |
labourer |
71 Park Rd Preston |
Pearson Edward Day |
Powerloom weaver |
20 River St Bow Lane Preston |
Richard Deighton |
joiner |
20 John St North Rd Preston |
William Dukenson |
cordwainer |
19 Adelphi St Preston |
Robert Dewhurst |
Powerloom weaver |
8 John St North Rd Preston |
John Davies |
spinner |
Roach Bridge Preston |
George Dewhurst |
spinner |
Roach Bridge Preston |
David Eccles |
spinner |
18 Caton St Preston |
William Ellens |
spinner |
Roach Bridge Preston |
Richard Ellens |
spinner |
Roach Bridge Preston |
Robert Gardner |
labourer |
138 Lancaster Rd Preston |
Thomas Gardner |
overlooker |
13 Peter St New Preston |
James Garnett |
cordwainer |
32 Kilshaw St Preston |
John Gaskell |
Powerloom weaver |
Springfield St Preston |
John Greenwood |
spinner |
2 Hawkin St Nr Green Bank Preston |
Robert Gregson |
gardener |
20 Salmon St Pickwick Preston |
James Gornall |
overlooker |
4 Bedford St Preston (O'C Brigade?) |
William Higginbothom |
manager |
St Mary St Preston |
Joseph Higginbothom Jr |
weaver |
St Mary St Preston |
Josiah Higginbothon |
blacksmith |
St Mary St Preston |
Isaac Higginbothom |
engineer |
St Mary St Preston |
Nathan Higginbothom |
overlooker |
St Mary St Preston |
Joseph Higginbothom Sr |
overlooker |
St Mary St Preston |
Richard Hool |
temperance hotel keeper |
Lane St Preston |
Jane Holmes |
weaver |
82 Byron St Preston |
John Hopkinson |
calico printer |
School Lane Walton Le Dale Preston |
Pyre Humphreys |
weaver |
2 St Thomas St Preston |
Matthew Heppell |
labourer |
Bury Edge Preston |
John Harrison |
waggoner |
Leadgate Preston |
Anthony Hawson |
joiner |
Leadgate Preston |
James Kendal |
handloom weaver |
Crown Street Preston |
Thomas Kelley |
labourer |
St Paul's Square Preston |
Edward Kirby |
joiner |
16 Bridge Street Preston |
Geroge Knighton |
miner |
28 Bedford Street Preston |
William Leeming |
weaver |
3 Gilbert Street Preston |
Henry Larabane |
spinner |
16 Spring Street Preston |
John Lawrence |
millwright |
Morris Mile Walton Le Dale Preston |
Thomas Leach |
cordwainer |
Perry Row Patten Street Preston |
John Leach |
mechanic |
10 Aughton Street Preston |
William Magorian |
power loom weaver |
99 Moor Lane Preston |
James Middleton |
power loom weaver |
5 Bellyard Church Street Preston |
Joseph Middleton |
powerloom weaver |
5 Bell Yard Church Street Preston |
Robert Middleton |
powerloom weaver |
5 Bell Yard Church Street Preston |
John Mathinson |
weaver |
164 Fylde Rd Preston |
William Markin |
weaver |
Walton-Le-Dale Preston |
John Macgee |
weaver |
Sedgewick Street Preston |
John Marlow |
spinner |
Samelsbury Street Preston |
Robert Oldham |
weaver |
Gradwell Street, March Lane, Prestpn |
James Oldham |
labourer |
Holders Square Preston |
Daniel O'neil |
weaver |
19 Bridge Street Preston |
Thoms Park |
piecer |
1 Richmond Street Preston |
Thomas Parker |
spinning master |
9 Springfield Place Preston |
Henry Parker |
labourer |
19 John Street North Preston |
John Phils |
husbandman |
Brunswich Street Preston |
William Poulton |
labourer |
10 Moss Row Preston |
Robert Postlethwaite |
twist maker up |
15 Poplar Street Preston |
Richard Parker |
cordwainer |
Main Sprit, Preston |
Edward Perry |
coal miner |
Preston |
Phillip Rigley |
overlooker |
7 Shedden Street Preston |
Robert Ray |
mechanic |
9 Hawkshead Street Preston |
John Southworth |
overlooker |
5 Cotton Ct Preston |
James Southworth |
wever |
26 High Street Preston |
Ralph Southworth |
weaver |
22 Highford St Preston |
Henry Spencer |
weaver |
110 Lancaster Rd Preston |
John Stanley |
weaver |
7 Albert Street Preston |
Thomas Settle |
overlooker |
100 Moor Lane Preston |
Edward Settle |
overlooker |
3 John Street Marsh Preston |
William Scurr |
plas? dresser |
20 Brier Street Bow Lane Preston |
William Skerrington |
weaver |
19 Sedgewock St North Road Preston |
James Simms |
calico printer |
Chubb Street Walton Le Dale Preston |
John Slater |
gardener |
15 Pleasant Street Preston |
Robert Smalley |
dresser |
4 Bridge Rd Preston |
James Smtih |
weaver |
5 Mos Rose Street Preston |
William Smith |
weaver |
Dawson Street Preston |
Henry Thistletow |
porter |
13 Aquaduct Street Preston |
Joseph Thompson |
labourer |
Walton Le Dale Preston |
Roger Tuson |
dresser |
7 Frederick Street Preston |
Richard Valentine |
labourer |
Bamber Bridge Walton Le Dale Preston |
Richard Wright |
overlooker |
Fylde Rd Preston |
John Watson |
roller coverer |
20 Sergeant Street Preston |
James Waterhouse |
spinner |
Wessy Tress Walton Le Dale |
John Welch |
blacksmith |
Wessy Tress Walton Le Dale |
William Welding |
piecer |
20 Great George Street Preston |
Thomas Wilkinson |
dresser |
103 North Street Preston |
Henry Wilkinson |
powerloom weaver |
2 Kirkland Street North Rd Preston |
Anthony Wilkinson |
powerloom weaver |
15 Moss Rose Street Preston |
Joseph Wilkinson |
dresser |
42 Bridge Lane Preston |
Thomas Wells |
spinner |
Roach Bridge Preston |
William Wilson |
spinner |
Roach Bridge Preston |
William Wilkinson |
overlooker |
Blue Bell Yard Church St Preston |
Henry Holmes |
weaver |
20 Sleadon Street Preston |
William Holmes |
weaver |
20 Sleadon Street Preston |
Thomas Holmes |
weaver |
85 Byron Street Preston |
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