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A huge thank you to Eddie Heaton for his permission
to use information from his book "The Heaton's of Deane" |
A view of the Heatons Mill, Lostock Junction
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History of Lostock |
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The Middle Ages
The Plantagenets
1216 - 1347 |
The Heaton family can be identified as living firstly by the estury
of the River of Lune near Lancaster. They owned the manor of Heton-in-Lonsdale
from which they took their name. "Heton" spelt in this
way until the late 16th century.
During the late 13th century parts of the Forest of Horwich was
sublet. Three foresters were appointed to manage the 500 acres distributed
between Lostock, Rumworth, Heton, Halliwell, Sharples, Longworth
and Anderton, all manors within the barony of Manchester.
It is very likely that John de Heton, son of Roger
Heton obtained a grant of the manor of Heton-under-Horwich in 1309
and continued the "Heaton" story in south Lancashire, although
he appears to have been an absentee landlord, and continued to live
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Henry III (1216-1272)
Edward I (1272-1307)
Edward II (1307-1327)
Edward III (1327-1377) |
Tudors
1485 - 1602 |
Roger Heton was evicted from Heaton Old Hall by William
Heton, in 1565 and was finally dispossessed by Christopher Anderton
in 1570.
Old Hall Farm, Heaton is probably the site of the first manor house
erected by The Heatons. A survey of the existing buildings was carried
out by the University of Manchester Archaeological Unit who revealed
some very interesting details.
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Henry VII (1485-1509)
Henry VIII (1509 - 1547)
Edward VI (1547-1553)
Mary I (1553-1558)
Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603)
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Lostock Gatehouse built approx 1590
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Stuarts
1603 - 1713 |
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James I (James VI of Scotland)
(1603 - 1625)
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Charles I (1625-1649) |
The Protectorate The interregnum ("between
reigns") between the rule of Charles I and Charles II. The
years of the English Civil War.
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Protectorate (1649-1660)
Charles II (1660-1685) |
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James II (1685-1688)
William III & Mary VI (1688-1702) |
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Lambert & Ann The Early Industrialist
John Heaton, the eldest son of Lambert and Anne obtained a long
lease of Old Hall Farm. Consisting of a farm of 70 acres, at a rent
of £94 per annum.
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The Hanoverians 1714 - 1836 |
In the late 18th century entrepreneurs of the Heaton family became
industrialists on a larger scale.
From 1790 onwards the Industrial Revolution was launched in Lancashire.
For centuries the Heatons had relied on the land for their income
either as landowners receiving rents or as yeomen and husbandmen
actually engaged in farming. Quite frequently the farmers also carried
out small-scale spinning and weaving of wool and cotton on their
farms, or by employing outworkers.
1824 the local newspaper states "To Road Makers. To be let
by ticket at the house of Reubon Gorton, the Whitster's Arms, Little
Bolton, on Thursday the 23rd September , the fencing off, corming,
paving, stoning and sanding a new length of road leading from Bolton
to Chorley, beginning at the Whitster's Arms afsd. and ending at
Anderton Ford Bridge, Horwich, in length about 5 1/2 miles, of new
road to be formed, in breadth about 20 yards. Mr Pickering of Halliwell,
surveyor of the said road, will show the plans. - John Albinson,
Clerk to the said Road". The new road to be known as Chorley
New Road passed virtually through the middle of Clough farm. |
George I (1714-1727)
George II (1727-1760)
George III (1760-1820) |
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1881 Census - Residents of Lostock &
Chew Moor |
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William Heaton (Head)
Janet A. Heaton (Wife)
Thomas Heaton (Son)
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Bessy Brook House, Lostock, Lancashire, England |
Born abt 1852 Heaton
Born abt 1855 Heaton
Born abt 1880 Lostock |
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Henry Heaton (Head)
Lydia Heaton (Wife)
Eliza Heaton (Daughter)
Margaret Heaton (Daughter) |
53 Heatons Houses Lostock Juncn, Rumworth, Lancashire, England |
Born abt 1851 Heaton
Born abt 1857 Bradshaw
Born abt 1876 Rumworth
Born abt 1878 Rumworth |
| John Heaton |
Chew Moor Village, Lostock |
Born abt 1817 Horwich |
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Through the generosity of Mr. Wm Heaton, Thornyholme, the villagers
of Lostock Junction celebrated the Coronation on Saturday. Every person
was presented with a refreshment ticket and a handsome medal specially
struck for the occasion. A procession was formed at the school, and
headed by the Lostock Junction brass band, marched to Thornyhome,
where the National Anthem was sung, and cheers given for the King
and Queen and Mr & Mrs Heaton, after which the move was made to
a field in Junction-lane where games and dances were indulged in.
Ballons were sent up at intervals, and the festivities were brought
to a close by a grand display of fireworks |
13.08.1902
Report from the Bolton Evening News
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