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- From: http://www.hartleychambers.com/familytree/people.php?person=00449
He was 64 when he died.
Occupation: Cotton Twist Spinner
He was a mill owner, and built two cotton factory mills in Barley, one at Narrowgates (a cotton twist mill) in 1799 and the other in Barley Green (around 1796). In its heyday in 1862, Barley Green Mill worked 200 looms but floods destroyed the building in 1880. The mill in Narrowgates still exists - as apartments. (Note: another source states the Narrowgates site is now the site of the water treatment plant. It may be the adjacent weavers cottages that still exist today.) He married Mary Robinson and had 10 children.
"General History of Barley
Barley, known as Barelegh in 1324, means the infertile lea or meadow. The Township of Barley included Barley Booth, Wheatley Booth and Hay Booth and Whitehalgh (now known as Whitehough) - "Booth" means cowsheds. About 1266 a cow farm was established, followed by extensive cattle breeding in the 13th Century. Barley earned its livelihood from agriculture until the 18th century when textiles were manufactured and handlooms were installed in attics of many smallholdings as an extra source of income. Barley's brooks - as an effective source of waterpower attracted cotton factories. There was a small mill at Narrowgates and one at Barley Green, which is now the site of the water treatment plant. At its height Barley Green Mill worked 200 looms, until floods destroyed the building in 1880. A cotton twist mill at Narrowgates was built by William Hartley to spin cotton warp thread. Weavers cottages were built adjacent to the mill and are still occupied to this day." (Source: http://www.unitedutilities.com/?OBH=437&ID=827&AC=6)
"NARROWGATES MILL, BARLEY
Narrowgates Mill in Barley was built in 1799. in a will of 1808 William Hartley refers to 'my new water mill'. The date for the 1799 build derives from a lease of land at Stang Laithe, Barley where he built the reservoir for the mill. This was for 999 years and started in 1799. William was dead in 1808 and had five sons, John, James, Richard, Peter and William. In 1810 the Hartley Brothers leased more land from Thomas Clayton for the reservoir. 1812. It looks as though the Hartley Brothers were liquidated by their creditors and by 1813 John Shaw had taken over the mill because he paid
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1746 - 1808 (62 years)
d. 29 Sep 1848 (Age 59 years)