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Thomas was born on 22nd April 1851 at Catchwell Cottage, Runcorn Road, Barnton,

Northwich, Cheshire. BGBGBBGBBGB

He was baptised at Barnton Parish Church on 29th June 1851.

Thomas with daughter Jane in 1926 Annie Burgess, first wife of Thomas. c1880

THOMAS HINDLEY (1851-1936) 1851THOM/1

THOMAS HINDLEY

22.04.1851-06.10.1936

BARNTON (Cheshire)

SHIPWRIGHT

m.(1) 31.12.1874 ANNIE BURGESS

(13.08.1854-17.08.1891)

ANDERTON (Cheshire)

m.(2) 03.10.1896 MARY HAZELDINE

1851(Q3)-16.11.1918

NOTTINGHAM

DOMESTIC COOK

m.(3) 1919(Q3) MARY STOCK

(11.12.1902-12.11.1968)

BARNTON (Cheshire)

HINDLEY NAME

DATE OF BIRTH

AND DEATH

PLACE OF BIRTH

OCCUPATION

DATE OF

MARRIAGE

NAME OF

WIFE/HUSBAND

DATE OF BIRTH

AND DEATH

PLACE OF BIRTH

OCCUPATION

Father: Peter Hindley (1810-1889)

Mother: Martha Abram (1818-1903)

Children:

(1) Annie (1875-1942)

(1) Mary (1877-1949)

(1) George (1879-1934)

(1) Harry (1880-1926)

(1) Jane (1885-1978)

(1) Lucy (1887-1950)

(1) James (1889-1892)

(3) Female (1919-2006)

Below is the Barnton Parish Church entry for the baptism of Thomas on 29th June 1851.

Thomas began his working life as a ship’s carpenter, probably on the river Weaver at

Winnington for Brunner Mond and Company. He was still living at home with his parents,

aged 19, at the time of the 1871 Census.

On 31st December 1874 he married Annie Burgess at Barnton Parish Church.

The marriage entry in the parish register (above) says that Annie’s father was Samuel

Handcock. I think Handcock should be Hancock. Was Samuel Handcock really the father of

a child with the surname Burgess? The witnesses to the wedding were Peter Hindley

(father) and Jane Hindley (a younger sister).

Annie Burgess was from Cogshall Lane, Anderton. (More detail and a picture on page 6.) It is lucky

that her date of birth, 13th August 1854, has passed down to us through the generations as

there was another Annie Burgess in the Northwich area, registered in the same quarter,

with a birth date of 2nd July 1854. At some later date Annie Burgess became known as

Hannah Hancock.

At the time of the 1881 Census Thomas and Annie were living on Runcorn Road, Barnton,

with 4 young children.

In 1885/6 Thomas Hindley qualified for a vote by virtue of living in a house in Lydyett Lane,

Barnton. Around 1886 Thomas had a house built at 1 Nursery Road, Barnton, by

Appleton’s of Winnington. Electoral records (up to 1900) tell us that he qualified as a voter

at this address for the years 1887-1900.

The 1891 Census lists Thomas and Annie at Nursery Road, Barnton, with 5 children.


Disaster struck the family on 17th August 1891 when Hannah died during what would

have been her 8th child. She was 37 years old.

On 3rd October 1896 Thomas married Ellen Hazeldine, a domestic cook, who was living in

Thelwall at the time. Ellen had been born at Nottingham in the last quarter of 1851, the

eldest child of William Hazeldine, engine fitter, and Mary Ann Woolley, lace maker, who

married in 1849(Q2).

Two of the witnesses were Ellen’s brother, Frederick, and Thomas’s brother, Edward. Jessie

Wynne later married George Hindley, son of Thomas. May Wynne was a sister of Jessie.

At the time of the 1901 Census Thomas and Ellen, both listed as 49 years of age, were

living at 1 Nursery Road, Barnton with Ann’s children, George, Harry and Lucy.

The 1911 Census tells us that all the children had left 1 Nursery Road, and that Ellen’s

mother, Mary Ann aged 79, was now living with Thomas and Ellen.

Mary Hazeldine’s death was registered at Northwich in 1917(Q4). She was 86. Her daughter,

Ellen, succumbed to breast cancer and she died on 16th

November 1918.

Several people came to look after Ellen when she was very ill,

including the Astburys who lived opposite “The Poplars”, and

Mary Stock ( right) who was to become his third wife in July

1919.

The Civil Registration marriage of Thomas and Mary was

registered at Northwich in 1919(Q3). Mary Ann Stock was

christened at Barnton Church on 26th December 1902. Her

parents were James (labourer) and Hannah Stock of 13 Lydyett

Lane, Barnton. There was one girl from the marriage.

Thomas continued to work at Brunner Mond as a shipwright and

carpenter until his retirement at 70 years of age in 1921.


Brunner Mond became part of ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) in 1926. Thomas and Mary continued

to live at 1 Nursery Road, Barnton, until 1936 when Thomas died on 6th October 1936.

He was buried in the churchyard at Barnton.

Thomas was a keen gardener and his land was stocked with many fruit trees, particularly

apple and plum trees. He did not think much of education and this restricted his children’s

development but he did believe in hard work hurting no one. His son George had to read

books in secret. Sometimes Thomas took on an extra job making coffins and George had to

help his father sand them down.

1 Nursery Road, Barnton.

Built for Thomas Hindley in the

1880s, probably 1886.

Picture taken in Sept. 1984.

Nursery Road, Barnton, Northwich, in September 1984. Number 1 is the first house on the left of the picture.

Son George lived at number 29 (bottom of this road on the left) when he married.


Thomas was a strict teetotaller, as illustrated in the following passage from “My Life Story”

by Walter Atkinson, husband of Thomas’ daughter Annie Hindley. From page 52:-

“Annie’s father was a total abstainer and strongly demurred against taking any

intoxicating liquor. After very strong persuasion from the whole of the party he yielded to

temptation, broke his pledge for once, and honoured the toast to his eldest daughter’s

health by sipping a little port wine.

Mr Thomas Hindley came to stay with us for a few days soon after we were married

(Nov.1901). He had never been to London before so I took him round to see the principal

sights, it must have been a wonderful experience for him.”

Thomas Hindley with granddaughters Ethel and Mary at Staple Hill, Bristol, in 1926 or 1927. Ethel and Mary

married Terrell brothers in the 1930s and lived on their farms in Somerset.

Towards the end of his life Thomas had virtually no money. His younger brother, Edward,

used to visit Thomas once a week in his chauffeur driven car, a distance of only a quarter of

a mile. Edward would hand over ten shillings to Thomas to keep him going. Later the ten

shillings was drawn from a bank on Runcorn Road, Barnton.

Thomas’s last Will was drawn up by Moss (of Moss and Haselhurst, Northwich) a few

months before he died but he was too ill to sign it. Thomas’ third wife, Mary Stock, and her

daughter were allowed to live on at I Nursery Road, but they had to take out £100 mortgage

on the property. The family finally ended their stay at the house after Mary Stock died in

1968. Under the terms of the Will the house was sold and the proceeds were split into

several portions.


Cottage in Cogshall Lane, Anderton. Once the home of Hannah Hancock (Annie Burgess), Thomas’ first wife.

This oil painting of a cottage in Cogshall Lane, Anderton, Northwich, was painted by

“Bramley” in 1968. The cottage was demolished around 1940 and Bramley produced this

painting from a water colour and from the memories of Lucy and Walter Watkin who were

living at Tyddin Felin, Cogshall Lane, Anderton from 1965 - 1986.

A Mr Hough (who married Lily Kidd) used to walk along Cogshall Lane and one day he

stopped to talk to Lucy and Walter. They talked about the cottage that used to be up the

lane. Mr Hough mentioned that Mrs Kidd (probably his mother-in -law) who lived in

Broadway, Barnton, had a small water colour which had been painted when the cottage

was still intact. Mrs Kidd loaned Lucy and Walter the water colour and introduced them to

Christopher Bramley, a painter, whose mother-in -law, Jessie Stephenson, also lived in

Broadway. Lucy and Walter thought the painting was quite a rough portrayal of the cottage

so they gave Chris Bramley a more accurate description based on their memories. Bramley

agreed to produce a painting for them and some time later returned with this oil painting.

The cottage was about a quarter of a mile up Cogshall Lane from Marbury Road, a short

distance off the lane on the left hand side, also accessible from Cowmuck Lane, off Hough

Lane. This cottage was part of the Marbury Estate and Samuel Hancock who was employed

as a gamekeeper lived here in the second part of the 19th Century. Samuel’s daughter Annie

(also known as Hannah) married Thomas Hindley (1851 - 1936). Lucy (Hindley) and Walter

kept the painting until 2003 when they moved to Norley. They kindly donated the oil

painting to David Hindley for inclusion in Hindley family history.


Tombstone Inscription in Barnton Churchyard.

(From Church Road proceed to the main entrance of the Church. Turn left and walk to the

back of the Church. Look to your left in a diagonal direction).

In Loving Memory of

Hannah

The Beloved Wife of

Thomas Hindley

of Barnton

who died August 17th 1891

aged 37 years

in hope of a joyful resurrection.

Also James their son

who died November 10th 1892

aged 3 years 6 months

Also Ellen wife of the above

who died November 16th 1918

Thomas Hindley who died

October 6th 1936 aged 85 years

1881 census transcription details for: Runcorn Rd, Barnton

National Archive Reference: RG 11 Piece: 3520 Folio:50 Page: 26 Reg. District: Northwich, Cheshire. Sub District: Weaverham.

Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year

Occupation , Disability

Where Born

HINDLEY, Thomas

Head Married M 29 1852 Ship Carpenter Barnton, Cheshire

HINDLEY, Ann Wife Married F 26 1855

Anderton, Cheshire

HINDLEY, Annie

Daughter Single F 6 1875 Scholar Barnton, Cheshire

HINDLEY, Mary

Daughter Single F 4 1877

Barnton, Cheshire

HINDLEY, George

Son Single M 2 1879

Barnton, Cheshire

HINDLEY, Harry

Son Single M 1 1880

Barnton, Cheshire


1891 census transcription details for: Nursery Road, Barnton




Where Born

HINDLEY, Thomas

Head Married M 39 1852 Shop Wright Barnton, Cheshire

HINDLEY, Ann Wife Married F 36 1855

Anderton, Cheshire

HINDLEY, George

Son

M 12 1879 Scholar Barnton, Cheshire

HINDLEY, Harry

Son

M 11 1880 Scholar Barnton, Cheshire

HINDLEY, Jane

Daughter

F 5 1886 Scholar Barnton, Cheshire

HINDLEY, Lucy

Daughter

F 3 1888

Barnton, Cheshire

HINDLEY, James

Son

M 1 1890

Barnton, Cheshire

1901 census transcription details for: 1, Nursery Road, Barnton




Where Born

HINDLEY, Thos

Head Married M 49 1852 Shipwright Barnton, Cheshire

HINDLEY, Ellen

Wife Married F 49 1852

Derbyshire

HINDLEY, George

Son Single M 22 1879 Gas Tester (Alkali Works)

Barnton, Cheshire

HINDLEY, Harry

Son Single M 21 1880 Bricklayer Barnton, Cheshire

HINDLEY, Lucy

Daughter

F 13 1888

Barnton, Cheshire


1911 census transcription details for: 1 Nursery Road Barnton

Northwich

National Archive Reference: RG14PN21654 RG78PN1290 RD447 SD1 ED2 SN249

Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married

Sex Age Birth Year

Occupation Where Born

HINDLEY, Thomas

Head Married M 59 1852 Shipwright Barnton Cheshire

HINDLEY, Ellen Wife Married 14 years

F 59 1852

Nottingham

HAZLEDINE, Mary Ann

Mother In Law

Widow F 79 1832

Nottingham


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