Joseph was listed as working in Black Horse Street Bolton in 1828, it is unclear if he was a watch or clock maker, and no examples of his work have been found.
The Black Horse Hotel was located on Blackhorse Street and dated back to the late-nineteenth century. It was used as a meeting place by many famous people, including Samuel Crompton and Isaac Dobson and some of the town’s most prominent business people and during the first decade of the nineteenth century the street took on the name of Blackhorse Street – after the pub – which it retains to this day.