Joshua Thompson was listed in the census as living with is wife Elizabeth, and working as a watchmaker aged 55 in the New Market Place, Bolton. Situated at the end of Market Street, this area would later become the Town Hall Square, then Victoria Square as the Town Hall development took place.
Joshua seems to have shared his home with its principal, Jane Anderton and her young son, Jane was listed as a Jeweller who it can be presumed Joshua worked for.
It is possible that Jane and John Anderton of Cheapside were related, being only a few streets apart in the same trade and same year, however it hasn’t been able to find a definitive link.
Town Hall Square, later Victoria Square followed on from the New Market Place.
New Market Place and Cheapside shown adjacent on the map.