Makers Directory – Farnworth

Note: A number of makers are listed from Farnworth, Widnes or Cheshire and have no relation to Farnworth Bolton, these makers have also been included to allow researchers to discount them from their records.

Ashall, Charles (1848-1881)

Ashton, Richard (1861)

Barnetts, Market Street Farnworth (watch Key image)

Barrow, Robert (1839 – 1861)

Beesley, James (1861)

Bevington, James (1814-1838)

Byron, William (1855)

Cary, George (1881-1935)

Cary, George Albert (1881 – 1935)

Cary, Mrs & Son (1886-1935)

Cary & Son, (1886-1935)

Entwistle, William(1895)

Garnett, William (1861)

Greenhalgh, Joseph (1881)

Greenhalgh, Richard (1878-1911)

Greenhalgh, Richard (1901)

Greenough, Samuel & Sons. (1887-1871)

Greenough, Samuel (1870 -1871)

Greenhalgh, Walter 28 Feb 1920 St Thomas, Dixon Green, Farnworth, John Hornby Elizabeth Greenhalgh Bride’s Father: Walter Greenhalgh, Watchmaker

Gilbert, John (1872)

Hall, Frederick of Walkden (1895-1901)

Hardman, James of Kearsley (1936-1937)

Hardman, William of Kearsley (1922)

Hargreaves, William John (1913-1915)

Harris, Robert 28 Feb 1876 St John the Evangelist, Farnworth Alfred Harris Sarah Wardle Groom’s Father: Robert Harris, Watchmaker

Hornby, James 64 Ellesmere Street Farnworth Slaters 1895

Hunt, Frederick William, 1897

Hunt, Frederick William Kay 8 Dec 1928 St Thomas, Dixon Green, Farnworth, William Edward Kay Hunt Emily Foulger, Groom’s Father: Frederick William Hunt, Deceased, Watchmaker see FWK Hunt in Bolton clockmakers

Hunt, Sarah (1911)

Large, John (1803)

Lee, James (1785)

Lever, Norman of Walkden (1929-1980)

Millar, John 15 Nov 1873 St John the Evangelist, Farnworth
Frederick Millar -Margaret Longworth Groom’s Father: John Millar, Watchmaker

Morris, Peter 33 Bolton Road Walkden (W&C 1895 Kellys)

Moss, William 33 Lark Hill (W&C 1895 Kellys)

Murray, William – (1869 – 1890)

Openshaw, John (1894-1900) John 58 Peel Lane Little Hulton (W&C 1895 Kellys)

Partington, Thomas (1861-1870)

Partington, Mrs Isabella (1870-1881)

Parks, Levi of Moses Gate(1895-1901)

Rider, Wiliam (1790-1817)

Robinson, John (1898-1920)

Rudd, Albert (1901)

Rudd, James (1894-1901)

Simpson, John Marriage: 24 Dec 1854 St John the Evangelist, Farnworth John Howarth and  Agnes Simpson Bride’s Father: John Simpson, Watchmaker

Stones, James (-1835)

Titterington, William (1911-1915)

Tonge, James (1881-)

Trickett, John (1904-1915)

Waddington, John (1869 – 1882)

Watson, Joseph of Moses Gate(1895)

Welsby, John (1882-1900)

Whittle, William of Walkden (1881- 1895)

Williams, John (1871)

Wood J.R. & Sons 39 Bolton Road Walkden (W&C 1895 Kellys)

J.T.Yates of Walkden (-1958)