Hebden Mining Workers in 1881
The following is a list of the 36 males in Hebden who claimed to be be working in the mining industry in the 3rd April 1881 Census returns, according to which Hebden had a total population of 313. It is in surname order, but can be sorted by column by clicking on the column heading. A full transcription of the 1881 Hebden census may be found on our sister site.
Name | Age | Occupation | Address | Place of Birth |
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Baines, William | 16 | Lead ore dresser | Brook Row | Hebden |
Baines, Joseph | 23 | Lead miner | Hebden | |
Baines, Miles Marry | 25 | Lead ore smelter | Hebden | |
Baines, Richard | 31 | Lead miner | Green Terrace | Hebden |
Baines, Miles | 49 | Lead miner | Brook Row | Hebden |
Baines, Richard | 57 | Lead miner | Green Terrace | Hebden |
Baines, Henry | 63 | Lead miner | Hebden | |
Beck, Mark Stock | 40 | Lead miner (unemployed) | Brook Row | Skirethorne |
Birch, Joseph | 27 | Lead miner | Hebden | |
Birch, Thomas | 44 | Lead miner | Brook Row | Hebden |
Birch, Robert | 52 | Lead miner | Hebden | |
Birch, Henry | 54 | Lead miner | Town Hill | Hartlington |
Brown, Thomas | 43 | Lead miner | Green Terrace | Hebden |
Hammond, John | 57 | Lead miner | Brook Row | Hebden |
Hargraves, Robert | 31 | Lead miner | Green Terrace | Hebden |
Hargraves, Francis | 44 | Lead smelter | Town Hill | Hebden |
Hebden, James | 15 | Lead ore dresser | Hebden Hall | Buckden |
Hebden, William | 28 | Lead miner | Hebden Hall | Hebden |
Hebden, Robert | 55 | Lead miner | Hebden Hall | Grassington |
Hill, Nicholas | 15 | Mining Agent (assistant) | Green Terrace | Haydon Bridge, Northumberland |
Hill, William | 20 | Lead miner | Brook Row | Braithwaite, Cumberland |
Hill, William | 55 | Mining agent | Green Terrace | St. Just, Cornwall |
Longthorne, John | 47 | Lead miner (unemployed) | Town Hill | Greenhow Hill |
Nixon, Petty | 34 | Lead ore smelter | Hebden | |
Rodgers, William | 34 | Lead miner (unemployed) | Edge House | Grassington |
Rodwell, Joseph | 24 | Lead miner | Brook Row | Hebden |
Rodwell, William | 33 | Lead miner | Brook Row | Hebden |
Rodwell, Joseph | 38 | Lead ore dresser | Town Hill | Hebden |
Rodwell, Richard | 44 | Lead miner (unemployed) | Hebden | |
Rowe, William | 28 | Lead miner | Town Hill | Caldbeck, Cumberland |
Stobbs, George | 36 | Lead miner | Green Terrace | Bewerley, Yorkshire |
Townson, George | 43 | Lead miner | Hole Bottom | Hebden |
Waddilove, Robert | 23 | Lead miner | Green Terrace | Hebden |
Waddilove, Edward | 55 | Lead miner (unemployed) | Green Terrace | Hebden |
Worsley, Joseph | 32 | Lead miner | Green Terrace | Hebden |
Worsley, Thomas | 58 | Lead ore smelter | Prospect House | Hebden |
Notes:
Lead Ore Dresser: Lead ore dressers separated and prepared the galena from the bouse (the original raw material brought to the surface) in preparation for the smelting process. The output was small pellets of galena. This role was normally taken by young boys, women, and older men.
Lead Ore Smelter: Lead ore smelters worked in the smelting mills where the galena was heated to a temperature of about 700ºC, which allowed the lead to melt and run off to be collected. Extremely noxious fumes were given off during the process.
Brook Row: Now known as Brook Street.