Benjamin Thornber, Burnley

iBase ID

323163

Reference identifier

EBU-U01-M3-16-1

Title

Benjamin Thornber, Burnley

Place

Burnley

Personal names

Benjamin Thornber

General notes

Benjamin Thornber, was a cottage cotton weaver, originally from Rimington who wove yarn into cloth with his family. He moved to Burnley with his family when the cottage industry was becoming more difficult because of the competition from powered looms. He had his own spinning shed which expanded against the odds, and this became B Thornber & Sons situated at Daneshouse Mill and later Holmes Mill, Clitheroe.

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Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

Mid 19th Century

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Subjects

Place Names > Burnley

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