Thomas Hampson (author)

Thomas Hampson
Born 1839
Horwich, Lancashire, England
Died 25 November 1918 (aged 79)
Bolton, Lancashire, England
Nationality English
Notable work
  • History of Blackrod
  • Horwich: Its History, Legends, and Church
  • History of Rivington
Spouse(s) Sarah Jane Aldred (m. 1866)
Children 3 sons and 3 daughters

Thomas Hampson (1839 – 25 November 1918) was an English author and local historian.

He was born in Horwich in 1839,[1] the youngest child of Henry and Mary Hampson.[2][3] He was baptised at Holy Trinity Church, Horwich on 10 November 1839.[4] His father died in May 1842,[5] leaving his mother to bring up the children on her own.[6][7] He started work at Wallsuches bleach works in Horwich when he was seven-years-old.[1] He married Sarah Jane Aldred at Holy Trinity Church, Horwich on 2 April 1866.[8] They had three sons: John Henry, John Fox, and Benjamin, and three daughters: Clara, Mary Ann, and Eleanor.[9] After his marriage, he continued to be employed at the bleach works as a finisher,[10] but between 1877 and 1881 he lost a number of fingers on his left hand in a works accident which seems to have forced him into a clerical career.[1][11] He was a secretary at the short-lived Red Moss Ironworks, Horwich.[12] Then employed as a cashier, first at Scot Lane Colliery, Blackrod, then at Fourgates Colliery, Wingates, Westhoughton.[13]

It was around this period of his life he wrote a number of notable local history books. He published History of Blackrod in 1882,[14] Horwich: Its History, Legends, and Church in 1883,[15] and History of Rivington in 1893.[16]

After Horwich Works were built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) in 1886, he was employed as a labourer in the iron foundry,[17] then as a locomotive stores keeper.[13][18]

His wife, Sarah Jane, died in April 1907, aged 64,[9] and eleven years later Thomas died at Bolton Royal Infirmary on 25 November 1918, aged 79.[13] They are both buried in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Horwich.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Smith 1988, p. 121.
  2. ↑ "1841 Census: Horwich". OnLine Parish Clerks for the County of Lancashire. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Public Record Office. "England and Wales Census, 1841". FamilySearch. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Baptisms at Holy Trinity, Horwich, 1833-1841". OnLine Parish Clerks for the County of Lancashire. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Burials at Holy Trinity, Horwich, 1838-1845". OnLine Parish Clerks for the County of Lancashire. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Public Record Office. "England and Wales Census, 1851". FamilySearch. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  7. ↑ Public Record Office. "England and Wales Census, 1861". FamilySearch. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Marriages at Holy Trinity, Horwich, 1854-1881". OnLine Parish Clerks for the County of Lancashire. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 The Parish Records of Holy Trinity Horwich From 1860 (CD). Horwich Heritage. The CD contains transcriptions, in PDF file format, of baptism, marriage and burial records.
  10. ↑ Public Record Office. "England and Wales Census, 1871". FamilySearch. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  11. ↑ Public Record Office. "England and Wales Census, 1881". FamilySearch. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  12. ↑ Smith 1988, pp. 121–122.
  13. 1 2 3 Smith 1988, p. 122.
  14. ↑ Hampson 1882.
  15. ↑ Hampson 1883.
  16. ↑ Hampson 1893.
  17. ↑ Public Record Office. "England and Wales Census, 1891". FamilySearch. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  18. ↑ Public Record Office. "England and Wales Census, 1901". FamilySearch. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

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