tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197452654447536749.post6303647450688373777..comments2024-03-02T08:37:40.719+00:00Comments on Lost Pubs Of Bolton: Rising Sun/Imperial Hotel, ChurchbankLost Pubs Of Boltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03278386720417456829noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197452654447536749.post-75438013762064526682014-05-19T21:02:55.460+01:002014-05-19T21:02:55.460+01:00It depends on the type of reedmaker your relative ...It depends on the type of reedmaker your relative was. It could refer to part of a loom as well as the manufacturer of reeds for musical instruments. If it was the latter it is highly likely the band bought a local manufacturer though with Bolton heavily involved in the weaving industry at that time I feel it may be the former. The book Four Bolton Directories, published by Neil Richardson, shows Rothwell and Ross, reedmakers, of Union Buildings, Bradshawgate, Bolton in 1821/2. Union Buildings was only a small thoroughfare though it still exists. (I did an article on it about the Anchor pub). http://lostpubsofbolton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/anchor-inn-union-buildings.html<br /><br />The earliest pub listings for Bolton is from 1778 and it shows William Rothwell as the licensee of the Rising Sun even then. If it is the same William Rothwell then he would have been around 30 years old at that time. A William Rothwell is listed in the 1821/2 directory as living in High Street, Little Bolton, which wasn’t far from Churchbank, though not to be confused with the High Street that still exists in Bolton. Mount Pleasant was in Darcy Lever, about a mile or two away.<br /><br />Rothwell is quite a common name in Bolton, which doesn’t always help matters.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197452654447536749.post-991312935710251802014-05-19T17:18:27.326+01:002014-05-19T17:18:27.326+01:00In 1791 William Rothwell is named in "The Uni...In 1791 William Rothwell is named in "The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce and Manufacturing, Band 2 - 1791" as the innkeeper (victualler). I am trying to establish if this is the same William Rothwell, a distant relative of mine, who later lived at Mount Pleasant, Little Bolton, where he died 1833 aged 85. Interesting is that "Rising Sun" was on Churchbank an Extension of Churchgate. In Churchgate Peter Rothwell (a direct ancestor) , a Saddler and Richard Rothwell, also a Saddler, were living. Peter's son, James Rothwell, continued to live and work in Churchgate as a Saddler until at least 1830. In the "Commercial Directory Pigot 1818 - 1820 a Peter Rothwell of Churchgate is named as "Reedmaker". Could it be that he was manufacturing the reed instruments used by the Bolton Old Band before they became a brass bandAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116761830739059272noreply@blogger.com