Edward Baines - 1822 Heckmondwike

Heckmondwike - in the parish of Birstall, wapentake of Morley and honour of Pontefract. 2 miles NW of Dewsbury. Population 2579.

This village is of considerable importance on account of its very extensive blanket and carpet manufactories. There is here a blanket hall, which is open for the sale of blankets every Monday and Thursday, from 1 to 2 o'clock. On the first Wednesday after the second Sunday in June an annual religious festival is held here, called "The Lecture," which is attended by a great number of Calvinistic Ministers, and people of that persuasion, from the surrounding country, the objects of which are, the arrangement of certain matters relative to the ministry and the promotion of vital religion.

Acroyd, Francis - Tailor
Allott, Francis - Merchant
Allott, Jonathan - Carpenter
Armitage, Joshua - Blanket maker
Askwith, John - Blanket maker
Atkinson, John - Carpet Mfr.
Atkinson, Joseph - Blanket maker

Barker, Thomas & Co. - Merchants
Barker, William - Tailor
Beaumont, Benjamin - Butcher
Bennett, George - Wheelwright
Bentley, William - Carrier (to Leeds Tue & Sat)
Birkhead, Benjamin - Woolstapler
Blackburn, George - Blanket maker
Blackburn, James - Blanket maker
Blackburn, James - Victualler, Red Lion
Blackburn, John - Blanket maker
Blackburn, William - Blanket maker
Bond, George - Carpet mfr.
Brierley, Abraham - Cabinet maker
Brook, J. - Blanket agent
Brook, John - Blanket maker
Brook, Thomas - Cabinet maker

Clegg, Abraham - Blanket maker
Clegg, Samuel - Blanket maker
Cook, Samuel - Grocer
Cooke, William - Carpet mfr.
Cordingley, John - Stone merchant
Cowling, John  - Blanket maker
Cowling, William - Blanket maker
Craven, Thomas - Tallow chandler
Crawshaw, Joseph - Carpet mfr.
Crowther, George - Blanket maker
Crowther, John - Grocer
Crowther, Joseph - Blanket maker
Crowther, Joshua - Blanket maker

Dex & Keighley - Mill owners
Dixon, Robert - Card maker

Exley, George - Shoemaker
Exley, John - Blanket maker
Exley, William - Blanket maker

Farrar, David - Draper
Firth, James - Grocer
Firth, James - Merchant
Firth, James - Oil dealer
Firth, Jeremiah - Butcher
Firth, Mrs. - Draper
Firth, Thomas - Cloth dresser
Firth, Thomas - Merchant
Firth & Son - Merchants
Fox, William - Blanket maker
France, Edward - Blanket maker
France, Noah - Blanket maker
France, Richard - Shoemaker
France, Thomas - Victualler, Wool Packs

Galley, Gregory - Victualler, Brown Cow
Gledhill, Thomas - Blanket maker
Gomersall, John - Blanket maker
Gomersall, John - Butcher
Goodall, Benjamin - Carpet mfr.
Goodhall, Thomas - Blanket maker

Hale, Miss - Draper
Halliday, James - Carrier (to Bradford Thur; Wakefield Mon, Wed, Fri; Halifax Sat; Huddersfield daily; Leeds Tues & Sat)
Hanbury, John jun. - Carpet mfr. & merchant
Hartley, John - Blanket maker
Hartley, Peter - Fell monger
Hatfield, Joseph - Grocer
Hemingway, Michael - Park?
Hepworth, John - Butcher
Hepworth, Jonas - Carrier (to Leeds Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat)
Hepworth, Thomas - Blanket maker
Hick, J. & Co. - Carpet mfr. & merchants
Hirst, Thomas - Mill owner
Holroyd, J. & J - Stone masons
Holroyd, James - Stone mason
Horsfall, James - Superintendent of Hanbury's manufactory

Keighley, Christopher - Blanket maker
Keighley, Henry - Blanket maker
Keighley, J. - Blanket maker
Keighley, T. & J. - Blanket maker

Leadbeater, Thomas - Dyer
Lee, Jeremiah - Shoemaker
Lee, John - Blanket maker
Lee, John - Felting mfr.
Lee, Timothy - Cabinet maker
Liversedge, Joseph - Hat mfr.

March, George - Wool agent, merchant & oil dealer
Morton, Benjamin - Grocer
Morton, James - Grocer
Morton, James - Oil dealer

Naylor, John - Blanket maker
Naylor, Timothy - Blanket maker
Naylor & Cockill - Merchants & woolen mfrs.
Newsome, Anthony - Grocer
Newsome, D. Co. - Mill owners
Nichols, John - Coal proprietor
Nichols, Thomas - Coal proprietor

Oates, H. & Son - Merchants
Oddie, John - Blanket maker
Oxley, Thomas - Blanket maker

Parker, Henry - Tailor
Parker, James - Butcher
Parker, John - Blanket maker
Parker, William - Carrier (to Wakefield daily)
Pickering, Charles - Nail maker
Pierson, Nathanial - Shoemaker
Popplewell, George - Blanket maker
Popplewell, George & Co. - Mill owners
Popplewell, Francis - Shoemaker
Popplewell, Joanna - Draper
Popplewell, Jonathan - Grocer & druggist
Popplewell, Samuel - Blanket maker

Robinson, John - Shoemaker
Rhodes, George - Card maker
Royle, John - Victualler, George & Dragon

Sands, James - Nail maker
Sands, Jonas - Blanket maker
Schofield, John - Victualler, Woodman Inn
Scott, George - Whitesmith
Scott, George jun. - Maltster
Senior, Edward - Plumber & glazier
Senior, George - Blanket maker
Senior, Matthew - Blanket maker
Sharp, John - Blanket maker
Sharp, Thomas - Blanket maker
Smith, John - Tailor
Spencer, Stanhope - Blanket maker
Stead, Richard - Corn miller
Sumner, Thomas - Veterinary surgeon
Sykes, Solomon - Woolstapler & card maker

Tattersfield, John - Blanket maker
Tattersfield, Joseph - Blanket maker
Tattersfield, Moses - Blanket maker
Townend, Benjamin - Blanket maker

Walker, George - Blanket maker
Walker, James - Blanket maker
Walker, James jun. - Blanket maker
Walshaw, G. & J. - Whitesmiths
Webster, Rawson - Surgeon
Wharton, Thomas - Grocer
Wharton, Thomas - Blanket maker
Wharton, William - Blanket maker
Wharton, William - Woollen mfrs.
Whitehead, George - Currier
Whitehead, James - Shoemaker
Wigglesworth, James - Grocer
Wilkinson, Joseph - Blanket maker
Wilkinson, Samuel - Blanket maker
Wilson, James - Grocer
Wilson, Thomas - Wheelwright
Wood, George - Blanket maker