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    Samuel Oldknow (1756–1828) was an English cotton manufacturer. Samuel Oldknow Jnr, the eldest son of Samuel Oldknow Sr and Margery Foster, was born on...
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  • cricketer Octavius Thomas Oldknow (1786–1854) Mayor of Nottingham Samuel Oldknow (1756–1828), English cotton manufacturer Oldknows Factory, Nottingham, a...
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    businesses. Samuel Oldknow also played a large role in the development of the town in addition to his mills; there is still a street named Oldknow Road in...
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    Revolution which his father had helped to catalyse. Among his debtors were Samuel Oldknow of Marple and Mellor, his friend. He was one of ten known British millionaires...
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    7 km) long. The construction of the canal and tramway was promoted by Samuel Oldknow (the largest shareholder) with much of the finance being provided by...
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    Clayton, a future Mayor was the partnership leader and Samuel Oldknow was also a partner. Samuel Oldknow later introduced cotton to Stockport in 1784, capitalising...
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    was a six-story cotton mill in Marple, Greater Manchester built by Samuel Oldknow in 1793. This was a six-storey, 42-foot (13 m) wide and 210-foot (64 m)...
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    Hannah Greg Samuel Greg Richard Howarth William Houldsworth John Kennedy George Augustus Lee Charles Macintosh Hugh Mason Samuel Oldknow Robert Peel John...
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    Marple Hall, was the first to sign the death warrant of King Charles I. Samuel Oldknow was a significant businessman and mill owner in Mellor during the Industrial...
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  • George Sands 1768/69 Thomas Oldknow Jnr. / Michael Kayes 1769/70 Joseph Heath / Joseph Oldknow 1770/71 Samuel Eaton / John Oldknow 1771/72 William Wells /...
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    were built by the industrialist Samuel Oldknow, and his brother, on the north bank of the River Mersey in 1785. Oldknow's influence had already been felt...
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  • children: Joseph Oldknow (1809-1874) John Wilson Oldknow (1810-1887) Susannah Oldknow (1812-1876) Samuel Oldknow (1814-1869) Mary Ann Oldknow (1816-1884) Harriett...
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  • George Unwin and co-author George Taylor published a detailed history, Samuel Oldknow and the Arkwrights: The Industrial Revolution at Stockport and Marple...
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  • [citation needed] he left Boulton and Watt to work in partnership with Samuel Oldknow in a cotton bleaching and calico printing venture. He anticipated this...
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    and bust would continue throughout the textile era. On 21 July 1784, Samuel Oldknow arrived in Stockport and bought a house and warehouse on Hillgate, he...
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    the Putting-out system was common in the 18th to early 19th century, Samuel Oldknow was a prominent local figure, his family grave being at the Unitarian...
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    Hannah Greg Samuel Greg Richard Howarth William Houldsworth John Kennedy George Augustus Lee Charles Macintosh Hugh Mason Samuel Oldknow Robert Peel John...
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    Hannah Greg Samuel Greg Richard Howarth William Houldsworth John Kennedy George Augustus Lee Charles Macintosh Hugh Mason Samuel Oldknow Robert Peel John...
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    Hannah Greg Samuel Greg Richard Howarth William Houldsworth John Kennedy George Augustus Lee Charles Macintosh Hugh Mason Samuel Oldknow Robert Peel John...
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    Hannah Greg Samuel Greg Richard Howarth William Houldsworth John Kennedy George Augustus Lee Charles Macintosh Hugh Mason Samuel Oldknow Robert Peel John...
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  • Hannah Greg Samuel Greg Richard Howarth William Houldsworth John Kennedy George Augustus Lee Charles Macintosh Hugh Mason Samuel Oldknow Robert Peel John...
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  • Mill) 1800 175 Notes: There were three mills built by Samuel Oldknow on Hopes Carr.In 1891 Samuel Bunting and Co had 13,926 spindles. Lower Carr Mill:Built...
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    Hannah Greg Samuel Greg Richard Howarth William Houldsworth John Kennedy George Augustus Lee Charles Macintosh Hugh Mason Samuel Oldknow Robert Peel John...
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    Archaeological Journal. 1: 69–74. ISBN 0946126054. Unwin, Geirge (1968) [1924]. Samuel Oldknow and the Arkwrights: The Industrial Revolution at Stockport and Marple...
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    Wynne Ellis High Sheriff of Derbyshire In office 1825–1826 Preceded by Samuel Oldknow Succeeded by Sir Roger Gresley, 8th Baronet Personal details Born (1792-10-01)1...
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    Hannah Greg Samuel Greg Richard Howarth William Houldsworth John Kennedy George Augustus Lee Charles Macintosh Hugh Mason Samuel Oldknow Robert Peel John...
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  • Hannah Greg Samuel Greg Richard Howarth William Houldsworth John Kennedy George Augustus Lee Charles Macintosh Hugh Mason Samuel Oldknow Robert Peel John...
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    superseded by steam power. The construction of the Peak Forest Canal by Samuel Oldknow, under the direction of Benjamin Outram, opened in sections in the 1790s...
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  • [London] : Sunday School Union. 22 August 1887 – via Internet Archive. Samuel Oldknow and the Arkwrights: the Industrial Revolution at Stockport p40 To put...
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    both designed by Benjamin Outram, and a major shareholding held by Samuel Oldknow. They opened in 1796 was and were primarily built to transport limestone...
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