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Thomas Hampson
Born1839
Horwich, Lancashire, England
Died25 November 1918 (aged 79)
Bolton, Lancashire, England
NationalityEnglish
Notable work
  • History of Blackrod
  • Horwich: Its History, Legends, and Church
  • History of Rivington
Spouse
Sarah Jane Aldred
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(m. 1866; died 1907)​
Children3 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]

Caveat Lector

Due to a deception by another authors publisher his book 'History of Rivington' has a Caveat. Hampson quoted extensively from 'The Diary of Lady Willoughby, by Hannah Mary Rathbone at pages 75 to 95 and summarises based on the diary at pages 96 to 97, the Diary forms the basis of chapters 16 to 19 and the source is named at page 199. The Diary of Lady Willoughby was published first in 1844 by a publisher who passed it off as a genuine transcript, it was later revealed as fiction.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c The Parish Records of Holy Trinity Horwich From 1860. Horwich Heritage. The CD contains transcriptions, in PDF file format, of baptism, marriage and burial records. {{cite AV media}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
  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. ^ a b c Smith 1988, p. 122.
  14. ^ Hampson 1882.
  15. ^ Hampson 1883.
  16. ^ a b 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.

Bibliography

  • Hampson, Thomas (1882). History of Blackrod. Wigan: "Observer" Office. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Hampson, Thomas (1883). Horwich: Its History, Legends, and Church. Wigan: "Observer" Office. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Hampson, Thomas (1893). History of Rivington. Wigan: "Observer" Office. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Smith, M.D. (1988). About Horwich. Chorley: Nelson Brothers Printers Limited. ISBN 0-9508772-7-1. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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