THE LANCASHIRE TEXTILE KINGS (PART 1)

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Deciphering the Textile Kings: Hopwood & Coddington of Lancashire [Ref: 10078]

Tracing a line from 18th-century Clitheroe yeomen farmers to steam-powered cotton barons of Blackburn.

The Deciphered Lineage & Transcription

Top Progenitors (Clitheroe Yeomen):

Hopwood | Clitheroe & Blackburn, Lancashire

Robert Hopwood of Clitheroe b. c. 1740 = Elizabeth. Yeoman farmer and early handloom weaver in the Ribble Valley.

Robert Hopwood II (1774–1853) of Blackburn = Jane d. of John Feilden of Blackburn.

Middle Section (The Nova Scotia Mills & Industrial Expansion):

Robert Hopwood II founded the massive Nova Scotia Mills along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Blackburn.

Children:

John Hopwood of Blackburn (1800–1860), Magistrate & Mill Owner.
Robert Hopwood III (1805–1870) of Brinscall Hall & Blackburn = Elizabeth d. of Joseph Feilden MP.
Mary Hopwood = William Henry Coddington (1804–1880) (linking the Hopwood mill empire to the Coddington textile dynasty).

Lower Section (Civic Leadership & Civic Philanthropy):

Establishment of cotton spinning, calico weaving, and steam-powered looms.

Intermarriages with Feilden, Coddington, and Hornby families of Lancashire.

Citations: Abram's History of Blackburn ; Baines' History of Lancashire ; Victoria County History: Lancaster.

If you are interested, see Saturday’s story:

Rising Smoke

We are going into the smoke and steam of the Industrial Revolution to look at how Robert

Hopwood (1774-1853) built the Nova Scotia Mills along the canal

and changed the skyline of Blackburn forever.