mfirth Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 My mothers family came from Prescot and Whiston sometime before 1700, so I have a long standing interest in the area. Then before I started on Family History I worked at BICC in the new ( 1964 ) Computer Department on Warrington Road. I am now trying to piece in some of my HALSALL Family and connected families through from the mid 1840's. Mine are largely Bricklayers or Watchmakers - funny combination but happens time and time again in the Family. I am presently looking at two families MERCER and BEESLEY who lived at 4, and 5 Barrow's Court Kemble St in the 1911 Census and I would like to know what sort of accomodation this might have been at that time. Court's were usually very miserable places to be, but 4 is supposed to be 5 Rooms while no 5 is 3 rooms and this seems a bit unusual. I am also a at a loss to know were Prescot Cemetery is. I have been to a number of funerals of Prescot people and these have been either in Widnes or St Helens. Historically I have many buried in St Mary's Church Graveyard, but would not have described this as " Prescot Cemetery" Many thanks for any information . All gratefully recived Malcolm Firth Chadderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvy20 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Hi, There are 2 burial areas in Prescot - 1 is Prescot Churchyard which is at the rear of St Mary's Church. The other is Prescot Cemetery which has its entrance on Manchester Road. this cemetery was first used c `1922 and is now full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen nulty Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Malcolm You might find this of some use/interest prescot_courtsV2.pdf WWW.DROPBOX.COM Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again! Some of the Courts were of a higher quality than others, many of those around Kemble Street were actually three stories high. Did you work with Mike Hobart, Ric Cooper, etc in the old Computer Building? I worked there from 1977 to 1986 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfirth Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 Thank you jvy20 and stephen. I have found a couple of mine in the Cemetery, but I am still looking at my maps for it. I will have a good look at my 25" to the mile for Lancashire. When I was at BICC in the Accessories Division Ken Lee was the General Manager, Frank Noble and Brian Lee were Analysts. Doug Capstick, Ann Rylance and myself were Programmers. In 1965 we moved into the ground floor of the new building on Warrington Road opposite the Sports Ground and the various canteens and management restaurant facilities. The remaining floors were built above us whilst we were in situ. Ricky Cooper arrived at that time. Barry Partridge was appointed Chief Programmer with a host of newcomers. Alan Gregson, Don Lewis, Joe Richardson, Les Cunliffe ( Joe and Les finished at Wrexham ), and two or three others were recruited as Analysts. Frank Noble left and went "down under", but later returned to the Systems Department. Incidentally in 1964 /65 BICC at that time had Cable Making in Renfrew ( Scottish Cables ), Blakeley ( Connolly's ), and OldTrafford ( Glovers ), as well as the works you have . Wrexham was built to consolidate production in a new more up to date facility. It was built in Wrexham because the Company received Grants as the area was a Development Area. Malcolm Firth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen nulty Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Churchyard.png WWW.DROPBOX.COM Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again! added 1 minute later Malcolm You'll probably recognise these faces then https://www.dropbox.com/s/d7x1ran6imwqgnv/BI Programmers.jpg?dl=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfirth Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 Steven, Thank you for your Diagrams and photo's of all the Court's in Prescot. When I replied I had not actually realised that the drop box contained all that extra information about the Court's. I was surprised that William Mercer, his wife and remaining family moved from Market Place to Barrow's Court. He was in the Watchmaking Trade and by 1891 the "old " trade was disappearing with the coming of industrialisation. May be trade was difficult and he was reaching the end of his working life. From about 1880 and possibly a little bit earlier people started to leave the watchmaking industry. My own predecessors in the industry nearly all left by 1900 and the younger ones starting work generally went to the Lancashire Watch Company. My ggrandfather settled in Oldham about 1885 and by 1900f Hathersage Street contained many Prescot Families. And also the Cemetery. Mistook Manchester Road for Warrington Road so your photo showed it clearly. I knew there was a graveyard in that location but did not know whether it was an extension of St Mary's or not. Many thanks Malcolm Firth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen nulty Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Malcolm John Platt's book on the history of Watch Making in Prescot is a great resource http://lancashirewatchcompany.co.uk/lancashire-watch-company-prescot/book-details/ Lancashire Watch Company (LWC) Prescot Pocket Watch Factory book. LANCASHIREWATCHCOMPANY.CO.UK Everything about the Lancashire Watch Company (LWC) Pocket Watch Maker in Prescot, 1889-1911. Includes Book details, author John Platt, articles... It's big and heavy but contains everything you need to know about LWC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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