Peter O. Whitehead
| Peter O. Whitehead | |||||||
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| Born | 1835 | ||||||
| Residence |
Holly House, Rawtenstall Belmont, Rawtenstall, Manchester | ||||||
| Occupation | architect | ||||||
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in A31/2/2 Holly House is replaced by Belmont
Notes From Elsewhere
Peter Ormerod Whitehead - [Child] of Peter Whitehead & Elizabeth
Born: 19 Jan 1835
Abode: Rawtenstall
Occupation: Cotton Manufacturer
Baptised by: E Burrow
Throughout this period, the town [Rawenstall] was greatly influenced by influence of the Whitehead family, who built Lower Mill and also the adjoining Holly Mount – an unusual house which was always divided into three sections, once for each of three brothers. By 1849 the Whiteheads had also built two rows of terraced housing next to Higher Mill of which East Parade and South Street remain. As the number of mills grew from about 1840, the demand for new housing meant that over 2,000 back-to-back houses were built in Rawtenstall, partly to the south of the Fold but also along Haslingden Road and up the neighbouring hillsides. However, the Public Health Act of 1875 resulted in the abandonment of the old style workers’ housing, and the provision of larger, more comfortable terraced housing, much of which remains in Rawtenstall today. Ilex Mill was built by Peter Whitehead in 1856, following the dissolution of his partnership with his brothers, which had its own sidings connecting directly to the new railway line. The railway had arrived in 1846 (the original East Lancashire Railway) and the line ran from Manchester via Radcliffe and Bury to Rawtenstall. In 1848 the line was extended from Stubbings Lane (north of Ramsbottom) to Accrington and by 1852 from Rawtenstall to Bacup.