LIVSEY STREET

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John F Wilson in his (page 19) 'A History of Whitefield' says:

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"There is much history attached to the area bounded by Charnley Street, Livsey Street, and the shopping centre on Bury New Road.  I had access to an old map, describing this as Livsey Park.  The date was obliterated, but I judged it to be about 1800.  It would not be a park such as we know, but an area of field and trees and probably the farmstead of the Livsey's.  They left their name in Livsey Street although I do not think they built any of the house.  In my school-days these were known as the 'Ashton Houses', yet Livsey Street was the correct name.  It would appear that Aston's were the builders.  At the bottom house on the right-hand side lived John Jackson, who, somewhere about 1860, founded the firm of joiners and builders bearing his name."
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The above would tend to suggest that the first cottages (the white buildings above?) on Livsey Street were built somewhere between 1800 and 1860.

A quick search of the 1861 Census on Ancestry.co.uk for 'John Jackson' comes up blank, but a search of the 1871 census shows a John Jackson, joiner, employing 2 men and 2 boys at 34 Livsey Fold (some houses have address of Livsey Fold, some Livsey Street, but the house numbers are consecutive!?).  The highest street number seems to be 41.

 

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