Born in Preston, Walton le Dale.1

Christened in Preston, Walton le Dale, St Leonards.2

Father - William Eccles
Mother - Jane
Father's occupation - Manufacturer
Parent's abode - Poplars

Recorded in census in Preston, Walton le Dale (Eccles or Withy Trees Factory, Withy Grove).3

Recorded in census in Preston, Walton le Dale (Withy Grove).4

Withy Trees Mill.5

Destroyed by fire during night. Loss estimated between £14,000 & £15,000 covered by insurance. No loss of life.

Research Note :-
Some newspaper reports give name of owners as "R. Eccles and Co". Others give the owners as "Eccles and Co".

Occupation Master Cotton Spinner.6

Recorded in census in Preston, Walton le Dale (Withy Grove).6

Executor.7

Of the estate of Edward Eccles
Annotated as "of Withy-grove, cotton spinner, the brother"
Joint executor with William Eccles

Occupation Cotton Spinner.8

Recorded in census in Preston, Walton le Dale (Withy Grove).8

Married Victoria Mary Luis FERNANDES in Scarborough, St Martin Parish Church.36,37,1,38

From Marriage Certificate :-
1) By licence
2) Vicar - Hy. P. Bainbridge
3) Witnesses - T. W. D. L. Fernandes & William Eccles Jnr
4) Bride - Victoria Mary Luis Kay, 36, Widow, Carlton Lodge
5) Father of the bride - late Joze Luis Fernandes, Merchant
6) Groom - John Eccles, 43, Bachelor, Merchant, Bamber Bridge, Preston,
7) Father of the groom - William Eccles, Merchant

From Liverpool Mercury :-
"Jan. 21, at St. Martin's-on-the-Hill, Scarborough, by the Rev. Henry Bainbridge, vicar of Ganton, assisted by the Rev. J. M. Lister, M.A., John, second son of William Eccles, of Withy-grove, Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, to Victoria Mary Luis, widow of the late Richard Dugdale Kay, of Clayton-le-Woods, Lancashire, and youngest daughter of the late Joze Luis Fernandes, of Sandal, Wakefield, Yorkshire."

Birth of son John Gilbert Luis ECCLES in Chorley, Leyland.33,9

Registered birth in Chorley, Leyland.9

Of John Gilbert Luis Eccles

Executor.10

Of the estate of William Eccles
Joint executor with William Eccles

Birth of daughter Constance Mary Luis ECCLES in Chorley, Leyland.34,11

Registered birth in Chorley, Leyland.11

Of Constance Mary Luis Eccles

Birth of son William Ernest Luis ECCLES in Preston.35

Occupation Cotton Spinner & Manufacturer.12

Recorded in census in Preston, Longton (Farington House).12

Head of household
Staff x 6

J.P. in Lancashire.1

Legal.13

Mary Hargreaves Marriage Settlement Trust
Indenture to appoint John Eccles and John Thorton as Trustees to the Marriage Settlement in place of William Robinson and Robert Roberts, both deceased.

Witness at wedding in Marylebone, St Mary's Church.14

Of Ada Catherine Bayldon & Frederick Trumble

Administrator.16

Of the estate of Jane Eccles
Joint administrator with William Eccles

Executor.15

Of the estate of John William Eccles.
Annotated as "of Farington House, Farington, near Preston"

Legal.13

Mary Fernandes née Hargreaves - Codicil to Will
Appointed John Eccles, John Thornton & Albert Luis Fernandes as Executors in place of William Robinson & Robert Roberts

Directories.18

Cotton Spinners & Manufacturers' Directory, 1891 (Lancashire)
        William Eccles & Sons
        Withy Trees Mill
        Bamber Bridge

Occupation Cotton Manufacturer.17

Recorded in census in Preston, Longton (Farington House).17

Head of household
Visitor - Roza Evelyn Beardsley - annotated as "Niece"
Staff x 4

Registered death in Preston, Walton le Dale.19

Of William Eccles

Attended the funeral in Bamber Bridge, St Saviour.20

Of William Eccles (1830-1892)

Administrator.21

Of the estate of William Eccles

Executor.22

Joint executor for the estate of Mary Fernandes née Hargreaves

Wrote will.23

1) This is the last Will and Testament of me
2) John Eccles
3) of Farington House in the County of Lancaster
4) Esquire I give to my wife Victoria Mary Luis Eccles for her own
5) use absolutely all my carriages and carriage and other horses
6) with the harnesses and other appendages thereto respectively belonging
7) and also all my household furniture books pictures prints plate
8) linen china glass wine liquors fuel housekeeping stores and
9) provisions and all other moveable effects of the like nature which
10) shall at my death be in or upon my said dwelling house or any
11) other dwelling house for the time being occupied by me I give
12) devise and bequeath the rest of my estate both real and personal
13) unto my trustees hereinafter named their heirs executors
14) administrators and assignees upon the trust hereinafter declared
15) concerning the same I direct my Trustees to hold such portion of
16) my real estate situate within Walton le Dale in the said County
17) as consists of the residence known as "Withy Grove" with the gardens
18) grounds and appurtenances thereto now occupied by Mr. John
19) Henry Toulman and the farm know as "Withy Tree Farm" now
20) occupied by Thomas Bretherton upon trust to pay the net
21) annual rents and profit thereof to my wife during so much
22) of her life as she shall remain my widow and from and after
23) her death or marriage again which ever event shall first happen
24) upon trust for my son John Gilbert Luis Eccles absolutely if he
25) shall attain the age of twenty five years I direct my trustees to
26) hold such portion of my real estate situate in Clayton le Dale
27) and Ramsgrave both in the said County as are known by the
28) names of the "Harwood Fold" and the "? Tap Farm" and two
29) cottages and the "Midge Hall Farm" upon trust to pay the net
30) annual rent and profits thereof to my said wife during so much
31) of her life as she shall remain my widow and from and after her
32) death or marriage again which ever shall first happen upon
33) trust from my son William Ernest Luis Eccles  absolutely if he shall
34) attain the age of twenty five years subject thereto I direct my
35) trustees ....
.......
Other names mentioned :-
Mary Ann Cazaly, formerly lady housekeeper to my late brother William Eccles
my daughter Constance Mary Luis Eccles
"Withy Trees Mill" at Walton le Dale

Directories.1

Kelly's Handbook - 1901
ECCLES, John s. of Wm. Eccles, of Withy Grove, Bamber Bridge, Preston ; b. 1831 ; m. 1875, Victoria M. L., dau. of Joze Luis Fernandes, of Sandal, Yorks ; J.P. (1883) Lancashire : Farington House, nr. Preston. Lancs.

Occupation Cotton Spinner & Manufacturer.24

Recorded in census in Preston, Longton (Farington House).24

Head of household
Visitor - John Finch
Staff x 5

Witness at wedding in Chorley, Leyland Parish Church.27

Of John Gilbert Luis Eccles & Hannah Mary Stanning

Codicil to Will.23

1) This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me
2) John Eccles of Farington House in Farington in the
3) County ....
....
Names mentioned :-
John Gilbert Luis Eccles
William Ernest Luis Eccles
Hannah Mary Stanning
John Stanning the elder
John Stanning the younger

Codicil to Will.23

1) This is a second Codicil to the last Will and
2) Testament of me John Eccles of Farington House
39 Farington ...
....
Names mentioned :-
meadow or pasture land on the easterly side (?) Road in Bamber Bridge
William Ernest Luis Eccles

Died in Preston, Leyton (Farington House).29,30,31,32

Carcinoma of Peri(illegible) Exhaustion
From the Death Certificate :-
1) Occupation - Cotton Spinner (Master)
2) Description and residence of informant - William E L Eccles, present at the death, Farington House
3) When registered - 23 October 1905

Buried in Bamber Bridge, St Saviour.30

From the family gravestone :-
Also John Eccles of Farington House brother of the above who died 22nd October 1905 aged 74 years,

Probate in Lancaster.32

"Of Farington-House, near Preston"
Effects - £92,391. 10s. 11d.
Executors :-
Victoria Mary Luis Eccles widow
John Gilbert Luis Eccles cotton spinner
William Ernest Luis Eccles cotton spinner

Occupation Cotton Spinner.25,26,11,9

Information from :-
1875 - Birth Certificate of John Gilbert Luis Eccles
1876 - Birth Certificate of Constance Mary Luis Fernandes
1895 - Marriage Certificate of Constance Mary Luis Eccles & Richard Calvert
1925 - Death Certificate of Victoria Mary Luis Eccles, formerly Kay, née Fernandes

Occupation Cotton Spinner & Manufacturer.27

Information from :-
1903 - Marriage Certificate of John Gilbert Luis Eccles & Hannah Mary Stanning

Occupation Independant Means.28

Information from :-
1912 - Marriage Certificate of William Ernest Luis Eccles & Florence Emily Locke

Resident in Chorley, Leyland (Lostock Green).11,9

Information from :-
1875 - Birth Certificate of John Gilbert Luis Eccles
1876 - Birth Certificate of Constance Mary Luis Eccles

Resident in Preston (Farington House, Farington).19

Information from :-
1892 - Death Certificate of William Eccles