| Description | Considerable quantities of early source material relating to the Turners and their involvement in Helmshore. Includes brief history of land in Rossendale, aspects of farming and woollen manufacture until arrival of Turners in 1789, origins of Turner enterprise in Helmshore, William Turner (1793-1852) Carter Place Haslingden - his daughter Sarah Howarth Turner married James Rostron and they lived at Chatterton House, her mother's family home. Gives details of mills in Haslingden in 1844, copy census returns relating to Turner family and employees and The Turner Family Tree. |