Hi all, im currently researching some ancestors - the Exleys .

Who in roughly 1880 -1930's lived in the whaley Bridge/ taxal area. I know a little bit about them from what my mother was told as a child and searching ancestry websites.Ive managed to find about 3 generations.  I know they where heavily invloved in the textile mills , as alot of them stated mill weaver/ looming, managers, clerks. i know a few died in the wars, as ive found the memorials for them. I have a few records of deaths and baptism (thanks to the disley.net website). 

Does anyone have any information of the mill they all worked at , it says on census records "bolton manufactoring"? .

I have one family tale that id really love to find out if its true ..its that they owned the first car in whaley bridge ? my gran has an old picture of her inlaws around a car (unfortunetly i dont have a copy of this picture other wise i would post it up for everyone to see, off memory i know it has john william exley and percy exley in it)

Does anyone know where an oak dene /dine /dean house is/was; as john william exley, wife and children lived there at the time of 1911 census  ??

Id love any information  on the exleys or the mill. If there is any decendants of exleys id love to put you on my tree.

Amy

Hi

The House you are looking for is certainly on Reservoir Road if you look at the next page of the 1911 Census it tells you what road it is on, as the Exley family lived only two entries away from Whaley Hall that should give you some idea, dont forget if you go and look that other properties have been built in between since the census was taken.

As for the first Car, well those houses are with out doubt prestige enough to have had early cars although I was always told that Dr Allan had the first car in Whaley (he too lived on Reservoir Road) and the said car does appear on early photos taken by his wife, outside Turners and The Shady Oak.

All my rellys were not wealthy enough although some of the Shirt family did live on Reservoir Road but as the water baliffe, so in rented.

Good luck with your family research, please do let us all know what you uncover.

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Top right landscape??

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Hiya yes top right , it looks like a church ? i think this pick is from reservoir rd, at their house. if that helps narrow down the potential building

Hi Amy

I am not sure if you still visit the Forum but I will post this anyway

I am currently looking into the early years of Whaley Bridge Bowling Club, the club was formed in 1907 and Charles V Exley was the General Secretary / Treasurer,  as he was born in Great Harwood Lancashire I presume he will be one of your relatives, it may be that you haven't come across him  but you will find him listed on the census living with his mother and family on Buxton Road but you need to look under Fernilee rather than Whaley Bridge, he was also a director of The Mechanics Institute.

There are also other Exleys listed in later years 1922 onwards as directors or trustees of the Mechanics Institute

Hope this helps you