The list below is reproduced from a typed summary compiled in 1952. It should be noted that the original registers contain additional information not included in this list, including the names of the father and, from 1767, the mother; dates of baptism in some instances; and, from 1810, details of the person to whom each boy was apprenticed. SJT.
A list of boys from Turton who have been admitted to Chetham's Hospital, Manchester with the dates of admission. Compiled to celebrate the opening as a museum of the Turton Tower, Wednesday, 25 June 1952. A total of 457 boys from Turton at Chetham's Hospital in 299 Years.
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| Boys at Chetham's Hospital School, Manchester, in 1900 Image source: Manchester Libraries https://images.manchester.gov.uk/ |
| Year | Name |
| 1653 | William Haslam |
| John Welsh | |
| James Holt | |
| Peter Mayo | |
| William Greene | |
| 1659 | James Crompton |
| William Rawstorne | |
| Sam Naylor | |
| 1664 | George Haworth |
| Roger Greene | |
| Thurstone Bradley | |
| 1666 | William Haworth |
| 1667 | George Crompton |
| John Barlow | |
| Aron Cronkshaw | |
| 1670 | Thomas Bromiley |
| Daniell Thompson | |
| 1671 | John Orrell |
| James Ramsden | |
| 1674 | Thomas Ormsby |
| John Fielding | |
| 1675 | Laurence Horrobin |
| Thomas Orell | |
| 1679 | James Fielding |
| 1681 | Jac Frankland |
| Robert Horrobin | |
| Joseph Pilkington | |
| Ralph Orrell | |
| 1683 | Robert Wood |
| Joseph Walmsley | |
| 1685 | Will Walsh |
| Richard Orrell | |
| 1635 | John Cooper |
| James Holt | |
| 1687 | Laurence Fogg |
| 1690 | John Green |
| 1693 | Charles Haslome |
| Rosterne Rosterne | |
| 1694 | John Greene |
| 1696 | Thomas Knowles wid |
| James Greene | |
| 1697 | Thomas Thomson |
| Robert Fogg | |
| 1704 | John Holt |
| Richard Greene | |
| Thomas Rothwell | |
| 1705 | Robert Wood |
| Thomas Bromiley | |
| 1706 | Joseph Haslam |
| 1708 | Joseph Kershaw |
| 1709 | Thomas Fielder |
| 1710 | John Orrell |
| 1710 | Thomas Haworth |
| 1711 | James Fogg |
| 1712 | John Orrell |
| 1713 | Thomas Marsh |
| 1715 | Charles Hardman |
| 1716 | James Hoult |
| 1718 | Richard Wood |
| 1720 | Ellis Haworth |
| 1721 | Thomas Meoh |
| John Haslam | |
| 1723 | John Haworth |
| Edmund Rawsterne | |
| 1724 | Roger Greene |
| 1725 | Henry Fielding |
| 1726 | Peter Orrel |
| William Rawstorne | |
| 1727 | William Haslam |
| William Knowles | |
| 1728 | Thomas Mangnall |
| 1730 | Andrew Haworth |
| James Fogg | |
| 1732 | Richard Greene |
| 1733 | James Rowstern |
| Wijliam Pilkington | |
| Roger Haslam | |
| 1734 | Richard Orrell |
| Richard Horsfield | |
| Daniel Haslam | |
| 1735 | Peter Haslam |
| 1737 | Peter Mather |
| 1738 | Nathan Kershaw |
| Benjamin Kershaw | |
| 1739 | William Raustern |
| Ralph Orrell | |
| 1741 | Thomas Rawstorne |
| 1742 | William Orrell |
| 1743 | Thomas Bromley |
| Samuel Pilkington | |
| 1744 | James Rawstorne |
| William Orrell | |
| 1745 | John Sherrock |
| Joseph Kershaw | |
| William Orrell | |
| Samuel Rothwell | |
| 1747 | John Haslam |
| 1748 | Henry Rawstorne |
| James Coope | |
| 1750 | John Bromley |
| 1751 | Samuel Orrell |
| William Walmsley | |
| 1752 | James Mayho |
| William Holt | |
| 1753 | Daniel Wood |
| 1754 | James Ranford |
| 1755 | John Knowles |
| 1756 | Thomas Clarkson |
| 1758 | Noah Bromley |
| Ellis Thomassen | |
| John Haworth | |
| 1759 | James Holt |
| Joseph Pilkington | |
| Richard Fielden | |
| 1760 | John Orrell |
| James Rosthorn | |
| 1763 | John Walmsley |
| John Fielding | |
| 1763 | John Fielding |
| James Haslam | |
| 1765 | William Green |
| 1766 | John Hardman |
| 1767 | Nicholas Kershaw |
| Roger Clarkson | |
| 1768 | Roger Bromley |
| John Marsh | |
| 1769 | Edmund Holt |
| Robert Howarth | |
| 1770 | Thomas Hardman |
| 1771 | Edmund Hamer |
| 1772 | Miles Walmsley |
| John Kershaw | |
| 1773 | William Clarkson |
| 1775 | John Bromiley |
| Edward Holt | |
| 1776 | Nathan Holt |
| Joseph Haslam | |
| 1777 | James Fielding |
| 1779 | James Isherwood |
| Thomas Bromley | |
| William Fielding | |
| 1780 | Henry Haworth |
| James Holt | |
| 1782 | John Brandwood |
| Joseph Orrell | |
| James Haslam | |
| 1783 | William Holt |
| 1785 | Benjamin Mayoh |
| William Mayoh | |
| Richard Bromley | |
| 1786 | Benjamin Knowles |
| James Hamer | |
| 1787 | James Rawstorne |
| James Holt | |
| 1788 | James Haworth |
| Thomas Rawstern | |
| George Holt | |
| 1789 | Willáam Rostron |
| William Rostron | |
| William Law | |
| 1790 | Thomas Brownelow |
| 1793 | William Holt |
| John Fielding | |
| John Holt | |
| 1793 | Charley Mather |
| Luke Mather | |
| Robert Knowles | |
| William Rawsthorn | |
| William Henry Rawsthorn | |
| 1794 | James Rawsthorn |
| 1796 | James Mather |
| William Knowles | |
| 1797 | John Fielding |
| Thomas Holt | |
| Samuel Bromiley | |
| 1798 | John Hamer |
| Daniel Knowles | |
| John Rostron | |
| Guy Orrell | |
| John Fielding | |
| 1799 | John Marsh |
| 1800 | William Rostron |
| Thomas Howard | |
| 1801 | Henry Orrell |
| 1802 | John Knowles |
| William Fielding | |
| 1804 | William Mayo |
| James Fielding | |
| Thomas Orrell | |
| John Thomason | |
| George Horrocks | |
| 1805 | Joseph Hopwood |
| George Holt | |
| 1806 | William Haworth |
| 1807 | Daniel Holt |
| Enoch Lowe | |
| 1808 | Isaac Orrell |
| 1809 | Nicholas Grigson |
| John Entwitle | |
| 1810 | John Mather |
| Robert Haworth | |
| 1811 | Robert Haslam |
| Nicholas Gregson | |
| Samuel Horrocks | |
| 1812 | Ralph Stones |
| 1813 | Job Pilling |
| William Wood | |
| 1814 | Wright Holt |
| Jonathan Isherwood | |
| 1815 | Samuel Fielding |
| Isaac Wood | |
| 1816 | Samuel Entwistle |
| James Haworth | |
| Joseph Hamer | |
| 1817 | John Hart |
| 1818 | Wright Isherwood |
| 1819 | Edward Hopwood |
| Seth Thomason | |
| Thomas Knowles | |
| Isaac Holt | |
| 1820 | William Rothwell |
| John Kay | |
| 1821 | William Fielding |
| Samuel Haslam | |
| Ralph Wood | |
| James Knowles | |
| 1822 | George Holt |
| 1823 | James Rothwell |
| Andrew Haworth | |
| 1824 | John Hamer |
| 1825 | James Haslam |
| James March | |
| 1826 | Ephraim Thomas Rothwell |
| Christopher Mayoh | |
| William Mayoh | |
| 1827 | Abraham Openshaw |
| John Wood | |
| 1828 | Thomas March |
| John March | |
| 1830 | James Holt |
| John Parkinson | |
| Edward Hopwood | |
| 1831 | Peter Isherwood |
| William Haworth | |
| Thomas Rothwell | |
| 1832 | John Haworth |
| Peter Pilling | |
| 1833 | Robert Crook |
| James Lester | |
| 1834 | James Tonge |
| John Knowles | |
| 1835 | John Haworth |
| William Entwistle | |
| 1836 | David Openshaw |
| James Fielding | |
| John Ratcliffe | |
| 1837 | William Davis |
| Robert Crook | |
| 1838 | William Bentley Rostron |
| William Knowles | |
| Na than Mayoh | |
| 1839 | James Knowles |
| 1840 | Peter Haslam |
| William Mayoh | |
| Noah hamer | |
| Solomon Wood | |
| 1841 | George Howarth |
| Dionyisus Haworth | |
| 1842 | James Mayo |
| John Kay | |
| 1843 | Nathan Fielding |
| Frederick Tootill | |
| 1844 | William Booth |
| John Wood | |
| John Livesy | |
| Henry Rostron | |
| John Coop | |
| 1845 | Robert Haworth |
| James Kay | |
| 1846 | Robert Scholes |
| Richard Scholes | |
| William Brindle | |
| William Mayho | |
| John Gibbons | |
| John Gregory | |
| James Rostron | |
| 1849 | Isaac Wood |
| James Ranwell | |
| John Whittaker | |
| Daniel Braithwaite | |
| 1850 | Thomas Longowrth |
| Henry Smith | |
| 1851 | Henry Speak |
| Robert Smith | |
| John Brewster | |
| Eli Knowles | |
| 1852 | Alfred Kay |
| Riohard Rostron | |
| 1854 | Benjamin Holt |
| Sharples Lister | |
| Thomas Marsh | |
| Andrew Whittaker | |
| 1855 | Richard Bradshaw Holt |
| R. L. Turniston | |
| 1856 | James Unsworth |
| WiJJiam Pickles | |
| Doniel Wood | |
| 1857 | Jobn Orrell |
| 1859 | Philip Kay |
| Edward Worsley | |
| Davis Fowler | |
| 1860 | Levi Haworth |
| Edward Middleton | |
| Thomas Middleton | |
| William Isherwood | |
| Henry Isherwood | |
| 1861 | John Haworth |
| 1862 | John Brown |
| Thomas Worsley | |
| 1863 | James Wild |
| Thomas Fletcher | |
| John Haslam | |
| William Beswick | |
| 1864 | Thomas Allen |
| 1865 | John Isherwood |
| William Tomlinson | |
| Henry Bentley | |
| 1866 | Jonah Crook |
| Richard Trainor | |
| 1867 | James Walsh |
| 1868 | John Isherwood |
| Samuel Isherwood | |
| 1870 | Joseph Ratcliffe |
| 1871 | James Hewitson |
| Thomas Hewitson | |
| Walter Young | |
| John H. C. Entwistle | |
| Thomas Haslam | |
| 1872 | John James Tootill |
| Alfred Kay | |
| Albert Edward Berry | |
| Edward Crompton | |
| 1873 | John William Berry |
| Alfred Bentley | |
| 1875 | Robert William Savage |
| Joseph Hewitson | |
| James Knowles | |
| Samuel McCreary | |
| 1876 | Willie Whalley |
| Harry William Meen | |
| James Entwistle | |
| 1877 | John Sedgwiek |
| William Edward Plow | |
| Robert Hacking | |
| 1878 | John Sedgwick |
| James William Haslam | |
| Robert Vickers Entwistle | |
| 1878 | Albert J.H. Jenner |
| George Berry | |
| Ernest Arthur Plow | |
| James Nuttall | |
| 1880 | John James Yates |
| Richard Briggs | |
| 1882 | George Scott |
| Waiter Henry Freeman | |
| 1883 | James Halton |
| George Marsh | |
| Thomas Young | |
| 1884 | George Haslam |
| William Brooks | |
| William Henry Smith | |
| 1885 | John Hopwood Kershaw |
| 1887 | Joseph Marsh |
| 1888 | Harry Wain |
| 1889 | Frederick Wood |
| John Varley | |
| 1890 | Joseph Henry Stamp |
| 1891 | Fred Entwistle |
| 1893 | Richard Rostron |
| 1895 | Richard Trevitt Harrison |
| 1896 | Richard Elstone |
| James Lewis Rostron | |
| 1897 | Joseph Harrison |
| 1899 | Norman Lomax Crompton |
| William Broughton | |
| 1900 | Isaac Fielding Mayo |
| James Morris | |
| Edward Singleton | |
| 1901 | John Hilton |
| William Hilton | |
| William Barnes | |
| Ben Middleton | |
| George William Tyrer | |
| Harold Lord | |
| 1902 | John Bagot |
| 1903 | Thomas McCreary |
| 1904 | Herbert Ashworth Greenhalgh |
| 1905 | Henry Berry |
| 1906 | Ernest Chadwick |
| Samuel Preston | |
| 1907 | Robert Allen Whittle |
| 1908 | Fred Barlow |
| 1909 | John Gerrard |
| 1910 | George Kennedy |
| John Prescott | |
| Donald Brodie | |
| Harold Entwistle | |
| 1911 | Edwin Anderson |
| Albert Rigby | |
| Harold Isherwood | |
| William Preston | |
| 1912 | James Crooke |
| 1913 | William Bentley |
| Percy Hammond | |
| Robert Charles Halton | |
| Thomas Leonard Marsh | |
| 1915 | James Bentley |
| Louis Hammond | |
| 1916 | Dawson Crook |
| Frank Entwistle | |
| 1917 | Ernest Kinnersley |
| 1918 | Clifford Entwistle |
| Arnold Griffin | |
| 1919 | Harry Marsden |
| 1920 | John Entwistle |
| Stanley Griffin | |
| 1922 | Harry Kay |
| George Edwards | |
| 1923 | Donald Heywood |
| 1924 | Thomas James Brown |
| 1925 | George Waddilove |
| Albert Marsden | |
| Fred Haslam | |
| 1926 | Harry Richard Entwistle |
| William Andrew Morgan | |
| 1927 | John Crawshaw |
| George Brown | |
| William Ingham | |
| James Isherwood | |
| 1928 | Kenneth Haworth |
| 1930 | Percy Morgan |
| 1931 | Stanley Widdowson |
| Henry Sidney Trewick | |
| 1932 | John William Marsh |
| Reginald T. Ormrod | |
| Herbert H. Shillingford | |
| William Nuttall | |
| 1933 | Herbert Savage |
| 1934 | John Ramsden |
| 1935 | Jack Savage |
| Brian Calvert | |
| 1937 | Gerald Bullough |
| 1939 | Harold Samuel Bentley |
| 1940 | Jobn Henry Meeham |
| 1943 | Alan Greenwood |
| Trevor Greenwood |
