Mill Wages

Some records of employment are still in existance, though most are now lost. The two wage lists below are from the Smalewell Mill in Pudsey from 1859 and 1860, when it was under the ownership of William & Jonathan Clarkson. Copied from originals held by Jeff and Margaret Clarkson.

Wage List 11th October 1859		Wage List 16th March 1860
Name	Wage	Name	Wage
Name	Wage	Name	Wage
G Williamson	1 6s 0d	G Williamson	1 6s 0d
S Darnbro	12s 4d	S Darnbro	12s
J Hutchinson	12s 4d	J Hutchinson	9s
S Schofield	14s	J Schofield	14s
J Thompson	14s	S Hewitt	14s
S Hewitt	11s 8d	J Yeadon	14s
Tillitson	10s	Samuel Moss	8s 4d
Williamson	5s	Hodgson	4s 2d
Samuel Blackburn	1 8s 0d	John Saul	13s 6d
Ben Brook	18s 5d	Robert Turner	12s
John Brearley	15s	S Blackburn	1 8s 0d
W Hargrave	1 16s 4d	Ben Brook	17s 10d
Joe Ellis	1 10s 0d	W Hargrave	1 0s 0d
A Dixon	1 10s 0d	Joe Ellis	12s 3d
M Walker	1 7s 0d	Whittam	1 10s 0d
R Walker	1 12s 0d	Walker	1 0s 0d
Sugden	1 12s 0d	Rayner	1 0s 0d
Hainsworth	1 10s 0d	Smith	1 0s 0d
S Platts	2 2s 0d	S Platts	1 10s 0d
W H Clarkson	1 0s 0d	Sutcliff & Johnson	16s
John Stead	1 0s 0d	W H Clarkson	15s
M Gaunt	12s 4d	W Brown	1 0s 0d
W Brown	2 0s 0d	Harrison Ingham	15s
H Ingham	1 0s 0d	Brown & Ingham	12s
H Roberts	1 10s 0d