Entries for the tag ‘Hainsworth, Abimelech (1769-1836)’
"Old Bim," Farsley cloth merchant, initially bought from home weavers, own mill from 1800, employed half the village on his death. 
- 5 December 1832: James Benson (19) and his little sister, Irish strikebreakers, are set upon by a mob between Farsley and Stanningley
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