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For the assassinated mill owner , see Assassination of Thomas Ashton . English cotton manufacturer and philanthropist Thomas Ashton ( 1818-1898 ) Thomas Ashton ( 8 December 1818 - 21 January 1898 ) was an English cotton manufacturer and philanthropist . Early life Ashton was born on 8 December 1818 at Flowery Fields House , Hyde , then in Cheshire , sixth child to Thomas Ashton ( 1775-1845 ) and his wife , Harriet , née Booth . The Ashton family owned mills in Hyde , Godley and Gerrards Wood which employed many hundreds of people . They were among the earliest cotton pioneers in Hyde . From 1800 they worked as a family business with mills at Gerrards Wood and Wilson Brook at Godley . Six brothers were involved in the business which , as well as coal and cotton , also established the calico printing works at Newton Bank . In 1823 the brothers separated , Samuel and Thomas taking the major shares ; the former establishing himself at Apethorn Mill and soon after building Woodley Mill , while Thomas ran the factory at the Hollow . The Ashtons were particularly noted for running mills that did both spinning and weaving , a successful practice when most mills concentrated on one process . Career Thomas had inherited the cotton mills and the merchants ' business in Manchester , 1845 , and maintained the expansion programme initiated by his father , making the Flowery Fields mills complex the largest industrial concern in the district . The mills were considered to be ' The best of their class in the country , thoroughly equipped and conducted with every regard for the comfort and welfare of the operatives ' ( Bedford , Ashtons of Hyde ) . Not only did Thomas carry on the Ashton family tradition he had inherited as an employer— that of an employer who realised his responsibilities to the men and women who worked for him— he improved on it . He enlarged the mill school , built a church at Flowery Fields , and expanded the village built by his father ; he also established scholarships at the Hyde Mechanics ' Institute and the technical school which enabled students to go to Owens College and to the Manchester Mechanics Institute . Care of his employees had always been an important factor to him , and during the cotton famine , when many mills were closed and most employers ruined , Thomas Ashton made sure that his mills never stopped . In spite of immense personal and financial loss , he kept his workforce in full employment by setting them to work in his brickworks and building Throstle Bank Mill . Following his move to Ford Bank in Didsbury , Ashton maintained his strong links with the town of Hyde . He took a very active part in local politics , and succeeded in obtaining the charter of incorporation in 1881 for Hyde . He was one of the first radicals elected to Hyde town council , and at the first meeting of the new authority , he was elected as alderman and also first mayor of Hyde in recognition of his work . He funded many projects and was also an active member of the Manchester branch of the National Educational League , which did much to prepare the way for the passing of the 1870 act . His work on the Hyde Relief Committee was one of the reasons that the city council gave him the freedom of the city in 1892 . As well as his many activities in Hyde and Manchester , Ashton served as High Sheriff of Lancashire and also as a magistrate for Cheshire and Lancashire . He was a leading member of the Liberal Party in Manchester . In 1882 he declined a baronetcy offered to him by William Gladstone , who became a close friend and who stayed at his Ford Bank home when he came to Manchester . Death and legacy Thomas Ashton died at Ford Bank , Didsbury , on 21 January 1898 , and was buried at Hyde Chapel three days later . Due to the nature of his work , in particular his concern for his work force during the cotton famine , Professor Neil Bourne and Professor Andrew Curran decided to use his name when creating the Thomas Ashton Institute for Risk and Regulatory Research at the University of Manchester , an interdisciplinary research institute concerned with the understanding of failures that occur in the world of work leading to injury or ill-health . Family With his wife Elizabeth Ashton née Gair , they had nine children : * Harriet G. Ashton * Elizabeth Marion Ashton * Katharine Ashton * Margaret Ashton * Grace Mary Ashton * Charlotte Jane Ashton * Thomas Gair Ashton * William Mark Ashton Thomas Gair Ashton , an industrialist and politician , later became the first 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde . Margaret Ashton was a local politician , elected member of Manchester City Council in 1908 . Elizabeth Marion Ashton married James Bryce , 1st Viscount Bryce . Charlotte Jane Ashton married Sir Edward Tootal Broadhurst , 1st Baronet , a director and eventually chairman of Tootal Broadhurst Lee . |
| for the assassinated mill owner [PERSON] , see assassination [ACT] of thomas ashton [PERSON] . english cotton manufacturer [PERSON] and philanthropist thomas ashton [PERSON] [PERSON] ( 1818-1898 ) thomas ashton [PERSON] ( 8 december [PERIOD] 1818 - 21 january [PERIOD] 1898 ) was an english cotton manufacturer [PERSON] and philanthropist [PERSON] . early life ashton [PERSON] was born on 8 december [PERIOD] 1818 at flowery fields house [PLACE] , hyde [PERSON] , then in cheshire [PLACE] , sixth child [PERSON] to thomas ashton [PERSON] ( 1775-1845 ) and his wife [PERSON] , harriet [PERSON] , née booth [PERSON] . the ashton family [HUMAN GROUP] owned mills [PERSON] in hyde [PERSON] , godley [PERSON] and gerrards wood [WOOD] which employed many hundreds [UNKNOWN] of people [HUMAN GROUP] . they were among the earliest cotton pioneers [PERSON] in hyde [PERSON] . from 1800 they worked as a family business [ACT] with mills [PERSON] at gerrards wood [WOOD] and wilson brook [PERSON] at godley [PERSON] . six brothers [PERSON] were involved in the business [ACT] which , as well as coal [FORCE] and cotton [PERSON] , also established the calico [PLACE] printing works [UNKNOWN] at newton bank [PERSON] . in 1823 the brothers [PERSON] separated , samuel [PERSON] and thomas [PERSON] taking the major shares [PROCESS] ; the former establishing himself at apethorn mill [PERSON] and soon after building woodley mill [PERSON] , while thomas [PERSON] ran the factory [POSITION] at the hollow [PLACE] . the ashtons [UNKNOWN] were particularly noted for running mills [PERSON] that did both spinning and weaving , a successful practice [ACT] when most mills [PERSON] concentrated on one process [PROCESS] . career thomas [PERSON] had inherited the cotton mills [PERSON] and the merchants [PERSON] ' business [ACT] in manchester [INSTITUTION] , 1845 , and maintained the expansion programme [UNKNOWN] initiated by his father [PERSON] , making the flowery fields mills [PERSON] complex the largest industrial concern [PERSON] in the district [PLACE] . the mills [PERSON] were considered to be ' the best of their class [UNKNOWN] in the country [PLACE] , thoroughly equipped and conducted with every regard [EVENT] for the comfort [PERSON] and welfare [PERSON] of the operatives [PERSON] ' ( bedford [PLACE] , ashtons [UNKNOWN] of hyde [PERSON] ) . not only did thomas [PERSON] carry on the ashton family tradition [PERSON] he had inherited as an employer— that of an employer [PERSON] who realised his responsibilities [RESPONSIBILITY] to the men [PERSON] and women [PERSON] who worked for him— he improved on it . he enlarged the mill school [INSTITUTION] , built a church [PERSON] at flowery fields , and expanded the village [PLACE] built by his father [PERSON] ; he also established scholarships [PERSON] at the hyde mechanics [PERSON] ' institute and the technical school [INSTITUTION] which enabled students [PERSON] to go to owens college [INSTITUTION] and to the manchester mechanics institute [INSTITUTION] . care [CONDITION] of his employees [PERSON] had always been an important factor [ACTION] to him , and during the cotton famine [DEFICIENCY] , when many mills [PERSON] were closed and most employers [PERSON] ruined , thomas [PERSON] ashton [PERSON] made sure that his mills [PERSON] never stopped . in spite [EVENT] of immense [SPACE] personal and financial loss [PERSON] , he kept his workforce [AMOUNT] in full employment [ACT] by setting them to work [ACTIVITY] in his brickworks [QUALITY] and building throstle bank mill [PERSON] . following his move [ACT] to ford bank [PLACE] in didsbury [PLACE] , ashton [PERSON] maintained his strong links [ELEMENT] with the town [PLACE] of hyde [PERSON] . he took a very active part in local politics [RESULT] , and succeeded in obtaining the charter [PERSON] of incorporation [ACT] in 1881 for hyde [PERSON] . he was one of the first radicals [PERSON] elected to hyde town [PLACE] council [HUMAN GROUP] , and at the first meeting [ACT] of the new authority [STATUS] , he was elected as alderman [PERSON] and also first mayor [HUMAN ROLE] of hyde [PERSON] in recognition [ACT] of his work [ACTIVITY] . he funded many projects [ACTION] and was also an active member [PERSON] of the manchester branch [BRANCH] of the national educational league [GROUP] , which did much to prepare the way [UNKNOWN] for the passing [ACT] of the 1870 act [ACT] . his work [ACTIVITY] on the hyde relief committee [HUMAN GROUP] was one of the reasons [EVENT] that the city council [HUMAN GROUP] gave him the freedom [PERSON] of the city [PLACE] in 1892 . as well as his many activities [ACTIVITY] in hyde [PERSON] and manchester [INSTITUTION] , ashton [PERSON] served as high sheriff [PERSON] of lancashire [PERSON] and also as a magistrate [UNKNOWN] for cheshire [PLACE] and lancashire [PERSON] . he was a leading member [PERSON] of the liberal party [FORCE] in manchester [INSTITUTION] . in 1882 he declined a baronetcy [UNKNOWN] offered to him by william gladstone [PERSON] , who became a close friend [PERSON] and who stayed at his ford bank home [PLACE] when he came to manchester [INSTITUTION] . death [EVENT] and legacy thomas ashton [PERSON] died at ford bank [PLACE] , didsbury [PLACE] , on 21 january [PERIOD] 1898 , and was buried at hyde chapel [PERSON] three days [PERIOD] later . due to the nature [NATURE] of his work [ACTIVITY] , in particular his concern [PERSON] for his work [ACTIVITY] force during the cotton famine [DEFICIENCY] , professor neil bourne [PERSON] and professor andrew curran [PERSON] decided to use his name [NAME] when creating the thomas ashton [PERSON] institute [INSTITUTION] for risk [NUMBER] and regulatory research [EVENT] at the university [INSTITUTION] of manchester [INSTITUTION] , an interdisciplinary research institute [INSTITUTION] concerned with the understanding [ACT] of failures [STATE] that occur in the world [PLACE] of work [ACTIVITY] leading to injury [INJURY] or ill-health . family with his wife elizabeth ashton [PERSON] née gair [PERSON] , they had nine children [PERSON] : * harriet g. ashton [PERSON] * elizabeth marion ashton [PERSON] * katharine ashton [PERSON] * margaret ashton [PERSON] * grace mary ashton [PERSON] * charlotte jane ashton [PERSON] * thomas gair ashton [PERSON] * william mark ashton [PERSON] thomas gair ashton [PERSON] [PERSON] , an industrialist [PERSON] and politician [PERSON] , later became the first 1st baron ashton [PERSON] of hyde [PERSON] . margaret ashton [PERSON] was a local politician [PERSON] , elected member [PERSON] of manchester city council [HUMAN GROUP] in 1908 . elizabeth marion ashton [PERSON] married james bryce [PERSON] , 1st viscount bryce [PERSON] . charlotte jane ashton [PERSON] married sir edward tootal broadhurst [PERSON] , 1st baronet [PERSON] , a director [PERSON] and eventually chairman of tootal broadhurst lee [PERSON] . |
| Id | Form | Freq | Tag | Context | Error |
| 1 | hyde | 9 | PERSON | ashton was born on 8 december 1818 at flowery fields house , hyde , then in cheshire , sixth child to thomas ashton ( 1775-1845 ) and his wife , harriet , née booth . | |
| 2 | mills | 7 | PERSON | the ashton family owned mills in hyde , godley and gerrards wood which employed many hundreds of people . | |
| 3 | work | 5 | ACTIVITY | in spite of immense personal and financial loss , he kept his workforce in full employment by setting them to work in his brickworks and building throstle bank mill . | |
| 4 | manchester | 5 | INSTITUTION | thomas had inherited the cotton mills and the merchants ' business in manchester , 1845 , and maintained the expansion programme initiated by his father , making the flowery | |
| 5 | thomas ashton | 4 | PERSON | for the assassinated mill owner , see assassination of thomas ashton . | |
| 6 | member | 3 | PERSON | he funded many projects and was also an active member of the manchester branch of the national educational league , which did much to prepare the way for the passing of the 1870 act . | |
| 7 | thomas | 2 | PERSON | for the assassinated mill owner , see assassination of thomas ashton . | |
| 8 | school | 2 | INSTITUTION | he enlarged the mill school , built a church at flowery | |
| 9 | charlotte jane ashton | 2 | PERSON | katharine ashton * margaret ashton * grace mary ashton * charlotte jane ashton * | |
| 10 | ford bank | 2 | PLACE | following his move to ford bank in didsbury , ashton maintained his strong links with the town of hyde . | |
| 11 | politician | 2 | PERSON | william mark ashton thomas gair ashton , an industrialist and politician , later became the first 1st baron ashton of hyde . | |
| 12 | margaret ashton | 2 | PERSON | katharine ashton * margaret ashton * grace mary ashton * charlotte jane ashton * | |
| 13 | lancashire | 2 | PERSON | as well as his many activities in hyde and manchester , ashton served as high sheriff of lancashire and also as a magistrate for cheshire and lancashire . | |
| 14 | elizabeth marion ashton | 2 | PERSON | family with his wife elizabeth ashton née gair , they had nine children : * harriet g. ashton * elizabeth marion ashton * | |
| 15 | business | 2 | ACT | from 1800 they worked as a family business with mills at gerrards wood and wilson brook at godley . | |
| 16 | cotton famine | 2 | DEFICIENCY | care of his employees had always been an important factor to him , and during the cotton famine , when many mills were closed and most employers ruined , thomas | |
| 17 | godley | 2 | PERSON | the ashton family owned mills in hyde , godley and gerrards wood which employed many hundreds of people . | |
| 18 | gerrards wood | 2 | WOOD | the ashton family owned mills in hyde , godley and gerrards wood which employed many hundreds of people . | |
| 19 | december | 2 | PERIOD | december 1818 - 21 january 1898 ) was an english cotton manufacturer and philanthropist . | |
| 20 | cotton manufacturer | 2 | PERSON | english cotton manufacturer and philanthropist thomas ashton ( 1818-1898 ) thomas ashton ( 8 | |
| 21 | ashton | 2 | PERSON | for the assassinated mill owner , see assassination of thomas ashton . | |
| 22 | concern | 2 | PERSON | fields mills complex the largest industrial concern in the district . | |
| 23 | ashtons | 2 | UNKNOWN | the ashtons were particularly noted for running mills that did both spinning and weaving , a successful practice when most mills concentrated on one process . | |
| 24 | didsbury | 2 | PLACE | following his move to ford bank in didsbury , ashton maintained his strong links with the town of hyde . | |
| 25 | father | 2 | PERSON | thomas had inherited the cotton mills and the merchants ' business in manchester , 1845 , and maintained the expansion programme initiated by his father , making the flowery | |
| 26 | brothers | 2 | PERSON | six brothers were involved in the business which , as well as coal and cotton , also established the calico printing works at newton bank . | |
| 27 | flowery fields | 2 | PLACE | ashton was born on 8 december 1818 at flowery fields house , hyde , then in cheshire , sixth child to thomas ashton ( 1775-1845 ) and his wife , harriet , née booth . | |
| 28 | january | 2 | PERIOD | december 1818 - 21 january 1898 ) was an english cotton manufacturer and philanthropist . | |
| 29 | cheshire | 2 | PLACE | ashton was born on 8 december 1818 at flowery fields house , hyde , then in cheshire , sixth child to thomas ashton ( 1775-1845 ) and his wife , harriet , née booth . | |
| 30 | shares | 1 | PROCESS | in 1823 the brothers separated , samuel and thomas taking the major shares ; the former establishing himself at apethorn mill and soon after building woodley mill , while thomas ran the factory at the hollow . | |
| 31 | hyde chapel | 1 | PERSON | thomas ashton died at ford bank , didsbury , on 21 january 1898 , and was buried at hyde chapel three days later . | |
| 32 | authority | 1 | STATUS | he was one of the first radicals elected to hyde town council , and at the first meeting of the new authority , he was elected as alderman and also first mayor of hyde in recognition of his work . | |
| 33 | children | 1 | PERSON | family with his wife elizabeth ashton née gair , they had nine children : * harriet g. ashton * elizabeth marion ashton * | |
| 34 | death | 1 | EVENT | death and legacy | |
| 35 | thomas gair ashton | 1 | PERSON | thomas gair ashton * | |
| 36 | samuel | 1 | PERSON | in 1823 the brothers separated , samuel and thomas taking the major shares ; the former establishing himself at apethorn mill and soon after building woodley mill , while thomas ran the factory at the hollow . | |
| 37 | class | 1 | UNKNOWN | the mills were considered to be ' the best of their class in the country , thoroughly equipped and conducted with every regard for the comfort and welfare of the operatives ' ( bedford , ashtons of hyde ) . | |
| 38 | coal | 1 | FORCE | six brothers were involved in the business which , as well as coal and cotton , also established the calico printing works at newton bank . | |
| 39 | district | 1 | PLACE | fields mills complex the largest industrial concern in the district . | |
| 40 | cotton pioneers | 1 | PERSON | they were among the earliest cotton pioneers in hyde . | |
| 41 | country | 1 | PLACE | the mills were considered to be ' the best of their class in the country , thoroughly equipped and conducted with every regard for the comfort and welfare of the operatives ' ( bedford , ashtons of hyde ) . | |
| 42 | calico | 1 | PLACE | six brothers were involved in the business which , as well as coal and cotton , also established the calico printing works at newton bank . | |
| 43 | employer | 1 | PERSON | not only did thomas carry on the ashton family tradition he had inherited as an employer— that of an employer who realised his responsibilities to the men and women who worked for him— he improved on it . | |
| 44 | philanthropist | 1 | PERSON | english cotton manufacturer and philanthropist thomas ashton ( 1818-1898 ) thomas ashton ( 8 | |
| 45 | booth | 1 | PERSON | ashton was born on 8 december 1818 at flowery fields house , hyde , then in cheshire , sixth child to thomas ashton ( 1775-1845 ) and his wife , harriet , née booth . | |
| 46 | way | 1 | UNKNOWN | he funded many projects and was also an active member of the manchester branch of the national educational league , which did much to prepare the way for the passing of the 1870 act . | |
| 47 | church | 1 | PERSON | he enlarged the mill school , built a church at flowery | |
| 48 | employment | 1 | ACT | in spite of immense personal and financial loss , he kept his workforce in full employment by setting them to work in his brickworks and building throstle bank mill . | |
| 49 | scholarships | 1 | PERSON | fields , and expanded the village built by his father ; he also established scholarships at the hyde mechanics ' | |
| 50 | mayor | 1 | HUMAN ROLE | he was one of the first radicals elected to hyde town council , and at the first meeting of the new authority , he was elected as alderman and also first mayor of hyde in recognition of his work . | |
| 51 | katharine ashton | 1 | PERSON | katharine ashton * margaret ashton * grace mary ashton * charlotte jane ashton * | |
| 52 | cotton | 1 | PERSON | english cotton manufacturer and philanthropist thomas ashton ( 1818-1898 ) thomas ashton ( 8 | |
| 53 | days | 1 | PERIOD | thomas ashton died at ford bank , didsbury , on 21 january 1898 , and was buried at hyde chapel three days later . | |
| 54 | magistrate | 1 | UNKNOWN | as well as his many activities in hyde and manchester , ashton served as high sheriff of lancashire and also as a magistrate for cheshire and lancashire . | |
| 55 | factory | 1 | POSITION | in 1823 the brothers separated , samuel and thomas taking the major shares ; the former establishing himself at apethorn mill and soon after building woodley mill , while thomas ran the factory at the hollow . | |
| 56 | ford bank home | 1 | PLACE | in 1882 he declined a baronetcy offered to him by william gladstone , who became a close friend and who stayed at his ford bank home when he came to manchester . | |
| 57 | care | 1 | CONDITION | care of his employees had always been an important factor to him , and during the cotton famine , when many mills were closed and most employers ruined , thomas | |
| 58 | friend | 1 | PERSON | in 1882 he declined a baronetcy offered to him by william gladstone , who became a close friend and who stayed at his ford bank home when he came to manchester . | |
| 59 | legacy thomas ashton | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 60 | risk | 1 | NUMBER | due to the nature of his work , in particular his concern for his work force during the cotton famine , professor neil bourne and professor andrew curran decided to use his name when creating the thomas ashton institute for risk and regulatory research at the university of manchester , an interdisciplinary research institute concerned with the understanding of failures that occur in the world of work leading to injury or ill-health . | |
| 61 | thomas ashton institute | 1 | INSTITUTION | due to the nature of his work , in particular his concern for his work force during the cotton famine , professor neil bourne and professor andrew curran decided to use his name when creating the thomas ashton institute for risk and regulatory research at the university of manchester , an interdisciplinary research institute concerned with the understanding of failures that occur in the world of work leading to injury or ill-health . | |
| 62 | radicals | 1 | PERSON | he was one of the first radicals elected to hyde town council , and at the first meeting of the new authority , he was elected as alderman and also first mayor of hyde in recognition of his work . | |
| 63 | bedford | 1 | PLACE | the mills were considered to be ' the best of their class in the country , thoroughly equipped and conducted with every regard for the comfort and welfare of the operatives ' ( bedford , ashtons of hyde ) . | |
| 64 | reasons | 1 | EVENT | his work on the hyde relief committee was one of the reasons that the city council gave him the freedom of the city in 1892 . | |
| 65 | child | 1 | PERSON | ashton was born on 8 december 1818 at flowery fields house , hyde , then in cheshire , sixth child to thomas ashton ( 1775-1845 ) and his wife , harriet , née booth . | |
| 66 | ashton family tradition | 1 | PERSON | not only did thomas carry on the ashton family tradition he had inherited as an employer— that of an employer who realised his responsibilities to the men and women who worked for him— he improved on it . | |
| 67 | alderman | 1 | PERSON | he was one of the first radicals elected to hyde town council , and at the first meeting of the new authority , he was elected as alderman and also first mayor of hyde in recognition of his work . | |
| 68 | injury | 1 | INJURY | due to the nature of his work , in particular his concern for his work force during the cotton famine , professor neil bourne and professor andrew curran decided to use his name when creating the thomas ashton institute for risk and regulatory research at the university of manchester , an interdisciplinary research institute concerned with the understanding of failures that occur in the world of work leading to injury or ill-health . | |
| 69 | understanding | 1 | ACT | due to the nature of his work , in particular his concern for his work force during the cotton famine , professor neil bourne and professor andrew curran decided to use his name when creating the thomas ashton institute for risk and regulatory research at the university of manchester , an interdisciplinary research institute concerned with the understanding of failures that occur in the world of work leading to injury or ill-health . | |
| 70 | hyde relief committee | 1 | HUMAN GROUP | his work on the hyde relief committee was one of the reasons that the city council gave him the freedom of the city in 1892 . | |
| 71 | regard | 1 | EVENT | the mills were considered to be ' the best of their class in the country , thoroughly equipped and conducted with every regard for the comfort and welfare of the operatives ' ( bedford , ashtons of hyde ) . | |
| 72 | comfort | 1 | PERSON | the mills were considered to be ' the best of their class in the country , thoroughly equipped and conducted with every regard for the comfort and welfare of the operatives ' ( bedford , ashtons of hyde ) . | |
| 73 | charter | 1 | PERSON | he took a very active part in local politics , and succeeded in obtaining the charter of incorporation in 1881 for hyde . | |
| 74 | viscount bryce | 1 | PERSON | elizabeth marion ashton married james bryce , 1st viscount bryce . | |
| 75 | harriet | 1 | PERSON | ashton was born on 8 december 1818 at flowery fields house , hyde , then in cheshire , sixth child to thomas ashton ( 1775-1845 ) and his wife , harriet , née booth . | |
| 76 | ill health | 1 | PROPERTY | ||
| 77 | employers | 1 | PERSON | care of his employees had always been an important factor to him , and during the cotton famine , when many mills were closed and most employers ruined , thomas | |
| 78 | liberal party | 1 | FORCE | he was a leading member of the liberal party in manchester . | |
| 79 | employees | 1 | PERSON | care of his employees had always been an important factor to him , and during the cotton famine , when many mills were closed and most employers ruined , thomas | |
| 80 | incorporation | 1 | ACT | he took a very active part in local politics , and succeeded in obtaining the charter of incorporation in 1881 for hyde . | |
| 81 | james bryce | 1 | PERSON | elizabeth marion ashton married james bryce , 1st viscount bryce . | |
| 82 | woodley mill | 1 | PERSON | in 1823 the brothers separated , samuel and thomas taking the major shares ; the former establishing himself at apethorn mill and soon after building woodley mill , while thomas ran the factory at the hollow . | |
| 83 | regulatory research | 1 | EVENT | due to the nature of his work , in particular his concern for his work force during the cotton famine , professor neil bourne and professor andrew curran decided to use his name when creating the thomas ashton institute for risk and regulatory research at the university of manchester , an interdisciplinary research institute concerned with the understanding of failures that occur in the world of work leading to injury or ill-health . | |
| 84 | immense | 1 | SPACE | in spite of immense personal and financial loss , he kept his workforce in full employment by setting them to work in his brickworks and building throstle bank mill . | |
| 85 | town | 1 | PLACE | following his move to ford bank in didsbury , ashton maintained his strong links with the town of hyde . | |
| 86 | baronet | 1 | PERSON | charlotte jane ashton married sir edward tootal broadhurst , 1st baronet , a director and eventually chairman of tootal broadhurst lee . | |
| 87 | industrialist | 1 | PERSON | william mark ashton thomas gair ashton , an industrialist and politician , later became the first 1st baron ashton of hyde . | |
| 88 | cotton mills | 1 | PERSON | thomas had inherited the cotton mills and the merchants ' business in manchester , 1845 , and maintained the expansion programme initiated by his father , making the flowery | |
| 89 | village | 1 | PLACE | fields , and expanded the village built by his father ; he also established scholarships at the hyde mechanics ' | |
| 90 | career thomas | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 91 | director | 1 | PERSON | charlotte jane ashton married sir edward tootal broadhurst , 1st baronet , a director and eventually chairman of tootal broadhurst lee . | |
| 92 | research institute | 1 | INSTITUTION | due to the nature of his work , in particular his concern for his work force during the cotton famine , professor neil bourne and professor andrew curran decided to use his name when creating the thomas ashton institute for risk and regulatory research at the university of manchester , an interdisciplinary research institute concerned with the understanding of failures that occur in the world of work leading to injury or ill-health . | |
| 93 | newton bank | 1 | PERSON | six brothers were involved in the business which , as well as coal and cotton , also established the calico printing works at newton bank . | |
| 94 | meeting | 1 | ACT | he was one of the first radicals elected to hyde town council , and at the first meeting of the new authority , he was elected as alderman and also first mayor of hyde in recognition of his work . | |
| 95 | manchester mechanics institute | 1 | INSTITUTION | institute and the technical school which enabled students to go to owens college and to the manchester mechanics institute . | |
| 96 | links | 1 | ELEMENT | following his move to ford bank in didsbury , ashton maintained his strong links with the town of hyde . | |
| 97 | ashton family | 1 | HUMAN GROUP | the ashton family owned mills in hyde , godley and gerrards wood which employed many hundreds of people . | |
| 98 | loss | 1 | PERSON | in spite of immense personal and financial loss , he kept his workforce in full employment by setting them to work in his brickworks and building throstle bank mill . | |
| 99 | failures | 1 | STATE | due to the nature of his work , in particular his concern for his work force during the cotton famine , professor neil bourne and professor andrew curran decided to use his name when creating the thomas ashton institute for risk and regulatory research at the university of manchester , an interdisciplinary research institute concerned with the understanding of failures that occur in the world of work leading to injury or ill-health . | |
| 100 | students | 1 | PERSON | institute and the technical school which enabled students to go to owens college and to the manchester mechanics institute . | |
| 101 | politics | 1 | RESULT | he took a very active part in local politics , and succeeded in obtaining the charter of incorporation in 1881 for hyde . | |
| 102 | passing | 1 | ACT | he funded many projects and was also an active member of the manchester branch of the national educational league , which did much to prepare the way for the passing of the 1870 act . | |
| 103 | william gladstone | 1 | PERSON | in 1882 he declined a baronetcy offered to him by william gladstone , who became a close friend and who stayed at his ford bank home when he came to manchester . | |
| 104 | tootal broadhurst lee | 1 | PERSON | charlotte jane ashton married sir edward tootal broadhurst , 1st baronet , a director and eventually chairman of tootal broadhurst lee . | |
| 105 | hollow | 1 | PLACE | in 1823 the brothers separated , samuel and thomas taking the major shares ; the former establishing himself at apethorn mill and soon after building woodley mill , while thomas ran the factory at the hollow . | |
| 106 | hundreds | 1 | UNKNOWN | the ashton family owned mills in hyde , godley and gerrards wood which employed many hundreds of people . | |
| 107 | wife | 1 | PERSON | ashton was born on 8 december 1818 at flowery fields house , hyde , then in cheshire , sixth child to thomas ashton ( 1775-1845 ) and his wife , harriet , née booth . | |
| 108 | brickworks | 1 | QUALITY | in spite of immense personal and financial loss , he kept his workforce in full employment by setting them to work in his brickworks and building throstle bank mill . | |
| 109 | grace mary ashton | 1 | PERSON | katharine ashton * margaret ashton * grace mary ashton * charlotte jane ashton * | |
| 110 | university | 1 | INSTITUTION | due to the nature of his work , in particular his concern for his work force during the cotton famine , professor neil bourne and professor andrew curran decided to use his name when creating the thomas ashton institute for risk and regulatory research at the university of manchester , an interdisciplinary research institute concerned with the understanding of failures that occur in the world of work leading to injury or ill-health . | |
| 111 | works | 1 | UNKNOWN | six brothers were involved in the business which , as well as coal and cotton , also established the calico printing works at newton bank . | |
| 112 | manchester city council | 1 | HUMAN GROUP | margaret ashton was a local politician , elected member of manchester city council in 1908 . | |
| 113 | flowery fields house | 1 | PLACE | ashton was born on 8 december 1818 at flowery fields house , hyde , then in cheshire , sixth child to thomas ashton ( 1775-1845 ) and his wife , harriet , née booth . | |
| 114 | factor | 1 | ACTION | care of his employees had always been an important factor to him , and during the cotton famine , when many mills were closed and most employers ruined , thomas | |
| 115 | family business | 1 | ACT | from 1800 they worked as a family business with mills at gerrards wood and wilson brook at godley . | |
| 116 | workforce | 1 | AMOUNT | in spite of immense personal and financial loss , he kept his workforce in full employment by setting them to work in his brickworks and building throstle bank mill . | |
| 117 | freedom | 1 | PERSON | his work on the hyde relief committee was one of the reasons that the city council gave him the freedom of the city in 1892 . | |
| 118 | world | 1 | PLACE | due to the nature of his work , in particular his concern for his work force during the cotton famine , professor neil bourne and professor andrew curran decided to use his name when creating the thomas ashton institute for risk and regulatory research at the university of manchester , an interdisciplinary research institute concerned with the understanding of failures that occur in the world of work leading to injury or ill-health . | |
| 119 | women | 1 | PERSON | not only did thomas carry on the ashton family tradition he had inherited as an employer— that of an employer who realised his responsibilities to the men and women who worked for him— he improved on it . | |
| 120 | harriet g. ashton | 1 | PERSON | family with his wife elizabeth ashton née gair , they had nine children : * harriet g. ashton * elizabeth marion ashton * | |
| 121 | practice | 1 | ACT | the ashtons were particularly noted for running mills that did both spinning and weaving , a successful practice when most mills concentrated on one process . | |
| 122 | nature | 1 | NATURE | due to the nature of his work , in particular his concern for his work force during the cotton famine , professor neil bourne and professor andrew curran decided to use his name when creating the thomas ashton institute for risk and regulatory research at the university of manchester , an interdisciplinary research institute concerned with the understanding of failures that occur in the world of work leading to injury or ill-health . | |
| 123 | sir edward tootal broadhurst | 1 | PERSON | charlotte jane ashton married sir edward tootal broadhurst , 1st baronet , a director and eventually chairman of tootal broadhurst lee . | |
| 124 | national educational league | 1 | GROUP | he funded many projects and was also an active member of the manchester branch of the national educational league , which did much to prepare the way for the passing of the 1870 act . | |
| 125 | hyde mechanics | 1 | PERSON | fields , and expanded the village built by his father ; he also established scholarships at the hyde mechanics ' | |
| 126 | baron ashton | 1 | PERSON | william mark ashton thomas gair ashton , an industrialist and politician , later became the first 1st baron ashton of hyde . | |
| 127 | move | 1 | ACT | following his move to ford bank in didsbury , ashton maintained his strong links with the town of hyde . | |
| 128 | philanthropist thomas ashton | 1 | PERSON | english cotton manufacturer and philanthropist thomas ashton ( 1818-1898 ) thomas ashton ( 8 | |
| 129 | wilson brook | 1 | PERSON | from 1800 they worked as a family business with mills at gerrards wood and wilson brook at godley . | |
| 130 | william mark ashton thomas gair ashton | 1 | PERSON | william mark ashton thomas gair ashton , an industrialist and politician , later became the first 1st baron ashton of hyde . | |
| 131 | process | 1 | PROCESS | the ashtons were particularly noted for running mills that did both spinning and weaving , a successful practice when most mills concentrated on one process . | |
| 132 | manchester branch | 1 | BRANCH | he funded many projects and was also an active member of the manchester branch of the national educational league , which did much to prepare the way for the passing of the 1870 act . | |
| 133 | spite | 1 | EVENT | in spite of immense personal and financial loss , he kept his workforce in full employment by setting them to work in his brickworks and building throstle bank mill . | |
| 134 | mill owner | 1 | PERSON | for the assassinated mill owner , see assassination of thomas ashton . | |
| 135 | assassination | 1 | ACT | for the assassinated mill owner , see assassination of thomas ashton . | |
| 136 | professor andrew curran | 1 | PERSON | due to the nature of his work , in particular his concern for his work force during the cotton famine , professor neil bourne and professor andrew curran decided to use his name when creating the thomas ashton institute for risk and regulatory research at the university of manchester , an interdisciplinary research institute concerned with the understanding of failures that occur in the world of work leading to injury or ill-health . | |
| 137 | baronetcy | 1 | UNKNOWN | in 1882 he declined a baronetcy offered to him by william gladstone , who became a close friend and who stayed at his ford bank home when he came to manchester . | |
| 138 | operatives | 1 | PERSON | the mills were considered to be ' the best of their class in the country , thoroughly equipped and conducted with every regard for the comfort and welfare of the operatives ' ( bedford , ashtons of hyde ) . | |
| 139 | city | 1 | PLACE | his work on the hyde relief committee was one of the reasons that the city council gave him the freedom of the city in 1892 . | |
| 140 | life ashton | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 141 | recognition | 1 | ACT | he was one of the first radicals elected to hyde town council , and at the first meeting of the new authority , he was elected as alderman and also first mayor of hyde in recognition of his work . | |
| 142 | owens college | 1 | INSTITUTION | institute and the technical school which enabled students to go to owens college and to the manchester mechanics institute . | |
| 143 | name | 1 | NAME | due to the nature of his work , in particular his concern for his work force during the cotton famine , professor neil bourne and professor andrew curran decided to use his name when creating the thomas ashton institute for risk and regulatory research at the university of manchester , an interdisciplinary research institute concerned with the understanding of failures that occur in the world of work leading to injury or ill-health . | |
| 144 | merchants | 1 | PERSON | thomas had inherited the cotton mills and the merchants ' business in manchester , 1845 , and maintained the expansion programme initiated by his father , making the flowery | |
| 145 | welfare | 1 | PERSON | the mills were considered to be ' the best of their class in the country , thoroughly equipped and conducted with every regard for the comfort and welfare of the operatives ' ( bedford , ashtons of hyde ) . | |
| 146 | responsibilities | 1 | RESPONSIBILITY | not only did thomas carry on the ashton family tradition he had inherited as an employer— that of an employer who realised his responsibilities to the men and women who worked for him— he improved on it . | |
| 147 | expansion programme | 1 | UNKNOWN | thomas had inherited the cotton mills and the merchants ' business in manchester , 1845 , and maintained the expansion programme initiated by his father , making the flowery | |
| 148 | activities | 1 | ACTIVITY | as well as his many activities in hyde and manchester , ashton served as high sheriff of lancashire and also as a magistrate for cheshire and lancashire . | |
| 149 | hyde town council | 1 | HUMAN GROUP | he was one of the first radicals elected to hyde town council , and at the first meeting of the new authority , he was elected as alderman and also first mayor of hyde in recognition of his work . | |
| 150 | act | 1 | ACT | he funded many projects and was also an active member of the manchester branch of the national educational league , which did much to prepare the way for the passing of the 1870 act . | |
| 151 | people | 1 | HUMAN GROUP | the ashton family owned mills in hyde , godley and gerrards wood which employed many hundreds of people . | |
| 152 | projects | 1 | ACTION | he funded many projects and was also an active member of the manchester branch of the national educational league , which did much to prepare the way for the passing of the 1870 act . | |
| 153 | wife elizabeth ashton née gair | 1 | PERSON | family with his wife elizabeth ashton née gair , they had nine children : * harriet g. ashton * elizabeth marion ashton * | |
| 154 | city council | 1 | HUMAN GROUP | his work on the hyde relief committee was one of the reasons that the city council gave him the freedom of the city in 1892 . | |
| 155 | men | 1 | PERSON | not only did thomas carry on the ashton family tradition he had inherited as an employer— that of an employer who realised his responsibilities to the men and women who worked for him— he improved on it . | |
| 156 | professor neil bourne | 1 | PERSON | due to the nature of his work , in particular his concern for his work force during the cotton famine , professor neil bourne and professor andrew curran decided to use his name when creating the thomas ashton institute for risk and regulatory research at the university of manchester , an interdisciplinary research institute concerned with the understanding of failures that occur in the world of work leading to injury or ill-health . | |
| 157 | apethorn mill | 1 | PERSON | in 1823 the brothers separated , samuel and thomas taking the major shares ; the former establishing himself at apethorn mill and soon after building woodley mill , while thomas ran the factory at the hollow . | |
| 158 | high sheriff | 1 | PERSON | as well as his many activities in hyde and manchester , ashton served as high sheriff of lancashire and also as a magistrate for cheshire and lancashire . | |
| 159 | throstle bank mill | 1 | PERSON | in spite of immense personal and financial loss , he kept his workforce in full employment by setting them to work in his brickworks and building throstle bank mill . |
| Categoría | Objetos |
| PERSON |
alderman apethorn mill ashton ashton family tradition baron ashton baronet booth brothers career thomas charlotte jane ashton charter child children church comfort concern cotton cotton manufacturer cotton mills cotton pioneers director elizabeth marion ashton employees employer employers father freedom friend godley grace mary ashton harriet harriet g. ashton high sheriff hyde hyde chapel hyde mechanics industrialist james bryce katharine ashton lancashire legacy thomas ashton life ashton loss margaret ashton member men merchants mill owner mills newton bank operatives philanthropist philanthropist thomas ashton politician professor andrew curran professor neil bourne radicals samuel scholarships sir edward tootal broadhurst students thomas thomas ashton thomas gair ashton throstle bank mill tootal broadhurst lee viscount bryce welfare wife wife elizabeth ashton née gair william gladstone william mark ashton thomas gair ashton wilson brook women woodley mill |
| PLACE |
bedford calico cheshire city country didsbury district flowery fields flowery fields house ford bank ford bank home hollow town village world |
| ACT |
act assassination business employment family business incorporation meeting move passing practice recognition understanding |
| INSTITUTION |
manchester manchester mechanics institute owens college research institute school thomas ashton institute university |
| HUMAN GROUP |
ashton family city council hyde relief committee hyde town council manchester city council people |
| EVENT |
death reasons regard regulatory research spite |
| PERIOD |
days december january |
| FORCE |
coal liberal party |
| PROCESS |
process shares |
| ACTIVITY |
activities work |
| ACTION |
factor projects |
| SPACE |
immense |
| DEFICIENCY |
cotton famine |
| NUMBER |
risk |
| PROPERTY |
ill health |
| RESPONSIBILITY |
responsibilities |
| BRANCH |
manchester branch |
| STATUS |
authority |
| NATURE |
nature |
| INJURY |
injury |
| QUALITY |
brickworks |
| RESULT |
politics |
| AMOUNT |
workforce |
| NAME |
name |
| STATE |
failures |
| HUMAN ROLE |
mayor |
| WOOD |
gerrards wood |
| ELEMENT |
links |
| CONDITION |
care |
| POSITION |
factory |
| GROUP |
national educational league |