[rtbarton]

My Whittakers were at 83 Burnley Rd in 1891 and 81 in 1901 (They may have moved next door, but the houses may have been renumbered). In 1901 they appeared to have a servant, would this have been consistent with the type of house?

I'm 99% sure my Whittakers worked at the Dowry St foundry, but haven't found any link with the owners. I have however just found two more male members of the family in the 1841 census (John & James - they're going to take some tracing!) who were hitherto hidden due to their parents getting their own ages wrong on the census form.