What or where is a doffcockers ? I was reading .................... Dobson, Sir Benjamin Alfred (1847-1898), textile machinery manufacturer by D. A. Farnie _http://groups.msn.com/PatterdalePatter/yourwebpage1.msnw_ (http://groups.msn.com/PatterdalePatter/yourwebpage1.msnw) In 1876 Benjamin Dobson married Coralie Palin (1853–1904), daughter of William Thomas Palin, a railway engineer serving in India. They had six sons and three daughters. In 1886 Dobson bought the Doffcockers estate,..................... .............As the first citizen of the borough he held official functions for his fellow Boltonians, a ball for children in the town hall, a garden party at Doffcockers, and an autumn ................... In his fifty-first year, and apparently still in the prime of life, Dobson died at Doffcockers on 4 March 1898. The military funeral was attended by some 20,000 people,................. Derek Crompton London South- East

IN Britain in Old Photographs Bolton & District By Chris Driver Picture of ... Doffcockers 1909. Named after mid-eighteenth century ... Originally the home of Mr Whitaker, proprietor of Doffcocker Mills. It was later the home of Mr Benjamin Dobson .... Demolished 1913. Its site is known locally as Doffers Wood Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS -----Original Message----- From: Dellcrom@aol.com [mailto:Dellcrom@aol.com] Sent: 11 August 2006 19:37 To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] doffcockers What or where is a doffcockers ? I was reading .................... Dobson, Sir Benjamin Alfred (1847-1898), textile machinery manufacturer by D. A. Farnie _http://groups.msn.com/PatterdalePatter/yourwebpage1.msnw_ (http://groups.msn.com/PatterdalePatter/yourwebpage1.msnw) In 1876 Benjamin Dobson married Coralie Palin (1853-1904), daughter of William Thomas Palin, a railway engineer serving in India. They had six sons and three daughters. In 1886 Dobson bought the Doffcockers estate,..................... .............As the first citizen of the borough he held official functions for his fellow Boltonians, a ball for children in the town hall, a garden party at Doffcockers, and an autumn ................... In his fifty-first year, and apparently still in the prime of life, Dobson died at Doffcockers on 4 March 1898. The military funeral was attended by some 20,000 people,................. Derek Crompton London South- East