The following is a roll of some of the miners living in the vicinity of Denton Colliery. Their names were obtained from the census, which was taken on the night of the 30/31 Mar 1851. This roll does not purport to be complete. Unless stated otherwise, the men were all coal miners, that is, they were hewers of coal working underground.
Note: In the table below references to South St are now the section of Stockport Rd between Crown Point and Three Lane Ends.
| Surname (Age) | Forenames | Address | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| INGHAM (20) | Alfred | Stockport Rd | |
| INGHAM (14) | Samuel | Coal Waggoner¹ | |
| INGHAM (12) | Thomas | Coal Waggoner¹ | |
| HARRISON (68) | John | Stockport Rd | |
| HARRISON (16) | William | ||
| VICKERS (23) | Thomas | Stockport Rd | Coal Proprietor's Clerk |
| ROWLAND (22) | John | Stockport Rd | |
| COUNCIL (47) | Thomas | ||
| COUNCIL (17) | Thomas | ||
| BARDSLEY (25) | John | Stockport Rd | Coal Carter |
| HARRISON (40) | John | Stockport Rd | |
| HARRISON (17) | Thomas | Coal Waggoner¹ | |
| COUNCIL (42) | Richard | Stockport Rd | |
| COUNCIL (20) | James | ||
| COUNCIL (18) | Moses | ||
| COUNCIL (16) | John | ||
| LANGTON (35) | Thomas | Stockport Rd | Banksman |
| LANGTON (15) | James | Coal Waggoner¹ | |
| LANGTON (13) | Samuel | Gigger (Jigger) | |
| ROTHWELL (29) | Peter | Stockport Rd | Coal Proprietor's Agent |
| MORRISON (49) | Henry | Burton Nook, Stockport Rd | |
| HARRISON (30) | Samuel | Burton Nook, Stockport Rd | |
| HARRISON (10) | John | Gigger (Jigger) | |
| LONGWORTH (24) | John | Stockport Rd | |
| LONGWORTH (19) | Joseph | ||
| REDFERN (53) | Solomon | Stockport Rd | Banksman |
| REDFERN (18) | Joseph | ||
| ATKINSON (64) | John | Stockport Rd | |
| LONGWORTH (29) | Thomas | Stockport Rd | |
| FIDLER (19) | John | Coal Waggoner¹ | |
| REDFERN (26) | William | Stockport Rd | |
| HARRISON (26) | George | Stockport Rd | |
| KEMP (45) | Henry | Stockport Rd | |
| HARRISON (34) | James | Stockport Rd | |
| HARRISON (13) | Samuel | Coal Waggoner | |
| WILLIAMSON² (43) | James | Hulme's Ln | |
| SIDEBOTHAM² (17) | Luke | Hulme's Ln | Coal Waggoner |
| REDFERN² (35) | Samuel | Hulme's Ln | |
| HODKINSON² (26) | Thomas | Hulme's Ln | |
| REDFERN² (44) | Joseph | Hulme's Ln | |
| REDFERN² (14) | John | Coal Waggoner | |
| ARROWSMITH (25) | William | Town Ln | |
| BOWKER (19) | James | Town Ln | Coal Waggoner |
| HARRISON (33) | John | Chapel Green | |
| HARDMAN (26) | Thomas | Chapel Green | |
| BROMLEY (55) | John | Chapel Green | Coal Waggoner, formerly Winder |
| GRIMSHAW (27) | Joseph | Chapel Green | |
| ARROWSMITH (42) | Nathaniel | Chapel Green | |
| ARROWSMITH (15) | Robert | Coal Waggoner | |
| BARNSLEY (30) | Godfrey | Chapel Green | Coal Carrier |
| SHACKFIELD (29) | Thomas | Mill Fold, Bredbury, adjoining Arden Mill | Weighing Machine Operator at Hulme's Pit |
| RYDIARD (25) | James | Burton Nook | Engine Driver |
| LEESE (61) | Samuel | Chapel Green | |
| WOLSTENHOLME (55) | James | South St | |
| WOLSTENHOLME (29) | John | South St | |
| STOPFORD (24) | John | South St | Coal Carrier |
| BOOTH (33) | Robert | South St | Coal Waggoner |
| BOOTH (20) | Isaac | South St | |
| HAGUE (40) | Jarvis | South St | Coal Carrier (Blind, so dependent upon his horse) |
| TAYLOR (14) | John | Crown Point | Coal Carrier |
| HAGUE (21) | James | Crown Point | |
| HOPWOOD (30) | John | Crown Point | Coal Carrier |
| SUTTON (20) | David | Chapel Green | |
| LOWE (28) | William | Mount Pleasant | |
| WALTON (25) | Joseph | Mount Pleasant | Coal Waggoner |
| BENNISON (36) | William | Broomstair | Out of vicinity |
| LEVER (32) | Thomas | Tib St | Grocer & Colliery Clerk |
| STOPFORD (28) | Enoch | Tib St | |
| LEE (15) | William | Tib St | Coal Waggoner |
| ELLOR (25) | George | Tib St | |
| STANSFIELD (29) | Matthew | Tib St | Coal Carrier |
| HARRISON (76) | Samuel | Tib St | Coal Carrier |
| CATLOW (32) | Matthew | Tib St | Coal Shaft Sinker |
| LEE (23) | Henry | Tib St | |
| WYCH (21) | Samuel | Three Lane Ends | Coal Waggoner |
| WYCH (22) | James | Three Lane Ends | |
| WYCH (19) | Edward | Three Lane Ends | Coal Waggoner |
| HARDMAN (21) | Richard | Three Lane Ends | |
| ORME (56?) | Aaron | Three Lane Ends | Coal Carrier |
| MASSEY (18) | Jessey | Three Lane Ends | Coal Waggoner |
| BOOTH (27) | Samuel | Three Lane Ends | |
| SMITH (71) | John | Three Lane Ends | |
| SMITH (23) | Henry | ||
| SMITH (21) | Nathaniel | Coal Waggoner | |
| ELLOR (26) | William | Three Lane Ends | |
| CATLOW (22) | Lewis | Three Lane Ends | |
| HIGHTON (24) | Thomas | Three Lane Ends | |
| REDFERN (28) | Solomon | Three Lane Ends | |
| LEE (26) | Samuel | Three Lane Ends | |
| ALDRED (18) | Enoch | Three Lane Ends | Coal Waggoner |
| SMITH (28) | Edward | Three Lane Ends | |
| TAYLOR (38) | Charles | Three Lane Ends | |
| TAYLOR (13) | William | Coal Waggoner | |
| ARROWSMITH (37) | Edward | Coal Waggoner | |
| ELLOR (52) | John | Three Lane Ends | |
| ELLOR (18) | Robert | ||
| HARLIN (43) | John | Three Lane Ends | |
| KNOTT (23) | Edward | Three Lane Ends | |
| PHILLIPS (17) | George | Lowes Fold³ | |
| MALPAS (20?) | Michael | Lowes Fold³ | |
| MALPAS (19) | Oswald | Coal Waggoner | |
| MALPAS (12) | James | Coal Waggoner | |
| STANSFIELD (23) | James | Lowes Fold³ | |
| WILLIAMS (43) | Thomas | Lowes Fold³ | |
| WILLIAMS (14) | John | Coal Waggoner | |
| STANSFIELD (31) | John | Lowes Fold³ | |
| SMITH (34) | Samuel | Lowes Fold³ | |
| SWANN (31) | Robert | Two Trees Ln | |
| BOOTH (68) | Samuel | Two Trees Ln | Former Coal Miner |
| MOORS (27) | John | ||
| BOWKER (19) | William | Two Trees Ln | |
| BOWKER (31) | Alexander | Two Trees Ln | |
| MILLS (21) | Reuben | Two Trees Ln | |
| TAYLOR (35) | John | Two Trees Ln | |
| WORTH (32) | Jonathan James | Two Trees Ln | Coal Waggoner |
| DAVIES (40) | Edward | Dark Ln now Mill Ln | Out of vicinity |
| DAVIES (12) | Thomas | Out of vicinity, Coal Waggoner | |
| FAZACKERLEY (49) | John | Dark Ln now Mill Ln | Out of vicinity |
| WILSON (32) | Thomas | Glass House Fold | Out of vicinity |
| WILSON (12) | William | Glass House Fold | Out of vicinity |
| TYM (14) | James | Chapel Green | Coal Waggoner |
| SALE (13) | John | Crown Point | Out of work Coal Miner |
| HAGUE (12) | James | Two Trees Ln | Coal Waggoner |
| HALLAM (45) | John | Two Trees Ln | |
| STANSFIELD (57) | Aaron | Two Trees Ln | Underlooker |
| HAGUE (26) | Jarvis | Two Trees Ln | |
| WIGHT (36) | John | Two Trees Ln | |
| HIBBERT (26) | John | Two Trees Ln | Engine Driver |
| COOKE (21) | J W | Two Trees Ln | |
| TURNER (23) | James | ||
| WILLIAMSON (21) | Joseph | Two Trees Ln | |
| HALKYARD (25) | James | Moorfield | |
| TAYLOR (28) | Samuel | Haughton Green | |
| HAGUE (34) | Thomas | Haughton Green | |
| HAGUE (12) | Will? H | Coal Draw Boy | |
| GRATTAN (24) | James | Coal Waggoner | |
| HAGUE (29) | William | Haughton Green | |
| MERRICK (55) | Thomas | Haughton Green | |
| AXON (25) | John | ||
| BROWN (34) | Bonas | Prospect Place, Haughton Green | |
| WRIGHT (46) | William | Haughton Green | Works in a Coal Pit |
| WORTH (20) | Thomas | Haughton Green | |
| CUSLETT (24) | William | Haughton Green | Coal Waggoner |
| BOWKER (21) | Eliza (male) | Haughton Green | Coal Waggoner |
| REDFERN (38) | Levi | Haughton Green | |
| PHILLIPS (23) | Evan | Haughton Green | |
| KNOWLES (35) | William | Haughton Green | |
| HAGUE (34) | William | Haughton Green | |
| MARSHALL (20) | Joseph | Haughton Green | |
| WOOLEY (17) | James | Haughton Green | Coal Waggoner |
| AXON (35) | William | Haughton Green | |
| HEGINBOTHAM (45) | Ralph | Haughton Green | Coal Banksman |
| HEGINBOTHAM (21) | George | Coal Pit Engine Driver | |
| COOKE (27) | Elias | Haughton Green | |
| BARKER (27) | William | Haughton Green | |
| REDFERN (55) | Mathew | Haughton Green | |
| REDFERN (22) | Robert | ||
| REDFERN (16) | Thomas | Coal Waggoner | |
| HAUSFIELD (31) | Nathan | Haughton Green | |
| CROMPTON (35) | Robert | Haughton Green | |
| SIMPSON (25) | Abraham | Haughton Green | |
| WOOLLEY (25) | Joseph | Haughton Green | |
| HILL (27) | William | Haughton Green | |
| BROWN (44) | James | Haughton Green | |
| VALENTINE (36) | Thomas | Haughton Green | Coal Pit Engine Driver |
| VALENTINE (15) | John | Coal Pit Fireman | |
| STANSFIELD (54) | Mathew | Haughton Green | |
| STANSFIELD (19) | Aaron | ||
| LOMAS (49) | Richard | Haughton Green | |
| LOMAS (19) | M | ||
| LOMAS (9) | Oliver | Coal Waggoner | |
| MOORS (29) | Samuel | Haughton Green | |
| BRADBURY (28) | Samuel | Haughton Green | Coal Waggoner |
| BRADBURY (67) | William | Former Coal Miner | |
| MOORS (41) | Thomas | Haughton Green | |
| STANSFIELD (26) | John | Haughton Green | |
| REDFERN (30) | Joseph | Haughton Green | |
| SWAN (29) | Eliza (male) | Haughton Green | |
| FIDLER (20) | James | Haughton Green | Coal Waggoner |
| FIDLER (17) | Samuel | Coal Waggoner | |
| WOOLEY (28) | Thomas | Haughton Green | |
| HAGUE (18) | Samuel | Haughton Green | |
| HAGUE (16) | Jarvis | ||
| DAVIS (14) | Thomas | Haughton Green | Coal Miner's Assistant |
| REDFERN (29) | Mathew | Haughton Green | |
| HILTON (34) | Fredick | Haughton Green | Colliery Engine Driver |
| HAGUE (32) | Henry | Haughton Green | |
| REDFERN (48) | Joseph | Ryding Ln, Haughton Green | |
| ASHLEY (20) | Thomas | Ryding Ln, Haughton Green | |
| BOOTH (36) | Joseph | Lower Haughton | Colliery Banksman |
| LEWIS (34) | John | Lower Haughton | |
| LEWIS (72) | Richard | Former Coal Miner | |
| HIGHTON (33) | John | Lower Haughton | |
| MOORS (38) | Alverado | Lower Haughton | |
| MOORS (11) | Samuel | Coal Waggoner |