John Winterbottom, yeoman, of Mumps, who died 1798, was a relative of Mr. Joshua Winterbottom, of Oldham, who died 1789. Fowleach, is now the property of the Messrs. Rowlands.

Mumps contained the residences of the families of Buckley and Dunkerley. James Buckley was a freeholder in Sholver, in 1681. The late Joseph Buckley, yeoman, of Mumps, died 1787. A Matthew Dunkerley possessed Clegg's tenement, in Sholver, in 1747. Joseph Dunkerley, of Mumps, who was one of the principal ratepayers of Oldham, in 1757, died 1788. His relative, Joseph Dunkerley, of Rhodes House, who died 1790, was one of the earliest cotton manufacturers of the district. His son, John Dunkerley, Esq., manufacturer, erected the modern mansion of Pit-bank. Near Mumps there stood an old residence called Bridge, which in 1702, was the property of Mr. Rainshaw, who was the owner of estates in Greenaeres and Royton. In 1725, the estates of Bridge and Greenacres, had passed to a Mr. Rothwell; and in 1752, the owner was the Rev. James Rothwell, Vicar of Dean, and the purchaser of the rectory of Sefton, who died in 1767. His son, the Rev. Richard Rothwell, became Rector of Sefton, in 1763, and died September, 18, 1801, supposed to have been possessed of property to the amount of £300,000. He was father of the Rev. Richard Rainshaw Rothwell, the present Rector of Sefton, who, along with his . relative, Richard Rainshaw Rothwell, Esq., were possessed of considerable property at Mumps so late as 1839. Potters, an ancient dwelling, near Lower-moor, was, in 1681, the abode of James Potter, yeoman; and in 1752 his descendant, Ralph Potter, resided here. Bargap, another old house, was in 1725, in the possession of Mr. John Mellor. Thomas Mellor, yeoman, of Sholver, who was living 1681, perhaps a descendant of James Mellor, of Oldham, living 1486, seems to have been the general ancestor of the Mellors, of Oldham. Jonathan Mellor, yeoman, held

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