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The Mill Owners


The Fisons

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The Fison family at the door of their mansion, Greenholme, Burley–in–Wharfedale, about 1895.


William Fison is seen here with some of his family and friends, standing in the middle in his light coloured top hat. He was born in 1820 and died in 1900.

The Forsters

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William E. Forster

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Partner in William Fison & Co.
M.P. for Bradford 1861 – 1886
b.1818 d.1886.



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Jane M. Forster

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Wife of W.E. Forster
Daughter of Thomas Arnold of Rugby
b. 1821 d. 1899.