The following is a list of some of the persons living in the vicinity of Bredbury who were involved in coal mining. Their names were obtained from the census, which was taken on the night of the 3/4 April 1881. This list does not purport to be complete. Unless stated otherwise, the people were all coal miners, that is, they were hewers of coal working underground.
| Surname (Age) | Forenames | Address | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLFORD (56) | Henry | Back Lane | |
| BAILEY (36) | William | Back Lane | Engine Smith at Coal Mine |
| BENNETT (14) | Joseph | Back Lane | |
| BENNETT (16) | Samuel | Back Lane | |
| BENNETT (20) | John | Back Lane | |
| BENNETT (45) | James | Back Lane | |
| CAIN (19) | Jonathan | Back Lane | |
| CAIN (41) | Button | Back Lane | |
| JOHNSON (31) | Sampson | Back Lane | |
| POTTS (24) | Thomas | Back Lane | |
| BARLOW (55) | Samuel | Bents Lane | Coal Dealer |
| BENNETT (36) | Robert | Bents Lane | |
| BUCKLEY (28) | Charles | Bents Lane | |
| CRABTREE (23) | Henry | Bents Lane | |
| CUFFS (25) | Charles | Bents Lane | |
| GASKELL (27) | Arthur | Bents Lane | |
| GOODIER (26) | Francis | Bents Lane | |
| JOHNSON (67) | John | Bents Lane | Coal Dealer |
| LEA (25) | Alfred F | Bents Lane | Machine Weigher of Coal |
| LEES (38) | William H | Bents Lane | |
| LEIGH (27) | William | Bents Lane | |
| SKELTON (27) | Charles | Bents Lane | |
| SPENCER (25) | John | Bents Lane | Engine Driver at Colliery |
| SPENCER (34) | George | Bents Lane | Also a Provision Dealer |
| SPENCER (54) | Matthew | Bents Lane | |
| SPENCER (30) | William | Berrycroft Lane | |
| HEGINBOTHAM (34) | Samuel | Bredbury Green | Banksman at Colliery |
| JOHNSON (43) | Charles | Bredbury Green | |
| POTTS (25) | George | Bredbury Green | |
| TIMPERLEY (33) | Nathaniel | Bredbury Green | Coal Carrier |
| WILLIAMSON (28) | James | Bredbury Green | |
| DICKENS (32) | Enoch | Castle Hill | |
| COCKS (25) | Thomas | George Lane | |
| WESTWOOD (27) | John | George Lane | |
| HARRISON (35) | Edith | Gilbert Bank | General Labourer at Coal Pit Mouth |
| HARRISON (40) | John | Gilbert Bank | General Labourer at Coal Pit Mouth |
| GOODWIN (34) | Richard | Hall Lane | |
| ROBINSON (40) | John D | Hall Lane | Coal Proprietor |
| BARKER (31) | George | Heald | Clerk at a Colliery |
| BOOTH (35) | Samuel | Hyde Road | Coal & General Dealer |
| BRAMALL (26) | John C | Hyde Road | Coal Merchant |
| BRAMALL (50) | William | Hyde Road | Coal Dealer |
| BRITTAN (56) | Solomon | Hyde Road | |
| COCKS (14) | William | Hyde Road | Colliery Office/Errand Boy |
| COOK (65) | John | Hyde Road | Engine Tenter at Coal Pit |
| ECCLES (54) | Hezekiah | Hyde Road | |
| HACKNEY (23) | Robert | Hyde Road | |
| HANCOCK (36) | James | Hyde Road | Coal Merchant |
| HANDFORTH (21) | John T | Hyde Road | |
| JOHNSON (36) | Adam | Hyde Road | |
| ROWBOTHAM (47) | Joseph | Hyde Road | |
| WRIGLEY (22) | Henry | Hyde Road, Fallow's Yard | |
| BAYLEY (32) | Thomas | Hyde Road, Lower Arms Inn | |
| POOTS (32) | Edward | Hyde Road, Lower Arms Inn | |
| ADSHEAD (18) | John | Hyde Road, Stafford's Houses | Colliery Engineer |
| ADSHEAD (21) | Joseph | Hyde Road, Stafford's Houses | Colliery Engineer |
| WHITTAKER (34) | Thomas | Hyde Road, Stafford's Houses | |
| HAUGHTON (13) | Samuel | Hyde Road, Stafford's Yard | |
| JOHNSON (29 | Godfrey | Hyde Road, Stafford's Yard | |
| SIBLEY (28 | Charles | Knickerbottom | |
| STANSFIELD (28) | Samuel | Knickerbottom | |
| BALL (62) | John | Mill Lane | |
| COOPER (20) | Wright | Mill Lane | |
| GASKELL (39) | Timothy | Mill Lane | Coal Carter |
| HADFIELD (44) | John W | Mill Lane | |
| HOLLAND (25) | Abel | Mill Lane | |
| WARBURTON (32) | John | Mill Lane | |
| WRIGLEY (27) | Samuel | Mill Lane | |
| POTTS (18) | Daniel | Mill Lane, Coal Pit | Engine Driver at Coal Pit |
| POTTS (48) | John | Mill Lane, Coal Pit | Engine Driver at Coal Pit |
| BRITTON (49) | Thomas | Redhouse Lane | |
| GEE (14) | James | Redhouse Lane | Unemployed Coal Miner |
| GEE (39) | Samuel | Redhouse Lane | |
| HACKNEY (19) | William | Redhouse Lane | |
| HADFIELD (23) | Elias | Redhouse Lane | |
| HANDFORTH (40) | William | Redhouse Lane | |
| RHODES (32) | James | Redhouse Lane | Coal Agent |
| WALKER (12) | Allen | Redhouse Lane | |
| WALKER (15) | John | Redhouse Lane | |
| WALKER (18) | Dan | Redhouse Lane | |
| WALKER (50) | William | Redhouse Lane | |
| CLAYTON (22) | John | Smithy Green | |
| COOK (30) | Alexander | Smithy Green | |
| DIGGLE (29) | William | Smithy Green | |
| FISH (17) | James | Smithy Green | |
| FISH (21) | George H | Smithy Green | |
| FISH (53) | Jabez | Smithy Green | |
| HOWLES (38) | Joseph | Smithy Green | Stoker at Coal Pit |
| BERRESFORD (24) | George | Stockport Road | |
| BOLLAND (37) | John | Stockport Road | Colliery Engine Driver |
| BURCHENOUGH (54) | Joseph | Stockport Road | |
| COLLINS (38) | Charles | Stockport Road | |
| HADFIELD (26) | Joseph | Stockport Road | |
| HADFIELD (33) | Samuel | Stockport Road | |
| JOHNSON (38) | Simeon | Stockport Road | |
| LAMBERT (47) | James | Stockport Road | |
| TRUEMAN (18) | Thomas | Stockport Road | Labourer at a Colliery |
| WARBURTON (58) | William | Stockport Road | |
| LEECH (45) | John | Stockport Road, Rising Sun | Unemployed Colliery Engine Driver |
| MILNE (29) | Robert | Trench House, Wem, Shropshire | Coal Proprietor Mine Servant |
| MILNE (54) | John Stott | Trench House, Wem, Shropshire | Coal Proprietor Mine Servant |
| SMITH (43) | Isaac | Wild Street | |
| DAWSON (27) | John | Wood Cottages | |
| LIVESEY (48) | Clegg | Woodley House | Mine Servant, Bradford Colliery, Manchester (One time owner of Black Mine and owner of Bradford Colliery) |