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WEST HAM ABBEY PRINT WORKS
It looks like several ancestors and their close relatives worked for the Abbey Print Works in West Ham. This was situated just to the west of Abbey Road station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) where Jubilee Line sidings are now located, between the station and Channelsea River. The works had been built on the site of the Abbey of St Mary of Stratford Langthorne. When the river became polluted the printing works was forced to close.
The works are referred to in a number of websites including the following:
https://eprints.oxfordarchaeology.com/2469/1/HW-OP%20LDPEMACHW135_1991_1992.pdfa.pdf
[See pdf page 9 (document page 5) and the map on pdf page 51.]
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EFGDaZycnYwC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
[See pages 614/615 - or search for Stratford-Langthorne]
http://edithsstreets.blogspot.com/2012/08/channelsea-river-abbey-mills.html
The following people from the family tree are thought to have worked there.
| Name | Occupation | Source |
| John Crutchfield (c1757-1842) | Block cutter | 1841 Census |
| John Crutchfield (1782-1851) | Block cutter | 1841 Census |
| James Jeffrey Crutchfield (c1796-1854) | Calico print cutter | Baptism entry for son 1820 |
| James Crutchfield (c1824-1853) | Silk dresser | 1851 Census |
| John Tucker (1806- ) | Silk manufacturer | 1841 Census |
| Joseph Tucker (1801- ) | Silk manufacturer | 1841 Census |
| James Kayess (c1788- ) | Silk printer | 1841 Census |
| James Kayess (c1823- ) | Colour m..... | 1841 Census |
| James Maple (1818-1865) | Silk dresser | Marriage certificate (1846) |
| Elizabeth Maple (c1826-1903) | Block pinner | 1851 Census |
In addition there are other Crutchfields not shown in the family tree with similar occupations. These may well be cousins etc.