This Foldout lists the people interred in some of the burial plots at Lister Lane Cemetery, Halifax
On the Grave Plan, the plots are numbered 55 to 4670.
The Burial Records have details for a further 76 burials in Plots 4671 to 4746, and it is possible that these may lie beneath the path at the east side of the cemetery
The Lister Lane Archives comprise 3 sets of records
These 3 sets generally agree, although there are some gaps and minor discrepancies between them.
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indicates that this Plot has been used as an Infant Vault
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indicates that this Plot has been used as a Public Grave
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indicates that this is an Unmarked Grave – without a headstone or a
ledger
See also Graves whose location is not yet known
Abraham Kershaw /
Elizabeth Kershaw
Owner: Richard Kershaw Lumb
The Lister Lane Cemetery archives also record the following
burials in the grave, but their names do not appear on the headstone
Joseph Thomas /
William Mansley [1864-1887] /
George Thomas [1858-1890] /
Rachael Thomas [1829-1891]
William Kershaw /
John Kershaw
William Beanland Spencer /
Arthur Edwin Spencer /
John Edwin Spencer /
Mary Ann, wife of John Spencer
George Alfred Metcalfe /
Nancy Holt [1814-22nd April 1882] of York Street, Todmorden;
late of Cromwell Terrace, Halifax
Family of William Henry Wayman
William Aske /
Charles P. Aske /
William Eastburn Aske
John Josiah Glover /
Joseph Flather
George Holdsworth /
John Redman
John Timewell /
Elizabeth Timewell
Members of the
Brierley / King / Simpson
families are recorded here.
Charles King /
Joseph Edward Brierley
Family of Abraham Soothill
Whitehead Smith /
Anthony Bentley
Harriet Musgrave (owner) /
Thomas Brooksbank /
William Hunter
John Pollard /
Josh B Pollard [1874-1875] /
John William Pollard [1876-1877] /
Alice Brearley Pollard [1845-1908] /
William Pollard [1851-1913] /
William Kershaw /
Children of John King Naylor
David Taylor & family
The Lister Lane Cemetery archives also record the following
burial in the grave, but her name does not appear on the headstone
Paul Jean Jacques Auguste Appia
Owners: Jane Elizabeth & Lavinia Ackroyd
Family of William Tidswell
Only one anonymous burial is recorded here on 4th February 1853.
At that time, George Watkinson, woolstapler, was the owner
Question:
Could this be George Watkinson?
Children of George Watkinson
The Lister Lane Cemetery archives also record the following
burial in the grave, but her name does not appear on the headstone
At that date, the Plot was owned by Joseph Boothman
The Lister Lane Cemetery archives also record the following
burials here, but the names do not appear on the headstone
Sir Francis Crossley /
Edward Crossley (remembered)
Louis John Crossley (remembered) /
John Crossley (remembered)
John Crossley /
Edward Crossley /
Arnold Crossley
Joseph Crossley /
Jane Eleanor Crossley
William Aked Metcalfe /
Robert Aked Metcalfe
Family of John Riley
Family of Richard Crossley
Dorothy Carr [1794-1876] (as yet unidentified) /
Sarah Clegg /
Thomas Turner Clegg
An unidentified burial on 15th December 1854.
At that date, the Plot was owned by John Hutchinson (card
maker)
The Lister Lane Cemetery archives show some confusion
between the records for
the plots
163 / 164 / 241
Eliza Frances Ackroyd /
Maria Ackroyd
Members of the
Appleyard / Barrett / Bilcliffe / Bougham / Bowson / Bradley / Brill / Brougham / Buckley / Collins / Conway / Crapper / Crockford / Day / Drury / Good / Goodyear / Greenwood / Hargreaves / Hartley / Heap / Hlingsby / Holroyd / Jamieson / Mathieson / McClellan / McClelland / Mitchison / Morton / Muirhead / Newsome / Nicholl / Nicholson / O Brien / Oates / Ogden / Oldroyd / Parker / Ramsden / Ratcliffe / Redman / Riley / Slingsby / Smith / Sugden / Sutcliffe / Swaine / Sykes / Thacker / Thorpe / Turner / Wade / Walker / Waterhouse / Whitaker / White / Wilkinson / Wilson / Woodess
families are recorded here.
This was an Infant Vault and situated beneath the Mortuary Chapel.
The coffins were removed to Stoney Royd
Members of the
Ackroyd / Aked / Appleyard / Bentham / Booth / Bottomley / Bradley / Brill / Brooke / Bulmer / Carter / Clifford / Collins / Common / Crowther / Dorey / Eastwood / France / Fuller / Gree / Green / Greenwood / Halliday / Hemingway / Hopkins / Jamieson / Jennings / Johnson / Jowett / Joy / King / Longbottom / Loome / Loomes / Lumb / Mackrell / Mallinson / Maskrey / McLochlan / McManus / Metcalfe / Moore / Nicholl / Parker / Pearson / Ratcliffe / Redman / Sandland / Servant / Simpson / Smith / Spencer / Stead / Sugden / Swift / Taylor / Thomas / Thornton / Todhunter / Town / West / Wheatley / Whiteley / Wilkinson / Wilson / Wood
families are recorded here.
James Gledhill /
John Lewis Gledhill
Family of Rev John Henshaw
James Feather /
Richard Hanson
Charles Spencer Jardine /
Thomas Parkinson
Abel Dean /
Abel Wadsworth Dean
Rev Francis England Millson /
Judge James Stansfeld
Owner: Luke Hanson
Family of James Stansfeld
For Plots 189 / 190 / 191, there is some confusion between the details of the
burials, as found in the Lister Lane Archives, and the names
and dates recorded on the headstones of the graves.
53 Ref 22-53 
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60 Ref 22-60
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Name
Buried / Died
Archives
Headstone
George Ingham 26th September 1840 142 142/220 Henry Ingham 23rd September 1851 142 142/220 Elizabeth Ingham 18th August 1869 142 142/220 John Ingham 19th March 1871 142 142/220 Stillborn child 23rd July 1876 142 Not shown Norman Ingham 1st February 1903 142 Not shown Beatrice E M Ingham 10th February 1874 220 142 Martha Ann Ingham 14th December 1908 220 142 Benjamin Ingham 24th February 1911 220
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Name
Buried / Died
Archives
Headstone
John Whitworth 10th August 1861 189 191 Stillborn child 5th February 1862 189 Not shown Mary Ward Whitworth 1st September 1887 189 189 Joseph Whiteley Whitworth 31st March 1894 189 191 Harriot Whitworth 15th February 1851 190 190 Stillborn child 21st July 1853 190 Not shown Sarah Whiteley 8th May 1860 190 191 Joseph Whiteley 10th March 1859 191 191 Anne Whiteley 10th June 1920 268 190