See Scout, Stainclifscout and Staincliffe

records that she was

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Owners and tenants have included

• James (Jimmy) Murgatroyd [1901]

• West Mills, Sowerby Bridge [1905]
• Sterne Mills, Copley [1921, 1936]
• Darlington

See Rowland Siddall

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

They were at Woolshops, Halifax [1905] and 29 Woolshops [1936]. Partners included Percy Standeven

Partners included John William Standeven and Sam Earnshaw.

They bought Lum Brook Mills, Coley [??].

In October 1926, they were at Ellen Royde Mills when the partnership was dissolved.

J. H. Fletcher joined the business and the company became Earnshaw & Fletcher

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They had several mills in the district – including Ladyship Mills, Ovenden.

The Roll of Honour, for those employees who served in World War I, can be seen in Bankfield Museum During World War II, they produced material for army uniforms.

The business closed in 1969

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Born in Cornholme. As a child, he worked in the local brickworks and studied languages in his spare time. Between 1874 and 1876, he produced his Standing's Almanack. There is a memorial in Vale Baptist Church

He was buried at Diego Suarez War Cemetery, Madagascar [Grave Ref 4 G 3].

He is remembered on the family grave at Vale Baptist Church, Todmorden

He was buried at Emmen (Nieuw Dordrecht) General Cemetery, Metherlands [Grave Ref 9 B 2]

Recorded in 1843, when he was appointed to the General Council for the National Charter Association

1. Ethel [b 1894] who was a cotton frame tenter [1911]
2. John William [b 1897] who was a cotton creeler [1911]
3. Robert Henry
4. Thomas [b 1900]
5. Amy [b 1902]
6. James Alfred [b 1908]

They lived at

• Heywood Place, Saddleworth Road, Greetland [1891]
• 1 Keelham Lane, Keighley [1901]
• 9 Princess Street, West Vale, Greetland [1911, 1918]

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Born in Elland [13th July 1898].

He was a worsted doffer [1911] / employed by Wright Hamer & Sons. He lived in Greetland.

During World War I, he enlisted [1916] and served as a Private with the 2nd/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He was killed in action somewhere in France [20th July 1918].

His photograph appears with reports of his death in the Halifax Courier [7th September & 14th September 1918].

He was buried at Marfaux British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I H 11].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland

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• William Greenwood [1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891]

Recorded in 1917 at the Masonic Hall, Todmorden, when Ernest Priestley was secretary

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He was a journalist who became famous after he went to Africa, searching for Dr David Livingstone [1871].

Around 1879, he was invited to Sowerby Bridge to give a lecture to raise funds for a library which was being set up by the Bolton Brow Working Men's Club & Institute.

Owners and tenants have included

• Arthur William Kirk [1877, 1881]
• Harry Collier [1865-1???] boiler maker [1891]

See Colonel William Henry Land

In 1971, Derek Hartle and the Broadbent Machine Tool Company absorbed some parts of the business.

See Machine Tool Makers

He was a Congregational minister / educate at Airedale College / a minister in Great Grimsby [1882] / a minister at Laisterdyke, Bradford [1886] / a minister at Birkenhead [1892] / a minister at Heckmondwike [1905].

He married Janet A. Kant [1854-1931].

Rev Stanley died 14th November 1934 and was buried at Lightcliffe Old Church Graveyard.

More details can be found in the Rev Matthew Stanley article on the People of interest in Lightcliffe Churchyard website

In 1880, she married (1) Padget Wilcock.

In 1892, she married (2) Linnaeus Tasker in Halifax.

Linnaeus died on 25th February 1898.

In July 1898, she married (3) Fred Stansfield.

Fred died on 27th January 1909.

In 1909, she married (4) Sam Drake.

She was baptised at All Souls' Church, Halifax [23rd October 1909].

She died 2nd November 1909.

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £377 15/-. Probate was granted to Sam Drake.

She & her first 2 husbands were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax

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He and his wives were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2120] with Robert's mother [?] Ann Stanley [1782-1861]

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• John Ormerod [1901, 1911]

See Stannally, Stansfield

Early 18th century house.

Owners and tenants have included

• Abraham Barker [1738]

See Stannally Farm, Todmorden

Children:

1. Percy Claude (Goddard) [b 1904]
2. Herbert (Goddard) [b 1905]
3. Robert (Goddard) [b 1907]

who were baptised at Lightcliffe; parents: Robert Stannard & Annie Eliza.

They lived at

• Change View, Halifax Road, Hipperholme [1901]
• Lane Ends Cottage, Hipperholme [1911]
• 46 Broad Oak Place, Hipperholme [1918]

An Eliza Goddard died Q2 1938 (aged 65).

Robert died Q3 1953 (aged 88)  They both died in Halifax

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He married Unknown.

Children:

1. child
2. child

They lived at 5 Raw Hill, Rastrick.

During World War I, he enlisted [August 1914] and served as a Pioneer with the Royal Engineers.

He was gassed and wounded [1917]

He was killed in action when hit by a shell fragment at night [9th July 1918] (aged 29).

He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial, on Rastrick War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Rastrick

Recorded in 1936, when George Butters made

The LOAF that Stopped Mother Baking

An advertisement for the business in 1944 announced

Your butter goes better with Butter's Bread

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Owners and tenants have included

• the Pollard family
• George Pollard [1844]
• Nicholas Dobson [18??]
• Matthew Dobson [1871]
• Robert A. Dobson [1885]
• William Dobson [1905]

It was demolished in 1???

• James Walsh [1797-1826]
• Richard Walsh [1851]
• John Thompson [1896]

• Ely Walker [1851]
• Samuel Walker [1861]
• A. W. Dickson [1905]
• Roderic Bain [1947, 1980]

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Clothier's house dated R 1629 G for Richard Gregson.

The coiners, Thomas Clayton and Matthew Normington, lived here. Evidence of coining activities was discovered during recent alterations.

Owners and tenants of Stannery End and Thymeley Bent have included

• Joshua Horton
• The Crossley family
• John Crossley
• Croslegh Dampier-Crossley
• Abraham Robertshaw [1914]

Thymeley Bent is nearby

This is discussed in the book Our Home & Country

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Only the main line of the family had the goats collared and belled.

The arms of the early Stansfeld family of Stansfield Hall were sable, three goats trippant, argent, each with a collar about its neck and bell, or.

The goat is said to be the symbol of the man who achieves his aims through policy rather than valour.

The Stansfelds rarely appear in the lists of battles, such as those of the Civil War

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See Population / Parish statistics / Rawtenstall, Lancashire / St Paul's Church, Cross Stone / Sowerby Division / Stansfeld families / Stansfield families / Todmorden & Lancashire / Townships of Halifax Parish / Stansfield surname

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The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Partners included Mr Stansfield and Mr Mansley.

See Mansley's Quarries

• Todmorden [1905]
• Canteen Shed, Todmorden [1921]

• Robert Boyle Davies [1851]
• Samuel Fielden [1891]

• John Turner [1861]
• William Henry Thompson [1871, 1881]
• John Robertshaw [1874]
• William Ernest Eglin [1939]

The Lodge stands on Burnley Road.

See Round House, Luddendenfoot

The station opened in August 1868.

There was a serious accident here on 5th December 1904.

The station closed on 31st July 1944.

See Copy Pit Railway Line, George Martin and Todmorden Station

A house is mentioned in 1385 and was possibly built by Thomas Stansfield.

See The Stansfeld of Stansfield Hall Pedigree, George Stansfield and Stansfield Hall Nursery Cottage, Todmorden

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In August 1684, James Stansfield, Dr George Halstead of Manchester, and James Gibson of Shaw in Stansfield, granted to William Sutcliffe of Higher Ashes, a close of land called Stansfield Hey for 2 years for

a Redde Rose rent in the tyme of Roses (if it be demanded) 

Property here was owned by Wakefield Water Corporation / Yorkshire Water in the 1920s, during the construction of Ryburn Reservoir. Number 1 was used as offices and workers' toilet facilities. Number 2 was used as the architect's house with an outbuilding for the blacksmiths. There are also 2 derelict asbestos-clad buildings which were used by the workers

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Established by John & Fred Stansfield

The manor is also referred to as

Stansfield cum Blackshawe et Rowtonstall

The manor was held by

• the Earls of Warren
• Jordan son of Essolf de Thornhill
• Jordan de Thornhill and the Thornhill family
• The Stansfield family – probably from as early as John de Stansfeld, who held it of the Thornhills, through to Thomas Stansfeld
• Geoffrey Stansfeld
• Ralph Stansfeld
• Charles Stansfeld
• Edward Stansfield
• the Savile family as overlords
• the Earl of Scarbrough

See Robert Stansfeld

Probably not prehistoric

See Clunters, Stansfield Moor

The names The Pond, the Lodge, Triangle, and Sowerby Dean also seem to be used for the same house.

Owners and tenants have included

• James Stansfeld [1645] of Pond
• Timothy Stansfeld [16??] of Pond
• Richard Bentley of Sowerby Dean [1650]
• Robert Stansfeld of Lodge
• John Wilks [1820] of Lodge
• William Morris [1880] of Lodge

• William Mitchell [1835]

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A new institution was built in 1877 as Todmorden Union Workhouse. It was built against considerable objections from John Fielden and other local people.

In 1???, it was a home for down-and-outs.

In 1948, it became a mental hospital.

It closed in 1993 and was demolished in 1996.

The site was redeveloped for housing

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Child: James Allen (Stanton) [1851-1858] who was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3439]

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 21], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Born in Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 3rd/6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

In 1911, he was living with his grandmother Bridget & stepgrandfather Samuel Greaves at 4 Industrial Buildings, Cornholme.

He died in Todmorden [30th July 1915] (aged 20).

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [6th August 1915] reported

He was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

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In 1872, Bridget married Samuel Greaves in Haslingden.

John was a cotton creeler [1881] / a cotton weaver [1901] / a apprentice shuttle maker [1911].

On 17th April 1897, he married Bessie [1861-1???] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.

Children:

1. James Luke
2. Albert [b 1898]

They lived at 5 Rat Row Moor, Sowerby [1851]

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He was buried at Delhi War Cemetery, India [Grave Ref 1 D 12]

He was buried at La Bassée Communal Cemetery, France [Grave Ref 11]

He was buried at Rastrick Cemetery [C 36 31]

This continued for a few years, but it ended and the Albert reverted to a cinema

In 19??, it moved to the Workout Warehouse in Square Road.

It was reopened by 2 qualified ABA coaches, James Cahill and John Cassidy, at

1 Mill Lane
Boothtown
HX3 5TR

See Phil McGrath

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It was also the popular name for a room at the Stag Inn, Heptonstall. The room is said to have been used for petty trials and legal proceedings

One of the most popular rendezvous for the pseudo-intellectuals was downstairs. This was a time of frothy coffee served in glass cups and saucers and no choice of coffee types and most of us went home on a bus.

The upstairs was for mere mortals but the basement was where great matters of the moment were discussed. A favourite for members of the Plebeians Jazz Club in Upper George Yard

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Some local examples were at Brighouse, Clifton Common, Clattering Stones, Slate Delfs Hill, Cragg Vale, Elland, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, and Todmorden.

See Bombs & bombing

They were invited to come to an England for safety, and sailed down the Rhine to meet the English ships sent to meet them. The refugees were sent to Limerick & Wexford in Ireland, and to New York, America.

Johann Heinrich Storck, a vintner & farmer and his family sailed on 13th July 1715 in the third fleet (of 6 ships) sent from Rotterdam by Queen Anne to rescue them.

The Storcks ended up on the Southwell (pronounced Suttle)  estate in Limerick, part of the government's aim to introduce more Protestants into Ireland.

The surname was anglicised to Stark.

See

• Henry Stark [1814]
• Henry Stark [1845]
• Henry Stark [1878]

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Born in Limerick, Ireland; baptised at Rathkeale, Limerick [15th June 1814].

In 1833, he married Ellen Thomas [1814-1???] in Limerick.

The family left Ireland and came to St Helens, Lancashire, in the 1860s due to the potato famine.

He was a shoemaker (in Ireland) / a labourer (in England) / at a copper works / at a mine.

They had at least 6 children, the oldest - including Henry Stark – were born in Limerick, the two youngest – Robert [b 1853] & Ann [b 1856] - were born in St Helens.

The family lived at Mill Place, Prescot, Lancashire [1871].

Henry died 5th August 1876 after an accident whilst unloading a cart at a pit head near St Helens

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Baptised at Kilmeedy, Limerick [17th June 1845].

He was a grease maker [1871] / a refiner of grease [1891] / a gas works labourer [1901].

In 1865, he married (1) Jane Twist at Liverpool Register office.

Children:

1. John Henry [b 23rd December 1866; d 24th October 1868]
2. Elizabeth Ellen [14th April 1868-1906] who married [1889]  William Siddall

Jane died Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge [24th October 1868].

On 30th October 1869, he married (1) Elizabeth Haigh [1845-1910] at Elland Parish Church.

Children:

3. Elizabeth Ellen [b 1869] who was a part-timer worsted  spinner [1881]
4. Charlotte [b 1872] who was partly raised by her aunt  Ellen Cliff (née Haigh) who lived with husband  Joe on a narrowboat.
5. Robert [b 1875] who was a labourer in worsted factory  [1901]
6. William Thomas [b 1878] who was a worsted doffer [1891],  a mason's labourer [1901]
7. Henry
8. Jim/Jem [b 1882]
9. Ann [b 1883]
10. Jane [b 1885] who was a worsted spinner [1901]

They lived at

• Bradley Terrace, Wakefield Road, Skircoat [1871]
• Washer Lane Bottom, Skircoat (Henry is not recorded on  the family's census return) [1881]
• 2 Hargreaves Terrace / Norland Hall [1891]
• Norland Hall [1901]

Living with them [in 1901] was boarder Joseph Sunderland [b  Halifax 1884] (labourer in worsted factory).

Also living at Norland Hall in 1901 were

1. John Smith, his housekeeper Sarah Ann Butterfield and her son George Henry Butterfield; father Henry Stark

2. Thomas Easterby

Henry died at Norland Hall in 1910.

Elizabeth died in Norland in 1910 and was buried at Mount Pleasant Wesleyan Chapel, Norland

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Born at Washer Lane, Sowerby Bridge [19th May 1878].

The family moved to Norland Hall when he was young.

He was a worsted doffer [1891] / an engineer's tool maker [1901] / a general labourer for a woollen manufacturer [1911] / a dyer's labourer with the Bradford Dyers' Association [1921] / a textile dyer [1939].

In [Q3] 1900, he married (2) Esther Alice Butterfield [1882-1945] in Halifax.

Children:

1. George Henry [b 1898]
2. William [b 1901] who was a woollen piecer with Wright Hamer & Sons at Clay House Mills, Greetland (out-of-work) [1921]
3. Herbert [b 1902] who was a woollen piecer with Edwards & Rawson Limited [1921]
4. Harold [b 1904] who was a woollen piecer with Edwards  & Rawson Limited [1921]
5. John Arthur [b 1907] who was a woollen piecer with  Edwards & Rawson Limited [1921]
6. Marian [b 1911]
7. Gladys [b 1914]
8. Rosalia [b 1918] who was a textile weaver [1939]

They lived at

• Hollin Well, Norland [1911]
• Fulds Farm, Norland [1921]
• Kitson Lane, Norland [1939]

Living with them [in 1911] was mother-in-law Sarahann Butterfield [b Keighley 1857].

Esther Alice died in Calder District [Q3 1945] (aged 64).

Henry died in Calder District [Q2 1946] (aged 67)  and his ashes were spread on Norland moor

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He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Halifax Parish Church Members (WWI) Memorial

Son of Henry R. Starke-Jones.

He was in charge of the Halifax New School, Hopwood Lane [1920s] / joint headmaster of Halifax New School, Hopwood Lane with his  father [1936].

In 1935, he married Barbara J. L. Pickford in Braintree, Essex

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He was assistant teacher at Carlton House School [1881] / headmaster of the Halifax New School, South Parade [1905, 1907] / joint headmaster of Halifax New School, Hopwood Lane with his son  Cedric Philip Starke-Jones [1936]

In 1888, he married Alice Maud Mary Utley [1865-1937] in Halifax.

Child: Cedric Philip

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He lived at Ive House, Warley [1709].

See East Riddlesden Hall

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He married Unknown.

Children:

1. (possibly) William [b before 1616]
2. Timothy
3. Joseph [1629-1635]
4. Richard [1631-1664]
5. Edith [b 1634]
6. Isaac [1638-1685]
7. Samuel [1641-1668]

He died in Shelf.

Isaac is mentioned in will of John Waterhouse in 1618

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Child: Joshua

He lived at Longwood House, Fixby, where he died.

See Edmund Starkie

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On 27th May 1702, he married Hannah, daughter of Joseph Priestley, in Halifax.

Children:

1. William
2. John
3. Ellen

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He was a partner in Helm, Starkey & Noble.

The partnership was dissolved by mutual aggreement on 17th September 1840.

In 1841, Starkey & Noble sold their shares in the business to Helm and emigrated to America with their families. They eventually settled in Burlington, Wisconsin. Starkey died at Waterford, Wisconsin

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On 23rd September 1583, he married Edith/Eden [1573-1633], daughter of Lawrence Waterhouse.

Children:

1. Isaac
2. Joseph [1586-1616]
3. Thomas [1588-1640]
4. Susan [b 1591]
5. Samuel [1594-1649]
6. Robert [b 1595]

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Son of Robert Starkey.

The Northowram Register records

D.M.O is possibly Daniel Mitchell of Ovenden

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Son of Edmund Starkie who was a cousin of John Starkey.

Born at Symondstone, Lancashire.

On 2nd May 1665, he married Susan Radcliffe in Halifax.

Children:

1. Edmund
2. Nicholas [b 1670]
3. John
4. Ann [b 1676]

They lived at Ive House, Warley where he died.

This family line died out in 1801

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Born in Padiham, Lancashire.

He married Mary Hammond. They had no children.

He went to live at East Riddlesden Hall which he acquired when that branch of the Murgatroyd family died out.

He died some time after 1709, and the Hall passed to Nicholas, grandson of his brother John

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He was connected with Knowlwood Primitive Methodist Church / employed in his family's reed works, John Starkie & Sons, at  Copperas House.

He never married.

During World War I, he joined up [August 1915], and served as a Driver with the 33rd Division Ammunition Company Royal Field Artillery.

He had a long spell in Salonica before being sent to France [1918].

He died 7th June 1919 (aged 21).

The Todmorden & District News [20th June 1919] reported his death

He was buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref V G 49].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Todmorden Secondary School

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1. William [1839-1856]
2. Susannah [1841-1875]
3. Nathan [1844-1870]
4. Betty [b 1846]
5. Samuel
6. Smith
7. John
8. Sarah Ann [b 1857]

The 4 oldest children were born in Barnoldswick; the 4 youngest were born in Todmorden & Walsden.

They lived at

• Barnoldswick Street, Barnoldswick [1841]
• Street Lane Bottom, Walsden [1851]
• Knowlwood Street, Todmorden & Walsden [1871]
• Lower Fold Street (Gorpley), Todmorden & Walsden [1881]

Harwood died in Todmorden [31st March 1883] (aged 65).

He & other members of the family were buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone (Grave 56, New Yard) 

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Born in Todmorden.

He was a reed maker [1881] / a reed maker (employer) [1891] / a wire reed maker (employer) [1901] / a reed maker (employer) [1911]. He established John Starkie & Sons [1905].

On 30th December 1875, he married Emma Barker [1855-1???] in Todmorden.

The Todmorden & District News [31st December 1875] reported the wedding

Children:

1. Frank [b 1877] who was a reed maker [1891]
2. Jane [b 1879]
3. Nathan [b 1880] who was a cotton warehouse boy [1891], a  wire reed maker [1901], a councillor in Todmorden [1916]
4. Albert [b 1882] who was a wire reed maker [1901], a reed  maker [1911]
5. Ruth [b 1885] who was a wire reed finisher [1901]
6. Florence [b 1887]
7. Gertrude [b 1890] who was a milliner [1911]
8. Frederick John

The children were born in Todmorden / Walsden.

The family lived at

• 4 Hacking Terrace, Knowlwood [1881]
• 15 Copperas House Terrace, Todmorden [1891]
• 306 Rochdale Road, Walsden [1901, 1911]

John died 31st March 1916 (aged 61)  and was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone.

The Todmorden & District News [7th April 1916] reported his death

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He is remembered on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd, and in the book Royd Regeneration

They were at

• Smithy Holme
• Copperas House

Son of John Starkey.

Born at Longwood House, Fixby.

Baptised at St Peters Church, Huddersfield [19th April 1647]. He was a clerk at Huddersfield.

On 25th February 1668, he married Catherine Hanson at Halifax Parish Church.

He was buried at Almondbury [13th December 1671]

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Children:

1. Walter E. [b 1904]
2. Jennie [b 1908]
3. Edith [1909] who died in infancy

Margaret Ellen was widowed by 1911, and the family lived at 29 Whitby Street, Halifax with her parents.

Son of John Starkie.

Baptised 1st February 1606/7.

On 6th November 1635, he married Grace, daughter of James Murgatroyd.

Children:

1. Edmund
2. John
3. (possibly) Nicholas

He was a Captain on the Parliamentarian side during the Civil War. He was blown up by gunpowder at Hoghton Tower on 14th February 1643, at the beginning of the Civil War

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Born in Walsden.

He was reed manufacturer [1891, 1901].

He and his brother Smith bought part of Knowlwood Bottom Mill for £4,500 subject to certain conditions. Their purchase was speculative as they intended to sell on the property, which eventually they did, and successfully. Some of the machinery was sold off, and the mill with a steam engine, the large chimney and boiler rooms were sold on. They were there 1883-1888.

He occupied part of Shade Mill, Todmorden [1890]

He was a member of the Todmorden Board of Guardians / a member of Todmorden Town Council.

He married (1) Sarah Hannah Chadwick.

Children:

1. Annie
2. Alice
3. Ernest
4. Edith [1883-19??] who married James Davies

On 25th March 1897, he married (2) Bessie Smith at Littleborough

They lived at

• Watty Place, Todmorden [1891]
• Watty House, Todmorden [1897, 1901]

Members of the family were buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone

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Born in Walsden.

He was brought up at Knowlwood, Walsden / a reed maker [1881] / a machine broker [1891] / a farmer [1901] / a retired machinery merchant [1911] / trading as Owler Carr Reed Manufacturing Company at Owler Carr Mill, Cloughfoot [1880-1895] / machine broker at Clough Mill, Walsden, using the premises for his  business [1882-1895].

He and his brother Samuel bought part of Knowlwood Bottom Mill for £4,500 subject to certain conditions. Their purchase was speculative as they intended to sell on the property, which eventually they did, and successfully. Some of the machinery was sold off, and the mill with a steam engine, the large chimney and boiler rooms were sold on. They were there 1883-1888.

Smith owned all of and occupied part of Pudsey Mill, Todmorden – the boiler house in particular [1889-1897]

He also carried on a machine-making business at Stoneswood Lower Mill, Walsden.

He was a member of Todmorden Urban District Council [1895].

In 1874, he married (1) Martha Sutcliffe [18??-1908] in Todmorden.

Children:

1. Sarah
2. Mary
3. Emily
4. Jane
5. Ada
6. Clara

Martha died at Dean Villas in 1908.

She was buried/remembered at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone.

In 1910, he married (2) Jane Moffatt in Rochdale.

They lived at

• Swineshead, Langfield [1881]
• 2 Stones Villas Walsden [1891, 1895]
• Deanroyd, Walsden [1901]
• Dean Villas, Walsden [1911]

Members of the family were buried/remembered at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone

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He was a Baptist Minister at Coningsby, Lincolnshire before becoming Pastor at Rishworth Particular Baptist Chapel [1917].

In [Q4] 1907, he married Hannah Maria Matilda Barnes [1873-19??] at Erpingham, Norfolk.

They had an adopted daughter: Nancy Greta [b Holt, Norfolk 1914]

Herbert died in Croydon in 1945

He was buried/remembered at Christ Church, Pellon

In 1888, John Baldwin gave 4,618 square yards of land – part of a closed called The Starting Post Field – for the construction of St Jude's Church

See Luddendenfoot River Bridge

• Population statistics
• Parish Census Statistics [1831]
• Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion website statistics

He married Jane [1799-1873].

Children:

1. Elizabeth [1819-1845]
2. Richard James Jones [1833-1858]

Members of the family were buried at Bolton Brow Wesleyan Chapel

Recorded in 1841

House mentioned as the home of John Bentley in 1607.

It is dated IC 1684 for his grandson, John Crowther, when the house was cased in stone.

Subsequent owners and tenants have included

• Caleb Scholefield [1700]
• Robert Wood and the Wood family
• Samuel Wood [1780]
• John Hamerton
• William Moore [1853]
• Samuel Holdsworth [1871]

The house and land were bought by Anne Lister in 1834.

There was coal-mining here.

This is discussed in the books Ancient Halls in & about Halifax, Halifax Antiquarian Society Transactions and The Old Halls & Manor Houses of Yorkshire.

See Mrs Berry

In 1835, she, Susannah Staveley and John Staveley sued the inhabitants of Agbrigg and Morley, for the damages during the window-breaking riots on 6th January 1835. The Jury awarded damages of £240, against the £280 6/2d which they had claimed.

In 1881, Anthime Camille Poiré was a lodger with her at Bond Street

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He was a Commissioner of Land & Assessed Taxes, and a Commissioner of Property & Income Tax [1845].

He married (1) Susanna Deardon.

Children:

1. John William [1839-1840]
2. Ellen Maria [b 1841]
3. Rosamond Susanna [b 1843] who married Abraham Briggs Foster
4. Arkyl John Arthur [b 1846]

Susanna died soon after the birth of their 4th child.

In 1851, he married (2) Sophia Eleanor Weston, an American, in Marylebone, London.

They lived at 10 Spring Field, Halifax [1845].

See West Yorkshire Railway Company

He was a partner in William Mitchell & Company. He was a merchant at New Church, Halifax [1809].

On 17th May 1780, he married Betty, daughter of John Mitchell in Halifax.

Children:

1. Luke Mitchell [b 1781]
2. Maria
3. Elizabeth [1783-1792]
4. Anne [b 1784]
5. James [b 1785]
6. Susannah
7. Jemima [b 1791]
8. Elizabeth [b 1792] who lived [1861] at 5 Lord Street, Halifax
9. John
10. Sarah [b 1794]
11. Henry [b 1795]

They lived at Spring Field, Halifax [1835].

He & members of the family were buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax

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On Monday, 20th April 1903, he was charged at Halifax Borough Court with stealing a football belonging to Thomas Holgate of Savile Park, Halifax. A group of boys had been playing football on Skircoat Moor on the previous Saturday, when Staves – then aged 14 – took the ball and ran off with it. It was later found at the boy's home. He was ordered to receive 12 strokes of the birch

Avice widow of Thomas de Staynland offered to put herself on an inquisition as to one-third of half a bovate of land, which John, son of Thomas unjustly holds and keeps from her, as she says. John did not come on the first summons, therefore let him be resummoned

After John's death, his widow married Hugh de Toothill of Brighouse, and after marrying the two eldest to Hugh's sons, the two youngest – Elizabeth and Alice – were sent to Kirklees Priory. Around 1373, Elizabeth became prioress at the Priory.

Elizabeth was a kinswoman of Robin Hood and the lover of his enemy, Roger de Doncaster, and is said to be responsible for Robin's death. It is said that whilst treating him at the Kirklees Gatehouse, she bled him and he subsequently died.

In 1706, George Armytage found her grave in the cemetery at the priory. A stone marking the grave bore the inscription

Douce JHV de Nazareth fites mercy a Elizabeth de Stainton jadis Priore de cest maison

Sweet Jesus of Nazareth grant mercy to Elizabeth de Stainton formerly prioress of this house

Her remains are in the Nuns' Grave near Kirklees Priory. Her dates are inconsistent with those of Robin Hood.

She is said to be the Kirklees Vampire

1. Elizabeth
2. Isabel who married her step-brother  John
3. Joan who married her step-brother John

After his death, Joan married Hugh de Toothill

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Partners included Samuel Stead, George Dyson, and Thomas Dyson

Hexagonal 2-storey toll house built in 1824 on the busy Todmorden Turnpike – now the A6033 – across the Pennines between Todmorden and Littleborough and at the junction of the two roads.

See Steanor

See Calf Holes Farm, Steanor Bottom, Steanor, Steanor Bottom Chemical Works, Walsden and Steanor Bottom Toll House, Walsden

Children:

1. Phoebe Beatrice [1907-1994]
2. Barbara Mary [b 1910]
3. Hilary Joan [1915-1996]
4. Janet G. [b 1925]

George died in Cuckfield Sussex [5th August 1929]

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He was senior Curate at Halifax before becoming Vicar of Brighouse [June 1890-October 1896].

In 1885, he was described as

when he objected to a proposal to open Scott's Buildings School in Pineberry Hill.

In Brighouse, he introduced the parish magazine on 1st January 1891.

In the 1890s, he was instrumental in establishing a movement which resulted in the building of St Chad's Mission Church & School at Hove Edge.

In October 1896, he retired to Burley-in-Wharfedale because of ill-health

He was a farmer at Will Royd Farm, Shibden.

He married Ruth Yates [1817-1884], who was born at Newell, near Otley.

Children:

1. Elizabeth [1844-1922]
2. William

Ruth died of senile debility at Will Royd, James died of typhoid at 8 Red Beck Road, Shibden [?]

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He is (possibly) remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and (possibly) on the Memorial at Birchcliffe Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge

Born in Otley.

He married (1) Unknown.

Child: Joseph who went to America in 1912

In [Q3] 1895, he married (2) Nancy Learoyd [1853-19??] in Halifax.

Contributor Valerie Hobson has passed on a family story which relates that

around 1909, he and Tom Chippendale were in a group of men who had been out drinking. As they returned home across Godley Bridge, the worse for drink, a policeman spoke to them. The gang threw him over the bridge. The policeman landed on a grass verge and survived.

William fled to America and never returned.

In 1911, Nancy was listed as a widow, living alone at Norwood Green

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He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 21], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

See J. McCubbin McClusky

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1. Annie [b 1890] who married John Lee Hodgson
2. John [b 1892] who was a gas worker [1911]
3. Arthur [b 1895] who was a stone mason [1911]
4. May [b 1897] who was a spinner [1911]
5. Alice [b 1902]

They lived at 28 Undercliffe Terrace, Halifax [1911]

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Halifax solicitor with Steele & Duckworth [1934], and Steele & McCluskey.

He qualified in March 1903

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Members of the family were buried/remembered at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/556] with Emma Richardson [1859-11th April 1936]

He was a creeler in weaving shed [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 5th Battery Royal Field Artillery attached to 3rd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers.

He died (possibly) in Scotland or King George V hospital, Dublin [22nd June 1918].

He is buried in the family grave at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel [A 166].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Paul's Church, King Cross.

His brother Leonard also died in the War

He worked for Walsh & McCrea Limited.

In [Q3] 1939, he married Winifred Mary Gledhill in Calder District.

Child: son

They lived at 81 Paddock Lane, Highroad Well.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 8th September 1944 (aged 32).

He was buried at Florence War Cemetery, Italy [Grave Ref V D 18].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Children:

1. William Henry [b 1897]
2. Alice [b 1899]
3. Annie [b 1901]

They lived at Mutton Hall Farm, 14 Pharaoh Lane, Illingworth [1901].

Living with them [in 1901] was Annie's widowed mother Alice Whitehead

Born in Halifax [Q4 1895].

He was a member of Holy Trinity Church, Halifax & Sunday School / a helper in weaving shed [1911] / a loom tuner / employed by Walsh & McCrea Limited.

During World War I, he served as a Corporal with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in a failed attack on Schwaben Redoubt [3rd September 1916] (aged 21).

The Halifax Courier [7th October 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. [Grave Ref I D 14.]

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Roll of Honour at Holy Trinity Sunday School, Halifax, and on the family grave at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel.

His brother Harold also died in the War

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In November 1864, he was stabbed by Noah Wood of Norwood Green

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He was buried at Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery, France [Grave Ref C 42].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Living with Mary (recorded as invalid) [in 1921] were her father Joseph Rigby [b 1855] (cotton spinner with Fletcher & Company at Jubilee Mill, Walsden), her mother Jane Rigby [b 1857] and their granddaughter Doris Rigby [b Hebden Bridge 1906].

Mary died in Todmorden [Q1 1922] (aged 41).

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Child: Ernest Anderton

They lived at 10 Lord Street, Halifax [1905]

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1. George [b 1881] who was an iron moulder [1901]
2. Sarah [b 1882] who was a worsted rover [1901]
3. Mary / Polly [b 1889] who was a silk spinner [1901]
4. Hilda [b 1892] who was a coating weaver [1911]
5. Thomas Arthur [b 1894] who was a loco engine cleaner  [1911]
6. Leonard
7. Harold
8. James [b 1899] who was a part-time doffer [1911]

They lived at

• 4 Fern Street, Northowram [1891]
• 8 Randolph Street, Halifax [1901]
• 71 Baines Street, Halifax [1911]
• 8 Lombard Street, King Cross, Halifax

Living with them [in 1911] was daughter Emma (married 9 years)  & her children Norman Steele [b 1903], Louis Steele [b  1905] & Nellie Steele [b 1908], and sister-in-law Priscilla Padget [b 1867] (monthly nurse) 

Sons Leonard & Harold died in World War I.

Louisa died 17th April 1925.

Thomas died 13th June 1944.

Members of the family were buried at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel [A 166]

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In 1873, he was one of a gang of men involved in the attack on PC Frederick Braithwaite at Godley Bridge.

He was found guilty of wounding PC Braithwaite with intent to do him grievous bodily harm.

He was sentenced to 5 years' penal servitude

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Reminiscences of 60 years ago

suggesting that the Society was founded around 1859

1. George H. [b 1874] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
2. John W. [b 1878] who was a pork butcher's assistant  [1891], a cab driver [1901]
3. Luise / Louisa [b 1881] who was assisting in the  family business [1911]
4. Alfred [b 1882] who was a pork butcher [1901, 1911]
5. Emma [b 1885] who was a dressmaker [1901, 1911] & married  Lewis Turner
6. James [b 1889] who was a grocer's errand boy [1901], a  pork butcher [1911]

They lived at

• 14 Albert Street, Northowram [1881]
• 23 Bull Green, Halifax [1891]
• 44 King Cross Road, Halifax [1911, 1912, 1918]

John Frederick died in Halifax in 1912 (aged 59).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £537.

Administration was granted to his widow Louisa Frederica.

Louisa Frederica died 17th May 1918 (aged 71).

She was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [21st May 1918]

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He died in Chorlton, Lancashire

1. Jonathan [b 1828]
2. Eliza [1824-1853] ‡
3. John
4. Mary [b 1827] who married William Peel

Sarah died 6th January 1841 (aged 45).

In [Q4] 1846, he (possibly) married (2) Sarah [1807-1877] in Halifax.

They lived at

• 4 Charlestown Street, Halifax [1841]
• Charlestown, Halifax [1851]

Benjamin died 12th May 1860 (aged 70).

Sarah died 14th February 1877 (aged 70).

He, his wives & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2062] with grandson Thomas Stell [1857-1858]

They lived at 8 Barker Street, Todmorden [1911].

After his death, Hannah Maria was landlady of the Bay Horse Inn, Cross Stone [1901]

Living with the widowed Hannah Maria at that time were her siblings Bertha (general servant) and Fred (boots & liquor tester).

In 1911, Hannah Maria was working in cotton winding. Living with her at that time were her son Arthur [b 1904] and boarder Alfred King Walker [aged 25] (textile machinery fitter) from Edenfield, Lancashire

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Born in Midgley.

He was a worsted spinner [1871] / a farm labourer [1881, 1891] / a farmer [1911] / a cutter for Levi Harwood & Company at Luddendenfoot [1921].

On 5th September 1885, he married Jane Lord [1854-1915] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

1. Herbert [b 1886] who was a stationary engine man [1911]
2. John [7th February 1890-27th February 1912] who was  working on the family farm [1911] ‡
3. Annie Violetta [1893-2nd June 1959] who was a woollen  weaver [1911], a woollen weaver with Levi Harwood & Company at  Luddendenfoot [1921] ‡
4. Harry [b 1898] who was a piecer in woollen spinning room  [1911], a wood sawyer with Thornber Brothers Limited at Mytholmroyd  [1921]

They lived at

• 1 Lower Ewood, Midgley (Greenwood living with his  siblings John & Agnes) [1881]
• 3 Brearley, Midgley [1891]
• 2 Upper Blind Lane Farm, Brearley [1911, 1912]
• 6 Hob Lane, Brearley, Mytholmroyd [1921]

Jane died 17th July 1915 (aged 60).

Greenwood died 22nd September 1933 (aged 74).

The couple & the children (‡) were buried at Steep Lane Baptist Chapel, Sowerby

1. Dyson [b 1847]
2. Jones [b 1849] who was a factory boy [1861]
3. Amos [b 1849] who was a factory boy [1861], an iron  moulder [1871]
4. Eliza [b 1851] who was a factory girl [1861]
5. John
6. Greenwood Stell
7. Agnes [b 1891] who was a cotton winder [1881]

They lived at

• Brearley, Warley [1861]
• Ewood, Midgley [1871]
• 1 Lower Ewood, Midgley (John, Greenwood &  Agnes living together) [1881]

He was a moulder [1851] / an iron moulder [1861, 1871].

In [Q2] 1854, he married Elizabeth Haigh [1835-1???] in Halifax.

Children:

1. Arthur L. [b 1855]
2. Thomas [1857-1858] who was buried with his Stell  grandparents at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2062]
3. Walter [b 1860]
4. Jane [b 1865]
5. Mary J. [b 1869]

They lived at

• 39 Back Side, Northowram [1861]
• Old Lane, Halifax [1871]

Living with them [in 1871] was an orphan Jeremiah Pearson [b  London 1864]

Born in Midgley.

He was a labourer in an iron mill [1871] / a cobbler (boot & shoe) [1881] / a shoe maker [1891] / a boot repairer (own account) [1921].

He never married.

He lived at

• 1 Lower Ewood, Midgley [1881]
• 3 Lower Ewood, Midgley [1891, 1921]

Living with John were his siblings Greenwood Stell & Agnes [1881], & his sister Agnes (woollen weaver) [1891, 1921].

A John Stell died in Todmorden [Q3 1925] (aged 69) 

Born in Hebden Bridge.

He was a member of Salem Wesleyan Chapel, Hebden Bridge / a member of King Cross Wesleyan Sunday School / a cotton weaver [1911] / in business with his father as a cotton manufacturer at Tan Pits Shed.

He lived with his parents at 324 Gibbet Street, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted [1/1917], and he served as a Gunner with D Battery 180th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He went to France [August 1917].

He was killed in action [23rd March 1918] (aged 20).

The Halifax Courier [4th May 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [Grave Ref 7-10], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Hebden Bridge Methodist Church

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Children:

1. Margaret [b 29th June 1908]
2. Douglas William [b 24th May 1914] who was a master  worsted spinner [1939]

They lived at

• 17 Castle Road, Keighley [1911]
• Holly House, Keighley [1921]
• Westfield View Road, Keighley [1939]

Thomas died Q2 1959 (aged 80).

Martha died Q4 1966 (aged 84).

They both died in the Worth Valley

Children:

1. William
2. Frank [b 1884] who was a fustian cutter [1901] and served  in Egypt [World War I]

They lived at

• Highroyd, Wadsworth [1891]
• 19 Cliffe Street, Hebden Bridge [1901, 1911]

William died in Todmorden in 1888 (aged 37).

Mary died in Todmorden [Q3 1915] (aged 64) 

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1. child who died young [before 1911]
2. Sarah Grace [b 1896] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
3. John William
4. Alice Hannah [b 1902]
5. Savile Crossley [b 1910]

They lived at

• 19 Osbourne Street, Hebden Bridge [1901]
• 9 Woodbine Terrace, King Cross Road, Halifax [1911]
• 324 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1918]

Living with them [in 1911] was sister-in-law Emma Crossley [b  1863] (general domestic servant) 

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Born in Hebden Bridge.

He was a member of Birchcliffe Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge & Sunday  School / a member of St John's Ambulance Brigade, Hebden Bridge / a fustian weaver [1901] / a shop assistant in Sheffield [1907] / manager of a retail ready-made clothing store at the Wicker,  Sheffield, for his uncle, James Greenwood, manufacturing  clothier [1911].

In 1907, he married Elizabeth Whiteley [1884-19??] at St John's Church, Cragg Vale.

Children:

1. Annie [1910-1915]
2. William Hedley [b 1911]

They lived at 42 Bannon Street, Ecceshall, Sheffield [1907, 1911].

During World War I, he served as a Bombardier with the 232nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.

He was killed by a shell which burst as he was on his way back from his battery [6th November 1917].

The Halifax Courier [17th November 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Bleuet Farm Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref II B 1].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Birchcliffe Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge

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1. George Anthony
2. Ruth [1898-1939]

They lived at

• 799 Rochdale Road, Walsden [1911]
• 76 Victoria Road, Stretford, Manchester [1917]
• 23 Everton Road, Blackpool [1944]

Frank died 4th October 1917.

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [12th October 1917] published an obituary

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,429 19/2d.

The will was proved by Sam Fielden (baker), and Fred Fielden (cotton operative).

Alice Ann died in Blackpool [19th March 1944].

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £3,069 15/5d.

The will was proved by Harold Taylor (certified accountant), and Walter Rostron (engineering draughtsman) 

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Born in Walsden.

He was a clerk at chemical works [1911].

During World War I, he joined up [April 1916] and served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster).

He was sent to France [July 1917].

He died 20th September 1917 (aged 23).

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [16th November 1917] reported his death with a photograph

He was buried at Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium. [Grave Ref 4 XI D 37].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Trinity United Methodist Free Church, Walsden.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £200 18/6d.

The will was proved by his widowed mother Alice Ann

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He was buried at Louverval Military Cemetery, Doignies, France [Grave Ref A 27].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Sowerby

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Child: Raymond Thomas

They lived at Ripponden.

Alfred John died 20th December 1953 (aged 66).

He was buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden.

Mary died in Rugby in 1970

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Brother of Dr Thomas Cowley Stephen.

He qualified at Manchester, and became dental surgeon [1915] / partner (with his brother) in Stephen & Stephen at 50 Wilmslow  Rd, Withington, Manchester [1915] / assistant resident medical officer at Manchester Union Infirmary,  Crumpsall [1920] / house surgeon [midwifery & gynaecology] at St Mary's Hospital,  Manchester / surgeon Lt RN on HMS Monarch / senior resident medical officer at Crumpsall Infirmary, Manchester  [1925-1930] / gynaecology & obstetrics house surgeon at St Mary's Hospital,  Manchester / house surgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary / surgeon Lt RN / partner in Southwell, Stephen & Stephen [1925-1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Castletown, Isle of Man [1935-1942] / surgeon Lt-Cdr RNVR.

In [Q3] 1931, he married Phyllis Eugene Coupe [1903-19??] in Burnley.

They lived at

• Cross Brook, Todmorden [1925-1930]
• The Crofts, Castletown, Isle of Man [1935-1942]

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During World War II, he served as a Warrant Officer with the 15th Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He died 29th July 1944 (aged 24).

He was buried at Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland [Grave Ref 6 A 6].

He is remembered on the family grave at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden, on Heath Grammar School Memorial Gates, on Ripponden War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden

Brother of Dr John Stephen.

Born in Rusholme, Lancashire [11th June 1883].

He qualified at Manchester, and became dental surgeon [1910-1915] / senior resident medical officer at Crumpsall Infirmary, Manchester  [1920-1942] / senior house surgeon (out-patients) at Manchester Royal Infirmary / civil medical officer at Nell Lane Military Hospital, Manchester  [1925] / partner (with his brother) in Stephen & Stephen [1910-1915] / partner in Southwell & Stephen at Cross Brook, Todmorden  [1925-1942].

In [Q2] 1925, he married Alice Barker [1897-19??] in Todmorden.

They lived at Cross Brook, Todmorden [1939]

Thomas died in Todmorden [30th August 1947] (aged 64) 

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He subsequently became prison chaplain at Worcester, and Wormwood Scrubs

She was buried at Birstall

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

In May 1878, local mills were suffering a depression and their workers were working daylight hours only

There are [or were] several local examples, including those at Hardcastle Crags, Mytholmroyd, Pretoria Bridge, and Triangle

Richard Foxton and his family lived here [1847].

In 1861, the Misses Tiller ran Willow Lodge School, Warley here

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See Steps Tavern

The ford here was an ancient crossing of the Calder.

The later wooden bridge carries Hollins Lane over the Calder and the canal, and takes its name from the Sterne family who lived at Wood Hall, Skircoat.

The later ferro-concrete bridge was designed by Jackson & Fox, and built by Mr A. E. Carroll, of Dublin, and opened in 1914.

It was rebuilt in 2012.

William Wordsworth was inspired to write his poem, entitled Lucy Gray, by a story associated with the bridge. Local stories say that she still walks the bridge at midnight on the fateful winter's day

In 1731, his father died in Jamaica, leaving the family penniless. He stayed with his uncle, Richard Sterne, at Binroyd, Norland and at Wood Hall, Skircoat.

In 1759, he started to write The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy which was unpopular in Yorkshire because his portraits of certain local characters were clearly recognisable.

He died in poverty in London in 1768, and his Sentimental Journey was published the same year

Child: Simon

Uncle of Laurence Sterne.

He lived at Wood Hall, Skircoat.

On 16th November 1703, he married Dorothy at Coley Church

He later challenged – but failed to gain – ownership of the Shibden Hall by James Lister.

In 1712, he bought Binroyd.

He died at Bradford during a journey to York.

His great-granddaughter Frances Hodsden married [1806] George Carroll

Third son of Dr Richard Sterne, Archbishop of York.

In 1688, he bought Wood Hall, Skircoat.

He gave a collection of books to he library of Halifax Parish Church.

He married Mary Jacques.

Child: Richard

He died

having undergone a severe salivation for a cancer in the mouth

The epitaph on his memorial in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

He worked for Firth's Carpets in Bailiff Bridge.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/5th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment.

He died 9th October 1917 (aged 19).

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 77-79 & 163A], on Firth's War Memorial, and on Bailiff Bridge War Memorial

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The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1250] with Joseph Cheetham

He was a brewer's labourer [1873] / landlord of the Old Original Masons' Arms, Halifax [1901] / landlord of the Friendly, Ovenden.

In 1873, he married (1) Martha Ann Ashworth [1855-1882] in Halifax.

Children:

1. Elizabeth Ann [b 1874]
2. Florence [b 1875]
3. Hannah [b 1877]
4. Edith Sladdin [b 1879]
5. James Rushworth [1882] who died at birth with his mother  Martha, & was buried with his parents

Martha died in childbirth [17th May 1882] (aged 27).

In 1882, Sam married (2) Phillis Howard [1853-1930].

Child: 6. Fred [1885-1967]

Sam died in the Friendly Inn [25th May 1916].

After his death, Phillis carried on at the Friendly Inn.

Phillis died 10th March 1930.

He & his wives were buried/remembered at Illingworth Church.

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Born in Clifton.

In [Q3] 1936, he married Marian Blackburn [19??-1987] in Halifax.

They lived at Hove Edge.

Marian died 19th December 1987.

Clifford died 23rd May 1992.

The couple are remembered at Brighouse Cemetery on the family grave

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In May 1914, he was a member of the Charles Hallings company performing Deliver Us from Evil at the Grand Theatre, Halifax.

The company were staying with Mrs Battye of 9 Corporation Street, Halifax. He played on Monday, 11th May 1914, but was taken ill and Dr George McWilliams Henry was called. Dr Henry found Fred was suffering from pneumonia. Fred didn't appear on Tuesday, but performed again on Wednesday. On Thursday, the rest of the company moved on to Dewsbury, and Fred said he would follow them. On Thursday evening, he was about to go out when he collapsed on the door step. Dr Henry was again called and an ambulance was sent for to take Fred to hospital, but he died suddenly whilst lying on the couch.

His papers showed that he was an army pensioner (receiving £2 13/3d per quarter) / about 49 or 53 years-old.

He had no money and the Guardians undertook the burial. Local theatrical staff contributed towards a fund to avoid his being buried in a pauper's grave.

His body was taken to Hall Street Mortuary awaiting arrangements for his funeral.

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [21st May 1914]

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1. Gertrude [b 1891] who was a cotton ring doubler [1911]
2. Milton
3. Nellie [1899-1907]
4. Clifford

They lived at

• Oak Hill Road, Clifton Bridge, Brighouse
• 8 Armitage Road, Clifton, Brighouse [1911]

John Henry died 4th April 1940 (aged 75) 

Emily Ann died 11th August 1940 (aged 69) 

Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery with Marian & Clifford Stevens

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He was a member of Brighouse Wheelers' Club & Brighouse Harriers / a cotton mule piecer [1911] / a cotton spinner with H. & J. Sugden / a Territorial.

During World War I, he was called-up [August 1914] and served as a Private with B Company 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed by a shell splinter [7th July 1916] (aged 22).

He was buried at Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval, France [Grave Ref XIII A 3].

He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial, on Elland War Memorial, on Clifton War Memorial, on the Memorial at Saint John's Church, Clifton, in the book Clifton War Memorial, on the Memorial at Elland Wesleyan Chapel, and on the family grave at Brighouse Cemetery

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