He was
a shipping clerk in Essex [1921] /
a minister at Roker Congregational Church, Sunderland [1936].
before becoming
Minister at West End Congregational Church, Sowerby Bridge [1937]
On 23rd February 1933, he married Winifred Faith Milnes [1913-1996]
at Doncaster Road Congregational Church, Rotherham
She was Secretary of the Young People's Guild, and Superintendent of
the Primary Department of the Sunday School in Rotherham
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Born in Langford, Oxfordshire [26th March 1873].
He was Minister at Patmos Congregational School, Todmorden.
He moved to Penistone [1912].
In 1902, he married (1) Elizabeth Findlay (Finlay) Kingston [1872-1936]
at St George-in-the-East, London.
Children:
The family lived at
Elizabeth died in Wortley [Q1 1936].
In 1937, he married (2) Mary Hannah Jubb [1890-1973]
in Wortley.
George died at Wood Lynne, Stocksbridge, Sheffield [28th March 1955].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £435 2/11d.
Administration was granted to
his widow Mary Hannah
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See
St Helen's Well, Holywell Green
Son of Mary Anne (née Fuller) [1820-1881] & Robert Thomas Sadd [1817-1891],
a jeweller & optician.
Born in Cambridge [He].
He was
educated at St Catherine's College Cambridge /
Assistant Master at Heath Grammar School [1875].
In 1889, he married Sarah Lever [1862-1947] in Bath.
Children:
He died in Bath
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Primitive Methodist Minister at Halifax [1890]
During World War I,
he served as a Lance Corporal
with the 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment.
He was reported missing and assumed to have died 2nd November 1914 (aged 26).
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 33],
and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.
Established in the late 19th century by Henry Sagar and
J. T. Meredith at Wood Bottom Dye Works, Luddendenfoot.
Recorded in 1908
as Henry Sagar Limited at Cooper House Mills, Luddendenfoot
The business evolved into
Sagar & Meredith,
then Henry Sagar Limited at Cooper House Mills, Luddendenfoot [1908],
and
Henry Sagar (1931) Limited
Established at Stone Dam Mills in 1875 by brothers Joe and
Donald Sagar.
An advertisement in the Halifax Guardian for the business in 1875
announced
The business later moved to Canal Works, Water Lane, Halifax.
In 1954, they were listed as Sagar (Developments) Limited and
there were adverts for their BURSGREEN woodworking machinery.
The pattern shop and foundry at Canal Works closed in 1958.
See
Donald Joseph Sagar and
John Gordon Sagar
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Established in 1919 by
Henry Sagar
and brothers
Daniel
and
Alfred Richards.
They were originally at Woodbottom Dye Works, Luddendenfoot.
They expanded to Ellen Holme Mills [1955] and the
Synchro Works [1958], Cooper House Mills and other
premises in Luddendenfoot.
In
1973,
an explosion destroyed the firm's offices.
See Magson House, Luddendenfoot.
The firm closed in 2002, possibly a consequence of an unwillingness
to invest in modern developments
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He was
a farmer, slater & plasterer [1861, 1871] /
publican Swan Inn, Heptonstall [1861, 1871] /
licensed victualler of the Cross Inn, Heptonstall [1874, 1881]
/
a farmer of 18 acres [1881].
On 2nd February 1842, he married Sally Uttley [1822-1900] at Heptonstall Church.
Children:
He died at the Cross Inn [10th July 1881].
Sally took over at the Cross Inn until her death in
1900.
She died at the Cross Inn [7th April 1900].
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £1,757 6/10d.
Probate was granted to
daughter Sarah Ellen & James Hartley (actuary).
At her death, she had been in the pub business for 41 years and was
the oldest landlady in Heptonstall.
She was buried at Heptonstall Slack Baptist Cemetery
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Son of William Sager.
He was
a solicitor's articled clerk [1901] /
a solicitor [1911].
In 1901, he was living at Twickenham, Surrey with his
sister Mabel & her husband John Dewhirst.
On 20th October 1901, he married Annie Eastwood at St Mary's
Church, Luddenden.
Children:
In 1907, he and his wife presented a new font to St Paul's Church, Cross Stone in memory of their son John Donald
They lived at Holly House, Todmorden [1911]
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He was
a slater, plasterer & painter [1881] /
a plasterer [1891] /
landlord of the Robin Hood, Pecket Well [1897].
On 8th May 1877, he married Susannah Burn [1854-1907] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at Main Street, Heptonstall [1881, 1891].
In October 1897, he and some others were returning from a pigeon
shooting match at Cullingworth, when Sager's horse shied as
they were coming over Cock Hill.
Sager fell into the road and suffered injuries from which he
died on the following evening at the Robin Hood [24th October
1897]
His wife took over at the Robin Hood
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In 1845, a Savings Bank was held on his premises, every Thursday
between 10:00 am and noon
On 10th August 1835, he married (1) Alice Ormerod [1803-1839]
at St Chad's, Rochdale.
Children:
In [Q3] 1845, he married (2) Sarah Stansfield [1811-1802] in
Macclesfield.
Children:
They lived at
He built Holly House, Todmorden [1852].
He died at Holly House, Todmorden [31st March 1855].
He was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden
[5th April 1855].
Daughter Elizabeth died at Holly House [28th August 1860].
She too was buried at Halifax Parish Church
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £12,000.
Probate was granted to
her uncle Peter Ormerod, and Joseph Firth of North View
Todmorden (cotton manufacturer).
His two wives and children Ormerod & Hannah were also
buried at Christ Church, Todmorden
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He was
a solicitor for the Union [1881] /
clerk superintendent [1881] /
registrar of births & deaths for Stansfield [1881] /
solicitor & clerk to the Guardians [1891] /
superintendent registrar [1891] /
clerk to the rural sanitary authority of the Todmorden Union [1891].
On 8th July 1875, he married Alice Western [1850-1887]
at Holy Trinity, Richmond, Surrey.
Children:
They lived at
On 7th July 1900, his son, John, unveiled a stained glass
window at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone, in his memory
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On 5th June 1928, he married Eileen Patricia Hoyle at Christ Church, Todmorden
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Landlord of the Woodman, Midgley [1933].
In 1920, he married Alice Cook [1901-1954] in Todmorden.
They had no children.
Alice took over at the Woodman [1933-1934].
She took the licence of the Beehive, Soyland on her own, and
is recorded as living there alone [1940-1954].
Alice died at the Beehive [Q1 1954] (aged 53).
Alfred died in Scunthorpe in 1971 (aged 72)
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It was owned by members of the Thompson family, including
Subsequent owners and tenants have included
It was rebuilt several times and it was damaged when local quarrying
caused subsidence of the land.
It was damaged by an explosion at Brooke's Chemical Works on
22nd December 1917.
The house was demolished in 1934 after the east wing had collapsed.
The 18th century stable-block was converted into houses.
The name should not be confused with St Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram.
This is discussed in the book
Ancient Halls in & about Halifax
Closed in 1???.
The pavilion was sold to Barkisland Cricket Club.
See
Halifax Republican Club and
United Britons
and dated 1892.
It cost £1,530 to build.
It was opened in 1893.
The construction required the demolition of property between Bridge Mill and the Shoulder of Mutton.
A cast-iron panel records:
The East pier is inscribed J. Sutcliffe Architect, and the
West pier is inscribed E. Riley Contractor.
The original gradient fell towards St George's Square and was
considered too steep.
In 1911, the gradient was changed from 1 in 8½ to 1 in
14½ when the bridge was lowered by 18 inches at the St George's Square end, and by 5 inches in the centre.
It was modified again in 1961
In 1808, Captain Jeremy Lister and his family left the
Skelfler estate and brought the family to live here
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Around 1855, the Shaw family moved St Helen's Well from its
earlier position at Mellor Mill Lane.
They diverted the water for their new dyeing plant.
The area was cleared in 1966/1969 for the construction of housing
It was restored in 1977.
See:
Carr Hall Well, Holywell Green /
Holy Well, Holywell Green /
Holywell Green /
Nell /
Hugh de Sacro Fonte /
St Helen's Chapel, Holywell Green /
St Helen's Square, Holywell Green
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It became the Brighouse Light Opera Society
Officers included
Recorded in 1874
at 24 Crown Street, Halifax when J. Graham was Steward.
In 1881, they acquired land at Barum Top / Fountain Street.
A new club was built by Jackson & Fox.
The new club was opened on 27th May 1882 and became the Halifax Club.
In 1973, it merged with the Borough Club to become the Halifax & Borough Club
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In 1874 – together with Probity [No 61] Lodge – they opened the
Freemasons' Hall, Halifax.
They met on the Tuesday on or before full moon [1894].
Officers and Members of the Lodge have included
See
De Warren [No 1302] Masonic Lodge
Around 1876, the baths were acquired by Herbert Hadley and Hadley & Priestley.
They moved the business from St James's Road to 5 King Cross Street.
It survived until at least 1908 under a series of proprietors
See
James Bairstow
From its earliest beginnings in Brighouse, Dr Bogdan Edward Jastrzębski Edwards was involved with the local branch of the
Ambulance Brigade.
He held many classes promoting the organisation.
He became the first man in Brighouse to be awarded the Order of St
John of Jerusalem
In 1980, the branch ran into difficulties when 3 officers were
dismissed for being unfit to hold their positions of authority.
See
Henry Jocelyn Barber,
Dr Frederick Bond,
St John's Ambulance Hall, Brighouse and
St John's Ambulance Hall, Rastrick
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On 31st January 1929, Ernest Shaw Redman gave a motor ambulance to
the Association.
It was delivered on 15th June 1929.
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Those involved in establishing the group included
Theophilus Bates,
Dr David Bradley,
and
Herbert King
On 1st February 1896, Josiah Wade gave Hebden Bridge its first
ambulance.
In 1924, the horse-drawn vehicle was replaced by a motor ambulance
Built in 1913.
The foundation stone was laid by Mrs William Smith.
9 members of the Association who died in World War I, are
commemorated by 9 holly trees planted in the grounds.
The building is now the St John's Chapel – a Chapel of Rest.
See
St John's Ambulance Association, Brighouse
This was originally Victoria Road Primitive Methodist Chapel
It now has a largely Asian population
Built around 1850.
Possibly designed by W. S. Barber who also designed the Church.
Question:
Can anyone confirm the name of the architect who designed the
property?
It stood nearly opposite the Church, and adjacent to a row of older
cottages.
It is described as
It was used a sanatorium for soldiers returning from the Crimea War
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In 1901, a new St Luke's Hospital was built at Salterhebble to
accommodate bed-ridden patients from the overcrowded workhouse.
The building was used as an auxiliary military war hospital during
World War I.
On 11th September 1929, a new clock was installed in the gable of the
Hospital and named Miriam in honour of Mrs Miriam Lightowler.
In 1948, the institution was taken over by Leeds Regional Hospital
Board.
It came to be used for geriatric care.
The hospital closed in September 1970 and patients were transferred
to Northowram Hospital.
The buildings were demolished in April 1972 and the contents were
sold off at auction.
See
Officers of Halifax Union Workhouse and
Westfield House, Halifax
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Question:
Does anyone know why the name Saint John is applied to the house and
other features nearby?
Owners and tenants have included
See
Freemasons' Hall and
St John's Lane, Halifax
They were at the Masonic Hall, St James's Road, Halifax [1937].
They met on the first Wednesday of the month [1937].
Masters and members of the Lodge have included
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In 1871, it was recorded as East Ward, Halifax.
See
Back Street, Halifax,
Bath Street, Halifax,
Church Street,
Lilly Lane,
Marvell's Gallery, Halifax,
Maxwell's Gallery, Halifax and
Wesley Street, Halifax
For the purposes of Municipal Elections, the St John's area was known as St John's Ward.
In 2003, it was renamed Park Ward.
See
Margaret Alice Berry,
Electoral Wards and
William McVine
Aka Halifax Poor Law Hospital.
Designed by W. C. Williams, work began on the building in 1897.
It was built on land previously occupied by a market gardener.
There are still allotments nearby.
The Halifax Union St Luke's Hospital – or Union
Infirmary – opened on 9th April 1901 to accommodate bed-ridden
patients from the overcrowded Union Workhouse at Gibbet Street.
It was the largest public building in Halifax at the time.
Construction costs recorded as £100,000.
The foundation stone reads
This foundation stone of St. Luke's Hospital, being an Infirmary for
the sick poor in Halifax Poor Law Union, comprising the townships and
parishes of Barkisland, Brighouse, Clifton, Elland and Fixby,
Greetland, Halifax, Hartshead, Hipperholme, Luddenden Foot, Midgley,
Norland, Northowram, Norwood Green and Coley, Queensbury, Rastrick,
Rishworth, Shelf, Skircoat, Southowram, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge,
Soyland, Stainland with old Lindley, Upper Greetland and Warley, was
laid on the 9th day of October 1897, by the Rev. C. E. Aspinall, MA,
J. Ponly, Chairman of the Halifax Board of Guardians
The building cost was £98,000.
It opened in 1902.
Its two distinctive bottle-shaped ward blocks still stand at
the south and the north ends of the site.
It had 400 beds.
Between 1914 and 1920, it became St Luke's Military Hospital.
On 8th November 1926, wireless was installed at the Hospital.
In 1930, it taken over by Halifax County Borough and became St
Luke's Hospital.
After 1948, it joined the National Health Service as Halifax General Hospital.
See
Richard Charnock
On 8th July 1916, the Chapel was dedicated by the Bishop of Wakefield.
On 11th December 1918, the 650 soldiers in the Hospital were
entertained to a grand banquet and concert by the Borough Police to
celebrate the Armistice.
Recorded on 27th July 1915, when
a new suite of clubrooms was opened by the Association
Recorded in 1917
at Hall Street, when James Canning was secretary.
See
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Halifax
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It is said that people were known to have become ill or died as a
consequence of their being seen during the vigil
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See
St Michael's Church Institute Memorial and
St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd
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The passenger service and the station closed on 1st January 1917.
The last goods train ran in 1960 when the goods yard closed.
The station was demolished in 1963
A car showroom stands on the site.
Recorded in the 19th century, when
Thomas Parker was a patron
A Spanish seaman, he had been on leave at 12 Haigh's Court, Crossley
Terrace, Halifax, shortly before his death.
During World War II,
he served as a Bosun
with the Merchant Navy
aboard the cargo ship SS Newton Pine.
He was lost [16th October 1942] (aged 40)
when his ship straggled behind the convoy and was torpedoed by
German Submarine U-410 and sank in the Atlantic
with the loss of all 46 crew.
He is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial, London [Grave Ref 73],
and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
In [Q3] 1914, he married Mary J. Postlethwaite
in Toxteth, Lancashire.
They lived at 7 Pexwood Place, Todmorden.
During World War I,
he served as a Corporal
with A Battery
190th Brigade
Royal Field Artillery.
He died 2nd July 1917 (aged 35).
He was buried at Bus House Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref G 12]
Sackett, Rev Benjamin Howard Ref S1163
Winifred was the daughter of W. H. Milnes of Boston
Castle Grove, Rotherham.
Sackett, Rev George Whitefield Ref S373
Mary Hannah was born 1st February 1890
Sacrobosco Ref S626 Sacro Fonte, Hugh de Ref S359 Sadd, William Edward Ref S2487
Sadler, Rev John Ref S1009 
Sadler, Michael Thomas Ref S2 Sadler, Robert Alfred Ref S1261 Sagar ... Ref S60 
Sagar & Meredith Ref S2113 Sagar (Developments) Limited Ref S3160 Sagar's: H. Sagar Limited Ref S2112 Sagar's: J. Sagar & Company Limited Ref S2037
To Iron and Brass Founders, Boiler Makers, &c
J. SAGAR & Company IRON MERCHANTS
Supply Middlesbro, Scotch and Hematite Pig Iron
Cleveland & Staffordshire Boiler and Tank Plates
Boiler Rivets, Bar Iron, Copper, &c &c
Quotations arranged on application to Office
10 Causeway, Halifax
Sagar-Richards Limited Ref S2028 Sager, John Ref S3051
Sager, John Ormerod Ref S662
Annie was the daughter of Eli Ogden Eastwood
Sager, Sutcliffe Ref S3048
Sager, Thomas Ref S1631 Sager, William Ref S2713
Alice was the daughter of John Ormerod
Sager, William Ref S154
Alice was born in Knaresborough, and had a daughter
Mabel [1873-1947], whose birth was registered in Richmond,
Surrey, as Western but she was baptised [2nd March 1876] at
Cross Stones as Mabel Sager
Sager, William Maurice Eastwood Ref S652
Eileen Patricia was the daughter of Joshua Hodson Hoyle
Sainsbury, Alfred George Ref S1222 Saint Alban's Road Post Office Ref S2736 Saint Andrew's Operatic Society Ref S282 Saint Ann's in the Grove, Southowram Ref S222
Saint Anne's Cricket Club, Southowram Ref S1412 Saint Anne's Southowram Quarterly Messenger & Record Ref S1697 Saint Aubyne, Elland Ref S3263
Saint Crispin Republican Club, Halifax Ref S2011 Saint George's Bridge, Hebden Bridge Ref S61
De Bergue & Co. Ld. Manchester
St George's Bridge
Erected by Public Subscriptions with the aid of a grant from The West
Riding County Council Committee: John Crowther, George Pickles,
A. B. M Moss, Joseph Greenwood, J. B. Brown Sec
Saint Giles House, Hove Edge Ref S516 Saint Giles, Lightcliffe Ref S473 Saint Helen's House, Halifax Ref S2255 Saint Helen's Square, Holywell Green Ref S1335 Saint Helen's Well, Holywell Green Ref S1538
Saint James Amateur Operatic Society Ref S274 Saint James's Club, Halifax Ref S2716
Saint James [No 448] Masonic Lodge Ref S2942
Saint James's Road Post Office Ref S2294 Saint James's Road Turkish Baths, Halifax Ref S1971
Saint James's Ward, Halifax Ref S2845 Saint John's Ambulance Association, Brighouse Ref S2006 Saint John's Ambulance Association, Halifax Ref S2012 Saint John's Ambulance Brigade, Elland Ref S449 Saint John's Ambulance Brigade, Halifax Ref S2740 Saint John's Ambulance Brigade, Hebden Bridge Ref S2148
Saint John's Ambulance Brigade, Sowerby Bridge Ref S7270 Saint John's Ambulance Hall, Brighouse Ref S3131 Saint John's Ambulance Hall, Rastrick Ref S369
Saint John's Ambulance Hall, Todmorden Ref S2735
Saint John's Cross Farm, Bradshaw Ref S3249
Saint John's, Halifax Ref S677 Saint John's Home, Triangle Ref S1705
Built of Yorkshire stone, with gothic windows
... a very damp home!
Saint John's Hospital Ref S206
Saint John's House, Halifax Ref S352
Saint John [No 1736] Masonic Lodge Ref S3256
Saint John of God Respite Care Home, Luddendenfoot Ref S2432 Saint John the Baptist Well Ref S204 Saint John's Tide Fair Ref S3473 Saint John's Vicarage, Halifax Ref S3172 Saint John's Villa, Halifax Ref S9000
Saint John's Ward, Halifax Ref S1675 Saint John's Ward, Halifax Ref S2879 Saint John's Well, Coley Ref S1672 Saint Joseph Temperance Society Ref S488 Saint Luke's Hospital Ref S131
St. Luke's Hospital
Saint Luke's Military Hospital, Halifax Ref S3132
Saint Marie's Catholic Club, Halifax Ref S2396 Saint Mark's Eve Vigil Ref S3037 Saint Matthew's Theatre Society Ref S382 Saint Michael's Acting Society Ref S385 Saint Michael's Church Institute, Mytholmroyd Ref S1309 Saint Michael's Mount, Barkisland Ref S3385
Saint Pancras Ref S434 Saint Paul's Coal Society Ref S2286 Saint Paul's Monumental Works, King Cross Ref S1048 Saint Paul's Railway Station, Halifax Ref S1980
Saint Peter's Community Centre, Sowerby Ref S1835
Saint Thomas's Cricket Club, Claremount Ref S289 Saint Winifred's Nursing Home, Rastrick Ref S1841 Saiz, Manuel Ref S1262 Salcombe, Arthur F. Ref S1236 
Salem Field Ref S523