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
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
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
Primitive Methodist Minister at Halifax [1890]
During World War I,
and 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
Recorded in 1908
as Henry Sagar Limited at Cooper House Mills, Luddendenfoot
Born 18th March 1860.
He was
educated at Rishworth School /
apprenticed to Buck & Watkin /
a saw mill engineer [1891] /
a partner in J. Sagar & Company Limited.
In 1886, he patented improvements in grinding cutters and machine
plane irons
On 2nd August 1881, he married Letitia Nicholl at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
The family lived at
He owned Haigh House, Warley [1905-1913].
In 1903, he was one of the first people to be granted a car registration and a motor drivers' licence
Donald died 5th April 1915.
The Halifax Courier [10th April 1915] reported his death with a photograph.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £93,632 8/5d.
Probate was granted to
his widow Letitia,
son Joseph Donald,
Thomas Steel (manufacturer),
and
George Adair (engineer)
Letitia died 15th October 1946.
Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
Son of Donald Sagar.
Born 28th August 1890.
He was
an engineer /
a director of J. Sagar & Company Limited /
a member of Halifax Golf Club.
On 14th August 1913, he married Clara Law at St Jude's Church, Halifax.
They lived at Heath Villas, Halifax [1922].
He and John Robinson were killed when the Strasbourg to
Paris air express crashed into the Gorge de Saverne as they were
returning from motor races in Strasbourg [16th July 1922].
He was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
with other members of his family
On 9th April 1881, they married secretly at Burnley, against her
father's wishes.
He died in Southport.
He was buried at St John's Church, Cragg Vale
He was a yarn salesman [1881].
In [Q1] 1877, he married (1) Mary Jane Talbot [1857-1907] in Wakefield.
Children:
They lived at Spring Edge, Skircoat [1881].
Mary Jane died in Halifax [5th February 1907] (aged 50).
In 1907, he married (2) Agnes Hannah Dunstan [1865-1918] in Halifax.
Agnes Hannah died 29th March 1918 (aged 53).
George died 15th February 1937 (aged 79).
Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
The business evolved into
Sagar & Meredith,
then Henry Sagar Limited at Cooper House Mills, Luddendenfoot [1908],
and
Henry Sagar (1931) Limited
Son of James Sagar.
He was a silk dresser [1911].
He lived at New House Hill, Greetland.
During World War I,
he served as a Lance Corporal
with the Machine Gun Corps.
He was awarded the Military Medal
[1918]
His photograph appears with reports of his award in the Halifax Courier [9th November & 16th November 1918]
As a young man, he established the partnership Sagar & Meredith.
Around 1889, he established H. Sagar Limited.
In 1919, he was a partner in Sagar-Richards Limited.
In 1881, he was a visitor to John Crossley Fawcett
In 1912, he married Ethel Durber,
at Wolstanton, Staffordshire.
Children:
He died in Westmorland
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
Born in Hebden Bridge.
He was
a gardener of West Vale, Greetland [1894] /
a carter for dyer [1901] /
a carter [1911].
In 1894, he married Ada Hives [1868-1957] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
James died Q4 1928 (aged 57).
Ada died Q2 1957 (aged 89).
They both died in Halifax
He was
a member of Northgate End Chapel /
IPM of Probity [No 61] Masonic Lodge /
one of the subscribers to The Old Halls & Manor Houses of Yorkshire
[1913] /
a mechanical engineer /
employed with his father on woodworking machinery /
a partner in J. Sagar & Company Limited.
In 1877, he married Mary Jane Gordon [1855-19??] in Keighley.
Children:
Only 4 of the children survived.
They lived at
Joe died suddenly at home [23rd September 1915] (aged 62).
He was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
[27th September 1915]
Born 22nd February 1913.
He was the last managing director of Sagar's
In 1935, he married Sylvia Mary Rimmer [1905-19??]
at St Margaret's Church, Westminster.
Children:
Dale [b 1939]
He died at Huddersfield
Born in Cononley, Keighley [31st January 1831].
In 1841, the 10-year-old Joseph was living in Cononley with
William Cockshott and family.
In 1851, he was living with Henry Cockshott and family at Clipster Hall, Siddal, Halifax.
He was
an oiler man [1851] /
an oiler in a worsted factory [1861] /
Verger at Halifax Parish Church [1871] /
Church Sexton [1881] /
Halifax Parish Clerk [1891] /
(possibly) Chapel Warden at Northgate End Chapel [1891-1897] /
an engineer with his son, Joe, on woodworking machinery
[1901].
On 20th April 1852, he married Sarah Sharp [1832-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
He died 2nd April 1900.
He was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax.
The funeral cortège was headed by 200 workpeople from
J. Sagar & Company Limited.
The epitaph on his memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
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
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
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]
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
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
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
On 5th June 1928, he married Eileen Patricia Hoyle at Christ Church, Todmorden
Landlord of the Woodman, Midgley [1933].
In 1920, he married Alice Cook 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 in 1954.
Alfred died in Scunthorpe in 1971
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
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 and
St Helen's Square, Holywell Green
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
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
On 31st January 1929, Ernest Shaw Redman gave a motor ambulance to
the Association.
It was delivered on 15th June 1929.
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
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
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
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
It is said that people were known to have become ill or died as a
consequence of their being seen during the vigil
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 & Meredith Ref S2113 Sagar (Developments) Limited Ref S3160 Sagar, Donald Ref S708
Letitia was the daughter of William Nicholl
Sagar, Donald Joseph Ref S3136
Clara was the daughter of Charles Edward Law
Sagar, George Ref S878
Sagar, George Sharp Ref S2996
Agnes Hannah came from Sheffield
Sagar's: H. Sagar Limited Ref S2112 Sagar, Harry Ref S863
for bravery and gallant work in Mesopotamia in February 1918
Sagar, Henry Ref S1368
Sagar, Hubert Gordon Ref S3653
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, James Ref S850
Ada, of Halifax, was born in Swinton, Yorkshire, the daughter
of James Hives, moulder
Sagar, Joe Ref S2242
Mary Jane came from Keighley
Sagar, John Gordon Ref S3654
Sylvia Mary was born in Cheshire
Sagar, Joseph Ref S2451
Sarah came from Midgley
Sagar-Richards Limited Ref S2028
Sagar, William Ref S6001 Sagar, William Ref S2483 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
