Local Wills
1895
Roger Beasley has kindly provided details concerning
Local Wills and the beneficiaries, which he has collected from the
Probate Records and other sources.
This is a list of some Local Wills for the year 1895
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- Arthur William Alexander, registrar of the Halifax county court, of Halifax. Reginald Gervase Alexander, M.D
- Wilson Appleyard, spinning overlooker, of 18 Thomas Street South, Halifax. Thomas Appleyard, overlooker
- Thomas Armitage, woolsorter, of South Lane, Shelf Moor, Shelf near Halifax. Barraclough Armitage, ale and porter merchant. Hubert Armitage, labourer
- Joseph Ashworth, gentleman, of 21 Ovenden Road, Halifax. Martha Ashworth, widow
- Anthony Bairstow, innkeeper, of Southowram. Sarah Bairstow, widow
- John Baldwin, woolsorter, of Rose Terrace, Hanson Lane, Halifax. Louisa Mary Baldwin, widow
- Joseph Balme, gentleman, of 13 Back Raglan Street, Halifax. Joseph Balme, dyer
- Hannah Balmforth, widow, of Causeway Head, Soyland. Susey Helliwell, spinster
- Frederick Bancroft, brush manufacturer, of the Newlands, Warley. George William Bancroft, brush works manager
- Sarah Ann Bancroft, wife of Alfred Bancroft, retired slater and plasterer, of Winding Road, Halifax
- Emily Barber, wife of Sam Barber, delver, of 8 Lane End Terrace, Hipperholme
- Susan Barker, widow, of Harley Villas, Todmorden. John Barker, commission agent
- Hannah Barraclough, spinster, of Shaw Syke, Halifax
- William Barrett, labourer, of Brian Scholes, Northowram. Jane Akroyd, widow
- James Barron, engineer, of 30 Calder Terrace, Copley, Halifax. Matilda Barron, widow
- George Bates, accountant's clerk, of 63 Hyde park Road, Halifax. Louisa Bates, widow
- John Bates, gardener, of 40 Nursery Lane, Ovenden. Hannah Bates, widow. John Bates, painter
- George Bateson, farmer, of Little Haven Triangle near Halifax. Sarah Bateson, widow
- Jonas Baume, former weaver, of Booth, Luddenden. Sarah Baume, widow
- Sarah Ann Baume, widow, of 4 Woodhead Terrace, New Pellon, Halifax. Joah(sic) Firth, carpet weaver
- Rev Alexander Louis Wellington Bean, clerk, of Sowerby Parsonage. Rev Alexander Henry Stillingfleet Bean, clerk. Rev Clement Willoughby Bean, clerk
- Joseph Beaumont, railway goods agent, of 3 New Bond Street, Halifax. Mary Beaumont, widow
- John Berry, retired gasfitter and blacksmith, of Sowerby Bridge. Richard Berry, gas stoker
- William Berry, of Westgate, Elland. Jane Berry, widow
- Caroline Amelia Elizabeth Beswick, widow, of 4 Mile Thorn Street, Halifax
- Thomas Gardom Binner, gentleman, of 7 The Square, Halifax. George Binner, boiler maker. James Binner, foreman bridge builder
- Sarah Binns, wife of James Binns, farmer, of Illingworth Moor. Ann Gibson, wife of John Gibson
- Jane Bird, widow, of 41 Skircoat Green, Halifax. Emily Bird and Mary Ann Bird, spinsters
- Harriet Bolton, widow, of 29 Horton Street, Halifax. Clara Watson, widow
- Jane Boocock, widow, of 12 South Bank Street, Halifax. Elizabeth Butterfield, widow. Ann Berry Earnshaw, wife of John William Earnshaw
- John Booth, shoddy manufacturer, of Greetland. Joseph Booth, shoddy manufacturer
- John Booth, of 14 Rose Terrace, Halifax. Elizabeth Booth, widow
- Sladdin Booth, former butcher, of Claremount, Northowram. Michael Booth, William Booth and Albert Booth, butchers
- Harriet Bottomley, spinster, of Adelaide Place, West Vale, Greetland. Hannah Bottomley, spinster
- James Crossley Bottomley, labourer, of Denholm, Luddendenfoot. Betty Bottomley, widow
- Jane Bottomley, widow, of Victoria Road, Elland
- John Edward Bottomley, plumber and glazier, of Halifax. Grace Ann Bottomley, widow. Albert Edward Bottomley, nuisance inspector
- Jonathan Bottomley, retired power loom tuner, of Adelaide Place, West Vale near Halifax. Hannah Bottomley, spinster
- Thomas Bottomley, grocer and broker, of Shelf Moor, Shelf, Halifax. John Bottomley, butter factor
- Thomas Bottomley, of Green Lane House, Shelf near Halifax. Thomas Bottomley, manufacturer
- Thomas Bottomley, builder and timber merchant, of Rastrick. James Bottomley, builder
- George Edward Holroyd Bradbury, gentleman, of Castle Hill, Rastrick. Mary Ann Bradbury, widow
- James Bradbury, gentleman, of 1 Regent Place, Halifax. Emily Bradbury, widow. Arnold Francis Bradbury, physician and surgeon
- John Bray, of Station Road, Holywell Green, Stainland. Annie Barnes, widow
- Jeremiah Brearley, ostler, of Ambler Thorn near Halifax
- Martha Brearley, widow, of 13 Earl Street, Clare Mount, Halifax. James William Brearley, cashier
- Robert Brearley, platelayer, of 17 Mount Street, Sowerby Bridge. Elizabeth Brearley, widow
- Sarah Brearley, wife of Joseph Brearley, chemist, of 26 St James Road, Halifax
- William Brearley, of the Sportsman inn, Halifax. Lilly Brearley, widow
- Jane Brier, widow, of 2 Walnut Street, Halifax. Elizabeth Whitehead, wife of Benjamin Whitehead
- Robert Brier, barman, of 7 Colbeck Street, Halifax. Sarah Ann Brownrigg, wife of George Brownrigg. Annie Rhoads, wife of Henry William Rhoads
- James Briggs, retired dyer, of Wood End, Barkisland near Halifax. Nathaniel Briggs, pattern maker. Sarah Ann Goodfellow, wife of William Goodfellow
- Samuel Brooke, gentleman, of New Road, Halifax. Mary Elizabeth Moyle, widow. Hannah Brooke, spinster
- Maria Buckley, widow, of Wainhouse Terrace, King Cross, Halifax
- Thomas Carlton, clogger and boot dealer, of 46 South Parade, Halifax. George Carlton, bootmaker
- Thomas Carnell, tailor and draper, of 6 and 7 New Road, Halifax. Margaret Carnell, widow
- Abraham Carter, hand loom weaver, of 11 Whitegate Terrace, Siddal, Halifax. Walter Carter, weaver
- John Carter, carpet weaver, of 16 Villiers Street, Halifax. Alice Carter, widow
- Martha Carter, widow, of Pleasant Row, Ripponden. Samuel Carter, gentleman
- Mary Carter, spinster, of 8 Cromwell Terrace, Halifax. Rachel Carter and Maria Carter, spinsters
- William Chadwick, retired police sergeant, of 8 Colbeck Street, Halifax. Julia Hardy, spinster
- Rosevair Chapman, retired stonemason, of Cinder Hills, Halifax. Martha Chapman, widow
- James Charnock, gentleman, of Grove House, Ovenden
- Charlotte Cheetham, widow, of 4 Victoria Road, Elland
- Mary Clayton, widow, of the Nag's Head inn, Shelf. William Ralton Clayton, innkeeper
- George Clegg, worsted spinner, of Clapton Lodge, Halifax. Sarah Clegg, widow
- John Clegg, jeweller, of 2 All Souls Road, Haley Hill, Halifax. Amelia Clegg, widow
- Joseph Cockroft, yeoman, of Knowl Top, Heptonstall
- Mary Ann Coldwell, widow, of Lower North Royde, Northowram. John Coldwell, farmer
- Jessie Coleman, wife of Frederick Coleman, foreman porter, of 5 Laural Bank, Holdsworth, Halifax
- Martha Ann Cookson, wife of William Cookson, manager, of 30 Cromwell Terrace, Halifax
- Jane Coulston, widow, of 7 Chatham Square, Halifax. Died in Rochdale. Jane Steward, wife of Schofield Steward
- John William Cowell, commercial clerk, of 2 Brickfield, Holmfield, halifax. George Cowell, railway official
- Henry Crabtree, beerseller, of the Staff of Life inn, Knotts, Stansfield. Ann Crabtree, widow
- John Crabtree, otherwise Greenwood, woollen weaver, of 5 Laundry Terrace, Halifax
- John Crabtree, carpet weaver, of Violet Street, Halifax. Rose Crabtree, widow
- Joseph Crabtree, publican, of Moor End, Ovenden. Susannah Crabtree, widow
- Cornelius Crossland, of Stainland. William Crossland, manager of the switchback company
- Thomas Crossland, stone delver, of Dark Lane Head, Southowram. Ellen Crossland, widow
- Margerison Crossley, licensed victualler, of the Clarence Hotel, Halifax. Mary Crossley, widow
- Sarah Crossley, widow, of the Hollins, Sowerby Bridge
- Sarah Jane Crossley, spinster, of the Hollins, Sowerby Bridge. James Herbert Crossley, gentleman
- Harriet Crowther, widow, of 1 Aspinall Street, Siddall, Halifax. Joseph Crowther, coal agent
- Joseph Crowther, earthenware dealer and cab proprietor, of Brighouse
- Sarah Crowther, wife of Samuel Crowther, of Norwood Green, Hipperholme cum Brighouse. Samuel Crowther, dyer's labourer. Fred Crowther, brass finisher
- Sarah Ann Crowther, spinster, of 22 Cavendish Terrace, Halifax. Martha Crowther, widow
- Richard Culpan, farm labourer, of Standingstone, Sowerby. Betty Culpan, widow
- John Dean, weighing machine maker, of George Street, Halifax. Fanny Dean, widow
- William Henry Dean, quarryman, of Hove Edge, Hipperholme cum Brighouse. Catherine Dean, widow
- Mary Dearnaly, widow, of Rastrick
- Henry Dewhirst, overlooker, of 32 Grosvenor Terrace, Halifax. Mary Dewhirst, widow
- William Dixon, of Clough Head, Norland. Alice Dixon, widow. Frank Dixon, carter
- Charles Kirkup Dobson, cotton yarn salesman, of 7 Bell Hall Mount, Halifax. Alice Dobson, widow. Christopher Dobson, commercial clerk. William Dobson, factory manager
- Mary Driver, widow, of Pump Lane Top, Southowram. Joseph Driver, iron moulder
- James Dugdale, retired mechanic, of Bank View, Luddendenfoot. Sam Dugdale, mill manager. James Arthur Dugdale, grocer's assistant
- Alfred Durrans, farmer, of Southowram. Fanny Cockroft, wife of Joseph Cockcroft. Mary Hannah Waddington, wife of Charles Albert Waddington
- William Dyer, chemist and druggist, of Halifax. Ellen Dyer, widow
- Edward Dyson, dyer's labourer, of Heywood Terrace, Greetland. Sarah Ann Dyson, widow
- James Earnshaw, engineer's manager, of 45 Beverley Terrace, Akroydon, Halifax
- Alice Ann Eastwood, wife of Charles William Eastwood, farmer, of Brandy Hall, Greetland
- Charles Eastwood, nurseryman and landscape gardener, of Bloomer Gate, Mytholmroyd. Jane Eastwood, widow
- Samuel Eastwood, stone merchant and farmer, of Catherine Slack near Halifax. Herbert Eastwood, stone merchant
- Hannah Edmondson, spinster, of Waterloo Street, Sowerby Bridge. Elizabeth Greenwood, wife of Samuel Greenwood
- James Empsall, dyer, of 1 Harrow Street, Halifax
- Susannah Etherington, widow, of Halifax
- Eliza Farrar, spinster, of Lower Wood, Lame Hall, Sowerby. Amos Farrar, grocer
- Maria Farrar, widow, of Yew Tree House, Southowram. George Farrar, Alfred Farrar and John Farrar, stone merchants
- James Edward Fawcett, fish and potato dealer, of 105 Pellon Lane, Halifax. Hannah Fawcett, widow
- Susannah Fielding, widow, of Bank Top, Southowram
- David Firth, retired cotton spinner, of Charles Street, Elland
- Thomas Firth, of Pundles, Bradshaw, Halifax. Sarah Firth, widow
- Elizabeth Ann Fleming, widow, of Broad Street, Halifax
- Isaac Fleming, farmer, of Binn Royd, Norland. James Fleming, farmer. Alice Maud Mary Fleming, spinster
- John Foster, gentleman, of Bell Hall, Halifax. John Foster Clay, worsted spinner and woollen manufacturer. William Foster
- Hannah Foxton, spinster, of 15 Woodbine Terrace, King Cross Road, Halifax. Eliza Kershaw, wife of William Kershaw
- Thomas Garnett, silk dresser, of Crown Buildings, Triangle
- Charlotte Garside, widow, of Hipperholme, Halifax
- Alfred Gaukroger, retired worsted spinner, of 91 Savile Park Road, Halifax. Elizabeth Gaukroger, widow
- Samuel Gaukroger, slater and plasterer, of New Bond Street, Halifax. Hannah Gaukroger, widow
- William Gaukroger, woollen factory operative, of 62 Rochdale Road, King Cross, Halifax. Mary Ann Gaukroger, widow
- Sarah Ann Gill, spinster, of Cross Lanes near Hebden Bridge
- William Rhodes Hall Gill, publican, of 56 Corporation Street, Halifax
- Joe Gledhill, retired plasterer, of Cross Hill, Greetland. Naomi Gledhill, widow. Thomas Barber Gledhill, painter
- John Gledhill, gentleman, of 23 Bell Hall Mount, Halifax. John William Gledhill, wool buyer. Mary Ann Gledhill, spinster
- John Gledhill, warehouseman, of Luddendenfoot. Hannah Gledhill, widow
- Samuel Walker Gledhill, carpet weaver, of 3 Spring Hall Lane, Halifax
- William Gledhill, farmer, of Lower Fold, Sowood, Stainland. Hannah Gledhill, widow
- Samuel Glendinning, licensed victualler, of the Black Bull Inn, Mount Street, Halifax. Martha Glendinning, widow
- David Goldthorp, corn miller, of Branstone Street, Rastrick. Matilda Goldthorp, widow
- Arthur Greenwood, timekeeper in a worsted mill, of 25 Hammond Street, Halifax. Annie Greenwood, widow
- Crossley Greenwood, quarryman, of Lane Ends, Wadsworth, Hebden Bridge. Elizabeth Sutcliffe, wife of Thomas Sutcliffe
- David Greenwood, former pawnbroker, of Fair View House, Illingworth
- Eliza Lucy Greenwood, widow, of 28 Emscote Road, Halifax. Sarah Kershaw, widow
- Hannah Greenwood, widow, of 4 Belmont Street, Claremount, Halifax. George Greenwood, carpet colour mixer
- Hartley Greenwood, cotton doubler, of 3 Kingsley Place, Parkinson Lane, Halifax. Alice Ann Greenwood, widow
- Henry Greenwood, piece manufacturer, of Church Terrace, Illingworth. Ellen Greenwood, widow. James Greenwood, overlooker in a carpet manufactory
- John Greenwood, storekeeper, of 25 Lower George Street, Todmorden. John Greenwood, mechanic. William Greenwood, storekeeper
- Luke Greenwood, retired farmer, of Broad Street, Soyland
- Mary Greenwood, widow, of Hare Hill near Todmorden. Mary Helena Greenwood, spinster
- Mary Greenwood, widow, of Heptonstall. Sarah Bourn, wife of John Bourn. Ann Holt, widow
- Samuel Greenwood, overlooker, of 9 Dombey Street, Francis Street, Halifax. Eliza Greenwood, widow. Samuel Greenwood, insurance agent. Wesley Greenwood, warehouseman
- Sarah Greenwood, wife of Willie Greenwood, loom oiler, of 25 Victoria Terrace, Carr Bottom, Pudsey near Todmorden
- William Greenwood, slater and plasterer, of Green House, Midgley. David Greenwood, fustian cutter
- William Greenwood, gold printer, of Milner Street, Hanson Lane, Halifax. Susan Greenwood, widow
- George Burgess Hadwen, esquire, of Kebroyde in Soyland, Halifax. Frederick Walter Hadwen, silk spinner
- Georgina Selina Hadwen, widow, of Kebroyde in Soyland, Halifax. Died at Eastbourne. Frederick Walter Hadwen, silk spinner
- Harriet Haigh, widow, of Drury Lane, Stainland
- Edwin Hall, manager in a rope warehouse, of 121 Hyde Park Road, Halifax. Harriet Hall, widow
- Hannah Hanson, spinster, of 2 Hanover Court, Halifax. Esther Whitehead, widow
- Patrick Harney, of 1 Smithson Row, Halifax
- Isaac Hartley of Mayroyd, Wadsworth
- James Hartley, greengrocer, of 17 Alma Street, West End, Queensbury near Halifax. Kezia Hartley and Emma Hartley, spinsters
- Mary Ann Harwood, widow, of Crown Street, Hebden Bridge. William Harwood and James Harwood, whitesmiths
- Priscilla Harwood, widow, of 28 Ford, Amblerthorne, Halifax. Ernest Augustus Harwood, boot maker
- William Henry Hebblethwaite, cabinet maker, of 37 Cavendish Terrace, Halifax
- Daniel Fielden Helliwell, farmer, of Gib-in-Wadsworth, Halifax. Grace Helliwell, widow. Whitaker Helliwell and William Henry Helliwell, farmers
- James Helliwell, stone dresser, of Rinstone Hill, Blackwood, Sowerby. William Helliwell, spinner. Arthur Helliwell, cloth miller
- Martha Helliwell, widow, of the union workhouse, Halifax
- William Hellowell, farmer, of Little Toothill Farm, Sowerby, Triangle. Grace Hellowell, widow. Mary Hellowell, spinster
- William Hemingway, pianoforte manufacturer, of Halifax. Harry Hemingway and John Hutchinson Hemingway, pianoforte dealers
- Ann Hepworth, wife of Joseph Hepworth, of 14 Parliament Street, Halifax. Mary Bradley, wife of Joseph Bradley
- William Hill, beerhouse keeper, of the Spa inn, Cragg Vale near Mytholmroyd. Amanda Hill, widow
- Peter Hillam, barber, of Church Street, Elland
- Angeline Hirst, widow, of Crow Trees, Rastrick. John Abraham Hurst Hirst and Samuel Edgar Hirst, esquires
- Julia Ann Hirst, widow, of 21 Nicholl's Terrace, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge. Mary Hannah Hirst, spinster
- Matthew Hirst, tailor, of 4 Garden Street, New Bank, Halifax. Lavinia Briggs, widow
- William Hirst, retired farmer, of Green Villa, Barkisland
- Ann King Hoadley, widow, of Savile Bank, Halifax. Rosaline Anne Hoadley, spinster
- Edward Hodgson, gentleman, of Oak House, Halifax. Rev John Hodgson, independent minister. John Hodgson the younger, M.B
- Isaac Holdsworth, mechanic, of 30 St Mary's Street, Hopwood Lane, Halifax. Elizabeth Ann Holdsworth, spinster. George Holdsworth, pattern maker
- Isaac Holgate, warp dresser, of 32 Knight Street, Parkinson Lane, Halifax. Sarah Hannah Holgate, widow
- James Hollas, farmer, of Blackburn Farm, Soyland. Martha Hollas, widow
- Alice Holmes, spinster, of 14 Lord Street, Halifax. Alice Shepherd, wife of William Shepherd
- Henry Holmes, horsekeeper, of 4 Clare Street, Halifax. Jane Holmes, widow
- Abraham Holroyd, commercial clerk, of 19 Hope Hall Terrace, Halifax. Died at Thornton, Yorkshire. Mary Hannah Holroyd, widow
- James Holt, weaving overlooker, of Bank Buildings, Luddendenfoot. Hannah Holt, widow
- William Hopkinson, retired builder, of Halifax. William Henry Hopkinson, engineer. Charlotte Crossley, wife of John Edgar Crossley. Sarah Wilkinson, wife of Robert Wilkinson
- Sarah Horrobin, widow, of 6 Heathfield Grove, Halifax
- Martha Ann Horsfall, widow, of Newcombe House, Elland. Susan Horsfall, spinster. James Edward Horsfall, draughtsman
- Joshua Thomas Horton, esquire, of Howroyde, Barkisland. Elizabeth Blackie Horton, widow
- Frances Howarth, widow, of Albert Promenade, Halifax
- John Hoyle, mechanic, of 1 Bank Top Square, Northowram. Maria Hoyle, widow
- Thomas Hoyle, formerly mechanic, of 2 Akeds Yard, Bond Street, Halifax. Tom Gregory Hoyle, boot and shoe dealer. Sarah Ellen Blakey, wife of Thomas Blakey
- William Hoyle, gentleman, of 19 Chestnut Street, Parkinson Lane, Halifax. Harry Hoyle, overlooker
- William Hoyle, cloth finisher, of Cross Hill, Greetland. Martha Hoyle, widow
- Philip Hurley, wool buyer, of 2 Gladstone Road, Halifax. Catherine Maria Hurley, widow
- Thomas William Hutchinson, of Green lane, Halifax. Eliza Hutchinson, widow
- William Hutchinson, painter and paperhanger, of 101 Illingworth, Halifax. Sarah Hutchinson, widow
- Christopher Ince, grocer, of 67 Woolshops, Halifax. Nancy Ince, widow. Annie Savage, wife of Tobias Savage. Clara Ince, spinster
- John Ingham, draper, of 17 Hauson (Hanson?) Lane, Halifax. Mary Ingham, widow
- John Ingham, of 31 Bradshaw Lane, Bradshaw, Halifax. Sarah Ingham, widow
- Mary Ingham, widow, of Midgley. Joseph Ingham, farmer
- Charles Jackson, clogger, of Wainstalls, Warley. Joe Jackson, clogger
- William Jackson, retired contractor, of 12 Hodgson's Fold, King Street, Halifax. John William Jackson, chief clerk to the sanitary corporation at Halifax
- Eliza Jagger, wife of Mason Jagger, cotton twiner, of Bank Bottom, Ripponden
- Robert Jagger, farmer and carrier, of 69 Langdale Street, Elland. Maria Jagger, widow. Tom Jagger, farmer and carrier
- Ezra Johnson, boot and shoe maker, of Southgate, Halifax. William Johnson, brass finisher. Fred Johnson, boot and shoe maker
- William Johnson, retired publican, of Hipperholme
- Henry Keighley, retired foreman in an iron foundry. Susannah Keighley, widow
- William Keighley, gentleman, of Upper Kingston, Halifax. Sarah Jane Keighley, spinster. Eliza Annie Bebbington, wife of Charles Bebbington
- Joshua Kenworthy, innkeeper, of the New Inn, Swamp, Queensbury, Halifax. Ellen Kenworthy, widow
- Herbert Blackburn Kershaw, grocer and beerseller, of 80 Hanson Lane, Halifax. Ellen Kershaw, widow
- Sylvester Kershaw, beerhouse keeper, of the Old Lane Inn, Halifax. Matilda Kershaw, widow
- Thomas Kershaw, of 11 Belmont, Savile Park, Halifax. Sarah Kershaw, widow
- George Edward Knight, cab driver, of Spice Cake Lane, Halifax. Jane Knight, widow
- Elizabeth Law, widow, of Calder Terrace, Copley near Halifax
- Margaret Ann Lawrence, spinster, of 21 Glen Terrace, Clover Hill, Halifax. John Hoyle Lawrence, mechanic
- Mary Hannah Lea, spinster, of Banksfield, Mytholmroyd. William Lea, carpet weaver
- Elizabeth Drake Lee, spinster, of Town Gate, Southowram. John Styring Lee, wine and spirit merchant. Mary Hannah Hodgson, spinster
- Mary Lee, widow, of Barum Top, Halifax
- Thomas Lees, oil cloth and tarpaulin manufacturer, of 11 Albert Terrace, Skircoat Road, Halifax. Elizabeth Ann Thomson, wife of Alexander Thomson. Albert Ernest Lees, tarpaulin manufacturer
- Henry Lingard, loom tuner, of 16 Plane Trees, New Pellon, Ovenden. Hannah Lingard, widow
- Leonard Lister, dyer, of Wheatley Road, Halifax
- Susan Lister, widow, of 5 Summerscale Street, Halifax. Died at Ackworth, near Pontefract. Ada Westwood, wife of William Westwood. Rhoda Sutcliffe, widow
- Wilson Lister, gentleman, of Rose Cottage, Hipperholme. Ruth Lister, widow. George Henry Lister, dyer's manager
- William Wade Lloyd, cashier, of 43 Crown Street, Halifax. William Lloyd, bookkeeper
- Sally Lochman, widow, of Upper Norcliffe, Southowram. Sarah Dewhirst, wife of George Dewhirst
- John Lowe, platelayer, of Waterclough Mill, Southowram. Mary Smith, spinster. Giles Smith, tool maker
- George Lumb, beer retailer, of Sowerby. Martha Alice Lumb, widow
- John Lumb, wool comber, of Gas House, Triangle. Joseph Lumb, engine tenter. Ann Sutcliffe, wife of Robert Sutcliffe
- David Mallinson, herbalist, of Chatham Square, Parliament Street, Halifax
- Ephraim Mann, gentleman, of 3 Coney Lane, Holdsworth, Halifax. Simeon Mann, joiner. Hagar Mann, spinster
- William Mann, beer retailer, of St Mark Street, Boothtown, Halifax. Mary Mann, widow
- William Mann, publican, of 56 Corporation Street, Halifax. Elizabeth Ann Mann, widow
- Mary Margaret Marsland, widow, of Fleet Street, Halifax. George Wright Marsland, cabinet maker
- Harriet Matthews, widow, of 3 Commercial Street, Elland. Elizabeth Slater, wife of Abraham Slater. Susannah Crossland, wife of John William Crossland
- Samuel Matthews, flax manager, of Gladstone Road, Halifax. Esther Matthews, widow. George Matthews, designer
- John Maude, alpaca and mohair spinner, of West Vale, Greetland. William Maude, alpaca and mohair spinner
- Rachel Maude, spinster, of 7 Wellington Place, Halifax. Thomas Maude, butcher
- Betty Mellor, spinster, of Providence Hill, Stainland. Joseph Mellor, cotton operative
- Sam Midgley, schoolmaster, of Fern Hill, Ripponden. Helena Midgley, widow
- Abraham Milner, gentleman, of Scarlet Heights, Queensbury near Halifax
- Nancy Murgatroyd, spinster, of Plane Trees, New Pillon (New Pellon?), Halifax. Champion Murgatroyd, gentleman
- Phoebe Murray, widow, of Adelaide, West Vale, Greetland. John Murray, railway storekeeper
- Samuel Naylor, weaver, of 10 Luther Street, Halifax. Isaac Naylor, warp tier
- William Newcombe, grocer and provision dealer, of 66 Rhodes Street, Halifax. George Harry Newcombe, grocer's assistant
- Mark Edwin Bullen Nicholson, surgeon and apothecary, of Crossfield House, Stainland. Caroline Nicholson, widow
- Henry Oates, gentleman, of Prospect House, Halifax. Walter Holroyd Oates, gentleman. John Henry Oates, leather merchant
- John Oates, assistant overseer of the poor, of Southowram. Arthur Oates, quarry owner's manager. James Edgar Oates, collector of taxes
- Ann Ogden, wife of James Ogden, of 11 Pear Street, Kingston, Halifax. James Henry Ogden, journalist. Edward Ogden, grocer. John Ogden, draper
- Elizabeth Oldfield, wife of Alfred Oldfield, dyer, of 4 Shroggs Vue terrace, Halifax
- Henry Parker, farmer, of Whiteley Royd, Eastwood, Halifax. Henry Parker, farmer
- John Parkinson, retired contractor, of Fern Cottage, Skircoat, Halifax
- Emma Patchett, wife of Job Patchett, coal merchant, of Carlton Street, Halifax
- John Pickles, of Sowerby Bridge
- Sarah Pickles, widow, of 5 Lower Court, Pearson Street, Halifax
- William Pickles, woolsorter, of Greave House Cottage, Midgley. John Pickles, farm labourer
- Menasseh Pilling, wool and waste sorter, of West Vale, Greetland. Arthur Fred Pilling, bookkeeper
- Herbert Pinder, innkeeper, of Siddal Place Hotel, Siddal, Halifax. Ellen Pinder, widow
- Alfred Oakley Pollard, woolsorter, of 131 New Bank, Halifax. Elizabeth Pollard, widow
- Joseph Priestley, gentleman, of 15 Beech Street, Stainland. Betty Priestley, widow
- Emma Ramsden, widow, of Roper Green, Ovenden. Samuel Ramsden, engine cleaner
- William Ramsden, weaver, of Outlane, Stainland. Mary Ann Ramsden, spinster
- Caroline Rawnsley, widow, of Lindwell, Greetland. Alice Rawnsley, spinster
- Thomas Redman, of 24 Gibson Street, Mount Pleasant, Halifax. Robert Redman, silk dresser
- Caroline Richardson, wife of Henry Richardson, wharf master, of 5 Belmont, Savile Park, Halifax
- Richard Ridehalgh, of Brigroyd, Soyland
- Sarah Riley, widow, of Brearley House, Midgley. Died in Herefordshire. John Riley and Hamlet Riley, esquires
- James Roberts, of 15 High Street, Halifax. Alice Roberts, widow
- John Roberts, blacksmith, of 12 Conway Street, Halifax. Frederick William Roberts, labourer
- Harriet Robertshaw, widow, of 2 Parliament Street, Halifax. Amelia Annie Robertshaw, spinster
- Richard Robertshaw, card setting machine tenter, of Norwood Green, Hipperholme. Rebecca Robertshaw, widow
- Thomas Robinson, butcher, of 43 St Thomas Street, Halifax. Emily Robinson, widow
- Mary Rushworth, spinster, of Mytholmroyd. Thomas Rushworth, draper
- Ernest August Schumann, hotel keeper, of the Old Cock Hotel, Halifax. Bernadine Louise Schumann, widow
- Jonathan Scott, of 56 Holdsworth Road, Avenden (Ovenden?), Halifax
- Albert Seed, boot and shoe manufacturer, of 19 Cromwell Terrace, Halifax. Jane Seed, widow
- Daniel Sharp, carter, of Fox Hill Park, Hill Top, Queensbury, Halifax
- Abraham Shaw, corn miller, of Sackville Street, Hebden Bridge. Susannah Shaw, widow
- George Shaw, cotton twiner, of 5 Albert Terrace, West Vale, Halifax. Priscilla Shaw, widow
- John Shaw, plumber, of Rastrick
- John Shaw, of 24 Cedar Street, Hopwood Lane, Halifax. Edwin Shaw, schoolmaster. Ezra Shaw, post office clerk
- Eliza Sleath, widow, of North Lea, Holywell Green, Stainland. Joseph Shaw Sleath, manufacturer
- James Smith, of Sowerby Green, Sowerby. Henry Smith, commercial traveller. Mary Ellen Smith, spinster
- John Smith, broker, of 1 St Mary's Street, Halifax. Sarah Ann Smith, widow. John Smith, clogger. Walter Smith, brass finisher
- Michael Smith, gentleman, of Shelf, Halifax. William Scott Smith, gentleman
- Rose Smith, widow, of Balmoral Place, Halifax. Rev Sidney Marshall Smith, clerk. Rose Ann Smith, spinster
- Joseph Holroyd Smithies, worsted spinner, of Ellen Royd, Elland. Samuel Smithies, gentleman. Mary Emma Kenyon Smithies, spinster
- John Speak, farmer, of Pye Nest near Halifax
- Sarah Speight, widow, of 5 Lower Ramsden Court, Gibbet Street, Halifax. Harriet Ann Foster, wife of Thomas Foster
- William Spencer, gentleman, of Vine Cottage, Hipperholme. Martha Ann Spencer, spinster
- Robert Wilson Stanley, of 73 Thomas Street South, Halifax
- James Stansfield, farmer, of Lane Side, Heptonstall. Joseph Stansfield, gentleman. Thomas Stansfield, farmer
- Charles Sutcliffe Stephenson, farmer, of Clay Pits, Soyland. Samuel Stephenson, cotton twiner
- Mary Ann Stephenson, wife of George Stephenson, of Dean Street, West Vale, Greetland. Walter Fawthrop Fox and James Fawthrop Fox, waste dealers
- Ely Smith Stott, woollen manufacturer, dyer and finisher, of Greetland. John Henry Stott, worsted spinner
- Mary Hannah Stott, widow, of 32 Elmfield Terrace, Halifax. Rev Frank Charles Stott, clerk. Rev Ernest Herbert Stott, clerk. Annie Eliza Stott, spinster
- John Blackburn Sunderland, butcher, of Hipperholme. Emma Sunderland, widow. Joshua Wilkinson Sunderland, butcher
- Thomas Sunderland, engine tenter, of 13 Cross Street, New Pellon, Halifax
- Alice Ann Sutcliffe, spinster, of 118 South Bank, Lister Lane, Halifax
- Ann Sutcliffe, widow, of Holts Lane, Greetland. John Sutcliffe, coal merchant. Alfred Sutcliffe, stationmaster
- Grace Sutcliffe, spinster, of Lower Pilling, Heptonstall. Elizabeth Southwell, wife of John Southwell
- Henry Sutcliffe, draper, of Black Hill Bottom, Pecket Well, Wadsworth. Richard Sutcliffe, weaver
- John Sutcliffe, warper, of Smithwell Lane, Heptonstall. Richard Sutcliffe, potato dealer
- Lucinda Sutcliffe, wife of Lewis Milton Sutcliffe, tin plate worker, of New Bridge near Hebden Bridge
- Richard Sutcliffe, yeoman, of 7 Capstack Yard, New Bank, Halifax
- Thomas Sutcliffe, beer retailer, of the Travellers' Rest Inn, Longtail, Heptonstall. Bridget Sutcliffe, widow
- William Sutcliffe, bailiff of the county court, of 48 Salisbury Place, Akroydon, Halifax. Joseph Alfred Sutcliffe, shorthand teacher
- William Henry Sutcliffe, of Popples-in-Ovenden, Halifax. Violetta Sutcliffe, widow
- John Swaine, tailor and draper, of 2 Dale Street, Sowerby Bridge
- Emma Sykes, wife of Joseph Sykes, butcher, of Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge
- John Edward Sykes, oilcloth manufacturer, of Waterloo Villa, Halifax. Mary Louisa Sykes, widow
- Harry Taylor, stone dresser, of Dyson Lane, Ripponden. Mary Hannah Taylor, widow
- John Taylor, gentleman, of Rastrick. Martha Taylor, widow. Emmeline Taylor, spinster
- Samuel Taylor, clogger, of Station Road, Holywell Green, Stainland. Mary Taylor, widow
- Abraham Thomas, hand loom weaver, of Scarr, Greetland. Thomas Clay Thomas, woollen carder
- Hannah Thomas, widow, of Great Well, Halifax
- James Thomas, weaver, of Lydgate, Midgley. John Thomas, woolsorter
- Joseph Thompson, horse slaughterer, of 32 North Bridge, Halifax. Mary Ann Dove, wife of James William Dove
- Joseph Thornber, farmer, of Pether Hill, Stainland. Ernest Willie Thornber, farmer
- John Tiffany, woollen weaver, of Huddersfield Road, Elland. Gershon Tiffany, engineer
- John Tillotson, cab proprietor, of Luddendenfoot
- Mercy Turner, widow, of 21 South Street, Halifax
- John Uttley, farmer, of Far Fold Farm, Ovenden
- Matthew Uttley, gentleman, of Hanson Lane, Halifax. Ruth Uttley, widow. John Edward Uttley, greengrocer
- Sophie Pauline Elizabeth Van Hattem, widow, of Providence Place, King Cross, Halifax
- Henry Waddington, esquire, of Birks Royd, Southowram
- Joseph Wadsworth, retired builder and contractor, of Small Lees Road, Ripponden. Rachel Elizabeth Wadsworth, widow
- Maria Wadsworth, wife of William Wadsworth, labourer, of Caddy Hill, Halifax
- Sarah Hannah Wainhouse, spinster, of 38 Gerrard Street, Halifax. Walter Wainhouse, commercial traveller. Elizabeth Calvert, wife of Henry Calvert
- John Walker, worsted and woollen manufacturer, of Norwood Green, Hipperholme. Albert Edward Walker, mill manager
- Mary Walsh, widow, of 10 Salisbury Place, Akroydon, Halifax
- Nathaniel Walton, tailor, of 10 Thompson Street, Halifax. Sophia Walton, widow
- Thomas Hazlehurst Warhurst, engineer, of 60 Salisbury Place, Akroydon, Halifax. Lucy Ann Warhurst, widow
- Jane Warner, widow, of 74 Crossley Terrace, Halifax
- Mrs Hannah Wass, widow, of 9 Osborn Grove, Lightcliffe
- Abednego Watkin, labourer, of 12 Cotton Street, Range Bank, Halifax. Hannah Maria Watkin, widow
- Mitchell Watkin, overlooker, of 18 Milton Terrace, West Hill Park, Halifax. James Watkin, general dealer
- John Weeder, formerly surgeon-dentist, of Rhodes Street, Halifax. Charlotte Mant Weeder, widow
- John Wells, farmer and innkeeper, of the Brown Cow, Rishworth. Elizabeth Wells, spinster
- Edwin Weston, innkeeper, of the Shakespeare Hotel, Halifax. Sarah Weston, widow
- George Wheatley, gardener, of Well Head, Love Lane, Halifax. Mary Anne Wheatley, spinster
- Mary Whitaker, widow, of Dean Cottage, Triangle, Sowerby
- Esther Whitehead, widow, of 2 Hanover Court, Hopwood Lane, Halifax. Alfred Whitehead, mechanic
- Joseph Whitehead, formerly bookkeeper, of 44 New Bank, Halifax. Mary Whitehead, widow
- Ellen Whiteley, widow, of 6 Back Rhodes Street, Halifax. Albert Edward Whiteley, brushmaker
- Tabitha Whiteley, widow, of Drury Lane, Stainland
- Seth Whitham, innkeeper, of the Station Hotel, Halifax. Miranda Whitham, widow
- Hannah Whitley, widow, of Northowram
- James Whitley, carpet weaver, of 7 Forest Row, Ovenden. Edward Whitley, painter
- John Whitley, contractor, of 8 Forest Row, Ovenden. James Whitley, carpet weaver
- John Whitley, contractor, of 8 Forest Row, Ovenden. Nathan Whitley, carpet weaver. Second grant
- Thomas Whitley, carpet weaver, of Forest Row, Ovenden. Died at the West Riding lunatic asylum, Wakefield. Thomas Whitley
- Jane Whitworth, widow, of Albert House, West Vale, Halifax
- William Widdop, cart driver, of Shay Lane, Ovenden
- William Wallace Wilby, sanitary tube maker, of 12 Poplar Street, Haley Hill, Halifax. Walter Wilby, sanitary tube maker
- Hannah Wilcock, widow, of North Castle Street, Halifax
- Mager Wild, retired contractor, of Spring View, Luddendenfoot. Susey Wild, widow
- Selina Wild, widow, of 14 New Road, Halifax
- Amos Wilkinson, dyer's manager, of 22 Rhodes Street, Halifax. Sarah Ann Wilkinson, widow. Henry Sagar Wilkinson, dyer
- James Wilkinson, coal merchant, of Brook Street, Luddendenfoot. Lewis Wilkinson, engineer
- James Green Wilkinson, licensed victualler, of the Hare and Hounds Inn, Hipperholme. Eugenie Lavinia Wilkinson, widow
- John Wilson, cotton twiner, of 3 Rhodes Terrace, Swan Bank Lane, Halifax. Rachel Wilson, widow
- John Wilson, roller coverer, of 32 Victoria Road, Halifax. Lydia Wilson, widow
- Joseph Wilson, gentleman, of 71 Parkinson Lane, Halifax
- Henry Wood, gentleman, of Brackenbed Grange, Halifax. Emmeline Broadbent, wife of Sykes Broadbent
- William Wood, stone delver, of Stone Terrace, Northowram. Martha Wood, widow
- Henry Woodhead, retired grocer and builder, of 4 Fielden Street, off Gibbet Street, Halifax. Margaret Daffan Woodhead, widow
- Joseph Woodhead, of 21 Launceston Street, Halifax. William Henry Woodhead, yarn dealer
- Henry Wright, draper and flock dealer, of Booth Town, Halifax. Grace Wright, widow
- Leonard Yates, joiner, of 4 Peel Street, Halifax. James Yates, warp dresser
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