Local Wills
1896
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 1896
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- Abraham Ackroyd, retired farmer, of Cross Lane, Stonechair, Shelf. Benjamin Ackroyd, cabdriver
- Charles Ainley, of 3 Woodhouse Terrace, Copley. James Ainley, stone quarryman
- Ann Aked, widow, of 23 Savile Crescent, Halifax
- Sarah Aked, widow, of 8 Cross Rhodes Street, Halifax
- William Akroyd, machine broker, of The Square, Halifax. Eliza Akroyd, widow
- William Akroyd, retired woollen manufacturer, of 98 Southgate, Elland. Hannah Akroyd, widow
- Richard Alderson, beer retailer, of the Abbey Inn, Halifax. Emily Alderson, widow
- James Ambler, bookkeeper, of 37 Bell Hall Street, Halifax. Jane Ambler, widow. Alfred Jame Ambler, warehouseman. Sarah Jane Pilling, wife of James Pilling
- Sarah Ambler, wife of James Ambler, greengrocer, of Turney Street, Ovenden
- Tom Ambler, wool comber, of 120 Gibbet Street, Halifax. Harriet Ann Ambler, spinster
- James Edgar Armitage, schoolmaster, of Springwell House, Rastrick
- William Aske, jeweller, of 1 Elm Place, Halifax. Lily Aske, widow
- Thomas Aspin, retired coachman, of 2 Gaol Lane, Halifax. Frances Aspin, widow
- Abraham Astin, of Chiserley Terrace, Wadsworth near Hebden Bridge. Sally Astin, widow
- John Avison, of New Barton, Sowerby
- John Barber, fruit merchant, of Halifax. Elizabeth Barber, widow
- Ralph Barber, of 39 Sutcliffe Street, New Pellon, Halifax. Martha Barber, widow
- Mary Barker, widow, of Market Street, Hebden Bridge. Died at Menston, Yorkshire. Frederick Barker, tin plate worker
- James Barraclough, overlooker, of Skircoat Green, Halifax. James Barraclough, accountant. Samuel Barraclough, gardener
- John Barrett, formerly farmer, of Royds, Sowerby. William Henry Barrett, clogger
- Frances Barrow, widow, of 5 Francis Street, Halifax. Joseph Henry Barrow, warehouseman
- Susy Bates, widow, of 32 Cavendish Terrace, Halifax. Priestley Bates, solicitor
- William Bates, of 5 Pundles, Ovenden. John Bates, joiner
- Sarah Battison, widow, of 2 Park Road Villas, Halifax. Mary Eleanor Bennett, wife of Harry Bennett
- Martha Beaumont, widow, of Old Lindley, Stainland-with-Old-Lindley, Halifax. George Beaumont, factory operative. Peter Beaumont, farmer
- Squire Bedford, of 1 Sunny Bank, Ramsden Street, Wheatley, Halifax. Priscilla Bedford, widow
- Charles Bentley, grocer, of 14 Nelson Street, Halifax. Sarah Ann Bentley, widow
- John Bentley, shopkeeper, of 96 Hartley Street, Halifax. Richard Earnshaw Bentley, mechanic
- Mary Bentley, widow, of 32 St.Augustine's Terrace, Hanson lane, Halifax
- Mary Jane Bentley, widow, of 1 Hope Street, Halifax. Nellie Thorp, wife of Joe Thorp
- Frank Berry, iron moulder, of 48 Nursery Lane, Ovenden. Ruth Berry, widow
- Mary Best, widow, of Lee Bridge, Halifax. Charles Atkinson Best, retired innkeeper
- Mary Binns, widow, of East View, Hebden Bridge, Blackshaw
- Robert Binns of Dean Lane, Sowerby. Arthur Binns, cotton maker-up
- Mather Birkbeck, spinster, of Mount Pleasant, Queensbury near Halifax. Died in Bradford. Uriah Birkbeck, farmer. Nancy Simpson, wife of James Simpson
- John Birtwistle, gentleman, of 2 Southowram Bank, Halifax. James Birtwistle, joiner
- Samuel Blagbrough, silk mill manager, of 60 Wade Street, Halifax. Mary Ann Blagbrough, widow
- John Bolton, broker, of 7 Dunkirk Terrace, Halifax. Martha Ann Crook, wife of Arthur Joseph Crook
- Mary Bolton, wife of John Bolton, broker, of 15 Dean Street, Halifax
- Montague Booth, wool buyer, of 9 Upper Brunswick Street, Halifax. Sarah Booth, widow
- Thomas Booth, of 11 Clare Road, Halifax. Died at Menston near Leeds. Dorothy McKnight, wife of Joseph Shepley McKnight
- Dawson Bottomley, shoeing smith, of 5 Amos Street, Queens Road, Halifax. Clara Bottomley, widow
- Hannah Bottomley, widow, of Shelf Moor, Shelf near Halifax. John Bottomley, butter factor
- Mary Bottomley, widow, of Green Lane Hall, Shelf, Halifax. Thomas Bottomley, soap maker
- Prenn Bottomley, mason, of Thornhill Road, Rastwick (Rastrick?), Brighouse. Hannah Bottomley, widow
- Sarah Hannah Bottomley, wife of Benjamin Bottomley, warehouseman, of 95 Westgate, Elland
- Samuel Bottomley, gentleman, of 2 Rose Villa, Soyland, Halifax. Harry Bottomley, cotton manufacturer
- Elizabeth Bracken, spinster, of Dene, Midgley
- James Bradbury, of 20 Wolseley Terrace, Halifax. Isaac Bradbury, mechanic
- Henry Bradley, of King Cross, Halifax. Elizabeth Ann Bradley, spinster
- Albert Brenard, commercial clerk, of 105 Athol Mount, Ovenden. Emma Brenard, widow. Hettie Louisa Brenard, spinster
- Elizabeth Briggs, widow, of Lumbrook, Shelf near Halifax. Abraham Briggs, insurance agent
- Grace Briggs, widow, of 27 Gerrard Street, Halifax
- Jane Briggs, widow, of Mytholmroyd, Sowerby. Died at Southport, Lancashire. Hannah Briggs, spinster
- John Briggs, woolsorter, of 43 Shay Lane, Ovenden. Sarah Briggs, widow
- Samuel Briggs, gentleman, of Mytholmroyd, Sowerby. Hannah Briggs, spinster. Margaret Edmondson Pare, wife of John William Pare. John Henry Briggs, surgeon
- Hannah Broadbent, wife of Miles Broadbent, of 8 Cecil Street, King's Cross (King Cross?), Halifax. George Broadbent, cotton spinner
- John Brockfield, millhand, of 36 Penn Street, Halifax. Mary Brockfield, widow
- Mary Ann Broughton, of 1 Old Lee Bank, Halifax. Martha Etta Oddy, wife of Joseph Henry Oddy
- John Buckland, ale and porter merchant, of 7 Vine Terrace, Halifax. Thomas Buckland, piano tuner
- Margaret Martha Buckley, spinster, of 5 John Abbots trustees ladies homes, Halifax. Sarah Margaret Buckley, spinster
- Benjamin Butterworth, blacksmith, of Croft Villa, Luddenden. Robert Butterworth, blacksmith
- Samuel Carter, retired cotton spinner, of Pleasant Row, Ripponden. Mary Carter, spinster
- John Chambers, of Grove House, Haley Hill, Halifax. Eliza Chambers, spinster
- Samuel Chambers, weaver, of Ovenden
- Elizabeth Cheetham, widow, of Hebden Bridge. Thomas Cheetham, fustian manufacturer
- Harriet Cheetham, spinster, of West Vale near Halifax
- John Wright Child, esquire, of Copley Wood, Skircoat, Halifax. Louis Henry Child, Harold Edward Akroyd Child, gentlemen
- Emily Clay, spinster, of 39 Lister Lane, Halifax. Martha Ann Clay, spinster
- John Clay, public accountant, of 39 Lister Lane, Halifax. Ruth Elizabeth Clay, widow. Martha Ann Clay, spinster
- Samuel Cockroft, of 8 Batley Street, Lee Mount, Halifax. Bessie Shackleton, wife of Thomas Albert Shackleton
- Charles Collingwood, brush maker, of 90 Lister Lane, Halifax
- James Cox, retired whitesmith, of 134 Gibbet Street, Halifax. James Lonsdale Cox, cashier
- Frances Ann Crabtree, widow, of West View, Halifax
- Robert Crittenden, beerhouse keeper, of the Standard of Freedom Inn, Skircoat Green near Halifax. Elizabeth Crittenden, widow
- David Crompton, of Brockstones, Greetland. Elizabeth Crompton, widow
- Martha Crossley, widow, of 14 James Street, Elland. William Henry Crossley, finisher
- Mary Crossley, spinster, of 37 Gaol Lane, Halifax. Sarah Thomas, widow
- John Crowther, shopkeeper, of Holywell Green, Stainland. Hannah Crowther, wife of Jabez Crowther
- Mary Hannah Davis, spinster, of 78 Violet Street, Pellon Lane, Halifax
- Richard Davison, hairdresser, of 48 St.Thomas Steet, Claremount, Halifax
- Mary Dawson, widow, of 13 Bower Street, Queensbury near Halifax. Mary Whitaker, wife of Joseph Whitaker
- Stephen Dawson, warp dresser, of Mountain, Queensbury near Halifax. Martha Dawson, widow
- Elizabeth Dawtrey, spinster, of 14 All Souls' Terrace, Haley Hill, Halifax. Robert Dawtrey, wire works manager
- Nathan Dawtrey, carpet weaver, of 5 Rothery Street, Halifax. Mary Ellen Dawtrey, widow
- Benjamin Dearden, dyer's maker-up, of 13 Park Place, Parkinson Lane, Halifax
- Annis Denham, spinster, of Lightcliffe near Halifax. Thomas Bottomley Denham and John Charles Denham, curriers
- Edward Denton, gentleman, of Ripponden, Barkisland
- Harriet Dewhirst, widow, of Sir Francis Crossley's almshouses, Halifax. William Dewhirst Horner, iron moulder
- Harry Dewhirst, of 5 Back Green Lane, Halifax. Susannah Dewhirst, widow
- Julia Ann Dewhirst, wife of William Mann Dewhirst, dyer, of 18 Mill Lane, Boothtown, Halifax
- Herbert Drake, of Pineberry Hill, Halifax
- John Drake, engine tenter, of 19 Chapel Street, Queensbury, Halifax. Keziah Drake, spinster
- John Dyson, bookkeeper, of 52 Burnley Road, King's Cross (King Cross?), Halifax
- Martha Dyson, wife of Henry Dyson, grocer, of 5 Albion Terrace, Blackley, Elland
- Sarah Helen Eastwood, widow, of Thorn Bank, Luddenden. Sarah Elizabeth Eastwood, spinster
- Squire Eastwood, stuff manufacturer, of Brinton Terrace, Halifax
- William Eastwood, of 151 Keighley Road, Ovenden. Mary Eastwood, spinster
- Emily Eccles, spinster, of Mayfield, Halifax
- Sarah Elliott, spinster, of 38 Crossley's Almshouses, Arden Road, Halifax. Ann Brearley, widow
- Samuel Eyre, bootmaker, of 37 Emscote Avenue, Halifax
- Ann Farrar, widow, of 14 Hall Street, Boothtown, Halifax. James Farrar, wood turner
- John Farrar, card maker, of Huddersfield Road, Elland. Elizabeth Farrar, widow
- Joseph Farrar, chapel keeper, of Shelf near Halifax. William Farrar, insurance agent
- William Farrar, blacksmith, of 12 Newton Street, Sowerby Bridge. Mary Elizabeth Farrar, widow
- Squire Fawthrop, plumber, of 65 Haley Hill, Halifax. Sarah Fawthrop, widow
- James Fearnley, roller coverer, of Mosley, Ovenden. Frank Fearnley, warehouseman
- Thomas Fielding, insurance agent, of 42 Franklin Street, Halifax. Mary Jane Fielding, widow
- Thomas Marshall Fielding, card maker, of 48 Union Street South, Halifax. John Fielding, builder
- Elizabeth Firth, spinster, of 30 St. Peter Street, Halifax. Thomas Firth, tobacconist. Isaac Firth, stonemason
- Samuel Firth, grocer, of Lister Lane, Halifax. Rachel Firth, widow. Walter Firth, grocer
- Esther Fletcher, widow, of 6 Robert Street, Broad Tree, Ovenden. Elizabeth Greenwood, wife of Thomas Greenwood
- Mary Foster, widow, of South Grove, Halifax. John Charles Foster, worsted manufacturer
- Ellen Fox, spinster, of Adelaide Place, West Vale, Greetland. Elizabeth Fox, spinster
- Emma Gaines, widow, of Halifax
- Thomas Garside, finisher, of Mount Pleasant, Greetland. Walter Garside, clerk
- Charlotte Hannah Gaukroger, widow, of 45 Savile Mount, Halifax. Emma Jane Gaukroger, spinster
- George Gaukroger, farmer and milk dealer, of Sunny Bank Farm, Southowram. Elizabeth Gaukroger, widow
- Grace Gaukroger, widow, of 13 Lawson Street, Wheatley, Halifax. Susannah Gaukroger, spinster
- Joseph Gaukroger, fish and fruit salesman, of 9 Camden Street, Sowerby Bridge. Ruth Gaukroger, widow
- John Gee, weaver, of Clay Pit Lane, Sowood, Stainland. James Henry Gee, weaver
- Alice Gill, spinster, of Mill House, Sowerby. Sarah Maria Gill, spinster
- Abraham Gledhill, of 42 Bubworth Grove, Halifax. Harriet Gledhill, widow
- Ann Gledhill, widow, of Third Avenue, Saville Park, Halifax. Haigh Clapham Gledhill, commercial traveller
- Ann Gledhill, widow, of Rose Terrace, Halifax. James Thomas Gledhill, fish dealer
- Constance Mary Gledhill, spinster, of the Vicarage, Ripponden. Florence Louisa Gledhill, spinster
- Edmund Gledhill, gentleman, of Grosvenor Terrace, Halifax. Died at Wakefield. Sarah Gledhill, widow
- Elizabeth Gledhill, wife of John Gledhill, worsted mill overlooker, of Brookroyd Terrace, Holywell Green near Halifax
- Grace Gledhill, spinster, of the Greave, Midgley. Thomas Gledhill Titterington, Eli Titterington and George Albert Titterington, worsted spinners. Mary Elizabeth Titterington, spinster
- John Gledhill, druggist and dentist, of 37 Horton Street, Halifax. Sarah Gledhill, widow
- Grace Greaves, widow, of Woodside, Hebden Bridge. Sarah Holroyd Greaves, spinster
- John Green, grocer, of 2 and 4 Oxford Road, Ambler Thorn, Northowram
- Mary Greenhough, widow, of 25 Milton Street, Halifax. Maria Louisa Greenwood, widow. William Edmund Greenhough, wine and spirit merchant
- Henry Greenwood, retired worsted spinner, of Holdsworth, Halifax. Betty Smith, spinster
- James Greenwood, engineer, of 2 Beech Street, Walsden near Todmorden. James Greenwood, cabinet maker. William Henry Greenwood, schoolmaster
- Paul Greenwood, of Milk Street, Cross Field, Halifax. George Greenwood, post office clerk
- Richard Greenwood, licensed victualler, of the Stag Inn, Heptonstall. Betsey Greenwood, widow
- Richard Greenwood, carpet weaver, of 14 Broad Tree Terrace, Ovenden. Elizabeth Greenwood, widow
- Robert Greenwood, coal and lime merchant and hay and straw dealer, of Mayfield Villas, Hebden Bridge. Nancy Elizabeth Sheard, widow
- Susannah Greenwood, widow, of North Field, Heptonstall near Hebden Bridge. Elizabeth Greenwood, wife of Thomas Greenwood
- Susy Greenwood, widow of Shackleton in Wadsworth. James Wadsworth, farmer
- Thomas Greenwood, labourer, of Top o' th' Rough, Langfield near Todmorden. John Greenwood, loom tackler
- Thomas Greenwood, retired manager of a co-operative store, of Hive House, Warley. Henry Milnes Greenwood, draper. Mary Shakleton, wife of John Shackleton
- Thomas Greenwood, beerhouse keeper, of the Travellers' Rest inn, Midgley. Mary Greenwood, widow
- Robert Haddon, manager in a worsted mill, of 32 Clare Road, Halifax. Ann Jane Haddon, widow. James Thompson Haddon, woolstapler
- Joseph Richard Hadfield, librarian, of Halifax. Hannah Hadfield, widow
- John Haggis, innkeeper, of The Waterhouse Arms, King Street, Halifax. Eliza Haggis, widow
- Benjamin Haigh, labourer, of the Cross, Stainland. Rebecca Edwards, widow
- Henry Haigh, wool buyer, of 1 Gordon Street, Elland
- William Haigh, coachman, of 38 Delph Hill, King Cross, Halifax. Alice Haigh, widow
- William Henry Hall, cloth fuller, of New Pellon, Halifax. Died in Melbourne, Victoria. Hannah Hall, widow
- George Hallewell, mechanic, of 46 Savile Park, Halifax. Charles Henry Hallewell. bookkeeper
- Robert Halstead, shoemaker, of West Vale near Halifax. John Halstead, railway guard
- Henry Hamer, papermaker, of Kebroyde Bridge, Triangle. Mary Hamer, widow
- Hannah Hanson, widow, of Raglans Place, Rawson Street, Halifax
- Mary Hanson, widow, of Dean Street, West Vale, Greetland. Elizabeth Hanson and Fanny Hanson, spinsters
- Samuel Hanson, of Raglan Place, Rawson Street, Halifax. Hannah Hanson, widow
- Hannah Harrison, spinster, of 7 Longbottom Terrace, Siddal, Halifax. Samuel Harrison, tailor
- Sarah Ellen Harwood, wife of Ethelbert Harwood, whitesmith, of Foster Clough, Wadsworth
- George Heap, of Oakleigh Terrace, Cornholme, Stansfield. Henry Heap, bookkeeper
- John Heap, farmer, of Parkin Hall, Sowerby. John Heap, farmer. James Richard Heap, plasterer
- John Murgatroyd Heaton, woollen merchant, of 26 Stoney Royd Terrace, Halifax. Ellen Heaton, spinster
- Sarah Elizabeth Helliwell, spinster, of Grasmead, Brighouse. Bertha Mary Podmore, wife of John Herbert Podmore
- Stansfield Helliwell, butcher, of Mytholmroyd, Halifax. John Henry Helliwell and Joe Helliwell, butchers
- Thomas Helliwell, linen and woollen draper, of 31 Savile Crescent, Halifax. Charles William Helliwell, linen and woollen draper. John Henry Helliwell, solicitor. Fred Latham Helliwell, linen and woollen draper. Walter Helliwell, solicitor
- David Higgin, retired cab proprietor, of 124 Queens Road, Halifax. Ruth Higgin, spinster
- Thomas Sutcliffe Highley, card maker, of 17 Savile Crescent, Halifax. Died at Ripon. Bertram Highley, card manufacturer. Esther Jane Highley, widow. William Highley, card manufacturer. Rev Herbert Highley, clerk
- Ann Hinchcliffe, spinster, of 29 Lewis Street, Halifax. Melinda Hinchcliffe, widow
- Samuel Hirst, gentleman, of 17 St.Judes Street, Halifax
- William Henry Hirst, licensed victualler, of the Union Cross Hotel, Halifax. Mary Jane Hirst, widow
- Isaac Hitchen, horsekeeper, of Allan Park, Victoria Road, Sowerby Bridge. Died at Southport, Lancashire. Sarah Hitchen, widow
- Fletcher Holmes, linen draper, of West Royde, Savile park, Halifax. Elizabeth Holmes, widow
- Mary Holmes, spinster, of 6 Skircoat Moor Road, Halifax. Charles Holmes, ironmonger
- Henry Holroyd, farmer, of Sowood Green, Stainland. Mary Jane Holroyd and Harriet Holroyd, spinsters
- Emily Anne Holroyde, widow, of 11 Abbott's Homes, Halifax. Helen Laura Ward Tamplin, wife of Whiteley Ward Tamplin
- George Hooson, foreman mechanic, of 6 Stannary Hall, Halifax. Emma Hooson, widow
- Charles Horner, manufacturing and retail jeweller, of The Poplars, Lightcliffe, and of Northgate and Crossley Streets, Halifax. James Dobson Horner, Charles Henry Horner, jewellers. Betsy Greenwood Horner, widow
- Scaife Horner, foreman mechanic, of Wentworth Terrace, Halifax
- Hannah Horsfall, widow, of Spring Gardens, Ovenden. Mary Ann Howes, wife of Alfred Howes
- Jane Horsfall, widow, of 16 Stones Terrace, Ripponden
- Luke Horsfall, common carrier, of 31 Stansfield Road, Todmorden. Alfred Horsfall, common carrier
- Mary Anne Horsfall, widow, of 41 Fenton Place, Queens Road, Halifax. Emma Jane Dodson, widow
- Sarah Horsfall, wife of William Horsfall, gentleman, of Underbank, Hebden Bridge
- Samuel Horsley, draper, of Gibbet Street, Halifax. Elizabeth Horsley, widow
- Benjamin Hoyle, overlooker, of 2 Applehouse Terrace, Luddenden. Mary Ann Hoyle, widow
- Robert George Hyatt, retired veterinary surgeon, of 11 Shroggs View Terrace, Pellon Lane, Halifax. Elizabeth Hyatt, widow. Clarence William Hyatt, draper's assistant
- Isaac Ingham, woolsorter, of 29 Shay Lane, Ovenden. William Ingham, cashier
- Mary Ingham, widow, of 11 Daisy Street, Halifax. Joseph Ingham, draper
- Arthur Jacques, gardener, of 11 Cannon Street, King Cross, Halifax
- Arthur Jennins, cigar maker, of 25 Hampden Place, Halifax. Stephen Shepard Jennins, auctioneer's clerk
- Henry Jowett, farmer, of Field Bottoms Farm, Lower Shelf, Halifax. Mary Jowett, widow
- Jonas Jowitt, weaver, of 7 Hopkinson's Buildings, Ovenden
- Elizabeth Keen, widow, of South Bank, Lister Lane, Halifax. John Henry Wilkinson Keen, grocer and draper
- William Kershaw, cloth fuller, of 5 Canal Road, Sowerby Bridge. Mary Jane Kershaw, spinster. Benjamin Berry Kershaw, warehouseman
- William Kershaw, chemist, of Luddendenfoot. Eliza Kershaw, widow
- Samuel Law, of Hipperholme. Harry James Law, wholesale grocer
- William Law, of 51 Corporation Street, Halifax. Hannah Craven, wife of Aspinall Craven
- Joseph Layfield, gentleman, of Fern Glen, Warley Clough, Sowerby Bridge. Harriet Layfield, widow
- James Lee, the younger, tanner, of Hipperholme
- Eliza Lee, spinster, of 58 Prescott Street, Halifax. Died in Bradford
- George Lees, shoemaker, of Triangle. John Lees, mechanic
- Charles Longbottom, quarryman, of Lower Shelf, Coley, Halifax. Albert Longbottom, stone merchant
- Elizabeth Longbottom, widow, of Holdsworth, Ovenden. Sarah Atkinson, widow
- James Longbottom, gentleman, of 10 Savile Park Street, Halifax. Tom Longbottom, gentleman
- Henry MacDonald, gardener, of Norwood Green, Hipperholme, Halifax. Elizabeth MacDonald, widow
- Miriam Mallinson, widow, of Halifax. Died in Hebden Bridge. William Mallinson Taylor, tailor. Fred Mallinson Taylor, mechanic
- Edward Markham, gentleman, of Sunny Cliffe, Lightcliffe. Emily Jane Markham and Aniie Harriet Markham, spinsters
- Emma Marsden, wife of Henry Marsden, of Longley Farm, Norland. Sophia Pickles, wife of James Pickles
- Mary Marshall, widow, of 33 Pickles Lane, Halifax
- Jane Mawson, wife of Joseph Mawson, of 6 Hill Top, Halifax. James Comins, saddler. George Comins, spring knife whetter
- Joseph Shepley McKnight, gentleman, of 6 Highfield Terrace, Halifax. Joseph David Kerr McKnight, leather merchant. Thomas McKnight, wholesale hosier
- Asenath Mellor, wife of David Mellor, wool comber, of St.Helen's Square, Holywell Green, Halifax
- Edwin Mercer, warp dresser, of 32 Winding Road, Halifax. Mary Mercer, widow
- Mary Mercer, widow, of the Crown and Cushion inn, Ann Street, Halifax
- Henry Booth Metcalfe, furniture broker, of 8 Grove Street, Halifax. Ada Metcalfe, widow
- Edwin Mitchell, music teacher and piano tuner, of Higgin Chamber, Sowerby
- Ellen Mitchell, spinster, of Wharfe Street, Sowerby Bridge. George Mitchell, boot and shoe maker
- Martha Mitchell, widow, of New Bank, Halifax. Isaiah Mitchell, draper
- Rachel Mitchell, widow, of Lobmill, Todmorden. Rachel Hey, spinster
- Sarah Mitchell, widow, of 25 Delph Hill, Skircoat, Halifax. Hannah Whitaker, wife of Jeremiah Whitaker. Jonas Mitchell, mechanic
- Joseph Moore, maltster, of 26 Ambler Thorn, Halifax. Nancy Moore, widow
- Mary Moore, widow, of 29 Emscote Grove, Halifax. Francis Moore, wool merchant
- James Naylor, of 24 Bright Street, Halifax. Alice Naylor and Esther Naylor, spinsters
- John Naylor, joiner, 194 Hanson Lane, Halifax. Martha Ann Farrar, wife of Joseph Farrar
- Ann Noble, spinster, of Green Terrace Square, Saville Park, Halifax. George Noble, hand loom weaver
- James Henry Normanton, telegraphist, of 18 Second Avenue, Halifax. Grace Elizabeth Normanton, widow
- Sarah Nuttall, widow, of Belmont Terrace, Sowerby Bridge. Mary Binns, wife of John Binns. Sarah Ellen Wilson, widow
- Luke Oddy, bricklayer, of the Union Workhouse, Halifax. Ellen Oddy, widow
- James Ogden, gentleman, of Pear Street, Hopwood Lane, Halifax. James Henry Ogden, journalist. Edward Ogden, grocer's assistant. John Ogden, draper
- William Oswin, of 5 South View, Queens Road, Halifax. Sarah Oswin, widow. James Radcliffe Oswin, grocer
- Joseph Cawthra Perkins, aerated water manufacturer, of Sodhouse Green, Ovenden. Martha Perkins, widow
- Mary Ann Peterson, widow, of 42 Wadsworth Street, Halifax. Eliza Ann Peterson, spinster
- Charles Frederick Pickles, waiter, of 3 Lower Hope Street, Halifax. Annie Jane Pickles, widow
- John Pickles, of Edge Hey Green, Heptonstall. Grace Pickles, widow
- Ann Potterton, widow, of Mixenden Lane, Mixenden
- Walton Potterton, journalist, of 2 Heath Street, Free School Lane, Skircoat. Ellen Potterton, widow
- Moses Pullen, retired engineer, of Fixby, Halifax. Elizabeth Pullen, spinster
- Joseph Radcliffe, grease refiner, of West Vale, near Halifax. Benjamin Radcliffe, grease refiner
- Judith Radcliffe, wife of Amos Radcliffe, of 4 Gladstone Road, Halifax. Annie Elizabeth Townsend, wife of Ernest George Townsend. Edward Radcliffe, french polisher
- Squire Radcliffe, woollen finisher, of Belmont Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
- Susannah Radcliffe, spinster, of Adelaide, West Vale, Halifax. Joseph Radcliffe, oil merchant
- James Sutcliffe Ramsden, dyer, of Belmont, Sowerby Bridge. Sarah Ramsden, widow
- Sarah Ramsden, widow, of Outlane, Stainland. Mary Ann Ramsden, spinster
- Thomas Ramsden, mechanic, of Woodbine Cottage, Nursery Lane, Ovenden. Sarah Ann Ramsden, widow
- Thomas Rawnsley, of 42 Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge. Hannah Rawnsley, widow
- Eliza Dorothea Read, widow, of Lightcliffe. Died in Abdale, Gloucestershire. Eliza Harrie (Harriet?) Norwood, wife of Rev Robert Pickman Norwood. Sarah Ellen Read, spinster
- James Riley, worsted warp twister, of Tofts Grove, Rastrick, Brighouse. Henry Riley, worsted warp sizer
- Mary Ann Riley, widow, of Whitegate, Halifax. Samuel Edwin Riley and William Riley, weavers
- Lily Robinson, wife of Albert Robinson, weaver, of New Delight, Mytholmroyd
- Wilford Robinson, of Common Lane, Southowram
- Hannah Leah Rothery, wife of Eli Rothery, licensed victualler, of the Talbot inn, Illingworth. Effects £48 6s
- Mary Rushfirth, widow, of Rastrick
- Elizabeth Scampton, wife of Samuel Scampton, gentleman, of 21 North Castle Street, St.James' Road, Halifax
- John Scarr, of Lewis Street, Halifax. Sarah Ann Scarr, widow. George Scarr, Thomas Helliwell Scarr and John Edgar Scarr, ironfounders
- Nathaniel Scott, of Forest View, Ovenden. Thomas Scott, overlooker. Arthur Scott, joiner
- Thomas Henry Croisdale Scratcherd of "Oakfield", Savile Park Road, Halifax
- Martha Ann Senior, widow, of High Field Place, Queens Road, Halifax
- Ann Shackleton, widow, of Hudson Mill, Heptonstall. Ingham Shackleton, weaver
- Edmund Shackleton, loom jobber, of 2 Bankfoot, Hebden Bridge. Died in Walsden, Lancashire. Sarah Shackleton, widow
- Henry Shackleton, of Charletown near Hebden Bridge. Betty Shackleton, widow
- Sarah Shackleton, widow, of 15 Shibden Head Lane, Northowram. Ann Shackleton, spinster
- Ely Sharp, wire drawer, of 28 Park Street, Halifax. Mary Sharp, widow
- Elizabeth Shaw, wife of Henry Shaw, of Manor Drive, Skircoat. Mary Jane Wood, wife of Bright Wood
- Lewis Shaw, licensed victualler, of the Vine Hotel, Brighouse. Emma Shaw, widow
- James Shepherd, innkeeper, of the Westfield inn, Wyke, Halifax. William Jagger and Joseph Jagger, mechanics
- Sarah Carver Shepherd, spinster, of Grove House, Ovenden
- John Thomas Shipman, of Woodside House, Booth Town Road, Halifax. Emma Gertrude Shipman, spinster
- Joseph Siddall, stonemason, of 6 Hampden Place, Halifax. Hannah Siddall, widow
- John Simpson, of Orange Street, Halifax. Mary Ann Simpson, widow
- Thomas Sirett, gentleman, of 4 Craven Terrace, Halifax. Sarah Elizabeth Sirett, widow
- Lydia Smethurst, widow, of 14 Moorlands View, Halifax. William Smethurst, contractor
- Charles Smith, wool washer, of 10 Ladywood Terrace, Halifax. John Henry Smith, cabinet maker
- David Smith, of 14 Broad Street, Halifax. Sarah Smith, widow
- James Smith, of Hathershelf Farm, Sowerby. Alice Smith, widow
- Joseph Smith, grocer, of Rushton Street, Halifax. Maria Smith, widow
- Martha Ann Smith, of 13 Hanson Lane, Halifax. Mary Jane Smith, spinster
- Richard Smith, storekeeper, of 4 Lilac Street, Lee Mount, Halifax. Ellen Smith, widow
- Samuel Smith, pork butcher, of 70 Gibbet Street, Halifax. Ellen Smith, widow
- Samuel Smith, retired wool sorter, of Illingworth, Ovenden. John James Smith, blacksmith
- Thomas Smith, carpet weaver, of 19 Belmont Place, Parkinson Lane, Halifax. James Albert Smith, cabinet maker
- Henry Snell, commercial clerk, of Mrs.Wright's home, Westgrove, Halifax. George Snell, private secretary
- John Speak, farmer, of 26 Washer Lane, Halifax. Mary Speak, widow
- Mary Ann Spencer, widow, of 9 Park Place, Halifax. John Edwin Spencer, bookseller
- William Spencer, of 13 Lincoln Street, Pellon Lane, Halifax
- Joseph Standeven, loom turner, of Boulder Clough, Sowerby. Hannah Standeven, widow
- Mary Jane Stansfeld, widow, of the Poplars, Halifax. Agnes Stansfeld and Edith Mary Stansfeld, spinsters
- John William Stead, bracemaker, of 44 Wheatley Road, Halifax. Mary Stead, widow
- Joseph Stirk, farmer, of Cockhill Gate Farm, Ovenden. Hannah Stirk. widow
- John Sunderland, farmer, of White Hill, Illingworth. Betty Thomas, wife of John Thomas
- Benjamin Sutcliffe, stone merchant, of Broadley Laithe, Pillow near Halifax. John Sutcliffe, butcher
- Charles William Sutcliffe, cotton spinner, of Holywell Green near Halifax. Eli Quarmby, grocer. Sarah Ann Quarmby, spinster
- Henry Sutcliffe, shoe maker, of Benns, Luddenden. Thomas Sutcliffe, chapel keeper
- Henry Sutcliffe, weaver, of Midgley. Thomas Sutcliffe, weaver
- Henry Sutcliffe, labourer, of Upper Wat Ing, Norland. Harriet Sutcliffe, widow
- James Sutcliffe, joiner and cabinet maker, of 43 Stannary Street, Halifax. Arthur Sutcliffe and William Sutcliffe, cabinet makers
- James Sutcliffe, cotton spinner, of West Vale, Greetland. Benjamin Sutcliffe and Thomas Sutcliffe, cotton spinners. James Sutcliffe, worsted overlooker
- Joseph Sutcliffe, compositor, of 9 Union Street, Halifax. David Sutcliffe, butcher
- Marianne Sutcliffe, spinster, of Sandal House, Heptonstall. Died at Blackpool. William Sutcliffe, gentleman
- Mary Ann Sutcliffe, wife of William Sutcliffe, retired farmer, of Stubb near Mytholmroyd, Erringden
- Mary Ann Sutcliffe, widow, of Albion House, Luddendenfoot. John Sutcliffe, cashier
- Sarah Sutcliffe, spinster, of Lower Laith, Todmorden. William Sutcliffe, esqiure. Anna Eliza Sutcliffe, spinster
- George Swaine, bonding warehouse clerk, of 1 Park Place, Halifax. Martha Ann Swaine, widow
- Sarah Swallow, widow, of 47 Moorfield Terrace, Savile Park, Halifax
- Benjamin Sykes, woollen spinner, of Kilncroft, Stainland. Mary Ann Sykes, widow
- John Taylor Sykes, retired sawyer, of Hollings Row, Greetland. Shaw Sykes, cotton twiner
- Hephzibah Tatham, widow, of West Hill Place, Gibbet Street, Halifax
- George Tattersall, dyer's labourer, of 11 Beech Street, Halifax. Martha Thorp, wife of John Thorp
- Betty Taylor, widow, of Corporation Street, Halifax. Fred Taylor, gentleman. Betsey Ann Taylor, spinster
- Mary Taylor, widow, of 28 Launceston Street, Halifax. Harry Taylor, mechanic
- Mary Taylor, widow, of Winding Road, Halifax. Lily Calvert, wife of Henry Calvert
- James Henry Thackrah, insurance agent, of 3 Portland Place, Halifax
- Thomas Thackray, of 5 Springfield Terrace, Hipperholme. Martha Thackray, spinster
- Emma Thomas, wife of John Thomas, retired mill manager, of 7 West View, Halifax. Walter Thomas, salesman
- Thomas Thomas, carpet weaving overlooker, of 24 Cavendish Terrace, Halifax. Mary Thomas, widow. Stephen Thomas, loomer and twister
- William Thomas, of 2 Sandbeds, New Pellon, Halifax. Fred Thomas, joiner
- Herbert Thompson, engineer, of "Carr Field", Luddenden
- John Thompson, retired innkeeper, of Stannary House, Halifax. Joseph Thompson, caretaker
- Ebenezer Robert Tripp, formerly Primitive Methodist minister, of 77 Elizabeth Street, Elland. Mary Tripp, widow
- James Turner, foreman warehouseman, of 15 Hanover Street, Halifax. Emma Turner, widow
- Elizabeth Turney, spinster, of Skircoat, Halifax
- Edward Tweed, dyer, of Scarr House, Greetland. Died at Menston, Yorkshire. Eliza Tweed, widow
- Jane Utley, wife of William Utley, wool broker, of Norfolk Place, Halifax
- Martha Waddington, widow, of Dean Lane, Sowerby. Mary Ellen Tattersall, spinster
- Ayrton Wadsworth, innkeeper, of the Swan Inn, Holdsworth, Halifax. Sarah Sunderland, widow
- Thomas Wadsworth, gentleman, of Fieldhouse, Greetland. Dan Wadsworth, painter and decorator
- George Henry Walker, innkeeper, of the Black Bull in, Fixby, Halifax
- Lilly Walker, wife of Parlane Walker, veterinary surgeon, of Blackwall House, Blackwall, Halifax
- John Walton, grocer, of 3 Kingston Street, Halifax. Mary Walton, widow. Abraham Walton, joiner and builder. Ada Walton, spinster
- Rev Joseph Walton, of the vicarage, Mytholmroyd. Rev John Maxon Walton
- Robert Whatmough, woollen spinner, of Watson Mills, Morland (Norland?), Halifax. Ann Whatmough, spinster
- Abraham Whitaker, grocer, of Providence Row, Ovenden. Mary Whitaker, widow. Joseph Whitaker, salesman
- Sarah Hannah Whitaker, widow, of 54 The Boulevard, Halifax. Richard David Whitaker, brewer
- Margaret Whitehead, spinster, of 14 Industrial Terrace, Halifax
- Benjamin Whiteley, paper maker, of 5 Melville Place, Halifax. Sarah Whiteley, widow
- John Whiteley, commercial clerk, of James Street, Holywell Green, Halifax. Elizabeth Whiteley, widow
- Joseph Whiteley, licensed victualler, of the Hawk Inn, Barkisland. Hannah Whiteley, widow
- Theophilus Whiteley, hawker, of the Workhouse, Halifax. David Whiteley, farmer
- Ann Wilcock, widow, of Stoney Holt in Wadsworth near Hebden Bridge. James Wadsworth, farmer
- William Wilcock, former waggoner, of Old House, Sowerby
- George Wilkinson, farmer, of 3 Green's Square, New Pellon, Halifax
- Hannah Wilkinson, spinster, of 314 Ovenden Road, Halifax. Thomas Wilkinson, gentleman. Sam Wilkinson, tailor and draper
- Henry Wilkinson, retired butcher, of 35 Craven Terrace, Halifax. John Wilkinson, draper
- James Wilkinson, tin plate worker, of 5 Cross Hills, Halifax. Jane Wilkinson, widow
- Mary Jane Wilkinson, spinster, of Field Head House, Ovenden. William Wilkinson, retired veterinary surgeon
- Elizabeth Wilson, widow, of Lower Lodge, Manor Heath, Skircoat, Halifax. Tom Wilson, mechanic
- James Wilson, ironmonger, of Fern Dene, Savile Park Road, Halifax. Frances Wilson, widow. Robert Henry Wilson, ironmonger
- Miriam Wilson, widow, of Shibden Grange, Halifax. Joseph Wilson and Samuel Robertshaw Wilson, Her Majesty's inspectors of schools
- Mary Winks, widow, of Jammy Green, Ovenden. Henry Winks, butcher
- George Wood, farmer, of Upper Range Farm, Halifax. John Wood, butcher
- John Wood, grocer, of 63 King Cross Street, Halifax. Sarah Ann Wood, widow
- Lydia Wood, wife of Samuel Wood, of 6 Batlinson Street, Southowram
- Martha Woodhead, widow, of 26 Stead Street, Halifax. Harry Woodhead, plasterer
- James Wormald, joiner and builder, of Northgate, Elland. Zilpha Wormald, widow
- James Wright, drayman, of Illingworth. Hannah Wright, widow
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