See
All Souls' Church, Haley Hill,
Lightcliffe Congregational Church,
Copley Parish Church,
St John Methodist Church, Prescott Street,
St John the Divine, Thorpe,
St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe,
Sowerby Parish Church and
Holywell Green Congregational Church
Records for Akroyd's mill show that they produced the fabric
in 1798
The Huddersfield Broad Canal was designed for the boats.
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal was built for the standard 70 feet x
7 feet narrow boats.
Only the special, short Yorkshire Narrowboats could work on both
canals
When England adopted the
Julian calendar
around 1190, the first day of the year was 25th
March – the Feast of the Annunciation or Lady
Day – and the last day of the year was 24th March.
An Act of Parliament – Chesterfield Act [1750] – changed the
calendar so that the year was to run according to the
Gregorian calendar
and the new year was to begin on 1st January.
For this reason, dates often quote the year in both forms for
dates between 1st January and 24th March for years
before 1752 – for example February 12th 1719/20 – this
is known as double-dating
The change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian
involved an adjustment of 11 days and took place in September 1752,
when
Wednesday 2nd September 1752
was followed by Thursday 14th September 1752.
This prompted riots by people demanding "give us back our 11 days"
See
Quaker dates
Those men who rushed to California to work as miners and merchants in
1849 were known as Forty-niners.
The activity had subsided by 1852.
See
Derby Scheme and
Reserve
Many of these are industrial diseases.
See
Asbestos,
Cape Insulation Limited,
John Clay,
William Greenwood,
Industrial disease,
Mesothelioma and
Dr Samuel Threapland
The number produced from a pound of wax was used to name the candles;
thus eight candles weighed 8 to a pound, twenties
weighed 20 to a pound, and so on.
Hour candles marked down the length of the candle were used as clocks
to tell the time.
A nail might be stuck in so that, when the candle burnt down and
released the nail, it fell to the ground to wake the sleeper – a
simple alarm clock [and a light sleeper?].
A candle tax was imposed in the early 18th century.
See
Dip,
Flat candle,
Short sixes and
Tallow chandler
The numbers are those assigned to the licence.
See
Car Registration
The numbers are those assigned to the car.
See
Car registration letters,
Car Drivers Licences and
Motor Cycle Registrations
The recivered wool – called extract – was used in low-quality
textiles
In 1834, James Walton patented a rubber/woven fabric backing
for card clothing.
See
English Card Clothing Company
See
Byssinosis and
Industrial disease
The name comes from the Latin carduus [a thistle].
The job was originally done using the large prickly heads of the
teasel plant fixed in wooden frames.
Later, these were replaced by the more durable cards, which
were about 12 inches by 5 inches and resembled hand-brushes or
table-tennis bats studded with iron pins.
The roll of wool produced at this stage was known as a rolag.
The person who carried out this work was known as a carder or
a fettler.
The process of manufacturing the card is done by a card
maker.
In a later development, a single card – the stock card – was
suspended from the ceiling.
The process was mechanised in the late 18th century by Lewis
Paul, Daniel Bourne, and Richard Arkwright.
Because the teasel plant was used, the process was also known
as teaselling or tazelling.
A carder is the worker who feeds the laps into the machine,
keeps it clean, and removes full cans of sliver.
The dust produced by the machine gave rise to a bronchial disease
known as Carder's cough.
See
J. Bullough,
Card Clothing,
Crosrol Limited,
T' Darblin' 'Oil, Clifton,
Edward Fairburn & Sons,
Frizing,
Garnetting,
Gig mill,
William Lister,
Neps,
Piecer,
Raising,
Barber Family,
Tumming,
James Walton and
John Whiteley & Sons
The peas were soaked in water, seasoned with salt and vinegar, and
fried
See
Northern Carpet Trades Union,
Industry and
Type of Carpet
See
Byrehmley
See
J. Alexander
The name was also used for the person who kept the register and the
place where the register was kept
See
Wainwright
It is used in Domesday Book as a measure of liability for
taxation – see Carucage.
The word is derived from the Latin caruca [a plough].
In southern and western parts of England, outside Danelaw, the term
hide was used
These are said to be associated with pre-Christian tradition and were
believed to protect the building and its occupants.
They may also commemorate deaths which occurred during construction.
See
Stony Gaze
A catslide dormer has a roof which is a shallower pitched
section of the main roof
See
Cheese and
Pastoral farming
On outbreak was reported at Warley in
February 1867.
See
Anthrax,
Black Bane and
Withens Clough
These were common in the West Riding.
In 1851, there were 318 cellar dwellings in Halifax and 958 people
living in them.
In 1857, there were 485 cellar dwellings in Halifax and 1,450
occupants.
Such housing was over-crowded, and used by the very poor and elderly,
and by Irish workers.
Such housing was particularly dangerous in those areas – such as the
Upper Calder Valley – which were liable to flood.
These should not be confused with Old English
After 1841, they contained more detail, including the names of
everyone in each household.
The copies of the census returns held by the Public Record Office are
identified by a number of the form
the number n represents the year that the census was
taken, and will be one of
Census returns for 1911, are one page per household, and are
clearly labelled with the year
A population count was carried out in 1939, but there was no
census in 1941 on account of World War II.
Irish census returns only survive from 1901, earlier data having been
destroyed.
See
Ages on census returns and
Civil Registration
RG n / 1234
7 ==> 1841
8 ==> 1851
9 ==> 1861
10 ==> 1871
11 ==> 1881
12 ==> 1891
13 ==> 1901