He was a Lieutenant in the 33rd Duke of Wellington Regiment.
He died whilst serving as a Captain in Egyptian Army during the
Sudan Campaign.
The epitaph on his memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
He worked for Dempster's
During World War II,
he served as a Lance Corporal
with the Royal Corps of Signals.
He was killed at the battle of Kohima [5th April 1944].
He was buried at the Kohima War Cemetery, India [8 F 9].
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial
A natural rocky outcrop overlooking the Staff of Life pub.
It was a favourite spot for making wagers and dares.
A local legend says that at midnight on Hallowe'en, a white doe
stands on the crag, chased by a hunter and his dogs.
See
Gabriel Ratchetts,
Mother Helston and
Lady Sybil
He was a foundry worker [1895]
On 9th August 1895, he married Mary Jane Palister [1873-19??]
in Gloucester.
Children:
The family lived at 3 Dye House Lane, Brighouse [1911].
On the 5th July 1912, Mary Jane, Thomas William and
son Thomas sailed for Australia aboard SS Orama,
leaving William [aged 16] behind
Born in Halifax [16th Aug 1896]
In 1911, he was an apprentice engineer's pattern maker living with
his family lived at 3 Dye House Lane, Brighouse.
On 5th July 1912, his parents & brother sailed for Australia,
leaving William behind.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st RM Battalion RN Div.
Royal Marine Light Infantry.
He was killed in action [28th April 1917] (aged 20).
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [1]
In [Q4] 1942, he married Joan Kathleen Cattell
in Ely.
During World War II,
he served as a Flying Officer
with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He died 23rd October 1942 (aged 24).
He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
[C Nonconformist Grave 488].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland
This spelling can be seen on a milestone at Norland church
Born in Halifax
He was a newspaper print machinist [1908].
On 24th April 1909, he married Lillian Boocock Normanton in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 1 Withinfields, Southowram [1918].
During World War I,
he served as a Gunner
with 49th Battery 40th Brigade
Royal Field Artillery.
He died 7th July 1918.
He was buried at the Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France [X B 11].
He is remembered on Southowram War Memorial.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on Southowram War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Saint Anne's Church, Southowram
In 1921, Lillian married John Henry Broomhead.
Born in Halifax.
He was a brass finisher [1908].
On 29th August 1908, he married Hilda Boocock Normanton
at King Cross, Halifax.
Children:
Children:
The family lived at Halifax [1918]
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/4th Battalion
King's Own (Royal Regiment Lancaster).
He was killed in action [9th April 1918].
He was buried at the Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, France [III E 19]
He married Helena Thwaite in Halifax [Q4 1893].
Children:
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/5th Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers.
He died 26th October 1917 (aged 33).
He was buried at the Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium [III D 15].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Shelf Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the Training Reserve Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers.
He died of pneumonia in Darlington Military Hospital [19th November 1918] (aged 19).
He was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
[2 22M].
He is remembered on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.
Established by A. Earnshaw.
They built Crown Works, Boothtown.
Established in 1862.
Recorded in 1898.
According to an article by 'Viator [1921]
At one time, they had
20 planing machines,
37 hand lathes,
30 slide lathes,
3 shaping machines,
4 slotting machines,
and
steam hammers
driven by 2 steam engines, and employed upwards of 250 hands
They succeeded Standeven & Earnshaw at Lum Brook Mills, Coley.
Partners included
Sam Earnshaw
and
John Herbert Fletcher
See
Hazlehurst
Mid 18th century house and barn.
In 2013, the farm was mentioned in connection with the use of
horsemeat in food
He attended Heath Grammar School.
He has appeared in many stage, film, and TV rôles.
In [Q1] 1964, he married Judy Adams
in Claro.
Children:
Ian & Judy separated in 1979
See
Abraham Crabtree
See
Longfield Farm, Todmorden and
Lower Longfield Farm, Todmorden
In 1923, Halifax Children's Welfare League bought and adapted the
farm as a holiday home for groups of 12 to 16 children.
Mackintosh's contributed £100 to start the venture.
See
East Longley, Sowerby Bridge,
Longley and
Longley Farm, Norland
On 7th October 1856, he married a widow, Mrs Hannah Eddrup
[née Price] from Brixton, at Streatham.
In 1857, he moved to Brixton, on account of his wife's health, and
then to Paignton.
He died at Doddington, Oxfordshire
Recorded in 1891, when
Martha, widow of Moses Aspinall, lived here, and died here
[1901]
Owners and tenants have included
See
Robert Brook,
Albert Richard Carnelley,
Thomas Greenwood and
Henry Charles Lightowler
He lived at 9-11 Balmoral Place, Halifax [1936]
In 1693, he married Sarah Preston
at the house of John Eccles of Woodhouse.
Children: Several.
The family emigrated to Pennsylvania
He was a manufacturing chemist of Gladstone Road, Halifax [1881].
On 25th October 1881, he married Mary Jane Braithwaite at Halifax Parish Church.
He was
a chemical worker [1891] /
an engine man (gasworks) [1901] /
a carter and gas stoker [1907]
In [Q1] 1872, he married Rachel Baker [1855-1???] from
Pickering, in Pickering.
Children:
Between 1884 and 1888, the family moved from Pickering to Halifax.
The family lived at
He was killed in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of 15th October 1907.
He was travelling inside the car and his body was found beneath the
tram which had fallen on its side and crushed him.
He was buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery
[17th October 1907]
He was
a teacher in cotton spinning at Sowerby Bridge Technical School /
an employee at Shepherd & Blackburn Limited.
He emigrated to the United States.
In 1904, he was appointed spinning master at the Peruvian Cotton
Spinning Company in Viarte
Owners and tenants have included
See
Eastfield Mill, Claremount
Curate at Brighouse [1948-1951].
He left Brighouse to become curate at Caversham [1951-1956], then
vicar of St Andrew, Headington Oxford [1956-1964], Banbury with
Neithrop [1964-1970], Chilton with Dorton [1970-1977].
He was Archdeacon of Buckingham [1970-1977] and canon of Windsor
[from 1977].
He lived at the Cloisters, Windsor Castle [1977]
In 1901, he married (1) Janette Hoyle in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 3 Lane Side, Luddendenfoot [1911].
Janette died after a tram accident which happened on
15th July 1917.
In 1919, he married (2) a widow, Mrs Janet Broadbent, in Halifax.
She had 4 children from her previous marriage.
Children:
Née Janetta or Janette, daughter of John Hoyle.
In 1901, she married Caleb Easton in Halifax.
She received head and leg injuries when the Queensbury-Halifax tram overturned at Ambler Thorn on
15th July 1917,
and died in Halifax Royal Infirmary 2 days later
He was
Vicar of Warley [1905, 1908]
and
Vicar of Ripponden [1909-1920].
He married Unknown.
Children:
The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.
The name
Estwoode is recorded in 1286.
The name may be derived from the local Eastwood family.
See
Bottoms,
Cockden,
Eastwood Railway Station and
Higher Eastwood
When William died, his brother Abraham Greenwood Eastwood
took over the office.
Charles Edwin Sutcliffe may have joined the business as partner
Partners included
Fred Eastwood,
Daniel Eastwood,
and
John Eastwood.
They were at Croft Mill, Hebden Royd [1905]
See
W. H. Eastwood
Owners and tenants have included
Closed on 3rd December 1951.
Demolished in January 1952.
David Hartley, son of King David Hartley, was killed at
the station on
27th March 1847.
In May 1890, a man named Kinchlee, a deserter from the 68th
Durham Foot Regiment, escaped after he jumped from an express
train as it passed through the station.
See
Station House Hotel, Eastwood and
Todmorden Station
Born in Birmingham.
He was a professional soldier and joined the 10th Hussars around 1906.
He served in India – where he was present at the Durbar.
He was drafted to South Africa when the Johannesburg strikes broke
out [1913].
When War was declared in 1914, he was sent to France.
On 6th November 1915, the Halifax Courier published an article
about him and his brothers –
Sidney,
Ralph,
Frederick,
and
Lawrence
- who were all on active service during World War I
Born in Liverpool.
He was
a worsted doffer [1911] /
a gardener.
In October 1915, he joined the
3rd/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
On 6th November 1915, the Halifax Courier published an article
about him and his brothers –
Edward,
Sidney,
Ralph,
and
Lawrence
- who were all on active service during World War I.
Frederick was at Clipstone at that time
He was
a coach trimmer [1891] /
a coach builder [1901] /
a coach trimmer [1911]
He married Elizabeth [1865-1???].
Children:
The family lived at
On 6th November 1915, the Halifax Courier published an article
about sons
Edward,
Sidney,
Ralph,
Frederick,
and
Lawrence
who were all on active service during World War I
Born in Halifax.
During World War I,
he served
with the 2nd/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
On 6th November 1915, the Halifax Courier published an article
about him and his brothers –
Edward,
Sidney,
Ralph,
and
Frederick
- who were all on active service during World War I.
Lawrence was in Retford at that time
Born in Halifax.
He was
a coach trimmer [1911] /
employed by Woodall Nicholson & Company Limited.
In early 1915, he joined the
9th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
On 6th November 1915, the Halifax Courier published an article
about him and his brothers –
Edward,
Sidney,
Frederick,
and
Lawrence
- who were all on active service during World War I.
Ralph was in France at that time
Born in Halifax.
He was
employed by John Mackintosh & Sons Limited.
In December 1914, he joined the 10th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
On 6th November 1915, the Halifax Courier published an article
about him and his brothers –
Edward,
Ralph,
Frederick,
and
Lawrence
- who were all on active service during World War I.
Sidney was in North Shields at that time
Born in Lancashire.
He moved from Rossendale to Sowerby Bridge [1863].
He was
an engraver to calico printer [1861] /
a grocer's assistant John Cunliffe [1871] /
a commercial clerk at the chemical works of a drysalters at Low Moor [1881] /
a commercial traveller (chemical) [1891] /
a commercial traveller [1901] /
a Primitive Methodist preacher [1856-1906] /
a supporter of the Temperance Movement /
a member of the Committee of the Sowerby Bridge Evening Continuation Schools [1896] /
a member of the Liberal Club /
a member of the Sowerby Bridge Public Library Committee /
a member of the Committee of the Sowerby Bridge Industrial Society.
He married Jane [1832-1???]
Children:
The family lived at
He died at home in Tuel Lane [25th August 1906].
He was buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery
He was a general carrier [1911].
In [Q1] 1894, he married Lena Laycock [1868-19??] from Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 1 The Square, Bank Top, Southowram [1911]
The co-operative ceased in 1911
Those involved in establishing the co-operative included
Joseph Greenwood,
John Stansfield,
J. W. Garside,
Greenwood Pickles,
W. H. Brown,
W. H. Helliwell,
and
A. Cunliffe
See
Top o' th' Eaves
Number 15 was the home of Oliver Heywood, and is
dated 1677 H/OA
Built by Vincent Aspinall whose name is inscribed on the
house
Born in Jackholes, Lancashire.
He was
a manager power looms [1851] /
a commission agent [1863].
On 28th October 1863, he married Susanna Whiteley at Halifax
Parish Church.
He was a fruit & fish dealer [1877].
In 1877, he married Hannah Speed [1856-1903] in Halifax.
Children:
Hannah died.
H died 26th August 1903.
David died in Halifax [17th February 1917].
Members of the family were buried at St Stephen's Church, Copley
[Plot 287]
occupied 100 women in the last year
Mary Jane was born in Gloucester
Lillian was the daughter of Samuel Boocock Normanton
Hilda was the daughter of Samuel Boocock Normanton
Helena was the daughter of Samuel Holdsworth Thwaite
The business sprang out of the firm of Parker & Balme and was in
its day probably the largest such firm.
Sarah was the daughter of Jonas Preston
Mary Jane, of Kingston terrace, Halifax, was the daughter
of William M. Braithwaite, gentleman
Elizabeth [1865-1???] was born in Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire /
Bedfordshire / Great Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire
Susanna was the daughter of George Whiteley
Hannah was born in Pontefract