In 1883, he was declared bankrupt
Born in London.
He was involved with the Northern Ballet.
He and his wife lived at Little Park Farm, Mytholmroyd.
He died of cancer and was cremated at Elland
Owners and tenants have included
In 19??, it became a nursing home.
It has been extended sonsiderably, and is currently known
as Grange Manor
Heywood mentions the phenomenon in his diaries for March 1664
He also mentions night-whisslers and adds
In April 2010, the business closed.
Machine Tool Technology Group of New Works, Burnley Road,
Halifax, took on the workforce
In 1824, the Rochdale Canal Company built the eastern dam for the
Fielden family and other local mill owners.
This was to be filled once a year by water from Langfield Common.
The western dam was built in the 1830s by the mill owners themselves.
The water flowed down Lumbutts Clough to the Calder.
There was considerable disagreement between the canal company and
local mill owners over the use of the water.
When the dam was no longer used, Parliament decreed that it must be
made safe by lowering the water level, unless a waterman was employed
to maintain the banks.
Gaddings Drain fed water to fill the dam.
A part of the dam has been drained.
In 2001, the Gaddings Dam Group bought the dam with the aim of
keeping it open for people to enjoy.
This has never been used as a reservoir for the public water supply.
A wooden theatre which was the home of Robert Templeton's
Templeton's Varieties.
Recorded in September 1881, when
it was described as
It burned down in 1888.
The Grand Theatre & Opera House was built on the site.
See
Arthur Grimmett
In [Q1] 1916, he married Elizabeth Hey in Halifax.
They lived at 24 Cherry Street, Pellon Lane, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [March 1915], and
served as a Private
with the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
He was killed in action [21st March 1918] (aged 29).
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [10],
on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Mary's Church, Halifax
See
Harry Houdini
He lived at 32 Oxford Terrace, St James's Road, Halifax [1907]
In 1808, the Methodists built a Sunday School here in what
was described as being
The property belonged to the Sowerby Bridge Methodist Society
Born in Chichester.
He lived at
During World War I,
he served as an Aircraftman 2nd Class
with the Royal Air Force.
He died at St Luke's War Hospital, Halifax [1st May 1919] (aged 52).
He was buried at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £19 1/11d.
Probate was granted to
William Gale (Corporation employee).
He lived at
Prescott Place
In August 1866, he filed a patent for
He was employed by Halifax Corporation Highways Department.
He married Dora.
Children:
The family lived at 22 Ovenden Close, Halifax.
During World War II,
he served as a Private
with 75 Company
Aux. Mil.
Pioneer Corps.
He was lost [17th June 1940] (aged 36)
when the troopship HMS Lancastria was bombed and sank at St
Nazaire,
with the loss of 2,899 of the 5,310 people aboard.
He is remembered on the Dunkirk Memorial, France [151],
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 12th Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers.
He died 27th April 1918.
He was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium [XXVIII A 15].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Bernard's Catholic Church
See
Gallypole
In [Q3] 1910, he married Mary Elizabeth Cummings in Bradford.
During World War I,
he served as a Sergeant
with the 120th Heavy Battery
Royal Garrison Artillery.
He died 7th November 1917.
He was buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France [P III L 7B].
In [Q3] 1920, Mary Elizabeth married Joseph M. Cartwright in Bradford.
They lived at Pontefract
During World War II,
he served as a Wireman
with the Royal Navy
aboard HMT Sotra.
He died 29th January 1942 (aged 20)
when his ship was torpedoed by German Submarine U-431, and
sank in the Mediterranean, 80 miles east of Tobruk,
with the loss of all of her crew of 22.
He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England [69 2]
In 1925, he married Laura Ainley in Halifax.
The couple died in Halifax
See
Gallipole Allotment, Barkisland
A plantation at Greetland called Gallipolli Hill is
recorded in 1828 as part of the Crowstone Hall estate.
Watson suggests that the name comes from a
gallows which once stood there
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 12th (Ayr & Lanark Yeomanry) Battalion
Royal Scots Fusiliers.
He died 30th September 1918.
He was buried at Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium [I A 60].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Bernard's Catholic Church
Born in Bradford.
Medical practitioner in Elland [1874].
He served with the Local Government Medical Service [1895].
He was Medical Officer for Elland, Greetland and Upper Greetland
[1905].
He died in Halifax [Q2 1928] (aged 86).
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £10,563
He owned the townships of
Brighouse,
Elland,
Greetland,
Southowram,
Thornhill,
and
the Manor of Rochdale
before they became a part of the Honour of Pontefract of Ilbert de Lacy.
He married Unknown.
Children:
After the land was granted to Ilbert, it was still managed
by Gamel, then passed down through his family to Orm, then
to Leising.
In the 18th/19th century, there was an effigy of Gamel
displayed outside Mr Howarth's druggist's shop in High Street, Halifax.
See
Essolf and
Manor of Heptonstall
On 18th August 1884, Mary and her daughter were on the way to take
a dinner to Ridgway at his work.
On the way, they called in at the Pine Apple, Halifax where
they found Ridgway, and gave him his dinner.
Ridgway had been drinking and, instead of returning to work,
went home to sleep.
When he woke, he called for his tea, and Mary, who had also
been asleep, promised to get it for him, but later she refused.
As Ridgway got up to walk out of the house, Mary seized
him and forced him into a chair.
The 2 began swearing at each other and Mary picked up the fire
tongs and struck him.
He took them from her, and she picked up the poker and struck him
with that.
He took that from her and followed her outside where he struck and
felled her.
She died a few days after.
At the Yorkshire Winter Assizes [November 1884], Ridgway
pleaded guilty, and was imprisoned for one year with hard labour
The company also used the nearby Marshfield Mills and
Broad Lea Mill
It is likely that the name comes from a field-name which led down
to the Calder in that area of the town.
See
Ganny Bar,
Ganny Cottage,
Ganny Lock,
Ganny Mill and
Ganny Road
See
Ganny
Owners and tenants have included
See
Ganny
The lock-keeper's cottage is built over the floodgates which connect
the canal and the river.
In October 2003, there were plans to widen the lock which has
narrowed under pressure from the north bank of the canal.
Like most of the locks on the canal, this is a scheduled monument
He was a manager at the family's mineral water business
after his father's death [1904].
He was
innkeeper at the Vine Hotel, Brighouse [1917] /
a licensed victualler [1918]
The family originally came from Magdeburg, Germany.
Born in Antigua, West Indies.
He married Susanna [1???-1806].
Children:
Established by William Ganson after he bought a small mineral water
business next to the Joiner's Arms, Hove Edge.
The company supplied drinks to Sunny Vale Pleasure Gardens.
In the 1920s, the company was bought by Ernest Sheffield.
In the 1930s, the business moved across the road to premises in Half House Lane.
W. Ganson & Company were recorded at Cornaro Works, Hove Edge in 1937
Born in Droylsden, Manchester [16th July 1831].
He was
educated at the Moravian Day School, Fairfield, Manchester.
On 28th May 1854, he married Catherine Barlow [1836-1918]
at the Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Ashton, Lancashire.
Children:
He was a cotton carder [1871].
They lived at 40 Thornhill Briggs Lane [1871].
William returned in 1885 to buy a mineral water business at
premises next to the Joiner's Arms, Hove Edge.
He established the Ganson Mineral Water Company.
He was elected Councillor in the Brighouse Municipal Elections of 1893.
The family lived at 180 Halifax Road, Hove Edge [1901].
William died in 1901.
Catherine died 12th February 1918.
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £351 1/-.
Probate was granted to
son Abraham
and
Annie Rawnsley (widow)
Son of William Garaghty of 37 Brooke Street, Rastrick.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 24th May 1918 (aged 24).
He was buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.2, France [II C 19]
He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial
The central area of the U-shaped development was intended to be used
for allotments, but more houses were built on the land in the 1930s
House at the corner of Lightcliffe Road and Garden Road.
Dated 1901
Owners and tenants have included
He lived at 37 Mason Street, Range Bank, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [1914], and
served as a Stoker 1st Class
with the Royal Navy
aboard the destroyer HMS Kale.
He was lost [27th March 1918] (aged 24)
when his ship struck a (possibly British) contact mine and sank in
the North Sea, with the loss of 41 officers & men.
He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England [30],
and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets
Recorded on 14th April 1873, when
a group of around 75 members celebrated their anniversary at the
George, Brighouse
His rôle was
He married Unknown.
Children:
In 1849, he moved to Salford where he was chaplain to the workhouse
for the next 20 years.
He died in Essex
Son of Rev Alexander Stoker Gardiner.
Born in Dublin.
He was ordained deacon [1858] and priest [1860].
He was the first vicar of All Saints' Church, Todmorden [1858], and
Curate at Cross Stone [1861].
On 6th August 1861, he married Marianne Frances Berry at
Eccles.
In 1862, he moved to Wakefield, where he was a curate at St John's
Church.
He then worked as a chaplain in the Convict Prison Service – being at
Chatham, Dartmoor and Woking.
He died in London [26th October 1900], having retired there
Born in Dublin.
Chris Davidson, his great-grandson, writes:
In 1879, he married Lucy Georgina Holdsworth.
Children:
The couple moved to Edinburgh, where their 3 daughters were born.
They moved at least 4 times whilst there.
His affairs were sequestrated in 1882.
The family moved to Brighton, and lived at several addresses there.
Their youngest 2 children were born there.
In 1888, he was listed as a debtor in the London Gazette.
At some point after that, and before 1895, he and Lucy went their
separate ways and had no contact whatsoever before his death in 1909
and hers in 1908.
She had the children living with her in Newcastle under Lyme.
Theodore served for a while in the second Boer War in the
Army Medical Corps.
On his return, he was a broken man.
He developed dementia and was eventually picked up on the streets
sleeping rough in winter
He was a cabinet maker [1871].
He married Mary [1818-1???] from Lancashire.
Children:
The family lived at 6 Garden Street, Halifax [1871].
Living with them [in 1871] were granddaughter Sarah J Gardner
[b 1868], daughter Isabel and her husband John Batty
He married Maria Annunziata Fusco [1912-1991].
They lived in Halifax.
During World War II,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/7th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 21st February 1941 (aged 21).
He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery
[H 144].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Maria died in Halifax [1991]
He was
a joiner [1881] /
a joiner & beerseller at the Black Boy, Halifax [1891]
He married Sarah Ann Wright [1851-1887] from Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 8 Hanover Street, Halifax [1881].
Living with them [in 1881] 1891 was Sarah Ann's widowed
mother Elizabeth Wright [b 1831] (weaver) born in Leeds
Born in Norwich.
He was a Stockbroker's Clerk [1886].
On 24th November 1886, he married Mary Jane, daughter of
Frederick Cronhelm.
Mary Jane was his first cousin once removed.
Children:
He died in Reigate [1920]
He was a silk manufacturer at Manchester [1844].
On 17th April 1844, he married Eliza, daughter of George Otto Cronhelm, at Scarborough.
Children:
Partners included
Richard Garfitt and
James Barber.
The partnership was dissolved in January 1856
He became landlord of the Football, Brighouse.
In 1902, he married Ellen Whiteley.
Whilst he fought in World War I, his wife took over the pub.
After returning from the war, he gave up the pub and became a
hair-dresser
In 1910, he married Hetty / Etta Woodhead, in Halifax.
Children:
After Fred's death, Hetty married Tom Fearnley
He was landlord of the Robin Hood, Brighouse [1891, 1896,
1901].
He married Ruth Barker from Mixenden.
Children:
On Saturday, 3rd February 1866, Atkinson went with other
workers to the Flying Dutchman, Boothtown,
where Garforth paid his men.
Atkinson and Garforth had a disagreement about wages
and went into the back yard to fight, Atkinson appearing very
pressing to engage in a fight with Garforth.
Garforth seized Atkinson by the shoulders and pushed
him violently backwards, Atkinson fell upon the back of his
head on the pavement.
He lay in a state of insensibility for some time before waking and
asking for some beer.
The landlady refused and he walked to another nearby beerhouse where
he remained in a state of stupor until closing time.
He was unable to help himself and he was moved to a shed where he was
left until Sunday when Mr Johnson, clerk of the works at
Akroydon, found him shivering and insensible.
Atkinson was taken to the Infirmary where he died on
Monday.
At the inquest, Garforth was charged with manslaughter
In [Q3] 1916, he married Emily Morton [1892-1938] in Halifax.
Children:
Emily died in Halifax [Q3 1938] (aged 46).
In [Q2] 1941, he married Laura Crowther in Halifax.
Clement died [Q4] 1947 (aged 58)
there is also a strange noyse in the aire heard of many in these
parts this winter, called Gabriel-Ratches by this
country-people, the noyse is as if a great number of whelps were
barking and howling, and tis observed that if any see them the
persons that see them dye shortly after, they are never heard but
before a great death or dearth.
tho I have never heard either of them
near North Bridge ... a large and commodious structure ... will hold
3000 persons.
The interior is fitted up with every comfort;
one large gallery stretches round 3 sides of the hall, at the end of
which are refreshment rooms, there are 4 outlets in case of fire
in a little fold at the entrance to Washer Lane
patentee of Patent Self-Acting Smoke Preventers
improvements in machinery or apparatus working stone or cutting and
working mouldings thereon
Laura was the daughter of Benjamin Ainley
Susanna was born in Littletown, Gomersal
The family came to Brighouse in 1867 for a short time.
to bring religion to the men who were working on the railways
He lists himself on birth certificates as a surgeon – though
in reality he never qualified as a medical practitioner.
Maria was born in Clitheroe