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In the 1860s, the Ripponden Post Office was next to the Queen Hotel, Ripponden.
Miss Bradley worked here and was the first postmistress of
Ripponden
Question:
Can anyone tell me which of the Bradley sisters was postmistress at
Ripponden?
Was it
Mary,
Emma,
Hannah Maria,
or
Elizabeth?
She married (1) Joshua Riley.
She married (2) Milford Fearnley.
Emma died in Harrogate [6th September 1909].
Probate was granted to
Joseph Hanson (bank manager) and John Henry Helliwell
(solicitor)
She married Joseph Henry Scott Finlinson.
She died of peritonitis.
She was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 10th Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers.
He died of wounds in Italy [16th June 1918] (aged 24).
He was buried at the Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cemetery Extension [2 D 6].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He supported a mission chapel at a room in the Assembly Rooms in Woolshops, to serve the large Irish community living in the
Woolshops area.
In the 1920s, he established St Patrick's Church, Halifax in a room
at a mill in Well Lane
Born in Elland [17th September 1884].
He was
a cotton piecer [1901] /
a cotton twiner [1910].
On 2nd November 1907, he married Sarah Ann Rothwell [1880-1914] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived in Elland.
Sarah Ann died in 1914.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/5th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died as a POW in Lemberg, Galicia. [19th May 1917].
He was buried at the Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery [IV B 8].
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial.
After the deaths of Sarah Ann [1914] and Harry,
grandfather David Rothwell was appointed guardian of their
daughter Winifred Mabel
Around October 1633, James and Susan, together with
James, John and Henry Murgatroyd, appeared before the Council of the North on
charges of unspecified ...
They were fined and sentenced to
and then the group was
and subsequently
and ordered
He was a Police Constable in Elland [joined the force in 1871].
In 1876, he married Sarah Ann Foulds [1849-1902] in Todmorden.
Children:
The family lived at
Sarah died in 1902.
James died 11th June 1910.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £446 4/6d.
Probate was granted to son Harry
and James Smith (police constable)
He was
landlord of the Holroyd Arms, Ripponden [1841, 1845, 1851] /
landlord of the Queen Hotel, Ripponden [1861] /
a farmer of 20 acres [1861] /
a farmer of 26 acres [1871].
On 28th May 1832, he married Elizabeth Riley [1811-1875] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
One of the Bradley sisters was postmistress at Ripponden
The family lived at
In 1861, daughters Emma & Hannah Maria were at the
Queens Hotel, Ripponden.
Living with them [in 1871] were Benjamin Whittle and family,
and Orlando Hinchliffe and family.
In 1881, he was a retired inn keeper, living in Halifax with
daughter Emma who was a Hotel Keeper.
He died at the Golden Plough, Halifax [7th November 1885]
He was made a Freeman of the Borough in May 2000..
He was
Mayor of Calderdale [1984-1985]
In 1862, he married Ann Haigh [1822-1868] in Halifax.
Ann was buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax
He (possibly) worked for Crossley's Carpets.
During World War I,
he enlisted [December 1916], and
served as a Lance Corporal
with the 2nd Battalion
Leinster Regiment.
He was killed in action [18th June 1918] (aged 20).
He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial [10],
on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets
In [Q2] 1916, he married Maud Ethel Cousins in Halifax.
They lived at 65 Rochdale Road, Greetland.
During World War I,
he served as a Rifleman
with the King's Royal Rifle Corps.
He died in Halifax [27th November 1918] (aged 31).
He is remembered on a CWGC headstone at Stoney Royd Cemetery
[J B 88A]
A clothier of Southowram.
He married Alice [15??-1609].
Children:
In his will [14th March 1599], he gave
a pair of looms,
a press,
a great ark,
and
two pairs of walker shears
to each of his sons.
The rest of his property went to his wife Alice.
Nicholas was buried at Halifax [10th April 1600].
Alice was buried [21st September 1609]
He married Unknown.
Children:
He began working as a joiner.
His work includes
Warley House,
the Square Chapel [1772],
and
the Piece Hall [1775].
He produced the drawings for Crow Nest Mansion.
He was one of the people who advanced money for the construction of
Halifax New Market in 1790, and a trustee of the Halifax Market Company.
In 1792, he was appointed superintendent surveyor to the Calder & Hebble Navigation Company.
He had an office at 10 Union Street, Halifax [1829].
He was buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax
and a plaque in his memory has been erected [1999] on the east wall
of the Chapel, above his gravestone
He was recorded in 1868 [?], when he signed a public notice which
cautioned the public against
which took place during the Elland Tide
He worked for Halifax Corporation Passenger Transport.
In [Q1] 1935, he married Ethel Mary Rushton in Halifax.
They lived at 7 Windsor Grove, Boothtown.
During World War II,
he enlisted [September 1939], and
he served as a Driver
with the 6 Sub. Park, 2 Corps Ammunition Park
Royal Army Service Corps.
He died 27th May 1940 (aged 37).
He was buried at the Nieuwpoort Communal Cemetery [III 5].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Halifax architect who
(possibly) designed Holy Trinity Church, Halifax [1795-1798]
and
redesigned Coley Church [1816-1817]
He lived at New Road, Halifax [1809]
In 1955, the business was William Bradley (Engineers) Limited
Born in Blackburn.
He married Mary Ann.
They lived at 23 Peel Street, Cobden, Todmorden.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was reported missing and assumed to have died [12th October 1916] (aged 33).
He was buried at the Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs [VI AA 5].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
Born in Fewston.
He was
a blacksmith of Warley [1875, 1881] /
blacksmith [1891] /
innkeeper at the Blue Ball, Norland [1891, 1894] /
laundry proprietor [1901].
In 1875, he married Betsy Culpan [1851-1???] at Halifax Parish
Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with the widowed Betsy in 1911 was visitor Mary
Evers Lister [aged 65]
Sarah Ann was the daughter of David Rothwell
divers offences and misdemeanours by them committed in the chapel,
chapel porch and chapel yard of Luddenden, in our
county of York
upon the Sabbath day in the said chapel immediately after divine
service to make public acknowledgement of the said offences and
misdemeanours by them committed against God and His holy religion in
that holy place, and should likewise every one of them in a sorrowful
manner ask forgiveness of God, the congregation, the rector [?] and
his people
convented and proceeded against before the Lord Archbishop of York
and other commissioners for Causes Ecclesiastical within the province
of York for the same misdemeanours committed by them in the chapel
before mentioned and in the church porch and in the churchyard of the
said chapel
excommunicated for the space of 2 years
to perform public penance in the chapel of Luddenden and in the
Parish Church of Halifax upon several Sundays
Sarah Ann was born in Todmorden
Elizabeth was Matron to the scholars at Rishworth Charity School [1861]
the disgraceful practices
Betsy, born in Norland, was the daughter of mechanic Thomas
Culpan
Entries for people with this and similar surnames are shown in a separate Foldout
There are over 20 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Bradley,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Bradley:
Marriages
1807,
1907,
1941
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