Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion : Foldout

Crimes & Criminals

This Foldout collects the entries for some crimes, criminals, victims, and court cases in the district.

Felons
Victims
Others
Transported Convicts
People executed at Tyburn, York

See also the entries for Murders & Murderers, Deaths, and Coiners

Felons

Robert Ackrigg Henry Beaumont Ackroyd John Ackroyd Bartholomew Arkwright Airey Edmund Airey George Airey Rev Jonathan Akroyd James Alderson Seth Ambler George Ashworth Allen Marsden Aspinall Elizabeth Aspinall Joshua Aspinall Tom Aspinall William Aspinall William Aspinall Rev Gilbert Astley Benjamin Atkinson Samuel Atkinson Joseph Bailey Anthony Bancroft John Bancroft Martin Bancroft Philemon Bancroft Samuel Blagborough Bancroft Elizabeth Barker William Barker Arthur Barraclough Richard Barrett Walter Barsdorf Dr Bastow Edward Bates Joseph Baxendale Ebenezer Beale Benjamin Beevers Mr Begley Bernard Behan George Henry Bell Bertram Bentley Hezekiah Bentley John Bentley Joseph Bentley Hugh Edward Blackburn George Boddy Mary Ann Bolton William Bolton Matthew Booth Thomas Boys James Bradley Rev George Braithwaite William Broadbent John Brook Joseph Brook Samuell Brooke Stephen Brumby Edward Bull Charles Burke Thomas Burns George Butcher Joseph Butterworth John Cain Samuel Caleb John Calvert Robert Calvert William Carr Joseph Carter Thomas Casson Daniel Cawthra Joseph Cearney Thomas Challoner Samuel Charlton Mrs Charters Frederick C. Chatburn David Chaytor Tom Chippendale Joseph Clarke Thomas Clarke James Clayton Mrs Sarah Coates Christiana Cockcroft Percy Cockcroft James Cockroft Edward Pearson Coldwell Richard Cooke Thomas Cookson Peter Corless Fred Crabtree Rev Henry Crabtree John Crabtree Selwyn Crabtree Thomas Ely Cragg William Crossland Ely Crossley James Crothers William Crothers Eli Crowther George Crowther J. W. Crowther John Philip Crowther Tom Crowther William Crowther William Cullen Thomas Cunliffe James Daley Michael Dawson Francis Dean Charles Horsfall Denham James Denton Charles Dimmey Mr Dinsdale Brian Dixon George Edward Dixon Samuel Drake John Drinkwater Joseph Duffy James Dyson Miss Eastwood John Eastwood Richard Edmondson Joseph Ellis Ellen Ellison Alan Farrar Asa Farrar Henry Farrar Gideon Fearnley Westrop Feather James Feber David Fenton Nathaniel Fenton William Fielden Thomas Fielding Philip Fisher James Flanagan James Flannigan Joseph Fletcher Owen Ford John French Mrs Ruth Garforth Aminadab Gaskin William Gibson Rev William Gillmor David Gledhill Henry Gledhill James Gledhill James Gledhill Jonathan Gledhill Rev Joseph Gledhill Mary Gledhill Thomas Gledhill Charles Thomas Glover Barrington Godfrey Benjamin Gommersall Elijah James Gray David Greaves Margaret Green Broadbent Greenroyd Daniel Greenwood George Greenwood Jesse Greenwood John Greenwood Sandra Gregory Frederick Walter Hadwen George Haigh Joseph Hainsworth Joseph Hall Samuel Halstead Dr James Hardman Peter Harrington John Harrison George Hartley Mary Selina Harwood J. A. Hatfield William Haworth James Haystead W. Heaps John Hellawell Thomas Hellawell Sunderland Helliwell William Helliwell Dyson Hepworth Frederick Hepworth Samuel Hey Charles Hines Peter Hirst William Hirst John Hitchin James Oliver Hobbs Captain John Hodgson John Hodgson Samuel Hodgson Holden forgery gang Grace Holden John Holden Tom Holden John Holdsworth Edith Holland John Holroyd Rev James Hope Elizabeth de Hopton Hannah Horsfall John Howarth John River Burdett Howcroft Edwin Rowan Howell Sarah Hoyle William Hughes John Hutchinson

John Ibbetson Alfred Ingham Robert George Ingham William Ingham Adwen Frederick Jackson Elizabeth Jackson Sarah Ann Jagger Joseph Kagan Alfred Keighley Edward Kennedy Mr Kidd Joseph Kitchen Leonard Kitson Nalle Kittewrit Richard de Lathe John Law Thomas Law Joseph Lawton Patrick Leonard Edmund Leyland Isaac Liddle John Lightowler George Lister George Lister Sandy Longbottom James Lord James Lord Luddites James Lumb Georgina, wife of James Helliwell Lumb John Lumb John Luty Peter T. Macaulay James Henry Mackey Crabtree Marshall James Marshall Isaac Maude John Maude William McCarthy Mary Ann, wife of John McDaid James McDean James McGowan Andrew McIntyre John McVoy Halliday Medley Harriet Mercer Henry Midwood Beaumont Mitchell Fred Mitchell Joseph Mitchell Thomas Moore Mrs Patrick Moran Priscilla Morris Professor Charles Morritt Benjamin Mortimer James Morton Sam Smithies Moss Charles Murgatroyd Fred Murgatroyd Henry Murgatroyd John Murgatroyd Robert Nattrass Matthew Naylor Thomas Naylor Walter Newell Jeremiah Normanton Charles Nutter Thomas O'Boyle Pickles Ogden Thomas Ogden Ann Pardoe Thomas Patrick Thomas Brook Peel James Phillips John Pilling Eli Priestley Jabez Priestley John Priestley John Priestley Jonathan Priestley Nathaniel Priestley Timothy Priestley William Priestley Lewis Pulman Hellewell Radcliffe Alice de Raggede James William Ramsden William Crabtree Ramsden Francis Rawlings Aquil Rawnsley Peter Rawnsley Richard de Rediker William Richardson Adam Riddle Joseph Riley Jubal Riley David Roberts Samuel Roberts Enoch Holroyd Robinson Arthur S. Robotham Eli Rothwell George Herbert Rowe Caleb Rushton Arthur Russell Robert de Saltonstall Robert Sanderson Sir Michael Scot Francis Scott William Shackleton Henry Shaw Jonathan Sheard John Shepherd Joseph Shepherd William Henry Simms Margaret Simpson W. Slater Barker Smith James Smith James Smith James Smith Thomas Smith William Smith William Smith Albert Smithies Charles Smithies Edward Spink Mr Stansfield Robert Taylor Stansfield Harold Staves William Steel Frank Stocks George Stocks Richard Stocks William Stocks John Dean Stott Edward Sutcliffe George Sutcliffe Henry Sutcliffe J. & W. Sutcliffe Paul Sutcliffe Jeremiah Suthers Benjamin Swallow Daniel Swift John Sykes Joseph Sykes Squire Sykes Henry Tankard James Tansey Joseph Tatham Priscilla Tatham Henry Taylor John Taylor Richard Taylor Wilfrid Taylor George Thomas John Thomas Benjamin Thwaite John Tidswell Richard Toone Agnes Tyngill Thomas Uttley Thomas Uttley William Uttley John Waddington Michael Joseph Wade Elijah Wadsworth Joseph Wadsworth Richard Wadsworth Thomas Wakefield Fred Walton Henry Ward William Webster Rev James West Anthony Whitehead James Whitehead Samuel Whitehead Ainley Whiteley Arnold Baldwin Whiteley William Whiteley John Widdison Thomas Widdop James Wild Auguste Wilhelm Joseph Wilkinson Thomas Wilkinson Mr Wilson James Wilson John Wilson William Winterbottom Ellen Womersley Fred Wood George Wood Luke Wood Marion Wood Mary Jane Wood Joseph Woodhead Mrs Mary Woodhouse William Woolven James Wright James W. Wrigley Willie Wrigley

To be completed

Victims

To be completed

Rose Emma Ambler Abel Aspinall John Bairstow Luigi Balerna Frank Barraclough James Barraclough H. S. Bates Sergeant Beevers Bell & Metcalfe William Bentley William Binns Edwin Blakey Thomas Bolton Joseph Booth Ellen Bottomley John Bottomley Frederick Braithwaite Alfred Briggs Martha Ann Burrow Sarah Ann Burrow Joseph Cawood John Edward Champney John Chester Ralph Dalton Luke Dewhirst Lydia Dixon Arthur, son of James Drake Abraham Earnshaw Hannah Nora Eastwood Sidney Ellis John Fox Jane, wife of Samuel Gledhill Jane Greenwood Thomas Greenwood William Greenwood Mrs William Henry Gregson Ada Hackett William Fairburn Hepworth Joan de Heton Levi Hey Mr Hilton John Hirst Percy Crowther Hirst Nancy, wife of James Holden Samuel Hollinrake Elijah Holroyd William Holt Enoch Horsman Isaac Howson John Ingham

Isaac Jowett James Knight John Law William Lockwood Eliza Jane Lumb Marshfield Mill, Elland Daniel Martin James McIvor Thomas Mellor John Milnes Samuel Mitchell Detective George Moss William Muitt Champion Murgatroyd Royston Oliver H. & T. T. Ormerod John Patchett John Pearson Holmes Pighills John Radcliffe Mr Rawnsley Thomas Rigby Allen Robinson William Robinson Samuel Ross John Rothera Mr Rushworth Sidney Shaw James Shepley Rowland Siddall Joseph Singleton Richard Stansfield David Stead Joseph Tatham John Taylor Thomas William Thompson William Thompson Duke Thorp Thomas Turner James Whiteley Thomas Whiteley Thomas Whitley John Wilkinson John Williamson Samuel Wood Sarah Ann Wood Mr Woodhouse

Others

Jeremy Brigg Brighouse Co-operative Stores: Stabbing [1929] Arson at Canal Wharf Saw Mills, Hebden Royd John Carpmael Dixon vs Brearley Goldthorpe vs Hardman Halifax Corporation vs Barraclough Halifax Race Course Hare Mill, Todmorden Hare Spinning Company Limited James Hoyle (Limited) vs Cousin & Mitchell Jones vs Greenwood Jesse Lord Mark Mellor Mixenden Riot Newby & Woodhouse Patchett vs Sutcliffe

George Paxton Pound breach Thomas de Quincey Robinwood Mill, Todmorden William Rookes Roper vs George Greenwood & Sons Shillito vs Shillito & Hirst Men playing Shoolnige Taylor vs Green Sidney Thornton Todmorden Joint Stock Mill Company William Town Waddington vs Waller Harry Wallace Wardle John Whiteley Winterburn, Warley Wood vs Wood & Farrar Yorkshire Artificial Silk Company Limited Rev Hamilton Young

Transported Convicts

Abraham Akroyd Samuel Asquith John Baines John Baines John Bancroft William Barber Jonas Barrett Isaiah Bentley Joseph Bentley Isaac Broughton John Bulmer Henry Clayton John Clayton Joseph Clayton John Cockroft and 2 others John Crowther John Downs Charles Evans Mark Farrar Gideon Fearnley Joseph Firth James Fletcher William Gaukroger The Hermit of Hathershelf John Holden Samuel Holdsworth Mary Hyde George Ibbetson Joseph Ingham

John Kitson William Law Simeon Lord John Mellor John Mitchell Jonas Mitchell William Mitchell James Mozley James Naylor Ellis Nicholl Joseph Noble Prison hulk Henry Riley Jonathan Rushworth James Scholes George Cropper Smith William Snowden Thomas Squires Benjamin Stott John Swallow Joseph Tatham Benjamin Thorpe Robert Titterington Intruder apprehended by Mr Wade Sidney Whitaker Joshua Wilson John Wood

People executed at Tyburn, York

Thomas Boys John Brigg Isaac Charlesworth Joshua Clayton George Bell for forging the will of Ralph Dalton Charles Dimmey John Dobson John Dove Thomas Boys & Richard Boys for the robbery of Abraham Earnshaw William Field Benjamin Gartside John Greenwood George Harger David Hartley William Hartley Job Hey John Hill Robert Iredale Joseph King

George Mellor Benjamin Micklethwaite Matthew Normington James Oldfield Michael Pickles Rev Edmund Robinson John Scott Michael Shaw Joseph Shepherd Christopher Singleton Henry Smelt Thomas Smith Henry Sutcliffe Robert Thomas William Thorpe Andrew Tucker Mr Watson Richard Watson William Cowan & William Hall for the attempted murder of John Williamson