Having seen many overcrowded public cemeteries, Dr John Fawcett
bought the land on which Machpelah House was built and gave it the
name Machpelah as it was intended to be Fawcett's burial place
See
James Akroyd
Roman graves from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD have been found with
textiles dyed with madder
Madrigal societies were popular in the 19th century.
See
Brighouse Glee & Madrigal Society,
Glee and
Rastrick Glee & Madrigal Society
In the early 20th century, Arthur Bryant, who lived at
Thornton, Bradford, had been ill with tuberculosis and noticed a
gradual improvement in his health after he started breeding maggots
for local anglers.
He became known as the Maggot King of Thornton.
In February 1911, the Bradford Telegraph organised trips for
thousands of consumptives from all over Yorkshire to seek the cure.
See
Thornton
A legal officer who presides over minor prosecutions and legal cases.
See
Magistrates & Courts and
Stipendiary magistrate
Many of the local Mayors were also JPs
In 1213, as a response to the king's demands for excessive feudal
dues and attacks on the privileges of the church, Archbishop Langton
proposed to the barons the drawing-up of a binding document.
John was forced to accept this and signed the document at Runnymede
on 15 June 1215.
See Barons' War
In 1581, Morton himself was brought to the block, and suffered by the
machine which he had caused to be erected.
Other Scottish towns hired the Edinburgh maiden for 30 shillings
Traditionally, if Miss Mary Smith married Mr John
Jones, she would lose her maiden name and be known as Mrs John
Jones.
The maiden name of a child's mother is recorded on birth records
after the middle of the year 1911.
Until the 20th century, it was common for the eldest son to he given
his mother's maiden name as a forename.
See
Mrs
The disease could be treated by Peruvian bark – which contained
quinine – but this has been replaced by synthetic medicines.
The name comes from the fact that the disease was thought to be a
consequence of bad air.
This was associated with the stagnant water of swamps and
marshes – correct conclusion, wrong reason.
In 1856, William Henry Perkin was searching for a cure for
malaria and discovered the first synthetic aniline dye – mauve.
In 1897, Ronald Ross showed that the disease is transmitted by
the mosquito.
In 1899, Sir Patrick Manson identified the anopheles
mosquito as the carrier.
Compare Nonfeasance
A manor comprised
the lord's house,
cultivated land and meadow land,
land rented by free tenants,
land held by villagers,
common land,
woodland,
and
waste land.
Typically, a manor would be 1200 to 1800 acres in extent.
See
Manor of Barkisland,
Manor of Batley,
Manor of Copley,
Court leet,
Customary due,
Dower House,
Elland, Manor of,
Manor of Erringden,
Manor of Fixby,
Manor of Greetland,
Halifax, Manor of,
Heptonstall, Manor of,
Manor of Hipperholme Thorn,
Manor of Hipperholme,
Manor of Lindley,
Manor courts,
Medale,
Manor of Midgley,
Manor of Norland,
Manor of Northowram,
Manor of Ovenden,
Rastrick, Manor of,
Manor of Rishworth,
Manor of Royds Hall,
Manor of Shelf Hall,
Manor of Shelf,
Manor of Southowram,
Sowerby, Manor of,
Manor of Soyland,
Manor of Stainland,
Manor of Stansfield,
Sub-manor,
Manor of Wadsworth,
Manor of Wakefield and
Manor of Warley
These were often held in the nave of the church
See
Great Houses
These were made by a mantua maker
See
Clickable map of Calderdale,
Land ownership maps,
Moore's Terrier,
Ordnance Survey Maps and
Townships of Halifax Parish
This was recorded as one of the causes of death of Branwell Brontë
Typically, the mark would be a letter X, although it could also be
some other letter or symbol.
Marks were often used by people who were able to write, for example
Typically, a silver mark was valued at about 13s/4d, two-thirds of
£1 and equivalent to about 8 ounces of silver.
A gold mark was worth £6.
A noble was worth half a mark
Since the Church of England considered Nonconformists to be
heretical, many ceremonies conducted by the Nonconformist churches
were not recognised beyond those churches.
Thus, many people who were married in a Nonconformist church, had the
ceremony repeated in the local Parish Church
See
Banns of marriage,
Dynastic marriages,
Marriage Act [1653],
Marriage Act [1753],
Marriage Act [1836],
Marriage allegation,
Marriage bond,
Marriage licence and
Morganatic marriage
The marriage allegation was a statement sworn by one of the
couple stating there was no legal impediment to their marriage
The marriage bond was a document comprising
the obligation and the condition, which again asserts
that there is no legal impediment to the marriage and supports this
by a contract to pay a sum of money if there is later found to have
been an impediment to the marriage.
The bond also ensures that any financial penalty required to be paid
by the clergyman – in cases of an illegal marriage – would be met by
the forfeiture of that money
Although it was customary for the banns of marriage to be read in
the parish church of the intended couple, the church authorities were
able – on payment of a fee – to issue marriage licences for
those who did not wish to have the banns read out publicly, or who
wished to marry quickly.
Marriage licences were obtained from the diocese where one of
the parties lived, and in which the marriage was to take place.
The actual documents involved were the marriage allegation, the
marriage bond, and the marriage licence, and the information
may also be recorded in the Act Book.
The licence to marry was handed to the clergyman performing
the ceremony.
It may have been retained by the clergyman, or it may have been
returned to the couple.
Before the introduction of civil registration in 1837,
the Church of England was responsible for the solemnising of
marriages in England and Wales.
Hardwicke's Marriage Act [1753] allowed Jews and Quakers to be
married in their own places of worship.
Banns-only registers were introduced in 1823.
The legal age for marriage with parents' consent was 12 for a girl
and 14 for a boy.
In 1926, a couple aged 16 or over could marry without their parents'
consent
See
John Crossley,
Sir Richard Gledhill and
Siege of York
A mason banker is the bench on which the mason works.
See
Fixer,
Freemason,
Hewer and
Mason's Mark
The marks served two purposes
See
Masons' marks on the Rochdale Canal
The number of recipients – and the value of coins distributed to each
person – is equal to the sovereign's age at the next birthday.
Since 1662, the coins have been specially minted for the ceremony
The mayor may be a man or a woman.
The period or term of office of a mayor is known as
the mayoralty.
The mayor's consort is the mayoress and performs a supporting
rôle.
The mayoress may be the mayor's wife or any other man or woman.
See
Mayors of Brighouse,
Mayors of Calderdale,
Mayors of Halifax,
Mayors of Todmorden,
Alderman and
Magistrates
The tallest maypole in England was 130 ft high and erected in The
Strand, London, in 1661.
In 1717, it was taken down for use as a support for Sir Isaac
Newton's telescope.
These were strongly discouraged by the church in the 19th century,
and the Dissenters tried to ban the practice because of the
drunkenness and lewd behaviour which accompanied them, and children
were encouraged to participate.
The theft of the maypole by rival communities was common
In 1931, an Act was passed to use the employment insurance fund to
pay only limited, short-term benefits.
The longer-term unemployed and those not covered by the scheme were
to receive assistance only after a means test had been applied
and the amount of unemployment benefit assessed.
The Unemployment Act [1934] retained the means test as a
method of distributing unemployment benefit.
See
William Holt and
Todmorden Communists
There was a local outbreak in November 1902 to August 1903.
This began at the Red Cross Model Lodging House, Brighouse and was
blamed on tramps and itinerants.
There was a national epidemic in April 1926.
Several local schools were closed.
The disease was controlled in the 20th century
See
Mir
The process of mercerisation is carried out by a mercer.
See
Mercers' Company
Sir Richard Saltonstall was a governor of the Merchant
Adventurers.
See
Wool export
See
Formarriage and
Lerwite
Records for Akroyd's mill show that they produced the fabric
in 1826
There is some evidence of Mesolithic occupation in the
Calderdale district, including
Cock Hill, Midgley Moor,
Crow Hill, Midgley Moor,
Dog Hill, Rishworth Moor,
Ferny Lee, Midgley Moor,
Fly Flatts Reservoir,
Gaol Lane, Halifax,
Great Manshead Hill, Ripponden,
Grey Stone Quarry, Ripponden,
High Brown Knowl, Wadsworth,
High Rough, Midgley Moor,
Holdsworth,
Linsgreave, Ripponden,
Manshead,
Nab Water,
Pule Hill, Boothtown,
Ringstone, Barkisland,
Saw Gill, Ripponden,
Wicken Clough, Ripponden and
Winny Stone, Midgley Moor
See
Cape Insulation Limited,
Nick Crossley,
Jean Greenwood and
Kosset Carpets Limited
A capital messuage was a large residential property
See
Metes & bounds
See
Mete
In 1749, the Methodists met in the Cow Green preaching room.
Church Lane Chapel was the first Methodist chapel in Halifax
[1760]
Wesley's Chapel, Broad Street was the 2nd Methodist Chapel to be
built in Halifax.
See
Chapel House, Todmorden Edge,
Fly Sheets controversy,
Methodist New Connexion,
Methodist Unitarian,
Primitive Methodism,
Slave trade,
Wesleyan Methodism and
Wesleyan Reform Movement
The original Methodists were known as Wesleyan Methodists.
In 1907, the
the Methodist New Connexion,
the Methodist Free Church,
and
the Bible Christians
amalgamated to form the United Methodist Church.
See
Unitarianism
It was widely held that diseases such as cholera were
transferred miasmically.
See
Malaria
