The Halifax British School was moved here around 1820
See
Cabbage Lane
Named after Joseph Caddy.
In March 1836, Anne Lister's journals mention an incident about the
poisoning of the disputed Water Lane well here.
Slums here were mentioned in the Ranger report [1850].
In 1898, John Lister wrote in a local newspaper
In 1745, when Prince Charlie was travelling to England,
the Caddy Closes as they were then called were the property
of G. Laycock.
In the Manorial Records of 1814, it is sometimes called Caddow
Field and was then owned by William Lawrance and paid
3/- to the Lord of the Manor
He was a gas fitter [1893].
In [Q4] 1893, he married Mary Burke [1869-1949] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
During World War I,
he enlisted [March 1916], and
served as a Private
with the 1st/7th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died of wounds [12th April 1918].
He was buried at the Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery, Steenwerck, France.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Bernard's Catholic Church
Question:
Has this been confused with Cadney Croft, Halifax?
Born in Sheffield [24th July 1839].
He was
educated at Sheffield, Versailles and Worcester College Oxford /
a barrister in practice [1871, 1881] /
recorder in Pontefract [1877] /
judge of county courts [1901] /
Halifax county court judge [1905].
In [Q2] 1866, he married Mary Grayson Simpson [1841-1916] in
Wakefield.
They lived at
Living with them [in 1871] were cousin Sarah Dodson [aged 33],
and nieces Frances A Crossley [aged 10] and Mary A B
Crossley [aged 9].
Living with them in 1881 was visitor Helen E Pearson [aged 37].
In February 1906, John complained of the cold when he was
sitting at the Halifax and Dewsbury County Courts, and developed a
chill.
He died from pneumonia [aged 66] at Rhyddings House, Ackworth,
Pontefract [22nd February 1907].
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £19,906.
Probate was granted to his widow
Mary and Cecil Harold Simpson (soap manufacturer).
Owners and tenants have included
See
Cading's Croft, Halifax,
Halifax Cading's Croft and
Cadney Croft, Halifax
He was
Halifax attorney /
a bookkeeper [1841] /
an estate agent [1861].
He and his father were listed at Fountain Street, Halifax [1845].
He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835]
On 30th October 1834, he married Hannah, daughter of John Greenwood, at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1871] were nephew Clarence William Greenwood [aged 19], and niece Alice M Greenwood [aged 17].
Henry Ormerod died 10th April 1863.
He was buried at St Paul's Church, King Cross
[16th April 1863]
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £5,000.
Probate was granted to his widow.
Daughter Louisa died at Castle Hall, Cragg Vale [26th May
1871].
She was buried at St John's Church, Cragg Vale
[1st June 1871].
Probate records show that she left effects valued at under £2,000.
Probate was granted to her mother Hannah.
Hannah died at West Kensington Park, Middlesex [12th November
1876].
She was buried at St John's Church, Cragg Vale
[18th November 1876].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £2,000 ./-.
Probate was granted to daughter Alice Ormerod Pepler
He was
a Halifax attorney [1822] /
landlord of the William Broad, Halifax [1837] /
articled to James Wigglesworth /
an attorney at law [1841]
He and son Henry were listed at Fountain Street,
Halifax [1845].
On 3rd January 1811, he married Alice Ormerod [17??-1814] at
Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
The couple were buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax:
Alice [29th August 1814];
John William [20th August 1852]
In 1931, the property was acquired by the Halifax Building Society
and incorporated into the Alexandra Hall, becoming the Alexandra Café.
The name is sometime written Café Royale.
In February 2009, she became the first woman to sail solo and
non-stop both ways around the world
The building was formerly a branch of the Union Bank
He was
educated at Elland Grammar School /
an altarboy at St Patrick's Catholic Church, Elland /
a member of Elland Cricket Club /
a partner in T. Forrest, Elland.
During World War II,
he served as a Trooper
with the 8th Battalion
Royal Tank Regiment,
RAC.
He was killed in the Libyan desert [29th November 1941] (aged 28).
He was buried at Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya [2 H 6].
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Brooksbank School, Elland
He lived at 33 Wellington Road, Todmorden
See
Charles Cain, Son & Greenwood
They were at
Croft Mills, Halifax [1905],
Hope Hall Mills, Halifax [1905],
and
Savile Mill, Halifax [1937].
See
Charles Cain,
Richard Crowther and
George Henry Hirst
In May 1861, he was sworn in as a member of the grand jury of the
West Riding Intermediate Sessions.
In October 1878, he was declared bankrupt
In July 1875, he was quarrelling with another man in the Commercial, Halifax.
The landlord threw them out.
After much cursing and swearing, Cain struck and kicked the
landlord.
He was fined 47/6d or 2 months' imprisonment
Born in Galashiels, Scotland.
Physician and surgeon.
He lived at
See
Walsden Water
He was a contractor on Halifax.
On 6th October 1867, he married Sarah Ann at Halifax Parish Church.
Sarah Ann Calcroft died in 1907 (aged 72).
She was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 3529]
The company was put up for sale in January 2003
See
Calder Future,
Cal,
Der and
Royd
The Calder & Hebble Navigation links with the river Calder at
several points
Their Navigation Office is recorded at Southgate [1845],
and at 52 Southgate [1936].
From 1858, the company's head office was in Southgate, Halifax.
In the 1940s, it moved to Bailey Hall and 1948 when the canals were
nationalised and operated by the British Transport Commission.
See
William Gravatt,
Thomas Theodore Ormerod,
Frederick Philip Selwyn Rawson,
John Selwyn Rawson,
Sir George Savile,
Charles Selborne Walker and
Edmund Minson Wavell
It subsequently became a guest house and a residential nursing home
Tolls were abolished in 1875.
The bridge was widened in 1905
In the 1930s, the business was bought by Bradford Corporation
The house was demolished in the 1960s.
Recorded in 1900, when
the Hebden Bridge Agricultural Show was held here.
In November 2007, the Park received £68,000 from the Big
Lottery Fund's regional People's Millions fund after
winning a TV vote.
This money, together with £30,000 from Calderdale Council, will
be spent on the CalderPLAY play area in the Park.
See
William Crossley
Formerly known as Wharf House.
House and offices built in 1779 as a home for Thomas Walpole,
a manager of the Rochdale Canal Company.
The flight of stairs can be clearly seen from the Sowerby Bridge Basin.
Owners and tenants have included
It was created on 1st April 1938.
It included
It was abolished in 1974 when the area was incorporated into
Calderdale and Bradford
Later meetings and prize-givings took place at Hebden Bridge Mechanics' Institute.
The shows moved to Halifax Piece Hall in the 1840s.
Christopher Rawson was the President in the 1840s
It became the Hebden Bridge Times & Calder Vale Gazette
See
Lower Calder Valley and
MPs for Calder Valley
It was disbanded on 13th November 1913
The Society was disbanded in the 1980s
Does Caddy Field take its name from Joseph Caddy who, in 1677, paid
tax for two closes i' th bank.
Mary was born in Halifax
Mary was born in Sandal Walton, Yorkshire, the daughter
of Mr Simpson, who was a partner in Hodgson & Simpson's
Soapworks
A notice of the wedding said that Alice was the only daughter
of the late Tille [?] Ormerod of Halifax
Sarah Ann [nee Molineaux] was the widow of Robert Fry
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