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- Cabbage Lane Field
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Now Great Albion Street.
William Kershaw owned land here around 1820.
See Cabbage Lane
- Cable car
- In 2005, there was a suggestion that a cable car might be constructed to take visitors from Halifax up to the top of Beacon Hill
- Caddy Field Branch Library
- Recorded in 1929. At that time, it was only open on Tuesday evenings
- Caddy Field, Halifax
- District of Halifax, north of Siddal and at the foot of Trooper 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
Does Caddy Field take its name from Joseph Caddy who, in 1677, paid tax for two closes i' th bank. 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
- Caddy Field Library
- Recorded in 1936
- Caddy, Joseph
- [16??-16??] See Caddy Field
- Cading's Croft, Halifax
- Saint John's Lane.
Question: Has this been confused with Cadney Croft, Halifax?
- Cadman, John Heaton
- [1839-1906] Son of Edwin Cadman. 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.
Mary was born in Sandal Walton, Yorkshire, the daughter of Mr Simpson, who was a partner in Hodgson & Simpson's SoapworksThey lived at Sandal, Wakefield [1871]; Rhyddings House, Ackworth, Hemsworth, Yorkshire [1881]; Eversfield Hotel, Hastings [boarders in 1901].
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).
- Cadney Croft, Halifax
- House at Trinity Road.
Owners and tenants have included
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John William Cadney [around 1837]
Harold Marshall [1950]
See Cading's Croft, Halifax, Halifax Cading's Croft and Cadney Croft, Halifax
- Cadney, Henry Ormerod
- [1813-1863] Son of John William Cadney.
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: (1) Alice Ormerod [1836-1900] who married [1856] William Brown Pepler; (2) Emily [1841-1905]; (3) Louisa [1849-1871].
The family lived at Fountain Street, Halifax [1841]; 12 Trinity Road, Halifax [1861]; Castle Hall, Cragg Vale [1871].
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 Saint 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 Saint 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 Saint 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
- Cadney, John William
- [1788-1852] Of Louth, Lincolnshire.
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: Henry Ormerod.
He lived at Stone Trough Lane, Halifax [1822]; Cadney Croft, Trinity Road [around 1837]; Gibbet Street [1841]
The couple were buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax: Alice [29th August 1814]; John William [20th August 1852]
- Cadney, M.
- [17??-18??] Attorney at Ward's End, Halifax [1816]
- Cady, Gary
- [1960-] Brighouse-born actor who has appeared in many TV and film rôles. He attended Hipperholme Grammar School
- Café & restaurants
- Café Royal, Brighouse
- Commercial Street. Was once above Joah Pearson's confectioner's shop
- Café Royal, Halifax
- King Edward Street. Opened on 15th February 1908.
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.
- Café Royal, West Vale
- Recorded in 1905, when J. Mitchell was the Proprietor
- Caffari, Dee
- [1973-] PE teacher at North Halifax Grammar School [1995].
In February 2009, she became the first woman to sail solo and non-stop both ways around the world
- Caffé Amanté, Brighouse
- Occupies premises at the corner of King Street / Bradford road. The building was formerly a branch of the Halifax & Huddersfield Union Bank
- Cage, Heptonstall
- Recorded in 1753, when it was part of the estate left by Richard Wadsworth
- Cahill, Rev Michael
- [18??-19??] Priest at Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Todmorden [1905].
He lived at 33 Wellington Road, Todmorden
- Cain, Charles
- [18??-18??] Card maker at Square Road, Halifax [1850].
See Charles Cain, Son & Greenwood
- Cain's: Charles Cain, Son & Greenwood
- Card clothing manufacturers at Savile Mill, Halifax [1937].
See Charles Cain
- Cain, Henry Charles
- [18??-19??] Watchmaker at Princess Street, Halifax.
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
- Cain, John
- [18??-1???] Labourer from Charlestown, Halifax.
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
- Cain, Son & Greenwood
- Card clothing and card makers at Croft Mills, Halifax [1905] and at Hope Hall Mills, Halifax [1905]
- Cairns, Rev Edward
- [18??-19??] Circuit Minister for Saint Thomas's Street Primitive Methodist Chapel. He lived at 21 Ripon Terrace, Akroydon [1905]
- Cairns, P. Russell
- [18??-19??] LRCPS. Physician and surgeon. He lived at Westroyd, Hebden Bridge [1905]
- Caldene, Bard of
- Synonym of William Dearden
- Caldene Bridge, Mytholmroyd
- Built in 1909 by William Sutcliffe. It was one of the first bridges to be built of reinforced concrete. It was 36 ft wide and had a span of 48 ft. It was replaced in 1989
- Caldene Clothing Company
- Manufacturer of hard-wearing clothing for farming and agricultural workers. Established at Hebden Bridge by George Uttley and his brothers-in-law – Jack and Walter Lord – in 1922. They expanded to Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd in 1936. The company now produces riding wear, jodhpurs, hats, jackets and gloves, and thermal clothing.
The company was put up for sale in January 2003
- Calder
- The river which rises at Heald Moor north-west of Todmorden, and flows for a distance of around 56 miles through Todmorden – where it forms part of the Yorkshire-Lancashire border – Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Luddendenfoot, Sowerby Bridge, Copley, Elland, Brighouse, Cooper Bridge where it joins the River Colne, and on to Wakefield, joining the River Aire at Castleford. From there, it flows on into the Humber and the North Sea. Salterhebble is the closest that the Calder gets to the town of Halifax, a distance of about 1½ miles.
See Calder Future and Royd
- Calder & Hebble Navigation
- Aka Calder & Hebble Canal. The concept of the Calder & Hebble Navigation was first discussed around 1758 when its commissioners met at the Talbot Inn in Halifax.
The Calder & Hebble Navigation links with the river Calder at several points
- Calder & Hebble Navigation Company
- Established under an Act of 1769 and responsible for the Calder & Hebble Navigation.
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
- Calder Bridge, Brighouse
- The bridge over the Calder on the Bradford to Huddersfield turnpike was opened in 1825. Tolls were abolished in 1875. The bridge was widened in 1905
- Calder Bridge, North Dean
- Turnpike bridge over the Calder. Greetland Station was nearby.
- Calder Bus Service
- Started by brothers Percy and James Firth at Bailiff Bridge in the 1920s. Their uncle, Sir Algernon Firth, gave some financial support to the venture.
In the 1930s, the business was bought by Bradford Corporation
- Calder Camera Club
- Established in 1960, this was originally the Photographic Section of the Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society. It later became the Hebden Bridge Camera Club
- Calder Carbonising Company, Sowerby Bridge
- Victoria Street [1958]
- Calder Civic Trust
- Founded in 1965. A society of interested people who are actively concerned about their surroundings in the Calder Valley and the Calderdale district. The headquarters are at Stag Cottage, Heptonstall
- Calder Cotton Company
- Gamaliel Sutcliffe was a Director
- Calder Dale Brewing Company
- Sowerby Bridge
- Calder Engineering
- Originally Brighouse Motor Agency
- Calder Future
- A partnership of organisations, communities and individuals who wish to participate in improving the Calder, its tributaries and its banks.
- Calder Grange House, Mytholmroyd
- Victorian house. Owners and tenants have included
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The Fielden family
Calder Grange Ladies' Seminary [1860s-1880s]
Thomas Horsfall [1880s]
Dr John Henry Thompson [1893]
Dr Charles Norman Gover [1930]
The house was demolished in the 1960s.
- Calder Holmes Park, Hebden Bridge
- New Road.
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
- Calder House, Rastrick
Owners and tenants have included
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Smith Crossley [1861]
- Calder House, Sowerby Bridge
- Bolton Brow.
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
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Albert Wood [1901]
- Dental Surgery [2011]
- Calder House, Todmorden
Owners and tenants have included
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William Lord [1891]
- Calder Lake
- Calder Navigation Society
- Established in 1969 to fight proposals to abandon parts of the Calder & Hebble Navigation. Their campaigns resulted in the reopening and re-connection of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and the Rochdale Canal
- Calder Registration District
- The Calder Registration District was a part of the West Riding. It was created on 1st April 1938.
It included
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Brighouse
Elland
Ellerbeck [?]
Midgley – until 1939
Queensbury & Shelf
Ripponden
Sowerby Bridge
It was abolished in 1974 when the area was covered by Calderdale and Bradford
- Calder Vale
- See Calder Vale Urban District Council and Calderdale
- Calder Vale Agricultural Society
- Established in 1836. The first meeting was held at the White Lion, Hebden Bridge on 24th May 1839. First show was held at The Holme, Hebden Bridge, in September 1839.
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
- The Calder Vale Gazette
- Newspaper which appeared on 6th July 1881. It was published by John Firth Ashworth. It was a 12-page publication. The first 52 editions cost ½d, then the price went up to 1d. It was described as being
replete with matters of local interest, poetical, historical and topical
It became the Hebden Bridge Times & Calder Vale Gazette
- Calder Vale Handicap
- See Halifax Race Course
- Calder Vale Line
- Recorded in 1841
- Calder Vale Machine Tool Company Limited
- Brighouse company established by G. H. Taylor and E. Jones in 18??. The partnership was dissolved in 1898.
- Calder Vale Steam Laundry
- Recorded in 1905 at Bankfoot, Hebden Bridge
- Calder Vale Subscription Band
- Calder Vale Urban District Council
- In 1937, there were proposals to amalgamate Hebden Bridge, Luddendenfoot, Midgley, Mytholmroyd, and Todmorden into a new Calder Vale Urban District Council
- Calder Valley
- Informal term for Calderdale. Usually implies the Upper Calder Valley.
See Lower Calder Valley and MPs for Calder Valley
- Calder Valley Aero Club
- Formed at the White Horse Hotel, Hebden Bridge, in May 1931. Founder members included James Allan Parker, Cecil Dean, J. L. S. Gill, Fred Greenwood, and Alec Parker. They bought their own aircraft – a 100 hp Avro biplane – and had an airfield at Stake Farm, Blackstone Moor
- Calder Valley Club
- Mytholmroyd club for the handicapped. When the building occupied by Saint Peter & Saint Paul's Catholic Church, Mytholmroyd became unsafe, it was sold to the club. With a grant of £150,000, they were able to refurbish the building into its present form
- Calder Valley Concrete Company Limited
- They had business at Marsh Quarry, Sowerby Bridge [1969]
- Calder Valley Constituency
- Administrative district comprising the Upper Calder Valley, Sowerby Bridge, Elland, and Brighouse.
- Calder Valley Cricket Club League
- Comprised Sunday Schools and other institutions. Established in 1890. In 1891, J. E. Craven was President.
It was disbanded on 13th November 1913
- Calder Valley Festival of Arts Society
- Calder Valley Motor Club
- Recorded in 1927
- Calder Valley Poets
- A group of local poets
- Calder Valley Rifle Club
- Established on 25th October 1900
- Calder Valley Sand & Gravel Company Limited
- Recorded in 1936 Hangingroyd, Hebden Bridge
- Calder Valley Ward, Halifax
- One of the Electoral Wards of Halifax
- Calder Valley Youth Theatre
- Calder Viaduct
- Aka Kirkless Viaduct. A stretch of the M62 motorway between Junction 24 at Ainley Top and Junction 25 at Brighouse. The viaduct is 1,000 ft long. It stands 60 ft above the river, road, canal and railway facilities. When constructed, it was one of the longest viaducts in Europe
- Calderbank Nurseries, Walsden
- See Gordon Rigg (Nurseries) Limited
- Calderdale
- The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is an administrative body formed on 1st April 1974 by the amalgamation of the County Borough of Halifax, the Borough of Brighouse, the Borough of Todmorden, the Elland Urban District, the Hebden Royd Urban District, the Ripponden Urban District, the Sowerby Bridge Urban District and part of the Queensbury and Shelf Urban District.
The name Calderdale had been used to denote the Calder Valley earlier, and was formally adopted in 1973. The boundaries of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale coincide almost exactly with those of the original parish of Halifax.
See Population, What's in Calderdale, Calder Registration District, Calderdale Council and Electoral wards
- Calderdale Family History Research
- Family History Research facility established by Roger Beasley
- The Calderdale Family History Society
- The CFHS Research Room at Brighouse Library is open for a few hours each week – currently Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings. The research facilities include:
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Computer and Internet
Microfiche
Literature, including books, Parish Registers, census returns, and
monumental inscriptions
See Halifax Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Registers: Saint Mary's, Illingworth, Parish Registers: Saint Peter's, Sowerby and The Scrivener
- Calderdale Art Collection
- Halifax Corporation and Calderdale Council own a large collection of works of art. These were originally owned by Todmorden, Brighouse, Elland and other parts of the district. Some of the works are listed in the Foldout
- Calderdale, Bard of
- Synonym of William Dearden
- Calderdale Call
- A free newspaper published 3 times a year by Calderdale Council