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- Sackett, Rev B. H.
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[19??-19??]
He was at Sunderland
before becoming
Minister at West End Congregational Church, Sowerby Bridge [1937]
- Sackett, Rev George W.
- [18??-19??] Minister at Patmos Congregational School, Todmorden. In 1912, he moved to Penistone
- Sacro Fonte, Hugh de
- [12??-13??] Watson mentions a Hugh de Sacro Fonte de Staynland. who was alive in the 13th century.
See Saint Helen's Well, Holywell Green
- Sacrobosco
- Mathematician and astronomer born in Rastrick
- Sadd, William Edward
- [18??-18??] BA. Educated at Saint Catherine's College Cambridge. He was Assistant Master at Heath Grammar School [1875]
- The Saddler's Shop: Shibden Hall
- This is in the Folk Museum at Shibden Hall. There are examples of tools and equipment which was used in the making and maintaining of harness, saddles, collars, and horse brasses for the domestic and agricultural horses on the estate
- Sadler, Michael Thomas
- [1780-1835] Linen exporter and Methodist social reformer of Leeds. When he was MP for Aldborough in 1831, he introduced the Ten Hours Bill
- Sagar & Meredith
- Dyers of Luddendenfoot. Established in the late 19th century by Henry Sagar and J. T. Meredith at Wood Bottom Dye Works, Luddendenfoot.
Recorded in 1908 as Henry Sagar Limited at Cooper House Mills, Luddendenfoot
- Sagar (Developments) Limited
- Sagar, Donald
- [1860-1916] Son of Joseph Sagar.
He was a saw mill engineer [1891]; a partner in J. Sagar & Company Limited.
In 1886, he patented improvements in grinding cutters and machine plane irons
In 1881, he married Letitia, daughter of William Nicholl, in Halifax.
Children: (1) Martha [b 1882]; (2) Jessie [b 1883]; (3) Joseph Donald.
The family lived at 9 Charles Street, Halifax [1891]; 18 Savile Park, Halifax [1901]; Heath Villas, Halifax [1916]
In 1903, he was one of the first people to be granted a car registration and a motor drivers' licence
- Sagar, Donald Joseph
- [1892-1922] Son of Donald Sagar.
A Director of J. Sagar & Company Limited.
He was a member of Halifax Golf Club.
He was unmarried.
He lived at Heath Villas, Halifax [1922].
He and John Robinson were killed when the Strasbourg to Paris air express crashed into the Gorge de Saverne as they were returning from motor races in Strasbourg.
He was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
- Sagar, George
- [1858-1883] First husband of Helen Hinchliffe.
On 9th April 1881, they married secretly at Burnley, against her father's wishes.
He died in Southport.
He was buried at Saint John's Church, Cragg Vale
- Sagar, George Sharp
- [1856-1937] Son of Joseph Sagar.
He was a yarn salesman [1881].
He married (1) Mary Jane [1857-1907].
Children: Eleanor Gertrude [b 1878].
The family lived at Spring Edge, Skircoat [1881].
In 1907, he married (2) Agnes Hannah Dunstan [1863-19??] from Sheffield, at Halifax
- Sagar's: H. Sagar Limited
- Dyers and finishers of Luddendenfoot and Mill House Mill, Sowerby established by Henry Sagar around 1889.
The business evolved into Sagar & Meredith, then Henry Sagar Limited at Cooper House Mills, Luddendenfoot, [1908] and Henry Sagar (1931) Limited
- Sagar, Henry
- [1865-1947] Born in Nelson, Lancashire.
As a young man, he established the partnership Sagar & Meredith.
Around 1889, he established H. Sagar Limited.
In 1919, he was a partner in Sagar-Richards Limited.
In 1881, he was a visitor to John Crossley Fawcett
- Sagar, Hubert Gordon
- [1886-1966] Son of Joe Sagar
In 1912, he married Ethel Durber, at Wolstanton, Staffordshire.
Children: (1) John Gordon; (2) Anthony D. G. [b 1919]; (3) Joan G. [b 1924].
He died in Westmorland
During World War I, the company produced a machine for shaping propellers.- Sagar's: J. Sagar & Company Limited
- Halifax. Engineers and manufacturers of woodworking machinery.
Established at Stone Dam Mills by Joe and Donald Sagar in 1875. An advertisement in the Halifax Guardian for the business in 1875 announced
To Iron and Brass Founders, Boiler Makers, &c J. SAGAR & Company IRON MERCHANTS Supply Middlesbro, Scotch and Hematite Pig Iron Cleveland & Staffordshire Boiler and Tank Plates Boiler Rivets, Bar Iron, Copper, &c &c Quotations arranged on application to Office 10 Causeway, Halifax
The business later moved to Canal Works, Water Lane, Halifax.
In 1954, they were listed as Sagar (Developments) Limited and there were adverts for their BURSGREEN woodworking machinery.
The pattern shop and foundry at Canal Works closed in 1958.
See Donald Joseph Sagar and John Gordon Sagar
- Sagar, Joe
- [1854-1915] Son of Joseph Sagar.
Mechanical engineer. He worked with his father on woodworking machinery. Partner in J. Sagar & Company Limited.
In 1913, he was one of the subscribers to The Old Halls & Manor Houses of Yorkshire.
In 1877, he married Mary Jane Gordon [1855-19??] from Keighley, at Keighley.
Children: (1) Sarah [b 1879] who married John Arnold Ackroyd; (2) Mary [b 1881]; (3) Hubert Gordon; (4) Annie [b 1890]; (5) Dorothy [b 1892]; (6) Edith Marjorie [b 1894]; (7) Miriam Audrey [b 1898]; (8) child. Only 4 of the children survived.
The family lived at 9 Charles Street, Halifax [1881]; 34 Union Street, Halifax [1891]; The Poplars, Halifax [1901, 1905, 1911]
- Sagar, John Gordon
- [1913-1981] Son of Hubert Gordon Sagar. Born 22nd February 1913.
He was the last managing director of Sagar's
In 1935, he married Sylvia Mary Rimmer [1905-19??] born in Cheshire, at Saint Margaret's Westminster.
Children: Dale [b 1939]
He died at Huddersfield
- Sagar, Joseph
- [1831-1900] Son of Joseph Sagar. Born in Cononley, Keighley [31st January 1831].
In 1841, the 10-year-old Joseph was living in Cononley with William Cockshott and family.
In 1851, he was living with Henry Cockshott and family at Clipster Hall, Siddal, Halifax.
He was an oiler man [1851]; an oiler in a worsted factory [1861]; Verger at Halifax Parish Church [1871]; Church Sexton [1881]; Halifax Parish Clerk [1891]; (possibly) Chapel Warden at Northgate End Chapel [1891-1897]; an engineer with his son, Joe, on woodworking machinery [1901].
On 20th April 1852, he married Sarah Sharp [1832-1???] from Midgley, at Halifax Parish Church.
Children: (1) Joe; (2) George Sharp; (3) Donald.
The family lived at Wilson's Yard, Halifax, [1861]; 12 Nelson Street, Halifax, [1871]; 10 Causeway, Halifax, [1881, 1891]; 26 Elmfield Place, Halifax [1900].
He died 2nd April 1900.
He was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax.
The funeral cortège was headed by 200 workpeople from J. Sagar & Company Limited.
The epitaph on his memorial in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
- Sagar-Richards Limited
- Makers of metal castings at Luddendenfoot. Established in 1919 by Henry Sagar and brothers Daniel and Alfred Richards. They were originally at Woodbottom Dyeworks, Luddendenfoot.
They expanded to Ellen Holme Mills [1955] and the Synchro Works [1958], Cooper House Mills and other premises in Luddendenfoot. In 1973, an explosion destroyed the firm's offices.
The firm closed in 2002, possibly a consequence of an unwillingness to invest in modern developments
- Sagar, William
- [1???-18??] Recorded in 1838, when he was a member of the Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry
- Sagar, William
- [1851-1893] On 8th July 1900, a stained glass window at Saint Paul's Church, Cross Stone was dedicated to his memory by his children
- Sager, John Ormerod
- [18??-19??] Of Holly House, Todmorden. Son of William Sager.
He married Unknown.
Children: (1) John Donald [1905-1906]; (2) William Maurice Eastwood.
In 1907, he and his wife presented a new font to Saint Paul's Church, Cross Stone in memory of their son John Donald
- Sager, Mrs Sally
- [1822-1900] Landlady of the Cross Inn, Heptonstall. She had been in the pub business for 41 years. At her death, she was the oldest landlady in Heptonstall.
She was buried at Heptonstall Slack Baptist Cemetery
- Sager, Sutcliffe
- [1854-1897] Landlord of the Robin Hood, Pecket Well.
In 1877, he married Susannah Burn in Halifax.
In October 1897, he and some others were returning from a pigeon shooting match at Cullingworth, when Sager's horse shied as they were coming over Cock Hill. Sager fell into the road and suffered injuries from which he died on the following evening.
His wife took over at the Robin Hood Inn
- Sager, William
- [18??-18??] Grocer, tea dealer, wine and spirit merchant and tallow chandler at Church Street, Todmorden.
In 1845, a Savings Bank was held on his premises, every Thursday between 10:00 am and noon
- Sager, William
- [1851-1899] Solicitor. Built Holly House, Todmorden in 1852.
He married Unknown.
Children: John.
On 7th July 1900, his son, John, unveiled a stained glass window at Saint Paul's Church, Cross Stone, in his memory
- Sager, William Maurice Eastwood
- [1???-19??] Son of John O. Sager.
In 1928, he married Eileen Patricia, daughter of Joshua H. Hoyle, at Todmorden
- Saint Alban's Road Post Office
- A sub-post office was recorded in 1936
- Saint Andrew's Operatic Society
- The operatic society of Saint Andrew's Methodist Chapel, Queens Road
- Saint Ann's in the Grove, Southowram
- House mentioned in 1500 and in 1601. It was owned by members of the Thompson family, including William Thompson [17??], John Thompson, Benjamin Thomas Thompson [1841], James Thompson [1861], and W. L. Thompson [1905].
Owners and tenants have included
Alfred Oates [1881]
Thomas Henry Taylor [1904]
It was rebuilt several times and it was damaged when local quarrying caused subsidence of the land.
It was damaged by an explosion at Brooke's Chemical Works on 22nd December 1917.
The house was demolished in 1934 after the east wing had collapsed.
The 18th century stable-block was converted into houses.
The name should not be confused with Saint Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram.
This is discussed in Ancient Halls in & about Halifax
- Saint Anne's Cricket Club, Southowram
- Formed in 1???.
Closed in 1???. The pavilion was sold to Barkisland Cricket Club.
- Saint Anne's Southowram Quarterly Messenger & Record
- Publication produced around 1873 by Saint Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram. It was an 8-page publication and was priced at 1d. Rev William Laycock was an editor
- Saint Anne's War Memorial, Southowram
- A memorial cross remembering those who served in World War I was unveiled at Saint Anne's Church, Southowram on 20th June 1926
- Saint Aubyne, Elland
Owners and tenants have included
Armitage Morton [1924]
- Saint Crispin Republican Club, Halifax
- A 19th century republican movement formed at the Saint Crispin Inn, Halifax. John Baines was a member.
See Halifax Republican Club and United Britons
- Saint George's Bridge, Hebden Bridge
- The cast-iron bridge was built by
De Bergue & Co. Ld. Manchester
and dated 1892. It cost £1,530 to build. It was opened in 1893. The construction required the demolition of property between Bridge Mill and the Shoulder of Mutton.
A cast-iron panel records:
Saint George's Bridge Erected by Public Subscriptions with the aid of a grant from The West Riding County Council Committee: John Crowther, George Pickles, A. B. M Moss, Joseph Greenwood, J. B. Brown Sec
The East pier is inscribed J. Sutcliffe Architect, and the West pier is inscribed E. Riley Contractor.
The original gradient fell towards Saint George's Square and was considered too steep. In 1911, the gradient was changed from 1 in 8½ to 1 in 14½ when the bridge was lowered by 18 inches at the Saint George's Square end, and by 5 inches in the centre.
It was modified again in 1961
- Saint Giles House, Hove Edge
- Saint Giles, Lightcliffe
- Area of Lightcliffe which takes its name from Giles House
- Saint Helen's House, Halifax
- Stood at the northern end of North Bridge.
In 1808, Captain Jeremy Lister and his family left the Skelfler estate and brought the family to live here
- Saint Helen's Square, Holywell Green
- There were a number of 17th century houses here.
Around 1855, the Shaw family moved Saint Helen's Well from its earlier position at Mellor Mill Lane. They diverted the water for their new dyeing plant.
The area was cleared in 1966/1969 for the construction of housing
- Saint Helen's Well, Holywell Green
- Mineral water spring at Helen Hill Farm, Jagger Green Lane.
It was restored in 1977.
See Carr Hall Well, Holywell Green, Holy Well, Holywell Green, Holywell Green, Nell, Hugh de Sacro Fonte, Saint Helen's Chapel, Holywell Green and Saint Helen's Square, Holywell Green
- Saint James Amateur Operatic Society
- Founded by the members of Saint James's Church. The first production was Floradora at Sugden Memorial Hall in 1924.
It became the Brighouse Light Opera Society
- Saint James's Club, Halifax
- A gentlemen's club established in July 1868. They had about 100 members. They met in premises at 15-17 Crown Street which had been offered by Edmund Minson Wavell.
Officers included
William Ambler: First President
William Hodgson Peacock: First Secretary & Treasurer
Recorded in 1874 at 24 Crown Street, Halifax when J. Graham was Steward.
In 1881, they acquired land at Barum Top / Fountain Street. A new club was built by Jackson & Fox.
The new club was opened on 27th May 1882 and became the Halifax Club.
In 1973, it merged with the Borough Club to become the Halifax & Borough Club
- Saint James [No 448] Masonic Lodge
- This Masonic Lodge was the largest in West Yorkshire. Established in 1838.
In 1874 – together with Probity [No 61] Lodge – they opened the Freemasons' Hall, Halifax.
They met on the Tuesday on or before full moon [1894].
Officers and members of the Lodge have included
- P. S. Mauchan – Master [1937]
J. W. Normanton – Worshipful Master [1894]
Henry Backhouse [1896]
See De Warren [No 1302] Masonic Lodge
- Saint James's Road Post Office
- Recorded in 1905 at 57 Saint James's Road, Halifax. It was then at the same address as the business run by Thomas Ramsden, draper and stationer
- Saint James's Road Turkish Baths, Halifax
- Aka Fleming's Improved Turkish Baths. Opened in 1862 by W. Fleming at 7-8 Saint James's Road.
Around 1876, the baths were acquired by Herbert Hadley and Hadley & Priestley. They moved the business from Saint James's Road to 5 King Cross Street.
It survived until at least 1908 under a series of proprietors
- Saint James's Ward, Halifax
- One of the Electoral Wards of Halifax. Recorded in 1861. Around 1865 it was divided into Central Ward and ??.
See James Bairstow
- Saint John's Ambulance Association, Brighouse
- The Brighouse Corps of the Saint John's Ambulance Association was formed in 1882.
In 1980, the branch ran into difficulties when 3 officers were dismissed for being unfit to hold their positions of authority.
See Henry Jocelyn Barber, Dr Frederick Bond, Saint John's Ambulance Hall, Brighouse and Saint John's Ambulance Hall, Rastrick
- Saint John's Ambulance Association, Halifax
- The Halifax Corps of the Saint John's Ambulance Association was formed at the Mechanics' Hall, Halifax on 26th July 1880. The Bishop of Ripon was the first President.
On 31st January 1929, Ernest Shaw Redman gave a motor ambulance to the Association. It was delivered on 15th June 1929.
- Saint John's Ambulance Brigade, Brighouse
- From its earliest beginnings in Brighouse, Dr Bogdan Edward Jastrzębski Edwards was involved with the local branch of the Ambulance Brigade. He held many classes promoting the organisation.
He became the first man in Brighouse to be awarded the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
- Saint John's Ambulance Brigade, Halifax
- See Dr Edmond West Symes and Edward Bertram West Symes
- Saint John's Ambulance Brigade, Hebden Bridge
- The Hebden Bridge Corps of the Saint John's Ambulance Brigade was formed in 1887.
Those involved in establishing the group included Theophilus Bates, Dr David Bradley, and Herbert King
On 1st February 1896, Josiah Wade gave Hebden Bridge its first ambulance. In 1924, the horse-drawn vehicle was replaced by a motor ambulance
- Saint John's Ambulance Hall, Brighouse
- The foundation stones were laid on 20th May 1913 by the Dowager Countess of Desart and Mrs Smith of Lands House
- Saint John's Ambulance Hall, Rastrick
- Bramston Street.
The building is now used by a firm of undertakers.
See Saint John's Ambulance Association, Brighouse
- Saint John's Ambulance Hall, Todmorden
- Victoria Road
- Saint John's Cross Farm, Bradshaw
- Owners and tenants have included
Hartley Feather [1900]
- Saint John's, Halifax
- Area which includes the West Hill Park area and Gibbet Street. For the purposes of Municipal Elections, the area was known as Saint John's Ward and then Park Ward.
It now has a largely Asian population
- Saint John's Home, Triangle
- The Vicarage for the church of Saint John the Divine, Thorpe. It stood nearly opposite the church
- Saint John's Hospital
- Gibbet Street, Halifax. The Halifax Union Workhouse and hospital buildings opened in March 1840. It was known as Saint John's Hospital from 1891, and also as Halifax Poor Law Institution.
In 1901, a new Saint Luke's Hospital was built at Salterhebble to accommodate bed-ridden patients from the overcrowded workhouse.
The building was used as an auxiliary military war hospital during World War I.
On 11th September 1929, a new clock was installed in the gable of the Hospital and named Miriam in honour of Mrs Miriam Lightowler.
In 1948, the institution was taken over by Leeds Regional Hospital Board. It came to be used for geriatric care.
The hospital closed in September 1970 and patients were transferred to Northowram Hospital. The buildings were demolished in April 1972 and the contents were sold off at auction.
See Officers of Halifax Union Workhouse and Westfield House, Halifax
- Saint John's House, Halifax
- Trinity Road / Stone Trough Lane.
Question: Does anyone know why the name Saint John is applied to the house and other features nearby?
Owners and tenants have included
William John Norris [1835]
Charles Norris [1841]
Cusworth's School [1851, 1865]
James Edward Norris [1871]
See Freemasons' Hall and Saint John's Lane, Halifax
- Saint John [No 1736] Masonic Lodge
- Masonic Lodge.
They were at the Masonic Hall, Saint James's Road, Halifax [1937]. They met on the first Wednesday of the month [1937].
Masters and members of the Lodge have included
- J. C. Ackroyd – Secretary at Blackwall, Halifax [1917]
- E. Uttley – Master [1937]
- Saint John of God Respite Care Home, Luddendenfoot
- Opened on 2nd March 1997 on the site of Saint Walburga's Catholic Church
- Saint John the Baptist Well
- Saint John's Tide Fair
- An annual hiring fair which was held in Halifax on the Feast of Saint John the Baptist. It was discontinued around 1???
- Saint John's Vicarage, Halifax
- Saint John's Villa, Halifax
- Owners and tenants have included
Samuel Blagbrough [1875]
- Saint John's Ward
- For the purposes of Municipal Elections, the Saint John's area was known as Saint John's Ward.
In 2003, it was renamed Park Ward.
See Margaret Alice Berry, Electoral Wards and William McVine
- Saint John's Well, Coley
- A well near Coley Hall is said to have been used as a holy well for curing certain ailments
- Saint Joseph Temperance Society
- Winding Road, Halifax. 19th century organisation
- Saint Luke's Hospital
- Huddersfield Road, Halifax.
Aka the Poor Law Hospital.
Designed by W. C. Williams, work began on the building in 1897. It was built on land previously occupied by a market gardener. There are still allotments nearby.
The Halifax Union Saint Luke's Hospital – or Union Infirmary – opened on 9th April 1901 to accommodate bed-ridden patients from the overcrowded Union Workhouse at Gibbet Street. It was the largest public building in Halifax at the time.
The foundation stone reads
Halifax Union
St. Luke's HospitalThis foundation stone of St. Luke's Hospital, being an Infirmary for the sick poor in Halifax Poor Law Union, comprising the townships and parishes of Barkisland, Brighouse, Clifton, Elland and Fixby, Greetland, Halifax, Hartshead, Hipperholme, Luddenden Foot, Midgley, Norland, Northowram, Norwood Green and Coley, Queensbury, Rastrick, Rishworth, Shelf, Skircoat, Southowram, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge, Soyland, Stainland with old Lindley, Upper Greetland and Warley, was laid on the 9th day of October 1897, by the Rev. C. E. Aspinall, MA, J. Ponly, Chairman of the Halifax Board of Guardians
The building cost was £98,000. Its two distinctive bottle-shaped ward blocks still stand at the south and the north ends of the site. It had 400 beds.
Between 1914 and 1920, it became Saint Luke's Military Hospital.
On 8th November 1926, wireless was installed at the Hospital.
In 1930, it taken over by Halifax County Borough and became Saint Luke's Hospital.
After 1948, it joined the National Health Service as Halifax General Hospital
- Saint Luke's Military Hospital, Halifax
- During World War I, Saint Luke's Hospital, was used for treating soldiers. A further 302 beds were placed in marquees in the hospital grounds. It accommodated 800 to 900 patients.
On 8th July 1916, the Chapel was dedicated by the Bishop of Wakefield.
On 11th December 1918, the 650 soldiers in the Hospital were entertained to a grand banquet and concert by the Borough Police to celebrate the Armistice.
- Saint Marie's Catholic Club, Halifax
- Aka Saint Marie's Catholic Association.
Recorded on 27th July 1915, when a new suite of clubrooms was opened by the Association
Recorded in 1917 at Hall Street, when James Canning was secretary.
See Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Halifax
- Saint Mark's Eve Vigil
- Around midnight on the 24th April, a vigil was held at Saint Peter's Church, Hartshead. The vigil was held for 3 consecutive years, and on the third year, those present would see the spirits of those who were to die in the forthcoming year.
It is said that people were known to have become ill or died as a consequence of their being seen during the vigil
- Saint Matthew's Theatre Society
- Brighouse
- Saint Michael's Acting Society
- Mytholmroyd
- Saint Michael's Mount, Barkisland
- Owners and tenants have included
John Walker [1864]
- Saint Pancras
- The cruiser HMS Ajax and the HMS Saint Pancras were adopted by Halifax in Warships Week during World War II
- Saint Paul's Coal Society
- Recorded in 1905 at Parkinson Lane / Queens Road when the Secretary was J. H. Elkington
- Saint Paul's Monumental Works, King Cross
- See Gad Cordingley
- Saint Paul's Railway Station, Halifax
- Aka Halifax Old Station. The station opened on 5th September 1890. This was situated at the junction of Queens Road with Parkinson Lane and Kingston Street, and was the Halifax southern terminus of the High Level Railway.
The passenger service and the station closed on 1st January 1917. The last goods train ran in 1960 when the goods yard closed.
The station was demolished in 1963 A car showroom stands on the site.
- Saint Paul's War Memorial, Queens Road
- There is a memorial inside Saint Paul's Church, Queens Road
- Saint Peter's Community Centre, Sowerby
- Saint Peter's Avenue