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Waddington, Albert Remon

There are currently around 22 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Waddington. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

[18??-19??] Curate at Saint Thomas the Apostle, Claremount [1898]

Waddington & Bayes

In 1861, Walker Waddington and Albert Benjamin Bayes bought the publishing business Samuel Ward Walton. This included the Todmorden Post.

In 1869, they published the Todmorden & District News

Waddington & Company

Worsted spinners at Stone Dam Mill, Halifax [1905]

Waddington & Haigh

Stone quarrying company at Cinder Hill, Siddal [1880]

Waddington & Sons

Aka W. Waddington & Sons: Printers, stationers, newsagents and publishers established by Walker Waddington.

They were at New Road, Mytholmroyd [1905], 26 Pavement, Todmorden [1905], and 28 Rochdale Road [1917].

They published the Hebden Bridge & District News [1907] and the Todmorden & District News [1917]

Waddington & Woodhead

Worsted spinners at Copley. Partners included Joseph Waddington and William Woodhead.

The partnership was dissolved in November 1881

Waddington's Dress Warehouse

9 Rawson Street, Halifax. Built in 1900 by Joseph Harold Waddington on a plot of land which he bought in Rawson Street.

Since 1951, the Rawson Street building has been occupied by Harvey's of Halifax.

See Renette Studios, Halifax

Waddington, Ely Wilkinson

[1853-1???] Gent. Son of Joshua Waddington.

On 11th March 1875, he married Eliza Ann, daughter of James Farrar

Waddington, Henry

[1580-1640] He lived at Smith House, Brighouse in 1634.

In 1???, he married Mary Brooke at Birstall

Waddington, Henry

[17??-18??] Of Southowram.

He married Unknown.

Children: Mary [1887-1909] who married James Bottomley Watkinson

Waddington, J.

[1855-1927] Todmorden printer and publisher, and newspaper proprietor. The firm published the Todmorden News & Advertiser

Waddington, James

[1717-1784] Manufacturer of Halifax.

Uncle of John and Joseph Watkinson. of Watkinson Hall.

On 27th March 1750, he married Mary Ramsden [1720-1799] from Illingworth.

Children: (1) James [1751-1756]; (2) John [1753-1782].

The family lived at Hope Hall, Halifax [1756].

He died 18th September 1784 [aged 67].

In his will, he bequeathed £50 to the Leeds Infirmary, and

to 84 poor persons the sum of 40 guineas

and left £5 per year for 10 years to purchase books for the Halifax Sunday schools.

The epitaph on the family memorial in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

Waddington, Jeremiah

[1636-1692] Of Sowerby.

Heywood records that

[he was] buried [at Sowerby] Feb 9 1691/2 and left his son to Josiah Stansfeld

Waddington, John

[1579-1660] Of Hipperholme.

In 1611, he married Rosamund Watson.

Children: (1) Samuel; (2) Mary [16??-1732] who married Henry Gill

Waddington, John

[17??-18??] On 3rd September 1814, he placed a notice in The Leeds Mercury

Whereas, I, John Waddington of Hipperholme, cordwainer, did on the 22nd day of August 1814, violently assault and abuse Sarah Mallinson, the wife of Stephen Mallinson, of Hipperholme, for which an action was commenced against me, but in consideration of my acknowledging myself a defaulter, and advertising it once in the Leeds Mercury and paying all expenses, has thought proper to shew me this lenity – as witness by my hand

Waddington, John

[18??-18??] Marine store dealer at Bradford Road, Brighouse [1861]

Waddington, Joseph

[1???-1???] Of Bailiff Bridge.

He had a carpet shop on Bradford/Huddersfield Road, opposite the Firth's Carpets, for many years.

His son succeeded him in the business.

Contributor Dave van de Gevel writes

I remember him calling into Firth's on a regular basis to buy roll-ends

Waddington, Joseph

[18??-18??] Licensee of the Punch Bowl, Bailiff Bridge.

In July 1873, he bought the pub from H. W. Ripley for £3,570

Waddington, Joseph Harold

[1866-1945] Born at Mile Thorn. He began work as an apprentice draper. In 1900, he bought a plot of land in Rawson Street where he built Waddington's Dress Warehouse. He was Mayor of Halifax [1924-1925]

In 1939, he published a booklet Essays and Addresses which described shops, shopping and shopkeeping in the town. He was a Methodist lay preacher. He was a long-serving and well-known Councillor and was the Father of the Town Council when he died [16th January 1945]

Waddington, Joshua

[1???-1???] Gent.

He married Unknown.

Children: Ely Wilkinson

Waddington, Joshua

[18??-18??] In May 1858, he opened a Turkish bath at Boddy's Buildings, Halifax

Waddington, PC Anthony

[1790-1862] Born in Hipperholme.

He was a cordwainer [1841].

In 1854, he became the first policeman in Brighouse with responsibility for the township of Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse.

In 1856, he left the post and was succeeded by PC Greenwood.

He married Lusey [1788-18??]. He was a widower by 1861.

Children: (1) Timothy [b 1821]; (2) Lucy A. [b 1829] who became a dress maker; (3) Mary [b 1830]; (4) Susey [b 1831]; (5) Sarah A. [b 1832] who became a dress maker.

The family lived at Thornhill Briggs, Brighouse [1851]; Brighouse Lane, Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse [1861].

See Towser, Brighouse and Waddington vs Waller

Waddington, Samuel

[1623-1???] Son of John Waddington.

In 1647, he married Unknown

Waddington, Samuel

[1784-1830] He was landlord of the Black Swan, Brighouse [1822, 1829].

In 1807, he married Jane Goldthorp [1779-1860] at Hartshead.

Jane succeeded Samuel at the Black Swan [1834, 1841, 1845].

Children: (1) Sarah Ann [bapt 1809]; (2) Samuel [bapt 1811]; (3) Elizabeth [bapt 1816] who was a farmer [1841]; (4) William Edward [bapt 1818] who was a currier [1841]; (5) Mary [bapt 1821]; (6) John [bapt 1823] who was a corn miller [1851].

The family lived at Daisy Croft, Brighouse [1851].

Living with them in 1841 were Isaac Walker [aged 50] John Sutcliffe [aged 25].

Samuel and Jane were buried at Hartshead Church

Waddington, Sarah

[17??-18??] Cotton spinner at Rudclough Mill, Erringden [around 1800]

Waddington, Thomas

[1797-185?] Born in Sowerby.

He was a cordwainer [1850] [1851].

He married Betty [1799-18??] born in Sowerby.

Children: (1) Susan [b 1830] who was a worsted reeler [1851] and married Joseph Whiteley; (2) Elizabeth [b 1836] who was a worsted doffer [1851]; (3) Sarah Ann [b 1839] who was a worsted doffer [1851].

The family lived at Stansfield Mill, Sowerby [1851].

Living with them in 1851 were daughter Susan, her husband Joseph Whiteley and daughter Hannah.

In 1861, the widowed Betty was living with daughter Susan and her husband Joseph Whiteley

Waddington, Thomas

[18??-19??] Bus proprietor.

He lived at Moorfield House, Wainstalls [1905]

Waddington vs Waller

In July 1854, at the Nisi Prius Court, PC Anthony Waddington of Brighouse claimed that, in 1848, Abraham Waller had begun paying attention to his daughter, Miss Waddington, a milliner. Waller promised marriage until 1850 when the girl became pregnant. The child lived only a fortnight. Waller was forbidden to the visit the Waddington's house, although he was allowed to visit the girl in the hope that they would marry. In 1853, she again became pregnant. Waller refused to marry the girl and claimed that he had supported the children. The jury found for Waddington and awarded £50 damages

Waddington, Walker

[1830-1911] From Bingley. He moved to Todmorden around 1855. He worked for Samuel Ward Walton. He moved to Mytholmroyd [1857]. In 1861, he and Albert Benjamin Bayes bought Walton's business.

He was a Methodist; a teetotaller a non-smoker.

He was head of Waddington & Sons.

He lived at New Road, Mytholmroyd [1911]

Waddoup

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Waddoups

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Waddup

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Wade

The Wade family of Halifax

There are currently around 45 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Wade. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

William Wade was an early member of the family.

The family is discussed in the book Yorkshire Pedigrees

The Wade family of Shelf

See High Bentley Hall, Shelf

Wade & McGrath

General pattern makers at Halifax. Recorded in 1905, when they were at Cross Hills, Halifax

Wade, Anthony

[15??-16??] Son of Richard Wade.

Owned Peel House, Luddenden at the end of the 16th century

Wade, Anthony

[15??-1616] Yeoman of King Cross. Son of Henry Wade.

On 5th November 1590, he married Judith Foxcroft, daughter of Thomas Foxcroft.

Children: (1) Benjamin; (2) William [bapt 1595]; (3) Sarah [bapt 1596] who married John Hargreaves from Leeds; (4) Judith [bapt 1598] who married [1620] Henry Power Rector of Hemsworth, and Joseph Stocke; (5) Anthony [bapt 1599]; (6) Priscilla [bapt 1601] who married William Favour from London; (7) Susan [bapt 1602] who married Dr Jenison from Newcastle-on-Tyne; (8) John; (9) Robert [bapt 1605] who died aged 7 days; (10) Richard [bapt 1607]; (11) Elizabeth who married [1614] Cotton Horne [16??-1656] from Wakefield.

He bought New Grange, Halifax from Isaac Foxcroft

Wade, Anthony

[1636-1683] Son of John Wade.

He was Mayor of Leeds [1676].

He married Mary Moore.

Mary was the daughter of John Moore of Greenhead, Lancashire

Children: Benjamin.

He was buried at Headingley

[1592-1671] Merchant of New Grange, Halifax. Son of Anthony Wade.

He was Mayor of Leeds [1663].

In 1619, he married Edith Shann [1595-1652].

Edith was the daughter of John Shann of Leeds

They had no children.

The couple were buried at Headingley

[16??-17??] Of Leeds. Son of John Wade.

On 28th March 1703, he married Dorothy Jackson at York Minster.

Children: (1) Mary; (2) Anne

[16??-1717] Of Peel House, Luddenden.

The Northowram Register records that he

was in Halifax Jan. 4. fell sick, stay'd at Mount Pellon, died next Morning Jan. 5. bur. Jan. 8

Wade Bridge, Luddenden

[1665-1???] Son of Anthony Wade. Of New Grange, Halifax.

He married Ann Calverley

Ann was the daughter of Walter Calverley of Calverley

Wade, Brian

[1???-1???] Son of William Wade.

He married Unknown.

Children: William

Bridge over Luddenden Brook. Earlier known as Riding Bridge. Mentioned in 1705. The early wooden bridge was replaced by a stone bridge. There are stepping stones across the brook

Wade, Charles

[18??-19??] Manufacturer at Dunkirk Mills, Halifax.

He lived at 31 Aked's Road, Halifax [1905]

Wade, David Tatham

[1873-1951] Landlord of the New Delight, Wainstalls [1917].

He married Clara Ann [1873-1950].

The couple were buried at Butts Green Baptist Chapel, Warley

Wade, Edward

[14??-1???] Of Sowerby.

He married Unknown.

Children: Margaret

Wade, Edwin

[1845-1881] Son of Joseph Wade and brother of Josiah Wade.

He and his brother were involved in many local printing ventures, including their Arab printing machine.

On 31st March 1868, he married Grace Mitchell [1844-1892] from Brearley.

Children: (1) John Arthur [1869-1951]; (2) Sarah Ellen [1870-1950]; (3) Ernest [1872-1874]; (4) Frank [1872-1944]; (5) Charles [1876-1959]; (6) Hilda [1878-1879]

Wade, Fred

[1891-1943] Son of William Wade.

He worked for Greenwood's bookshop. In 1926, he left and established Wade's Bookshop.

He married Winifred.

After his death, the business was taken over by his daughter, now Mrs Jennifer Pell. She still owns and runs the business

Wade's: Fred Wade (Booksellers & Stationers) Limited

Halifax. Established by Fred Wade in 1926.

The shop in Rawson Street was built in 1926, and occupies the southern end of the west wing of Somerset House

Until 19??, the company used to have its own library with

All the latest novels and a courteous staff always willing to help in the choice of a book.
Exclusive service at a low subscription

The business is now run and owned by Wade's daughter, Mrs Jennifer Pell

Wade, Henry

[15??-1605] Of King Cross. Son of Robert Wade.

He married Elizabeth Ramsden [d 1600].

Children: (1) Anthony; (2) William; (3) Susan; (4) Judith who married Robert Deane; (5) Mary who married Edward Longbotham of Longbotham.

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church

Wade House, Shelf

Around 1700, the house is mentioned several times by Oliver Heywood in his diaries.

Victoria Mills was built near to the house on its land by Moses Bottomley, across from a mill pond. When the mill was renovated in the late 20th century, much of the mill and the house were knocked down with only the gatehouse remaining. After renovations by Moses Bottomley, the house became known as Norwood House – see Norwood House Gate House.

Owners and tenants have included

William Hollings

Edward Slater

Joseph Woodhead

Moses Bottomley [1870]

Moses Bottomley [1871]

Mary A. Bottomley [1881]

The burned down in the early 1980s and was demolished. The name is retained in Wade House Road, Shelf

[1???-18??] Of Lee House, Ovenden Wood.

He married Mary, daughter of Samuel Titterington

Children: (1) John of Lee House; (2) Sarah of Spring Hall; (3) (possibly) Elkanah who was a butcher of Levine Market.

On 21st June 1856, records show a John Wade taking ownership of Samuel Titterington's Brock Top Farm, Mount Tabor.

When Mary died [6th September 1870], she left the property to children John, Sarah and Elkanah. On 26th August 1878, they sold the property to John Naylor for £650.00

[16??-16??] Son of John Wade.

In 1666, he married Hannah Milner.

Hannah was the daughter of John Milner

Children: Benjamin

[1603-1645] Of King Cross. Son of Anthony Wade.

In 1629, he married Mary Waterhouse.

Mary was the daughter of Anthony Waterhouse of Woodhouse

Children: (1) Benjamin who died unmarried; (2) Anthony; (3) John; (4) Judith [bapt 1623]

[1809-1847] Of Heptonstall.

[1830-1905] Son of William Wade.

He was a grocer with a shop at 14 Union Street, Halifax.

Question: Does anyone know whether he is the same person as Mr Wade?

He married Susan Bentley [1831-1913].

Children: (1) Hannah Jane [1862-1870]; (2) Fred [1864-1865]; (3) Fred [1873-1877]; (4) Amy [1874-1877].

The family lived at Union Street South, Halifax.

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 1432]

Wade, Joseph

On 15th September 1831, he married Hannah Whitaker [1811-1873] at Heptonstall.

Children: (1) William [b 1832]; (2) Sarah [1834-1899]; (3) Stephen [b 1837]; (4) John [1840-1858]; (5) Josiah; (6) Edwin

Wade, Josiah

[1842-1908] Son of Joseph Wade. Born in Hebden Bridge.

In 1862, with his brother Edwin, he established a printing business and then expanded into the manufacture of printing machinery.

They published the Hebden Chronicle.

Their Arab printing machine was used throughout the world.

In 1891, he became a councillor for Halifax. As a councillor, he was associated with the Walshaw Dean Reservoir and Saint Luke's Hospital. He was Mayor of Halifax [1902-1904]

On 1st February 1896, he gave Hebden Bridge its first ambulance. The horse-drawn vehicle was replaced by a motor ambulance in 1924

He married Elizabeth Thomson [b 1845] from Dumfries, Scotland.

He lived at 20 Rhodes Street, Halifax [1887] and North Park, Halifax [1901].

See Saint John's Ambulance Brigade, Hebden Bridge

Wade's: Josiah Wade Limited

Printing machine makers at Dunkirk Mills, Halifax. Established in 1862 by Josiah Wade and his brother Edwin. They published the Hebden Chronicle.

In 1867, they moved to premises in Well Lane, Halifax. Their Arab printing machine was used throughout the world.

As business increased, the company's works moved around the district. In 1874, they moved to Crown Works, Halifax. In 18??, they moved to Hope Works, Halifax. In 1903, they bought Dunkirk Mills, Halifax.

The business closed in 1959

Wade Manufacturing Company Limited

Worsted coating manufacturers at Dunkirk Mills, Halifax [1905]

Wade, Margaret

[15??-1???] Daughter of Edward Wade or daughter of Robert Wade.

Question: Can anyone resolve the question of her parentage?

She married (1) Edward Farrer.

She married (2) John Hanson

Wade, Michael Joseph

[1845-1???] A clerk. He had served 4 years' penal servitude for robbery from the Irish Court of Chancery.

In 1866, he was charged with burglary at the temperance hotel kept by Grace Fielden at Todmorden – could this be Fielden Temperance Hotel & Coffee Tavern?

Whilst he was being held at Hebden Bridge lockup he wrote a long poem describing the temptation which led him to commit the robbery.

At his trial, he told the jury that he was subject to fits of temporary insanity.

When the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, he handed another poem to the judge. The judge said that

it was painful to see a young man imbued with superior talent in such a position

He was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. Wade asked the judge

Will you all me pen, ink and paper in prison?

to which he was told

I have nothing to do with that. It will have to be determined by the prison regulation

Wade, Mr

[1???-18??] He had a house and grocery shop in what became Wade Street, Halifax [19th century].

In 18??, his servant girl heard a noise in the premises. She called Wade who apprehended the intruder. The felon was transported to Australia

Question: Can anyone tell me anything about the incident or the felon?

Wade, Mr

[17??-18??] Of Accrington. Minister at Pellon Lane Particular Baptist Church [1795]. He moved to Hull in 1799

Wade, Neil

[19??-19??] Organist at Halifax Parish Church [1965-1968]

Wade, Ralph

[1910-2003] Brighouse-born writer. Despite aspirations to be writer, he started work at a Brighouse fruiterer. He joined a writers' circle in Huddersfield and help set up another in Brighouse. During World War II, he sent a series of articles to the Brighouse Echo. In 1958, he began to write under the pen-name Rowan. From November 1976 until 1985, he wrote a weekly local-history column – entitled Those were the days and Random Comments – for the Brighouse Echo. Some of the articles were published by the Brighouse Echo in 2 slim volumes entitled Those were the days [1979]

Wade, Richard

[15??-15??] Yeoman of Sowerby. Son of Robert Wade.

On 18th June 1555, he married Agnes Farrer.

Children: (1) Samuel; (2) Anthony; (3) Susan; (4) Sarah; (5) Mary who married Thomas

Wade, Richard

[15??-16??] Son of Samuel Wade.

He carried on the family feud with his uncle, Michael Foxcroft.

He died at the age of 21. His son, Samuel Wade, carried on the dispute

Wade, Richard

[16??-1???] He built and lived at High Bentley Hall, Shelf.

The lintel on an entrance doorway and plasterwork over the Hall fireplace are inscribed RW IW 1661.

In 1665, he paid hearth tax for 4 hearths at the Hall, and also for one more hearth at a new erection.

He married Unknown

Question: Does anyone know the name of his wife, presumably the I of the 1661 inscription?

Children: son who inherited High Bentley.

After Richard's death, Richard Butler married his widow

Wade, Robert

[15??-15??] Of King Cross. Son of William Wade.

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) Robert; (2) Christabel [b 1539] who married Thomas Hopkinson; (3) Alice who married Henry Bannester; (4) Isabel [bapt 1542] who married Richard Waterhouse; (5) Richard; (6) Henry; (7) John; (8) Izabell; (9) Margaret

Wade, Robert

[15??-1594] Of Field House, Sowerby. Son of Robert Wade.

He married a widow, Margaret Maude

Wade, Robert

[16??-16??] Of Sowerby. He left £10 for the poor of Sowerby, and £4 per year for 80 years to be given to the poor of Sowerby and

4 other honest men of the same town

Wade, Samuel

[1???-16??] Son of Richard Wade.

He carried on the dispute between his family and Michael Foxcroft. He inherited Quickstavers, and lived there until around 1633

Wade, Samuel

[15??-1596] He lived at Quickstavers. He bought Roebucks, Warley and land at Crawood.

The Foldout presents describes the feud between Wade and Michael Foxcroft which resulted in Wade's death. He was buried in Halifax on 16th April 1596. His son, Richard Wade, carried on the dispute

Wade, Samuel

[1570-1???] Yeoman of Quickstavers. Son of Richard Wade.

He married Unknown.

Children: Robert

Wade, Speed

[1810-1862] Of Norwood Green.

He married Mary Ann [1811-1881].

Children: (1) Elizabeth [1834-1854]; (2) Samuel Highley [1835-1900]; (3) (possibly) Ellen [1847-1902]; (4) Henry [1849-1870].

Members of the family were buried at Mount Zion Chapel, Lightcliffe

Wade, Stuart

[1971-] Halifax-born actor who has appeared with the Thespians. He went on to star as Biff in Yorkshire Television's Emmerdale soap opera. He is the brother of Daniel Coll.

In 2000, he married the actress Tonicha Jeronimo who also appeared in Emmerdale.

Children: Lorcan.

The couple have appeared in many drama productions. He lives in Brighouse.

Wade, Sybil

[1532-1573] Or Cibella. Of Halifax.

She married George Fairbanks

Wade, W.

[1???-1???] A partner with James Robinson at Small Clews Pottery, Bradshaw. They traded as Robinson & Wade

[14??-15??] Of Halifax.

Recorded in 1520.

, when he married

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) Robert; (2) Brian.

He was an early member of the Wade family of Halifax

[15??-1???] Of Ball Green, Sowerby. Son of Henry Wade.

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) Robert of Ball Green; (2) Henry; (3) Judith; (4) Sarah; (5) Mary; (6) Anne

[15??-16??] Son of Brian Wade.

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) Richard [mentioned in July 1607]; (2) William

On 7th February 1590, he married (2) Susan Fairbanks

[1555-1???] Of Halifax.

On 18th September 1581, he married (1) Isabel Drake [1558-1589].

[18??-1???] Son of William Wade.

He (possibly) served his apprenticeship with John Burley.

He was a dentist at Rhodes Street, Halifax and later at Lord Street, Halifax.

He married Unknown.

Children: Fred

[18??-18??] Born at Clarborough, Nottinghamshire.

He came to Halifax in the 1820s.

He was a carter.

In 1829, he married Mary Ann Sykes in Halifax.

Children: (1) John Wade; (2) Elizabeth [1832-1878] who married Jonas Crowther; (3) Mary [1835-1885] who married Jonas Crowther; (4) Jane who was housekeeper for John Burley; (5) William

Wade Wood, Luddenden

Kell Brook joins Luddenden Brook here to flow down and join the Calder at Luddendenfoot.

There are remains of charcoal burning circles in the wood.

See Jerusalem Farm, Luddenden and Wade Bridge

Wade Wood Reservoir, Luddenden

On Catty Well Beck, Luddenden

Wade's: Z. & W. Wade

Quarry owners and public works contractors at Trimmingham Quarries, Halifax [1936]

Wadilove, John

[17??-1796] Hatter in Halifax

Wadsworth

High moorland township north of Hebden Bridge – towards Old Town – lying between the townships of Stansfield and Midgley, and including Crimsworth, Old Town and Pecket Well.

See Population and Parish statistics

Wadsworth

The surname is recorded in 1274, and Thomas de Waddisworth is recorded at Midgley in 1314.

The name originated in Wadsworth.

There are currently around 72 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Wadsworth. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

The Wadsworth family

Richard de Waddesworth is recorded at Wadsworth in the 14th century.

See Holdsworth House

Wadsworth, Abel

[1791-18??] Of Halifax. Son of Mr Wadsworth.

He was a tailor [1841, 1851]; a domestic missionary [1851].

He married Elizabeth [1796-18??].

Children: (1) Joseph; (2) Abel [b 1821]; (3) twins [?] John [b 1826]; (4) Mary [b 1826]; (5) Thomas.

The family lived at Clarence Street, Halifax [1841]; 14 Launceston Street, Halifax [1851]

Wadsworth, Abraham

[16??-16??] Of Warley. In 1671, he, John Brigg, Thomas Holt and Thomas Wawne were amongst a number of local people who had supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War and who received a pension of 6/5d per year under a county-based pension scheme set up in 1662 for

the reliefe of poore and maimed Officers and Souldiers who have faithfully served His Majesty and His Royal Father in the late [Civil] Wars

Wadsworth, Abraham

[1645-1672] Elder son of Timothy Wadsworth.

Halifax attorney [1668-1672].

He died as a consequence of his heavy drinking. He was buried at Saint Mary's, Luddenden

Wadsworth, Amos

[1823-1???] Born in Rishworth.

He was a farmer of 22 acres [1861].

In 1850, he married Susey Lumb [1823-1???] in Halifax.

Children: (1) Edwin [b 1851] who was a agricultural labourer [1861]; (2) Giles [b 1852]; (3) Lillie [b 1854]; (4) Francis [b 1859]; (5) Ada [b 1861].

The family lived at Cockroft, Round Hill, Rishworth [1861]

Wadsworth & Fairbank

Cotton-doublers of Elland. In 1907, they acquired Whitwell Mill, Elland. The firm closed in 1930

Wadsworth, Ann

[1812-1891?] Daughter of Matthew Wadsworth. Born in Barkisland. Baptised at Halifax [31st October 1813].

In 1834, she married (1) Richard Holroyd.

Richard was killed at Wakefield Railway Station [20th February 1850].

Richard had been licensee of the Griffin, Barkisland, but the licence was removed on account of his bad conduct. Ann sought the return of the licence of the Griffin, and promised to keep the Inn in a proper and lawful manner.

She was

; a farmer of 8½ acres [1851]; licensee of the Griffin, Barkisland [1851, 1853].

By 1861, she was beerhouse keeper at the Gardeners Arms, Stainland.

In 1864, she married (2) Joseph Holroyd, younger brother of her first husband.

By 1871, she was back as licensee of the Griffin, Barkisland.

Sources on her later life record

In 1901, she was living alone at Scar Top, Upper Greetland [aged 87]

Ann died in Stainland [January 1891] (aged 79).
She was buried at Saint Bartholomew's, Ripponden [2nd February 1891]

Wadsworth, Anne

[1661-1707] (Possibly) daughter of Timothy Wadsworth.

In 1679, she married John Brooksbank.

She lived at Field Head, Norwood Green; Birks Hall; Brearley Mill.

It is recorded that her nephew, David Hartley, lived with her after his parents' deaths – although the dates seem incompatible.

Dr Samuel Threapland and some of his patients boarded with him at Field Head.

The Northowram Register records

Mrs Brooksbank of Elland died at Birks near Halifax 16th April 1707 about 4 o'clock in the morning, having had a cancer cut out of her breast a few weeks before by Dr Threapland who also died himself the same day at 11 a clock at night. She was buried 19th April at Woodkirk & he at Wibsey the same day; she aged abt 46 & he abt 63

Wadsworth, Ayrton

[1855-1896] Born in Halifax.

He was innkeeper of the Swan Inn, Holdsworth [1896].

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1896

Wadsworth Banks Farm, Mytholmroyd

Raw Lane. Timber-framed house cased in stone and extended in the 17th century

The coiner Robert Thomas lived here.

See Old Castle, Wadsworth

Wadsworth Banks, Hebden Bridge

The coiner John Pickles lived here [1769]

Wadsworth, Barbara

[1945-] Art student who – in 1962 – won a competition to design the sign which marked the Halifax boundary as motorists entered the district. In addition to having her winning design used, she won a prize of 25 guineas. The competition was organised to mark the centenary of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. The sign remained until 199?

Wadsworth's Camera Exchange

In 1919, this was at 65 North Parade, Halifax, and the Principals were J. and W. Wadsworth.

They were also Principals of W. Richardson & Son at the same address

Wadsworth, Christopher

[1836-1904] Son of Samuel Wadsworth.

He married Sarah Whiteley [1845-1???].

Children: (1) Joe Thomas [b 1868]; (2) Lee [b 1870]; (3) Elisha [b 1871]; (4) Sarah Ellen [b 1873]; (5) Ann Elizabeth [b 1875]; (6) Lydia [b 1878].

The family lived at 19 Wakefield Road, Brighouse [1901].

He became a partner with Edward Whiteley in J. F. & E. Whiteley & Company.

In 1893, Edward Whiteley died and Wadsworth became sole proprietor. He carried on the business as Christopher Wadsworth.

He died in Halifax [Q4 1904]

Wadsworth Club Houses

Old Town. A group of 6 early 19th century club houses which were built as an investment by a local funeral club. Some of the houses are 2 storeys, the others are 3 storeys. The upper storey was used as a communal weaving shop and each cottage had an internal communicating door on each floor.

From 1863, services were held here before Old Town Methodist Chapel was built

Wadsworth constables

The Foldout lists some of the people who have served as Police Officers in Wadsworth

Wadsworth Co-operative Store

The Wadsworth branch of the Hebden Bridge Co-operative Society opened in 1868

Wadsworth, E.

[18??-18??] Wholesale grocer at Halifax.

In September 1865, he was declared bankrupt

Wadsworth, Edmund

[1766-1844] Son of Mr Wadsworth Born at Higher Murgatshaw Farm, Stansfield.

He married Sarah, daughter of Zachariah Shackleton.

He is recorded at Higher Murgatshaw Farm, Stansfield around 1840

Wadsworth, Eli

[1776-1861] Clock & watch maker in Halifax.

He married Unknown.

Children: son who was a Councillor [1861]

Wadsworth, Elijah

[1859-1???] Son of Peter Wadsworth. Born in Rishworth.

He was a farmer's labourer [1871]; a cotton spinner [1881]; a farmer [1891]; a dairy farmer [1901]; a retired dairy farmer [1911].

In 1905, he was at Bents Farm, Norland when he was fined 2/6d plus 18/6d costs for selling milk adulterated with borax. The chemical was used as a preservative.

In [Q4] 1881, he married Mary Hannah Normanton [1857-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.

Mary Hannah was born in Soyland, the daughter of Joe Normanton, a spinner

Children: (1) Annie E [b 1885]; (2) Vernon [b 1886] who was an office boy [1901]; (3) Lucy [1887-1894].

The family lived at East Longley, Norland [1891, 1901]; 15 Calder Avenue, Pye Nest, Halifax [1911]

Wadsworth, Elizabeth

[1675-1734] Daughter of Timothy Wadsworth.

She married Mr Woodhead and Mr Steel.

She died at Brearley Mill

Wadsworth, Elizabeth

[1761-1837] Daughter of Rev John Wadsworth.

She was educated at Mr Lumley's Boarding School for Ladies, York, where she met Anne Lister, Elizabeth Patchett and Caroline Walker.

The 2 volumes of her diary give many details of life in the district.

She lived at Holdsworth House with Rev John Wadsworth.

She was a regular worshipper at Illingworth Church.

She has been described as

The Lady Bountiful of Holdsworth, Bradshaw and Illingworth

She gave money for building the church of Saint John the Evangelist, Bradshaw [£700], Popples Almshouses, Popples School for the poor of Holdsworth, Ovenden Female Benefit Society, and the poor of Bradford, Calverley and Idle [£200 to each incumbent of these places] and left £10 to the poor of Elland, £5 to the poor of Holdsworth, and the balance to the residents at the Almshouses.

She left her estate to a distant relative, Matthew Ayrton, on the condition that he took the name, Henry Wadsworth.

She died at Holdsworth House [5th April 1837] (aged 77).

She was buried at Calverley.

She is mentioned in Graptolite's Stray Notes on Bradshaw

Wadsworth, Everelda

[1677-1705] Of Elland. Daughter of Timothy Wadsworth.

She married Rev David Hartley.

She died shortly after the birth of their son David, and was buried at Luddenden

Wadsworth's: G. Wadsworth & Son

Wholesale and retailer dealers in oils and paints.

Partners included John Wadsworth.

Recorded in 1881 at Portland Street, Northgate, Halifax

Wadsworth, George

[1???-19??] He was a partner in a Halifax taxi business [1949].

In 1949, he married Hermione Dobson in Halifax

Wadsworth, George

[17??-18??] He was landlord of the Globe, Halifax [1821, 1822]; a farmer.

He married Hannah Bottomley.

Children: Henry.

The family lived at Great Albion Street, Halifax [1840s]

Wadsworth, George Henry

[1847-1905] Son of John Wadsworth. Born in Southowram.

He was apprenticed to William Richardson and accompanied him on lecture tours as a technical assistant.

George set up his own business in North Parade, and then in Regent Street, Halifax.

The business later passed to Mackereth Opticians and Gutsell's.

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) John Allen; (2) Willie.

The family lived at 309 Huddersfield Road, Halifax.

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1905.

See William Richardson & Son

Wadsworth, Giles

[1852-1900] Son of Amos Wadsworth. Born in Rishworth.

He was a cotton factory worker [1861]; a cotton mill hand [1871]; a farmer of 40 acres [1881]; a farmer [1891, 1898].

In 1871, he married Lucy Wadsworth in Halifax [1852-1???].

Children: (1) Erilda [1872-1953] who was a woollen weaver [1891] and married [1893] Benjamin Roberts; (2) Ivy [b 1876] who was a cotton winder [1891]; (3) Rosa [b 1879] who was a worsted spinner [1891], a woollen mender [1901]; (4) Mary [b 1882] a worsted twister [1901]; (5) Joseph [1885-1898].

The family lived at Cockroft, Rishworth [1871]; Mans Head, Soyland [1881]; Farm House, Milner Place, Luddenden Foot [1891]; Bottoms Farm, Luddenden Foot [1898]; Farm, 3 Milner Place, Luddenden Foot [1901]

On 5th November 1898, son Joseph died following a firework accident in which he tried to extinguish a lit squib, but the flame ignited about 24 other fireworks in his jacket and trousers. The jury recorded the cause of death as heart failure from exhaustion, due to the burns.

Giles died 1st December 1900

Wadsworth, Harry

[18??-19??] Partner in the Melbourne Clothing Company.

He lived at Great Stubb Barn [1927]

Wadsworth, Harry

[1869-19??] Of Halifax. Son of James Wadsworth.

He was a hurrier [at the age of 13]; a coal miner [1901].

In 1890, he married Irene Haigh [1872-19??] in Halifax.

Children: (1) Maude E [b 1894]; (2) James [b 1896]; (3) Sam; (4) Harry [b 1902]; (5) Mary [b 1905]; (6) Irene [b 1907]; (7) Jack [b 1910].

The family lived at 1 Hough, Northowram [1891]; 9 Beacon Terrace, Halifax [where his uncle William Henry Tasker and family were with them 1901]; 13 Battinson Street, Southowram [1911]; 59 Steep Bank Side, Southowram Bank [1918]

Wadsworth, Harry

[1875-19??] Son of James Wadsworth. Born in Southowram.

He worked as joiner/cabinet maker/undertaker [from 1884 until he retired in 1947]. His workshop was at the east end of South View. He kept a record of all the funerals he was involved with [1884-1947]. He was connected with Southowram Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.

In 1907 he married Fanny Wilkins.

Children: (1) Kathleen Mildred [b 1910]; (2) Raymond J [b 1912].

The family lived at 10 South View, Southowram

[16??-16??] Of Peacock House, Warley [1650]

In 1657, he bought Holdsworth House, Ovenden

[1697-1765] Son of John Wadsworth.

He married Mary [d 1745].

Children: (1) Deborah [bapt 1717]; (2) John Wadsworth; (3) Ann [bapt 1722]; (4) Esther [1725-1807] who married Rev J. Thwaites.

There is a memorial to some members of the family in the Holdsworth Chapel at Halifax Parish Church.

The epitaph on the memorial is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

[18??-1???] Around 1865, he established business as a printer, newsagent, bookseller and stationer at New Bank, Halifax. In 1875, he moved to Cross Hills, Halifax. In 1879, he opened a branch post office.

In the 1880s, the business was taken over by his son-in-law, Thomas Priestley

[1821-1901] Son of George Wadsworth. Born at the Globe, Halifax.

He was an apprentice cartwright [1841]; a wheelwright [1845]; a smith & wheelwright [1866]; a master wheelwright employing 3 men [1871]; a councillor for Market Ward. He was in business at Thomas Street, Halifax [1866] where he built new premises dated HW AD 1870.

After he retired [around 1878], the business carried on as Henry Wadsworth & Son.

On 20th December 1845, he married Sarah Taylor [18??-1903].

Children: (1) John [1846-1848]; (2) Eliza Ann who died aged 10 months [1848]; (3) Thomas who died aged 13 months [1857]; (4) Robert; (5) George; (6) Alfred; (7) daughter; (8) daughter; (9) daughter.

The family lived at 28 Scott's Row, Halifax [1851]; Lower Westgate [1861]

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery

Wadsworth's: Henry Wadsworth & Son

[1847-1915] Son of Samuel Wadsworth.

Partner in Hayley & Wadsworth [1905].

He married Elizabeth Howarth [1848-19??].

Children: (1) James [b 1872]; (2) Herbert Henry [b 1876]; (3) Florence [b 1881]; (4) Ethel [b 1886]

Makers of commercial vehicles at Thomas Street, Halifax. Established by Henry Wadsworth and his son Robert.

The property there is dated HW AD 1870.

Recorded in 1878, 1900 and 1923.

An advertisement for the business in 1900 announced

Sole Manufacturers of Wadsworth's Patent
Street Watering, Sanding and Sweeping Machines, Road Scrapers, Snow Ploughs, Tip Vans, Tip, Tumblers and other kinds of Sanitary Carts

Wadsworth's: J. Wadsworth & Sons

Cabinet maker, upholsterers and furnishers at 68 & 70 King Cross Street, Halifax [1934]

[18??-1861] A weaver living at Smith's Buildings, Range Bank. He was also known for travelling around the district as a hawker of cockles and mussels.

He was married twice. His first wife died when she fell from the chamber into a lower room at their home in Ann Street. Some time previous to that, his son had drowned whilst they were bathing at Salterhebble.

On Tuesday, 26th November 1861, his body was found hanging by a chain from the roof of a stable which he occupied near North Bridge. It seems that during the previous week, he had soiled his clothes in the stable, and with the result that he spoiled a piece of cloth which he was working on. This lost him his job as a weaver. This, and the several events, preyed on his mind such that he attempted to cut his throat with a razor, but his daughter stopped him. He then went on to hang himself

[18??-19??] He established business as a furrier [1857].

He had business in a building at the junction of Northgate and Winding Road. The Timeform building was built on the site

Recorded in 1936 at 19 Silver Street, Halifax when J. Wainhouse was proprietor.

About the bear in the photograph, Stephen Gee in his book Old Halifax, writes that it

came to Halifax with a performing troupe but unfortunately grew to be too old to perform any longer. Wadsworth purchased the bear and it was then put down using a humane killer at Halifax slaughterhouse. The bear was stuffed and remained in the window of the Silver street premises until 1945, when it was given to Leeds City Museum

[1824-1903] Son of Samuel Wadsworth.

He became landlord of the Oddfellows' Arms, Rishworth [1881] and the Cunning Corner, Rishworth [1891].

He married Jane Johnson [1828-1???].

Children: (1) Thomas [b 1852]; (2) Joseph [b 1854]; (3) Samuel [b 1859]; (4) John [1862-1909]

[1845-1870] In 1867, he married Emma Tasker [1848-1???] in Halifax.

Children: (1) Harry; (2) Annie [b 1870]

Wadsworth's: James Wadsworth & Sons

[1849-1930] Son of John Wadsworth. Born in Southowram.

He was a half-time worker at John Holdsworth & Company Limited [at the age of 7]; a full-time joiner for the firm [at the age of 12]; a joiner/cabinet maker; as undertaker; connected with Southowram Wesleyan Chapel.

In 1875, he established James Wadsworth & Sons.

In 1873, he married Sarah Ann Clayton from Southowram.

Children: (1) Harry; (2) Edith [1876-1952] who married [1913] Herbert Fawcett in 1913; (3) Mona [1879-1967] who married [1907] Francis Arnold Smith; (4) John Evelyn [b 1888].

The family lived at South View Terrace, Southowram [1881, 1891]; 11 South View, Southowram [1911].

He was buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram

Joiners and cabinet makers at Southowram and King Cross Street, Halifax. Established in 1875 by James Wadsworth

Wadsworth, Jeremiah

[1817-1898] Son of Joseph Wadsworth.

He was apprenticed to a local blacksmith near the New Inn, Ripponden; a blacksmith [1851] a blacksmith employing 2 boys [1861, 1871, 1881, 1891].

Established Jeremiah Wadsworth & Sons Limited.

In 1837, he married Ann Woffenden/Wolfenden [1818-19??] in Rishworth.

Children: (1) Sally [b 1842]; (2) Sam [b 1844]; (3) Mary [b 1847]; (4) Miles; (5) Martha Ann [b 1852]

His sons all became engineers and draughtsmen.

The family lived at Booth Wood, Rishworth, Ripponden [1841]; Wood Nook, Ripponden [1851, 1861] 1 Vine Terrace, Soyland, Ripponden [1871, 1881, 1891]

Wadsworth's: Jeremiah Wadsworth & Sons Limited

Smiths, screw makers, machinists, wheelwrights and trailer manufacturers. Established by Jeremiah Wadsworth. They were at Oldham Road, Ripponden [1895-1938] and Lower Dyson Lane Mill, Rishworth [1950s]

See Miles Wadsworth

[1645-1715] Of Holdsworth House. He married Deborah [d 1697].

Children: (1) Mary who died young; (2) Martha who died young; (3) Deborah who died young; (4) Henry; (5) Elizabeth [16??-1733] who married Rev Daniel Bentley; (6) Susannah.

A doorway at Holdsworth House Farm is dated W ID 1693 for the couple.

There is a memorial to some members of the family in the Holdsworth Chapel atHalifax Parish Church.

The epitaph on the memorial is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

Wadsworth, Rev John

[1720-1782] BA. Son of Henry Wadsworth.

He was Vicar of Coley [1768]; Curate at Halifax [1769].

He married Miss Hemingway [1718-1804].

His wife was the sister of Henry Hemingway of Boldshay, Bradford

Children: (1) Henry [bapt 1753]; (2) John [bapt 1755-1800]; (3) Samuel [1757-1774]; (4) James [bapt 1758]; (5) Elizabeth [1760] who died in infancy; (6) Elizabeth.

The family lived at Holdsworth House.

He gave £25 towards rebuilding Illingworth Church in 1777.

He is mentioned in Graptolite's Stray Notes on Bradshaw.

There is a memorial to some members of the family in the Holdsworth Chapel at Halifax Parish Church.

The epitaph on the memorial is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

[1797-1864] Eldest Son of Rev Joseph Wadsworth. Baptised at Ripponden [21st May 1797].

In 1818, he and Joseph Norcliffe started a Sunday School at Parrack Nook. They taught the children in a room next to that used for services.

He was Superintendent of the Sunday School

[1821-1???] Born in Brighouse.

He was an excavator/navvy.

In 18??, he married (1) Hannah [1823-1???] from Hipperholme.

Children: (1) George Henry; (2) James; (3) Joe [b 1855].

Hannah died between 1871 and 1881.

He married (2) Elizabeth, daughter of Job Freeman.

Children: (4) Emily Ann [b 1880].

The family lived at Siddal Top, Southowram [1851]; Chapel Lane, Southowram [1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911]

[1838-1???] Slater at Halifax.

He married Mary [1839-1???] from Ovenden.

Children: (1) J. H. [b 1859]; (2) Isaac [b 1863]; (3) John [b 1863]; (4) Wright [b 1867]; (5) Mary H. [b 1869].

His sons became slaters and plasterers.

The family lived at 55 King Cross Road, Halifax [1871]; Elizabeth Street, Elland [1881]

In July 1881, he was declared bankrupt

Wadsworth, John Henry

[1842-1900] Senior partner in G. Wadsworth & Son

He lived at South Grove, Lister Lane, Halifax [1900].

He left an estate of £17,767 [gross] and £6457 [net]. He left his furniture and household effects to his wife, and the rest in trust to pay her income during her widowhood. In the event of her remarrying, she was to receive one half of the income for the rest of her life, with the remainder to be in trust in equal shares for all of his children

[1850-1???] Son of Matthew Henry Wadsworth. Born in Ovenden.

He was an architect and surveyor.

He inherited the Holdsworth estate from his father.

In 1878, he sold the White Swan, Holmfield to Webster's.

He married Annie Elizabeth [1850-1???].

Children: Henry Hodgson Wadsworth [b 1871]

Wadsworth, Rev Joseph

[17??-18??] Of Rishworth. He served at Clitheroe, Lancashire.

In 1823, he preached at the anniversary of the Sunday School at Parrack Nook. He made frequent visits to preach at the Chapel.

He married Martha.

Children: (1) John; (2) Richard [bapt 1797]; (3) William [bapt 1803]; (4) David [1805-1898]; (5) Peter [bapt 1808]; (6) Nathan [bapt 1811]; (7) son; (8) son; (9) son; (10) son

[17??-18??] Son of Joseph Wadsworth.

He married Mary.

Children: (1) George [bapt 1815]; (2) Jeremiah; (3) Samuel [bapt 1820]; (4) Amos [bapt 1822]; (5) John; (6) David; (7) Peter; (8) Nathan; (9) son; (10) son

[17??-1806] Yeoman farmer in Rishworth.

He married Unknown.

Children: Joseph

[18??-18??] Halifax organist. He published a Selection of Psalms and Hymn Tunes [1852]

[1815-1891] Son of Abel Wadsworth. Born in Halifax.

He was a tailor [1841]; a professor of music [1851]; a teacher of music and tailor [1861]; a teacher of music, organist and tailor [1871]; a professor of music [1881].

In 1854, he married Mary Ross [1825-1???] in Halifax.

Children: (1) Helen Elizabeth [b 1857] who was an assistant tailor [1871]; (2) twins Margaret Ross; (3) Annie Ross [b 1859].

The family lived at 39 Hume Street, Halifax [1861]; 16 Carlton Street, Halifax [1871]; 33 Bull Close Lane, Halifax [1881]; 16 Milton Street, Halifax [with their son-in-law Herbert Furness 1891]

[1839-19??] Born in Norland/Sowerby.

He was ag.lab [1861]; a bread baker [1871, 1881]; landlord at the Grove, Rastrick [1898, 1901].

He married Elizabeth [1840-19??] from Halifax.

Children: (1) Hannah Maria [b 1858] who married Frederick Holmes; (2) Selina [b 1865].

In 1891, David Robertshaw [1869-1???] of Shipley, a baker's assistant, was living with the family and listed as adopted son.

The family lived at Boy Lane, Ovenden [1861]; Hey's Terrace, Ovenden [1871]; 26 Sutcliffe Street, Ovenden [1881, 1891]; the Grove, Rastrick [1901]; 101 Shroggs Road, Wheatley [1911]

[1844-1???] In December 1859, he was charged with

feloniously placing 2 stones on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway at Elland on 27th July 1859, with intent to endanger the lives of persons travelling thereon

Ann Buckley, gatekeeper at the level crossing, saw Wadsworth place something on the line which she later found to be 2 flat stones. She alerted the stationmaster, Mr Hepworth. At the assizes, the defence questioned whether the boy would have done this within the sight of the gatekeeper's cottage, and the case rested solely on Mrs Buckley's unsupported testimony. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty

Wadsworth Lanes

A hamlet at Wadsworth.

See Upper Needless, Hebden Bridge

Wadsworth Law

A cairn which marks the boundary of the Wadsworth township.

See High Brown Knowl, Wadsworth

Wadsworth, Manor of

In Domesday Book this was one of the 9 berewicks belonging to the Manor of Wakefield. It appears there as Wadesuurde.

The manor was held by the Earls of Warren, Jordan de Thornhill, the Thornhill family, Sir George Savile, the Savile family, and the Earl of Scarbrough.

See Hebden Bridge Mill and Manor House, Hebden Bridge

Wadsworth, Margaret Ross

[1859-1???] Twin daughter of Joseph Wadsworth.

She was a dressmaker [1881].

She married Herbert S. Furness

Wadsworth, Mary

[17??-1???] She established Mary Wadsworth's Charity.

See Saint Peter's Church, Sowerby: Benefactions

Wadsworth's: Mary Wadsworth's Charity

In 1793, Mary Wadsworth gave the rents and profits from land and property at Jack Hey, Sowerby to be distributed on the first Sunday in May and the first Sunday in November to poor residents of Sowerby.

See John Taylor Ramsden

Wadsworth, Matthew

[17??-1???] Soldier.

He married Susey [17??-1???].

Children: Ann

Wadsworth, Matthew Henry

See Matthew Ayrton

Wadsworth, Miles

[1849-1924] Son of Jeremiah Wadsworth. Born in Rishworth.

He was a striker for a smith [1861]; a blacksmith [1871, 1881]; an engineer; an inventor; Managing Directory of Jerry Wadsworth & Sons Limited; a Director of the Ryburn Mill Company.

In 1872, he married Hannah Greenwood [1850-1???] from Rishworth, in Halifax.

Children: (1) Emily [b 1875]; (2) Mary [b 1878]; (3) Lawrence [b 1880]; (4) Harry [b 1882]; (5) Louis [b 1892].

The family lived at 2 Vine Terrace, Soyland, Ripponden [1881, 1891]; 230 Oldham Road, Soyland [1901]; 228 View Terrace, Ripponden [1911]; Oak Bank, Ripponden

Wadsworth Mill

Area of Todmorden

Wadsworth Mill Lock, Todmorden

Lock #20 on the Rochdale Canal. Built 1798 by William Jessop and William Crossley. It has a double set of bottom gates to take the 57½ ft long vessels of the Calder & Hebble Canal

Wadsworth Moor

Moorland above Hebden Bridge.

Limers' Gate passes across the moor.

In 1750, William Cockcroft obtained rights to bore for coal on Wadsworth Moor.

There are 2 prominent circular ventilation shafts for the underground water conduit linking Widdop reservoir to Halifax. These are about 10 ft high, and were built by John Frederick La Trobe Bateman.

On 12th December 1936, an RAF bomber crashed on the moor, killing three of the crew and injuring the fourth.

Wadsworth Moor Murder

Wadsworth, Mr

[1???-1???] Of Higher Murgatshaw Farm, Stansfield.

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) Grace; (2) William; (3) child; (4) child; (5) Edmund

Wadsworth, Mr

[1???-18??] He married Unknown.

Children: (1) Abel; (2) Elizabeth who married Abel Wadsworth Dean

Wadsworth Parish Council

The Parish council has 9 seats.

See Parish of Wadsworth

Wadsworth, Peter

[1809-1881] He was a stone mason [1841]; a stone mason employing 10 men & farmer of 20 acres [1851]; a stone mason & farmer of 19 acres [1861]; a stone mason [1871].

In 1834?, he married (1) Sarah Greenwood [1810-1851] at Elland Parish Church.

Children: (1) Martha [b 1835]; (2) Joseph [b 1837] who was a stone mason [1851]; (3) John [b 1839]; (4) Thomas [b 1841] who was a cotton piecer [1851], a stone mason [1861]; (5) Mary Ann [b 1844] who was a cotton factory worker [1861]; (6) Lewis [b 1847] who was an agricultural labourer [1861].

Sally died in 1851.

In 1853, he married (2) Betty Beverley [1826-1870] in Halifax.

Children: (7) Hannah [b 1857] who was a farm servant [1871], a housekeeper [1881]; (8) Elijah; (9) Fred [b 1861] who was a factory operative [1871], a stone mason [1881]; (10) Ben [b 1863] who was a cotton piecer [1881]; (11) Ellen [b 1867] who was a cotton reeler [1881].

The family lived at Cockcroft, Rishworth [1841, 1851, 1861]; Far Cockcroft, Rishworth [1871, 1881]

Peter died in [Q1] 1881.

In the 1881 census, daughter Hannah was head of the household

Wadsworth Post Office

Chiserly

Wadsworth, Richard

[1???-15??] Of Wadsworth.

The proceedings of the Yorkshire Star Chamber record that

... Richard Waddesworth of Waddesworth and his predecessors had held a stall or seat in Heptonstall Church for some time ... [but] ... on 12th October 1530, 13 people led by James Stannesfeld of Stannesfeld with force and in a riotous manner did hewe, brak and pullyd up the said stalle and sete.
Some of the offenders were named as Thomas Stannesfeld, William Stannesfeld, Adam Stannesfeld, Randolff Newhall, Edmund Cley, and Robert ferror of Heptonstall

Wadsworth, Richard

[1???-1753] Son of Martha and John Wadsworth.

He was a schoolmaster at Rishworth.

In 1741, he signed a lease for Rawtonstall from the Saviles for which he had inherited tenant rights.

In 1743, he is described as Gentleman in a deed in which he was assigned NarCockcroft in Rishworth by John Fielden of Inchfield.

He married Unknown.

Children: Richard.

He lived at Upper Goat House, Rishworth [1740]

He died in 1753 leaving property which included Cage in Heptonstall, Pepper Hill, Midgley, and Box House, Midgley

Wadsworth, Richard

[17??-17??] Son of Richard Wadsworth.

He was educated at Saint John's College; ordained in 1747

Wadsworth, Robert

[1852-1922] Son of Henry Wadsworth.

Partner in Henry Wadsworth & Son

Wadsworth, Robert of

[13??-13??] A merchant living in Stansfield. Recorded in 1379,, when he paid 1/- tax whilst most of the other 42 taxpayers in Stansfield paid 4d

Wadsworth Royd Farm, Wadsworth

Aka Wadsworth Royd.

Owners and tenants have included

Hugh Stansfield [1535]

William Midgley

Thomas Stansfield. He left Wadsworth Royd to his widow Alice for 2 years to pay debts, and then to his son ...

Nicholas Stansfeld

Charles Stansfeld [1596]

Recorded in 1854

Wadsworth, Sam

[1900-1918] Son of Harry Wadsworth.

He lived with his parents at 59 Steep Bank Side, Southowram Bank. He attended Sion Branch Congregational Church, Bank Top. He was a member of the Halifax Boys Brigade.

He was a drummer with the 4th Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. He was wounded in World War I and died at Shelf Sanatorium.

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 2404] He is mentioned on a memorial in Halifax Parish Church and on the lectern which was previously at Sion Branch Congregational Church, Bank Top

Wadsworth, Samuel

[18??-19??] He was a Deacon at Blackley Baptist Chapel. In 1911, he was recorded as a Past Deacon

Wadsworth, Samuel

[1804-1877] Son of Mary [née Hamer] and Samuel Wadsworth.

He married Eleanor Hey [1804-1879].

Children: (1) James; (2) Joseph [1826-1874]; (3) Thomas [b 1828]; (4) Frances [b 1831]; (5) Grace [b 1832]; (6) David [b 1835]; (7) Christopher; (8) Sophia [b 1839] who married John Hirst; (9) Dan [b 1841]; (10) Younger [1843-1873] who married Rachel Elizabeth Barrett; (11) Ann [b 1845]; (12) Henry; (13) Jane [b 1850]

Wadsworth's: Samuel Wadsworth & Son

Joiners and builders established in 1830. They were at Carlton Street and Bull Close Lane, Halifax [1916]

Wadsworth, Sykes

[1881-1???] Son of William Wadsworth. Born in Elland.

He was a cab driver [1901]; a van man [1911].

In 1908, he married Ruth Standeven [1883-19??] from Greetland, in Halifax.

Children: (1) Frank [b 1909]; (2) Vera [b 1910].

The family lived at 8 Plains Lane, Elland [with his parents 1911]

Wadsworth's Tea Rooms, Hebden Bridge

In 1906, the Mrs Dyson Wadsworth advertised her Tea Rooms at Gibson Wood Cottages, Hardcastle Crags, offering

picnic and other parties catered for ... home-fed hams

Wadsworth, Thomas

[1831-1902] Son of Abel Wadsworth. Born in Halifax.

Cousin of Abel Dean.

He was organist at Northgate End Chapel, Halifax [1842]; organist at Square Chapel, Halifax; organist at South Parade Methodist Chapel, Halifax. In 1851, he was living with his parents and listed as a solicitor, writing clerk, insurance agent and organist.

In 1890, he conducted the last Piece Hall Sing

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery

Wadsworth, Thomas W.

[1???-19??] Underclothing manufacturer. He was at 13 Prescott Street, Halifax [1936]

Wadsworth, Timothy

[1???-16??] Clothier.

He lived at Brearley Old Hall, Luddendenfoot.

He married Sibyll Ramsden.

Children: (1) Abraham; (2) Timothy

Wadsworth, Timothy

[1646-1697] Younger son of Timothy Wadsworth. Rastrick attorney [1672]. In 1684, he built the stone bridge at County Bridge, Mytholmroyd.

He married Elizabeth [d 1704].

Children: (1) Mary [1668-1703] who married John Garnett from Gilstead, Bingley; (2) Susanna [1672-1680]; (3) Elizabeth; (4) Everelda; (5) Anne.

The family lived at Brearley Old Hall, Luddendenfoot

Wadsworth, Timothy

[1668-1722] Of Ovenden. He was buried at Luddenden

Wadsworth United Football Club

Wadsworth War Memorial

The obelisk remembering those who died in World War I and World War II - a landmark on Smeakin Hill overlooking Hardcastle Crags – is a memorial to those of Wadsworth parish who died in the two World Wars.

Popularly known as Little Stoodley Pike

It was unveiled on 23rd September 1923.

When this site proved to inconvenient and difficult to reach, a second memorial was built at Pecket Well

Wadsworth, William

[17??-17??] Of King's Farm, Hebden Bridge. In 1776, he complained about having the water to his premises cut off by William Cockcroft.

The case was heard at the York Assizes. A number of older people testified that the tenant of King's Farm had the right to the water except in the hay season, and that the water could be diverted at hay time, but it was customary for the occupiers of the White Lion to give gifts, including

a quart of ale and a plate of gooseberries

to speed up the harvest

Wadsworth, William

[1838-1924] Born in Elland.

He was a woollen spinner [1861]; a greengrocer [1871, 1881]; a cab proprietor [1891]; a cab and carriage proprietor, carting agent and furniture remover at Bridge End Livery Stables, Elland [1905]

In 1859, he married Hannah Sykes [1838-1???] from Elland, in Halifax.

Children: (1) John W [b 1859]; (2) Frances Ann [b 1861]; (3) Frederic [b 1864] who was a railway porter [1891]; (4) Thomas [b 1866]; (5) James [b 1869] who was an assistant cab proprietor [1891]; (6) Joe [b 1872] who was a cab driver [1891, 1901]; (7) Albert Edward [b 1873]; (8) Hannah Mary [b 1876]; (9) Sykes.

The family lived at 34 New Street, Elland [1861, 1871]; 2 Bankbottom, Elland [1881, 1891]; Bridge End, Elland [1901]; 8 Plains Lane, Elland [1911]

Wadsworth, Willie

[19??-19??] FBOA, FIO. Son of George Wadsworth.

From around 1904, he was in charge of the optical business of W. Richardson & Son at North Parade.

In 1919, he also had Wadsworth's Camera Exchange at the same address.

In the 1930s, he bought the practice and moved to Regent Street, Halifax.

In 1949, he sold the practice to George Gutsell

Wadsworth Workhouse

A workhouse is recorded at Clough Head around 1750. This was discontinued in 1770.

See Todmorden Union Workhouse

Waff'n Fuffen Band

See Faff & Fuffun Band

Wager, Harold

[1906-19??] Son of Morton Wager.

He was a geologist

Wager, Lawrence Rickard

[1904-1965] Son of Morton Wager. Born in Batley.

He was educated at his father's school in Hebden Bridge and at Leeds and Pembroke College Cambridge.

He married Phyllis Margaret Worthington [b 1912].

Children: (1) son; (2) son; (3) daughter; (4) daughter; (5) daughter.

He was a member of the 1930-1931 Watkins Greenland Expedition which was looking into the feasibility of a Britain-Canada air route. 2 of the 7-man expedition died – including 23-year-old G. H. Watkins, the leader. His wife accompanied on a later expedition in 1935.

In 1933, Wager climbed Mount Everest to a [then] record height of 1000 feet of the summit. On 10th November 1933, The King presented him with a Polar Medal

Wager, Morton Ethelred

[1871-1939] He was the first headmaster of Hebden Bridge United District Secondary School [1909].

He married Adelina Rickard [1876-1939].

Children: (1) Lawrence Rickard; (2) Harold

Waggott, Gina Louise

[1980-] Amateur poet, dramatist, and screenwriter born in Halifax. In 19??, she founded Seldom Shakespeare, an amateur production company, to encourage British scriptwriters. She lives in Bristol. She has stuttered/stammered since childhood, and sits on the board of the European League of Stuttering Associations [ELSA], and the European Disability forum

Waghorn's: C. Waghorn Limited

Brass manufacturer at Garfield Brass Works, Halifax. In 1925, they were authorised to manufacture and certify standard water fittings

Wagner, Richard

[1813-1883] His son, Siegfried, married Winifred Williams Klindworth [1897-1980] who was a friend of Miss E. M. Scott, headmistress of Brighouse & District Girls' Secondary School. Two daughters of Siegfried and Winifred – Verena and Friedelinde – attended the School in the 1930s

Waid, Thomas

[17??-1???] Coiner. He was imprisoned at York Castle [18th October 1769]

Wailes, William

[1???-18??] Newcastle artist who produced some of the stained glass at All Souls', Haley Hill. The west window of the south aisle, which Akroyd gave to his workers, tells the story of the Good Samaritan

Wainhouse

There are currently around 32 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Wainhouse. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

The Wainhouse family

They lived at Scar Bottom House, Halifax

Wainhouse, Dr Alfred

[1???-1853] Halifax surgeon.

He lived at 3 Paradise Street, Halifax [1845] and High Street, Halifax [1853]

In June 1853, he was in a depressed state of mind and bought 2 ounces of tincture of opium from James Bancroft, a druggist. He took all the tincture and went to bed. He died the following day.

On 1st July 1853, an inquest heard that

he was a surgeon but without practice, of somewhat eccentric habits, and a bachelor, and had been had been in a depressed state of mind

No blame was apportioned to James Bancroft as he had quite legally sold the drug, which was commonly administered and used as a remedy for pain and sleeplessness

Wainhouse & Rigg

Dyers at Halifax [1809]

Wainhouse Charity

Sowerby. In his will dated 1686, Edward Wainhouse bequeathed the rents from 2 cottages at Style, Sowerby to be given at Christmas to the old and the poor of Sowerby. The will also left money to the poor of Norland

Children: Elizabeth [16??-1714] who married Thomas Rigge

[16??-1???] Of Skircoat.

He married Unknown.

See Saint Peter's Church, Sowerby: Benefactions

[16??-16??] He established the Wainhouse Charity.

[16??-1713] He lived at Willow Hall.

In 1686, he bequeathed land and cottages in Norland for the poor

[1715-1746] Of Broadgates. Son of John Wainhouse.

He married Judith.

In his will dated 29th June 1746, he bequeathed

a messuage called Beestingly Lane, in Stainland, to his wife Judith and her heirs for ever, chargeable along with his personal estate with the payment of his debts and funeral expenses. In the event of his wife having a child, he devised to such child his messuage called Broad Gates, a messuage called Mearclough Bottom, with dyehouses, etc., a water corn mill called Mearclough Bottom Mill, Trimmingham, Allan Gate and an old cottage near Broad Gates; but in case he should leave no children, then to his wife for life, subject to certain payments to his sisters Elizabeth, Martha, Ann, and Sarah, and after his wife's decease he disposed of his estates among his said sisters

He was buried in Halifax Parish Church

[18??-18??] Milliner and dress maker.

[1774-1852] Son of Mr Wainhouse.

He became a stuff merchant. He had business at Number 1 Horton Street, Halifax.

He lived at Holly House, Ward's End.

On 27th August 1804, he married Frances Anne Nicholson [1782-1829] in Wakefield.

Children: (1) son; (2) William; (3) John Edward; (4) Mary Dorothy who married Rev Samuel Danby; (5) daughter; (6) daughter.

He was a subscriber of Warley Grammar School

Wainhouse, Elizabeth

She lived at Norland Hall [1845]

Wainhouse Folly

Wainhouse Tower is sometimes known by this name because it was never used for its intended purpose – as a chimney

Wainhouse, Herbert

[1851-1863] Son of Jonathan Calvert Wainhouse.

He was a pupil at Rishworth School.

In April 1863, he drowned whilst he and a group of boys were bathing in a dam or pool at Rishworth

Wainhouse, James

[1791-1863] Born in Norland.

He was a reed maker [1818]; a farmer [1841, 1851]; a farmer of 33 acres [1861].

In 1854, James Wainhouse – along with Ely Smith – were sued by Mr Bott, a civil engineer, for services rendered to the township of Norland.

A James Wainhouse of Norland was recorded as out of business in April 1856

In 1818, he married Mary Atkinson of Norland, at Halifax Parish Church.

Mary died between the census of 1831 and 1841.

Children: (1) Elizabeth [b 1819]; (2) John [b 1821]; (3) Harriet [b 1825].

The children were baptised at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.

The family lived at Norland Hall [1841, 1845] [1851]; Upper Norland Hall, Norland [1861].

Question: There is a possible confusion of the various halls in Norland here. Please email me if you can clarify where James lived and when

His unmarried sister Susey / Susan [1796-18??] was living with James [1841, 1851, 1861]

[1???-1???] He married Ann, daughter of Abraham Crowther

[16??-1692] Yeoman of Pye Nest. He owned Brockwell.

In 16??, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Cockett.

Children: (1) Martha; (2) Mary; (3) Susan; (4) Sarah; (5) John; (6) Abigail.

He was killed by his horses as he was returning from delivering a load of pieces at Leeds

[16??-17??] He married the daughter of Richard Hindley.

On his death, Hindley left Washer Lane House, Halifax to his daughter

[16??-1700] A clothier.

He married (1) Sarah, daughter of Samuel King, or In 1681, he married (2) Sarah Greenwood.

Children: (1) John; (2) Michael; (3) Nathaniel; (4) Mary who married Richard Towne.

His wife brought her family's Trimmingham estate as her dowry. In 1674, he bought Broadgates and Mearclough Bottom Mill from Abraham Crowther. John inherited Broadgates

[16??-1705] There is an inscription in Halifax Parish Church

here lyeth the body of John Wainehouse of Halyfax, who departed this life 7 Jun 1705

[1684-1725] Son of John Wainhouse.

He inherited Broadgates and made alterations to the property.

On 9th September 1714, he married Mary Oldfield [1692-1737].

Children: (1) Edward; (2) Elizabeth [1715-1782] who married Japhet Lister; (3) Mary [1720-1778]; (4) Ann [1723-1797] who married Mr Wood; (5) John [bapt 1724]; (6) Sarah [bapt 1725]; (7) Martha.

Members of the family were buried in Halifax Parish Church

By his will of 12th August 1725, he ordered

that his wife Mary should have her full thirds out of his real estate in lieu of dower. In case his wife should have a son after the date of his will, such son or sons to have a messuage in Warley called The Cliffe, in the possession of Isaac Smith, and one other messuage in Warley in the possession of John Crowther. If no such son be born, then all the said messuages and all other his messuages, as well copyhold as freehold (subject to certain charges), to his son Edward. [Wife Mary and brother-in-law Thomas Oldfield, exors]. If his son Edward and such after-born son died before 21, then he devised his capital messuage called Broadyates to his daughter Elizabeth; His messuage at Mear Clough Bottom, the cottages and mills there, to his daughter Martha; Trimmingham and Allon Gate to his daughter Anne; And all his messuages in Warley to his daughter Mary for life, and after her decease to her eldest son

Wainhouse, John Edward

[1810-1881] Of Halifax.

He married Elizabeth [1808-1855].

John was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 3365] with Nathaniel Wainhouse

[1817-1883] Son of Edward Wainhouse. Born in Halifax.

After his mother's death [1829], he was raised by his aunt Hannah and uncle Robert Wainhouse. He started work at Robert's dye-works in Washer Lane.

When his uncle died [1856], John Edward inherited the business, becoming owner of the Washer Lane Dye Works. He did not involved himself with the business, but left this to Henry Mossman. He sold the business to Mossman [1873].

He was listed as a proprietor of houses [1851, 1861] and a landowner / following no occupation, and an employer of 60 men and some boys [1871].

An Obituary Notice said

He was well known as a large property owner who paid great attention to the improvement of his tenant's dwellings

He was responsible for the construction of Wainhouse Tower and the houses of Wainhouse Terrace.

He was described as an intellectual and literary, and a noted pamphleteer.

He was well-educated and widely travelled, and he developed a special fondness for decorative architecture. The elaborate cupola of Wainhouse Tower is the most famous example of this.

He was Chairman of the Skircoat Board of Surveyors with responsibility for the highways in the district.

He built his own house West Air on Washer Lane, next to the land of his rival, Sir Henry Edwards – see The Edwards-Wainhouse feud.

He never married. He was the last of the local Wainhouse family. His estate passed to the family of his sister, Mary Dorothy.

He lived at Denton Hall, Otley [1851]; 44 Grove Street, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire (a lodging house) [1861]; West Air.

He died at West Air [26th July 1883].

He was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax.

See Scarr Bottom Cottages, Pye Nest

Wainhouse, Jonathan Calvert

[1816-1885] Son of John Wainhouse, stuff manufacturer. Born in Warley.

He was a bookkeeper of Duke Street [1839]; a book keeper / a warehouseman [1841]; a clerk (spinners & manufacturer merchants worsted) [1851]; a clerk at worsted factory [1861]; a clerk (worsted manufactory) [1871]; a retired book keeper [1881].

In 1839, he married Fanny Giles [1815-1876] at Saint Peter's, Leeds.

Fanny of Bowman Lane, was the daughter of Aaron Giles, a clothdresser

Children: (1) Sarah Hannah [b 1841]; (2) Elizabeth [1844-1902] who married Henry Calvert; (3) Herbert; (4) Walter [b 1852] who was a clerk (worsted manufactory) [1871], a commercial clerk (worsted) [1881].

The family lived at Acorn Street, Leeds [1841]; 42 Green Hill, Halifax [1851]; 7 Mount Pleasant, Halifax [1861]; 54 Alma Street, Halifax [1871, 1881].

Living with them in 1841 were Elizabeth Nussey [aged 30] (dressmaker) and Henry Nussey [aged 5].

Jonathan died 6th April 1885.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £2,433.

His will was proved by son Walter

Wainhouse, Mary

[17??-174?] She was the first wife of William Walker

Wainhouse, Michael

[1???-1684] Owner of Binroyd, Norland. He cased the timber farmhouse in stone and decorated it with fine plasterwork.

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church

Wainhouse, Michael

[17??-1???] In 1767, a letter to him told of the arrest of coiner Daniel Greenwood in Germany.

In November 1769, he attended the enquiry which had been called by the Marquis of Rockingham to discuss the problem of the coiners and the murder of William Deighton.

Wainhouse, Michael

[17??-17??] He married Martha [1719-1797].

Children: (1) Richard [1749-1750]; (2) Edward [1755-1756].

Members of the family were buried at Halifax Parish Church

Wainhouse, Mr

[17??-1???] Children: (1) Edward; (2) Robert

On 26th April 1772, Robert son of John Wainhouse was baptised at Sowerby Bridge and on 4th October 1772, Robert son of Nathaniel Wainhouse was baptised at Sowerby Bridge

Question: Does anyone know whether this man was John or Nathaniel?

Wainhouse, Nathaniel

[1???-18??] He was landlord of the White Hart, Halifax [1822, 1829] and the Upper George Hotel & Posting House, Halifax [1834]

Wainhouse, Nathaniel

[1802-1872] Of Halifax.

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 3365] with John Wainhouse

Wainhouse, Richard

[1???-1760] Of Halifax.

In 1745, he inherited property in Rawdon, Leeds, from his uncle Christopher Emmott. He changed his name to Emmott.

He married Unknown.

Children: Richard [17??-1819] who never married.

A niece of Richard (junior) - called Susannah Emmott – married George Green of Harley street, and assumed the name Green-Emmott. They had a son: Alfred Edward Green-Emmott

Wainhouse, Richard

[16??-17??] Of Pye Nest.

On 10th May 1704, he married Mrs Power

Wainhouse, Richard

[17??-17??] Of Halifax.

In November 1769, he attended the enquiry which had been called by the Marquis of Rockingham to discuss the problem of the coiners and the murder of William Deighton.

Wainhouse, Robert

[1773-1856] Son of Mr Wainhouse.

He was Surveyor of the Highways for Skircoat [1835]; a merchant [1841]; a Commissioner of Land & Assessed Taxes [1845]; a Commissioner of Property & Income Tax [1845]. He owned the Washer Lane Dye Works.

On 2nd June 1795, he married Hannah Emmet [1771-18??] in Halifax.

They had no children.

The family lived at Sapling Grove, Halifax [1849].

On his mother's death in 1829, his nephew John Edward Wainhouse went to live with the couple.

John Edward inherited Robert's business.

He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835].

See Wainhouse Road School, Halifax

Wainhouse's: Robert & William Wainhouse

Cotton spinners at Wharf Mill, Sowerby Bridge [1806]. The mill at that time was known as Wainhouse Mill. They were still at the mill in the 1830s

Wainhouse, Son & Sutcliffe

Dyers at Washer Lane, Halifax [1809]

Wainhouse Terrace, Halifax

King Cross. A terrace of small back-to-back houses built by John Wainhouse [1876]. The square tower housed a spiral staircase to link the upper and lower levels. There is an elaborate 200 ft long balcony at the rear.

Although unoccupied, the terrace was saved from demolition when surrounding terraced houses made way for redevelopment and road-widening in November 1972.

The terrace was cleaned in 1973.

The building is still unoccupied.

In March 2008, the property was sold to developers for £76,000

Wainhouse, Thomas

[18??-18??] He was a nominee for the Northowram Board of Guardians [1869].

He lived at Lee House, Shibden [1869].

See The Halifax Courier

Wainhouse Tower, Halifax

The 280 ft high tower built by J. E. Wainhouse in 1871 dominates the Halifax skyline

Wainhouse, William

[1807-1825] Eldest son of Edward Wainhouse.

He died at Frankfurt-am-Main in Germany, and was buried at the Peterkirche there

Wainhouse, William Henry

[18??-19??] Councillor for Halifax Pellon ward [1894]

Wainman, Mary

[1707-1788] On 10th October 1769, she became the first Halifax postmistress at an annual salary of £60 3/4d.

Her nephew, William Bagnold, became postmaster around 1788.

She was buried inside Halifax Parish Church

Wainsgate, Old Town

Area of Wadsworth.

Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge and Wainsgate Lane, Hebden Bridge

Wainstalls

District of Calderdale to the north-west of Halifax

Wainstalls Cricket Club

Established in 1050.

Their grounds were near the Cross Roads pub, Mount Tabor.

The club closed in 2005.

See Halifax Cricket Association

Wainstalls House

Aka Wainstalls Lodge. Originally called simply Wainstalls, the property gave its name to the area.

The name means a place where wagons are kept

Owners and tenants have included

The Appleyard family [until 1884]

Walter Garnett [1880s]

Wainstalls Industrial Co-operative Society

The headquarters at Castle Carr Road were built in 1881

Wainstalls Library

Recorded in 1929 as Wainstalls Branch Library. At that time, it was only open on Wednesday evenings.

Recorded in 1936

Wainstalls Orphanage, Warley

Wainstalls Post Office

Recorded in 1905 at 23 Kell Butts, Wainstalls when Stephen Greenwood was sub-postmaster

Wainwright & Son

Wainwright & Turner

Sugar boilers at Todmorden [1905]

See Turner & Wainwright

Wainwright, C. E.

[18??-19??] Wholesale confectioner and paper bag merchant at 2 Saint James's Street, Halifax [1905]

Wainwright, George

[17??-18??] Cotton spinner at Kebroyd Upper Mill [around 1800]

Wainwright, George

[18??-19??] JP. In the 1930s, he gave Ellen Royd, Elland for use as Elland Library

Wainwright, George

[18??-19??] Brighouse councillor.

He worked at Halifax Co-operative Society.

In 1896, he met John Henry Turner, and they established Turner & Wainwright

Wainwright Hall, Elland

Jepson Lane. Public hall used for social and other functions

Wainwright, Job

[18??-1851] In 1846, he married Mary Ann, daughter of John Skelton, in Halifax.

Children: (1) Jane [b 1847]; (2) Thomas [b 1849].

In 1851, Jane and Thomas were living at their grandparents' home in Skircoat.

Job died in 1851.

In September 1855, Mary, Jane and Thomas, together with Mary's mother and other members of the family, sailed from Liverpool to New York aboard the Albert Gallatin.

In 1870, they were living in Chicago

Wainwright, John William

[1921-] Born in Leeds. After World War II, he joined the Police and served for 20 years in Elland, Brighouse and Clifton before becoming a writer

Wainwright, Mr

[1???-18??] He was a waggonman for Pickford's.

On 30th June 1844, he was injured when a coach in which he was travelling, driven by William Smith, overturned as it entered Brighouse. He was unable to work for 13 weeks and brought a case against Mr Mallinson and Isaac Walker, who had been involved in organising the coach and the excursion. The case was tried at the Spring Assizes at York in March 1845, and the jury found for Wainright, awarding him 40/- damages

Wainwright, Sally

[1964-] Writer. She grew up in Sowerby Bridge and went to Sowerby Bridge High School.

She has produced, devised and written scripts for many TV dramas.

Some of these have been set and filmed locally, including Unforgiven, Last Tango in Halifax, The Last Witch, Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley, and Sparkhouse.

She now lives in Oxford

Waite, Miss E.

[18??-19??] She and Miss A. Schelp ran Halifax Girls Grammar School in the early 1900s

Waite, John

[16??-16??] Aka Wayte. Vicar of Halifax around 1645. He complained about the poor infecting the town during the bubonic plague in 1645.

See Mr Cranidge

Waite, Joseph Thorp

[1870-19??] Elder son of Dr William Waite.

On 1st February 1899, he married Hilda Mary, daughter of Frederic Smith, at Lightcliffe Congregational Church

Waite, William

[1829-1907] Medical practitioner in Halifax [1895].

He married Ellen Elizabeth [1840-19??] from Halifax.

Children: (1) Sarah Gertrude [b 1867]; (2) Ellen Clare [b 1868] who married Dr John Frederic Gill; (3) Joseph Thorp; (4) William Herbert [b 1874].

The family lived at 1 Park Road, Halifax [1887, 1891, 1901, 1911]

Waites, Joseph

[1827-1898] Son of John Waites [1801-1???] from Richmond, Yorkshire. Born in Richmond, Yorkshire.

He was a vault man [1871]; landlord of the Bridge Tavern, Halifax [1874, 1881]; landlord of the Stafford Arms, Halifax [1891, 1894].

In 1855, he married Isabella Armstrong [1831-1892] born in Leek, Westmorland, in Halifax.

Children: (1) John William [b 1855] who was a rag stitcher [1871]; (2) Margaret Isabella [b 1857] who was a worsted spinner (operative) [1871] and married [1878] Frederick Newsome; (3) Elizabeth [b 1867]; (4) Clara [b 1870].

The family lived at 3 Schofield's Court, Halifax [1871].

Living with them in 1881 was Joseph's widowed father John Waites

Wake, Father Bernard J.

[18??-1???] Parish priest at Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Gibbet Street [1882-1892].

In 1891, he recommended that a Catholic branch mission be established for Hebden Bridge and Luddendenfoot. Father Maximilian Tilliman was appointed as the first parish priest for Hebden Bridge and Luddendenfoot

Wakefield, A. B.

[18??-1???] Of Hipperholme. Recorded in December 1888, when he delivered a series of lectures at the Brighouse & District Radical Association. His topics included

The Hereditary Landed Aristocracy [4th December 1888]

The State Church [11th December 1888]

The Franchise & Taxation [18th December 1888]

The Unemployed & Emigration [8th January 1889]

Our Colonies: Their Climate, Soil, Produce & Emigrants [15th January 1889]

The Wakefield & Halifax Journal

The name of the Halifax Journal from 1811. Mr R. Hurst was the publisher [1814]

Wakefield Bank, Southowram

Another name for Old Bank, Southowram

Wakefield Court Rolls

The court rolls for the Manor of Wakefield.

These are published by the Yorkshire Archæological Society

Wakefield, Rev G. T.

[18??-1914] Born in Sheffield.

Minister at Cross Lanes United Methodist Chapel, Hebden Bridge [1884-1891]. He left in July 1891.

He married Hannah Mary [1859-1931].

He died in Leeds [4th September 1914].

Hannah Mary died 26th July 1931 [aged 72]

He was buried at Cross Lanes United Methodist Chapel, Hebden Bridge

Wakefield Gate

Ancient packhorse route from Wakefield passes Bailiff Bridge, Lightcliffe, Hipperholme, Watergate, over Place Bridge, through Mytholm, along Halifax Old Road, left up Dark Lane, over Beacon Hill, Whiskam Dandy down Old Bank, across Clark Bridge, around Halifax Parish Church, up Causeway and Woolshops, and into Halifax.

The road then continues west out of Halifax, up Gibbet Street to Highroad Well, Newlands, Luddenden, Midgley, Mount Skip, The Lanes, Hebden Bridge and on towards Burnley as the Long Causeway.

Daniel Defoe wrote:

We quitted Halifax not without some astonishment at its situation, being so surrounded with hills, and those so high as makes the coming in and going out of it exceedingly troublesome, and indeed for carriages hardly practicable, particularly the hill which they go up to come out of the town to the east towards Leeds, which is so steep, so rugged, and sometimes so slippery, that, to a town of so much business as this, it is exceedingly troublesome and dangerous

The route was superseded by the Halifax Old Road / Shibden Hall Road and the Wakefield & Halifax Turnpike of 1741, and then by the road through Godley Cutting which was constructed in 1824-1830, now the A58

Wakefield, Gilbert

[1912-19??] of Hipperholme.

He served as a driver in North Africa during World War II, delivering ammunition to the front line.

After the war, he and his brother ran a light haulage business.

He lived with his elder sister Anne, neither ever having married, behind Lee's Buildings at Hipperholme.

He was a well-known and much-loved character in the village

Wakefield, Manor of

Around 1121, the Manor of Wakefield was granted to the Earls of Warren – possibly because of The First Earl's support for William Rufus in 1088.

The Manor was very large and comprised 11 graveships: Wakefield, Stanley, Alverthorpe, Thornes, Sandal, Ossett, Horbury, Sowerby, Holme, Hipperholme, and Rastrick.

Consequently, parts of what is now Calderdale belonged to the Manor of Wakefield, and people and places from Calderdale are recorded in the Wakefield Court Rolls and other documents.

In 1362, the Manor was granted to Edmund de Langley, 5th son of Edward III.

In 1461, the Manor reverted back to the Crown.

From 1554, it was administered for the Crown by the Duchy of Lancaster.

In 1629, Charles I gave it to settle a debt to the Earl of Holland. In 16??, he gave it to his son-in-law. In 16??, he sold it to Sir Christopher Clapham.

In 170?, it passed to the Duke of Leeds.

See Viscount Irwin, Savile family of Thornhill, Wakefield Court Rolls and Wakefield-Pontefract feud

Wakefield-Pontefract feud

Feud between Sir Richard Tempest of the Manor of Wakefield, and Sir Henry Savile of the Honour of Pontefract.

Roger Tempest killed Thomas Longley who was holding court at Brighouse on 21st April 1518, and then fled to seek sanctuary in Durham Cathedral.

Richard Tempest's followers killed Gilbert Brooksbank, a Heptonstall priest who had displeased Tempest.

At the Halifax Fair on Midsummer Day 1533, Gilbert Hanson, deputy bailiff of Halifax, and one of Savile's men, William Riding of Elland, fought a duel in which both received fatal wounds.

A supporter of Savile, Robert Holdesworth was drawn into the troubles, and on 8th May 1556, he was murdered – possibly a mob protesting against the Pilgrimage of Grace and the Wakefield-Pontefract feud for remarks which Holdesworth made about Henry VIII.

The dispute continued when the Pilgrimage of Grace – in which the Tempests and the Saviles took opposing sides – spread into Yorkshire and Lancashire.

See Other feuds

Wakefield Road Toll Gate, Sowerby Bridge

Aka Clap Lane Toll House. A toll gate for the Sowerby Bridge Turnpike Road.

Built in 1824.

The toll gate was taken down in 1870.

The toll house was demolished in 19??.

Wakefield, Samuel

[1680-1719] Halifax attorney

Wakefield, Thomas

[16??-16??] Around 1675, he was accused of not attending church, of calling Thomas Bentley

a fforsworne rogue

and saying the King's precept was

a ffratching paper

Wakes

The traditional annual summer holiday when all Halifax businesses, shops, factories, mills and industries closed.

Workers' annual holidays were introduced towards the end of the 19th century.

Originally, the local holiday was held in August – the first being a 4-day holiday in 1896 instituted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. This first holiday was widely observed by most firms and industries in the district, one of the few exceptions being Dean Clough.

The holidays were discontinued during World War I. They resumed on 7th August 1919.

From 1945, a group including T. W. Cordingley fixed the holiday at the two weeks commencing the second Saturday in July.

The name is used for the annual holiday in several northern towns, and derives from the wake, the traditional ritual of keeping vigil over a corpse on the eve of the funeral, or on the eve of any festival. The local usage of the term to mean a holiday is said to have come from Lancashire. There was some initial local opposition to the holiday being called The Wakes because this was the name adopted by the Lancashire cotton mills.

The Wakes holiday was abandoned in 1995, although there are a few local businesses which still retain the traditional July holiday.

See Blackpool Illuminations, Brighouse holiday week, Brighouse Rush, Half-day closing, September Break, Teacher's Rest and Thump Sunday

Walbank, Richardson

[1792-1848] He married Frances Bradley [1796-1851].

Children: (1) Ann [1814-1875] who married (1) Thomas Longbottom, and (2) Charles Ambler; (2) Frances [1816-1860] who married Charles Ambler

Walco

Trade-name of Waltons of Halifax

Walden, Rev Keith

[18??-19??] Minister at Stannary Congregational Church, Halifax [1881-1893]

Wale, Freddy

[19??-19??] He married Dorothy, daughter of Alfred Edward Sykes.

Children: (1) David; (2) Patrick; (3) Sally.

They lived for some time in Africa before settling in New Zealand

Waleys, Philip le

[12??-1???] In the 13th century, he and Alan del Rodes were charged at Rastrick with taking a stag and a kid. They were found Not Guilty by the jury, and were acquitted and considered

to be in all things good and true men towards the Earl of Warren

Walkden, John

[1???-16??] Vicar of Saint Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden [1633-1643]

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Walker

An occupational surname meaning someone involved in walking or fulling cloth. This is common in the north and west of England.

See Fuller

There are currently around 115 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Walker. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

The Walker family

The family originated in Scholes, near Cleckheaton. They went on to become important in the Lightcliffe district. Their property included Crow Nest Mansion and Cliffe Hill Mansion.

The family's motto was

Justum perficito nihil timeto

William Walker is one of the first recorded members of the family

The Walker family of Sowerby Bridge

From 1789, they owned the Mearclough estate. They lived at Mearclough House and had a mill at Mearclough Mills, Sowerby Bridge.

Members of the family included John Walker.

Walker Lane, Sowerby Bridge is named for the family

Walker & Brook

Quarry owners and stone merchants at Five Acre Quarry, Elland [1905]

Walker & Company

Stone quarrier at Hill Top Quarry, Hipperholme, Park Quarry, Lightcliffe, and Rough Hey Quarry, Lightcliffe [1896].

In October 1899, a widow, Mrs Marsden, brought an action against the company for compensation for the loss of her son who had died from injuries received whilst working for the company. The arbitrator decided that, since the son was illegitimate, the mother could not recover damages

Walker & Edmondson

17th/18th-century worsted-spinning partnership established by Mr Walker and Thomas Edmondson with mills at Mytholmroyd.

They had a bad child labour record. In factory returns of the 1830s, they employed 17 children aged between 6 and 8 years old, and 50 aged between 8 and 10. If children arrived 3 or 4 minutes late, they were beaten with straps.

Some of the their workers were interviewed during Crabtree's Tour of Calder Dale of 1832

Walker & Hamer

Stone merchants at Stainland. Partners included S. Walker and B. Hamer.

The partnership was dissolved in May 1876

Walker & Throp

Patent tram seat manufacturers at Bell Hall Yard, Halifax [1905]

Walker Bingo Hall, Brighouse

See Albert Theatre

Walker Brothers

Worsted spinners at Halifax. Partners included Benjamin Walker, Samuel Walker and Ely Walker.

The partnership was dissolved in October 1839

Walker's: C. H. Walker & Company

19th/20th century Halifax draper with a large store on Northgate.

See John Walker

Walker's Coke

A coke-manufacturing company with ovens near Brighouse Station. Mr Walker used coal from Low Moor to produce the coke. In 1840, he obtained a contract to supply the railway company – at 14/- per ton at a rate of 50 tons per day – for 5 years

Walker Continuous Loom Syndicate Limited

Bradford company with business premises at Norwood Green [1904]

Walker's: Ely Walker & Sons

Established by Ely Walker.

In 1835, the firm was one of the subscribers to the Halifax Dispensary, giving 1 guinea

Walker's: Frederick Walker, Son & Dickie

Halifax solicitors.

Partners included Frederick Walker.

See Finn Gledhill & Company

Walker's: Fredrick Walker & Son

Legal firm established by Frederick Walker. They had business at 2 Harrison Road, Halifax.

See Finn Gledhill & Company and Charles Selborne Walker

Walker's: H. Walker & Sons

Manufacturers of serges and druggeting established by Haigh Walker at Perseverance Mill, Elland [1905]

Walker's: J. Walker & Company

Worsted manufacturers with business at Norwood Green Mill. Recorded 1820-1949

Walker's: James Walker & Sons

Stone merchant at Clock Face Quarry, Barkisland. The partnership was dissolved in 1864. The business was carried on by John Walker

Walker's: John Walker & Son

Corn merchants and millers at Mearclough Bottom [1809]

Walker's: John Walker & Sons (Halifax) Limited

Drapers.

See Denton Walker and John William Walker

Walker's: P. M. Walker & Company

Ventilating engineers and sheet metal workers at Bedford Terrace, Halifax [1905].

In 1887, P. M. Walker took out a patent for

improvements in ventilators

Walker's: Walter Walker & Company

Worsted spinners established by Walter Walker. Partners included Samuel Walker Highley.

They had business at Mile Thorn Mills, Halifax [1???], Ryburne Mills, Halifax [1887], and Union Mills, Halifax [1905].

In 1910, there was a court case in which Samuel Walker Highley tried to stop Douglas, son of Walter Walker being brought into the business. Samuel lost and the partnership was dissolved in 1913; he established Samuel W. Highley & Company in the same year.

See Walter Brenard

Walkley Clogs

One of the last surviving clog manufacturers in Britain was founded as F. Walkley (Clogs) by Frank Walkley in Huddersfield in November 1946.

The company later moved to Hebden Bridge where they took over James Maud & Sons in 1972. Their main factory was at Canal Wharf Saw Mills.

In 2010, they were at Mount Pleasant Mill, Mytholmroyd

Walkley, Frank

[19??-] Started a repair shop and made clogs at Huddersfield.

See Walkley Clogs

Walks & walking

Wall, Abraham

[15??-1638] Born in Heptonstall. He went to live in London.

He established Wall's Charity

Wall's Charity

In his will of 1638, Abraham Wall gave an annual sum of around £8; to provide bibles to poor men's children once every 3 years, £4 to teach the poor children in Heptonstall, and £3 to provide an apprenticeship for one child to a trade in London. The money was to come from the rental of property in Ironmonger Lane, London. The sum provided for the apprentice was too small and none was sent. Using figures for average earnings, £1 in 1638 is roughly the equivalent of £1,590.00 today, and £8 is roughly the equivalent of £12,700.00

Wall, George

[1776-18??] 1841

He was an Independent minister; a retired Minister of the Gospel [1841].

He married Ann Leatham [1781-18??] from Snaith.

Children: (1) Ann [b 1806]; (2) Alice [b 1807]; (3) Mary [b 1811]; (4) Thomas [b 1816]; (5) Eliza [b 1818] who married Mr Shillitoe; (6) George [b 1820]; (7) Susanna [b 1821].

The family lived at New Cottage, Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse / Yew Cottage, Lightcliffe [1837, 1841, 1845]

His daughters ran Misses Wall School from their home

Wall, Misses

The daughters of George Wall ran schools for ladies in Halifax, Soyland and Lightcliffe

Wall Royd, Ovenden

[1858-19??] Halifax law-stationer.

Wallace, Joseph

He married Hannah [b 1855].

They lived at 33 Aked's Road, Halifax [1891].

See Halifax Incorporated Law Society Limited

Wallace's Limited

The People's Grocers opened a new store at 52 Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge on 17th October 1902. This was their 60th branch

Wallace, Mr

[17??-18??] Halifax law-stationer.

He lived at the Square, Halifax

Wallace, Mr

[18??-1???] JP. Partner in Wilkinson & Wallace. He was Chairman of the Northowram Local Board

Wallace, William

[1837-1916] He was Mayor of Halifax [1907-1908].

See William Wallace's Charity

Wallace's: William Wallace's Charity

Northowram. Established by William Wallace

Waller, Abraham

[1834-1887] Son of Michael Waller. Born in Mirfield.

He was a bookkeeper [1851]; a textile manufacturer / cotton spinner at Brighouse [1871, 1881].

He was a defendant [?] in the case of Waddington vs Waller [1854].

In 1857, he married (1) Martha Ann Crossley [1822-1874] in Halifax.

Children: (1) Edith Hannah [b 1858]; (2) Clare Elizabeth [b 1860]; (3) Henry; (4) Charles; (5) Mary Frances [b 1864]

In 1875, he married (2) Mary Jane Winterbottom [1839-1???] from Oldham, at Prestwich.

The family lived at Waterloo, Brighouse [1861]; Spring Terrace, Waterloo Road, Brighouse [1871]; Oakroyd, Brighouse [1881]

Waller & Son Limited

Of Bradford.

On 29th August 1916, they bought the brewery and public houses of Brear & Brown Limited for £95,150, beating Whitaker's brewery in their bid.

They subsequently moved their Trafalgar Brewery operations to Hipperholme.

In November 1916, they sold 22 premises in Halifax area formerly belonging to Brear & Brown's to Whitaker's brewery

Recorded in 1922.

In 1935, the business was bought by Melbourne Ales of Leeds and Wakefield. Brewing at Hipperholme ceased soon after. They continued to use the Maltings at Hipperholme.

The business was eventually absorbed into the Bass Charrington group who continued to use part of the site as a maltings until 1973

Waller Brothers

Cotton spinners at Onecliffe Mill, West Vale [1905]. Partners were Charles H. Waller and Henry Hirst Waller

Waller, Charles Herbert

[1863-1???] Son of Abraham Waller.

He was a director of Waller Brothers, West Vale; a director of the Bank of Liverpool & Martins Limited; a director of the Amalgamated Paper Mills Limited of Glasgow and Manchester [1920].

He lived at Glenholme, West Vale

Waller, Daniel

[1865-19??] Son of William Waller.

He was a Brighouse architect and partner in Sharp & Waller.

In 1895, he married Lucy Anne Collins in Halifax.

The family lived at 10 Bute Terrace, Smith House Lane, Brighouse [1911]

Waller, Gary Peter Anthony

[1945-] Conservative MP for Brighouse & Spenborough [1979-1983]

Waller, Henry Hirst

[1861-1949] Son of Abraham Waller. Born at Waring Green, Brighouse.

He was a partner in Waller Brothers.

He was one of the founders of Brighouse Rangers. He played until 1894 when he received 4 broken ribs.

He became a well-known rugby administrator. In 1895, he chaired the meeting at the George Hotel, Huddersfield at which 22 northern clubs voted to leave the Rugby Football Union and establish the Northern Rugby Football Union, later the Rugby Football League. He was the First President of the Northern Rugby Football Union.

On 25th July 1900, he performed one of the opening ceremonies of the World's Fair Exhibition

In 1886, he married Louisa Worsnup [1863-19??] from Leeds, in Leeds.

Children: (1) Henry Norman [b 1890]; (2) Dorothy Louise [b 1892]; (3) child.

The family lived at Rookeries, Bradford Road, Brighouse [1891]; Glenholme, West Vale; Lyndhurst, Greetland [1901, 1911].

He died at Lyndhurst.

He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery

Waller, Lydia

[1832-1883] Born in Wilsden.

She married (1) James Barraclough.

She married (2) her brother-in-law William Robinson.

She died in Brighouse [24th January 1883].

Lydia and other members of her family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery

Waller, Marshall & Lockwood

Cotton warp manufacturers at Thornhill Briggs Mill, Brighouse [1840].

See Michael Waller

Waller, Michael

[1793-1870] Son of John Waller. Born in Kirkheaton.

He introduced cotton spinning to Brighouse.

In 1851, he was a cotton spinner and employed 41 hands.

He established Michael Waller & Sons at Thornhill Briggs, Brighouse [1858, 1874].

On 12th December 1813, he married Hannah Hirst [1796-1854] from Mirfield, in Mirfield.

Children: (1) Ann [b 1816] who married [1859] Joshua Dyson of Elland; (2) Miles [b 1823]; (3) William; (4) Lydia [1826-1850]; (5) Michael [b 1829] who was an engine tenter [1851]; (6) Abraham.

The family lived at Thornhill Briggs, Brighouse [1841, 1851, 1861].

See Waller, Marshall & Lockwood

Waller's: Michael Waller & Sons

Cotton spinners at Thornhill Briggs, Brighouse [1858, 1874]. Established by Michael Waller

Waller, William

[1825-18??] Son of Michael Waller. Born in Mirfield.

He was a butcher [1851]. Like his father, he became a cotton spinner. He was a cotton spinner and band maker employing 14 men, 30 girls and 8 boys [1871].

In 1854, he married Jane Dyson [1834-1912] from Brighouse.

Children: (1) Frederick William [b 1858]; (2) Dyson Hirst [1859-1913]; (3) Teresa [b 1861]; (4) John Edward [1863-1905]; (5) Daniel; (6) Arthur Herbert [b 1867]; (7) Hannah Jane [b 1870]; (8) Alfred Theodore [b 1873]; (9) Cunliffe Charles [b 1876].

The family lived at Thornhill Briggs, Brighouse [1861]; Old Lane, Brighouse [1871]; 1 Crooked Ridings [Terrace], Brighouse [1881, 1891]

Walling's: H. A. Walling

Retailers specialising in fitted carpets, linoleum and carpets. They were at 12 Cheapside and 25 Old Cock Yard, Halifax [1937]

Wallis, Canon J.

[19??-19??] Vicar of Hartshead [1968]

Wallis, John

[1812-1858] Born in Warley.

He was a manufacturer [1841]; a merchant & oil cloth manufacturer [1851]; tarpaulin manufacturer [1858]. He established John Wallis & Company.

On 15th November 1832, he married (1) Elizabeth Walton [1815-1835] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children: (1) Sarah Ann [1833-1903]; (2) Joseph Walton.

On 1st December 1835, he married (2) Ann Todd [1811-18??] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children: (3) Mary Alice [b 1838] who married George Holdsworth Crossley; (4) Emily [1839-1894]; (5) Alfred [1838-1865]; (6) Emala [b 1840]; (7) Sophia [1841-1937].

The family lived at Rose Hill, Warley [1841, 1851].

John died 7th September 1858.

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £12,000. Probate was granted to his sons Joseph Walton. and Alfred, and Abraham Clay and Daniel Clay

Wallis's: John Wallis & Company

Oil cloth and tarpaulin manufacturers at Rose Hill Works, Sowerby Bridge [1874, 1905]. Established by John Wallis

Wallis, Joseph W.

[1834-1878] (Possibly) son of John Wallis.

He was Chairman of the Sowerby Bridge Local Board [15th April 1868-15th April 1869]

Wallis, Samuel

[18??-18??] Of Lister Lane, Halifax.

He exhibited his carving at the Great Exhibition of 1851. A review of his work in the ecclesiastical section said

A more than ordinary vigour is apparent in the grapes which form the decoration of a sideboard

Walmsley Brothers

Wholesale druggists and drysalters at Back Gerrard Street, Halifax [1905]

Walmsley, Rev E.

[18??-18??] Priest at Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Halifax [1874]

Walmsley, George

[1856-1919] Singer.

Recorded on 11th November 1900, when he sang the bass solos in a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah.

He lived at Halifax Road, Todmorden

Walmsley, Rev L. E.

[18??-19??] He was at Haydon Bridge before moving to Luddendenfoot Congregational Church [1929]

Walmsley, Robert

[1808-1878] He was a confectioner and bread baker living at Pavement in Todmorden. In 1851, he employed 2 men.

In 1856, he bought Newbridge Mill, Walsden and employed 36 hands.

In the 1860s, he returned to his old trade of grocer, confectioner and baker.

In 1830, he married Sarah [18??-1845].

Children: (1) Ann; (2) Robert; (3) child who died young; (4) child who died young; (5) child who died young; (6) child who died young; (7) child who died young; (8) child who died young.

In 1845, 2 months after Sarah died, he married Mary, widow of Robert Law.

They had no children.

Mary died in 1868.

He married Mary Sutcliffe.

They had no children.

The family lived at Pavement, Todmorden; Rose Cottage, Walsden [1860s].

He and his 2nd and 3rd wives were buried at Saint Peter's Church, Walsden

Walmsley, Stephen

[1840-1???] He was a yeast hawker and landlord of the Junction, Bradshaw [1881]

Walnut Cottage, Brighouse

Bonegate.

Owners and tenants have included

John Baines [1867?]

Captain David King [1940s]

Walpole, Thomas

[17??-1???] Of Sowerby and Sowerby Bridge Wharf. Agent for the Aire & Calder Navigation Company [1809]

Walsden

District of Calderdale south of Todmorden.

It was in the parish of Rochdale and a part of Lancashire until the late 19th century.

See Todmorden & Lancashire

Walsden Bleaching & Dyeing Company Limited

Of Todmorden-cum-Walsden. Recorded in 1938

Walsden Conservative Club

Recorded in 1888, when Samuel Fielden of Stansfield Cottage was President, Henry Chadwick was Secretary, and John Dawson was Treasurer.

Recorded in 1912, when the membership was 80.

Recorded in 1917, when James Barker was secretary

Walsden constables

The Foldout lists some of the people who have served as Police Officers in Walsden

See Todmorden & Walsden constables and Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry [1838]

Walsden Co-operative Society

A meeting to address the formation of a Society in Walsden was held in December 1849. The Society opened in 1850.

The Hollins Branch store stood opposite the Hollins Inn.

In 1873, they had premises at Providence Street / Beswick Street, Walsden.

In 1897, they opened a reading room at Lanebottom.

In 1900, they opened the Copperas House Branch.

In 1936, it merged with the Bridge End Equitable & Progressional Society. The Society closed in 1966.

See Co-operative Street, Walsden, Robert Jackson and Pioneer Mill Company

Walsden Cricket & Bowling Club

The cricket club was established in 1870.

In March 1913, a bazaar to clear off the Club's debts raised £220.

Their home ground is at Stott Street, Todmorden, on the site of the former Inchfield Mill Dam.

Sydney Starkie played for the club.

The Club plays in the Central Lancashire League.

See Thompson Helliwell and Charles Dugdale

The Walsden Highway

The packhorse route from Rochdale to Walsden and Todmorden.

It was superseded by the Todmorden Turnpike through Steanor Bottom.

See Ragby Bridge, Walsden

Walsden Institution & Working Men's Club

Recorded in October 1880.

See Walsden Working Men's Club & Institute

Walsden Liberal Club

Recorded on 1st August 1888, when William Ormerod was President.

Recorded in 1893 and 1917, when Arthur Fielden was secretary.

On 1st February 1908, it reopened after extensive renovation and decoration

Walsden Library

Inchfield Road, Walsden, Todmorden

Walsden Mill Company Limited

Cotton spinners and manufacturers established in 1905. The company occupied Alma Mill, Walsden

Walsden Moor

Walsden Oddfellows

See Bottoms School, Walsden and Oddfellows

Walsden Parochial Sick & Burial Club

Recorded on 22nd February 1913, when the disbursement of their funds was reported. 603 members' shares were paid out, the highest amount being over //22

Walsden Post Office

Rochdale Road

Walsden Printing Company

Textile printers at Ramsden Wood Mill

Walsden Railway Station

Opened in 18??

A boy was killed crossing the line in 1864.

A girl was killed on the level-crossing on 20th October 1864.

One man was killed and two injured by an express train on 3rd October 1896.

Closed on 6th August 1961 and demolished shortly afterwards. The footbridge dated 1890 is still used.

A new station was opened on 10th September 1990.

See Thomas Hinchcliffe, Robert Knott, Railway Hotel, Walsden, Todmorden Station and Winterbutlee Tunnel

Walsden Temperance Brass Band

Recorded on 12th May 1900, when the won a prize in a contest at Bamber Bridge.

See Thompson Helliwell

Walsden Toll Bar

See John Midgley

Walsden War Memorial

There is a memorial plaque remembering those who served in World War I and World War II at Trinity United Methodist Free Church, Walsden

Walsden Ward, Todmorden

One of the Electoral Wards of Todmorden. Recorded in 1905

Walsden Water

Stream which joins Ramsden Clough at Bottoms above Walsden, and runs down to join the Calder at Todmorden.

See Alma Road (river) Bridge, Walsden

Walsden Working Men's Club & Institute

Recorded in 1872, when they met at the Hollins Assembly Rooms.

Robert Law studied here.

Recorded in 1912, when the membership was 60.

See Walsden Institution & Working Men's Club

Walsh

Brace stiffener and stock manufacturers [1851].

There are currently around 28 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Walsh. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

Walsh & Brierley

Partners included Samuel Walsh and John Henry Brierley

They had business in Halifax and at 25 Noble Street, Cheapside, London [1855].

They had business in Pellon Lane, Halifax [1883] where they are mentioned for committing a smoke nuisance

Walsh & Maddock

Architectural partnership established by J. F. Walsh and George Maddock.

William Henry Wilkinson joined the partnership, becoming Walsh, Maddock & Wilkinson.

After Maddock's death in 1939, the partnership became Walsh & Wilkinson.

Some of their work included:

The Beehive & Cross Keys, Halifax

The Commercial, Illingworth

Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel, Halifax

The Friendly, Boothtown

Northedge Park, Hipperholme

The church of Saint John the Divine, Rishworth

Housing development at Pye Nest for G. W Sutcliffe

Others are listed under J. F. Walsh

Walsh & McCrea (Coatings) Limited

Manufacturers of plain and fancy damasks and worsted coatings. Partners may have included Thomas Selby Walsh and John Lane McCrea.

They had business at Archer Street Mills [1874, 1895] and Union Mills [1895].

In 1915, the Council served a notice which required the company to provide sufficient means of escape in case of fire.

See Edwin Booth Stott

Walsh & Nicholas

Architectural partnership established by J. F. Walsh and Graham S. Nicholas.

The partnership was dissolved in 1910 when Nicholas's health forced him to move to the south of England.

Some of their work included

All Saints' Day School

Bracken's Warehouse, Halifax

Factory for Charles Horner Limited

Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram

Martin's Bank, Hull [1904]

Others are listed under J. F. Walsh

Walsh & Wilkinson

Architectural partnership established by J. F. Walsh and H. W. Wilkinson after the death of George Maddock.

George Alan Coutts joined the partnership, becoming Walsh, Wilkinson & Coutts.

Some of their work is listed under J. F. Walsh

Walsh & Wrigley

Architects. Partnership established in 1894 by Joseph Frederick Walsh and Willie Wrigley. The business lasted 16 months

Walsh, Asquith & Company Limited

Boiler-makers at Empire Works, Holmfield.

A 1900 advertisement for the business announced

Walsh, Asquith & Company Limited
Makers of every description of Welded and Riveted Iron and Steel Boilers, Copper Boilers and Cylinders, Brass Work, Lead Lined Flushing Cisterns, Sanitary Appliances, Engineers Fittings.
EMPIRE WORKS, HOLMFIELD, HALIFAX
Telegrams: "Sanitary" Halifax
Telephone No. 474 Halifax

Walsh, Charles

[17??-18??] In 1???, he married Mary, daughter of James Emmet.

Children: Robert

Walsh, Edward

[18??-18??] Architect who designed Saint George's Church, Sowerby

Walsh, George

[1850-1909] He was a joiner [1871].

On 24th May 1871, he married Emma, daughter of Herbert Hadley, in Halifax.

Children: (1) Herbert William [b 1874] who married [1896] Martha Ann Lockwood; (2) Maud [b 1876] who married [1900] Walter Allan Mitchel; (3) Emma [b 1880] who married [1901] Sam Smith

Walsh, George Edward

[18??-19??] Of 24 Craven Terrace, Hopwood Lane, Halifax.

In 1904, he was one of the first people to be granted a motor cycle registration

Walsh, Henry

[18??-19??] Lodging house keeper at Smithy Street [50 lodgers in 1903]

Walsh, J.

[17??-17??] Curate at Halifax [1757]

[1???-1???] Born in Halifax.

He was a newsagent and tobacconist at 12 Woolshops, Halifax [1851].

He married Sarah [1824-1???]

[17??-1833] He married Susannah [1761-1846].

Children: (1) Susannah [1794-18??] who married Rev Henry Watts; (2) David; (3) Richard.

The family lived at Stannary House, Halifax [1797-1826].

The couple were buried at Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade

[1789-1878] Of Ovenden. A spinner.

He married Martha Crossley [b 1788].

Children: (1) John [1821-1824]; (2) John; (3) child; (4) child; (5) child; (6) child; (7) child; (8) child; (9) child; (10) child; (11) child; (12) child

[1861-1928] Son of John Walsh.

He was manager in a printing office [1891]; a lithographic printer [1901]; a printer's manager [1911].

In [Q3] 1886, he married Hannah Matilda Turner [1865-1941], from Halifax, in Halifax.

Children: (1) Edith Anne [1887-1964] who married Caleb Parkinson; (2) John [1889-1962]; (3) Edwin [1891-1916] who was killed in action in World War I; (4) Walter Turner [1892-1972].

The family lived at 12 Cromwell terrace, Halifax [1891]; Park Lodge, Lee Mount [1901, 1911]; Quarry House, Ovenden [1928].

James died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [1st February 1928].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £200. Probate was granted to his widow Hannah Matilda

[1813-1870] Of Coley. Solicitor's clerk.

[19??-] He stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate in the Election for MP for Halifax [2001]

Walsh, John

He married Anne, daughter of Luke Horsfall.

Children: (1) Lucy Anne; (2) George; (3) Thomas Luke; (4) Emma Frances who married Thomas Whitaker; (5) John Edward; (6) James Hall; (7) William Robert; (8) Mary Ann; (9) Joseph Frederick

See Partners in Halifax Commercial Banking Company

Walsh, John

[1830-1912] Son of James Walsh. Born in Wheatley.

He was a letter press printer [1851]; a printer & bag maker employing 10 men, 8 boys & 3 girls [1861]; a printer & councillor [1871]; a printer [1879]; an Alderman & paper bag maker [1881]; a printer & councillor [1891]; an Alderman for Halifax Ovenden ward [1894]; a printer & paper merchant [1901].

He established John Walsh Printers.

In [Q1] 1851, he married (1) Ann Normanton [1828-1867].

Children: (1) Sarah [b 1853]; (2) James.

On 22nd October 1872, he married (2) Selina, daughter of William Brear, at Halifax Parish Church.

They had no children.

The family lived at Ovenden [1851]; Eastgate, Ovenden [1861]; Ovenden [1871]; Quarry House, Ovenden [1881, 1891, 1901, 1911].

Living with them in 1891, was Sara M. Walsh [aged 40] (paper bag maker)

Walsh's: John E. Walsh & Company

Patent agents by John Edward Walsh [1879]. The business was at Hind's Chambers, Halifax [1937]

Walsh, John Edward

[1852-1921] Son of John Walsh.

He became a patent agent in Halifax. He established John E. Walsh & Company [1879]. In 1887, he had offices at Crossley Street, Halifax, Swan Arcade, Bradford, and 11 New Market Street, Blackburn.

He died of a heart attack in George Square, Halifax, as he was on his way home from work.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £6,197

Walsh's: John Walsh Printers

Established by John Walsh in 18??.

The business closed in 2005.

See Thomas Brenard

Walsh, Jonathan

[1741-1823] Son of Jeremiah Walsh. Baptised in Halifax [26th November 1741].

He was a landowner, a money lender, a textile manufacturer and notorious for his eccentricity, meanness and temper.

Caroline Walker referred to him as an old usurer and extremely importunate.

He rode around on a mule bearing a whip which he used on anybody who displeased him.

The Clergy were apparently a favourite target for Walsh's ire.

His speech was so uncouth and haranguing that Dr Henry Coulthurst used to hide if he saw Walsh coming.

Walsh spent hundreds of pounds in litigation against his neighbours and said that he would

rather spend a pound for law than a penny for ale

He owned Dove House, Shibden. He lived at Coldwell Hill Farm, Southowram.

He died at Horton Street, Halifax [11th February 1823].

Walsh's wife had been buried in one corner of a field on his land at Southowram, and he gave instructions that he was to be planted in the other corner. He was buried on the land, by candlelight at midnight.

The burial was rediscovered 73 years later

Walsh, Joseph Frederick

[1861-1950] Architect born at Thornhill, Hipperholme. He designed many local buildings

Walsh, Maddock & Wilkinson

Architectural partnership established by J. F. Walsh and George Maddock and W. H. Wilkinson.

After Maddock's death in 1939, the partnership became Walsh & Wilkinson.

Some of their work includes

Ovenden Way

Exley Park, Exley

Other examples are listed under J. F. Walsh

Walsh, Richard

[17??-18??] Son of James Walsh.

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) Samuel; (2) Hannah who married John Henry Brierley

Members of the family were buried at Halifax General Cemetery

Walsh, Robert

[17??-1???] Coiner

Walsh, Robert

[17??-18??] Junior. Cotton and wool card maker at Blackwall, Halifax [1809]

Walsh, Robert Selby

[1???-18??] Textile manufacturer. He took Henry Charles McCrea as a partner.

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) Thomas; (2) Esther Jane [1817-1885] who married Henry Charles McCrea

Walsh's: Robert Walsh & Son

Cotton and wool card makers at Aked's Road, Halifax [1809]

Walsh, Samuel

[17??-18??] A Halifax cropper.

On 30th May 1804, he married Sarah Walker in Leeds.

Children: (1) Sarah [1812-1891]; (2) Lydia [1815-1844].

Both daughters married James Gaskarth Dalzell

Walsh, Samuel

[1815-1904] Son of Richard Walsh.

Partner in Walsh & Brierley.

He is listed as a manufacturer [1861], a master cotton spinner and corn dealer [1871], brace and umbrella manufacturer [1891].

He lived at Trinity Road, Halifax [1904].

Family stories tell that he contracted pneumonia after attending a funeral and died on 8th December 1904.

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1904

Walsh, T. S.

[18??-18??] Chief Constable for Halifax [1910].

He lived at West Hill [1845]

Walsh, Thomas

[1839-1867] Of Halifax.

He married Agnes [1840-1864].

Children: (1) Walter who died at the age of 6 months; (2) Mona who died at the age of 2 years; (3) Henry [1858-1866].

He was a Bandsman with the 107th Royal Sussex Regiment. Following the Indian Mutiny, he was sent to Calcutta. He served in India for 10 years.

His wife and children went to India with him. They all died in India.

He died of cholera at Allahabad, just 3 months before the Regiment was due to return to England. There is a memorial to him in Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 1729]

Walsh, Thomas Luke

[18??-1???] Son of John Walsh.

He married Annie Elizabeth.

Children: (1) Jack; (2) Arthur; (3) Lucy [1876-1945] who married Canon George Watkinson

Walsh, Thomas Selby

[1805-1879] JP. Son of Robert Selby Walsh.

He was a member of Halifax Town Council [1850-1877]; Mayor of Halifax [1857-1860]; Alderman for Central Ward [1866].

He (possibly) owned Dam Head Mill, Shibden. He was recorded at West Parade, Halifax and at Shibden Hall [1874], and had business at Arches Street, Halifax. He may have been a partner in Walsh & McCrea (Coatings) Limited.

He died 23rd September 1879.

See Halifax, Huddersfield & Keighley Railway

Walsh, Rev Timothy

[1???-19??] Priest at Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Gibbet Street [1935]

Walsh, Wilkinson & Coutts

Architectural partnership established by J. F. Walsh, H. W. Wilkinson, and George Alan Coutts.

Some of their work included

Fox & Hounds, Todmorden

Box Tree Mill, Wheatley

Others are listed under J. F. Walsh

Walsh, William

[18??-18??] Corn miller at Mixenden Corn Mill [1845]

Walshaw

Hilltop hamlet above Hardcastle Crags. A part of the township of Wadsworth First mentioned in 1277, the name uses the element Welsh and may mean copse of the Welsh, or, copse of the strangers. There is a hunting lodge built for Lord Savile.

See Walsden

Walshaw

Walshaw & Drake Limited

There are currently around 13 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Walshaw. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

Walshaw, Absalom

[1835-1878] Of Halifax

They had a dyeworks – Walshaw & Drake's Mill – at Rosemary Lane, Rastrick

Walshaw & Son

Legal firm at Crown Street Chambers, Halifax.

Partners included Joseph Walshaw and Saxon Walshaw

Walshaw & Stott

Bottlers/brewers in Halifax. Partners included John William Walshaw and James Stott.

Walshaw Bridge, Hardcastle Crags

Footbridge across Hebden Water at Hardcastle Crags

Walshaw, David

[1836-1914] Butcher, auctioneer and cabinet maker of 61 Commercial Street, Brighouse.

The notorious bad meat case is discussed in the Foldout

Walshaw Dean Footpath Dispute

Since time immemorial, there had been public right of way on Walshaw Dean Moors, going up Walshaw Dean and across to Haworth.

When work on the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs was taking place [1900-1907], the path was cut and contractors and Lord Savile's staff turned people away. This caused strong protests and great bitterness.

On 27th July 1907, there was a demonstration over the alleged closing of the path.

On 25th May 1908, Lord Savile accepted terms and the path was re-established on the present line

Walshaw Dean Middle Reservoir

Aka Walshaw Intermediate Reservoir. One of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs. It covers 38 acres and has a capacity of 244 million gallons

Walshaw Dean Moors

Moorland between Hebden Bridge and Haworth.

See Walshaw Dean Footpath Dispute

Walshaw Dean Railway

See Hardcastle Crags Railway

Walshaw Dean Reservoirs

Hebden Bridge.

Built by Enoch Tempest for Halifax Corporation under an Act of Parliament passed in 1868. Widdop Reservoir [of 1878] was built under the same Act, and provided sufficient supplies for a time.

Halifax Corporation obtained parliamentary approval for the reservoirs in 1898.

The first sod was cut by the Mayor of Halifax, William Brear, on 17th September 1900.

The valves and ironwork were supplied by Glenfield & Kennedy of Kilmarnock, and the cast iron pipes were supplied by Staveley Coal & Iron Company Limited of Chesterfield.

The cost of construction was £170,000.

The first reservoir opened on 1st October 1907.

There are 3 reservoirs: Walshaw Upper Reservoir, Walshaw Intermediate Reservoir, and Walshaw Lower Reservoir.

The drainage area was around 2,300 acres and the combined capacity was 610 million gallons.

The reservoirs did not come into full use for about 10 years.

See Back Shaw, Blake Dean railway bridge, Hardcastle Crags Railway, Navvyopolis, Paddy Mails and Walshaw Dean Footpath Dispute

Walshaw Dean stone circle

On 21st July 1902, a water engineer, Mr W. Patterson, announced the discovery of a Bronze Age stone circle at Walshaw Dean Reservoir.

The circle had 10 irregular stone uprights measuring 36 ft in diameter, with an inner horseshoe-shaped stone wall-like feature which was 12 ft across. One of the uprights was 6 ft 3 in long. The stones were of the local millstone grit. Remains of a cremation were also found.

The circle is now submerged beneath Walshaw Dean Middle Reservoir and only visible in times of severe drought

Walshaw, Edwin

[18??-1???] Chairman of the Halifax Omnibus & Cab Company Limited [1867]

Walshaw Falls, Hardcastle Crags

Walshaw, Helen Mollie

[1912-1952] Daughter of Saxon Walshaw.

She married Edmund Hodgson [1899-1961] from Blackpool.

Children: (1) Christopher; (2) Ann; (3) Michael; (4) Joan Margaret.

Edmund was a missionary and served in the Congo under the Congo Evangelistic Mission. He and a colleague were hacked to death by Baluba tribesmen in North Katanga in 1961

Walshaw, Irving

[1???-1957] Managing Director of Drake & Company Limited

Walshaw, J.

[18??-19??] Newsagent, stationer and bookseller at 7 Northgate, Halifax [1900]

Walshaw, John William

[18??-19??] Mineral water manufacturer at Savile Park Road, Halifax [1893].

By 1897, the business had become Walshaw & Stott.

He lived at 1 Perseverance Terrace, Halifax [1905]

Walshaw, Joseph

[18??-19??] He qualified in January 1872.

He was Grand Marshall of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars [1882]; Clerk to Rishworth UDC [1905]; a solicitor with Walshaws in Halifax [1934].

In 1875, he married Lydia Annie Wilson in Oakham, Rutland/Leicestershire.

His wife was also an official of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars

See Christopher Tate Rhodes

Walshaw, Joshua

[18??-1???] Halifax solicitor.

Recorded in July 1873, when he was appointed one of the Secretaries of the British Temperance League at Halifax

Walshaw, Joshua

[1835-1904] Born in Heckmondwike.

He was publican at Heckmondwike [1891]; innkeeper of the Bridge Hotel, Greetland [1901, 1904].

In 1859, he married Eliza Pickles [1838-1917] from Heckmondwike, in Dewsbury.

Children: (1) Tom [b 1865] who was an indigo dyer [1891]; (2) Alfred Henry [b 1871] who was an apprentice [1891], a woollen dyer [1901]; (3) Florence [b 1874] who was a dress maker [1901]; (4) Emma [b 1876]; (5) Annie [b 1882].

The family lived at Market Place, Heckmondwike [1891].

Living with them in 1891 was grandson Ernest Whitley [aged 10].

Living with them in 1901 was sister-in-law Constance Pickles [aged 50] (dry cleaner) and grandson Arthur Pick [aged 11].

Joshua died on the 16th August 1904. Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £288. Probate was granted to to his widow Eliza, his son Alfred Henry Walshaw (dyer) and Frederick Arthur Bottomley, (book-keeper).

After Joshua's death, Eliza took over at the Bridge Hotel [1905, 1911]

Walshaw Lane Bee Boles

A set of 7 mid-18th century rectangular bee-boles in a wall east of Overwood Farm

Walshaw Lodge, Heptonstall

A hunting lodge for the Savile family.

In 2010, Lord Savile sought permission to convert the lodge into a hotel

Walshaw Lower Reservoir

The southern-most of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs.

During construction, the reservoir developed a fault – a consequence of the geology – and Enoch Tempest went bankrupt trying to rectify the fault.

This is 1050 ft above sea-level. It covers 24 acres and has a capacity of 160 million gallons Much of the water is used for compensation of the other Walshaw Dean Reservoirs, with the top 40 feet [146 million gallons] being used for supply

Walshaw Mechanics' Institute

A Mechanics' Institute recorded in 1910

Walshaw, Robert

[19??-19??] Motor-racing driver from Lightcliffe. In 1952, he was one of a 3-man team which made a record-breaking drive from London to Cape Town in 13 days, 9 hours, 6 minutes. He retired after a 20-year career when he completed the 25th Grand Prix at Le Mans in 1957

Walshaw, Saxon

[18??-19??] Halifax solicitor with Walshaws [1934]. He qualified in August 1903 He was Deputy Clerk to Rishworth UDC. He was Honorary Treasurer to the Halifax Incorporated Law Society.

He married Norah, daughter of Edward Richardson.

Children: Helen Mollie

Walshaw, Stott, Storey & Company

Logwood grinders at Lower Shaw Mill, Halifax [1861] and at Grove Ware Mills, Halifax [1874].

The partnership – listed as Stott, Storey & Walshaw – was dissolved in November 1881

Walshaw, Thomas

[18??-1868] Landlord of

a hotel near Bailey Hall, Halifax

On 30th April 1868, there was a fire at the adjoining Albion Mill. Walshaw went to the scene and was walking along the roof of a shed, when he fell through a sky-light into a dyer's vat and drowned

Walshaw Upper Reservoir

The northern-most of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs. This is 1100 ft above sea-level. It covers 24 acres and has a capacity of 205 million gallons

Walshaw vs Walshaw

A legal dispute in 1873.

Question: Can anyone tell me anything about the case?

In settlement of the case, land and property was sold – at the Brown Cow, Halifax on 2nd July 1873 – and included Alma Cottage, Claremount, land and 8 cottages in Alma Road, Dale Street, John Street, Primrose Street, land and 6 cottages and 2 cellar cottages in Sanderson Street, Walshaw Street, and Thomas Street.

See Norris, Foster & England and Robson & Suter

Walt Royd Farm, Wheatley

Crag Road. Late 17th century / early 18th century aisled house.

In the 18th century, it was the home of Cornelius Ashworth.

In his time, the ministers from Square Independent Chapel, Halifax and Pellon Lane Baptists came once a month to preach at the house

Walter, Hubert

[1160-1205] Aka Hubert Walters. His family came from Norfolk.

He was Absentee Rector of Halifax [1185].

He travelled to the Holy Land with Richard the Lion-Heart on the Third Crusade [1190] and, when Richard was taken prisoner by emperor Henry VI, Walter brought the army back to England and raised a ransom of 100,000 marks for the king's release.

He was Dean of York [1186-1189], then Bishop of Salisbury, and he became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1193. On Richard's death in 1199, he was appointed Chancellor.

He may have introduced the concept of feet of fines

Walterclough Gardens, Southowram

An advertisement of 17th May 1879 announced

WALTERCLOUGH GARDENS, Southowram
TEAS provided for parties upon notice being given
Swings for the use of visitors
15 mins from Hipperholme Railway Station
Hay & Rhubarb for Sale
WILLIAM WOODHEAD, Proprietor

Walterclough Hall, Southowram

Aka Upper Walterclough. 14th century hall which overlooked the land which was to become Sunny Vale Pleasure Gardens.

The Hall was built by the Hemingway family.

Owners and tenants have included

the Hemingway family [1375-1654]

Thomas Hemingway [15??]

Robert Hemingway [1580]

William Walker [who bought the Hall 1654]

Abraham Walker

The building bears the initials of Abraham and his wife Ann

Richard Walker

John Walker

Caroline Walker was born here.

Walterclough Hall School, Southowram was here.

This is discussed in Ancient Halls in & about Halifax

Walterclough, Southowram

See Little Walterclough, Lower Walterclough, Upper Walterclough, Walterclough Hall School, Southowram, Walterclough Hall, Southowram, Walterclough Lane, Southowram, Walterclough Mill, Southowram, Walterclough Pit, Hipperholme and Walterclough Valley

Walterclough Valley

Valley at Hipperholme leading down to the Shibden valley.

Walterclough Gardens and Sunny Vale Pleasure Gardens were here.

On 24th August 1940, seven bombs fell here when a German bomber dumped his payload as he escaped from searchlights. There was minimal damage beyond a severed overhead power cable and some broken windows. It was said that the German pilot had been attracted by a searchlight at Hove Edge. The farmer charged 10d to go the site. He gave the money to the Red Cross.

See Little Walterclough, Lower Walterclough, Upper Walterclough and Walterclough Mill, Southowram

Walters & Samuels

They had a 2½d Bazaar at 56 Northgate, Halifax [1905] and a 3½d Bazaar at 104 Borough Market, Halifax [1905]

Walters, Rev George

[18??-19??] Minister of Trinity United Methodist Free Church, Walsden. In 1914, he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and went to France. He was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery and services

Walters's: John Walters & Company

Tanning business established in 1835. The business was acquired by Mark Wilcock [1877]

Walters, W.

[18??-19??] Woolstapler at Halifax.

In December 1884, he was declared bankrupt

Walters, Rev William

[18??-18??] Of Camberwell.

He was the first permanent Pastor at Trinity Road Baptist Church, Halifax [July 1853].

He left in May 1860

Waltham, George Galtress

[18??-18??] He was head master of Saint Luke's School, Leeds before becoming Master of the Bell School, Harrison Road [1853]

Waltham, Rev Joshua

[18??-18??] BA. Educated at Saint John's College Cambridge. He was Usher at Heath Grammar School [1841]

Walton

[17??-18??] Of Millwood, Todmorden.

There are currently around 62 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Walton. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

Walton, Abraham

He married Sally

Walton, Miss Alice

[1???-19??] Of Elland. She was a missionary [1924]

Walton-Allen, Richard

[19??-] Head Chef at Harvey Nicholls in Leeds. He grew up in Brighouse

Walton & Helliwell Limited

Transport company founded by Fred Walton and Newton Helliwell in 1928. They operated from Station Garage, Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd.

In January 1929, they acquired the Cragg Vale to Mytholmroyd bus service of J. A. Halliday and later extended it to Hebden Bridge. They also started running from Hebden Bridge to Sowerby Bridge.

In July 1931, they began operating excursions and tours.

The bus services were taken over by the Halifax Joint Omnibus Committee in June 1935, along with two buses. They continued to operate excursions and tours, and also goods vehicles.

The company was incorporated in 1938.

In 1946, the business was bought by O. & C. Holdsworth Limited who operated it as a subsidiary company, registered at their 9 Harrison Road, Halifax offices.

The O. & C. Holdsworth coach operation and vehicles were transferred to Walton & Helliwell ownership in 1958, and shortly after the latter was sold to Hebble Motor Services.

In 1958, Directors were Charles Holdsworth [Chairman], M. Holdsworth, D. Holdsworth, J. Gomersall [General manager], and E. Jeffrey [Secretary]. These were the same as those for O. & C. Holdsworth.

They had 6 coaches

Walton & Hemingway

Stocks & shares brokers. Partners included John Thomas Walton and Edward Manks Hemingway.

They were at 28 George Street, Halifax [1912].

In April 1912, the business was mentioned in bankruptcy notices

Walton, Barnabas

[1???-18??] Size dealer in Halifax.

He was at Square, Halifax [1822]; 11 Square, Halifax [1829]; Square, Halifax [1834]; 3 Square, Halifax [1837]

Walton, Billy

[18??-19??] In 1907, he opened a billiard hall in Bethel Street, Brighouse. This was next to the Salvation Army Citadel there

Walton, Cornelius

[1811-1844] Iron moulder at Halifax [1841].

He married Hannah Keighley [1812-1???].

Children: (1) Keighley; (2) child; (3) child; (4) child.

The family lived at 36 Lee Bridge, Halifax [1851]

Walton Cross, Hartshead

Only the base remains of this preaching cross – possibly a Saxon or Anglian signpost – dated to the 10th century. On old documents, it is identified as a wagestan, a way stone or way marker. It stands near Walton Farm, Hartshead.

A 15 ft high cross is recorded in the 18th century. The base was excavated in 1867 and stands 4 ft 9 ins high, 3 ft 6 ins wide.

The West Yorkshire Archæology Service logo – a circle and rosette knot – is taken from the interlaced design on the face of the cross.

See Crosse Hall, Clifton

Walton, D.

[18??-18??] Of Hebden Bridge. He wrote poems and a romance for the Hebden Bridge Times

Walton, David

[1772-1833] He was a popular singer at Illingworth Church; licensee at the Talbot, Illingworth [1822].

He was buried at Illingworth Church [17th December 1833].

After his death, his wife, Mary, carried on as licensee at the pub

Walton, Dyson

[18??-19??] Shuttle manufacturer at Eaves Mill, Hebden Bridge.

He lived at 13 Adelaide Street, Hebden Bridge [1905]

Walton, Ellis

[1823-1900] Born in Skircoat. Son of Elizabeth and Benjamin Walton, a stone mason

He was a farmer of 18 acres [1871]; a farmer of 14 acres [1881]; a farmer [1891].

In 1849, he married Ellen Fox [1824-1894].

Children: (1) George [b 1849]; (2) Anne Mary [b 1852]; (3) Sarah Elizabeth [b 1855]; (4) John Fox [b 1857]; (5) Joe Ellis [b 1855]; (6) Jane Ellen [b 1858]; (7) Frank [b 1862].

The family lived at Highroad Well, Halifax [with his family 1841]; Rosemary Farm, Rosemary Lane, Southowram [1871, 1881] [1891]

Walton Farm, Hartshead

Celtic or Anglian settlement.

The name may be derived from Weala-tun [settlement of the Welsh, or settlement of the strangers]

See Walton Cross, Hartshead

Walton, Miss Florence

[1897-1980] For several years between 1963 and 1969, single-handedly and at her own expense, she kept the Zion Baptist chapel at Hebden Bridge going. For some time, when the only other member was ill, she was the only member of the congregation, and kept the door open for anyone to join her. During that time, she had been reading the story of Jeremiah from the Bible which said that nothing was too hard for the Lord. On the same day, Dick Eccles arrived to preach the same text, and she took this as a sign and had the chapel redecorated. She later read another Bible story which moved her to install electricity in the chapel. The membership of the chapel subsequently increased

Walton, Major Foulds

[1853-1895] Chemist in Sowerby Bridge.

In [Q2] 1877, he married Sarah Lee White [1846-1902] in Wakefield.

He died in Halifax [Q4 1895] (aged 42).

Sara Lee died in Harrogate [Q4 1902]

Walton, Frank

[1862-19??] Son of Ellis Walton. Born in Halifax.

He was stock man on cattle farm (own/account) [1901]; a milk dealer [1911].

In March 1919, a newspaper notice announced Sale by Auction of Horses, Cattle, Pigs, &c at Rosemary Farm for Mr Frank Walton who was giving up the milk business

In January 1904, a newspaper notice announced Sale by Auction of Horses, Carts, &c at Lower Exley Farm (top of Exley Bank) Siddal for Mr Frank Walton who is giving up the carrying trade

It seems likely that, for a time, Frank had two farms – Rosemary Farm and Lower Exley Farm.

In 1884, he married Annie Robinson [1865-19??] born in Barnsley, in Halifax.

Children: (1) Percy [b 1885]; (2) Clara Jane [b 1887]; (3) William Fox [b 1888]; (4) John Robinson [b 1892]; (5) Norton Cecil [b 1900]; (6) Edith (adopted).

The family lived at Rosemary Farm, Siddal [1901, 1911].

Living with them in 1911 were George Hubbard [aged 42] and his daughter Clara Hubbard [aged 24]

Walton, Fred

[18??-1???] Landlord of the Station Hotel, Halifax or the Blucher, Halifax [1898].

On 12th March 1898, he was summoned for a breach of a muzzling order

Walton, Fred

[18??-19??] Partner in Walton & Helliwell Limited

Walton, Fred

[1869-1908] Landlord of the Golden Lion, Highroad Well [1905, 1908].

He was buried at Christ Church, Pellon

Walton, Frederick Edward

[1834-1928] Son of James Walton.

He and his brother, William, originated the linoleum floor-cloth industry and the Lincrusta-Walton wall decoration.

Around 1860, Frederick invented a process for oxidising linseed oil to produce a cheap form of rubber. He described this in a booklet

The infancy and development of linoleum floorcloth [1925]

He coined the word linoleum – linum [flax] and oleum [oil]. In April 1863, he took out a patent on the floor-covering.

On 19th March 1867, he married Alice Ann Scruby [18??-1886].

Children: (1) son; (2) son; (3) son; (4) son.

He moved to London and opened a factory in Chiswick.

He was killed in a car accident in Nice. He was buried in France

Walton, Frederick William

[1857-1907] Son of William Walton.

He and his brother joined the family business. After the deaths of his father and brother, he became sole proprietor of the business.

He was a Liberal. He was a director of Joseph Wood & Sons Limited.

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) son; (2) son; (3) daughter.

He lived at Grafton House [?].

He died of Bright's Disease

Walton, George

[18??-18??] Of Stubbing, Sowerby Bridge [1863]. Woollen cloth dealer [1863]

Walton, George W.

[1850-1900] He was landlord of the Cross Keys, Siddal [1891, 1894].

In 1895, he married Ruth Naylor in Halifax.

After George's death, Ruth took over at the Cross Keys [1901, 1905]

Walton, Henry

[1???-18??] He worked as a dyer with Joseph Moxon Kirk & Sons.

He married Unknown.

Children: Henry

Walton, Henry

[18??-19??] Son of Henry Walton and nephew of Joseph Richardson.

In 1890, he established Henry Walton & Company at Slead Mills, Brighouse

Walton's: Henry Walton & Company

Dyers and finishers established in 1890 by Henry Walton at Slead Mills, Brighouse

Walton, Isaac

[1???-1???] In 1???, he bequeathed a cottage – known as Poor's Cottage – at Swill Hill, Ovenden for the poor of Ovenden

Walton, J.

[18??-18??] Woolstapler at Halifax.

In April 1870, he was declared bankrupt

Walton, J. H.

[18??-18??] Around 1850, he established the business which became M. F. Walton

Walton, Rev J. M.

[18??-19??] Vicar of Saint Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram [1912]

Walton, J. N.

[1???-18??] Publisher of the Todmorden Omnibus and the Todmorden Comet newspaper

[1???-1???] Woollen manufacturer at Asquith Bottom Mills, Sowerby Bridge [1839]

[17??-18??] Of Hollings, near Halifax.

He married Frances, daughter of Thomas Sutcliffe

[1755-1818] Son of John Walton.

In 1777, he married (1) Hannah Howarth [17??-1791].

Children: (1) John; (2) Susan; (3) William; (4) Sally; (5) Mary; (6) James

In 1813, he married (2) Ann, daughter of John Fielden. In 1799, Ann had an illegitimate daughter Betty by James Scholfield.

Children: (7) Thomas (Fielden) [1803-1868] who was born 10 years before they married and retained his mother's name of Fielden; (8) Hannah; (9) James [1818-1855] was born posthumously and his mother named him James despite there already being a James in the family

The family lived at Woodbottom, Walsden; Knowlwood, Walsden.

He was buried at Saint Paul's Church, Cross Stone

After his death, Ann married James Holden. She died at Shade in Todmorden.

She was buried at Saint Peter's Church, Walsden

[18??-18??] Of Sowerby Bridge.

He married Ann.

Children: (1) Eliza [1832-1846]; (2) James [1841] who died aged 1 month; (3) Edward [1846] who died aged 3 months.

The children are remembered on a large tomb at Saint Peter's Church, Sowerby

[1802-1883] Son of Isaac Walton. He began work as a friezer. He developed a new method of dressing petersham and patented [1834] a rubber/fabric backing for card clothing. He became a machine manufacturer at Sowerby Bridge. In 1824, he devised a new method of friezing Petersham cloth. He introduced the use of rubber and cloth to replace leather as the base for wire cards and manufactured these in Cheshire.

In 1839, he produced a circular saw, a planing machine, a slide lathe, an oscillating jig, and a card setting machine which was capable of setting 300 teeth per minutes into leather or rubber cards.

He moved to Lancashire and introduced many improvements in cotton-spinning machinery during the period 1834-1840.

On 27th July 1830, he married Ann Kenworthy from Mill Bank at Halifax.

Children: (1) William; (2) Frederick.

His sons originated the linoleum floor-cloth industry and the Lincrusta-Walton wall decoration.

See West Yorkshire Railway Company

[1911-1999] Brighouse-born antiquary. He did much work on local history in the Halifax and Huddersfield area. He went to live in South Africa and was highly acclaimed for his work in colonial and vernacular architecture in the region

Walton, James Newell

[1796-1865] Postmaster at Todmorden Post Office [1845].

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) Samuel Ward who married [1852] Anne Dorothy Moxon from Pontefract; (2) a daughter who succeeded her father at the post office

Walton, Jane

[1812-18??] Born in Wakefield.

Around 1835, she and Susan Walton ran a school in Halifax. Jane was still there in 1841, 1845, 1851.

In 1851, she was unmarried

Walton, Joe

[18??-19??] Farmer and toy-maker.

He lived at Throstle Nest Farm, Rastrick

[1???-18??] He was landlord of the Ovenden Cross Inn [1840s].

In 1821, he married Elizabeth Firth at Halifax Parish Church.

Children: (1) Mary [b 1822]; (2) daughter.

The family lived at

[17??-1???] Yeoman of Leeming Hall, Todmorden.

Recorded on 23rd November 1786, when a conveyance by feoffment from John Walton of Leeming Hall in Stansfield, yeoman, to William Sutcliffe of Lower Laithe in Stansfield, yeoman, of land staked out in the bottoms of 3 closes called Toadhole, Meadow and Farther Hey, part of Leeming Hall Farm in Stansfield, with the ditches and weir and tail goit as the same is now cut

[17??-17??] Of Walsden.

In 1744, he married Mary Fielden.

Children: (1) John; (2) Mary; (3) Deborah; (4) James; (5) Susan; (6) Thomas; (7) William

[17??-18??] He was a Baptist preacher at Halifax before becoming minister at Sutton. He was ordained in 1780. He resigned in 1808 on account of old age

[17??-18??] Auctioneer at Halifax.

He was at 6 Cow Green, Halifax [1828, 1829, 1834]

[1746-1???] Son of John Walton. Born in Walsden.

He was Parish Constable for many years [1775]; a farmer.

In 1772, he married Sarah Taylor.

Children: (1) Mary; (2) Sarah; (3) Hannah who married John Sutcliffe; (4) John; (5) James.

He bought Sandhole House at Woodbottom, Walsden. The family also lived at Heyhead, Langfield

[18??-1???] On 11th August 1870, he was found guilty of the manslaughter of a boy, Alfred Greenwood, at New Pellon in April 1869, and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment

[18??-18??] Of Haley Hill, Halifax.

He published a 600-line rhyme entitled A Dialogue between a Little-Drop Man and a Teetotaler [1845]

Walton, John Henry

[18??-19??] Established John Henry Walton Limited.

He lived at Thorn Lea Villas, Todmorden [1905]

Walton's: John Henry Walton Limited

Cotton manufacturer established by John Henry Walton at Vale Mill, Todmorden [1905]

Walton, Rev John Maxon

[18??-19??] Or Moxon [?]. MA. He was 2nd Master of Pocklington Grammar School [1881-1884] and curate of Saint Cuthbert Everton and of Alverthorpe, Wakefield before becoming Vicar of Mytholmroyd [1891-1906].

He was Chairman of the Todmorden Board of Guardians [1900]

Walton, John Thomas

[18??-19??] Partner in Walton & Hemingway.

He lived at Hill Crest, Sowerby Bridge [1912]

Walton, Joseph Brice

[18??-1893] Chemist and druggist at Sowerby Bridge. In 1860, he was charged with selling Samuel Halstead grains of paradise and cocculus indicus.

Halstead was fined £100.

The case for the prosecution against Walton rested on the evidence of Halstead, who stated that, on the 20th March he called at Walton's shop, and told him that he wanted something to put into his beer; it did not give satisfaction to his customers. He wanted something to make them drunk sooner. Walton told him he would find him something that would do. Walton then told his boy to pound some berries (cocculus indicus) and he (Walton) at the same time made up a parcel of grains of paradise.

In defence, it was stated that Halstead said he wanted the drugs for cattle medicine; and in the next place that Walton did not know that Halstead was a brewer. The case involved a good deal of hard swearing but ultimately the Bench gave Mr Walton the benefit of the doubt and dismissed the case, which occupied a long time.

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1893

Walton, Keighley

[1835-1909] Son of Cornelius Walton. Born in Stalybridge.

He was a solicitor and became Town Clerk at Halifax [1881, 1894].

In 1861, he married schoolmistress, Eliza Pool [1842-1???], in Halifax.

Children: (1) William Keighley [b 1862]; (2) George Stanley [b 1863] who went to live in London; (3) Hereward [b 1866]; (4) Mary Gertrude [b 1867]; (5) John [1869]; (6) Beatrice [1874]; (7) Mary Adelaide [b 1875]; (8) Frances Hannah [b 1877].

The family lived at 14 Pratt Street, North Parade, Halifax [1861]; Southport [1871]; 83 Waterloo Crescent, Savile Park Road, Halifax [1881]

Walton, M. F.

[18??-19??] M.Ph.Sc, A.Sc.A. A graduate of the Pharmaceutical College, London. He took over an earlier business and established the pharmaceutical chemists, M. F. Walton

Walton's: M. F. Walton

Pharmaceutical chemist established around 1850 by J. H. Walton.

It passed to S. Walton and then to M. F. Walton.

Around 1885, the business moved to Sowerby Bridge.

They produced a range of products, including

Walton's Brunswick black,
Walton's furniture cream,
Walton's hair restorer,
Walton's insect powder,
Walton's marking ink,
Walton's red currant cough elixir,
Walton's vermin killer

Walton, Mary

[1???-18??] She ran a private school in Ovenden [around 1838]

Walton, Mary

[1822-1892] Daughter of John Walton, landlord of the Ovenden Cross Inn.

In the summer of 1846, Branwell Brontë stayed at the Ovenden Cross for some weeks. Mary formed a friendship with Branwell.

She kept a commonplace book, into which Branwell copied poems and drew sketches. One of the latter was entitled The Results of Sorrow and depicted a gaunt and melancholy man's face – his own. He signed his works with his pseudonym of Northangerland.

Mary's book is valuable for her comments about Branwell.

In January 1848, Mary married iron-founder James Pearson [1821-1861] of Grove Street, Halifax, at Halifax Parish Church.

Children: (1) John [died 1849]; (2) Edwin [bapt 1850]

Walton, Miss

[18??-18??] Daughter of J. N. Walton. She succeeded her father as Postmaster at Todmorden Post Office until 1868 when she resigned

Walton, Misses

Around 1835, Jane & Susan Walton ran a private school in Halifax

Walton, Nathaniel

[17??-18??] Swine dealer of Halifax

Walton, Dr Robert Spence

[18??-19??] MB. Physician and surgeon at Hebden Bridge [1895].

In 1907, he was installed as Worshipful Master of the Prince George [No 308] Masonic Lodge.

He lived at Salem House, Hebden Bridge [1905]

Walton, S.

[18??-18??] Proprietor of the business which became M. F. Walton

Walton, S. W.

[18??-18??] Printer at Todmorden.

In February 1862, he was declared bankrupt

Walton, Samuel Ward

[18??-19??] He was printer; stationer; music seller; stamp distributor; proprietor and publisher of the Todmorden Post at Pavement, Todmorden [1861].

Around 1855, Walker Waddington was employed by Walton.

In 1861, Walton's business was bought by Waddington & Bayes.

See Bible Society Repository, Todmorden

Walton, Sarah

[1???-18??] In 1851, she ran a girls' school at Hipperholme

Walton's: Thomas & John Walton

Picker makers at Stoneswood Mill, Todmorden [1905]

Walton, William

[1???-1???] Around 1850, he established the woolstapling business of William Walton & Sons in Halifax.

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) son; (2) Frederick William.

His sons joined the family business

Walton, William

[1764-1838] Son of John Walton. Born at South Hollingworth Farm, Walsden.

He was a stone mason, farmer and shop keeper; He had a flock of 400 sheep; at South Hollingworth Farm, Walsden, which had been in the Walton family over 300 years.

In 1788, he had a daughter Mally with Jane, daughter of John Fielden, and, around the same time, a son James Fielden with Mary daughter of Mary and John Fielden (no relation).

James Fielden, the illegitimate son, was included as a member of the Walton family along with the legitimate children.

In 1789, he married Jane, daughter of John Fielden of Bottomley.

Children: (1) Susan [1790-1866] who married John Fielden; (2) Mary; (3) Betty who married Mr Crowther; (4) John; (5) Thomas; (6) James; (7) William; (8) Hannah; (9) Sally.

Jane was given a piece of china by her grandfather Samuel Fielden, who said that it had belonged to her grandmother and great grandmother, both who were called Jane. She kept it carefully and, when she was an old widow living at Strines with her daughter Betty, she gave it to her granddaughter, Jane Crowther (afterwards the wife of John Travis) who gave it to her niece Jane Crossley; so the old piece of Delft ware was still travelling with the name Jane.

William died in 1838.

In 1841, the widowed Jane was of independent means and living at Bottoms in Walsden.

She moved to live at Strines Barn, Walsden with her married daughter Betty Crowther.

She died there.

Jane & William were buried at Saint Paul's Church, Cross Stone in the old yard

Walton, William John

[1???-1???] Coal merchants with offices at 195 Queens Road, and yards at North Bridge and Pellon. In 1877, he took over the business of J. Naylor & Company Limited. He was Secretary to the Trustees of Queens Road Primitive Methodist Chapel

Walton's: William Walton & Sons

Halifax woolstaplers and wool merchants. Established at Halifax around 1850 by William Walton. They were at Square Road, Halifax.

His sons joined the business.

After the deaths of his father and brother, Frederick William Walton became sole proprietor

Walton, Wilson

[18??-19??] Private enquiry agent at 10 Thompson Street, Pellon Lane, Halifax [1905]

Waltons of Halifax

Leather goods and clog-making business founded at Siddal in 1910. The business moved to North Parade. The trade-name was Walco.

In 1974, the company had 44 retail shops in Yorkshire and Lancashire. The company closed in 199?

Wanklyn, Vernon W.

[18??-19??] Of Holly Bank, Halifax

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) Joan Mary Hibbert who married Charles Patrick Crossley; (2) a daughter

Wanstead, Warley

In the 1920s, Lower Hoyle Green, Warley was renamed Wanstead for a brief period

Wapping, Hebden Bridge

War Heroes

War Horse Day

A World War I initiative. On 28th July 1917, £860 was raised

War Memorials

War Weapons Week

A national fund-raising scheme of 1940-1941. A total of £5,334,931 was raised throughout Calderdale

Warburton, Sir Geoffrey de

[13??-13??] He became the second husband of Alice de Radcliffe, widow of Sir John Elland

Warburton, John

[1???-18??] BA.

He was educated at Pembroke Hall Cambridge; Assistant Curate at Holy Trinity, Halifax [1823].

Warburton, Rev John

[17??-1860] MA. Headmaster of Hipperholme Grammar School [1835, 1841].

He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835].

On 1st October 1835, he married Mary Anne Willmott, at Halifax Parish Church.

Mary Anne was the the eldest daughter of the Rev William Willmott

He died by his own hand on 20th November 1860, having been found

suspended by a cord to his bed

although other reports say that

he was seated with the cord tied loosely round his neck

He had been depressed during his last few months, a consequence of family disquietudes, and this had been aggravated by the death of his wife earlier in the year

Warburton, W.

[18??-19??] Luddenden millwright. He worked with Ebenezer Hargreaves. The 2 men left to go into business on their own. Around 1890, he established W. Warburton & Company at Turbine Works, Halifax. When Warburton died, a descendant of Hargreaves bought the business

Warburton's: W. Warburton & Company

Electrical engineers and millwrights established by W. Warburton around 1890 at Turbine Works, Halifax. The business closed in 1993

Ward, A. A.

[18??-1???] Ran Ward's Commercial School, Brighouse in the late 19th century

Ward & Lambert

Business at Ripponden. Partners included J. Ward and R. Lambert.

The partnership was dissolved in November 1816

Ward & McRea

Cloth manufacturer of Cross Hills, Halifax. At the Great Exhibition of 1851, they exhibited many of their products

Ward & Tate

Grocers at West Vale. Partners included William Ward and Thomas Tate.

The partnership was dissolved in November 1881

Ward, Artemus

[18??-1???] The American showman presented his wax-work show at Halifax Drill Hall in 1881.

See Madame Tussaud

Ward, Rev Arthur William

[18??-19??] Wesleyan Minister.

He lived at 1 Savile Road, Halifax [1905]

Ward, Bernard

[1913-1996] JP. Born in Elland. Brother of Clifford Ward.

He had TB as a child.

He was an engineering apprentice. After gaining his qualifications, he was elected into the engineering union. He was District Secretary of the AEU [Amalgamated Engineering Union] at Halifax until retirement. As various Unions merged, his scope increased to cover Calderdale, and later Bradford and area.

In 1938, he married (1) Hilda Jowett [1916-1964]. The couple ran the local AEU club.

In 1965, he married (2) a widow, Mrs Mildred Cook [née Fearnley]. Mildred died in 2007

Ward, Christopher

[1835-18??] Son of James Ward.

He was an apprentice damask manufacturer [1851]; a worsted manufacturer [1861, 1871]; a worsted manufacturer employing 1000 people [1881]; partner in J. W. & C. Ward.

In 1863, he married Annie Collier [1846-1???] from Barnsley, in Halifax.

Children: (1) George Whiteley; (2) Margaret Ann [b 1868]; (3) Jessie [b 1874].

The family lived at 21 Savile Place, Halifax [1871 with 5 servants, 1881]; Nether Bank, Kendal [1891].

Annie was widowed by 1901

Ward, Clifford

[1911-1985] Born in Huddersfield. Brother of Bernard Ward.

He married Mary.

Children: (1) Colin – who died in the Moorgate train disaster; (2) Sandra.

He was active in local affairs, and an active member of the Labour Party from early days, a councillor for the Boothtown area, Secretary of the Party Office until he retired, he helped to get Dr Shirley Summerskill elected as local MP, he was active with the Co-operative movement and served upon its board, and he was keen on water supply issues.

He lived at Chevinedge Crescent, Exley

Ward's Cottage Homes

Washer Lane, Halifax. An estate of 24 cottages – rent and rates free – endowed by Richard Dearden Ward for people over 60 years of age who were unable to work. The cottages opened on 11th May 1907. The cottages were

built of best Accrington brick

and comprised a living room with an adjoining bedroom, and a small scullery. The communal toilets were outside.

One set of cottages was at street level, another was below, in the style of up-and-over houses, and looked across to the Norland hillside.

They closed in the 1960s, and were demolished in 1982.

My paternal grandmother, Ada Mary Bull [née Snowball], lived here

Ward, D'Arcy

[18??-19??] Curate at Brighouse [1919-1920]

Ward, David

[1801-1884] (Possibly) born in Bradford.

He founded the Halifax Temperance Hotel and Ward's Temperance Hotel.

In 1823, he married Elizabeth Ingham [1803-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children: (1) son; (2) son; (3) son; (4) son; (5) daughter; (6) daughter; (7) daughter; (8) daughter.

The family lived at (possibly) 27 Green Terrace, Skircoat [1871]

Ward, Mrs Elizabeth

[19??-] Councillor and Mayor of Hebden Royd [2006-2007]

Ward's End, Halifax

Ward's End Hall, Halifax

Aka Ward's Hall. The house stood at Ward's End on the site of what was later the Bus Station and the Regal Cinema.

Judge Stansfeld lived here. His son, Sir James Stansfeld was born here.

The hall was demolished in the early 1900s to make way for the bus station.

Owners and tenants have included

the daughter of John Marshall

James Edward Norris

Thomas Collinson [1866]

This is discussed in Sketches of Old Halifax

See Webster's School

Ward, Ernest

[18??-19??] Player with Halifax RLFC [1909]. He won caps for England while at Halifax

Ward, George Whiteley

[1866-1???] Son of Christopher Ward.

He was educated at Rugby School [1881]

Ward, Henry

[18??-18??] In April 1853, he was imprisoned for 1 month for stealing a coat, the property of F. E. Rawson of Halifax

Question: Could the victim of the theft be Frederick Edward Rawson?

Ward's: J. W. & C. Ward

They were

woollen manufacturers and carpet manufacturers at Range Bank Mills, Halifax [1874, 1880s]

manufacturers of upholstery and art fabrics at Brunswick Mills [1905]

silk manufacturers at Spring Hall Mills, Halifax [1917]

They were taken over by Courtaulds.

Partners included John Whiteley Ward and Christopher Ward.

The father of Hugh Campbell was chief carpet designer here [1880]

Ward's: J. W. Ward & Sons Limited, Halifax

Dyeing company established in 1880. They had business at Walnut Street, Halifax [1881].

They were one of the original companies which formed the Bradford Dyers' Association.

See John Whiteley Ward

Ward, James

[17??-18??] Maltster from Elland.

On 5th December 1821, he married Grace Whiteley [1803-1???] from Halifax, in Halifax.

Children: (1) Mary [b 1822] who married [1850] Frederick Augustus Tamplin; (2) John Whiteley; (3) Emily [b 1831]; (4) Christopher.

All the children were baptised as Square Independent Chapel.

The family lived at Range Bank, Halifax [1841]; Upper Ellen Royde, Halifax [1851]; 21 Horton Street, Halifax [1861]

Grace is a widow by 1861

Ward, James

[1825-1???] Born in Stockport.

He was a (private family) gardener [1861]; a Methodist preacher [1861].

He married Ellen [1817-1???] from Wellington, Lancashire.

Ellen was a dress maker [1861]

Children: (1) John [b 1848]; (2) James [b 1853].

The family lived at Willow Hall Yard, Skircoat [1861]

Ward, James

[1875-1940] The 65-year-old was one of the 11 civilian casualties of the Hanson Lane bomb which fell on 22nd November 1940. He died on 24th November 1940

Ward, John

[1???-17??] Halifax attorney

Ward, John

[17??-18??] Of Basinghall Street, London.

On 27th November 1806, he married Jane Frances, daughter of Robert Lambert at Elland

In 1823, the couple bought Holwood House, Surrey from William Pitt the younger.

See Robert Lambert

Ward, John Miller

[1868-1928] Born in Chatham, Kent.

He was a Methodist New Connexion minister – (possibly) Ambler Thorn New Connexion Church [1901].

In 1895, he married Gertrude Twyford [1872-1943] born in Stoke-in-Trent, in Stoke-in-Trent.

Children: John Twyford (Miller) [b 1896].

The family lived at The Manse, Ambler Thorn [1901] and Hillcrest, Leigh, Stoke-on-Trent [1928, 1943].

The couple died in Leigh

Ward, John Whiteley

[1826-1914] JP. Son of James Ward.

He was a well-known local figure.

See Mary Bracken and Elizabeth Bracken

Ward, Michael

[1???-1???] Of Halifax.

He married Hester Drake

Ward, Richard Dearden

[1845-1931] JP. Of Sapling Grove, Halifax.

He was Mayor of Halifax [1905-1907].

He was a master dyer. He became sole proprietor of Ingham Brothers. He endowed Ward's Cottage Homes in 1907.

He was made an Honorary Freeman of the Borough in 1925.

In [Q2] 1868, he married Hannah Kenyon in Halifax.

Children: Ethel Phoebe [b 1879] who married Samuel Hodgson.

He died 26th Sep 1931.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £61,781

Ward, Robert

[19??-] Mayor of Hebden Royd [1992-1993]

Ward, Sheppard & Company Limited

Dyers and finishers at West End Dye Works, Halifax [1905]

Ward, Thomas

[17??-17??] Hatter in Halifax [1771]

Ward, Rev William

[1???-18??] Missionary and oriental scholar who translated the scriptures into several eastern languages. He was well-known for his missionary work in Serampore.

He was a pupil of Dr John Fawcett's academy

Ward, William

[18??-19??] Plumber and engineer with business at Victoria Street East, Halifax [1905]

Warden, Joseph

[1817-1879] Landlord of the Northgate Hotel, Halifax [1874, 1879].

He married Elizabeth [1815-1899].

The couple were buried at Christ Church, Pellon

Wardle

Wardle, Harry Wallace

There are currently only around 5 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Wardle. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

Wardle, David

[1835-1884] Son of Joseph Wardle. Born in Bradford.

He was a slater & plasterer [1871]; beerhouse keeper at the Claremount Inn, Halifax [1875]; a slater [1881]; a contractor [1893].

In May 1879, he was declared insolvent with liabilities of around £3000

In He married Dinah [1841-1???].

Dinah was born in Rochdale

Children: (1) Hannah [b 1859]; (2) Harriet [b 1860] who was a woollen weaver [1881]; (3) Selina [b 1863]; (4) Albert [b 1864] who was a general labourer outdoor [1881]; (5) Samuel [b 1867]; (6) Thomas [b 1869] who was a plumber turner [1891]; (7) Elizabeth [b 1871] who was a cotton twister [1891]; (8) Harry Wallace; (9) Arthur [b 1878] who was a butcher [1891]; (10) Ada Ann [b 1880] who was a worsted spinner [1891]; (11) Willie [b 1884].

In 1871, the family were living with David's father Joseph at the Claremount Inn.

The family lived at 6 Earl Street, Northowram [1881]; 12 Horsfall Yard, Northowram [1891]

[1873-1???] Son of David Wardle. Born in Halifax.

He was a carpet dresser [1891]; a warehouseman [1893]; a woollen yarn scourer [1901]; a collector for the Union Clothing Company of Todmorden; a weaver cotton [1911].

In 1906, he was charged with embezzling 5/- from the Union Clothing Company of Todmorden, at Halifax Borough Court. He was acquitted.

In [Q2] 1893, he married Maria Duckworth [1873-19??] at Heptonstall Church.

Maria of Old Town, Wadsworth, was the daughter of Thomas Duckworth, engineer.
She was a woollen weaver [1901] and a woollen drawer [1911]

Children: (1) Thomas [b 1894] who was a weaver cotton [1911]; (2) Clara [b 1902].

The family lived at Range Bank, Halifax [1893]; 67 Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge [1901]; Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge [1906]; Rock, Wadsworth, Hebden Bridge [1911]

Wardle, Henry

[1823-1???] Superintendent of Police at Halifax [1861].

He lived at 5a Harrison Road, Halifax [1861]

Wardle, John

[1???-1???] Son of Matthew Wardle.

He was an Ag Lab [1851].

In 1855, a public notice in a local newspaper announced

PARDON ASKED
I, JOHN WARDLE of Skircoat Green in the parish of Halifax, in the County of York, labourer, having on the 1st day of February instant been detected in committing a TRESPASS in PUDDING PARK WOOD, Southowram, the property of Hugh Francis Ingram do hereby publicly express my sorrow for the same and have this day agreed to pay TWO POUNDS for damages done and towards the Expenses incurred by this notice being advertised and posted in such a manner as said Hugh Francis Ingram or his Agents shall think fit.
As witness my hand 2nd February 1855.
JOHN WARDLE
Witness: Robert Parker, Solicitor, Halifax

Using figures for average earnings, £2 in 1855 is roughly the equivalent of £1,320.00 today

Wardle, Joseph

[1801-18??] Born in Halifax.

He was beerhouse keeper at the Claremount Inn, Halifax [1871].

He married Unknown.

Children: David.

Living at the Claremount Inn with the widower Joseph in 1871 were son David and family

Wardle, Matthew

[1782-1???] Of Skircoat Green.

He was a pauper and labourer in a chemical works [1855].

He married Sarah [1788-18??]. Sarah was a school mistress at Skircoat Green [1851].

Children: John

Wardle, Matthias Harris

[18??-18??] Aka Matthew. Architect. In 1865, he was engaged as assistant to Richard Horsfall. He became a partner in Horsfall, Wardle & Patchett and Horsfall's architecture practice.

See Horsfall & Wardle and Horsfall & Williams

Wardman, Samuel

[16??-16??] He married Martha, widow of Richard Best

Wards End Chambers, Halifax

Office premises at the top of Horton Street.

The building was formerly Bentley's Commercial Hotel

Ware, Rev Samuel

[18??-19??] Curate at Todmorden [1861]

Ware, William

[1707-17??] Apprentice with Robert Kitson of Upper Brear, Northowram.

In July 1721, at the age of 14, he married 13½-year-old Sarah Edwards

Wareham, Rev J. E.

[18??-19??] MA. Curate at Todmorden Parish Church [1909]

Wareing Green

19th century spelling of Waring Green

Warenne

In mediæval literature, the family name is spelled variously Warren and Warenne. We shall use the form Warren

Warenne, Gundrada de

[1063-1085] Aka Gundred, Gundrada de Flanders. Daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda. She was born in Normandy. She married William, the 1st Earl in Normandy around 1077, with whom she founded the Priory of Saint Pancras at Lewes.

Children: Rainald, Edith, and William, the 2nd Earl.

Gundrada died in childbirth at Castle Acre, Norfolk and was buried at the Priory of Lewes

Warenne, Isabel de

[1???-1???] Daughter of the 8th Earl and Isabel de Houland. She became a nun at Sempringham

Warenne, Isabel de

[1???-1???] Daughter of Isabel de Warenne.

She married (1) Robert de Laci.

She married (2) Gilbert de L'Aigle [11??-1231]

Warenne, Isabel de

[1137-1199] Only daughter and heiress of William, the 3rd Earl and Adelia de Talvas.

In 1153, she married (1) William, the 4th Earl.

William died in 1159. In 1164, she married (2) Hamelin de Warenne, the 5th Earl in Surrey.

Children: (1) Isabel; (2) William, the 6th Earl.

She was buried in the Chapter House at Lewes

Warenne, John de

[1???-1???] Son of the 8th Earl and Maud de Neirford

Warenne, Sir William de

[1256-1286] Son of John, the 7th Earl.

He was knighted in 1285.

He married Joanna de Vere.

Joanna was the daughter of Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford

Children: (1) Alice who married the Earl of Arundel; (2) John, the 8th Earl.

He was killed in a tournament at Croydon, whilst his father John, the 7th Earl was still alive, and never obtained the title Earl of Surrey

Warham, Dr John

[1919-1???] Born in Halifax. [11th October 1919].

He became a photographer and ornithologist, and was well-known for his research on seabirds in Australia and New Zealand.

He was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Retford, Nottinghamshire.

In 1953, he moved to Australia. He was a reader in zoology at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Waring, Edward

[16??-17??] Curate at Rastrick [1713]

Waring Green

Local band comprising brothers Jon and Tom Kulczycki, Shaun Mallia and Jared Bowers [2005]

Waring Green

Area of Brighouse, lies along Bonegate

See Richard Jessop and The Gill family of Brighouse

Waring Green Co-operative Store

Branch of the Brighouse District Industrial Society.

This stood at the crossroads, diametrically opposite Waring Green Congregational Church.

Opened on 4th January 1875.

Closed in the 1960s. Demolished in 19??. The site is currently empty

Waring Green Players

Amateur dramatic group established in the 1950s. They were based at the Community Centre at the former Waring Green Congregational Church.

Because of falling membership, the group decided to disband in 2009. Their last production was J. B. Priestley's play When We Are Married in February 2009

Waring, Rev W. H.

[19??-19??] Of Rishworth School.

He married Melita Nicholls.

Children: son [b 1947]

Warland

Area of Calderdale south of Walsden

The name comes from Warland House

Warland Commercial Company Limited

Quarry Mill. Walsden. The company was registered in January 1878

Warland Drain, Todmorden

A conduit which feeds Warland Reservoir

Warland Farm, Walsden

Aka Warland House.

Dated 1655 I F. The house gives its name to the Warland district

Owners and tenants have included

John Hamer [owner 1799]

John Fielden [tenant 1799 when he paid 9/11d tax]

Warland Lower Lock, Todmorden

Lock #34 on the Rochdale Canal. It has a double set of bottom gates to take the 57½ ft long vessels of the Calder & Hebble Canal

Warland Reservoir, Walsden

The reservoir is shown on maps of 1851. It is fed by Warland Drain, and collects much of the water that had previously fed Gaddings Dam.

In 1897, Thomas Fielden died after falling down a shaft at the reservoir.

It was acquired by Rochdale Corporation in 1927.

See Light Hazles Reservoir

Warland Upper Lock, Todmorden

Lock #35 on the Rochdale Canal.

See Quarry Cottages, Walsden

Warley

District of Calderdale to the west of Halifax.

See Population and Parish statistics

Warley Board of Guardians

A part of the Halifax Poor Law Union.

Those who have served on the Board of Guardians for Warley township have included

Daniel Clay, Lower Blackwall, Sowerby [1865, 1869]

George Walton, Stubbing, Warley [Nominated 1869]

Joseph Sutcliffe [18??]

Warley Cemetery Board

Recorded in the 19th century.

See Warley Town Cemetery

Warley Clough

Stream which flows from Highroad Well Moor to join the Calder near Sowerby Bridge

Warley Community Association

The Society is currently [2013] seeking volunteers to help in the project to digitise the burial records for Warley Cemetery and make them available online

Warley constables

The Foldout lists some of the people who have served as Police Officers in Warley

Warley Co-operative Store

Recorded as 30 Warley Town [1911]. Stood next to the Maypole pub, Warley Town.

The building is now known as Town House

Warley Cottage

The house stands next to Warley Institute and Town House. Originally called Newhouse.

Owners and tenants have included

John Farrar

Rev Thomas Hawkins [1796]

Samuel Milne

Caroline Milne [1850]

Warley Cricket Club

Recorded in the 19th century. The grounds are a part of the Warley Grange Estate.

See John Sutcliffe

Warley Croft

This was originally the stables and workers' cottages for Warley House. Rupin Riding School stabled their horses here for a time

Warley Edge

See Warley Edge, Warley

Warley Edge Close, Warley

12 Warley Edge Lane. 17th century house

Warley Edge Farm, Warley

11 Warley Edge Lane. 17th century house. A doorway is dated 1633 ASMC.

It was rebuilt in 1903

Warley Enclosure Act

In 1852, Saltonstall and other land in the area was enclosed under the Act.

At that time, Captain Joseph Priestley Edwards bought land to build Castle Carr

Warley Exhibition Foundation

A charity associated with Warley Grammar School of which the income helped students to obtain advanced education

Warley Fountain

In 1900, A. S. McCrea donated an ornate drinking fountain to replace the Maypole at Warley which had been blown down and damaged in March 1899

Warley Gaol

Recorded in the 1770s, when it was owned by Joseph Farrar. W. Birch was gaoler

Warley Grange

Warley Hall

In 1760, the Old Hall, Saltonstall was known as Warley Hall when it was owned by Daniel Greenwood

Warley House

Stock Lane. House designed by Thomas Bradley and built by Mr Cook in 1769.

Owners and tenants have included

James Oldfield [1770]

William Kershaw

Thomas Milne [1835, 1857]

James Cooke

H. C. McCrea [1866]

A. S. McCrea [1901, 1911]

During a lecture tour in 1857, the explorer, David Livingstone, stayed here with Thomas Milne.

It was the home of H. C. McCrea, who bought the house in 1866, and left it to his son, A. S. McCrea, in his will.

In his will, A. S. McCrea left Warley House and its grounds to the Royal Halifax Infirmary. There was a plan for it to become a geriatric unit for Saint John's Hospital.

After World War II and the advent of NHS, the building was found to need too much adaptation for modern use and was demolished.

In 1953, there were proposals to demolish the house and build a home for the sick on the site.

In 1955, the Ministry of Health pronounced that Warley House was not suitable for hospital use and the future of the building was left in the hands of the Leeds Regional Hospital Board.

In 1961, the Earl of Rosse, of the Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries, said that Warley House was

... a beautiful building and I would like to see it restored

The building was allowed to rot and decay, and it was finally demolished on 21st October 1964. In 2000, the gardens were purchased by Drs Paul and Catherine Hinton of Sowerby Bridge who converted the land to become Warley Park.

This is discussed in Ancient Halls in & about Halifax.

See Warley Croft

Warley Institute

Built for A. S. McCrea. Designed by J. F. Walsh It was formally opened on 12th November 1904.

The building had a library, reading room and kitchen on the ground floor, and a billiard room and slipper bath on the first floor. It was a men-only facility until 1951, when women were allowed in.

See Warley Cottage

Warley Library

Recorded in 1929 as Warley Branch Library. At that time, it was only open on Saturday evenings.

Recorded in 1936

Warley Lodge

Later name for Warlings

Warley, Manor of

In Domesday Book this was one of the 9 berewicks belonging to the Manor of Wakefield. It appears there as Werla feslei.

The manor was held by the Earls of Warren, the Duke of Leeds, and S. W. L. Fox [1850].

See Saltonstall

Warley Moor

Moorland near Midgley Moor.

See Cold Edge Dams

Warley Moor Reservoir

Aka Fly Flatts Reservoir

A phase of the Halifax Waterworks Extension Scheme built around 187? by J. F. Bateman. On 20th May 1864, the first sod was cut by the mayor, William Irving Holdsworth Bateman presented the Mayor with a silver-headed spade inscribed

Halifax Corporation – The first sod of the Warley Moor Reservoir was turned with this spade, on Friday, the 20th May, 1864, by William Irving Holdsworth, Esq., Mayor of Halifax; J. F. Bateman, Engineer; John Parkinson and Joseph Mann, contractors; J. E. Norris, Town Clerk

On 19th December 1867, water was turned for the first time after Bateman had reported that this might be safely done. The depth of the reservoir when full is about 45 feet.

It was completed in 1872. It covers 68 acres and has a capacity of 193 million gallons

On 14th June 1923, it was revealed that upper side of the Reservoir was being undermined and would cost between £30,000 and £50,000 to repair.

On 5th August 1930, it was announced that the Reservoir was to be repaired at a cost of £33,014 after being described as dilapidated and fast becoming derelict.

The Halifax Sailing Club is here.

The Luddenden Brook rises here.

See Reservoir, Fly Flatts

Warley Park

See Warley House

Warley Prosecution Society

A prosecution society recorded in 1772

Warley Road Junior School Baths

Opened in 1897. The baths at Warley Road School are still in use

Warley School Board

School Board set up in 18??.

See Wainstalls Board School and Warley Town Board School

Warley Springs

Area of Burnley Road, Halifax.

See Old Warley Springs Brewery, Warley Springs Brewery and Warley Springs Dye Works, Halifax

Warley Town Farm

The original name for Old Hall Farm, Warley

Warley Town Post Office

Recorded in 1861 at Cross Road, Warley when Samuel Rothera, a schoolmaster, was postmaster.

Recorded in 1874, when James Smith, a grocer, was postmaster.

Recorded in 1905 at 25 Warley Town when H. C. Starr was sub-postmaster

Warley Urban District Council

Created in 1894.

Absorbed into the County Borough of Halifax in 1900.

See Luddendenfoot Urban District Council

Warley Vale Co-Op

A branch of the Sowerby Bridge Industrial Society opened in 1???.

It closed in the 1960s.

It is now a private house: Town House

Warley War Memorial

The memorial was stands near Warley Congregational Church in the centre of Warley village

Warley Ward, Halifax

One of the Electoral Wards of Halifax.

See John Hardy and Jennie Latham

Warley Wood, Warley

17th century house

Warley Workhouse

In 1777, this accommodated 30 inmates

Warlings, Warley

Dated 1633. It is now known as Warley Lodge

Warm Withens

An area of moorland about ½ mile south of the A58 on Rishworth Moor, and around ¾ mile SE of the road junction near Blackstone Edge Reservoir

Warman, Rev Francis Octavius

[18??-19??] First Vicar of Siddal [1915]

Warneford, Chrissie Dora

[1864-1900] Born 8th January 1864. Daughter of Rev Canon John Henry Warneford.

She died [25th March 1900] at 7 Maison-Dieu Place, Dover, where she had been staying for some time.

She was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

Warneford, Rev Harry Lancelot

[1860-1???] Son of Rev Canon John Henry Warneford. Born in Halifax.

He was Clerk in Holy Orders [1891]; Church of England clergyman [1901].

In 1881, he married Augusta Lechmere [1868-1???], born in France, at Kensington.

Children: (1) John Henry [b 1888]; (2) Dorothy [b 1893].

The family lived at Langdown Lawn, Dibden, Hampshire [as visitors of Thomas B. S. West 1891]; 2 New Church Road, Aldrington, Hove, Sussex [as visitors of his mother-in-law, Mrs Caroline Lechman, and Sarah Sophia Lechman, and Alice Maud Lechman 1901]

Warneford, Henrietta Warneford

[1853-1912] Daughter of Rev Canon John Henry Warneford. Born in Halifax.

She married William Henry Foster.

From 1891, she lived at Lunesdale, Lancashire and, for a time in the early 1900s, in Marylebone. She died at Warneford Place, Dorset

Warneford, John Charles Keymes

[1852-1893] Son of Rev Canon John Henry Warneford. Born 25th February 1852, and baptised 28th March 1852.

He may have been named after Charles Keymes who was at College with Rev Warneford.

He was A Lieutenant in the West Yorkshire Militia.

On 10th December 1880, he married Emily Augusta Burton [1852-1???], at Saint John's Church, Monkstown, Ireland.

Emily Augusta was the youngest daughter of Robert William Burton

Children: (1) John Robert Keymes [1881-1960] he married [1904] Isabel Laura Howland [1880-1970]; (2) Esme Mary E. [1883]; (3) Henry Walter B [1884]; (4) Emily Olive [1888].

The family lived at Oakley, Newton Abbot, Devon [1891]; Teignmouth [1899].

When his father died, he succeeded to the property at Warneford Place, and the Irish estate.

He died in Devon

Warneford, Rev Canon John Henry

[1818-1899] MA. First Vicar of All Saints' Church, Salterhebble [1846-1899]

See All Saints' Sunday School, Salterhebble, John Lister and Reginald Alexander John Warneford

Warneford, Minnie Laura

[1856-1923] Daughter of Rev Canon John Henry Warneford.

She never married.

She lived at 35 Cambridge Street, Kensington, London [1901] and Heath Royd, Francis Street, Halifax [1923].

She died at 39 Aked's Road, Halifax. She was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell.

A local newspaper described her as

a great friend of the Halifax Corps Saint John's Ambulance Brigade.
At the commencement of the great war she was instrumental in preparing nurses and VADs, a great number of these being sent away and many going to Saint Luke's Military Hospital.
She collected a large amount of money to provide beds for the Saint John Ambulance Association in Étaples, France where there is a big Saint John Ambulance Hospital and, by her efforts, was able to provide three beds

Warneford, Reginald Alexander John

[18??-1915] RNAS, VC. Grandson of Rev Thomas Lewis Warneford who was the brother of Rev Canon John Henry Warneford.

During World War I, he served with the Royal Naval Air Service. He was awarded the Victoria Cross

Warneford, Walter Keymes Francis Goodall

[1895-1919] Son of Walter Wyndham Hanbury Warneford. Born in Crewe.

He set a British record crossing the Atlantic in an airship. He disappeared in an airship accident

Warneford, Walter Wyndham Hanbury

[1866-1???] Son of Rev Canon John Henry Warneford. Born in Halifax.

He was educated at Saint Mark's School, Clewer, Berkshire [1881].

He became a railway engineer. He was an apprentice at Miles Platting [1882]; at Crewe [1883]; Works Manager – a dapper little man [1910-1916]; Wagon Superintendent at Earlestown [April 1916].

On 19th August 1894, he married Mary Elizabeth [1874-1???] of Salterhebble, daughter of Alfred Goodall, at All Saints Church.

Children: Walter Keymes Francis Goodall.

The family lived at Lansdowne House, Huyton, Lancashire [1919]

Warner Swasey Asquith Limited

The Warner Swasey company was established in Cleveland, USA in 1880. In 1957, they decided to manufacture their lathes in Europe. They teamed up with Asquith Machine Tool Company at Canal Works, Halifax.

When Staveley's took over Asquith's, Warner Swasey pulled out and became a part of the Bendix Group of America. The company became Warner Swasey Turning Machines Limited.

The business closed in 1983

Warren, E. W.

[18??-19??] Partner in Edwards & Warren.

He lived at 10 Emscote Grove, Halifax [1905]

Warren, Earls of

Warren Shield

The coat of arms of William, 2nd Earl of Surrey, the Earls of Surrey and Lords of Halifax includes a chequered shield. The square of the pattern are alternating or [gold] and azure [blue].

The design has been incorporated into the Halifax coat of arms.

This may be linked to pubs with the names such as Checkers

Warren, Thomas de

[1???-1???] Son of the 8th Earl and Maud de Neirford

Warriner & Taylor

19th century carriage builders of Brighouse who built the body of the New Century motor car

Warrington, Charles Herbert

[1876-1893] Cistern maker at Halifax. Son of Ralph Warrington of 5 Daisy Street, Hopwood Lane.

He was said to be a sharp and intelligent youth and

fond of trapeze exercise, and frequently used to swing and perform feats on the hammock ropes in the attic

On 20th August 1893, he went to the attic to make his brother's bed. His mother later found his lifeless form dangling from a rope attached to the hammock

Warrington's: G. & B. Warrington

Wool dealers at Lambert Street, West Vale. Partners included George Warrington and Benjamin Warrington.

The partnership was dissolved in October 1893

Warship Week

A national fund-raising scheme which ran from 7th to 14th February 1942.

A total of £3,888,038 was raised in Calderdale, of which Halifax raised £2,077,565 and Brighouse raised £507,006.

See HMS Ajax, HMS Convolvulus, HMS Eclipse, HMS Saint Pancras and Spitfire

Wash White

A washing liquid produced and sold by Harry Lund – Harry Washwhite – in Brighouse in the 1930s

Washer Lane House, Halifax

16th century house, aka Old Hall, Washer Lane.

Owners and tenants have included

The Waterhouse family

Richard Hindley [1685]

John Wainhouse

This is discussed in Sketches of Old Halifax

Washer Lane Steps, Halifax

Lead down from Washer Lane to Wakefield Road

Washington & Company Limited

Engineers and manufacturers of electric cables and machinery at 1 Old Causeway, Sowerby Bridge.

In 1900, there was a dispute between the partners, Mr Washington and Mr Barraclough, in the High Court. The Sowerby Bridge Chronicle of 22nd June 1900, reported

The parties had separately purchased certain patterns drawings, etc, and agreed to work jointly, but dispute arose the plaintiff contending that the defendant had failed to produce proper accounts, and the defendant alleging that the plaintiff had never paid him the proper proportion of the profits due to him. His Lordship held that the plaintiff's version of the agreement was the correct one, and directed an account to be taken on that basis. He also held that the defendant had failed in his counter-claim for damages for alleged negligence alleged by the plaintiff in manufacturing certain machines. Judgment for the plaintiff accordingly with costs

Washington, Charles William

[1867-19??] Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a mechanical engineer manager with Thomas Barraclough & Company Limited, Manchester [1891]; a wire manufacturer in Sowerby Bridge; a mechanical engineer (employer) [1901]; a mechanical engineer, wire and cable machine maker (employer) [1911]; a partner in Washington & Company Limited.

He was known for his developments in the construction of cable machinery for boring steel shaft.

In 1890, he married Mary Hannah Walsh [1866-19??], from Littleborough, in Halifax.

Children: (1) Ernest C [b 1894] who was studying farming at a farm in Driffield [1911]; (2) Albert Cecil [b 1898].

The family lived at 53 Park View, Manchester [1891]; Shroggs House, Halifax [1901]; Shroggs House, Lower Skircoat Green, Halifax [1911]

Living with them in 1901 were mother-in-law Ellen Walsh [aged 65] and sister-in-law Lillie Walsh [aged 31].

Mother-in-law Ellen Walsh was living with them in 1911

Washington, Frederick

[1850-1910] Landlord of the Woodland Hotel, Boothtown [1891].

In 1878, he married Ann Copley [1857-1???] in Halifax.

Children: (1) daughter; (2) daughter

See Alfred Morris

Washington, Samuel

[17??-18??] Of Lightcliffe. One of Anne Lister's stewards.

In 1819, he was engaged to produce a map and field book of Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse.

See Major E. P. Chambers

Washington, Thomas

[18??-1???] Opened the Market Place Turkish Baths, Halifax

Waske Hall, Skircoat Green

50 Skircoat Green. 17th century house

Wason, Captain E. S.

[18??-1880] He served with the 33rd Duke of Wellington's Own Regiment. He was an Adjutant of the 6th West Yorkshire Militia. He died in England.

There is a memorial to him and other members of the regiment in Halifax Parish Church

Wass, George

[1818-1883] Born in Leeds.

He was a bookkeeper at Brighouse [1847]; a horse keeper with the Midland Railway Company [1851]; a canal agent for the Aire & Calder [1861]; a canal agent [1871]; a canal agent (inland navigation) [1881].

In 1847, he married Hannah Booth [1823-1895], at Halifax Parish Church.

Hannah, from Northowram, was the daughter of mason Joseph Booth

They had no children.

They lived at 9 Ashley Street, Hunslet, Leeds [1851]; Phoenix House, Bridge Street, Wakefield [1861]; Calder Wharf, Mirfield, Dewsbury [1871]; Navigation Yard, Halifax [1881]; Osborne Grove, Hipperholme [1891].

Staying with them in 1861 were visitors Elizabeth Smithies [aged 26] (dressmaker), and Mary Smithies [aged 9].

Living with the widowed Hannah in 1891 was boarder John Shafte Barry.

Hannah is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1885

Wat Ing, Norland

See Lower Wat Ing and Upper Wat Ing

Water Lane well

A water well at Caddy Field, Halifax. The ownership of the well was disputed: some – supported by Christopher Rawson – claimed it was a public well, whilst others – primarily Anne Lister and Ann Walker on whose land it lay – claimed it was private property. In March 1836, Anne Lister's journals mention an incident where the well was poisoned when gas tar was thrown into the well by a group of men employed by Ann Walker. It was judged to be a public well and Ann Walker had to pay damages and costs

Water Molly

[18??-18??] A 19th century character in Elland. She fetched and carried water for people. On Good Friday 18??, a wet day, she sat near to the fire to dry her clothes. The garments caught fire and she was burned to death

Water Scout, Shibden

House. Built in 1??? Abandoned in 1???

See Scout Hall, Shibden

Water Siphon, Old Lane

19th century water siphon on overflow sump. This is a deep, stone-lined, circular shaft fed by Ovenden Beck – the Hebble Brook – and south of Old Lane Mill

Water supply

Water Trough, Bell House Moor

Bell House Moor, Cragg Vale

Water Trough, Carr Hall Lane

Stainland.

Water Trough, Cross Stone

Opposite Saint Paul's Church, Cross Stone

Water Trough, Greetland

Water Troughs, Mankinholes

18th century water trough with 6 linked tanks. These were used for cooling milk churns.

Waterfall, John

[1847-19??] Born in Ironville, Derbyshire.

He was an iron founder [1881, 1891]; innkeeper at the Sportsman Inn, Soyland [1901, 1905]; a grocer (retail) [1911].

In 1905, the Sowerby Bridge Chronicle reported that he had been a cricket professional and groundsman to the Greenock Club, Scotland, for 14 years.

In [Q2] 1874, he married Clara Smith [1855-1???] in Belper.

Clara was born in Birmingham. She was assisting in the grocery business [1911]

Children: (1) Florence A [b 1875] who was a woollen weaver [1891], employed in public house [1901]; (2) Mary Eliza [b 1876] who was a cotton operative [1891]; (3) Joseph [b 1878] who was a cotton operative half timer [1891], a brewer's labourer [1911]; (4) John Pearce [b 1883]; (5) Doris [b 1895] who was assisting in the grocery business [1911].

The family lived at 105 Fletchers Row, Alfreton, Derbyshire [1881]; Broadcarr Terrace, Elland [1891]; 78 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1911].

Living with them in 1911 was granddaughter Marther Waterfall [aged 4]

Waterfalls

There are several waterfalls in the district, including Carr Hall Falls, Stainland, Fisherman's Hut Falls, Hebden Bridge, Horseshoe Cascade, Hardcastle Crags, Jumble Hole Falls, Todmorden, Kester Hole, Shelf, Lumb Hole Falls, Rough Hey Wood, Triangle, Saltonstall Falls, Walshaw Falls, Hardcastle Crags and Wheatley Falls

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Waterhouse

The local surname may have originated in Lincolnshire. John Waterhouse is recorded at Barton-on-Humber in 1424, when he was a witness to a deed relating to Dove House, Shibden.

Other spellings of the name in old documents include Waterhose, Waterhowse, Watrhowse, Watterhouse, Wattirhouse, and Wattrous

The Waterhouse family: Arms

The arms of the Waterhouse family – a black inverted pyramid – can be seen on a window in the Housebody at Shibden Hall.

Motto:

veritas liberabit

truth shall make free

veritas vincit omnia

truth conquers all

The Waterhouse family of Halifax

Important local family.

15th century members of the family lived at Lower Hollins, Warley.

They were the bailiffs in the North for the Priory of Lewes, and collected tithes and administered the lands in the Parish of Halifax – see the Great Tithes dispute

After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, they bought some of the land in the district, including Shibden Hall.

Richard Waterhouse was an early member of the family.

Major Samuel Waterhouse was the last male member of the family. Catharine Grace Doherty Waterhouse was the last member of the family.

See The Bache, Warley, Mearclough Mill, Old Well Head, Shibden Hall, The Waterhouse family: arms and Well Head

The Waterhouse family of Hollins

See Lower Hollins and Jonas Waterhouse

The Waterhouse family of Shibden

Descended from John Waterhouse

The Waterhouse family of Skircoat

Robert Waterhouse was a founder member of the family

The Waterhouse family of Sowerby Bridge

Aka Waterhouse family of Broadgates. They were involved in the cloth industry. Owned the Navigation pub at Sowerby Bridge in the 17th century

See Robert Waterhouse

Waterhouse Almshouses, Halifax

Waterhouse, Bingham & Company

Silk noil spinners at Kebroyd Mills, Triangle [1905]

Waterhouse Charities

A number of charities were established under provisions of the will of Nathaniel Waterhouse, including the Blue Coat School.

See Alexander & Hammerton, Richard Kershaw, John Taylor Ramsden, Smyth's Charity School, Seal of the Waterhouse Charity and John Woodhead

Waterhouse Charity, Seal of the

The seal of the Waterhouse Charities is described in 1635 [?] as

A seal of this Corporation bears an inscription

SIGIL: CORP APUD HALLIF: 1662 Seal of the Corporation at Halifax 1662
in the field, a virgin hung in her tree by her hair, on the other side a man standing, holding in his hand a ball or a sphere

This may be a version of the story of Ælred and the virgin

See Name of Halifax

Waterhouse's: E. J. W. Waterhouse & Son

Fire brick manufacturers at Calder Fire Clay Works, Elland [1874, 1905]

Waterhouse families

See The Waterhouse family of Halifax, The Waterhouse family of Hollins, The Waterhouse family of Shibden, The Waterhouse family of Skircoat, The Waterhouse family of Sowerby Bridge and The Waterhouse family: Arms

Waterhouse's: John Waterhouse & Company

Woolstaplers at 39 Bull Green, Halifax [1905]

Waterhouse's: Samuel & John Waterhouse

Merchants at Savile Row, Halifax [1809]

Waterhouse Sermon

Aka Waterhouse Lecture. In his will, Nathaniel Waterhouse left a sum of £60 per annum for the curates of 12 chapels in the parish of Halifax, and each minister had to preach a sermon – known as the Waterhouse Sermon – in Halifax Parish Church on the first Wednesday of each month. Using figures for average earnings, £60 in 1645 is roughly the equivalent of £110,000.00 today.

See William Ainsworth and Rev C. D. Roberts

Waterhouse Stop

An interchangeable diaphragm for controlling the entry of light into a camera invented by John Waterhouse [1858]

Waterhouse Street Library

A subscription library of around 4500 books was founded around 1840 at Waterhouse Street, Halifax

Watering Trough, Walsden

Aka Throstlenest, Throstle Hall and Clunter Bottom.

A small farm with a cottage, barn and shippon.

Owners and tenants have included

William Crowther [1820-1856]

Waterloo Brass Band, Brighouse

Established in 18??

See William Parry and Waterloo, Brighouse

Waterloo Bridge, Ripponden

Aka Ripponden Old Bridge

Waterloo, Brighouse

Area of Brighouse on the south side of Waterloo Road, Brighouse.

The land was owned by Brooke's, and there was stone quarrying here.

Question: Does anyone know if these stone quarries were those known as Lane Head Quarry?

Brighouse Rangers played at Waterloo Fields here.

In 1913, Brooke's planned to build a Garden City here but this was abandoned because of World War I.

In 1935, there was a dispute between Brighouse Council – who claimed that the land was agricultural and worth £3,750 – and Brooke's – who claimed that it was building land and worth £6,529. After some wrangling, the land was sold to the Council for £4,000.

There are now allotments and Saint Andrew's Junior School on the land

Waterloo, Elland

An early name for an area of Park Road around the entrance to the Park Wood Crematorium.

In the mid-1800s, many of thos living in the area were miners at the local coal mines

The Colliers' Arms is recorded at Waterloo [1871]

Waterloo Fields, Brighouse

Playing fields at Waterloo, Brighouse.

Brighouse Rangers played here [1890s].

Saint Andrew's Junior School, Brighouse was built on the site in 1971

Waterloo Hall, Halifax

Stands at Bell Hall at the junction of Savile Park Road / Emscote Street South.

Owners and tenants have included

Waterloo Hall Church Of God, Halifax [1917]

Waterloo House, Halifax

109 Savile Park Road.

Owners and tenants have included

A. Howie Muir [1905]

Waterloo House, Heptonstall

Waterloo Road Allotments, Brighouse

Allotments established on land formerly occupied by Brooke's at Waterloo, Brighouse

Waterloo, Stainland

A small community at Stainland. This was essentially just 2 cottages which are now demolished

Waterloo Villas, Halifax

Savile Park Road. Recorded in the 1841 census between Paradise Row and Savile Hall.

Owners and tenants have included

Edward John Rudd [1841]

Elizabeth Dorothy Sudworth [aged 70] (gentlewoman & landed proprietor) and her sister Sophie Ralph [aged 67] – possibly daughters of Rev John Ralph [1851]

David Woodhead [1905]

Waterside Footpath

A cantilevered walkway on the east bank of the Hebble Brook at Waterside. Runs from Lilly Bridge

Waterside, Halifax

Area around Lilly Lane along the Hebble Brook.

See Waterside Footpath

Waterside House, Todmorden

Waterstalls Farm, Walsden

Samuel Fielden

Bottomley Road. Mid 18th century house and barn. There is a first floor taking-in door

Owners and tenants have included

Edmund Wrigley [1842]

The farm has been renovated and is now a private house.

The adjacent Waterstalls Mill is now derelict

Waterton, Rev Clement

[18??-18??] He was at Chilwell College, Nottingham. before becoming Pastor at West Vale Baptist Church [1886-1888].

He left to serve at Boston, Lincolnshire

Waterwheels

Watkin, Robert

[1895-1961] Born in Aston Manor, Warwick, of a Welsh family.

He was injured in World War I, and was invalided out.

He joined the Halifax Borough Treasurer's Department in 1921, as a collector. He became Chief Paying Cashier. He retired in 1959, after almost 39 years.

On 9th September 1922, he married Hilda Bottomley [1897-1971].

Children: Rita M. [b 1925] who married Alan Hugh Greaves.

The family lived at 7 Savile Drive, Halifax [1959].

On retirement, he and Hilda moved to the Isle of Wight.

After Robert's death in 1961, Hilda returned to live in Luddendenfoot

Watkins, Archibald Lionel

[19??-19??] A mathematics teacher from Somerset. In 1955, he established Lightcliffe Preparatory School. He was headmaster and principal at the school. His son and granddaughter carried on the school

Watkins, D. J.

[19??-19??] Minister at Bethlehem Pentecostal Mission, Wheatley Road [1966]

Watkins, Mary Elizabeth

[18??-19??] Of Richmond, North Yorkshire. She came to work in service at a Brighouse house.

She married Harry Percy Jackson

Watkins, Wilfred John Arthur

[1916-2005] In 1944, he married Ann Fenella Rawson.

Children: John Frederick Llewellyn.

The family lived near Dundalk, Eire before coming to live at Haugh End House

He died 26th November 2005.

He was buried at Saint Peter's Church, Sowerby

The Watkinson family of Hipperholme

Henry Watkinson was an early member of the family.

A branch of the family became important in Ovenden.

See Perth House, Lightcliffe and Watkinson Chapel, Lightcliffe

Watkinson, Alfred

[1881-1950] Son of Samuel Watkinson. Baptised at Coley [12th October 1881].

He was a woollen manufacturer [1901]; a worsted manufacturer [1911].

In 1939, Alfred Watkinson was a director of South American Railways in place of Samuel Watkinson [1939].

On 29th July 1914, he married Marion, daughter of Albert Eastwood, at Halifax Parish Church.

Children: (1) Samuel; (2) Nellie.

The family lived at Spring Hall, Shelf [1922]

Watkinson Almshouses, Lightcliffe

4 cottages – 2 detached cottages and 1 semi-detached – endowed by Miss Emma Watkinson in her parents' memory and built in 1926.

They were for

TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR ALMSPEOPLE BEING DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE AND JANE WATKINSON OR PERSONS WHO HAVE RESIDED FOR NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISHES OF ST MATTHEW LIGHTCLIFFE, ST MATTHEW NORTHOWRAM AND ST JOHN COLEY,

They were designed by J. F. Walsh. An inscription reads

These four houses were erected in 1926 and endowed by Emma Watkinson (who died 30th November 1923) in memory of her father and mother, George and Jane Watkinson

See John Wright

Watkinson & Crabtree

Makers of common & fire bricks, crucibles, tiles, pottery, clay, etc., at Swan Bank Brick Works [1865].

Partners included Mr Watkinson and Joseph Crabtree

Watkinson, Arthur

[1884-19??] Son of John Watkinson. Born in Holywell, Flintshire.

He was educated at Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1901].

On 17th July 1907, he married Mary Healy [1877-19??].

Mary, from Navan, Ireland, was the daughter of Christopher Healy (gentleman)

At the time of the marriage – at Saint Peter's Church, Harrogate – Mary's address was given as The Majestic Hotel, Harrogate, and Arthur's address was given as Brook Park, Northop, Flintshire.

Arthur became very wealthy and converted to Catholicism.

Around 1911, Arthur and Mary went to live in Campden, Gloucestershire.

They were benefactors to the people and the Catholic church in Campden.

The English etcher F. L. Griggs, also a Catholic convert, was an acquaintance of the family.

Arthur installed a memorial to his wife in Saint Catharine's Catholic church at Chipping Campden.

It is possible that the memorial was a large crucifix, designed by F. L. Griggs, and carved by Alec Miller.

Question: Does anyone know exactly what the memorial was?

The family lived at Mickleton Lodge, Campden, Gloucestershire [1911, 1918]; Broad Campden, Gloucestershire [1922, 1926]

Jenny Bruce of the Chipping Campden History Society tells me

Arthur Watkinson lived in a house called Maidenwell in the next village of Broad Campden. He entertained the children from Saint Catharine's Catholic school to summer parties. He also supported fund-raising for the Town Band, and donated land for Broad Campden Recreation Ground. He [possibly] bought a lot of land when the Earl of Gainsborough's estate was broken up

Watkinson's Charity

In 1732, Rev Edward Watkinson gave the rent from property in Leeds and Hunslet to buy twelve 2d loaves each week and distribute these every Sunday after morning service to 6 poor widows in Midgley and 6 in Warley. Each person should also received 6d on Trinity Sunday, 12d on the Sunday before Christmas, and 6d on Easter Sunday. Using figures for average earnings, 6d in 1732 is roughly the equivalent of £37.50 today

Watkinson, Edward

[15??-1???] On 2nd August 1586, he married Mary Hopkinson at Northowram

Watkinson, Rev Edward

[16??-1767] DD. Eldest son of Benjamin Watkinson MD of Wakefield.

He was Rector in Kent before becoming Curate at Luddenden [1724-1728]. He later became rector of Little Chart, Kent.

He published several pamphlets including An Essay on Economy, An Essay upon Gratitude, and An Admonition to the younger Clergy [1765].

He was a subscriber to the publication of Watson's History.

He married Anne Mitchell.

Anne was the daughter of Alderman Rowland Mitchell of Hunslet Hall, Leeds

Children: Maria.

He established Watkinson's Charity

Watkinson, Elizabeth

[1796?-1879] Daughter of John Watkinson.

She and her sister, Hannah, were assistants to Mrs Haugh of Doncaster, before they established Watkinson's School for Young Ladies, Halifax.

She married John Turney at Clapham.

She died in Leek Wootton in December 1879, 8 weeks after her husband

Watkinson, Elizabeth Angela

[1910-19??] Known as Angela. Daughter of Canon George Watkinson.

In 1933, she was preparing to marry John Green Asquith, but he died a few weeks before the wedding.

In 1935, she married Gerald F. Summers from Barnes, in Halifax.

Children: Lucy Angela [b 1946].

The family lived at Woodfield, Hipperholme

Watkinson, Emma Jane

[1850-1923] Daughter of George Watkinson.

She was badly-disfigured.

She never married.

She lived at The Longlands, Lightcliffe which was built for her in 1904, the year after the death of her father.

She died at Longlands [30th November 1923].

Probate records show that she left personal effects valued at £32,296 4/7d.

In her will, she left money for several good causes, including £300 to the Royal Halifax Infirmary, and a field and £7,000 to build the Watkinson Almshouses near her home at Lightcliffe in her parents' memory

Watkinson's: F. Watkinson Limited

Belting manufacturers at Victoria Street East, Halifax [1938].

Frank Watkinson was MD [1938]

Watkinson, Frank

[18??-1949] Son of Thomas Watkinson.

He was a Conservative; a Halifax Councillor [from 1919]; Freeman of the Borough [22nd March 1948]; a Freemason; a member of Halifax Rotary Club; MD of F. Watkinson Limited; Mayor of Halifax [1937-1938] His wife was Mayoress.

In 1918, he married Ellen L. Harrison from Dudley Hill, in Bradford

[1792-18??] Of Northowram. Son of Henry Watkinson. Baptised 22nd April 1792.

He was a manufacturer [1814]; a wool stapler [1818].

On 28th November 1813, he married Mary Holdsworth at Halifax Parish Church. They were married

by License and Consent of Parents

(possibly) because Mary may not have been of age.

Children: (1) George; (2) Martha Gibson [1818-1892] who married Thomas Clark

[1814-1903] Son of George Watkinson. Born in Northowram [29th October 1814].

He was a woolstapler [1842]; a wool stapler employing ?? men [1861]; a farmer of 10 acres of land [1861]; a wool merchant and farm owner [1871]; a wool merchant [1881]; living on own means [1891]; Chairman of the Brighouse Brick, Tile & Stone Company Limited [1895]; a member of Halifax Town Council; Chairman of the Halifax Brick & Tile Company.

About 1870, he formed a partnership with his sons, George Watkinson & Sons. He made a substantial amount of money in wool, coal.

In 1874, he withdrew from day-to-day management of the woolstapling business, leaving these to his son George.

On 14th April 1841, he married Jane Hebblethwaite [1811-1890], at Mirfield.

Jane was the daughter of Samuel Hebblethwaite

Children: (1) Mary Jane [b 1842] who died in her first year; (2) Mary Jane [1843-1851]; (3) George; (4) John; (5) Samuel; (6) Emma Jane; (7) Fredrick [bapt 1852] who died in infancy; (8) Fanny [1853-1931] who married John Taylor Ramsden

The family lived at Lister Lane, Halifax [1841]; Lower Brear, Hipperholme [1851, 1861]; Woodfield, Hipperholme which he had built around 1860 [1901].

On 20th January 1861, he and a domestic servant were seriously injured in a gas explosion at Lower Brear. His face and hands were scorched shockingly and

it is more than probable that if he had not had his hat on he would have been fatally injured

He also owned Middleton Tower, Kings Lynn, Norfolk – which his daughter, Fanny, and her husband acquired in 1904.

In 1856, Ann Walker sold the Northgate Hotel to George and a Mr T Parker. He sold the property in 1876.

In 1874, George retired from managing the wool stapling business, turned the woolstapling operation over to his eldest son, George, and made his second son John managing director of the firm's coal mines in Wales, but kept involved by serving as Chairman of the company.

In the 1890s, he was one of the subscribers who gave £1,000 for the construction of the new Royal Halifax Infirmary.

Jane died at Hipperholme and was buried at Coley Church. [21st February 1890].

George died at Woodfield, Hipperholme.

He was buried at Coley Church [2nd June 1903]. The funeral ceremony was performed by his grandson Canon George Watkinson

Probate records show that he left

Watkinson, Canon George

[1843-1905] Son of George Watkinson.

In 1874, his father withdrew from day-to-day management of the family's woolstapling business, leaving these to George.

On 27th September 1871, he married Alice Mary Cockcroft [1848-1889] from Rossendale.

Children: (1) George; (2) Samuel Lord; (3) Ethel Mary [b 1875] who married Rev Richard Piers Whittington; (4) Alice Helena [b 1877] who married James Allan Coutts.

In his will, he left an estate of £1m. Using figures for average earnings, £1,000,000 in 1905 is roughly the equivalent of £426,000,000 today. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £453,537 19/- [resworn £453,960 14/6d].

He lived at The Grange, Hipperholme. In 1903, he inherited Woodfield, Hipperholme.

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1905

[1872-1961] MA. Son of George Watkinson.

Curate at Coley [1900] and Curate at Saint Matthew's Mission Church, Northowram [1891].

He was the first Vicar of the new Parish of Northowram at Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram [1910-1958]. He lived at Woodfield, rather than at Saint Matthew's Church Vicarage. His Curate lived at the Vicarage.

He resigned in 1958. He was Honorary Canon of Wakefield Cathedral.

He was a founder member of the Lightcliffe Lodge of Freemasons. He was a governor of Hipperholme Grammar School [1933].

He was interested in lepidoptery and had a large collection of moths and butterflies.

In 1902, he married Lucy, daughter of Thomas Luke Walsh, in Knaresborough.

Children: (1) George; (2) Phyllis Mary [b 1906]; (3) Lucy Margaret; (4) Elizabeth Angela; (5) Violet Stephanie Constance [1913-2005] who married Denis William Standeven; (6) Emma.

He lived at Grange, Lightcliffe. He inherited Woodfield, Hipperholme.

He built a Sunday School in the grounds of Woodfield.

In his will, he left £2,000 to Northowram Parish Church and £500 as an endowment for the church

Watkinson's: George Watkinson & Sons Limited

[1904-19??] Only son of Canon George Watkinson.

In 1927?, he married Marjorie Morton from Halifax.

He became a farmer in Salisbury, Wiltshire

Woolstaplers at Wade Street, Halifax. Established around 1870 by George Watkinson.

Partners included Samuel Watkinson.

The company diversified and had coal mining interests in Yorkshire and Wales.

In 1874, George managed the coal mines, but retired from managing the wool stapling business, and turned the operation over to his eldest son George, but continued as Chairman of the company. With son George, managing the woolstapling business, second son, John was made managing director of the company's coal mines in Wales.

They had several mines at Buckley, Flintshire:

Elm Number 1 [recorded in 1896]

Elm Number 3 [recorded in 1896]

Maesygrug [recorded in 1884]: In 1884, there was a strike at the Elm and Maesygrug pits after market conditions led managing director John Watkinson to reduce the miner's wages by 10%. On 13th August 1884, Watkinson terminated all the employees' contracts. This was the longest strike in the North Wales coalfields

Mountain [recorded in 1896]

New Ash [recorded in 1896]

Oak [recorded in 1896]

Willow which was bought from John Lassey around 1871

Watkinson Hall, Ovenden

Aka The Rookery. The first part of the hall was probably built by John Watkinson.

The second portion of was probably built around the time when John married in 1783. This portion of the house originally had a cloth warehouse built at the south end of it. This was pulled down when Beechwood Road was made about 1880.

Many members of the Watkinson family lived here.

Other owners and tenants have included

Henry Ambler [1874]

Watkinson, Hannah

[1798-1877] Daughter of John Watkinson.

She and her sister, Elizabeth, were assistants to Mrs Haugh of Doncaster, before they established ran Watkinson's School for Young Ladies, Halifax.

She married Thomas Turney. They lived at Park Lodge, Ovenden.

She and her husband were buried at Illingworth Church.

See Park Lodge, Ovenden

Watkinson, Henry

[1759-1831] An early member of the Watkinson family of Hipperholme.

He was a shalloon maker [1783, 1786]; a corn dealer [1792]; a manufacturer of Northowram [1788].

After the death of his father-in-law William Edwards, Henry took over as innkeeper of the Pine Apple, Halifax [1796, 1798, 1822]. In 1822, Henry is named as owner of the Pine Apple Inn.

On 20th April 1783, he married (1) Mary, daughter of William Edwards at Halifax Parish Church.

Children: (1) John [bapt 1785]; (2) Ann [bapt 1786-1787]; (3) William Edward [bapt 1788]; (4) George; (5) William [bapt 1794-1796]; (6) Elesabeth [bapt 1796]; (7) infant [1798]; (8) Edward [1798].

Mary died in childbirth, and she and and their newborn child, were buried on 7th February 1798. Edward, who appears to be a twin of this infant, was buried on 29th March 1798.

On 2nd November 1802, Henry married (2) Ellen Thompson [1768-1824] in Birstall.

Children: (9) Mary.

Henry died in Hightown, and was buried at Liversedge [21st January 1831]

Watkinson, Herbert

[1883-1949] Son of John Watkinson.

He became a barrister.

He lived at Brook Park, Northop, Flintshire.

After the death of his sister Marian and her husband Richard Kershaw, Herbert took their children in at Brook Park

After Herbert's death, his nephew Arthur Watkinson Kershaw removed most of the contents of Brook Park to Australia

Watkinson, James Bottomley

[1878-1922] Of Shelf Hall.

Son of Samuel Watkinson. Baptised at Coley [9th October 1878].

He was a wool merchant [1901]; a Councillor for Norwood Green.

On 21st August 1907, he married (1) Mary, daughter of Henry Waddington at Saint Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf.

Children: Mary Waddington (Watkinson) [b 1909].

His wife, Mary, died of complications following the birth of their daughter.

On 9th October 1912, he married (2) Mabel Oates [1891-19??], at Halifax Parish Church.

Children: (2) Samuel; (3) Richard Edward; (4) Geoffrey.

The family lived at Coley House, where he died [15th February 1922].

His will was proved by Samuel Watkinson of Perth House, Lightcliffe, Alfred Watkinson of Spring Hall, Shelf, and John Tordoff.

The family lived at Coley House, Coley.

He died at Coley House [14th February 1922].

Probate records show that he left personal effects valued at £61,184 8/-.

See Watkinson Memorial Offices, Norwood Green

[1???-1???] Or Watkinsone. Son of Thomas Watkinson

[1661-1731] Of Watkinson Hall, Ovenden.

He married (1) Susanna, daughter of Samuel Lister of Upper Brea.

Children: John.

After Susanna's death, he married (2) Judith Holdsworth from Northowram.

Judith was buried at Illingworth Church [11th May 1726].

John was buried at Illingworth Church [27th March 1731].

See Moor End Congregational Church, Pellon and James Waddington

[1693-1764] Son of John Watkinson

On 4th June 1718, he married Lydia Kershaw [1???-1753] from Ovenden.

Children: John.

The couple were buried at Illingworth Church: John [24th May 1764]; Lydia [10th February 1759]

[17??-18??] Around 1797, he built a mill at Holmfield. He carried out cotton spinning here.

In June 1812, he was declared bankrupt

[1721-1791] Son of John Watkinson.

He was a Constable of Ovenden [1758] and one of the Overseers for the Poor for Ovenden [1760].

In 1760, he was described as

of Moorside

In 1777, he subscribed £50 towards the rebuilding of Illingworth Church in which he took a deep interest.

He married Sarah Ramsden from Illingworth.

Children: (1) John; (2) Joseph.

He gave Park Lodge, Ovenden to his son Joseph who did not marry.

It is likely that he built the first part of the present Watkinson Hall.

He died 9th November 1791. He was buried at Illingworth Church

[1753-1834] Son of John Watkinson.

In 1783, he married Jane Waddington [1757-1844] from Clapham.

Children: (1) Hannah; (2) Elizabeth; (3) daughter; (4) daughter; (5) son; (6) son.

John died at his house in Ward's End, Halifax [5th June 1834] (aged 81)/ He was buried at Illingworth Church [10th June 1834]

Watkinson, John Ellis

[1845-1907] Son of George Watkinson. Born in Halifax [6th November 1845].

Partner in George Watkinson & Sons.

John was made managing director of the company's coal mines in Wales, and his brother George was managing the family's woolstapling business,

In 1871, John went to Buckley, Flintshire, to assess the prospects of investing in coal mining there.

Around 1872, he bought the Buckley Colliery Company – from John Lassey – for £7,000.

He was a colliery proprietor (employing 800 men) [1881]; a farmer of 27 acres (employing 1 man) [1881]; managing director of the Buckley Colliery Company [1884].

On 13th January 1875, he married Mary Ann Sutcliffe [1854-1925], at Heptonstall.

Mary Ann was the daughter of John Sutcliffe

Children: (1) Marian [1876-1913] who married Richard Kershaw; (2) John [b 1877]; (3) Frederick [b 1880]; (4) Fanny [b 1881]; (5) Herbert; (6) Arthur; (7) (possibly) Maud [1886] who died in infancy.

The family lived at Brook Park, Northop, Flintshire [1881, 1891, 1901, 1907].

John died at Brook Park, Northop, Flintshire [26th May 1907].

Probate records show that he left personal effects valued at £275,891 11/7d

[18??-18??] Grocer at Northgate, Halifax [1850]

Watkinson, John Speak

[1909-19??] Son of Samuel Watkinson.

He inherited from his greatuncle John Speak

Watkinson, Joseph

[1629-1696] Of Illingworth.

He married Grace [1634-1697], daughter of Joseph Wood.

Children: John.

The family lived at Moorside House, Ovenden.

He was followed by his son John and successive Johns in the ownership of the house at Moorside.

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church. His wife died 6 weeks later

Watkinson, Joseph

[1757-1818] Son of John Watkinson.

Fancy stuff manufacturer at Ovenden [1809].

He did not marry. His father gave him Park Lodge, Ovenden. He lived there.

Joseph was taken suddenly ill in Halifax Piece Hall on Saturday morning, 24th January 1818. He was carried to the home of his brother John in Northgate, where he died next day.

He was buried at Illingworth Church [29th January 1818]. Anne Lister described the funeral in her journals

Watkinson, Lucy Margaret

[1908-19??] Aka Peggy. Second daughter of Canon George Watkinson.

She married Dr Thomas Lindsay Clark.

See Saint Matthew's Sunday School, Northowram

Watkinson, Maria

[1723-1726] Only daughter of Rev Edward Watkinson.

There is a memorial to her in Halifax Parish Church. The epitaph on the memorial is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

Watkinson Memorial Offices, Norwood Green

In 1922, Samuel Watkinson presented the Parish Council Offices to Norwood Green in memory of his son, James Bottomley

Watkinson, Mr

[18??-18??] Partner in Watkinson & Crabtree [1865]

Watkinson, Samuel

[1848-1939] Third son of George Watkinson.

See Dr F. A. Roberts and Watkinson Memorial Offices, Norwood Green

Watkinson, Samuel

[1878-1936] Son of Samuel Watkinson. Born in Northowram. Baptised at Coley [9th October 1878].

He was a worsted manufacturer [1901, 1911].

On 16th June 1908, he married (1) Alice Dora Speak, at Illingworth church.

Children: John Speak.

Alice Dora died of complications following the birth of their son.

He married (2) Marion Priestley.

The family lived at Woodside, Shelf; Perth House, Lightcliffe [1936].

He died at Perth House, Lightcliffe [21st February 1936].

Probate records show that he left personal effects valued at £67,868 8/10d

Watkinson, Samuel Lord

[1874-1915] Son of George Watkinson.

He lived at The Grange, Lightcliffe. He was a member of the West Riding County Council.

In 1909, he married Annie Charteris [b 1871] in Halifax.

Children: (1) William Edward Charteris; (2) son; (3) Violet Corrie who married [1936?] Rodney Frances Turner of Derbyshire.

On 8th February 1911, he gave £3,000 for the erection of the tower, the completion of the bells, and the provision of a clock at Saint Matthew's, Northowram. Using figures for average earnings, £3,000 in 1911 is roughly the equivalent of £1,190,000 today.

In his will, he left bequests to Lightcliffe Parish Church, the Royal Halifax Infirmary, Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram, and the Halifax Tradesmen's Benevolent Institution

Watkinson, Sarah Ellen

[1886-1968] Aka Nellie. Daughter of Samuel Watkinson. Baptised at Coley [29th September 1886].

In 1905, she travelled to the USA with her father.

She married Alfred Edward Sykes.

Alfred and Nellie separated in the late 1920s. She stayed on at Ing Royd until the 1950s when she sold the house and moved to Savile Dene

Watkinson, Thomas

[1535-1???] Or Watkinsone. Born in Giggleswick [?].

On 27th October 1577, he married Isobel Brodlye [15??-1578] at Northowram.

Children: John Watkinson

Watkinson, William Edward Charteris

[1910-1981] Elder son of Samuel Lord Watkinson. Born in Knaresborough.

He came to live at The Grange, Lightcliffe. After the death of his father, he went to live in Malvern.

In the 1930s, he was known as a rally driver and trials drivers for MG and other car makers.

In 1935, there was an announcement of his engagement to Jocelyn Philippa Turner of Derbyshire.

In 1938, there was an announcement of his engagement to Glenda Fleming of Groombridge.

In 1942, he married Anne Farmer

Watling, Roy

[1938-] MBE, F.I.Biol, C.Biol, F.L.S. Well-known mycologist. Educated at All Saint's Primary Salterhebble and Heath Grammar School

Watman

[17??-18??] MA. Of Erringden [1822]

See the Foldout for a composite list of individuals with this and all similar surnames

Watman, Rev Peter

Watmore

[16??-17??] Halifax jail-keeper.

See the Foldout for a composite list of individuals with this and all similar surnames

Watmough

Other forms of the surname include Watman, Watmore, Wattmaughe, Wattmoughe and Whatmore

See the Foldout for a composite list of individuals with this and all similar surnames

George Redmonds writes that William Watman/Watmore/Wattmoughe is recorded in Halifax in 1541-1557, and Henry Watman/Watmaughe is recorded in Halifax in 1549-1555

There are currently only around 5 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Watmough. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

Watmough, Hugh

[1???-1???] Son of John Watmough.

He inherited Thornton Hall, Bradford.

He married Susan, daughter of Dr John Favour

Watmough, John

[1537-1601] Son of William Watmough. Born at Halifax.

In the 1590s, he was appointed as High Constable of Halifax.

He married (1) Unknown.

He married (2) Grace [15??-1623].

Children: (1) Hugh; (2) Martha; (3) Edith; (4) Esther; (5) Isabel; (6) Grace; (7) Margaret.

He had property in the district – including Bell Croft and Winding Hill Close - and elsewhere. In 1572, he acquired some land at Thornton, Bradford from the Tempest family, and built Thornton Hall

Watmough, Robert

[16??-1???] Lived at Lacey Hey Farm, Midgley. There is a datestone RW/1672 for him.

In 1699, he sold the property to Edward Baskerville

Watmough, Thomas

In 1???, he married (1) Unknown [16??-1710].

In July 1710, he married (2) Unknown

Watmough, William

[15??-15??] From Lancashire.

He married Margaret.

Children: (1) John; (2) Margaret [b 1539]

Watson

20th century clothing manufacturer at Townson Works, Hebden Bridge

There are currently around 26 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Watson. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

Watson, Alan

[1???-19??] JP. He was Mayor of Todmorden [1959-1960]

Watson & Foster

Woolstaplers at Halifax. Partners included Mr Watson and Mr Foster.

The partnership was dissolved in December 1868

Watson & Townend

Watson, Andrew

[1857-1???] Born in British Guiana. He lived in Halifax [1864-1870]. In August 1866, he attended Heath Grammar School. He went to public school in London. He was the first black man to play for a senior British football team, and the first black international football captain. He was Scottish football captain

Watson, Arthur

[1877-1940] The 63-year-old was one of the 11 civilian casualties of the Hanson Lane bomb which fell on 22nd November 1940. He died on the same day

Watson Brothers

Card makers and card clothing manufacturers at Union Mills, Halifax [1905, 1923], and Savile Mill, Halifax [1936]

See George Walker Highley

Watson, Charles

[18??-18??] He ran a school in Halifax [around 1850].

He lived at Rhodes Street, Halifax [1850]

Watson, Charles

[18??-19??] FRSA. Schoolmaster at Edwards Akroyd's Haley Hill College.

He designed and patented a syphon ventilator. He designed a ventilation system for Mulcture Hall, Halifax,

Around 1855, he established an engineering business making the ventilators.

The firm's products included

Watson syphon ventilator
Watson's double current syphon ventilator
Excelsior syphon ventilator
Excelsior outlet ventilator

Their products were installed for the Royal family at Windsor Castle, Frogmore, and Sandringham House.

The business became Hill & Hey in 1871.

See Double current ventilators

Watson Crossing, Sowerby Bridge

A halt on the railway line between Sowerby Bridge and Triangle.

Vacuum-operated steps allowed the passengers of the motor train to use the ground-level platform at the Crossing.

Opened in 1907.

On 16th August 1926, a number of runaway railway coaches crashed here.

It closed in July 1929.

See Motor Train

Watson, Dyson

[1???-1???] He was a member of the Calder Valley Poets

Watson, Harling

[18??-19??] Licensee of the Kimberley Arms, Halifax [1905]. Partner in Turner & Watson

Watson's: Henry Watson Limited

Printer at Southgate, Elland [1906]

See Halifax Street Guide

Watson House, Southowram

[1???-1930] Cotton manufacturer.

Benjamin Thomas Thompson [1871]

Joseph Thompson [1905]

Benjamin Townley Thompson [1957]

William Holdsworth Thompson [1973]

See Watson Quarries, Southowram

Watson, James

He lived at Field House, Mytholmroyd

Watson, Rev John

[17??-18??] AM. Brother of Rev Thomas Watson.

He was Vicar of Coley [1791]

Watson, Rev John

[1724-1783] Born in Cheshire [26th March 1724]. He was Curate at Halifax [1750] and Curate at Ripponden [1754-1769].

He was a well-known local historian and antiquary, and author of the classic History and Antiquities of The Parish of Halifax in Yorkshire.

See E. Jacobs and William Williams

Watson, John James

[1848-1871] Born in Halifax.

He was an ironmonger employing 3 men & 1 boy [1871]. In 1870, he married Jane Elizabeth Nicholson, in Halifax.

In 1883, Jane Elizabeth married Henry Raphael Oddy.

The family lived at 6 Green Hill Terrace, Halifax [1871]

Watson, Keith

[19??-] In December 2010, he took over from Ann McAllister as Mayor of Calderdale [2010-2011]. His wife, Eileen, was Mayoress

Watson Limited

Printers at Southgate Printing Works, Elland [1905]

Watson Mill Bridge, Sowerby Bridge

Crosses the Ryburn. Mentioned in the 17th century. It was rebuilt in 1660 when the road to Watson Mill was constructed

Watson, Milnes

[1837-1875] Innkeeper of Halifax.

He died 7th July 1875.

He was buried at Christ Church, Pellon

Watson, Mr

[17??-1793] Of Halifax.

On 12th April 1793, he was executed at the Tyburn, York

for breaking open and robbing the dwelling-house of John Ambler, of Halifax, and stealing therefrom 1 mahogany desk, 7 or 8 guineas in gold and other articles to a considerable amount

Watson, Peter

[18??-18??] Saddler and harness maker, and cementer of mill straps at Hebden Bridge and at Hall End, Halifax [1845]

Watson, Richard

[17??-1793] Of Halifax.

On 12th April 1793, he was executed at the Tyburn, York for breaking open the dwelling house of John Ambler in Halifax, and stealing 1 mahogany desk, 7 or 8 guineas, and other articles to a considerable amount

Watson, Rosamund

[15??-16??] Of Halifax. Wife of John Waddington

Watson, Rowland

[1710-1776] Of Keighley.

He (possibly) married Mary.

Children: (1) Ann [1737-1780] who married Thomas Ramsden; (2) Mary [1738-1785] who married Elkanah Hoyle.

In his will of 7th May 1776, he left

all his freehold lands in Keighley and all his messuages at Hill Top in Keighley to his daughter Ann, wife of Thomas Ramsden of Halifax, gent; £1000 to Thomas Ramsden and John Clapham of Utley, shalloon maker, upon trust that they put it out at interest and pay the interest to his daughter Mary the wife of Elkanah Hoyle of Hipperholme, gent, and after her death to pay £200 to his grandsons Rowland Ramsden and Rowland Hoyle, and the £800 residue to Luke, Elkanah, Rowland, and Mary the children of Mary and Elkanah Hoyle.
To Thomas Ramsden and John Clapham all his household goods, on trust that they permit his daughter Mary to have the use thereof, and after her death to go to her children.
He acquits Elkanah Hoyle of all loans and leaves to Sarah Ratcliffe his housekeeper £20, and to Henry Smith his servant £10, and the residue of his personal estate after his debts have been paid to his daughter Ann Ramsden whom he appoints sole executrix

Watson, Solomon

[18??-19??] In December 1901, he applied for patents

for improvements in and relating to wire mattresses

Watson, Solomon

[1844-19??] Born in Howden Dyke, Yorkshire.

He was bookkeeper at a timber yard in Halifax [1871]; merchant's clerk and innkeeper at Ward's End, Halifax [1881]; publican at the Shakespeare, Halifax [1887]; publican at Sowerby Bridge [1900].

He married (1) Caroline Emma [1847-1875] from Knaresborough.

Children: (1) George Herbert [b 1867]; (2) Annie Eliza [b 1873].

In 1878, he married (2) Elizabeth Rowlings [1858-1???] from Halifax, in Halifax.

Children: (3) Eleanor Gertrude [1879-19??] who married Cyrus Sing Lloyd.

The family lived at 48 Great Albion Street, Halifax [1871]; 2 Ward's End, Halifax [1881]

Watson, Rev Thomas

[1758-1833] Brother of Rev John Watson. Vicar of Elland [1793]. He died at Eden Hall, Penrith

Watson, W.

[18??-18??] Ironmonger at Elland.

In 1849, he was declared bankrupt

Watson-Wentworth, Charles

[1730-1782] 2nd Marquess of Rockingham. He was Whig Prime Minister 1765-1766 and 1782. He was Lord Lieutenant of the county.

In November 1769, he presided at the enquiry which he had called to discuss the problem of the coiners and the murder of William Deighton.

He was popular in the town and was greeted by a special peal of bells at Halifax Parish Church on his arrival. During the visit, he stayed with John Royds at Royds House.

Watson, William

[17??-18??] Watchmaker and clockmaker at Elland [1834]

Watson, William

[18??-19??] Of 9 Sholebrook Terrace, Leeds.

In 1903, he was one of the first people to be granted a motor drivers' licence, and may have been chauffeur to a family in Halifax

Watson, William Briggs

[18??-19??] Of Higgins & Company.

He lived at Bull Close Lane, Halifax [1905]

Watson, Willie

[1920-2004] England test cricketer and England international footballer.

He appeared at the Shay – as player-manager between 1954 and 1956, and as manager from 1964 to 1966. He played cricket for Yorkshire and played in 23 Tests for England including 7 against Australia. He played 4 times for the England national football team and when he joined Halifax Town, he was one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year. He scored more than 25,500 first-class runs in his career that also included county appearances with Leicestershire. After leaving Halifax Town, he played for the England Test side for the 1957/58 Ashes tour.

He emigrated to South Africa in 1968

Watterson: John Watterson & Company

Wool and waste dealer at West Vale.

In October 1880, the company was declared bankrupt

Wattmaughe

See the Foldout for a composite list of individuals with this and all similar surnames

Wattmoughe

[1801-18??] Born in London.

See the Foldout for a composite list of individuals with this and all similar surnames

Watts & Naylor

Carpet manufacturer at Calder Carpet Works, Brighouse. Partners included E. Watts, T. Naylor and J. W. Naylor.

The partnership was dissolved in April 1868

Watts, Rev Henry

He was a Methodist New Connexion minister in Halifax [1837].

In 1837, he married Susannah, daughter of James Walsh, in Halifax.

Children: Eliza [b 1836].

They lived at 10 Brunswick Street, Halifax [1837]; Stannary, Halifax [1841]; 9 Chapel Terrace, Stafford, Staffordshire [1851]; 156 Great Dover Street, Newington, Lancashire [1861]

Watts, Rev John William

[1807-18??] Vicar of Bicester.

He married Rebecca [b 1806] who was born in Antigua, West Indies.

Children: (1) Langford Lovell; (2) Agnes [b 1836].

He died on the Isle of Wight

Watts, Rev Langford Lovell

[1834-1882] Son of Rev John William Watts. Born in Bath.

He was at Saint Aidan's College, Birkenhead before becoming Perpetual Curate at Stainland [1861, 1874].

On 2nd October 1860, he married Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Rev Charles Rogers.

Children: (1) Henry Langford [b 1862]; (2) Edith Mary [b 1865].

Living with them in 1871 was niece Letitia Mary Pollitt [b 1847] from Sowerby Bridge.

He died on the Isle of Wight

Watts Wrigley & Son

Silk waste spinners established by Watts Wrigley at Brow Mills, Sowerby Bridge [1832], and at Shay Lane Mill, Holmfield which they built about 1836.

In 1835, the firm was one of the subscribers to the Halifax Dispensary, giving 5 guineas

Watty House, Todmorden

Watty Place, Todmorden

Samuel Starkie [1897]

John Thomas Ogden [1905]

Watty Scout, Todmorden

William Greenwood and other members of his family

Dulesgate. Rock outcrop about 120 ft high

Waugh, Anna Mary

[1853-1928] Daughter of Edward Waugh, a solicitor in London. Born in Cumberland.

She was the second wife of Frederick Walter Hadwen.

She died at The Dene, Triangle.

She and her husband were buried at Saint Mary's Church, Cottonstones

Waugh, Mr

[15??-16??] Vicar of Coley [1623]

Wavell, Edmund Minson

[1807-1898] JP. Born in Newport, Isle of Wight [25th September 1807].

He became a law student [1823], and a solicitor [April 1830]. He moved to Halifax where he became an attorney [1833].

He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835].

He had an office at Union Street, Halifax [1834].

John Edward Rice Jones was articled to Wavell.

He and Johnson Atkinson Busfeild were involved in the formation of the Halifax, Bradford & Keighley Insurance Company.

He was an agent for the Phoenix & Protector Fire Offices [1836]

He was one of the original guarantors of the Yorkshire Penny Bank.

He went into partnership with his son, Edmund, and Henry John Philbrick as Wavell, Philbrick, Foster & Wavell [1852]

He was the first president of the Halifax Law Society [1886].

He retired in 1896, being the oldest practising solicitor in the country at the time.

He was Halifax Town Clerk [1850, 1856]; Chairman of the Calder & Hebble Navigation Company [1886]; President of King Cross Constitutional Club.

In [Q3] 1838, he married Mary Annie Browne.

Mary Ann was the daughter of George Buckstone Browne

Children: (1) Mary Anne / Marianne [b 1840] who married [16th October 1861] William Wakefield; (2) Edmund; (3) Sophia Elizabeth [b 1844]; (4) George Henry [b 1846]; (5) Frances Jane [b 1847]; (6) Louisa Tabitha [b 1848] who married [1887] Joseph Warrall in Halifax.

Sophia was a pupil at Calcloth Hall, Newton Heath, Manchester [1861].

The family lived at New Road, Halifax [1841, 1850]; Field House, Halifax [1851, 1861, 1881, 1898].

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1898.

See Halifax Town Hall, Saint James's Club, Halifax, Wavell, Kerr & Kerr and Wavell, Son & Marshall

He was buried at Saint Paul's Church, King Cross

Wavell, Edmund Minson

[1843-1894] Son of Edmund Minson Wavell.

He was a student at Middle Temple [1871], a solicitor at Halifax [1881], and a partner in Wavell, Philbrick, Foster & Wavell and Wavell, Son & Marshall. He was a Colonel 4th Battery of 2nd West Yorks Garrison Artillery Volunteers [1907].

In 1880, he married Mary Helen, eldest daughter of William Foster.

They lived at Field House, Halifax [1871]; Holme Leigh, Skircoat [1881]; 6 Park Road, Halifax [1887].

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1894.

Helen Mary Wavell [late of 9 Park Road, Halifax] died at Livingstone Mansions, Queens Club Gardens, London.

She was buried at Saint Paul's Church, King Cross

Wavell, Florence Mary

[18??-19??] Daughter of ??.

She lived at 6 Park Road, Halifax [1891].

In 1903, she was one of the first people to be granted a car registration and a motor drivers' licence

Wavell, George Henry

[1846-1???] (Possibly) son of Edmund Minson Wavell.

He was a scholar at Sedburgh Free Grammar School [1861]; a solicitor (not in practice) [1881]

Wavell, Kerr & Kerr

Halifax solicitors established around 1895.

Partners included Edmund Minson Wavell, Robert Moffat Kerr, and John Milton Kerr

Wavell, Philbrick & Foster

Halifax attorneys. Partners included Edmund Minson Wavell and Henry John Philbrick.

See Robert Moffat Kerr and Wavell, Philbrick, Foster & Wavell

Wavell, Philbrick, Foster & Wavell

Solicitors.

They were at 14 George Street, Halifax [1868] and 26 George Street, Halifax [1874].

Partners included Edmund Minson Wavell and Henry John Philbrick.

See Wavell, Philbrick & Foster

Wavell, Son & Marshall

Halifax solicitors [1898]. Partners (possibly) included Edmund Minson Wavell, Edmund Minson Wavell, and Harold Marshall

Wavell, Sophia Elizabeth

[18??-1???] On Wednesday, 4th January 1871, she married Ronald Currie MD at Square Church, Halifax

Wavy Steps, Hebden Bridge

A set of suitably fashionable steps constructed in 2077, and leading down to Hebden Water near River Cottage

Wawn, Rev William Hey

[1818-1896] BA. Perpetual Curate at Coley [1847]. He resigned in 1892.

He died at Stockport

Wawne, Thomas

[16??-16??] Of Sowerby. In 1671, he, John Brigg, Thomas Holt and Abraham Wadsworth were amongst a number of local people who had supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War and who received a pension of 6/5d per year under a county-based pension scheme set up in 1662 for

the reliefe of poore and maimed Officers and Souldiers who have faithfully served His Majesty and His Royal Father in the late [Civil] Wars

Wax, Halifax is made of

An old rhyme runs:

Halifax is built of wax
Heptonstall of stone
There's pretty girls in Halifax
In Heptonstall, there's none

Hanson suggest that this may have been sung in the 18th century when houses in Halifax were first built of brick, the colour of which resembled sealing wax

Way Stone Edge, Rishworth

A steep escarpment overlooking the M62

Wayman, Alice Mary

[1863-1944] Youngest daughter of Thomas Wayman. Born in Halifax [11th May 1863].

On 22nd July 1890, she married Dr Henry James Edwards from Windermere at Park Congregational Church.

She died 2nd February 1944

Wayman, Annie

[1857-1881] Daughter of Thomas Wayman.

She was the first wife of Henry Edmunds. She was married from The Grove, Halifax.

She died in childbirth in 1881, giving birth to twins – Claud Henry and Dorothy Annie.

She was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery

Wayman, Frederick Ellis

[1861-1940] JP.

On 26th August 1890, he married Annie Louise Baines, niece of William Ambler.

He lived at 4 Heath Villas, Halifax [1905].

He died 25th November 1940

Wayman, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Holdsworth

[1877-1933] OBE, DL. Son of William Henry Wayman.

He married Dorothy.

Children: daughter [b 1925]

Wayman, Maurice

[18??-19??] In 1916, he bought Giles House, Hove Edge from the Kershaw family

Wayman, Sons & Company

Woollen manufacturers at Haley Hill Mills, Halifax [1905]

Wayman, Thomas

[1833-1901] JP, MP.

Son of William Henry Wayman. Born in Orange Street, Halifax.

He was educated at private schools in Halifax.

He carried on business as a woolstapler until 1892. He was active in local affairs and was a member of Halifax Town Council [1865-1877, 1882-1886]; Mayor of Halifax [1872-1874]; Vice-Chairman of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce; a governor of Crossley Orphanage [1885]; associated with Sion Chapel, Halifax.

In 1856, he married Sarah Ellis at Sion Congregational Church, Halifax.

Children: (1) Annie; (2) Alice Mary.

The family lived at Savile Close, Halifax; The Grove, Halifax [1880]; Banbury, Oxfordshire [1901].

He was Liberal MP for Elland from 1885, beating F. C. Rasch [1885], J. Fitzalan Hope [1892], and Arthur Travis Clay [1895]. He held the post until he retired due to ill-health on 17th February 1899.

He died at South Bank, Banbury, Oxfordshire [9th February 1901].

See Halifax White Swan Company Limited

Wayman's: Thomas Wayman & Company

Halifax woolstaplers, wool merchants and top makers. They were at 27 Horton Street, Halifax [1905].

The company's names appears on the wall outside Bracken's Warehouse in Horton Street.

See Thomas Ogden and William Henry Wayman

Wayman, William Henry

[1801-18??] Card maker of Halifax.

On 26th October 1833, he married Nanny Rawcliffe. Children: (1) Thomas; (2) George [b 1852] who was a coal merchant [1891].

The family lived at 19 Cromwell Terrace, Halifax [1891].

William Henry was dead by 1891

Wayman, William Henry

[1848-1929] Worked for Thomas Wayman & Company.

He married (1) Mary Ann Holdsworth.

Children: (1) Henry Holdsworth; (2) son; (3) daughter.

In 1879, he married (2) Jessie Margaret Whitley.

Children: (4) son; (5) Nora [b 1886] who married Richard Edgar Sugden; (6) daughter

Wayte, Frank Edward

[18??-19??] Physician and surgeon at Halifax. His surgery was at 86 Hanson Lane [1905]

Weasel Hall Cottage, Erringden

2 New Road

Constructed about 1840 by the Manchester & Leeds Railway Company to replace the original Weasel Hall which was demolished when the railway line was built.

It is now private dwellings

Weasel Hall, Hebden Bridge

Demolished about 1840 when the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway line was built. Weasel Hall Cottage was built

Weasel Hall Tunnel, Hebden Bridge

Railway tunnel

Weather

Weather station

A meteorological recording station was set up at Belle Vue in 1892

Weatherall, Billy

[1???-19??] Of Warrington.

On 28th October 1933, he set a new world skating record of 112 hours 46 minutes at Sowerby Bridge Town Hall

On 18th November 1933, he set a new roller skating record of 113 hours 4 minutes set in Halifax

Weatherhead, James

[1???-17??] Merchant. Recorded in 1735 at Hough Hall, Halifax

Weatherhead, John W.

[1867-19??] Born in Leeds. Landlord of the Rising Sun, Rastrick [1901].

He married Fanny [1865-19??] from Leeds

Weatherill, James

[1784-1859] He was a stone mason.

He married Nelly Newall of Walsden [1782-1859].

Children: (1) Sarah; (2) Richard; (3) William.

He died on 5th July 1859 when John Holden's joiner's shop in Union Street, Todmorden collapsed, killing James and Abraham Crossley who were working there at the time.

James's wife, Nelly, never recovered from the shock and died a few months later on 18th September.

The couple were buried at Christ Church, Todmorden

Weatherill, Miles

[1845-1868] Son of Richard Weatherill.

A cotton worker or check-weaver of Back Brook Street, Todmorden.

It is said that his father, Richard, was eccentric and once locked baby Miles in a drawer and told his wife, Alice, that a woman had taken him away. It was 2 hours later, before Alice found the baby in the drawer.

Miles was generally regarded as being

a young man of good character and conduct

although newspapers reported that

no gentleman's housemaid was free from his solicitations

He was a Methodist before he began to attend Christ Church, Todmorden. Weatherill met his sweetheart, Sarah Bell, at Sunday School. The relationship led to the murder of Rev Plow at Todmorden.

At 8:00 am on 4th April 1868, Weatherill and a 30-year-old weaver, Timothy Faherty, who had murdered a girl from Droylsden, were the last men to be publicly hanged outside the New Bailey Prison in Manchester. Both were buried in the Prison Yard at Manchester.

After the hanging, a friend found a letter in Weatherill's cell in which he wrote

You know I am to hang. It is an awful shameful death to die

An effigy of Weatherill was installed at Madame Tussaud's.

See James Weatherill

Weatherill, Richard

[1???-1???] He married Alice.

Children: Miles Weatherill.

It is said that Richard was eccentric and once locked baby Miles in a drawer and told his wife, Alice, that a woman had taken him away. It was 2 hours later, before Alice found the baby in the drawer

Weaver

An archive of over 22,000 images of historical documents and photographs illustrating the history of Calderdale. The archive is compiled by Calderdale Council. The collection includes postcards, newspaper reports, maps and photographs, personal diaries and accounts, business records, wills, Acts of Parliament, and census returns.

Weaver to Web

Weavers' Cottages

These are a distinctive feature of 18th/19th century housing in the district. Typically, they have windows set high in the upper floor, so as to give maximum light to the handloom weavers working there.

Some examples can be seen at

Green End, Old Town

Weavers' Rhyme

An 18th/19th century rhyme records the route from the west along the Long Causeway which the weavers took between their homes and their markets:

Burnley for ready money,
Mereclough noa trust,
ye're peepin in at Stiperden,
But call at Kebs, ye must,
Blackshawhead for travellers,
and Heptonstall for trust,
Hepton Brig for landladies,
and Midgley near the moor,
Luddenden's a warm shop,
Royle's Head's varry cold,
if ye get to Halifax,
ye mun be varry bold

In order to make lines 4-7 scan, Donald Haigh has suggested that they should be:

Blackshawhead for travellers,
and Heptonstall for whores,
Hepton Brig for landladies,
and Midgley near the moors,

See Hull, Hell & Halifax

Web Archive of the Calderdale Companion

The British Library has included the Calderdale Companion in their online Archives at

http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/

Webb

An occupational surname meaning a weaver, usually male. The female form is Webster

There are currently only around 3 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Webb. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

Webb's: Henry Webb & Company

Tar distillers at Rastrick [1874]

Webb, Rev James

[1826-1876] He was Vicar of Hartshead-cum-Clifton [1866-1876] and Master of Clifton Free School [1867-1873], taking over from Rev James Webb.

He resigned in August 1876.

He left the district and died at Bournemouth [21st December 1876]

Webb, Captain Matthew

[1848-1883] In the 1870s, he trained at Hollingworth Lake for his cross-channel swim

Webb, Samuel

[18??-18??] Manufacturer of sanitary pipes, chimney tops, ridge tiles, fire and common bricks, boiler blocks, and flue covers at New Bank, Halifax [1874]

Webb, Thornton & Shaw

Fire and common brick manufacturer at Bank Top, Northowram [1861]

Webster

An occupational surname meaning a weaver, usually female. A Thomas the Webster of Hipperholme is mentioned in court rolls of May 1275.

The male form is Webb.

See Textor

There are currently around 34 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Webster. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

Webster, Abraham

[17??-1828] Of Pole Moor. Pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [1818]. He resigned in 1819

Webster & Wade

Marble masons at 7 Aked's Road, Halifax [1905]

Webster, Ann

[1???-18??] She ran a private school in Halifax.

In 1845, Hannah and Ann Webster had a ladies' boarding school at Ward's Hall, Halifax

Webster, Bethia

[1739-1788] Daughter of Mr Webster.

She married John Crossley who worked for her father. On their marriage record, the couple sign themselves

Bethiah Webster and John Crosley

She died when her son Isaac was born

Webster's, Brighouse

Brighouse furniture business. Established in 1865. The company now occupies a series of 4 shops in Commercial Street

Webster, Charles

[18??-19??] Son of George Webster.

He took over the family business.

He lived at Heath Villas, Halifax [1874]

Webster, Clifford Dyson

[1935-] MA. Born in the Leeds area. He was the first Archivist for Halifax [1964-1966]. He now lives in the Isle of Wight

Webster, Eric

[1920-2005] Local historian and author. He attended Heath Grammar School [1931-1937]. He served with Royal Navy during World War II. He taught in various secondary schools in Halifax and Sowerby Bridge.

His publications include

Halifax, the town we live in [1965]

Industrial Town: Halifax [1969]

19th Century Halifax: Travel And Transport [1982]

Akroydon: A New Town 1860 [1988]

Dean Clough & the Crossley Inheritance [1988]

Textiles & Tools: 19th century industries in Calderdale [1990]

Textiles In Local History [1990]

From Rule of Thumb to CNC [1997]

and many articles for the Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society

Webster, Frederick

[1848-1913] Son of Samuel Webster.

He was unmarried [1871]; a bookkeeper [1871].

He was buried at Christ Church, Pellon

Webster, George

[1???-18??] Landlord of the Duke of York, Rastrick [1829].

He (possibly) married Mercy [1???-1838].

After George's death, Mercy took over at the Duke of York [1834].

She had a brewing business near Brighouse Railway Station

Webster, George

[17??-18??] Grocer and confectioner who established George Webster & Son.

He married Unknown.

Children: Charles.

He lived at Bond Street, Halifax [1874].

See Partners in Halifax Commercial Banking Company

Webster, George Henry

[1840-1901] Son of Samuel Webster. Born in Ovenden.

He was a brewer employing 17 men [1871]; a brewer [1872]; a brewer (owner) [1881]; an ale/porter brewer [1891]. He became a partner in Samuel Webster & Sons Limited.

He married Eliza Webster [1845-1903] from Wadsworth.

Children: (1) Beatrice Mary [1871-1872]; (2) Gertrude [b 1873]; (3) Lillian [b 1877]; (4) Beryl [b 1885].

The family lived at Clough House, Ovenden Wood [1871, 1872]; Buckley Gate, Ovenden [1881, 1891]; Savile Close, Halifax.

There were visitors, lodgers and boarders with the family: Lydia Bedford [aged 20] unmarried domestic servant, born Warley, Sleeping in the Beerhouse [1871].

He died 10th January 1901 [aged 61].

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Pellon

Webster's: George Webster & Son Limited

In 1819, George Webster had a grocery and confectionery business in 6 Southgate, Halifax and another at Hipperholme cross-roads (next to the Infants' School). In 1828, he established his tea and grocery business at 3 and 5 Silver Street / Commercial Street, Halifax.

His son, Charles, took over the business, becoming sole partner.

In 1874, they were at 7 Union Street, Halifax.

Later, the company had the Mikado Café [1889], and the Imperial Café [1908].

In 1936, they had a shop in The Arcade Royale, Halifax.

The company went out of business in 1963

Webster's Green Label

Beer introduced by Samuel Webster's in 1928

Webster, Hannah Maria

[1822-1854] Of Bramley Lane, Hipperholme.

She was buried at Mount Zion Chapel, Lightcliffe

Webster, Herbert

[1880-19??] Born in Skircoat Green.

His granddaughter, Lesley Abernethy, writes

According to family legend, the 10-year-old Herbert was Mackintosh's first employee, earning pocket money stirring pans of toffee in Mrs Mackintosh's kitchen

Webster's, Hipperholme

A branch of George Webster & Son Limited stood at Hipperholme cross-roads (next to the Infants' School). It is now [2012] an office equipment company

Webster, Isaac

[1824-1891] Son of James Webster Born in Warley. Baptised at Warley Congregational Church [1825].

He was a woolsorter [1841]; a brewer's labourer [1851]; a farmer of 10 acres and beer seller at the Fountain Head, Pellon [1861]; a farmer of 11 acres at the Fountain Head, Pellon [1871]; a retired farmer [1881].

In 1849, he married Sarah Gledhill [1830-1872] in Halifax.

Children: (1) Ralph [b 1850] who was a joiner [1871]; (2) Walter [b 1855] who was a farmer's boy [1871], a brewer's man b.ovenden [1881]; (3) Sam [b 1857] who was a butcher [1881]; (4) Julia Ann [b 1860]; (5) Albert [b 1862] who was a joiner [1881]; (6) Edwin [b 1864] who was a butcher [1881], a brewer's drayman [1891]; (7) Susannah [b 1867].

The family lived at Ovenden Wood, New Long Cans, Ovenden [1851]; Fountain Head, New Pellon, Ovenden [1861]; Fountain Head Inn, Pellon, Ovenden [1871]; 23 Mount Pellon, Ovenden [1881, 1891].

Living with them in 1861 was boarder Samuel Gledhill [aged 41] (carpet weaver).

Living with them in 1871 were boarders Samuel Gledhill [aged 51] (carpet factory worker) and John Sutcliffe [aged 66] (farmer's labourer)

Webster, Isaac

[1837-19??] Son of Samuel Webster. Born in Halifax.

He was a brewer, wine & spirit merchant [1871]; a master brewer [1891]. He became a partner in Samuel Webster & Sons Limited.

In 1870, he married Emily Dawson [1849-1???] from Openshaw, Lancashire, in Halifax.

Children: (1) Edith [b 1872]; (2) (possibly) Lawrence [b 1875]; (3) Samuel Wentworth [b 1875].

The family lived at Buckley Gate Hall, Ovenden [1871]; 4 Park Villas, Halifax [1881, 1891].

There were visitors, lodgers and boarders with the family: Isaac's married sister Elizabeth Ann and her children [1871].

Emily was a widow by 1901

Webster, Isaac Green

[1861-1929] Son of James Webster. Born in Ovenden.

He was a mason [1882]; licensed victualler at the Black Swan, Halifax [1891]; licensed victualler at the Lord Nelson Inn, Halifax [1894, 1901, 1905]; innkeeper at the Crispin, Halifax [1911, 1917].

In 1882, he married Annie Carter [1861-1???], at Halifax Parish Church.

Annie, of Warley Town, was the daughter of joiner John Carter

Children: (1) James [b 1883] who was a mill wright [1901]; (2) Harry [b 1885] who was a pianoforte maker [1901], a railway shunter [1911]; (3) Minnie [b 1887] who was a dress maker [1901, 1911]; (4) Irvine [b 1889] who was a plumber [1911]; (5) Harold [b 1890] who was a railway clerk [1911].

The family lived at 9 Charles Street, Halifax [1911]

In 1891, Irvine [aged 2] was staying with the Scott family in Sowerby Bridge.

Living with them in 1911 was visitor Basil Hartley [aged 15] (shop assistant chip & fish shop)

Webster, James

[1???-18??] He was an innkeeper [1850].

He married Unknown

Children: James

Webster, James

[1786-18??] He was a farmer [1841]; a farmer of 10 acres.

In 1812, he married Susannah / Susey Green [1796-18??] of Ovenden, at Halifax Parish Church.

Children: (1) Samuel; (2) Thomas [bapt 1815]; (3) Joseph [bapt 1818]; (4) John [bapt 1819]; (5) James [bapt 1822]; (6) Isaac; (7) Joseph Holdsworth [bapt 1827].

The family lived at New Pellon, Ovenden [1841]; Fountain Head Farm, Pellon [1859].

Living with them in 1841 was John Gledhill [aged 19] (ag.lab)

Webster, James

[1828-1872] Son of James Webster. Born in Warley.

He was a bookkeeper [1850]; a brewer [1851]; farmer of 12 acres & innkeeper at the Wheat Sheaf Inn, Ovenden [1861, 1871].

On 1st February 1850, he married Elizabeth Dunning / Betty / Bessy [1829-1907] born in Ovenden, in Halifax.

Elizabeth was the daughter of Robert Dunning, a labourer

Children: (1) Elizabeth Ann [b 1850]; (2) Jimmy [1851-1854]; (3) John [1854-1856]; (4) James [1857-1895] who was a publican [1882]; (5) Isaac [1859-1861]; (6) Isaac; (7) Anne [b 1867].

The family lived at Ovenden Wood, New Long Cans, Ovenden [1851].

After his death, his widow Bessy took over at the Wheat Sheaf Inn [1874].

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Pellon

Webster, James Edward

[1???-19??] JP. He was Mayor of Todmorden [1936-1937]

Webster, John

[1???-1???] Son of Mr Webster. Like his father, he was a carpet-weaver at Clay Pits, Pellon. His sister, Bethia, was the mother of John Crossley. His nephew, was apprenticed to him on Bethia's death

Webster, John

[17??-18??] An engine tenter in Halifax.

He married Unknown.

Children: William

Webster, John Edward

[1850-1903] Born at The Square, Northowram.

He was Manager of the Winding Road Cocoa House, Halifax [from around 1891].

On 14th September 1874, he married Elizabeth Ann Beresford. Children: Tom Beresford.

He was buried at Saint Paul's Church, King Cross

Webster, Mr

[1???-1???] A carpet-maker at Clay Pits.

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) John; (2) Bethia

Webster, Richard

[1???-18??] Of Halifax.

In 1830, he wrote to The Leeds Mercury, commenting on a letter in which Richard Oastler had described the mills of Bradford as

magazines of British infantile slavery

adding that

the mills of Halifax as even more miserable

Webster, Rev Robert

[1754-1830] He was Curate at Sowerby [1789]; Vicar of Ripponden for 34 years [January 1796-1830].

In 1790, he rebuilt Sowerby Vicarage.

In 1802, he took up the Ripponden Packhorse Bridge Dispute on behalf of the residents of Ripponden, raised £10 by subscription, repaid the claimants, and the bridge was bought back to become public property.

On 29th April 1803, he married Charlotte Bingley of Rotherham.

In 1805, he bought Town End Farm, Sowerby – with gardens, closes and lands – for £620 at an auction of Samuel Hill's property.

He died at Ripponden [January 1830].

He was buried at Saint Bartholomew's, Ripponden

Webster, Samuel

[1813-1872] Son of James Webster. Born in Ovenden. Baptised at Square Independent Chapel [1813].

He founded Webster's Fountain Head Brewery in 1838 when he acquired a small brewery at Ovenden Wood and supplied beer and ale to free houses. He bought his first pub in 1845.

He was a brewer [1841]; a brewer and farmer of 22 acres employing 8 labourers [1851]; a brewer and farmer of 21 acres employing 6 labourers [1861]; a retired brewer and farmer of 12 acres [1871].

His sons joined the family business which became Samuel Webster & Sons Limited

In 1854, he subscribed to the building of Christ Church, Pellon.

He married Elizabeth [1817-1899].

Children: (1) Isaac; (2) George Henry; (3) Emma Jane [b 1842]; (4) Samuel Green; (5) Elizabeth Ann [b 1846] who married Charles Abercrombie; (6) Frederick.

The family lived at Clough, Ovenden [1841]; Fountain Head, Ovenden [1851]; Fountain Brewery, Ovenden [1861]; Lane Ends, Ovenden [1871].

Living with the family were lodgers James Webster [aged 15] a wool sorter [1841]; Selina Gill [1861].

He died at Glen View [5th May 1872].

He and Elizabeth were buried at Christ Church, Pellon

Webster, Samuel Green

[1844-1893] Son of Samuel Webster.

He was unmarried [1871]; brewer, wine & spirit merchant [1871, 1891]. He became a partner in Samuel Webster & Sons Limited.

He never married.

Samuel, his mother Elizabeth [aged 76], and a cousin Sarah Ann Naylor [1841-1909] were living at Salterlee House, Northowram [1891].

Samuel he was taken ill and died a fortnight later from contusion of the brain [24th October 1893].

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Pellon

Webster's: Samuel Webster & Sons Limited

Union Cross Yard, Halifax. The brewery business was started by Samuel Webster at the Fountain Head Brewery in 1838.

He was joined by his sons, Isaac, George Henry and Samuel Green. The company was registered in March 1890.

A 1900 advertisement for the business announced

Samuel Webster & Sons Limited
Brewers and Wine & Spirit merchants
Offices; 57, Northgate, Halifax

On 30th December 1932, Samuel Webster's and Joseph Stocks amalgamated.

The Brewery is discussed in Halifax Pubs.

See Prynn & Company, Victoria, Halifax and Webster's Green Label

Webster, Susannah

[18??-1862] For 15 years, she had cohabited with Michael Myers at Halifax. Around 9:00 pm on Sunday, 23rd February 1862, she got drunk and was taken home by William Baildon, the fiddler at the Bird-in-Hand beershop. When they arrived home, Myers was also drunk, so Baildon left Susannah asleep on the floor. About an hour later, neighbours raised a fire alarm and found Susannah's body.

burnt almost to a cinder

Myers had heard Susannah's cries for help but was too drunk to be able to do anything about it

Webster, Thomas

[18??-1???] Of Upper Field House, Triangle.

He married Elizabeth [1828-1906].

Elizabeth died 26th May 1906

Webster, Thomas the

[12??-12??] A Hipperholme man mentioned in court rolls of May 1275. This indicates that weaving was practised in the area at that time.

See Roger the Fuller

Webster, Tom Beresford

[1877-19??] Son of John Edward Webster.

Around 1904, he took over from his father as Manager of the Winding Road Cocoa House, Halifax.

In 1900, he married Alberta (Bertha) Moulds at Bramley

Webster, William

[1???-18??] Son of John Webster.

He was a coal miner.

In 18??, he married (1) Unknown.

He was a widower. In 1849, he married (2) Sarah Ann, daughter of William Morton at Halifax Parish Church.

Children: (1) John [b 1851]; (2) Harriet [b 1859]

Webster, William

[18??-18??] Of Wadsworth.

On Thursday, 21st January 1858, he was charged at Todmorden Petty Sessions with having in his possession a large quantity of waste and yarn of which he could give no satisfactory account. He was fined £20

Webster, William

[1848-1894] Landlord of the Country House, Hipperholme [1894].

In 1868, he married Sarah Ann Gomersall in Halifax.

After William's death, Sarah Ann took over at the Country House [1905].

They are mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1894

Webster, William Henry

[18??-1924] Landlord of the Springfield, Halifax [1891] and the Crown & Cushion, Halifax [1904, 1924]

Wee Sam

Weeding, Major A. J.

[18??-1876] He served with the 33rd Duke of Wellington's Own Regiment. He died in India.

There is a memorial to him and other members of the regiment in Halifax Parish Church

Weedop

Weekly Courier & Guardian

See the Foldout for a composite list of individuals with this and all similar surnames

Weightman, Hugh

[18??-19??] Motor coach proprietor. He established Weightman's Tours Limited and began operating charabancs on excursions and tours from Halifax by 1923. The company's registered address was 5 Emscote Grove, Halifax.

The limited company was formed in 1948, and the following year it was sold to Ripponden & District Motors, who continued to operate it as a subsidiary. Ripponden & District sold its coach operations to Hebble Motor Services in 1957, including the Weightman's licence

Weightman, Samuel

[1851-1???] Born in Bassingham, Lincolnshire.

He was an indoor farm servant at Aversham, Southwell, Nottinghamshire [1871]; a police constable [1881]; a police inspector [1891]; a police superintendent at Halifax [1895, 1901]; a police pensioner [1911].

Around 1898, he is mentioned in several newspaper reports of crimes and incidents in and around Halifax.

In 1871, he married Sarah Johnson [1850-1???], born in Coddington, in Newark, Nottinghamshire.

Children: (1) Fanny [b 1871]; (2) Anne [b 1872]; (3) Adeline / Adelina [b 1875]; (4) Kate [b 1877]; (5) Alice Mary [b 1879] who was a dressmaker [1911]; (6) George [b 1880]; (7) Millie [b 1882]; (8) Minnie [b 1884]; (9) Fred [b 1886]; (10) Hugh [b 1887]; (11) Liley [b 1889]; (12) John [b 1892] who was a butcher's apprentice [1911].

The family lived at 17 Hook Road, Hook, Goole [1881]; Omar Street, Heckmondwike [1891]; West Riding Court House, Halifax [1901]; Bottesford, Nottingham [1911]

Welch, Nathaniel

[1???-16??] Curate at Luddenden [1634]

Weldrivet Boiler & Motor Company Limited

Boiler & motor makers at Empire Works, Holmfield [1905]

Well Close House, Brighouse

Off Church Lane.

Church Lane Surgery now stands on what was the drive to the house. Owners and tenants have included

Martin Manley [1845]

Thomas Sugden [1865]

Dr Cecil Alexander Bindley [1891]

Well Head

Area of Halifax and site of a natural spring.

The well was known as Old Well and Common Well.

The area around the well was known as Oldwelling or Old Well Ing.

In 1398, John Smythson was charged with enclosing a footpath leading to the well.

The well was the main local source which – by way of open troughs, then wooden pipes passing along Harrison Road, Barum Top, and feeding a cistern in Old Cock Yard – provided the town with water for many years up to the 18th century.

In 1762, an Act was passed for the purpose of opening a water course from Well Head and other public springs.

In 1852, the wells supplied around 80,000 gallons per day.

Arthur Porritt writes that ...

in some of the town's inns, drinkers would ask for "Whisky and Well Head"

Two houses – Well Head and Old Well Head – stood here and were demolished in 1976 when the area was redeveloped.

In 1902, the Midland Railway Company agreed to purchase the Shay estate to run a part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire line to Halifax. However, it was later felt that there was no prospect of the railway being constructed in the immediate future, and the plan was abandoned. Work had been started on a tunnel under the new Skircoat Road, on the Well Head side of the road, and this tunnel is still in evidence today. This was used as an air-raid shelter during World War II.

See Act for supplying Halifax with Water [1762] and Royal Aerated Waters

Well Head Fields, Halifax

The former grounds of Well Head House formed a deep valley west of Skircoat Road.

Once a rural setting, the area is now covered with the usual ubiquitous and unimaginative houses.

See Burdock Way

Well Head House, Halifax

House at Well Head built for Grace Elizabeth and John Waterhouse after their wedding – possibly by John Carr. Old Well Head was earlier.

The house had a Snetzler chamber organ which Catharine Grace Waterhouse gave to All Saints' Church, Elland in 1915.

In the 19th century, John Waterhouse had an observatory in the grounds. There were extensive gardens with greenhouses and a staff of 6 gardeners. They cultivated exotic ferns, including a todea superba which Waterhouse had imported from New Zealand in 1860 and which is now at Kew Gardens.

John Waterhouse died here.

Catharine Grace Doherty Waterhouse was the last of the family to occupy the house.

Frank Thompson is recorded at Well Head in Directories published in 1905.

In 1916, it was sold to industrialist Frank Lee. He lived there until his death in 1956, and his widow continued to live there until 1968.

During the 1970s, there were many plans, including one to build a road through the estate. While Halifax Council dithered (sounds familiar!), the house fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1975, at the same time as Old Well Head.

During the 1990s, the green parkland of the estate was given over for development and is now heavily built-up

Well House, Halifax

Savile Road. Small Georgian Gothick building built in the 18th/19th century

Well of Saint John the Baptist

Aka Jonas Well. A natural spring which was sited about 200 yards north of Halifax Parish Church at the end of Mulcture Hall Road.

See Cripplegate and Well I' Th' Wall Lane, Halifax

Well Royd, Stainland

High Street. Dated RRM 1762.

Adjoins Shepherd's Cottage, Stainland.

Owners and tenants have included

Edmund Schofield [1934]

William Cecil Edwards

Wellburn, Dr Edgar D.

[18??-19??] Medical practitioner in Sowerby Bridge. He served with the Local Government Medical Service [1895]. He was Medical Officer of Health for Luddendenfoot, Sowerby, and Sowerby Bridge [1895]. Medical Officer of Health and Public Vaccinator for Norland, Copley, Sowerby and Sowerby Bridge UDC [1905]. He lived at Beech House

Wellcroft Nurseries, Hipperholme

George Sharp & Sons were here [1905]

Wellesley, Arthur

[1769-1852] 1st Duke of Wellington. Politician and military leader.

See Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Napoleonic Wars, Peninsular War and Battle of Waterloo

Wellesley Barracks, Halifax

Gibbet Street / Spring Hall Lane, Highroad Well. Established in 1875 following a Bill of 1872 – the Cardwell reforms – which sought to spread home forces across the country, country to encourage local connections and to assist in recruitment. The building was designed by the Royal Engineers' architect, J & W. Beanland of Bradford, in a castellated Gothic Revival style. The land was given by Charles Musgrave. The 16 Army buildings include a chapel, officers buildings, the Orderly Room and the Guard Room. The barrack blocks were known as Wellington and Musgrave. The barracks were inaugurated on 29th August 1877 when the 33rd and 76th Regiments of Foot occupied the building. In October 1877, the 6th West Yorkshire Militia moved in.

The present building was begun in 1938.

The property was known as The Barracks until the name Wellesley Barracks was given in 1953.

The Duke of Wellington's Regiment remained at the barracks until 1959 when the barracks closed.

The site was bought by Halifax Council for £30,000 in September 1963 and renamed Wellesley Park. In May 2003, the Council approved controversial plans to build a new school at the Barracks.

The keep and other parts of the building are listed.

See Rev Alec Charlton

Wellesley Mount, Halifax

Houses at Savile Park Road

Wellesley Park

Highroad Well. Wellesley Barracks was acquired by Halifax Council in 1963 and renamed. It was used for musical and physical education.

In Spring 2005, Halifax High School moved here from the old Clare Hall site on Huddersfield Road, Halifax

Wellfield House, Langfield

Wellholme Park, Brighouse

James Nuttall [1851, 1861]

William Postlethwaite [1913]

Wellholme, Brighouse

Wellholme Park and the house were originally private land and a part of the Camm Park Estate owned by Alfred Camm and the Camm family.

The house is now a part of Wellholme, Brighouse

Owners and tenants have included

Rev John Child [1887]

See Richard Kershaw

Bradford Road. Wellholme, Brighouse and the park were originally private land and a part of the Camm Park Estate owned by the Camm family.

In 1867, land was sold for the construction of the Parish Church of St James, which opened in 1870.

In 1902, a shelter popularly known as Park Parliament was erected.

In 1912, the Electric Animated Picture Company built a walk-in cinema with a capacity for around 600 people in the park – the presentation was moved across the road to Brighouse Town Hall or to the Oddfellows' Hall, if wet.

In 1935, the park was bought by Brighouse Corporation as the town's main park.

In 1937, there were plans to build a new civic hall in the park.

In 1938, trenches were dug as a part of the town's defences.

It was used for galas, concerts, and public events from the start of the 20th century.

In 2012, this and Centre Vale Park, Todmorden were awarded Queen Elizabeth II Fields status, which protects the land forever.

Clifton Brook flows through the park.

See Brighouse Agricultural Show, Brighouse Baths, Brighouse Charity Gala, The Gill family of Brighouse and Wellholme Day Nursery, Brighouse

Wellington Arcade

Brighouse. Shopping precinct built in the 1960s on the site which had previously been occupied by Brighouse market, and the Wellington pub, and then bus station.

It has always been a rather dull, concrete, Soviet-style building.

The arcade is currently a run-down eyesore with most of the shops – except for the post office, chemists, a pet shop, and a hardware shop – boarded-up and covered with graffiti. Because the chemists are not prepared to leave, the site cannot have a long overdue refurbishment

Wellington Club

Aka Southowram Wellington. Southowram football club of the late 19th century. Evolved into the Brookfoot Football Club

Wellington, Duke of

The Wells family of Norwood Green

The family came to the district from Bowling with Isaac Wells, who was land agent for Sir Francis Lindley of Bolling Hall, Bradford

Wells & Company

Cotton spinners at West Vale.

Partners included W. Wells, G. Lumb (of Common Royd), G. Lumb (of Lightlee Royd), and J. Lumb.

Recorded in September 1858, when the partnership was dissolved

Wells & Lumb

Cotton spinners at West Vale. Partners included W. Wells, G. Lumb of Common Royd, G. Lumb of Lightlee Royd and J. Lumb.

The partnership was dissolved in August 1859

Wells & Spas

Wells Farm, Warley

Stock Lane.

Owners and tenants have included

The Mellor family [1893]

Wells, George Stansfield

[17??-18??] Cotton spinner at Beestonhirst Mill, Ripponden [1815].

In December 1839, he was declared bankrupt

Wells, John

[1822-1895] Born in Leeds. After 1867, the family moved to Rishworth.

He was landlord of the Brown Cow, Rishworth [1881, 1891]; a butcher and a farmer [1881]; farmer and innkeeper of the Brown Cow, Rishworth [1895]. He was succeeded by his son-in-law, Fred Firth, at the Brown Cow.

In 1861, he married Sarah Jackson [1826-1884] from Rishworth.

Children: (1) Ruth [1862-1936] who married Mahlon Firth [1860-1929], brother of Fred; (2) Mary; (3) Elizabeth [1866-1935].

In 1881, there were lodgers with the family: John Bentley [1841-1???] who was a paper maker and Catharine E. Henry [1859-1???] who was a school teacher.

He died at Rishworth.

John and daughter Elizabeth are mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1895

Wells, John Stansfield

[17??-18??] Cotton spinner at Booth Bridge Mill, Ripponden [1818-1882]

Wells, Joseph

[1???-17??] In 1737, he bought Bowers Hall, Barkisland and Bowers Mill. In 1770, he rebuilt the Mill as a corn mill

Wells, Mary

[1864-1927] Daughter of John Wells.

She had a daughter, Henrietta Wells [1890-1968].

In 1898, she married Fred Firth.

Henrietta and her half-sister, Florrie, took over at the Brown Cow after Fred's death

The Wells, Warley

Stock Lane. At the Highroad Well end of Warley.

Late 18th century cottages.

Named for the wells which stand at the roadside.

The stonework around the wells was rebuilt by public subscription in 1836.

The wells and springs which supplied the area, gave Highroad Well its name.

See Wells Farm, Warley

Welsh, Anthony

[18??-1???] Leeds artist who designed the pulpit at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge

Welsh, Rev John

[17??-17??] Aka Walsh. MA.

He was Curate at Todmorden [or Cross Stone, 1713-1726]; Curate at Cross Stone Church [1744]; Curate at Luddenden [1749-1750]; Curate at Sowerby [1750, 1776].

At Todmorden, he was said to have been

very successful in reclaiming Dissenters

Todmorden Endowed School was built during his ministry.

In 1758, he paid Window Tax of 2/- for 9 windows at Lane Ends Farm, Norland.

He was a subscriber to the publication of Watson's History.

In 1716, he married (1) Mary Lacey.

In 17??, he married (2) Betsy Gibson

Welsman, Henry

[18??-18??] Around 1855, he established business as a plumber and glazier in Brighouse. In 1864, the business was taken over by Joseph Lawson

Wentworth, Anna Maria

[1736-1788] Of Wentworth Woodhouse. Daughter of Godfrey Wentworth and Dorothy Pilkington.

She married Sir George Armytage.

She was buried at Hickleton, Yorkshire

Wentworth, Dorothy

[15??-1601/2] She was the third wife of Sir John Savile

Wentworth, Elizabeth

[15??-1592/3] Daughter of Thomas Wentworth of Elmshall.

She was the second wife of Sir John Savile

Wentworth, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George

[15??-16??] Of Woolley, Yorkshire. He was MP for Pontefract. He became a Royalist commander of the cavalry during the Civil War. He served at Halifax and occupied King Cross and Sowerby Bridge, watching for Parliamentary attacks from Manchester and Rochdale. He was fined more than £3,000 in decimation.

See Joseph Priestley and Battle of Sowerby Bridge

Wentworth, George

[16??-16??] Of Woolley. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Halifax Army during the Civil War. He supported the Royalist cause and paid £3,188 fines in 1647. This was said to be the largest fine beyond the Trent

Werla feslei

Reference to Warley Town in Domesday Book

Wesley Bob

Aka Wassail Bow. A traditional Christmas decoration in which 2 rings of wood – typically from a butter tub – were fixed one inside the other and at right-angles, then covered in coloured tissue paper. A bell, doll or glass ball was hung inside. This would be carried around the streets, accompanied by singing, as a collection was made for charity

Wesley, Charles

[1707-1788] Organist and composer, he was the younger brother of John Wesley and one of the original Methodists at Oxford. He became a preacher and theologian of the Wesleyan Methodists, and wrote some 6,500 hymns, including

Jesus, lover of my soul

His Collection of 1737 is probably the first hymnal for congregational worship.

It is said that the climb to Heptonstall [1740] led him to compose the hymn

Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing

He visited Halifax in 1751 and preached to a crowd of 1,000 on 16th September.

He writes

15th September 1751: I ... followed our nimble guide, Johnny Grimshaw, to Ewood. His father came panting after us
16th September 1751: I preached at nine, in a convenient field to about a thousand believers ... and again at three, to about three thousand. Their spirit carried me beyond myself. Such a lively people I have not met with, so simple, loving, zealous. I could have gladly stayed to live and die with them

Wesley Court Reading Room

Established in 1847. Merged with the Halifax Mechanics' Institute

Wesley House, Cragg Vale

Formerly Cragg Vale Wesleyan Chapel.

It is now occupied by an organisation providing courses in the use of sewing machines

Wesley, John

[1703-1791] The Lincolnshire-born founder of Methodism. From 1742, onwards, he visited the Halifax & Calderdale district many times. On 14th February 1748, he first preached in Halifax at the Union Cross. In 1790, he preached his last sermon in the North of England at Mount Zion Chapel, Ogden.

See The Bintliff mite box, Octagonal Chapel, Heptonstall, Sally Simpson and Stoneshey Gate, Heptonstall

Wesley's Pulpit

A rock at Widdop where John Wesley preached in 1766 is inscribed JW 1766

Wesleyan Reform Movement

Aka The Reformers. Founded in 1859 by those Methodists who did not join the United Methodist Free Churches

West Air, Halifax

Washer Lane. House designed by Richard Dugdale and built for John Edward Wainhouse [1877]. Wainhouse lived here until his death.

Dated 1877.

A remarkable feature of the house is that all of its windows are in different styles.

There are a number of cryptic Latin inscriptions referring to aspects of Wainhouse's life. One inscription

Spare the lowly and make war upon the proud

is said to be a reference to Wainhouse's feud with Edwards.

The house became a pub named The Royal, and then The Folly

West & Lister

Butter factors at Bradford and Brighouse. Partners included Thomas West and Thomas Thompson Lister.

The partnership was dissolved in May 1854

West, Arthur

[18??-19??] Partner in Thomas West & Sons.

He lived at 44 Stansfield Road, Todmorden [1905]

West Bar, Todmorden

Numbers 1, 2 & 3 Pudding Lane. Early 18th century house and barn

West End

The western end of Halifax, around King Cross

West End& Barn#44; Hipperholme

Mid 17th century double-aisled barn.

Now a private house.

West End Bridge, Hebden Bridge

Aka New Bridge. Built in 1772 when the Old Bridge proved too steep and narrow to carry the new turnpike road from Todmorden to Halifax. It has 2 stone arches. It was widened in 1835

West End Congregational Mutual Improvement Society

Sowerby Bridge. Recorded in January 1903, when the members visited Halifax Gas Works.

See Mutual Improvement Societies and West End Congregational Church, Sowerby Bridge

West End Farm, Hipperholme

Farm.

Owners and tenants have included

Rev George Edward Aspinall [1922] – after his death, the property, including 12 acres of land and houses at Towngate, was sold at auction for £1100

West End Golf Club

Founded in 1906.

The course was extended on 4th April 1912. A new clubhouse opened on 4th April 1914.

Founder members included Hugh Campbell.

The course is on the site of the Halifax Race Course

West End, Hipperholme

House dated 1693

West End House, Hebden Bridge

Oldgate. Built around 1850 by Richard Binns. It was originally a private house, but has had many uses: a Methodist Sunday School, a dental surgery, a restaurant, and the Inn on the Bridge.

Owners and tenants have included

Thomas Crabtree [1905]

West End, Sowerby Bridge

The area of Sowerby Bridge west of the Ryburn.

Ryburn Buildings is a prominent feature of the south side of the street here

West End Tailoring Establishment, Halifax

Recorded in 1881 at 1 Hampden Place, Gibbet Street, when J. Bradford was proprietor

West End Working Men's Club, Sowerby Bridge

Recorded in 1900. Samuel Wilkinson was involved in construction of the Club [1901/1902]

Recorded in 1917 at Carlton Street, Sowerby Bridge, when Fred Greenwood was secretary.

See Savings Clubs

West, Greenwood

[18??-19??] Partner in Thomas West & Sons.

He lived at 42 Stansfield Road, Todmorden [1905]

West Grove Bottling Company, Halifax

Brewers/bottlers run by W. M. Cockshott

West Grove Home for Incurables, Halifax

Recorded in 1905 at 44 Hopwood Lane when the Matron was Miss McNeice

West, Hannah Maria

[1879-1908] From Woodlesford, Leeds. She came to Halifax and worked in a woollen mill.

In 1903, she married George Whitley, a Halifax motor mechanic. They had a daughter, Evelyn, but the couple separated and George went to live in America.

Maria was stabbed to death by Ernest Hutchinson with whom she lived at 20 Great Albion Street, Halifax.

Hutchinson and Mrs Whitley had lived together for several months, but he was jealous and suspected her of prostitution. When he returned home from drinking on Christmas Eve 1908, he saw a man leaving the house and later saw a sum of money on a table. He grabbed a knife and stabbed her several times.

Mrs Whitley's 5-year-old daughter, Evelyn, found her mother's body on Christmas Day 1908.

Hutchinson had tried to cut his own throat. He was hanged on 2nd March 1909 at Wakefield prison

West Hill Park

Gibbet Street, Halifax.

On 29th August 1853, there are reports of

A very exciting race for £100 was run at West Hill Park, Halifax, between Isaac Hemingway of Leeds, and John Whittingham of Bradford, both celebrated runners. After a very severe struggle, the race was won by Whittingham

A notice in the local paper for 11/3/1854 announced

WEST HILL PARK
THE GREAT TEN MILE RACE
for £60 and the CHAMPIONS BELT (given by the proprietor of the Copenhagen Grounds, London) will be run in WEST HILL PARK, Halifax on Monday next, 13th March 1854 by WM. JACKSON, the American Deer, the present holder of the Belt, and J. PUDNEY of London, the winner of the Ten Mile Belt at Hyde Park, Sheffield on Monday last.
To be at the starting place by 4 o'clock.
Admission: Threepence each
No dogs allowed in the Park on any account whatsoever.
Parties found damaging the walls or trees will be prosecuted as the law directs.
The Belt (and also the one won by Pudney at Sheffield on Monday last) will be exhibited in the shop window of Mr. Oates, Silver Street, this day

Between 1863 and 1868, a Model housing scheme of 185 houses in Tudor and Gothic styles was built for John Crossley.

The designs were by Paull and Ayliffe and were centred around Park Congregational Church.

J. D. Taylor was active in promoting the scheme.

Several streets were named after 17th century Puritans and Nonconformists, such as Cromwell, Gladstone, Hampden, Heywood and Milton.

The Gibbet Street Turkish Baths were nearby.

See Joseph Horrocks and West Hill Park School & Preaching Room

West, Horsfall & West

Cotton spinners and manufacturers at Gauxholme. Partners included John West, John Horsfall, and Thomas West.

In January 1870, the partnership was declared insolvent

They were tenants of Gauxholme Cotton Mill in 1871 when it partly burnt down

West House, Elland

76 Westgate.

Owners and tenants have included

Dr John Hamerton [1830, 1871]

West House, Halifax

Late 18th century house at the south-east corner of People's Park.

Owners and tenants have included

the Norris family

Charles Milne [1835, 1841]

Charles Norris [1844]

Mary, widow of James Edward Norris [1851]

Sir Francis Crossley when he was extending Belle Vue House

the Whitley family

John Whitley [1871, 1901]

In 1913, the 4 youngest daughters of John Whitley – Florence, Eleanor Maude, Mary Anne, and Frances Louisa - gave the house to Halifax Corporation, in accordance with their father's wishes. The daughters paid for the house to be converted for use as offices.

From 1914 until the 1960s, it was the Council's Education Offices. Since then it has been owned by private companies

West, James

[17??-18??] Master at Rastrick Grammar School [1793]

West, Rev James

[17??-1822] Curate at Saint Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram [1821].

In 1821,

he committed the offence of praying for the Queen [Caroline, the estranged Queen Consort of George IV] in defiance of an order in council forbidding it

West, John

[13??-1???] In 13??, he William de Bery and John Megotson – all of Halifax – were outlawed for failing to appear at Westminster to defend themselves after being accused of killing deer in the park of Sir William de Nevyle of Raby, at Cottingley

West Laithe, Heptonstall

A row of 18th century dwelling and underdwelling houses. The underdwellings are of the back-to-earth type

West Leigh, Halifax

House on Savile Park Road.

Owners and tenants have included

George Marvell Riley [1891]

West Lodge, Todmorden

Stansfield.

Owners and tenants have included

Thomas Edward Hamerton [1845, 1870]

West Mount Building Society

In 1870, the members built 14 back-to-back houses in Lincoln Street and Penn Street, Halifax

West Mount Co-Op

Branch number 29 of the Halifax Industrial Society opened in January 1890

West Mount Street Livery Stables, Halifax

Pellon Lane.

Edgar Tillotson was here [1900, 1912]

West, Rev R. A. C.

[19??-19??] Congregational minister at Northowram. In 1957, he moved to Shotton, North Wales

West Riding

The western of the 3 historic divisions of Yorkshire.

In 1861, the West Riding was divided into 2 divisions – North and South – each returning 2 MPs.

In 1867, the West Riding was divided into 3 divisions – North, South and East – each returning 2 MPs.

In 1885, the North Division of the West Riding was divided into 5 constituencies – including the Sowerby Division – each returning 1 MP.

In 1974, the West Riding was reorganised into West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire.

See Deputy Lieutenant for the West Riding, We of the West Riding, Calder Registration District, MPs for the West Riding, Todmorden & Lancashire, Wakefield and Wapentake

West Riding Ambulance Service

This became the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service [1974] and the Yorkshire Ambulance Service [1st July 2006]

West Riding Building Society

Unsuccessful society, closed in 188?

West Riding Constabulary

Established in 1856.

See Captain Robert S. Ormsby and West Riding Constabulary Offices, Halifax

West Riding County Council

Abbr: WRCC. Formed in 1888.

See John Caw, Joseph Greenwood and Joseph Smithies

West Riding Court House, Halifax

See Borough Club, Halifax

West Riding Junction

Line on the West Yorkshire Railway. It began at Copley Mills, joined the main line through Halifax then by way of Low Moor to Leeds and Pudsey. Recorded in March 1845

West Riding Lunatic Asylum

West Riding Magistrates' Office

Aka Sessions Court House. Opened next to the market in Market Street / Union Street, Halifax in 1818.

It was described as

The new Court Room in the Market Place

and

I'll take thee under the Clock

was a threat of legal action.

From 1849, the court-house was used as the Halifax County Court. It became unfit for use.

A new West Riding Magistrates' court house was opened on Harrison Road on 8th January 1859. There was accommodation for the Superintendent of Police, offices for clerks, and cells. The building was described as

being opposite the Halifax Literary & Philosophical Society, and an unassuming building [which] adds little to the architectural beauty of the town

The court room measured 43 ft 10 ins long, 30 ft 10 ins wide, and 20 ft high.

In 1873, the new County Court building in Prescott Street came into use. The Union Street building then became a cocoa house.

The court house became the Central Hall.

See Halifax County Court

West Riding, MPs for

West Riding of Yorkshire Provident Society & Penny Savings Bank

In May 1856, Edward Akroyd published a pamphlet proposing the creation of a West Riding Working Man's Provident Society and Penny Savings Bank.

On 17th November 1856, Akroyd convened a meeting at the Philosophical Hall, Leeds,

for the purpose of establishing a Provident Society, and Penny Savings' Bank for the West Riding

Resolutions were adopted in favour of the scheme.

In 1859, he established the Bank, supported

In 1861, the West Riding of Yorkshire was removed from the name – becoming the Yorkshire Penny Savings Bank – in order to enable the bank to operate across Yorkshire

The West Riding Patent Office

Established in 1852 by William Tasker at 3 Commercial Street, Halifax, when the Patent Law Amendment Act [1852] came into operation.

This was the first patent office in Yorkshire.

He was joined by A. B. Crossley.

It became Tasker & Crossley [1881].

West Riding Permanent Benefit Building Society

Established in 1849.

Recorded in 1881, when their Head Office was at 21 Waterhouse Street, Halifax, and G. Taylor was Manager

West Riding Police Station, Halifax

In 19??, the County police station of the West Riding Constabulary opened at the junction of Prescott Street and Skircoat Road.

This was the Headquarters for Brighouse, Sowerby Bridge, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden.

In the 1970s, several police officers reported strange happenings in the Prescott Street building. These included whistling, doors opening and closing by themselves, cold spots, and ringing bells that were connected to empty cells.

Until 1974, both police stations – Harrison Road and Prescott Street – had their respective courts and cells.

From 1975, Prescott Street was used only as an administrative centre for Halifax and the surrounding towns.

It has been converted in apartments.

See Tom Gordon

West Riding Spinning

See Oats Royd Mills, Luddenden

West Riding Telephone Company

Founded by Louis John Crossley

West Riding Union Banking Company

Partners included William Helm

West Riding Union Railway

Line through Halifax to Bradford, via Beacon Hill Tunnel. The company engineer was Sir John Hawkshaw.

In 1847, merged with other railways to become the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company

West Rodwell End

Rodwell End Lane. 2 mid 18th century cottages attached to Rodwell End Chapel

West Royd Farm, Warley

Great Edge Lane / Butts Green Lane. The house is dated MM 1624 for Martin Milnes

West Scout, Walsden

Hill which overlooks Lumbutts

West Summit Lock, Todmorden

Lock #37 on the Rochdale Canal

West, Thomas

[1???-1???] Constable at Todmorden & Walsden [1750]

West, Thomas

[1713-1795] MA. Educated at Emmanuel College Cambridge [1736].

On 14th July 1747, he married Mary Allenson [1710-1784].

Headmaster of Halifax Free School [1751-1771]. He resigned in 1771.

He was Curate at Luddenden [1761]; Curate at Ripponden [1770-1796]; Minister at Halifax [1764]

West's: Thomas West & Sons

Cotton manufacturers at Vale Mill, Todmorden [1905].

See Arthur West and Greenwood West

West Vale

Area of Halifax below Elland and Greetland.

West Vale Brass Company

Brass founders and finishers at West Vale Brass Works, Maude Street, West Vale [1905]

West Vale Choral Society

Recorded in September 1877, when they took part of a performance of the Messiah to raise funds for a new Blackley Particular Baptist Church

West Vale Civic Hall

West Vale Co-Op

A branch of the Sowerby Bridge Industrial Society opened on 17th April 1909

West Vale Conservative Club

Opened on 1st October 1910

West Vale constables

The Foldout lists some of the people who have served as Police Officers in West Vale

West Vale Constitutional Club

Recorded in 1917, when W. E. Quarmby was secretary.

It has been suggested that it was at 45 or 47 Stainland Road, West Vale

West Vale Economic Stores

Stainland Road. A branch of Economic Stores (Halifax) Limited. Opened in 18??.

The datestone is inscribed Prospect Place AD 1869

West Vale Fire Brigade

The Rose Brigade of West Vale is recorded when they tackled a mill fire on 8th December 1866.

The West Vale Fire Brigade is recorded when they tackled fires on 24th July 1869 and 4th February 1873.

See Greetland & West Vale Fire Brigade

West Vale Glee Club

Recorded in September 1868, when they entertained at The Fine Art & Industrial Exhibition at Lindley

West Vale History Group

Established December 2009

West Vale House

House at Lower Greetland.

In 18??, the house gave its name to the area of Lower Greetland which then became known as West Vale

Question: Does anyone know whether this renaming of Lower Greetland is correct, and where West Vale House was situated?

West Vale Liberal Club

Inaugurated 15th April 1882 at West Vale Mechanics' Hall. David Fox was President.

Recorded in 1917, when George Arthur Hannah was secretary

West Vale Library

Victoria Street.

As part of a cost-cutting exercise, the library closed in 2006, and was one of several properties which Calderdale Council put up for sale by auction in March 2007. It had a guide price of between £50,000 and £60,000

West Vale Mechanics' Hall

West Vale Mechanics' Institute

Aka Greetland & West Vale Mechanics' Hall. A Mechanics' Institute built by the Greetland & West Vale Mechanics' Hall Company Limited. The company was registered in April 1872.

The corner stone was laid on Saturday 21st June 1873 by Edward Crossley, of Halifax.

In 1879, Anglican services were held here until Saint John the Evangelist, West Vale was built.

In 1907, it was sold to Greetland District Council for £2,000.

It was subsequently known as West Vale Public Hall.

See James William Davis and Alfred Maude

West Vale Naturalist Group

West Vale Public Hall

Rochdale Road. Stands next to West Vale Baptist Church. This was formerly the West Vale Mechanics' Institute

West Vale Railway Station

The only station on the branch line from North Dean to Stainland and Holywell Green.

It opened on 1st January 1875.

The branch line between Halifax and Stainland and the passenger station closed on 23rd September 1929.

Stationmasters at the Station have included

Thomas Mann [1881]

See Greetland Station, North Dean Station and Stainland Station

West Vale Rovers

Junior rugby union [?] club. Recorded in April 1899

West Vale Squash Club

Their premises are in the former Middle Dean Street Chapel

West Vale Stoving Company

They were at Victoria Mills, West Vale [1870]

West Vale Works Band

Aka Greetland & West Vale Band

West View, Hipperholme

Denholme Gate Road. A terrace of 3 houses – Numbers 1, 2 and 3 – dated WMS 1771 are listed.

The Hipperholme pinfold was behind the houses.

The building stands next to Smithfield House

West View Park

14-acre park at Warley Moor. It was originally known as Highroad Well Moor. Built on land donated by Lord Savile. H. C. McCrea and Enoch Robinson paid for landscaping and planting the park. The Park opened in 1897.

The war memorial to the South African Wars was unveiled in 1904

West View Park War Memorial

Highroad Well, Halifax. Halifax Town Council had wanted the memorial to stand in Belle Vue Park.

This memorial to 2 soldiers who died in the Afghan Wars, and 73 soldiers who died in the South African Wars [1899-1902] – mostly from disease – was erected by Public Subscription and was unveiled by Major Sir Leslie Rundle KCB on 7th November 1904. The 76 ft high monument was designed by W. W. Longbottom, and the sculptor was B. Sheppard.

A balustrade which came from the eastern side of Halifax Town Hall was placed around the memorial in 19??. The balustrade and terrace were designed by Sir Charles Barry. The sandstone balusters were made at Pickard's Bobbin Factory. Recently, much of the balustrade was removed for safe-keeping.

The statue was blown over by a gale in 1937.

3 original field guns which stood by the statue were removed in 1937 when the wood rotted.

In July 2008, the bronze plaque of 1904 was stolen

West Ward, Halifax

One of the Electoral Wards of Halifax. Recorded in 1866.

See Frederick Bancroft

West Ward Liberal Club

Hanson Lane. Established in 1884. The building offered a meeting room to accommodate 200 people, recreation and games rooms, and a news room.

Recorded in 1905 at Colin Street, Halifax

West Yorkshire

Comprises part of the old West Riding.

Wakefield is the administrative capital of West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire Archive Service

West Yorkshire Bank Limited

Formed from the amalgamation of Halifax & Huddersfield Union Bank and the Joint Stock Bank in 1910.

On 17th June 1911, the name of the Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company was changed to West Yorkshire Bank.

The Bank was taken over by Lloyds in 1919

West Yorkshire Cycle Route

A 150-mile circular cycle route. The route closely follows the West Yorkshire county boundary and is signposted with a white rose and the WYCR logo on a green background

West Yorkshire Fire Brigade Friendly Society

A friendly society founded by Henry Jocelyn Barber

West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service

The West Yorkshire Railway Company

Proposed in 1844.

See West Riding Junction

West Yorkshire Railway Office

Recorded in 1845 at 19 Broad Street, Halifax when Richard Otley was Secretary

West Yorkshire Road Car Company

Originally, Blythe & Berwick of Bradford

West Yorkshire Volunteers

See 1st Volunteer Battalion Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment, 2nd West Riding Yorkshire Volunteer Artillery and 4th Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteers

West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry

Aka Second West Yorkshire Yeoman Cavalry

Westbury House, Elland

Owners and tenants have included

William Balmforth [1841]

Westercroft

Area between Northowram and Coley.

See Thomas Turner & Company, Upper Westercroft and Westercroft Farm

Westercroft Coaches

Transport company founded at Northowram by Cyril Bottomley – with his brother-in-law Fred Smith and son-in-law Jack Tunstall – shortly after World War II.

In 1958, the Proprietor was G. Feather. The company was based at Westercroft Garage, Moorclose lane, Ambler Thorn. They had 3 coaches. The fleet livery was Orange/Cream

Westercroft Farm, Northowram

Owned by John Lum [1650]. He built many other buildings nearby which he leased out.

Owners and tenants have included

Timothy Lum who sold it to Thomas Priestley in 1662

Thomas Gill [1674]

Henry Spencer [1674]

Mary and Joseph Priestley [16??]

Jonathan Priestley [168?]

John Craven [around 1728]

Jonathan Laycock [1734]

members of the Pollard family [1750s]

Michael Stocks of Shibden Head

See Upper Westercroft

Westerman, Ada

[1884-1961] Daughter of Crossley Westerman.

Like her father, she was a photographer. She carried on her father's business after his death in 1918, until 1935, when she married Sydney Redman.

In 1921, she took Alice Speak – later Longstaff – on as an assistant, after Alice responded to an advert in the shop window.

She lived at Aisgarth, Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge.

The book, Alice's Album [2004], by Issy Shannon and Frank Woolrych, tells the story of Crossley Westerman and Ada, and Alice Longstaff

Westerman, Crossley

[1861-1918] Youngest child of Henry Westerman.

He became a fustian cutter in Hebden Bridge.

In 1882, he married Elizabeth Cockcroft.

Children: (1) Ada; (2) Elizabeth [b 1885]; (3) Sarah; (4) Henry; (5) Phyllis [b 1900].

His mother Sarah had a toy shop business at West End, Hebden Bridge. Sarah died in 1892 after falling down the stairs at her home.

In 1892, he opened a photographic studio in what had been the toy shop.

He made a large collection of photographs recording life and times in the district.

He lived at Osborne House, Hebden Bridge.

In 1917, he opened another studio in Victoria Road, Todmorden.

He suffered from heart trouble. He died of a heart attack as he rushed to catch the 5 o'clock train from Todmorden to Hebden Bridge on 25th August 1918.

He was buried at Heptonstall Slack Baptist Cemetery.

The business was carried on by his daughter, Ada.

The business and studio at West End, Hebden Bridge were taken over by Alice Longstaff.

The book, Alice's Album [2004], by Issy Shannon and Frank Woolrych, tells the story of Crossley and his daughter Ada, and Alice Longstaff

Westerman, Henry

[1825-1873] Son of Samuel Westerman.

In 1854, he married Sarah Hartley [1822-1892] in Halifax.

Children: Crossley

Westerman, Henry

[1893-1946] Son of Crossley Westerman.

In 1933, he married Florence Hamilton in Todmorden.

Children: (1) Anne; (2) Geoffrey

Westerman, Samuel

[18??-1852] Painter, gilder and paper hanger at 23 Commercial Street, Hebden Bridge [1845].

He married Unknown.

Children: Henry

Westerman, Samuel

[1802-1852] Of Hebden Bridge.

He married Anne [1802-1866].

Children: (1) William [1827-1844]; (2) Helen [1835] who died aged 5 months; (3) Frederick [1841-1855].

Members of the family were buried at Hebden Bridge Parish Church

Westerman, Thomas

[17??-1???] Of Leeds. He was imprisoned at York on suspicion of coining

Western House, Boothtown

See S. Moss & Sons

Westfield

An area of Sowerby between Mytholmroyd and Sowerby, south of the Calder. Westfield Mills and Burnley Road Junior, Infant & Nursery School are here

Westfield Children's Home, Sowerby Bridge

Westfield Farm, Warley

Great Edge Road. Late 15th century building. A part of Westfield House, Warley

Westfield House, Halifax

House which stood opposite People's Park, on the south side of King Cross Street, just below Swire's Road.

It was built in 17??, by [??].

In the early 19th century, this was the home of Copley Browne and his daughter, and in mentioned in Anne Lister's journals.

Owners and tenants have included

Copley Browne

Jeremiah Sharp Browne [1851]

William Huntriss [1861, 1883]

Edward Huntriss [1905]

A sculpture – The Thracian Falconer – by Joseph Bentley Leyland stood in the garden.

In February 1927, Halifax Town Council bought the house for £12,600. In 1932, it was taken over to accommodate up to 30 children who had previously been at the Poor Law Institution.

It subsequently accommodated up to 49 children at one time. The children's home closed on 1st July 1958 and the remaining children were moved to a new home in Mixenden Road.

The house was demolished in 1960. The site is now occupied by Saint Mary's Infants' School.

Westfield House, Sowerby Bridge

Sowerby New Road. Built by John Atkinson.

Owners and tenants have included

John Atkinson [1871]

John Atkinson [1886]

A block of flats has been built on a part of the grounds

Westfield Quarter

Mentioned in the Nomina Villarum [1865] as being a place in the Parish of Halifax, although its precise location is not indicated

Westfield, Warley

Great Edge Road. Late 15th century timber-framed house which was cased in stone in the 17th century.

A doorway is dated TMF 1714 for Thomas and Mary Farrar.

Owners and tenants have included

George Paget [1624]

John Farrer [1700?]

Thomas Farrar [1714]

Richard Kershaw

The Lees family [1841, 1851, 1861]

members of the Murgatroyd family [1871, 1881, 1891]

See Westfield Farm, Warley

Westgate House, Elland

Westgate Market, Halifax

Jonathan Crowther [18??]

Charles Crowther [18??]

Joseph Wilson [18??]

There were a variety of small stalls and shops in the ground floor of the building on the corner of Westgate and Market Street, Halifax. The new building opened in 1971 to replace the Lower Market.

It closed in 2005 and has been converted into a single retail outlet

Westgate Working Men's News Room, Elland

News room recorded in 1905

Westmacott, Rev Francis E.

[19??-19??] Deacon of Lightcliffe [1936].

In 1937?, he married Joan Taylor at Lightcliffe.

In 1938, he was appointed Domestic and Diocesan Chaplain by the Bishop of Wakefield

Westmacott, Sir Richard

[1775-1856] RA. Professor of sculpture at the Royal Academy [1827].

He was the sculptor of The Good Samaritan and monuments to members of the Rawson family – including John Markland Rawson and William Rawson – in Halifax Parish Church, and a mourning classical female figure at Lightcliffe Old Church [1830].

His father [1747-1808] and his son [1799-1872] were also monumental sculptors – all called Richard.

He was an acquaintance of Joseph Bentley Leyland

Westminster Bank, Halifax

Stood at the corner of Cheapside and Commercial Street

Weston, Edwin

[1845-1895] Innkeeper of the Shakespeare Hotel, Halifax [1895].

He married Sarah.

After Edwin's death, Sarah took over at the Shakespeare Hotel.

They are mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1895

Weston, Rev Henry Austin

[1842-1871] Curate at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax [1871]

Weston, Rev Percy Moss

[1878-1957] Born in Liverpool.

In 1903, he married Beatrice Anne Lloyd [1881-1???].

Vicar at Siddal [1920s].

He died in Weston super Mare

Westre

[????-????] At the time of Domesday Book, he and Scanulf held land at Wyke

West Symes, Dr Edmond

[1846-1912] MD, MB (Edin) 1871, MRCS. Son of surgeon Dr Edmond Sheppard Symes [1805-1881], of Manchester Square and Grosvenor Square, London, by his first wife, Mary West.

Physician and surgeon.

In 1873, he was appointed Medical Officer of Health for the Skipton & Settle Rural and Urban Sanitary Districts. He moved to Halifax late in 1877.

He was Medical Officer at the Halifax Infirmary & Dispensary [1895]; Honorary Medical Officer at the Royal Halifax Infirmary [1905]; surgeon of No 5 District, which included West Yorkshire; a member of Saint John's Ambulance Brigade; a member of Halifax Parish Church Choir.

On 8th May 1878, he married Mary Evelyn Atkinson [1854-1939], at Saint John's Church, Leeds.

Mary Evelyn was the daughter of solicitor John William Atkinson

Children: (1) Evelyn Dorothy (1879-1964); (2) Edward Bertram; (3) Ursula Marion [1882-1972]; (4) Rimington; (5) Evelyn Spence [1891-1962] who married [Ilkley 1917] Rev George Stewart Addison [1887-1952] of Swinton, Manchester, later vicar of Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire.

The family lived at Hope Hall, Halifax

West Symes, Edward Bertram

[1880-1900] Elder son of Dr Edmond West Symes. Born 1st April 1880,

He was a member of Saint John's Ambulance Brigade.

During the South African Wars, he served as a private in the Leeds Corps.

He died [28th April 1900] of enteric fever in Cape Colony, South Africa.

He is one of the names commemorated on the joint Boer War memorial in Halifax Parish Church, and there is also an individual brass plaque in his memory on a pillar in the north aisle. The epitaph on the memorial is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions.

He is also mentioned on a memorial in the Garden of Remembrance, Woltemade Cemetery, Goodwood, Cape Town

West Symes, Rimington

[1884-1956] Son of Dr Edmond West Symes.

In 1923, he married [1923] Winnifred Grace Gill [1896-1939] in Surrey.

Children: several

Westwood, Charles

[1???-18??] Of Southowram.

On 24th December 1815, he married Grace Hoyle of Southowram.

Children: (1) John [b 1817]; (2) Alfred [b 1820]

Westwood, Charles

[17??-1???] A cloth dresser of Southowram.

On 26th September 1776, he married Mary Fox of Southowram

Westwood, Ernest Hargreaves

[1878-1948] Son of William Westwood. Born in Southowram.

He was a newspaper boy [1891]; a mason [1911]; a well known Methodist; associated with Church Lane Methodist Church since boyhood; choirmaster [1902]; organist [1906]; a member of the former Southowram Male Voice Glee Union and; a member of the Halifax Choral Society; a foreman mason with John Crossley & Sons; a debt-collector for Dr Lawson.

He (possibly) married Catherine Mowbray Barclay [1878-19??].

Children: (1) George William Hargreaves [1905-1988] who married [March 1931] Estelle Speak [1904-1???], daughter of Greenwood Speak of Hill Crest, Plane Tree Nest, Halifax, and lived at 9 Westborough Drive, Halifax [1948]; (2) Herbert Stuart [1907-1992] who married [1933] Ivy Mitchell [1901-19??], daughter of mason William Mitchell of Ingledene, Marlborough Drive, Halifax, and died in Barnstaple, Devon.

The family lived at 26 Cain Lane, Southowram [1911]; Craggan, 6 Law Lane, Southowram [1948].

On 25th September 1948, he was found on his bed suffering from severe head injuries. He was taken to Halifax Infirmary but died later that day.

Arthur Osborne of Bognor – who is said to have owed Westwood £14 – was accused of the murder and was hanged at Armley Jail on 30th December.

After Westwood's death, the house in Law Lane lay empty for several years.

In 1950, PC Vincent Egan and his wife moved in, and Mrs Egan reported sounds of rapping above her head, and a trapdoor in the ceiling rising and falling of its own accord. They left in January 1954

Westwood, Harold Victor Leslie

[1896-1971] Known as Victor Westwood. Son of Joseph Westwood.

In 1911, he was a schoolboy living with farmer George and Lilian Kirkbride and family at Close Foot Farm, Ulverston.

He was a butcher; an official of Halifax Agricultural Show; (possibly) a Director/Shareholder of the Halifax Abattoir; a meat inspector.

In 1928, he married Elsie Taylor in Halifax.

He lived at Rosemary Farm, Siddal [1936, 1971]

Westwood, John

[1???-18??] A coal miner of Southowram.

On 18th February 1817, he married Elizabeth Lister of Halifax.

Children: Charles [1825]

Westwood, John

[17??-1???] Of Southowram.

On 11th May 1788, he married Mary Taylor of Southowram

Westwood, Joseph

[1862-1950] Or Joe. Son of Thomas Westwood. Born in Southowram. Baptised [1863].

He was a butcher's assistant [1881]; a butcher [1889]; a butcher/shopkeeper (employer) [1891].

In 1889, he married (1) Hannah (Annie) Elizabeth Bateman [1860-1899].

Hannah (Annie) Elizabeth was the daughter of currier Charles Rhodes Bateman [1824-1896] of Cleckheaton

Children: (1) Lilian [1891-1892]; (2) Harold Victor Leslie; (3) Arthur Reginald [b 1898] who married [1927] Marion E. Greenwood.

In November 1900, he married (2) Fanny Maria Bateman [1868-1958],

Fanny Maria was the sister of his first wife and the daughter of leather merchant Charles Rhodes Bateman [1824-1896]

Children: (4) Ronald [b 1901] who married [1929] Marion Bailey; (5) Joe Douglas [b 1902] who married [1929] Millicent Harwood; (6) Annie Kathleen [b 1905] who married [1931] Stephen E. Weaver; (7) Charles Vivian [1908-1941] who married [1936] Constance Denison and lived at Belvoir, Saint Albans Road, Halifax; (8) Roy Bateman [1909-1993] who married [1939] Isobel Green in 1939 and he died age 84 in 1933.

In 1881, Joe and his mother Sarah (servant) were lodgers living with Thomas Thompson.

In 1891, Joe, wife Annie and daughter Lilian [aged 2 weeks] were living with Thomas Thompson.

The family lived at 20 Market Street, Halifax [1901].

Living with them in 1901 was visitor Thomas Thompson

Westwood, Thomas

[1839-1???] Son of William Westwood.

He was a quarryman; a miner [1861].

In 1861, he married Sarah Ann Hemingway [1840-1???].

Sarah Ann was the daughter of tailor John Hemingway of Halifax

Children: Joseph.

The family lived at Park Nook, Southowram.

In 1881, Sarah (servant) and her son Joe were lodgers living with Thomas Thompson at Park Nook.

Thomas Westwood was dead by November 1900

Westwood, William

[1805-1893] Son of Betty and manufacturer Thomas Holdsworth. Baptised in February 1805.

He was ag.lab [1841]; a mason [1861]; a farm labourer [1869]; a fence waller [1871, 1881]; living on own means [1891].

On 25th December 1838, he married Grace Smith [1815-1867].

Grace was the daughter of butcher Abraham Smith of Southowram

Children: (1) Thomas; (2) Joseph [1841-1850]; (3) William; (4) Catherine [b 1845]; (5) Elizabeth [b 1847]; (6) Hannah [1851-1873].

The family lived at Park Nook, Southowram [1841, 1871, 1881, 1861].

Living with them in 1871 was grandson Joe Westwood [aged 8]

Westwood, William

[1843-1???] Son of William Westwood.

He was a contractor [1869]; a dry waller [1891, 1901].

In February 1869, he married (1) Caroline Clayton [1836-1876].

Children: Grace [b 1870].

In 1877, he married (2) Martha Hargreaves [1840-1883].

Children: (2) Ernest Hargreaves; (3) Hannah Maria [1882-1883].

In September 1896, he married (3) Margaret Jane McLean [1859-1???].

Margaret Jane, of Hall Ings Southowram, was born in Inverness, the daughter of labourer John McLean

The family lived at New Row / New Street, Southowram [1871]; New Street, Southowram [1891, 1901]

Wet Dock, Sowerby Bridge

Formerly the East Warehouse at Sowerby Bridge canal basin. Built around 1775

Wetherherd, Christopher

[17??-1???] He was one of the town's trustees for Halifax. He was removed in 1770, and William Chambers took his place.

He married Unknown.

Children: a daughter [17??-1805].

He was dead by November 1805.

His daughter bequeathed the interest from £400 to the poor of Halifax, for ever

Wetherherd, James

[17??-17??] In November 1769, he attended the enquiry which had been called by the Marquis of Rockingham to discuss the problem of the coiners and the murder of William Deighton.

Wetherherd, James

[1704-1777] He married Mary [1710-1791].

Children: (1) Mary [1734-1805]; (2) child; (3) child; (4) child; (5) child; (6) (possibly) child.

Members of the family were buried in Halifax Parish Church.

The epitaph on the family memorial in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

Wetherherd, James

[1769-1822] He served as a Captain with the 23rd Light Dragoons and was severely wounded in the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

He served with the 7th Royal Veteran Battalion. There is a memorial to him in Halifax Parish Church.

The epitaph on the memorial is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

Whalley & Appleyard Limited

Worsted spinners at Cross Mills, Halifax [1936]

Whalley, Arthur Thursby

[18??-19??] In 1908, he married Fanny Rebecca Hartley, daughter of Walter Edwin Crossley, in Burnley.

Children: (1) Alice who married Albert Bedford; (2) Roy; (3) Margaret; (4) Annie who married Arthur Spencer

Whalley's: J. Whalley & Company

Worsted spinners at New Mill, Wainstalls [1907-1910]. Established by Joseph Whalley

Whalley, Rev James

[18??-18??] He was a Fellow of Magdalene College Cambridge before becoming Curate at Cross Stone [1868]

His first sermon was preached at the reopening of Saint Mary's Preaching Room, Todmorden.

In 1869, he wrote The Wild Moor

A Tale founded on fact by Rev James Whalley, curate at Cross-stone, Todmorden with a preface by the incumbent of Cross-stone, Rev Whiteley Mallinson

Whalley, Joseph

[16??-1???] Of Kilnhurst.

In 17??, he married Hannah Fielden at Shoebroad Meeting House

Whalley, Joseph

[18??-19??] Established J. Whalley & Company.

He lived at New Mill Terrace, near their Wainstalls Mill [1905]

Whalley, Rev Thomas

[1???-16??] Curate at Todmorden [1633-1634]

Whalley, Rev William

[16??-16??] Minister at Cross Stone [1646].

On 31st December 1646, he was

curiously mixed up with a case of witchcraft at Heptonstall

Whams, Cragg Vale

Wharf House, Sowerby Bridge

Gerald Bryan Ingham

Bolton Brow.

Clough House was next door.

Wharf House is listed next to 71 Wharf Street [1891]. The Wharf Hotel is listed next to 71 Wharf Street [1901].

Question: Did Wharf House become the Wharf Hotel sometime between 1891 & 1901?

Owners and tenants have included

Benjamin Garside [1847]

Henry Richardson [1851, 1861, 1871]

#1 John Wood [1861, 1871, 1881]

#2 Michael Scholefield [1871]

Ritchie Moffet [1881]

Mark Andrew says that the house is the one which is now known as Calder House

See Wharf Lodge, Sowerby Bridge

Wharf Inn Family Funeral Brief

A friendly society established in 1829 at the Wharf, Sowerby Bridge

to provide money for funeral expenses, to prevent poor people having to appeal to the public

when death occurred in their families. On 10th August 1900, a special meeting of the members unanimously resolved to wind up the Society, and to pay out the funds on a sliding scale. It was noted that new members had not joined latterly, owing, probably, to the newer system of industrial assurance, hence the resolution to wind up

Wharf Inn Smoke Club, Sowerby Bridge

A smoke club at the Wharf, Sowerby Bridge. Recorded in 1901 and 1905

Wharf Lodge, Sowerby Bridge

Bolton Brow. Aka Wharf House.

Built about 1837 as a porter's lodge for the Rochdale Canal Company.

Between 1863-1894, the building was leased to the West Riding Constabulary for use as a Police Station. The barred rear window dates from this time, and the room was a cell.

Owners and tenants have included

William Akroyd [1861]

William Ivin [1871]

See Wharf House, Sowerby Bridge

Wharlers, Northowram

Wharton, Robert

[18??-19??] Quarry owners and stone merchants at Bank Close Quarry, Hipperholme [1905]

Wharton, Rev T. A.

[19??-19??] He was at Ambleside before becoming Vicar at Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram [1958-1965]. He left to become vicar of Chipping Norton

What's in Calderdale

Whatmore

Whatmough, Francis John

See the Foldout for a composite list of individuals with this and all similar surnames

[1857-1904] Cricketer. Born Francis John Whatmuff in Saltaire [4th December 1856]. Known as Frank.

He played first-class cricket between 1878 and 1882. He played for Yorkshire against Australia in 1878.

He lived in Rastrick.

He was a journeyman painter [1882]; publican at the Stott's Arms, Brighouse [1891]; innkeeper at the Greyhound, Rastrick [1900-1904].

On 20th September 1882, he married Ellen, daughter of Thomas Bottomley Dyson, at Bradford Cathedral.

They brought up Harry and Maud Mary Whitehouse who were listed as cousins in the census.

Francis John died of liver cancer at Rastrick [3rd June 1904].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £106.

After his death, Ellen took over at the Greyhound

Whatmough, Robert

[16??-16??] A Halifax carrier. In 1667, he issued tradesmen's tokens worth ½d bearing the image of a loaded horse

Wheat Ing Bridge, Wadsworth

A single-span stone accommodation bridge built about 1780 for the cottages at Wheat Ing, Wadsworth

Wheat Ing, Wadsworth

Originally 3 cottages built about 1780. Now a single dwelling.

Gives its name to Wheat Ing Bridge

Wheatcroft, Rev F. E.

[18??-19??] Vicar of All Souls' Church, Halifax [1913]

Wheatcroft, John

[19??-] Editor of the Hebden Bridge Times and the Todmorden News [1984-1987]. In 2012, he published a novel Here in the Cull Valley. He lives in York [2012]

Wheatcroft, T. Dalby

[18??-18??] Curate at Brighouse [1852-1866]

Wheatley

Area to the north-west of Halifax

Wheatley Bottoms

Wheatley Liberal Club

Wheatley Co-Op

Branch number 12 of the Halifax Industrial Society opened in May 1864

Wheatley Falls

Waterfall on the Hebble Brook

Wheatley, George

[1???-1???] He was the second husband of Isabel Otes, widow of John Waterhouse

Wheatley, Rev George

[18??-19??] Minister at Bethesda Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Elland [1886]

Wheatley, John

[1???-1???] He married Sarah, daughter of William Holland.

Children: William.

The family lived at Royd House ??

Wheatley, Joseph

[1823-1897] Son of Richard Wheatley. Born in Brighouse.

He was a draper in Halifax. He was retired in 1861.

In 1859, he married Agnes Sunderland.

Children: (1) Elizabeth [b on the Isle of Wight 1859] who married [1898] John McConnell; (2) Susan [b 1861].

The 2 daughters remained with their father throughout his life. In the year after his death, Elizabeth, then aged 38, married John McConnell.

The family lived at Tewson Cottages, Brighouse [1861]; Ganny Cottage, Brighouse [1871, 1897]

Recorded in 1905 at 2 Ramsden Street, Wheatley when George Mills was secretary.

In 1917, Thomas Ramsden was secretary

Wheatley Post Office

In 1874, Joseph Ashworth, a grocer, was postmaster.

Recorded in 1905 at 47 Wheatley Road. It was then at the same address as the business run by George Milnes, confectioner

Wheatley Railway Station

A station was planned here for the High Level Railway, but it was never built due to low passenger expectations

Wheatley, Richard

[1796-18??] Born in Kirkheaton.

He was a linen draper in Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse [1841, 1851].

He married Unknown.

He was (possibly) a widower [1841]

Children: Joseph.

The family lived at Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse [1841]; Bridge Street, Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse [1851].

On 28th November 1840, an item in The Leeds Mercury announced

Sale of Messuage or Mansion House, 1134 square yards at the Ganny in Brighouse in the possession of Mr Richard Wheatley.

which I assume refers to Ganny Cottage, Brighouse

Wheatley Royd House, Brearley

Early 17th century house. A window is inscribed RA and AH.

It is now 2 separate dwellings

Wheatley, Sarah

[1803-1879] Daughter of Joseph [or Josiah] Wheatley of Hopton, Yorkshire.

In 18??, she married John Hodgson. She stayed on at Mulcture Hall, Halifax after her husband's death.

In November 1847, she became the second wife of John Crossley

Wheatley Steam Laundry Company Limited

A 1900 advertisement for the business announced

The above Laundry has now been going some six months or more, and is turning out work second to none
This Laundry is in an exceptionally good situation for the purpose, having any amount of outside drying ground and plenty of water
No Chemicals are used, and only female labour is employed
All they ask is for you to give them a trial, when they are confident that their work will speak for itself
The Ladies are specially asked to prove for themselves by visiting the Laundry, on any afternoon – Wednesday or Thursday in preference – when Mrs Callow, the manageress, will conduct them over the premises
Don't fail to give them a trial

In 1905, their registered office was at Jack Royd, Wheatley

Wheatley, Sergeant T. H.

[18??-19??] Drill instructor at Heath Grammar School [1905]

Wheatley Tunnel

819 yard long railway tunnel which took the High Level Railway from Greystones at Wheatley to Moorside at Illingworth

Wheatley Viaduct

10-arched, 100 ft high viaduct which carried the High Level Railway across the Wheatley valley

Wheatley Wells, Wheatley

Natural spring.

See Wheatley Wells, Wheatley

Wheelbarrows

See Abraham Dawson and Watson Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge

Wheeler & Wilson

Sewing machine agents [1865] Partners included Mr Wheeler and Thomas Wilson

Wheeler, Rev E. T. C.

[19??-19??] He was in Hertfordshire before coming to serve in Stainland and Holywell Green in 1962

Wheelhouse, Ada

[18??-1???] Of Hebden Bridge. In a report in the Leeds Mercury Weekly of 19th June 1880, she and Thomas Hartley were named as successful candidates for the 8 Yorkshire vacancies at the Royal Albert Idiot Asylum at Lancaster

Wheelhouse & Fletcher

Hebden Bridge tailors [1905]. Partners included Wallace Wheelhouse and James Fletcher

Wheelhouse & Howarth

Succeeded Wheelhouse & Shaw as corn millers and maltsters at Gauxholme Mill, Walsden. They were there in 1877

Partners included Joseph Wheelhouse and James Howarth.

The partnership was dissolved in 1879.

Howarth continued there on his own until the early 1880s.

He was the last corn miller at the mill

Wheelhouse & Shaw

Corn millers at Gauxholme Mill, Walsden [186?]. Partners included Joseph Wheelhouse.

The firm became Wheelhouse & Howarth

Wheelhouse, Joseph

[1816-1???] Son of William Wheelhouse. Born at Mayroyd Mill, Wadsworth.

He was a corn miller; partner in Wheelhouse & Shaw; partner in Wheelhouse & Howarth.

He married Grace Greenwood of Wadsworth.

They lived at Plane Tree Cottage, Clough, Walsden [1871]

Wheelhouse, Taylor

[18??-1???] Leather dealer at Bailiff Bridge.

He was reported as doing good business with France. In 1883, he was fined 500 francs when 2 bales of leather had been detained by the French authorities on suspicion of being of American origin – American goods being liable to a heavier duty.

He was a member of the Clifton Board of Guardians [1869].

He lived at Birkby Lane, Clifton [1869]

Wheelhouse, Wallace

[18??-19??] Partner in Wheelhouse & Fletcher.

He lived at Beechwood, Hebden Bridge [1905]

Wheelhouse, William

[17??-18??] Corn and flour miller at Mayroyd Mill, Hebden Bridge [1802, 1834].

He married Betty.

Children: Joseph Wheelhouse

Wheelwright

There are currently around 12 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Wheelwright. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

The Wheelwright family

The family was important in Rishworth. They owned mills in the Ryburn valley.

Members of the family have included John Wilkinson Hoyle Wheelwright, Michael Wheelwright, John Wheelwright and John Wheelwright.

See Heathfield House, Rishworth, Rishworth Mills, Rishworth School and Goat House, Rishworth

Wheelwright & Lumb

Woollen manufacturers at Berry Mill, Stainland [1874]

Wheelwright's Charity

Halifax.

See West Grove Boiler Works, West Vale

Wheelwright's Charity

Sowerby and Rishworth. Established by John Wheelwright.

He was one of the original trustees together with Ely Dyson of Clay House and Abraham Thomas of Dewsbury.

It was specified that one of successors of Wheelwright was to be his male heir, or, at least, someone with the surname Wheelwright.

Later trustees included John Wheelwright, Samuel Knight [1826], George Priestley [1826], John Wheelwright [1826], Colonel Robert Stansfeld [1853], John Waterhouse [1853], John Wilkinson Hoyle Wheelwright [1853], and John Hoyle Wheelwright - and they owned much local property and several mills including Dyson Lane Mill, Rishworth, The Folly, Barkisland, Lower Dyson Lane Mill, Rishworth and Slitheroe Mill, Rishworth.

See Rishworth School

Wheelwright, Edward Lycett

[1874-1948] OBE. Son of John Hoyle Wheelwright.

During World War II, he served as Captain in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

He and his twin sister, Hilda Lycett, were buried at Saint John the Divine, Rishworth

Wheelwright, J. W.

[18??-19??] Built Little Even, Barkisland

[16??-1724] Originally from North Shields. Son of Michael Wheelwright.

His father died. His mother married George Firth from Rishworth.

He became Collector of the king's salt duties. He was a local landowner. He lived at Goat House, Rishworth.

He bought Clay House, Greetland from the Clay family in 1709-1713 and let it out to tenants.

In his will of 1724, he established the Wheelwright Charity, left money for building a school at Rishworth, and bequeathed Goat House to be used as a residence for the teachers, matron and children of the school.

There is a memorial window for him in Saint John's Church, Rishworth.

His daughter were buried at Saint Bartholomew's, Ripponden and their gravestone is fixed to the tomb of Harry Maslen

[17??-1797?]

Question: Can anyone confirm any of these dates/details, or link him to John Wheelwright?

On 19th October 1710 he married Elizabeth Haigh, in Halifax.

Children: (1) Mary [1713-1791] who married George Riley; (2) Sarah [1719-1752].

His daughter were buried at Saint Bartholomew's, Ripponden and their gravestone is fixed to the tomb of Harry Maslen

[17??-18??]

He was one of the subscribers to the Leeds Infirmary [1792]

[1736-1814] Born John Riley, son of Mary Wheelwright and George Riley.

The rules of the family's Wheelwright Charity specified that one of the trustees of the charity who succeeded Wheelwright should be his male heir, or, at least, someone with the surname Wheelwright. This was resolved in the 1750s, when John Wheelwright and George Riley petitioned the House of Lords to change John Riley's name to John Wheelwright to succeed his grandfather as a trustee of the Charity

Wheelwright, John Graham

[1785-1855] Born John Hoyle in Rishworth.

About 1817, after the death of John Wheelwright, there was a dispute about who was to succeed him as a Trustee of the Wheelwright Charity. This was resolved in 1826, when John Hoyle changed his name to John Wheelwright.

He was a trustee of the Wheelwright Charity [1826]; a farmer of 60 acres [1851]; a cotton dealer [1851].

He married Sarah Wilkinson [1791-1843].

Children: (1) Marian [1809-1824]; (2) John Wilkinson Hoyle; (3) Thomas Hanwell [1813-1825]; (4) Sarah Ell Hoyle [1815-1891]; (5) Ann Hoyle [1817-1888]; (6) Michael Hoyle; (7) Benjamin [1823-1831].

The family lived at Rishworth Mill [1851]

Members of the family were buried at Saint Bartholomew's, Dean Head in the Wheelwright family tomb there. There is a transcription of the epitaph [number 153] at Scammonden in Alan Shaw's CD Monumental Inscriptions in the Ripponden Area

[1829-1917] Son of William Wheelwright. Born in Leeds.

He was Manager of Halifax Commercial Banking Company Limited in Halifax [1866]; a bank manager [1891]; Borough Treasurer for Halifax [1894].

In 1874, he married Frances Ogden [1840-1899] in Scarborough.

Children: (1) Gertrude [b 1876]; (2) Edith [b 1877]; (3) Arthur Graham [b 1880].

The family lived at Bramley Lane, Hipperholme [1881]; Clay House, Greetland [1891] The Wheelwrights sold the house in 1897.

He and Frances died at Southport.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £5,418 6/10d. He left an estate valued at £5418 6/10d. Rev George Thomas Jowett and Rev Frank Werner Soames were his executors

Wheelwright, John Hoyle

[1843-1918] Son of John Wilkinson Hoyle Wheelwright. Born in Rishworth.

He was (possibly) educated at Barkisland Grammar School [1851].

He was a cotton spinner employing 60 hands [1881]. He succeeded his father as a trustee of the Wheelwright Charity.

In 1871, he married Emily Lycett [1850-1912] from Southport, in Altrincham, Cheshire.

Children: (1) John Roland Hoyle [b 1872]; (2) Gertrude Emily [b 1873]; (3) twins Edward Lycett; (4) Hilda Lycett [1874-1916]; (5) Dyson George [b 1875]; (6) Mary Dyson [b 1876]; (7) Hugh [b 1878].

The family lived at Ryburn Cottage, Soyland [1881]

Both John Hoyle and Emily died at Heathfield, Rishworth.

They were buried at Saint Bartholomew's, Dean Head in the Wheelwright family tomb there. There is a transcription of the epitaph [number 153] at Scammonden in Alan Shaw's CD Monumental Inscriptions in the Ripponden Area

Wheelwright, John Wilkinson Hoyle

[1809-1893] Son of John Wheelwright. Born in Rishworth.

He was a cotton spinner and doubler employing 415 males and 242 females [1851]; a trustee of the Wheelwright Charity [1853]; a cotton spinner and doubler employing 25 hands [1871]; a cotton spinner and doubler [1881]; a cotton spinner [1891].

On 30th January 1834, he married Mary Harriet, daughter of Scipio Dyson, at Elland Church.

Children: (1) Thomazia Nelson [1836-1916]; (2) Sarah Elizabeth who married Wilkinson Crossley; (3) Mary Ellen [1839-1927] who married David Bellamy; (4) Julia [b 1842]; (5) John Hoyle.

The family lived at Heath Cottage, Rishworth [1851]; Heath Field, Rishworth [1871, 1881, 1891].

Mary Harriet died at Heathfield, Rishworth.

Members of the family were buried at Saint John The Divine, Rishworth and at Saint Bartholomew's, Dean Head in the Wheelwright family tomb there. There is a transcription of the epitaph [number 153] at Scammonden in Alan Shaw's CD Monumental Inscriptions in the Ripponden Area.

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1893

Wheelwright's: John Wilkinson Wheelwright & Sons Limited

Cotton spinners and doublers at Brian Royd Mill, Greetland and Small Lees Mill. Their head office was at Rishworth Mills. Recorded in 1905

Wheelwright, Michael

[16??-16??] Of Sandal Magna.

He married Dorothy.

Children: (1) John; (2) son.

In 1656, after Michael's death, Dorothy married George Firth from Rishworth

Wheelwright, Michael Hoyle

[1819-1864] Son of John Wheelwright.

In 1853, he married Harriet Esther, daughter of Harry Maslen, in Pontefract.

Children: Helen Eva [1854-1856].

The family lived at Slitheroe House, Rishworth [1864].

Members of the family were buried at Saint Bartholomew's, Dean Head. There is a transcription of the epitaph [number 148] at Scammonden in Alan Shaw's CD Monumental Inscriptions in the Ripponden Area

The Wheelwright'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 production of wheels, furniture and other wooden items

Whetherherd, Christopher Chamberlain

[1731-1803] Son of James Whetherherd.

He married Unknown.

Children: James [1769-1822] who was a Captain in the 23rd Light Dragoons.

The epitaph on the family memorial in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

Whetherherd, James

[1704-1777] He married Mary Chamberlain.

Children: (1) Christopher; (2) Mary [1734-1805]; (3) child who died in infancy; (4) child who died in infancy; (5) child who died in infancy; (6) child who died in infancy.

The epitaph on the family memorial in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

Whewall, Elizabeth

[1???-1???] Hosier at 4 Old Market Halifax [1837]

Whewall, James

[1813-1890] Stocking and worsted manufacturer and merchant at 1 Northgate, Halifax, and at 8 George Street, Halifax [1837].

He lived at Union Cross Yard [1845].

Whewall's Court there is named for him

Whichfield

A form of the name Witchfield

Whin Hill Wood, Wheatley

Whinchat Hall, Clifton

Whinney Cottage, Lightcliffe

Recorded around 1850 at Smith House Lane.

See Whinney House, Lightcliffe

Whinney Hall, Shelf

Whinney Hill housing estate

Abraham Woodhead [1710]

See Whinny

Brighouse. Housing estate at Whinney Hill Park which opened in 19??.

There were prefabricated houses there in the 1950s. These were later replaced by brick houses

See Whinney House, Lightcliffe and Whinny

Whinney House, Lightcliffe

Recorded around 1850 at Cow Lane / Smith House Lane. The property is shown – but not named – on later maps.

Whinney Hill housing estate was later built on adjacent land.

See Whinney Cottage, Lightcliffe

Whinney Royd, Northowram

Whinney Royd Lane. Built around 14??. In 1455, the house passed from Richard Strange to James Otes, and passed down the family to James Oates in 1608.

The present farmhouse is probably late 17th century.

See Whinny

Whipp Brothers & Todd Limited

Cotton manufacturers at Millsteads Mill, Todmorden [1905]

Whirlaw, Todmorden

Natural rocky outcrop above Todmorden. 1,200 ft above sea level.

This was a popular location for meetings, demonstrations and celebrations.

The name is used in Billy Holt's book The wizard of Whirlaw

Whirlaw, Todmorden

Settlement above Todmorden. West Whirlaw and East Whirlaw are recorded.

See Whirlaw Common, Todmorden

Whiscombe Bank

Whisht

Popular name for the illegal malt and other liquors which were sold in the Sowerby and Soyland districts around 1829 – this was known as husht selling. The customers of such whisht shops often formed a secret society with oaths, signs and passwords. A subscription fund was established to reward any informers and for the prosecution of the offenders.

The dialect word whisht means to remain silent or keep quiet

Whiskam Dandy

Aka Whiscombe Bank, Whiskcombe Dandy, and Wiscombe Bank. Part of the Wakefield Gate route, the old packhorse track which passes over and down Beacon Hill and Old Bank

There was a pub here called Whiskam Dandy

See Horsfall Buildings, Southowram

Whiskcombe Dandy

Whiskum Toll Bar

A toll bar mentioned in Anne Lister's journals

Whisky & Well Head

See Well Head

Whistle Hall, Ogden

Keighley Road. House built by the family of Jonathan Catherall. The name was given because the family made their money by selling pot whistles and taws from a donkey

Whistlepegs

[17??-1???] A man who, it was believed, was involved in the bread riots for which Mark Saltonstall and Thomas Spencer were hanged

Whistler Park, Halifax

A recent name for the Belle Vue House

Whit Monday Fields

Aka Long Royd Meadow, Hebden Bridge. In the 19th century, children from Birchliffe Chapel, Hebden Bridge marched to the area in procession on Whit Monday. A maypole was set up here

Whitacarres, Thomas

[15??-15??] Owned Norland Hall [1598]

Whitacre, John

[1678-1762] A merchant.

A 1709, he bought Longwood House, Fixby from William Starkey.

He was a trustee for Betty Nuttall Hill.

He married Unknown.

Children: Elizabeth who married Henry Gill

Whitaker

Other forms of the surname include Whittaker

See the Foldout for a composite list of individuals with this and all similar surnames

There are currently around 48 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Whitaker. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

Whitaker, Albert

[19??-19??] Established Whitaker's Opticians

Whitaker, Alfred

[1865-1???] Son of David Whitaker. Born in Halifax.

He was Director of Stuff & Cotton Dyeworks [1901].

He married Unknown. Annie F [1875-19??] from Ireland.

Children: Richard David [b 1900].

The family lived at Newlay Wood, Horsforth [?] [1901]

Whitaker & Howarth

Boot and shoemakers at Woolshops, Halifax [1809]

Whitaker, Rev B. L.

[18??-19??] He served in North-West Canada and as a chaplain in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces before coming to the district. He was on the staff at Halifax Parish Church before becoming Vicar of Saint George's Church, Sowerby Bridge [1920]

Whitaker, Captain Basil

[1884-19??] IARO. Youngest son of Joseph Whitaker.

He served in the Indian Army.

On 5th August 1920, he married Margaret Alice, youngest daughter of Walter Garnett, at Halifax Parish Church

Whitaker, Daniel

[1682-1728] Halifax grocer.

He married Hannah [1689-1749].

Children: (1) Elizabeth; (2) Mary; (3) Robert; (4) Thomas; (5) John; (6) Daniel; (7) Abraham; (8) William.

There is a memorial to members of the family in Halifax Parish Church. The epitaph on the memorial is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

Whitaker, David

[1838-1890] Son of Richard Whitaker.

He was a pattern dyer [1871]; a master dyer employing 290 hands [1881].

On 29th June 1863, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Knowles, at Halifax Parish Church.

Children: (1) Richard Thomas [1863-1902]; (2) Alfred [b 1865]; (3) Martha [b 1870]; (4) David Frederick [1872-1874]; (5) Norman [1878] who was a Mechanical Engineer [1901].

The family lived at Old Lane, Halifax [1871]; Newlay Hall, Bramley [1881].

He died at Newlay Park [27th February 1890].

Members of the family were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax

Whitaker, Edmund

[1795-1865] Established Edmund Whitaker & Son

Whitaker's: Edmund Whitaker & Son

Warp sizers and manufacturers established by Edmund Whitaker. They were at Sandholme Mill, Todmorden [1842-1881]

Whitaker, Elizabeth Mary

[19??-19??] Daughter of Dr Harold Whitaker.

She married John Hugh Selwyn Rawson.

They divorced

Whitaker, Lieutenant Dr Frederick

[1875-1916] MA, MB, BC, MRCS, LRCP. Son of Joseph Whitaker.

He was Third House Surgeon at the Royal Halifax Infirmary [1905]; in the RAMC; a Surgeon in the 29th General Hospital, Salonica [1915].

In 1909, he (possibly) married Jessie Milroy at Salford.

The family lived at Montana, Savile Park Road, Halifax [1916].

He died of dysentery [28th October 1916] in hospital at Alexandria, as he was on his way home after serving one year as a surgeon in Salonica.

On his death, Dr Alfred Mantle wrote in a local paper

He saved others but could not save himself

Whitaker, George Bedford

[1872-1934] Son of Jeremiah Whitaker.

(Possibly) nephew of Alfred Hesselden whom he was staying with [1891].

He was a brewer's assistant [1891]; a brewer/maltster (employer) [1901]; running the Grove, Brearley [1905]; Chairman and Director of Richard Whitaker & Sons Limited.

In April 1898, he married Sarah Ann, daughter of William Murgatroyd.

Children: (1) George Murgatroyd; (2) Margaret [b 1900]; (3) Herbert.

The family lived at Grove House, Brearley [1901, 1905]

Whitaker, George Murgatroyd

[1899-1964] Son of George Bedford Whitaker. Born 11th June 1899, baptised at Luddenden Church [24th August 1899].

He was a Director of Richard Whitaker & Sons Limited [1935].

He lived at The Elms, Illingworth; Little Haigh, Strensall, York [1949].

He died at Claro

Whitaker, Dr Harold

[18??-19??] PhD. Of Hopewell House, Lightcliffe. He was Vice President of the Halifax Antiquarian Society.

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) Mary Elizabeth; (2) John Harold

Whitaker, Herbert

[18??-19??] Son of George Bedford Whitaker. Born 30th July 1905, baptised at Luddenden Church [4th October 1905].

He was a Director of Richard Whitaker & Sons Limited [1935]

Whitaker, J.

[18??-18??] Tobacconist at Halifax.

In October 1867, he was declared bankrupt

Whitaker, J. S.

[18??-18??] Draper at The Old Stuff Shop, 50 Cross Hills, Halifax [1865]

Whitaker, Jabez

[18??-19??] He lived at Thorney Bank, Norland [1905]. He was a Rural District Councillor and Guardian of the Poor for Norland

Whitaker, James

[1???-17??] A blacksmith. He had a smithy at Bridge End, Rastrick.

In 1728, the Duke of Leeds leased him land at Bridge End at a rent of 6d per year.

He built a house on the land.

Bridge End Congregational Church, Rastrick was built on the land [1778]

Whitaker, James

[1753-1821] Of Causeway Head, Warley. He was the first person to be buried at the newly-opened Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge

Whitaker, James

[1810-1867] Of Wheatley. On 21st March 1867, an inquest was held on the body of Mr Whitaker who poisoned himself and 4 of his children by strychnine, incautiously administered

Whitaker, Jeremiah

[1846-1905] Fifth son of Richard Whitaker. Born in Halifax.

He was a pattern dyer [1871]; a master dyer [1881, 1891].

On 26th December 1871, he married Sarah, elder daughter of George Bedford.

Children: (1) George Bedford; (2) Emily [b 1874]; (3) Thomas; (4) Grace [b 1878]; (5) Harold [b 1880]; (6) Eleanor [b 1884]; (7) Victor [b 1888].

The family lived at Oxford terrace, Halifax [where he was a boarder 1871]; Watefair, Newlay Wood, Horsforth [1881]; Newlay Hall, Horsforth [1891]; (two sons and two daughters) Esscroft, Burley-in-Wharfedale [1901]; Burley-in-Wharfedale.

He was buried at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel

Whitaker, John

[1???-18??] Partner in Cockcroft & Whitaker

Whitaker, John

[1765-1845] He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Crossley.

They had no children

Whitaker, John Harold

[19??-19??] Son of Dr Harold Whitaker.

In 1944?, he married Veronica Ritchie Romer from Broughton, Winchester

Whitaker, Jonathan

[1807-18??] Recorded in 1871, when he was a widowed gentleman (retired cattle dealer), living at 2 Shop? Alley, Ambler Thorn

Whitaker, Joseph

[18??-18??] Dealer game in the New Market, Halifax [1871].

Richard Hodgson lived and trained with Whitaker and became a partner [1871]

Whitaker, Joseph

[1848-1928] JP. Son of Richard Whitaker.

He was educated at John Farrar's Academy, Park Place, and Kippax Hall School, Leeds.

He was working with Richard Whitaker & Sons at Seedlings Mount [1864]; a partner [1869]; a bookkeeper at a brewery [1871]; a common brewer employing 40 men [1881, 1891]; an Alderman for Halifax Central ward [1894]; retired Common Brewer [1901]; Company Chairman on the death of his brother Thomas [1910].

In 1925, he gave money to establish the Joseph Whitaker X-Ray Ward at the Royal Halifax Infirmary.

He was made an Honorary Freeman of the Borough in 1926.

He had interests in the Halifax Newspaper & Printing Company Limited.

In February 1871, he married (1) Emily Ackroyd [1851-1900].

Emily was the daughter of Joseph Ackroyd of Hampden Place, Halifax

Children: (1) Joseph Ackroyd [b 1874]; (2) Frederick; (3) Rowland; (4) Beatrice [b 1879] who married Edwin Macauley; (5) child [b 1881]; (6) Basil.

In 19??, he married (2) Unknown.

The family lived at 19 Corporation Street, Halifax [1881]; Craven Lodge, Halifax [1891, 1901]; Mayfield House, Halifax [1928].

In 1901, Joseph was living with his daughter Beatrice and Elizabeth Ayrton [b 1862] lady's companion at Craven Lodge

He died on 18th November 1928 [aged 79] at Mayfield House.

He was buried at Saint Paul's Church, King Cross.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £66,417

Whitaker, Captain Joseph A.

[18??-19??] He was a Director of Richard Whitaker & Sons Limited [1935]

Whitaker, Josephine Anne

[1960-1979] A clerk at the Halifax Building Society. She was the 11th victim of the Yorkshire Ripper. She was murdered about 11:30 pm on 4th April 1979 as she walked home after a visit to her grandparents. Her battered body was discovered on Savile Park the following morning

Whitaker, Michael

[19??-2004] He was one of the last directors of Richard Whitaker & Sons Limited. He made the decision to sell the business to Whitbread's.

After leaving Whitaker's, he went on to run Neaverson's glass and china shop.

He retired in 1987

Whitaker's Minstrels

A musical entertainment group.

Question: Does anyone know whether this was connected to Richard Whitaker & Sons?

Whitaker's Opticians

Opticians established in 1932 by Albert Whitaker at Sowerby Bridge.

In 1974, they acquired Mr Spencer's practice at King Cross, Halifax. This closed in 2008.

In 1977, they opened a practice in Elland.

In 1997, they acquired Mackereth Opticians in Regent Street, Halifax

Whitaker Pit Woods, Clifton

Woodland near Whitaker Pit, Clifton. The tramway to the pit ran along, what is now, the path through the woods.

There are remains of many bell pits here and the associated oak trees are still in evidence

Whitaker Pits Farm, Clifton

Just south-east of Whitaker Pit

Whitaker, Richard

[1806-1871] Born in Burnley, Lancashire. He moved to Halifax in 1848.

He was a beerseller [1851]; founder of Whitaker's Brewery [1860].

In 1849, he started brewing at his home at Seedlings Mount, which later became The Stannary Inn.

Around 1860, he bought land called the Seedlings – or Neddy Haigh's Field – and built his new Seedlings Mount brewery which started production in 1867. This became the Cock o' the North brewery.

After Richard's death [1871], the business passed to his sons, Thomas, Richard and Joseph.

By 1889, the business had expanded to include maltings and stabling for 40 dray horses.

He married Mary [1812-1???] from Halifax.

Children: (1) Thomas; (2) Sarah [b 1836]; (3) David; (4) Frederick [b 1840]; (5) Hannah [1842-1859]; (6) Richard; (7) Jeremiah [b 1846]; (8) Joseph; (9) Mary [1852] who died in infancy.

The family lived at 1 Upper Crib Lane, Halifax [1851]; Brearley Hall [1871].

He died at his daughter's home in Lord Street, Halifax [7th February 1871].

See Lacey Hey Farm, Midgley

Whitaker, Richard

[1808-1871] Of Brearley Hall, Luddendenfoot.

He married Mary [1812-18??].

Children: several sons, including (1) son; (2) son; (3) son; (4) son; (5) Jeremiah

Whitaker, Richard

[1844-1???] Son of Richard Whitaker.

He was a brewer employing 6 men [1871].

On 5th February 1864, he married Sarah Hannah Booth [1845-1???] from Bury, Lancashire, in Halifax.

Children: (1) Mary A. [b 1865]; (2) Anne [b 1866]; (3) Martha [b 1868]; (4) Richard David [b 1872].

The family lived at 7 Green Hill Terrace, Halifax [1871]

Living with them in 1871, was Sarah Hannah's sister Mary J. Booth who was listed as companion to wife in the census

Whitaker's: Richard Whitaker & Sons Limited

Brewery founded by Richard Whitaker in 1860. From 1867, they brewed at their Cock o' the North brewery at 36 Corporation Street, Halifax – see Stannary.

This was later made famous by the Cock o' the North mark. There were malt kilns at Elland.

Richard's sons took over the business when he died in 1871.

The main kilns were added when the brewery was enlarged in 1893.

A maltings, stabling and bottling plant were added in 1898.

The company was registered on 28th April 1890. At that time, they produced about 40,000 barrels per year.

In 1905, they acquired the business of Mr G. B. Whitaker.

The character Doc Shire – a portly gentleman with top hat and cane and smoking a cigar – was created by J. J. Mulroy to advertise Whitaker's beer in the 1930s.

In 1959, two Whitbread directors joined the Whitaker's board with the result that Whitaker's houses immediately stocked Whitbread beers. Brewing at the Corporation Street brewery stopped when the company was completely taken over by Whitbread & Company Limited in 1968. The brewery closed down in 1969.

The buildings stood derelict and were demolished in 1973.

The Brewery is discussed in Halifax Pubs.

See Albert Clifford Robinson, Joseph Frederick Walsh, Captain Joseph A. Whitaker, George Bedford Whitaker, G. Murgatroyd Whitaker, Herbert Whitaker, Michael Whitaker and Thomas Whitaker

Whitaker, Rowland

[1876-19??] Born in Halifax.

He was a brewer [1901]; Chairman of Richard Whitaker & Sons Limited [1935]; a director of Rochdale & Manor Brewery Limited.

He lived at Stretford Road, Stretford, Staffordshire [a boarder 1901]; Belle Vue Hotel, Southport

Whitaker's: S. N. Whitaker & Son

Printers at Saint James's Street, Halifax [1880]

Whitaker, Samuel

[1???-1855] He was landlord of the Craven Heifer, Halifax [1834, 1855]; a horse dealer [1842].

He died 24th August 1855

Whitaker, Samuel

[18??-19??] He lived at Law Hill House, Southowram [1905]

Whitaker, Samuel

[1839-1892] He married Priscilla Harriet [1843-1919].

Children: (possibly) Sarah who married Richard Habergham.

Members of the family were buried at Saint Mary's Church, Cottonstones

Whitaker, Sidney

[1817-18??] At the West Riding Sessions in October 1839, he was transported for 7 years for stealing money from the person of John Drake of Northowram

Whitaker, Sydney Morgan

[1864-19??] Son of William H. Whitaker.

He became a physician and surgeon.

He lived at Derby [1901, 1911].

His mother and sister, Ethel, were living with him [1901, 1911]

Whitaker, Dr T. D.

[1759-1821] Antiquary who wrote histories of Yorkshire and Lancashire

Whitaker, Thomas

[1831-1910] JP. Son of Richard Whitaker.

He was a brewer employing 20 men [1871]; Chairman of Richard Whitaker & Sons Limited. He was a Freemason and Master of the Prince Frederick [No 307] Masonic Lodge. A datestone on the Boar's Head Hotel, Halifax carries his initials and masonic symbols.

In 1847, he married (1) Martha Brearley [1836-18??] from Shrewsbury/Birmingham. Martha (must have) died between 1881 and 1884.

On 12th August 1884, he married (2) Emma Frances, daughter of John Walsh, at Coley Church.

Children: (1) Frances Mary [b 1889] who married Mr Robinson; (2) Ruth [b 1890]; (3) Thomas Savile [bapt 1893]

The family lived at 17 Corporation Street, Halifax [1871]; 11 Park Road Halifax [1881]; Savile Heath, Skircoat [1891]

In 1871, his brother Joseph. was living with the family.

In 1881, Martha's niece, Elizabeth B. Kears [b 1869] was staying with her at Park Road.

Thomas retired and moved to Watson House, Burley-in-Wharfedale, where he died

Whitaker, Thomas

[1863-1???] Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was an iron fitter [1891].

In 1882, he married Lily Crossley [1867-1???] in Halifax.

Children: (1) John Howarth [b 1883]; (2) Frank Ernest [b 1885].

The family lived at the Dusty Miller, Sowerby Bridge.

Living with them in 1891 were visitors Benjamin Eastwood [b 1866] and Frederick Marshall [b 1863]

Whitaker, Thomas

[1876-19??] Son of Jeremiah Whitaker.

He married Mabel Grace Dibb [1879-19??] from Lincolnshire, in Whitby.

In 1901, the couple were living/staying with Frederick W. Dawson [1866-19??], a flour mill manager, and his wife, Frances L. [1880-19??], at Church Mount, Sutton Without, Sutton-on-Hull

Whitaker, Tommy

[187?-19??] Born at Higgin Chamber, Boulderclough. He became nationally-famous as a ventriloquist, The Great Coram.

At the age of 7, he played the cornet in a band at West Vale. His family moved to Rastrick. He joined Brighouse Borough Band.

His interest was inspired when an uncle gave him a ventriloquist's doll as a birthday present. His first public performance was at a Sunday School concert in Southgate, Elland where he appeared as Professor Whitaker. He subsequently appeared at various seaside resorts. He was offered a trial at The Lyceum in London, and he was retained for another three. He took his stage name from Coram Street, London, where his agent had his offices.

He had several dolls, but the most notable was Jerry Fisher, a the cheeky guardsman. Jerry had moving eyes and mouth, and winked at the audience after cracking some outrageous remark, but Tommy moved his arms, smoked cigarettes and walked off the stage still chatting. The secret was Tommy's engineering skills. He spent hours perfecting a mechanism which allowed the movements to be made by remote control.

Tommy appeared at the Palace Theatre, Halifax on 11th October 1909 and 7th September 1914.

He appeared at the Royal Command Performance [22nd May 1930] and at Buckingham Palace

[1???-18??] He lived at Aked's Road, Halifax; Lee Bridge House, Halifax [1834].

On 28th November 1834, he married Elizabeth, daughter of David Haigh at Halifax Parish Church

[1793-1872] Born in Sowerby.

He was an innkeeper at Thornhill Briggs, Brighouse (possibly) the New Inn [1851]; a Greenwich pensioner [1861].

He married Sarah [1789-18??].

Children: Mary [1829-1???] who married John Fawcett.

The family lived at Thornhill Briggs, Brighouse [1851]

Living with them in 1851 were daughter Mary and family, and lodger Susey Fitton [aged 46] (mill hand).

In 1861, the widowed William was living with his daughter Mary and family at the Oddfellows Arms, Brighouse. In 1871, the widowed William was living with his widowed daughter Mary and family at the Bonegate, Brighouse

[18??-1???] Secretary to the Halifax Omnibus & Cab Company Limited.

He was one of the liquidators when the company voluntarily wound up [1867]

[1831-1???] Born in Halifax.

[1823-1899] Cloth fuller of Thorney Bank, Norland.

He died 6th March 1899 [aged 76]

Whitaker, William H.

He lived at 39 Rhodes Street, Halifax [1845, 1851].

In 1851, he was with Joseph Henry Frobisher at Rhodes Street, Halifax.

He married Elizabeth [1832-1???] from Nottingham.

Children: (1) Sydney; (2) Ethel [b 1867] who married Mr Crosby and was widowed by 1911; (3) Mosley Gee [b 1875].

The family lived at 1 Blackwall, Halifax [1861]; Trinity House, Blackwall, Halifax [1891].

By 1871, he had a school at Saint John's Lane, Halifax. He was listed as Professor of music at Trinity Road, Halifax [1874]

Whitbread & Company Limited

Brewers. Established in 1742 by partners Samuel Whitbread and Thomas Shewell. They were at Chiswell Street, London [1750].

In 1968, the company took over the business and houses of Richard Whitaker & Sons Limited

Whitbread, Helena

[19??-] Local historian and writer.

She began to decipher Anne Lister's journals 1982.

These were published in two volumes:

I know my own heart [1988] – The diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840. This brought the diaries to popular public view

No Priest but Love [1992] – The Journals of Anne Lister from 1824-1826

White, Albert Samuel

[1847-1???] Born in Haltham, Lincolnshire.

Recorded in 1881, when when he was a certified teacher at Wainstalls Board School.

In 1877, he married Annie Chappell in Louth, Lincolnshire.

Children: (1) daughter; (2) daughter

White, Arthur

[18??-19??] He established business making planing machines in Halifax.

His business closed and he joined Oldfield & Schofield as a designer

White Birch Farm, Northowram

See Barkisland Workhouse

White Birch, Ovenden

Wheatley Road.

Owners and tenants have included

Thomas Holt [1798]

Rev John Harrison [1845]

John Frederick Coe [1905]

White Birch, Warley

House dated 1654.

See Yellow Birch, Warley

White Birk, Wheatley

White Chimneys, Skircoat Green

Rawson Avenue.

Owners and tenants have included

James Nicholl Bates [1936, 1960]

White Eagle Polish Club, Halifax

Hopwood Lane. Popular social club for the local Polish community

White, Rev Frank

[1911-1986] He was vicar of Liversedge before becoming Vicar of Lightcliffe [1955-1972]

White Hall House, Hipperholme

Stood along the Halifax-Leeds road, just north-west of the Hipperholme crossroads.

The house gave its name to the Whitehall Inn and the Leeds-Whitehall turnpike road which opened in 1833.

Owners and tenants have included

Smith's Drug Company

William Aspinall [1847]

John Yound [1861]

White Hall, Ovenden

Aisled house

White, Rev Henry

[18??-1???] In June 1875, Reynolds's Newspapers announced that, following the death of Rev Charles Musgrave,

Mr Disraeli offered the living of Halifax to Rev Henry White MA chaplain in ordinary to the Queen and the Chapel Royal Savoy. Mr White was some time chaplain to the House of Commons

2 months later, the paper announced that Rev Francis Pigou had been offered the post

White Hole Farm, Hebden Bridge

Stands at the head of Crimsworth Dean. Recorded in the 1600s, when he married

White Hole, Wadsworth

Thurrish Lane. Late 17th century house with a datestone WIR 1731

White Holme Reservoir

Mytholmroyd. Built around 1805 to maintain water levels in the Rochdale Canal.

See Light Hazles Reservoir and Wool Pack Stones, Warland

White House, Brighouse

Recorded in 1893 off Bonegate and south of the land now occupied by the allotments on Waterloo Road

White House Holme, Mytholmroyd

The Mytholmroyd Charity Demonstration and the Sunday Sing were held here

White House, Rastrick

A landmark at the top of Toothill Bank Recorded in 1910

White House, Stainland

Owners and tenants have included

Benjamin Holroyd [1845]

White, J. H.

[18??-19??] Printed the Halifax Comet at the office of the Guardian

White's: J. L. White

Milliners at Cheapside, Halifax [1930s]. The premises were later occupied by Liley's pram shop

White, Rev J. Pemberthy

[18??-19??] Minister at Bolton Brow Methodist Chapel, Sowerby Bridge [1905]. He lived at Triangle

White, John

[1764-1817] Originally from Edinburgh. He was Quarter-master in the Halifax 1st Regiment of the local militia

White, Rev John

[1788-1849] Born in Harden, Bingley. Minister of Heywood's Chapel [1820] and Master of Heywood's School [1827] where his brother, Thomas White, was a teacher.

The rifts caused by his predecessor, Rev Robert Harper, were mended and the branch chapel was converted into a cottage and sold.

He married (1) Miss Howitt [1805-1840] from Leeds.

Children: (1) child; (2) child; (3) child; (4) child; (5) child; (6) child.

His wife's father ran into financial difficulties and this resulted in reduced circumstances for Mr and Mrs White.

In 1840, he established Northowram Infants' School.

He married (2) Miss Walker from Mirfield.

He approached those who had left Heywood's Chapel during the ministry of Rev Robert Harper, and got them to return to the Chapel.

He sold off pieces of Heywood's old pulpit to raise money for the new Chapel. He was known as King of the Beggars because of the manner in which he raised money for the new Chapel and Sunday School. He was also known as The Steam Preacher because he perspired freely when exerting himself.

He was a founder and first President of The Halifax Total Abstinence Society. He was a founder of the Halifax & District Sunday School Union. He initiated the idea for establishing Northowram Infants' School.

He was buried near the entrance of the Chapel. There is a monument at Northowram

White Lee Clough, Mytholmroyd

Runs down from Wadsworth to Mytholmroyd

White Lee House, Mytholmroyd

One of a group of buildings at White Lee, Mytholmroyd.

This is a late 18th century laithe-house.

Owners and tenants have included

James Appleyard [1855]

Daniel Jones Crossley [1861]

White Lee, Mytholmroyd

Midgley Road. A group of buildings comprising

White Lee House

Lower White Lee

White Lee Tannery

White, Leslie

[19??-19??] Player with Halifax RLFC [1951]. He won caps for Wales while at Halifax

White Lion Fisheries, Hebden Bridge

Numbers 4 & 5 Hollins Place. Late 17th century buildings and barn

White Lion Toll Bar, Hebden Bridge

Established outside the White Lion in 1765. This was the first toll bar in Hebden Bridge. It was discontinued around 1785

White Lion Yard, Halifax

There was a theatre above the stables at the White Lion Hotel & Posting House, Halifax which was well-known for its dramatic presentations. The actor-manager Tate Wilkinson described performing here in 1776

White, Rev Matthew

[1820-1890] From Kirkburton. He was educated at Pickering Academy before becoming minister at Reeth [1850-1872] and chaplain at a Sunderland Cemetery.

He was buried at Providence Congregational Church, Ovenden

White, Monkman

[1835-1875] Born in East Ayton, Scarborough.

He worked as foreman for farmer George Jackson in Middle Deepdale and a carter before becoming a paper-maker at Booth Wood Paper Mill, Rishworth. He may have got the job at Rishworth through his brother-in-law, William Mellor.

In 1865, he married (1) Susey Howarth.

Susey was the daughter of Samuel Howarth.
She died 9 months later [January 1866]

In October 1866, he married (2) Ann Candler [1838-1???] from Scarborough, at Scarborough.

Children: (1) Margaret Ann; (2) Thomas John.

He was killed at the mill [16th October 1875].

The Inquest is discussed in the Foldout.

He was buried at East Ayton, Scarborough, where there is a monument erected by Mary Mellor, his eldest sister

White's Nurseries, Brighouse

Recorded in the 1960s at the Old Coach Road, Lightcliffe.

They had a florist's shop in Commercial Street, Brighouse

White, Rev Philip James

[18??-18??] Methodist New Connexion Minister.

He lived at North Parade, Halifax [1845]

White's: R. White & Company

Mineral water manufacturers at Navigation Wharf, Halifax [1905]

White, Robert P.

[1855-1???] MB. Born in Wigan. Physician & surgeon at Halifax. Head house surgeon at the Halifax Infirmary & Dispensary [1881]

White Rock, Luddenden Dean

Saltonstall. Small, natural outcrops of rocks which were painted white in 1890 and have since been repainted many times.

Horsfall Turner writes that people celebrating Luddenden Dean Spa around 1890, were surprised to see the rocks painted white.

The original painter and those who have subsequently re-painted the rocks have never been identified

White Rose Archery Club, Hebden Bridge

They share facilities with Hebden Bridge Cricket Club

White Rose Water Ski Club

Based at the lake at Cromwellbottom

White Slack Gate, Walsden

A part of the packhorse route.

See White Slack, Walsden

White Slack, Walsden

White Slack Gate. Early 18th century laithe-house

White, Stephen

[18??-1???] Partner in Stringer & White and then White & Stringer.

In 1879, the partnership was dissolved when John Stringer suffered ill-health.

White continued the business as Stephen White. He had a shop with offices and show-room at 20 Broad Street, Halifax [1881]

White Stone Clough Farm, Cotton Stones

Recorded in May 1906, when it was sold for £500. The purchaser was possibly the tenant, Robert Pratt

White, Thomas

[1???-18??] Brother of Rev John White.

He was Master of Heywood's School [1827]. He did the work with the understanding that his brother was responsible. During this time, his wife's niece, Mary Ann Ogden died at the school

White, Wheater

[1848-1907] Born in Allerton.

He was a farmer in Wilsden [1881]; an oil merchant at Stead Street, Halifax [1905]; a town Councillor in Halifax [1907].

In 1876, he married Sarah Sophia Newton [1852-1???] from Leeds, in Bradford.

Children: (1) Jessie Muriel [b 1876]; (2) Nora Sophia [b 1878] who married Roger Thomas; (3) Hermon Wheater [b 1879].

He lived at Upper Westgate Farm, Allerton, Wilsden, Bradford [1881], Exley House, Exley Bank [1905], and Crossley Hall, Salterhebble [1907]

White Windows, Sowerby

Fore Lane Avenue. In the 16th century, the land here was owned by John Gaukroger. John Priestley bought the estate in 1765.

A new three-storeyed house was designed by Carr of York in 1767. Joseph Priestley had a Justices' Room here, and his name is inscribed on a window pane.

The house passed to his son, George. In 1837, he bought property in Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, and went to live there. He tried to sell White Windows without success. His son, George Kirkman Priestley sold the house to John Rawson in 1878.

The house remained with the Rawson family until the 1950s.

Subsequent owners and tenants have included

Nicholas Nugent [1911, 1923]

Lieutenant S. G. C. Rawson [1928]

It had been used variously as a school and a hostel.

In May 1957, it became a Cheshire Home for around 30 patients.

See Sir Henry Edwards and Rev Daniel Hartnett

White Wood Reservoir

Reservoir on the Ryburn

Whitegate, Siddal

In the 18th century, the house was owned by John Rawson.

John Patchett is recorded here [1863]

Whitegatefoot, Skircoat

Whitehall, Heptonstall

Jeremiah Rossendale [in the 17th century]

Whitehall, Halifax

A building at the junction of Russell Street and Corn Market. It was built in 1891 for Mr Beal who had the agency for White Sewing Machines

Northgate. The original mid-17th century farmhouse was rebuilt in the 19th century.

The Bentley family lived here until the mid-17th century

Approaching the house, there is a stone gateway with a lintel dated IB 1578 for John Bentley. This was possibly reused from a cart entry to the farm The archway is listed separately

Whitehall, Hipperholme

Whitehaughs Arch

The A629 passes underneath the M62 between Ainley Top and Elland. The tunnel is 443 ft long

Whitehaven, Todmorden

18th century milking-house. In the mid-19th century, it was renamed The Haven.

See Mr Clegg

Whitehead

Whitehead, Ammon Willis

There are currently around 33 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Whitehead. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

Whitehead, Abraham

[17??-18??] Cotton spinner at Upper Lumb Mill [1805]. In 1811, he operated 2880 spindles.

He married Unknown.

Children: Abraham.

His son carried on the business

Whitehead, Abraham

[17??-18??] Son of Abraham Whitehead.

He carried on his father's cotton spinning business at Upper Lumb Mill.

In 1812, he was declared bankrupt

Whitehead, Abraham

[1777-1835] He was principal clerk to Fielden Brothers.

His obituary in The Leeds Mercury of 20th June 1835 reported

He had for a great number of years been a steady and consistent member and leader in the Wesleyan Methodist Society. He has left a family of 16 children to lament their loss

[1886-1915] Of Halifax.

He was killed in action in the Dardanelles.

There is a memorial to him in Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 1042]

Whitehead, Anthony

[18??-1???] Licensee of the Waggon & Horses, Sowerby Bridge [1860].

In February 1860, he was fined 30/- for selling at illegal hours on Monday 31st January 1853

Whitehead, Anthony

[1854-1926] Son of George Whitehead

He was a tin plate maker working with his brothers William, Howarth, Frank, and Sam trading as George Whitehead & Sons and Whitehead brothers, at Crescent Mill and Salford Old Foundry.

He was Worshipful Master of the Prudence Lodge of Freemasons [4th January 1907].

He married (1) Nancy Ann Travis.

Children: (1) Charles; (2) Jane; (3) Clara; (4) Bertha.

In 1900, he married (2) widow Hannah Wolfenden (née Crabtree) at Todmorden Unitarian Church.

The family lived at Dawson Weir [before 1896 to after 1901].

He later retired to Southport. He died at 190 York Street, Southport

Whitehead, Arthur

[1???-1???] Member of the Halifax Art Society

Whitehead Brothers

Tinplate workers at Crescent Mill [1851] and Salford Old Foundry [1905].

Partners included Henry Whitehead, George Whitehead, William Whitehead, Sam Whitehead, Anthony Whitehead, Frank Whitehead, and Howarth Whitehead

Whitehead, Eric

[19??-] JP. He was Mayor of Calderdale [1981-1982] and Mayor of Halifax [1968-1969]

Whitehead, Frank

[1851-1893] Son of George Whitehead.

He was a tin plate maker working with his brothers William, Howarth, Anthony, and Sam trading as George Whitehead & Sons and Whitehead brothers, at Crescent Mill and Salford Old Foundry.

He married Hannah Crossley.

Children: (1) Mary; (2) Ruth; (3) Alice; (4) Emily; (5) James; (6) Fanny; (7) George; (8) Harry.

The family lived at Stansfield Street, Todmorden [1893].

On 8th December 1893 he died suddenly at the age of 42.

He was Grand Master of the Oddfellows in the District. On the Sunday following, 100 members of the Independent Order of Oddfellows met at the Oddfellows Hall, Todmorden, and walked in procession to Christ Church

Whitehead, G. T.

[18??-19??] General printer and bookbinder at Trinity Street, Halifax [1895, 1905]. Printed the Halifax Comet

Whitehead, George

[1821-1885] Son of John Whitehead. Born in Todmorden.

In 1841, he was an apprentice tinner at Sutcliffe Buildings, Todmorden, with his father and brother William.

In 1851, he was an iron and tin plate worker in a partnership with his brothers Henry and William, trading as Whitehead Brothers, and employing 2 apprentices.

About 1890, he started up George Whitehead & sons without his brothers but with his sons and occupied the foundry at Salford Old Foundry and also Hall Ing.

He married Ellen Howarth.

Children: (1) William; (2) Mary; (3) Howarth; (4) Frank; (5) Anthony; (6) Sam; (7) James; (8) Alice [1861-1890]; (9) Emma [1870-1889].

Members of the family were buried at Unitarian Chapel, Todmorden

Whitehead's: George Whitehead & Sons

Tinplate workers at Crescent Mill and Salford, Todmorden [1905]. They made sizing and drying machines, tin and copper cylinder and roller makers.

Partners included George Whitehead, Howarth Whitehead, William Whitehead, Anthony Whitehead, Frank Whitehead, and Sam Whitehead

Whitehead, Harry

[1879-19??] He was a horizontal borer [1911].

He married Ada, daughter of Jonathan Mallinson.

Children: (1) Ellen [b 1908]; (2) Maud [b 1909].

The family lived at 20 Belmont Street, Claremount [1911].

Living with them in 1911 were Ada's parents Betty and Jonathan Mallinson

Whitehead, Henry

[1817-1898] Son of John Whitehead. Born in Todmorden.

In 1851, he was at Hall Ing, in partnership with his brothers George and William, employing 2 apprentices and trading as Whitehead Brothers.

He married Isabella.

Children: (1) James; (2) Elizabeth; (3) Jane; (4) Ann; (5) Fred.

The family lived at Waterfield Cottage, Patmos, Todmorden

Whitehead, Howarth

[1852-1910] Son of George Whitehead.

He was a tin plate maker working with his brothers William, Frank, Anthony, and Sam trading as George Whitehead & Sons and Whitehead brothers, at Crescent Mill and Salford Old Foundry.

He married (1) Ada.

Children: (1) Ellen; (2) Ada.

He married (2) Mary Grace Hitchen.

Children: (3) Hilda.

He married (3) Betty.

They had no children.

The family lived at 8 Victoria Road, Todmorden [1905].

Members of the family were buried at The Unitarian Sunday School graveyard, Todmorden

Whitehead, Rev J. T.

[18??-19??] He was at Merthyr Tydfil before becoming Minister at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [1923]

Whitehead, James

[1822-18??] A damask weaver of Haley Hill. He worked at James Akroyd & Sons Limited.

He had been an overlooker, but he was sent back to work on the looms on account of inefficiency. 3 weeks earlier, he had been dismissed when he refused to take on another warp.

On 15th November 1872, he was outside the Coach & Horses, Halifax when he shot – at a range of 3 yards – and wounded John Edward Champney, a director of Akroyd's, whom he had been following down Haley Hill.

The injuries were not serious. A bullet was found lodged in Champney's skin, and another between his waistcoat and braces.

On 6th December 1872, he was indicted for feloniously shooting at Champney, with intent to kill and murder, at Halifax. He was sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude

Whitehead, John

[1???-18??] Son of John Whitehead.

In the 1830s, he joined his father in cotton spinning at Upper Lumb Mill

Whitehead, John

[17??-18??] Cotton spinner at Upper Lumb Mill. His son joined him in the business.

In the 1830s, it was recorded that they employed 58 workers, and their young employees did not work overtime.

He married Unknown.

Children: John

Whitehead, John

[1790-186?] Known as Jack o' th' Tinner's. Born in Bury

He was a brazier and tinner at Sutcliffe's Buildings, Todmorden [1837]; a tinner at Sutcliffe Buildings, Todmorden, with sons George and William (his apprentices) [1841]; a journeyman iron & tin plate worker at Hall Ing, Todmorden [1851].

He married Mary

Children: (1) Henry; (2) George; (3) William.

He died in Todmorden [after 1861]

Whitehead's: Julius Whitehead & Company

Stone quarrying company at New Bank [1800]

Whitehead, Lydia

[1830-1???] Born in Lightcliffe.

In 1846, Lydia – then a 15½ year-old servant girl – had an illegitimate son – William Edward Armytage Axon – fathered by Edward Armytage.

The child was adopted by the Axon family, and he took their surname. She kept in touch with her son, and he spent holidays with her on the family farm.

She married Elijah Mitchell.

Family stories tell how, after Edward Armytage's business failed and he fell on hard times, Lydia returned and nursed him on his deathbed

Whitehead, Martha

[16??-17??] Second wife of Thomas Cordingley

Whitehead, Mr

[17??-1805] Sowerby Bridge clockmaker and watchmaker. His obituary describes him as having

died in the prime of life

Whitehead, Private Marshall

[1900-1920] Of Hope Street, Halifax.

He served with the Northumberland Fusiliers in France, and the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment in Ireland.

On 20th September 1920, he was involved in an ambush in Church Street, Dublin, and was shot in the stomach by Sinn Fein. He died 2 hours later.

Kevin Barry [aged 18], a medical student, was court martialled and hanged on 1st November 1920 for the shooting.

Private Marshall was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery

Whitehead, Rev Robert

[16??-1699] BA. Educated at Brasenose College Oxford. Curate at Todmorden [1699]

Whitehead, Sam

[1857-1926] Son of George Whitehead.

He was a tin plate maker working with his brothers William, Howarth, Frank, and Anthony trading as George Whitehead & Sons and Whitehead brothers, at Crescent Mill and Salford Old Foundry.

He married Zillah Barker

Whitehead, Samuel

[18??-18??] Landlord of the Old Crispin, Halifax [1860, 1864].

In 1860, he was one of a number of publicans charged with the adulteration of their beer by using grains of paradise in brewing. Whitehead claimed that the offence had been done by his brewer Shoesmith. The bench considered that the defendant was liable for the act of his servant. He was fined £50. Renewal of his licence was challenged because his offence.

Druggist Richard Toone was charged and fined £125 for supplying the grains

Whitehead, Stuart

[18??-18??] Established Stuart Whitehead & Company.

He lived at Savile Park Road, Halifax [1874]

Whitehead's: Stuart Whitehead & Company

Wire manufacturers established by Stuart Whitehead at Blackwall Wire Works, Halifax [1874]

Whitehead, Thomas

[18??-1879] He lived at Leafland Street, Halifax.

He was killed in an explosion at the works on 9th October 1879. He left a wife and 4 children

Whitehead, Thomas Charles

[1821-1???] Woolstapler at Halifax.

He married Ellen [b 1839].

They lived at 12 Park Road, Halifax [1881]

Whitehead, Tom

[19??-19??] Local artist. Member of the Halifax Art Society

Whitehead, William

[1827-1874] Son of John Whitehead. Born in Todmorden.

In 1841, he was an apprentice tinner at Sutcliffe Buildings, Todmorden, with his father and brother George.

In 1851, he was an iron and tin plate worker at Hall Ing, Todmorden in partnership with his brothers Henry and George, employing 2 apprentices, and trading as Whitehead Brothers.

Partner in Whitehead Brothers.

He lived at Ridge Street, Todmorden [1905]

He married Sarah.

Children: (1) Lucy; (2) Frances; (3) Arthur Othello

Whitehead, William

[1847-1909] Son of George Whitehead.

He was a tin plate maker working with his brothers Howarth, Frank, Anthony, and Sam trading as George Whitehead & Sons and Whitehead brothers, at Crescent Mill and Salford Old Foundry.

He never married.

He was buried at Unitarian Chapel, Todmorden.

On 27th January 1912, a portrait of William was unveiled at the Unitarian Sunday School

Whitehead, William Chantler

[18??-18??] BA. Educated at Saint John's College Cambridge. He was Usher at Heath Grammar School [1862]

Whitehill Lodge, Illingworth

Whitehouse, Rev Thomas Horatio

[18??-19??] Vicar of Warley [1937]

Whitelam, J.

[1???-19??] Curate at Brighouse [1944-1946]

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Whiteley

Other forms of the surname include Whitely and Whitley.

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The Whiteley family of Barkisland

Important paper-making family in and around Barkisland and Slitheroe Mill.

Members of the family included Dan Whiteley, Thomas Whiteley and John Whiteley & Company

The Whiteley family of Halifax

The family had a well-known business in the making of hats.

Joseph Whiteley was an early member of the family.

See Whiteley's Hat Shop, Halifax and R. Whiteley & Son

The Whiteley family of Rishworth

Important family in and around Rishworth.

Whiteley & Son owned several mills in the area including

Stones Mill, Ripponden [which he bought from Thomas Stead and rebuilt 1855]

Upper Swift Place Mill

Lower Swift Place Mill

Dyson Lane Mill, Rishworth

Bogden Mill, Rishworth [around 1810]

Ryburn Mill, Ripponden [which he built 1858]

See White Hart, Ripponden, Rishworth Particular Baptist Chapel, Joe Whiteley, John Whiteley and Whiteley's Botanical Brewery, Ripponden

Whiteley & Ainley

A 1900 advertisement announced

Whiteley & Ainley
(Late Mason & Son)
Jewellery, Watches, etc
30 Waterhouse Street, Halifax

Whiteley & Pickard

Waste and shoddy dealers at Mill House Mill, Triangle [1905]

Whiteley & Son

Cotton spinners at Rishworth and Ripponden established by John Whiteley. They and owned several mills in the area including

Stones Mill, Ripponden [which he bought from Thomas Stead and rebuilt 1855]

Upper Swift Place Mill

Lower Swift Place Mill

Dyson Lane Mill, Rishworth

Bogden Mill, Rishworth [around 1810]

Ryburn Mill, Ripponden [which he built 1858]

Whiteley Arches Dyers Limited

At Hebble End Dye Works, Erringden [2010]

Whiteley Arches, Mytholm

Railway viaduct built in 1840 by Robert Stephenson. It crosses the Manchester & Leeds Railway, the river Calder, and the Rochdale Canal Earlier plans to build a tunnel for the railway were abandoned on account of the nature of the ground.

The viaduct was originally called Charlestown Viaduct. The later name comes from John Whitely who had a mill nearby

Whiteley's: Benjamin Whiteley & Sons Limited

Cotton spinners established by Benjamin Whiteley at Park Road Mills, Elland.

In 1912, they took over business from Sutcliffe Brothers.

In 1921, the cotton production ended and they carried on with doubling and twisting.

In 1965, half the shares were bought by lace manufacturers John Heathcoat & Company of Tiverton, Devon. The yarn-processing operation ceased in January 2001

Whiteley's Botanical Brewery, Ripponden

The Whiteley family of Ripponden brewed soft drinks, ginger beer and mineral waters. Their stone flagons and bottles can still be found

Quarry owner and stone merchant at Marsh Quarries, Southowram [1905]. Partners included Joseph Shaw Whiteley, Fred Whiteley, and J. W. Whiteley

Paper makers at Soyland [1874] and at Slitheroe Mill, Rishworth [1905]

Cotton doublers established by Thomas, Joseph and Robert Whiteley at Victoria Mills, Brighouse in 1882. In 1892, the business moved to larger premises at Owler Ings Mills, Brighouse. They operated 10,000 spindles [1895]

Woollen merchants at New Road Terrace, Sowerby Bridge [1905]

Whiteley's Corner, Brighouse

The building on the south-west corner of the junction of Bethel Street and Bradford Road. Named for Rider & Whiteley who had their shop on the site

Whiteley families

See The Whiteley family of Barkisland, The Whiteley family of Halifax and The Whiteley family of Rishworth

Whiteley's: Fred Whiteley

Restaurant engineers, makers of coal, gas and electrical cooking apparatus for fish friers etc at Gerrard Street Works, Halifax [1936]. Partners included H. F. Whiteley and N. Whiteley

Whiteley's: G. & W. Whiteley

Wine merchants at Todmorden. Partners included G. Whiteley and W. Whiteley.

The partnership was dissolved in September 1889

Whiteley's: G. S. Whiteley & Company

Blacksmith with business at the bottom of Ogden Lane, Rastrick. Established in 1860 by George Whiteley. The business was subsequently run by Whiteley's nephew, John, his son, Clifford Riley, and the Riley family who produced the Riley Link. The business finally passed to Clifford's nephew, John. In September 1995, John died suddenly at the age of 38. The business closed and the company's workshops were demolished.

The company produced the weather-vane for Saint Matthew's Church, Rastrick.

A ghost, known as Uncle George, after the founder, was said to haunt the premises.

See A Village Blacksmith

Whiteley, Garsed & Company

Cotton-spinners at Albert Mills, Rastrick. Partners included L. Whiteley, J. Garsed, M. Farrar, W. Farrar, and W. H. Lever.

Their mill burnt down on 16th June 1864.

In August 1864, the partnership was declared bankrupt

Whiteley's: H. Whiteley & Company Limited

Halifax joiners and builders established by Henry Whiteley

Whiteley's Hat Shop, Halifax

Hatters and outfitters established in 1746 at 12 Corn Market, Halifax by Joseph Whiteley. After Joseph's death, the business was carried on by his son, Charles.

After Charles's death, the business was continued by his sons, Robert and George. The partnership bought the business, paying £800 for the stock, £400 for goodwill, and a promisory note for £400 paying 4%. The partnership was dissolved in 1842, and Robert continued on his own.

Robert took his son, Frederick, into partnership as R. Whiteley & Son.

From around 1880, Frederick was the sole proprietor

Whiteley's: J. F. & E. Whiteley & Company

Cotton spinners and doublers at Lower Willow Hall Mills, Sowerby Bridge established when John Finton Whiteley and Edward Whiteley took over their father's business.

When John Finton died in the 1870s, Edward went into partnership with Christopher Wadsworth and moved to Britannia Mills, Brighouse

Whiteley's: John Whiteley & Company

19th century paper-makers of Firth House Mill, Stainland established by John Whiteley.

In June 1867, the partners Thomas Whiteley and John Whiteley were declared bankrupt.

On 1st January 1868, the company reformed with new partners William Whiteley, Thomas Whiteley, Joseph Whiteley, Thomas Lumb, and William Whiteley.

The partnership operated under the name of John Whiteley & Sons of Huddersfield – where they were paper merchants at Market Street and Dundas Street – and of Horsforth, where they were paper manufacturers. The business was dissolved on 22nd September 1868. The Horsforth mill was carried on by William Whiteley & Thomas Lumb.

The business is recorded at Firth House Mills, Stainland [1874].

See Whiteley family of Barkisland and William Whiteley

Whiteley's: John Whiteley & Sons

Wire manufacturers and cotton and wool card makers. Founded in July 1791 by John Whiteley at Winding Road, Halifax. They were one of the earliest manufacturers of wire for cards. They were at Paper Mill and Winding Road, Halifax [1809, 1822, 1845].

In the 1840s, they moved to Brunswick Mills, West Parade. In 1863, they were visited there by the Prince of Wales. By the 1890s, they employed 300 work people and they went on to have customers worldwide.

The business was later owned by Whiteley's sons, Joseph and George.

After the deaths of Joseph and George, the business passed to their nephews, John and Nathan Whitley.

In the 1880s, Sir Frederick Whitley Thomson became head of the business. Samuel Rinder Whitley worked for the company. In 1897, it merged with, and became a branch of, the English Card Clothing Company Limited.

They were at Savile Mill, Halifax [1936].

See Centenary Place, Halifax, John Radcliffe Rawnsley and Joseph Whiteley

Whiteley's: John Whiteley Limited

Dyers and finishers established by John Whiteley at Hoo Hole Dye Works, Cragg Vale [1905]

Whiteley's: Joshua Whiteley & Company Limited

See Joseph Whiteley

Whiteley's: Lewis Whiteley & Sons Limited

Established by Lewis Whiteley. Cotton-doublers with business at Brick Mill and Cooper House Mills, Luddendenfoot

Whiteley's: N. Whiteley & Sons

Cotton spinners at Soyland and Barkisland.

The partnership was dissolved in 1885 when the partners were T. Whiteley and J. Whiteley

Whiteley's: Nathan Whiteley & Son

Cotton spinners at Lower Dyson Mill, Ripponden [1874]

Whiteley's: R. Whiteley & Son

Robert Whiteley took over his father's business, Whiteley's Hat Shop in Corn Market, Halifax.

He took his son, Frederick, into partnership as R. Whiteley & Son.

They were at 10 Corn Market, Halifax [1881].

The premises were rebuilt in 1887.

An advertisement in 1887 announced

Established 1746. Re-built 1887 RE-OPENING OF BUSINESS PREMISES R. WHITELEY AND SON are now prepared with an ENTIRELY NEW AND SPLENDID STOCK WHITELEY'S CELEBRATED SILK HATS. WHITELEY'S RENOWNED FELT HATS. LIGHT – FLEXIBLE – VENTILATING. THE CORRECT LONDON SHAPES. AN IMMENSE VARIETY. All the NEW SHADES of COLOUR. BOYS' HATS and CAPS, TENNIS HATS, CRICKET CAPS, TRAVELLING CAPS, &c. With every Requisite for the general Hat & Cap trade 10, CORN MARKET, HALIFAX

Whiteley (Rishworth) Limited

Manufacturers of water pumps [1908].

The business later became Partco

Whiteley Royd Farm, Todmorden

Eastwood Lane. Early 18th century house and barn

Whiteley's: S. Whiteley & Company

Hosiery and embroidery yarn merchants at Sowerby Bridge Mill [1905]

Whiteley, Sutcliffe & Whittell

Paper manufacturers at Firth House Mills, Stainland. Partners included John Whiteley, Ely Sutcliffe and Joshua Whittell.

The partnership was dissolved in April 1841

Whiteley's: Thomas Whiteley & Sons

Cotton spinners and doublers at Smithfield Mill, Elland [1905]

Whitely

A variant of the surname Whiteley

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Whitely, John

[18??-1???] Or Whiteley. He owned a house and a mill in the Mytholm area of Hebden Bridge.

See Whitely Arches, Mytholm

Whitely, Peter

[18??-18??] Owned mills in the Ryburn valley

Whiteside, Cuthbert

[18??-19??] Methodist Minister in Halifax [1820]. He was in Oldham [1822]

Whiteside, Rev T. S.

[18??-19??] Senior Curate at Halifax Parish Church [1936] and Vicar of Cragg Vale [1937]

Whitestone Clough Farm, Cottonstones

Delfs Lane. 17th century farmhouse.

An attached barn, dated 1856, is also listed

Whitewood, Rev Samuel

[1794-1860] Born in Newbury, Berkshire.

He studied for the Ministry at Stepney College, London.

He served at Andover, Hampshire. before becoming Minister of Pellon Lane Particular Baptist Church [from January 1831].

The new Pellon Lane Baptist Church opened during his ministry [1834].

He lived at 2 Church Street, Halifax [1845].

He resigned in 1850, but returned the following year and remained until his death – serving a total of almost 30 years.

In June 1857, he was presented with a portrait in oils, painted by Samuel Baldwin.

He died 31st October 1860 [aged 66].

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery

Whiteworth

Whitfield, Wilhelmina

[1900-1921] The body of the 21-year-old maidservant was found on the railway line near Hipperholme on 19th September 1921. An inquest recorded that the girl had died from injuries received from a fall from a train, but there was insufficient evidence to show the cause. The girl had recently claimed to have clicked with the guard on the Bradford to Halifax train and had agreed to meet him

Whitfield, William

[17??-18??] Of Northowram. Partner in William Mitchell & Company.

The partnership was dissolved in 1??? and he and William Mitchell carried on with the business

Whitham, James

[1801-1878] Of Luddendenfoot.

He married Sarah.

Children: (1) child; (2) child; (3) child; (4) child; (5) child; (6) child; (7) child; (8) John [1836-1888]; (9) Jane [1840-1920]; (10) Eliza [1850-1921].

Members of the family were buried at Butts Green Baptist Chapel, Warley

Whitham, Seth

[1860-1895] Innkeeper of the Station Hotel, Halifax [1895].

In 1892, he married Miranda Rothery [1862-1946] from Halifax, in Bradford.

In 1911, Miranda married William Hitchen in Halifax.

Seth and Miranda are mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1895

Whithill, Northowram

The house which was later known as Northowram Hall was mentioned in 1296

Whitlam, Caroline

[1812-1893] Of Grimsby.

She married Sir Titus Salt.

She died at Saint Leonards-on-Sea

Whitley

A variant of the surname Whiteley.

See the Foldout for a composite list of individuals with this and all similar surnames

There are currently around 61 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Whitley. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

The Whitley family

Local family which originated in Warley. Nathan Whitley was an early member of the family.

The family were long associated with Square Church, Halifax, and many were married and buried there.

See Bechuanaland chiefs, Green Lea, Savile Park, Sowood House, Hipperholme, West House, Halifax and Whitley surname

Whitley, Ada Rinder

[1865-1902] Eldest child of Nathan Whitley. She studied at the North London Collegiate School and Girton College Cambridge. She travelled extensively, visiting Japan [1892] and Egypt [1900]. She died unmarried at the Surrey home of her brother Samuel Rinder Whitley where she kept house for him

Whitley, Alfred William

[1868-1949] JP. Son of Nathan Whitley. He was educated at Clifton College, Bristol and Trinity College Cambridge.

He was in partnership with his cousin, Frederick Whitley Thomson, in the family card making business at Brunswick Mills, Halifax.

He left the partnership and entered the family business, S. Whitley & Company.

Inspired by the discovery of the Roman altar at Thick Hollins house at Greetland, he was influential in the Halifax Antiquarian Society's unsuccessful endeavour to find further Roman remains at Bank Top, Greetland.

On 19th January 1910, he married Elizabeth Lucas Sutcliffe at Warley.

Children: (1) Samuel Peter; (2) twins Mary Patience [b 1918]; (3) and John [b 1918] who lived only 1 day; (4) twins Robert; (5) and Helen; (6) Penelope Jane.

He lived at Woodleigh, Sowerby Bridge.

In 1925, he retired to live in Berkshire, but the 1927 slump in the cotton trade brought him back into business. He came back to live at Brantwood, Halifax

Whitley & Booth

Local publishers & printers established around 1820 by Nathan Whitley and John Booth. Their premises were at The Castle, Crown Street, Halifax.

In December 1832, they published the first edition of the Halifax Guardian.

After Nathan's death in 1832, his wife Elizabeth carried on the business.

In 1834, they were listed as Music & Musical Instrument Sellers at 3 Crown Street.

The company were subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835].

They were agents for The Leeds Mercury [1838, 1839].

When The Castle was demolished in 1888, the company moved into the replacement building.

In 1890, the partners included Mrs Booth and E. W. Booth.

See William Milner

Whitley, Annabella

[1853-1932] Annie. Eldest daughter of John Whitley.

She married Evan Spicer. The couple were active in religious and philanthropic work

Whitley, Brigadier-General Sir Edward Nathan

[1873-1966] KCB, CMG, DSO, DL, JP, BGRA. Son of Nathan Whitley.

He was educated at Clifton College, Bristol and Trinity College Cambridge. He entered the legal profession. He was a partner in Humphrey, Hirst & Whitley and Hirst, Whitley & Akeroyd.

In April 1902, he married Julia Kathleen Norris [18??-1957].

Julia Kathleen was the daughter of Rev William A. Norris Vicar of Floore, Northamptonshire

Children: (1) John Nigel; (2) Mary Kathleen.

The family lived at Hadlow, Albert Promenade, Halifax, and then Holywell Hall, Holywell Green. They later moved to Terrington, near York, then Rillington Manor, and Campfield House, Malton.

He was an officer in the 2nd West Riding Yorkshire Volunteer Artillery [1896-1917]. During World War I, he took a Battalion of the Royal Field Artillery from Halifax to France. He had a distinguished military career, attaining the rank of Brigadier General, and was mentioned in despatches. He commanded the 47th London Divisional Artillery until the end of the war.

He was knighted ON 4th June 1921.

He held many public offices and was a director of the Halifax Building Society [1919-1953], Vice-President [1921-1938], and President [1938-1945].

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 456]

Whitley Charity

Aka Thomas Whitley Charity. In his will, Thomas Whitley left £40 and the income from several of his properties in and around Hipperholme to the poor of Hipperholme. In 1885, it was amalgamated with the Sunderland Charity. The united charity was closed in 2004

Whitley, Doris Mary

[18??-1988] Only child of Sir Frederick Whitley Thomson.

On 4th December 1913, she married Lieutenant-Commander Joseph Montague Kenworthy who became the 10th Baron Strabolgi.

In 1940, she divorced her husband on the ground of his adultery. He married Geraldine Mary Hamilton

Whitley, Rev E. I.

[19??-19??] Vicar of Southowram [1954]. In 1954, he was appointed vicar of Hepworth

Whitley, E. N.

[18??-19??] He was an Honorary Secretary of the Halifax Literary & Philosophical Society [1905]

Whitley, Elizabeth

[1???-18??] Partner in Whitley & Booth

Whitley, Ellen

[18??-18??] Daughter of Joseph Whitley. She inherited Rookes Hall, Norwood Green.

She married Mr Tolson from Huddersfield

Whitley, Emma

[1825-1909] Daughter of John Whitley.

She married Jonathan Thomson.

She died in Glasgow

Whitley, Emma Daisy

[1867-1930] Aka Daisy. Daughter of Nathan Whitley. Born on 31st July 1867.

In April 1893, she married Thomas Ashley Crook from Bolton, in Halifax.

Children: (1) Eric Ashley FRCS; (2) Dorothy Whitley; (3) Marjory.

She died in Hampshire

Whitley, Firth

[18??-18??] He married Mary.

Children: Rebecca [1862-1883].

Rebecca was buried at Brighouse Cemetery

Whitley, Frances Louisa

[1869-1951] Youngest daughter of John Whitley.

She died unmarried

Whitley, G.

[18??-1???] Partner in Thomas & Company

Whitley's: George Whitley & Son

Proprietors of The York Restaurant at York Buildings, Halifax [1905]

Whitley's Gift

In his will of 1631, Thomas Whitley bequeathed the sum of £40 on which the interest was to be given to the poor of Hipperholme. Using figures for average earnings, £40 in 1631 is roughly the equivalent of £76,700.00 today

Whitley, Harriet

[18??-1???] Daughter of Nathan Whitley.

She married John Booth, her father's business partner.

She was a partner in the firm of Whitley & Booth [1890]

Whitley, Helen Elizabeth

[1920-1???] Elder daughter of Alfred William Whitley. She went to Newnham College Cambridge. She gained a degree in Natural Sciences, and a blue for cricket. During World_War_II, she was a member of a mobile unit which helped people hit by The Blitz. She also served with the Intelligence Corps.

On 13th January 1945, she married Captain Arthur Guy Lee, Royal Corps of Signals, from Leeds, at Halifax Parish Church. They adopted 2 sons: Robert Anthony [b 1952] and Timothy Guy [b 1953]

Whitley, Henry

[18??-19??] Halifax solicitor with Moore, Shepherd & Whitley [1934].

He qualified in June 1916

Whitley, Ino

[18??-18??] Owned Calderside Mill

Whitley, Jabez

[1758-1???] Son of Nathan Whitley.

He married Mary.

Children: (1) John; (2) Nathan [b 1792]; (3) Jabez [b 1795]

Whitley, Jabez

[1821-1909] Son of John Whitley. Born at Hollin Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge.

In April 1845, he married Sarah Lord.

He died at Jamestown, New York, USA

Whitley, James

[1724-1781] Born in Dublin.

In 1755, he was incarcerated at Nottingham for performing without a licence – see Tate Wilkinson. Around 1760, his theatrical touring company visited Halifax

Whitley, Jessie Margaret

[1855-1931] Daughter of John Whitley. In 1879, she became the second wife of William Henry Wayman. She died at Hastings

[15??-16??] He married Grace Drake.

Children: (1) Joshua; (2) Nathan; (3) a daughter who married William Heald.

He built the present Rookes Hall, Norwood Green in 1638. He and his wife built Sowood House, Hipperholme in 1631. They were a Royalist family.

See Joseph Whitley

[1786-18??] Son of Jabez Whitley.

In 1810, he married Mary Green.

Children: 6 including Jabez

[1789-18??] Son of Nathan Whitley.

He was a fancy cloth merchant in Huddersfield. He became manager of the Huddersfield branch of the Halifax & Huddersfield Union Bank.

In April 1820, he married Susanna Whiteley.

Children: (1) Whiteley [b 1820] who died at the age of 2 days; (2) Mary Anne [1822-1872] who was an invalid due to a spinal condition and died unmarried; (3) Emma; (4) John; (5) Nathan; (6) Samuel.

The children were baptised at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax.

The family lived at Belgrave Terrace, Huddersfield [1841]; 11 Harrison Road, Halifax [1861].

He owned property including Littlemoor, Warley, Royles Head, Warley and Upper Reaphirst, Warley

[1867-1935] A well-known musician. He was listed as a professor of music at 11 Mayfield Avenue, Halifax [1905]

[1827-1912] JP. Son of John Whitley. Born in Huddersfield.

He was a cotton card maker. He entered his grandfather's business, John Whiteley & Sons. He held many public offices

Whitley, John Henry

[1866-1935] Aka Harry, J. H. Whitley. PC. Son of Nathan Whitley. Born in Halifax.

He was an important local figure, and did much work with children, setting up education classes and holiday camps for poor children

Whitley, John Nigel

[1903-19??] Son of Edward Nathan Whitley.

He was educated at Rugby School.

He worked in the textile industry. In 1930, he became an Inspector of Factories.

In 1935, he married Miss Radcliffe from Malton.

Children: (1) son; (2) son

Whitley, John W.

Whitley, Joseph

[1???-16??] Son of Michael Whiteley.

He was a Lieutenant in the Parliamentarian army. He died of wounds received at Selby

Whitley, Joseph

[17??-18??] A relative of John Whitley. In 1828, he bought Rookes Hall, Norwood Green. He left the property to his daughter, Ellen.

See Rookes Hall, Norwood Green

Whitley, Joshua

[1???-16??] Son of John Whitley.

Of Rookes Hall, Hipperholme.

A Royalist during the Civil War. In 1651, he had to pay decimation of £105

Whitley, Margaret Phyllis

[1896-19??] Daughter of John Henry Whitley. She was educated at Wycombe College and Somerville College Oxford.

During World War I, she was a munitions worker.

She was interested in welfare work for girls, and was active in the Girl Guides Movement and in her father's Halifax Recreative Evening School. She was an active member of the Halifax Branch of the National Council of Women.

She was a Governor of Crossley & Porter School and Princess Mary High School for Girls.

She was Mayoress of Halifax [1941-1942] when her brother, Percival, was Mayor.

She married James Hector Bowman.

In his will, A. S. McCrea specified that she and her brother Percival Nathan Whitley, tenants of cottages at Old Hall Farm, Warley, should be allowed to stay at the farm until their death, or as long as they wished

Whitley, Mary

[1???-16??] Of Coley. Daughter of Thomas Whitley of Cinder Hills.

She married James Otes.

In 1638, she bought Sutcliffe Wood Farm, Hipperholme

Whitley, Mary

[16??-16??] Daughter of Matthew Whitley of Shelf. She was the first wife of John Armytage

Whitley, Mary

[1755-1???] Daughter of Nathan Whitley.

In 17??, she married (1) James Rotheray.

In 17??, she married (2) Jonathan Farrar.

In 17??, she married (3) James Milnes

Whitley, Michael

[15??-16??] Son of Thomas Whitley.

A yeoman of Shelf.

In 1627, he bought the upper end of Shelf Old Hall from John Cowper.

In 1626, he was required to pay composition.

In 16??, he married Judith.

Children: Esther who married Richard Law

Whitley, N.

[17??-18??] Halifax printer and bookseller.

In 1829, he published Rev Samuel Knight's devotional manual Forms of Prayers for the use of Christian Families.

Anne Lister was a regular customer for books and stationery.

He married Unknown.

Children: daughters including Elizabeth [1828-1853]

[1724-1766] An early member of the local Whitley family.

In 1754, he married Elizabeth Bancroft.

Children: (1) Mary; (2) Thomas; (3) Jabez; (4) David [b 1759] who died at the age of 1 month; (5) Elizabeth [b 1762] who died unmarried in Liverpool; (6) Nathan.

Nathan and Elizabeth both died of fever in 1766, and were buried at Warley Independent Chapel

[1764-1???] Son of Nathan Whitley.

In 1788, he married Mary Lord.

Children: (1) John; (2) Nathan; (3) Mary [1793-1797]; (4) Elizabeth [b 1795] who married William Denham, a Huddersfield joiner

[1791-1832] Son of Nathan Whitley. Born in Langfield.

He became a printer. On 4th July 1829, he published the first edition of the Halifax Commercial Chronicle from his Crown Street premises.

In 1829, he was listed as Music & Musical Instrument Sellers at Crown Street.

He was a partner in Whitley & Booth.

He married Elizabeth Jackson.

Children: (1) John [1821-1823]; (2) Harriet; (3) Mary Ann [1819-1840]; (4) Charlotte [1825-1900]; (5) Elizabeth [1828-1853].

He was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax

[1828-1904] Born in Ovenden.

He was a handloom and worsted weaver [1851]; a power loom carpet weaver [1861]; a carpet weaver [1871, 1881].

In 1850, he married (1) Martha Kershaw [1824-1872] in Halifax.

Children: (1) Elizabeth [b 1850]; (2) Tamar [b 1851] who was a power loom worsted spinner [1861]; (3) Mary [b 1850] who married John Pickles from Ovenden; (4) Frank [b 1860].

In 1873, he married (2) Sarah Higgs in Halifax.

The family lived at Club House Lane, Ovenden [1851]; Forest Cottages, Club Lane, Ovenden [1861]; Forest Row, Ovenden [1871]; 1 Forest, Ovenden [1881, 1891, 1901, 1911].

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1904

[1830-1889] Born in Ovenden.

The family were great benefactors and dedicated to public service.

See Rishworth Independent Church and Stainland Mechanics' Institute

Whitley, Nathaniel

[1???-18??] Stationer and bookseller at 3 Crown Street, Halifax [1829]

Whitley, Oliver John

[1912-19??] Son of John Henry Whitley. Born in Halifax.

He qualified as a barrister.

He became head of the BBC monitoring unit. In 1942, he joined the Royal Naval Voluntary Reserve, and took part in the Dieppe Raid and the Normandy and Malaya landings. After demobilisation in 1946, he went back to the BBC and was seconded to the Colonial Office.

In May 1939, he married Elspeth Catherine, daughter of Alexander Forrester Paton.

Children: (1) David Forrester [b 1942]; (2) Elspeth Ann [b 1945]; (3) Andrew Michael [b 1948]; (4) Richard Stephen [b 1949]

Whitley, Penelope Jane

[1924-1???] Daughter of Alfred William Whitley. She went to Newnham College Cambridge. She gained a degree in Modern Languages, and a blue for cricket. After World_War_II, she served with the Control Commission in Germany. She taught for a time at Princess Mary High School, Halifax. She went to work for the Foreign Office. She was a member of the Royal Ocean Racing Club and was one of the all-ladies crew which won the Kiel-Copenhagen ocean race in 195?

Whitley, Percival Nathan

[1894-1956] OBE. Elder son of John Henry Whitley. He continued his father's work with young people

Whitley, Richard

[15??-16??] He married Sarah Northend.

Northowram Hall passed to him on his marriage

Whitley, Captain Robert

[1920-1944] Younger son of Alfred William Whitley.

He was educated at Loretto School and Corpus Christi College Oxford.

During World War II, he joined the Royal Horse Artillery and served with the Desert Rats in the North African and Italian campaigns, and commanded a troop during the Normandy campaign. He was killed in action near Aunay-sur-Odon

Whitley, Samuel

[1836-1884] Son of John Whitley.

He was a cotton-spinner and established S. Whitley & Company at Hanson Lane Cotton Mill, Halifax

In October 1881, he married Emma, daughter of William Swaine Walker, at Eastwood Congregational Church.

Children: (1) Agnes Mary [1883-1962] who died unmarried; (2) Lucy Margaret [1884-19??] who married Edward Morgan Hughes in 1921.

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery

Whitley, Samuel Peter

[1916-1???] Eldest son of Alfred William Whitley. He was educated at Loretto School and Jesus College Oxford. He joined the Civil Service. During World War II, he joined the army and was a parachutist with the Royal Artillery on D Day. In 1944, he was captured behind enemy lines and listed as

missing since D Day

After the war, he served in Germany and was concerned with universities there. In 1956, he became a director of S. Whitley & Company and arranged the sale of the company

Whitley, Samuel Rinder

[1869-1933] JP. Third son of Nathan Whitley.

He was educated at Clifton College, Bristol and the Yorkshire College. He worked at John Whiteley & Sons until 1897.

He took an interest in farming. He was Treasurer of the National Institute for Research in Dairying at Shinfield, Berkshire. He was President of the British Dairy Farmers' Association.

He worked for the charitable Colony for Epileptics & Unemployables. A farm for the unemployables was set up at Wallingford in Surrey, and a field there was called Whitley Field. He went to live in Berkshire.

In January 1903, he married Frances Foulds Walker [1864-1949] from Croydon.

Children: (1) Ada Joan, who married Brigadier F. R. L. Goadby OBE; (2) Margaret

Whitley's: Samuel Whitley & Company Limited

Cotton spinners established by Samuel Whitley in 1883. They were at Luddendenfoot until flooding damaged the premises and they moved to the new Hanson Lane Mills, Halifax.

Other members of the family carried on the business, including John Henry Whitley, Alfred William Whitley, and Percival Nathan Whitley.

In 1957, after the death of Percival Nathan Whitley, Samuel Peter Whitley became director and the family's shares in the business were sold to Lostock Spinning Company Limited.

The Hanson Lane Mills closed shortly afterwards.

See John Radcliffe Rawnsley

Whitley, Susan

[1573-1626] Of Ovenden.

In 1595, she married (1) Abraham Halstead.

In 1615, she married (2) John Lum

[1???-1???] He owned several properties in and around Hipperholme, including Harley Head Farm, Hove Edge, Yew Trees, Lightcliffe, and Dearden's Farm, Hipperholme. In his will, he endowed the Thomas Whitley Charity or Whitley Charity

[1???-16??] Son of Thomas Whitley.

He married Unknown.

Children: many.

Heywood records

one Thomas Whiteley, a mighty usurer, exceeding rich. He left a vast estate behind him both in money and land, was very penurious both he and his wife. They had many children but kept them low, almost pined them. When they died, the sons did all in a short time drink themselves to death

His will was dated November 1657

[1???-1631] Son of Thomas Whitley.

He lived at Cinderhills, Hipperholme from 1618. In 1625, he paid £10 composition.

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) Mary; (2) Thomas.

He established Whitley's Gift.

He bought a part of the Manor of Southowram. He paid £50 composition.

See John Thorp

[15??-1610] A woolman of Northowram.

He lived at Cinder Hills, Coley from 1563.

He married Margaret Boythes.

Margaret was the daughter of Edward Boythes

Children: (1) Thomas; (2) Edward; (3) Michael

[17??-18??] Merchant at Making Place, Soyland [1802].

In July 1802, he was declared bankrupt

[1756-1???] Son of Nathan Whitley.

He married Betty Hodgson.

Children: (1) John; (2) William; (3) Thomas; (4) Nathan; (5) George; (6) Benjamin; (7) James.

The family went to live in Penistone

Makers of clock dials at Halifax. Recorded in 1800 to 1817.

[18??-1???] He had business at Whitley's Soap Works [1883]

Whitley Thomson

The children of Emma Whitley and Jonathan Thomson – including Sir Frederick Whitley Thomson – had the names Whitley Thomson.

In 1914, Sir Frederick Whitley Thomson took the surname Whitley-Thomson, becoming Frederick Whitley Whitley-Thomson

Whitley, William

[1???-15??] Built New House, Lightcliffe around 1529

Whittaker

A variant of the surname Whitaker

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There are currently only around 8 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Whittaker. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

Whittaker & Shreeve

See William Whitaker and William Shreeve

Whittaker, Arthur Llewellyn

[1871-1935] JP. He was Mayor of Halifax [1927-1928]

He was Governing Director of John Whittaker & Sons (Kingston) Limited [1935]. He was on the Board of the Halifax Building Society. He was on the Yorkshire local board of the Union Bank of Manchester Limited, which was taken over by Barclays Bank on 1st January 1940.

He married Lois [1871-1941].

Children: Kathleen Mary.

He lived at Savile Heath, Halifax [1935].

He and Lois were buried at Warley Town Cemetery

See Whiteley Turner

Whittaker, Craig

[1962-] Born in Bury, Lancashire.

In 1967, the family emigrated to Australia.

In 1984, he returned to England.

In 1998, he was co-opted on the Heptonstall Parish Council.

He was a Councillor for Rastrick Ward.

He was elected Conservative MP for Calder Valley [2010].

See Spring Villa, Brighouse

Whittaker, Dr

[17??-18??] Published a history of the district in the 1800s

Whittaker Dyke Bridge, Colden

A new foot bridge over the brook was opened on 23rd January 1909

Whittaker, J.

[18??-18??] Fruiterer at Halifax.

In June 1862, he was declared bankrupt

Whittaker, John

[1847-1905] Born in Burnley. Established John Whittaker & Sons (Kingston) Limited around 1900.

He lived at 17 Lord Street, Halifax [1905].

He died at Round Hill, Hackforth

Whittaker, John Henry

[1???-19??] JP. He was Mayor of Todmorden [1931-1932]

Whittaker, John Travis

[18??-1???] A school teacher at Lumbutts. He designed and installed the Lumbutts sun-dial

Whittaker's: John Whittaker & Sons (Kingston) Limited

Aka Whittaker's Biscuits. Biscuit and cake manufacturers at Kingston Biscuit Factory, Halifax. Established by John Whittaker.

In 1892, their stationery described them as

Biscuit Manufacturers by Patent Machinery & Ovens

A 1900 advertisement for the business announced

John Whittaker & Sons
Rich Cake and Biscuit Manufacturers
Steam Bakeries, Lord Street, Halifax

The business became Scribbans-Kemp Limited.

See Ebenezer Biscuit Works, Halifax, Kingston Biscuit Factory, Halifax, Kingston Confectionery Works, Halifax, Kingston Toffee Mills, Halifax and Arthur Llewellyn Whittaker

Whittaker, Kathleen Mary

[1910-2001] Younger daughter of Arthur Llewellyn Whittaker.

She married John Hartley Denham.

They lived at Kingston, Lightcliffe which had been built for Kathleen Mary

Whittaker, William

[17??-18??] Or Whitaker.

He was a japanner and clock-dial manufacturer who lived at 1 Aked's Road, Halifax.

Recorded in 1809 and 1815.

See Whittaker & Shreeve

Whittel

A variant of the surname Whittell

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Whittell

Other forms of the surname include Whittel, Whittle and Whitwell.

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Recorded in 1296.

May be derived from Whitwell, meaning white and well

There are currently only around 9 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Whittell. This count does not include other forms of the surname. The individuals are not necessarily related to each other

Whittell & Lawford

Woollen manufacturers at Stainland. Partners included Sarah Whittell, John Whittell, Joseph Whittell and Frederick Lawford.

The partnership was dissolved in February 1853

Whittell, Benjamin

[1???-1841] On 3rd July 1841,

As Mr. B. WHITTELL, jun. fancy-manufacturer, Stainland, near Halifax, was walking home from Manchester market Saturday week, he was shot dead through the head near Littleborough Railway Station, by some villain, who robbed him of 95 Pounds

Whittell Brothers

The brothers Joseph Whittell, William Whittell, and Mr Whittell were in partnership with William Shepherd as paper-makers at Booth Wood Mill, Rishworth. The partnership was dissolved in 1820

Whittell, Edmund

[15??-16??] In 1586, he is recorded as owning land in Elland.

He lived at Whitwell Place, Elland.

He married Margaret.

Children: Robert

Whittell, J.

[18??-19??] Woollen manufacturer at Stainland.

In April 1883, he was declared bankrupt

Whittell, John

[15??-1632] Son of Robert Whittell.

He lived at Marshall Hall, Elland in 1628

Whittell, John

[16??-17??] He lived at Marshall Hall, Elland [1697].

He was one of the electorate of 59 people when Jeremy Bentley was elected first MP for Halifax in 1654

Whittell, Joseph

[1???-18??] Landlord of the Bull & Dog, Stainland [1822, 1834].

He was in partnership with his brothers – and William Shepherd as paper-makers at Booth Wood Mill, Rishworth [1816], but this was dissolved in 1820

Whittell, Mr

[17??-18??] He was in partnership with his brothers – and William Shepherd as paper-makers at Booth Wood Mill, Rishworth [1816], but this was dissolved in 1820

Whittell Place, Elland

Whittell, Robert

[15??-1631] Son of Edmund Whittell.

On 10th July 1593, he married Susan Farrer.

Children: (1) Robert [15??-1632]; (2) John.

The family lived at Whittell Place. Father and sons died within a year of each other

Whittell, William

[17??-18??] He was in partnership with his brothers and William Shepherd as paper-makers at Booth Wood Mill, Rishworth [1816], but this was dissolved in 1820

Whittington, Rev Richard Piers

[18??-1948] He was Curate at Halifax [1901]; Vicar of Heptonstall [1902]; Vicar of Lightcliffe [1907]; Vicar of Brighouse [November 1911-1916].

He claimed descent from Dick Whittington, Lord Mayor of London.

In 1908, he married Ethel Mary, daughter of George Watkinson and sister of Canon George Watkinson.

In 1915, he was appointed Vicar of Penistone. He went on to become Honorary Canon of Wakefield, Prebendary of York Minster, and Canon Emeritus.

He died at Charmouth, Dorset [23rd January 1948]

Whittle

A variant of the surname Whittell

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Whittle, Benjamin

[1???-1841] Manufacturer of Stainland.

On 26th June 1841, he was murdered at Barkisland. A reward of £100 was offered for the apprehension of Joseph Barrit [aged between 28 and 30] who has been in the habit of travelling about the country hawking woollen cloth

Whittle, Benjamin

[1841-1892] Or Whittell.

He was an ironmonger [1871]; innkeeper at the Turk's Head, Halifax [1881]; innkeeper at the Victoria Hotel, Strangeways, Manchester [1891].

On 31st October 1865, he married Hannah Maria, daughter of John Bradley at Halifax Parish Church.

Children: (1) Louisa [1869-1874]; (2) Harriet Annie [b 1871]; (3) Harry [b 1875]; (4) Elizabeth [b 1878].

In 1871, the family were living with Hannah Maria's father John Bradley, at Slitheroe House, Rishworth.

He died at the Victoria Hotel, Strangeways, Manchester

Whitton, Rev J.

[18??-1???] Pastor at Ebenezer Congregational Church, Summit [1891]

Whitton, Rev Joshua

[1???-1674] Or Witton. MA. A Presbyterian. He was born at Sowerby. He was godfather to Archbishop Tillotson. He became chaplain to Lord Ferdinando Fairfax. He became rector of Thornhill and was ejected

Whitwam, H.

[18??-19??] Aka Whitwam's Bazaars. Dealer in smallware, hardware, earthenware, stationery and fancy goods.

In 1916, he was at Arcade Royale, Halifax, 75 King Cross, Halifax, Jubilee Buildings, Sowerby Bridge, 39 Southgate, Elland, and 16 Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge

Whitwam, Jesse

[18??-19??] He was a Deacon at Blackley Baptist Chapel [1911]

Whitwam, Joseph

[18??-19??] He was a Deacon at Blackley Baptist Chapel. In 1911, he was recorded as a Past Deacon

Whitwell

A variant of the surname Whittell

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Whitwell Place, Elland

House aka Whittell Place. The porch is dated 1708 and a datestone in the yard is inscribed D T W C 1719.

There is a large sundial over the doorway.

Owners and tenants have included

Edmund Whittell and his family

Charles Radcliffe

Rev William Radcliffe

James Tetlawe

See Elland Floral & Horticultural Society

The Whitworth family of Luddendenfoot

Mill-owning family in and around Luddendenfoot.

Significant members of the family have included Richard Whitworth and John Whitworth.

Businesses such as Whitworth, Ashforth & Ashforth, John & William Whitworth, Joseph W. Whitworth Limited and Robert Whitworth & Company were important in the area.

In December 1860, the family's mills at Luddendenfoot employed a large number of pauper factory apprentices who had been sent by the Poor Law Unions in the south of England. The system of apprenticing poor children caused umbrage in the district, and the locals were in the habit of insulting the apprentices, calling them white slaves and other degrading names

The Whitworth family of the Ryburn Valley

It is recorded that the Whitworth family of the Ryburn Valley were well-known as makers of hats and bonnets.

Question: Can anyone confirm that the family were makers of hats and bonnets? Were they connected to the Whitworth family of Luddendenfoot?

See Charles Whitworth

Whitworth, Abraham

[18??-18??] Partner in J. & S. L. Taylor Limited

Whitworth, Ashforth & Ashforth

Fustian manufacturers at Watson Mill, Sowerby Bridge around 1805. Partners included William Whitworth

Whitworth, Charles

[17??-18??] A member of the Whitworth family of the Ryburn Valley.

He married Unknown.

Children: Mary [1802-1838] who married Moses Habergham

Whitworth, Elizabeth

[19??-19??] Betty. Daughter of Robert Whitworth.

She married Raymond Morton Shaw

Whitworth, H.

[17??-17??] Curate at Halifax [1756]

Whitworth, Rev Henry

[17??-1768] Vicar of Coley [1747]

Whitworth, Henry

[1822-1904] Innkeeper at the Ship Inn, Halifax [1861, 1887]

In 1843, he married Mary Thomas [1822-1876] in Halifax.

Children: Robert.

The family lived at Elba House, Siddal [1904].

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Pellon.

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1904

Whitworth, Herbert

[18??-19??] Partner in Kitson & Whitworth.

He lived at Woodman House, Elland [1905]

Whitworth, Isaac

[18??-19??] He was a Deacon at Blackley Baptist Chapel. In 1911, he was recorded as a Past Deacon

Whitworth, John

[1813-1861] Son of Richard Whitworth.

He worked with the family business, Robert Whitworth & Company.

In 1846, he married Mary Ward, daughter of Mr Whiteley

Children: (1) Joseph; (2) son; (3) Robert; (4) son; (5) daughter.

The family lived at Peel House, Luddenden; Kirby Leas.

He was a member of the Luddenden Reading Society where he met Branwell Brontë during his employment at Luddendenfoot Station.

He was a prime mover in the construction of Luddendenfoot Congregational Church which was built by the family. He was Mayor of Halifax [1856-1857]. He was Vice-Chairman of Halifax Mechanics' Institute.

He died whilst out riding at Barmouth, North Wales [5th August 1861]. He was taken ill and died on the road. His body was found next morning seated on the ground, with his pony tied to a gatepost nearby.

His death was recorded as being

one of the worst things that could have happened to Luddendenfoot

See Denholme United Methodist School, Luddendenfoot, Luddendenfoot Congregational Church, Luddendenfoot Sunday School and West Yorkshire Railway Company

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 191]

Whitworth's: John & William Whitworth

Worsted spinners and manufacturers at Lee Mill, Halifax [1845]. Both partners lived at Saint James's Road, Halifax [1845].

Around 1850, they moved to Luddendenfoot and occupied Cooper House Mill and then Old Boy Mill which they rebuilt in 1858. In 1862, they built Wood Bottom Dye Works.

There move to Luddendenfoot led to considerable expansion in housing in the area

Whitworth, John Nesbit

[1899-1940] RA. Second son of Robert Whitworth.

He was educated at Wellington where he played rugby and cricket. He entered the Royal Academy, Woolwich when he played for the regiment. During World War I, he served in France. He subsequently served in Germany, Ireland and Egypt.

In 19??, he married. They had no children.

In 1938, he retired from the Army and joined the family firm, Robert Whitworth & Company.

He returned to the Army in 1939 as Staff Captain. He was killed in action at Dunkirk

Whitworth's: Joseph W. Whitworth Limited

Cotton manufacturers established by Joseph W. Whitworth. They were at Longbottom Mills, Luddendenfoot [1905] which Joseph had bought from his uncle William.

In 1920, Dr John Appleyard sold Magson House, Luddendenfoot to the Whitworths

Whitworth, Joseph Whiteley

[1848-1894] Eldest son of John Whitworth.

He established Joseph W. Whitworth Limited at Longbottom Mills, Luddendenfoot.

He was a member of the Luddendenfoot Local Board [1868].

He died after a fall from his horse.

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1894

Whitworth, Mr

[18??-1???] In June 1882, he placed a bet that he could run from the Railway Hotel, Walsden to Stoodley Pike and back in less than an hour. He won when he completed the task in 52 minutes

Whitworth, Richard

[17??-1826] He was an early member of the Whitworth family.

In 1818, he occupied a small farm at Wainstalls and engaged in a small way of business as spinner and manufacturer.

With his brother, Robert, he was a partner in Robert Whitworth & Company [1795].

A business Richard Whitworth & Company is recorded in the proceedings of the Cold Edge Dam Company [1827].

He married Unknown [17??-1824].

Children: (1) John; (2) William; (3) Sarah

The family lived at Wainstalls [1818]; Little Peel House, Warley [1820].

See William Illingworth

Whitworth, Richard

[1749-1???] Son of John Whitworth. Born in Luddenden.

On 27th April 1784, he married Ellen, daughter of Benjamin Patchett, in Halifax Parish Church.

Children: Richard [1785-1825]

[17??-1???] With his brother, Richard, he was a partner in Robert Whitworth & Company [1795].

In 1851, he was the first worsted spinner in the Calder Valley to mechanise wool combing

[1733-1799] Born in Sowerby. Engineer who was involved in the construction of canals and bridges, and who became surveyor and draughtsman for James Brindley

[1781-1854] Senior partner in Robert Whitworth & Company

[18??-19??] He lived at Southwood End, Halifax.

He worked for the family firm, Robert Whitworth & Company.

He married Unknown.

Children: (1) John Nesbit; (2) Elizabeth