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Cockcroft, MrRef 117-1243
[18??-1???]
Partner in
Goodman & Cockcroft

Cockcroft, AbrahamRef 117-264
[18??-1892]
Fustian manufacturer of Hebden Bridge

Cockcroft, AbrahamRef 117-2019
[1840-1901]
Son of
John Cockcroft.

Fustian merchant at Hebden Bridge. He lived at Kersal House, Hebden Bridge [1900].

He died 13th May 1901

Cockcroft, AmbroseRef 117-35
[1820-1864]
Son of
Ebenezer Cockcroft.

Born 3rd March 1820; baptised at Mount Zion New Methodist Connexion Chapel, Ogden. [16th April 1820].

He was a wool comber [1841] / a comber of Warley [1844] / a wool comber [1851].

On 7th August 1844, he married Maria Hoyle [1821-1898] at Halifax Parish Church.


Maria, of Warley, was the daughter of Joshua Hoyle, comber
 

Children:

  1. Fergus
  2. Mary Ann [28th November 1846-16th February 1930]
  3. Henry
  4. Martha [9th May 1851-26th November 1912] who was buried  with her mother
  5. Walter
  6. Samuel Widdop [27th July 1858-28th July 1898]

In 1851, the family was living

in one part of the school at Rose Cottage, Lumb Bridge, Wainstalls

with his father & his family living in the other part.

They lived at Kell Butts, Wainstalls [1861, 1871].

In August 1859, Ambrose sailed from Liverpool on the SS Tuscarora. He was travelling alone, and arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [23rd August 1859].

He died of starvation & disease [26th January 1864], a Union prisoner of war in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, USA.

Maria died at home in England [15th October 1898] (aged 77) 

Members of the family were buried at Mount Tabor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel with 4 grandchildren:

  • John Riley (aged 13 months) 
  • Neri Cockroft (aged 11 months) 
  • Edith Annie Cockroft (aged 4 months) 
  • Lewis Cockroft (aged 8 years) 

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Cockcroft, AmbroseRef 117-33
[1874-1947]
Son of
Henry Cockcroft.

Born 26th November 1874.

He emigrated to the USA [22nd March 1900], sailing on the SS Parisian from Liverpool to Portland, Maine, USA, arriving on April 1st 1900, along with a friend George Barker (aged 22).

Ambrose lived in San Francisco.

He died (of chronic myocarditis & anti sclerosis) in Agnew State Hospital, Santa Clara, California, USA [4th December 1947]

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Cockcroft, AmbroseRef 117-1683
[1878-1954]
Son of
Fergus Cockcroft.

Born in Warley [22nd May 1878].

He was a worsted hand [1891] / Managing Director of Smith Bulmer & Company Limited [1949].

On 28th March 1908, he married Maboth Elizabeth Wolfenden at Halifax Parish Church.


Maboth was the daughter of Joshua Wolfenden
 

Children:

  1. William
  2. Stanley who worked at Smith Bulmer & Company  Limited, married Harriet / Hetty, & had sons:  Stanley, Peter & Nigel

They lived at Maycroft, Holmfield.

Ambrose died 5th November 1954.

Maboth died in 1966

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Cockcroft, AnnRef 117-473
[1740-1823]
Daughter of
William Cockcroft of Wadsworth.

She married William Cockcroft from Great Burlees.

There is a memorial tablet to her in Heptonstall Church which was moved from the Old Church in 1873

Cockcroft, Archibald SidneyRef 117-16
[1869-1905]

He married Martha Hulley [1869-1945].


Martha was born in Ridgeway, Sheffield
 

Child: Beatrice [1892-1971]

He died in 1905.

In 1906, Martha married Simeon Sykes

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Cockcroft, ArthurRef 117-860
[1???-19??]
JP.

He was Mayor of Todmorden [1954-1955]

Cockcroft, ArthurRef 117-5
[1897-1917]
Son of
John Cockcroft.

Born in Hebden Bridge [25th July 1897].

He was an apprentice in his father's joinery business [1911] / a member of Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel, Hebden Bridge / choirmaster at the Chapel.

During World War I, he enlisted in the Cavalry [7th July 1916] and served as a Private with the 6th (Service) Battalion Alexandra Princess of Wales Own (Yorkshire Regiment).

From December 1916, he served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders.

He was killed in action by a sniper at Poelcapelle, near Ypres [9th October 1917].

The Halifax Courier [27th October 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 52-54 & 162A], and on the Memorial at Birchcliffe Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge

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Cockcroft, Arthur JamesRef 117-15
[1899-1918]
Son of Jessie & Arthur Cockcroft of Brink Cottages, Higher-Under-Bank, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He died 2nd April 1918 (aged 19).

He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [Grave Ref 16-18]

Cockcroft, CalebRef 117-792
[15??-16??]
Of London. He established
Caleb Cockcroft's Charity

Cockcroft, CalebRef 117-11
[17??-18??]
Lived at
Sharkit Head when it was used as a meeting house by the Methodists.

Their meetings were later held at what became Ambler Thorn United Methodist Chapel

Cockcroft, ChatburnRef 117-1854
[18??-18??]
Pickle maker at Halifax.

In January 1858, he was declared bankrupt

Cockcroft, ChristianaRef 117-30
[13??-1???]
Wife of
John Cockcroft. Around 1379, she and five accomplices were accused of divers felonies committed at Pontefract

Cockcroft, Clement RandolphRef 117-18
[1884-1958]
BA.

Son of Walter Cockcroft.

Born in Halifax.

He was a board school teacher [1901] / an assistant schoolmaster (City Council) [1911] / a graduate of Manchester University.

In [Q3] 1909, he married Ellen Walker [1887-19??] in Halifax.


Ellen was born in Bradford
 

They lived at 14 Gipton View, Leeds [1911] and Mexborough.

Living with them [in 1911] was visitor Annie Walker [b 1891] (cloth weaver).

During World War I, he served as a Rifleman with the 21st (Yeoman Rifles)  King's Royal Rifle Corps.

He was reported missing since [17th February 1917].

His photograph appears with a report of his story in the Halifax Courier [17th March 1917].

He was later found to be a prisoner of war at Borna bei Leipzig.

He died at Ince, Lancashire [Q1 1958] (aged 73) 

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Cockcroft, DavidRef 117-1350
[18??-19??]
Fustian manufacturer at
Eaves Mill, Hebden Bridge [1905]

Cockcroft, Dr David MidgleyRef 117-621
[1811-1884]
MRCS (1835), LSA (1855).

Son of Abraham Cockcroft, farmer.

Born in Heptonstall.

He was a general practitioner [1841, 1842, 1851] / Union Medical Officer [1860-1870] / a physician and surgeon at Todmorden [1850-1855] / retired [1881].

On 4th May 1842, he married Mary Bairstow [1807-1879] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary, of Hebden Bridge, was born in Heptonstall, the daughter of Matthew Bairstow, corn miller
 

They lived at

  • York Street, Langfield [1851, 1845, 1860]
  • Calder House, Todmorden [1861, 1865, 1880, 1881]

Mary was buried at Hebden Bridge Parish Church [3rd January 1879].

David died in Todmorden [9th March 1884].

He was buried at Hebden Bridge Parish Church [13th March 1884].

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [Friday 14 March 1884] published an obituary


Death and Funeral of Dr D. M. Cockcroft.

On Sunday morning last, David Midgley Cockcroft, MD, died at his residence, Calder House [opposite the Todmorden cricket ground].

Formerly he had a large medical practice in the district, but for many years was himself an invalid, and having gained a competence, lived a retired life.

He was the last survivor of what we may call the old doctors of the district, and outlived by some years those who had been his fellow practitioners.

He was a descendant of the Cockcrofts of Machpelah, Hebden Bridge, who have been associated with that district intimately for many generations, and a sister and two brothers [one Dr Wm. Cockcroft of Middleham, and another resident at Hebden Bridge] still survive.

Deceased was a staunch Conservative and Churchman, and was at one period churchwarden.

He rarely, however, allowed himself to be elected to any very prominent public position.

For many years, he was trustee of Greenwood's estate, prior to its management passing into the hands of Messrs Higham & Wilson.

The funeral took place yesterday morning at S. James's Church, Mytholm, the Rev. G. Sowden officiating

 

Probate was granted to his nephews: Abraham Cockcroft of Machpelah, Hebden Bridge (fustian manufacturer), and Abraham Cockcroft of the Lanes, Hebden Bridge (warehouseman) 

See William Greenwood

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Cockcroft, DenysRef 117-8
[1927-1945]
Son of Annie & Charles Cockcroft of Mytholmroyd.

During World War II, he served as a Rifleman with the 9th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).

He died 25th March 1945 (aged 18).

He was buried at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany [Grave Ref 58 A 3].

He is remembered on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd, and in the book Royd Regeneration

Cockcroft, E. W.Ref 117-946
[19??-19??]
OBE.

Of Higher Birks, Walsden

He married Unknown.

Child: John Anthony Eric

Cockcroft, EbenezerRef 117-295
[1790-1867]
Known as Old Eben.

Son of Joshua Cockcroft.

Born in Warley; baptised at South Parade Wesleyan Chapel [13th March 1791].

He was a weaver [1815] He was a schoolmaster [1841, 1851, 1861] and ran a school at his home at Lumb Bridge, Wainstalls

On 10th August 1815, he married Hannah Widdup [1791-18??] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Joshua [b 1817; bapt 1st June 1817]
  2. Henry [b 17th July 1818; bapt 1st May 1819]  
  3. Ambrose
  4. Ebenezer [b 1823]
  5. John [b 1825] = (possibly) John Cockroft
  6. William [b 1828]
  7. Samuel [b 1831]
  8. Hannah [b 1834]

The children were baptised at Mount Zion New Methodist Connexion Chapel, Ogden.

The family lived at

  • Lumb Bridge, Wainstalls [1841]
  • Lumb Bridge (in one part of the school) [1851]
  • Rose Cottage, Lumb [1861]

Living with them [in 1851] was a granddaughter.

In Whiteley Turner's book A Spring-time Saunter, there is a drawing of Rose Cottage, which Turner says was built by Old Eben himself, living in one room and teaching in the other.

Turner also says


a few old people remember, though not with pleasantest recollections, attending Old Eben's School, in the pretty one-storey house called Rose Cottage...

At the back, is a walled in doorway, then the entrance to the school...

prior to Cockcroft building this, scholars tell of being taught by him in a

2 low biggin, oppen to th' thack an five stooreys long

on land now occupied by Bridge Terrace

 

Ebenezer died of cancer in the throat [30th June 1867].

He was buried at Mount Zion, Ogden. There is no gravestone

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Cockcroft, Mrs EdithRef 117-963
[18??-19??]
MBE, JP.

She married Ernest Edward Cockcroft

Cockcroft, EnochRef 117-39
[1842-1925]
Son of John Cockcroft, farmer.

He was a carpet weaver [1863].

On 31st October 1863, he married Phebe Halstead [1843-1913] at St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd.


Phebe was born in Hollin Hey, Sowerby [11th October 1843], the daughter of
Robert Halstead
 

Phebe died in Ashton-under-Lyne in 1913

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Cockcroft, Eric WilliamRef 117-6
[1898-1979]
OBE.

Son of John Arthur Cockcroft.

Born in Todmorden [16th December 1898].

After their father's death [1927], the business – John Cockcroft & Sons – passed to him and his brothers Keith and Lionel Fielden.

In 1931, he married Haidee Greenlees Sutcliffe [1901-1980] in Todmorden.

They had no children.

The couple died in Rochdale

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Cockcroft, Ernest EdwardRef 117-962
[1887-1965]
He married
Edith

Cockcroft, FergusRef 117-34
[1844-1911]
Son of
Ambrose Cockcroft.

Born 28th December 1844.

He married Ann Aspinall [1845-1918].


Ann was born 8th December 1845
 

Child: Ambrose Cockcroft

Fergus died 15th March 1911

Ann died 3rd June 1918

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Cockcroft, FrankRef 117-2674
[1874-1946]
Son of
Richard Cockcroft.

He was a millwright [1908].

In 1895, he married (1) Emily Grace Sutcliffe [18??-1901].

Children:

  1. Gladys [1895-1977]
  2. Ada Mary [1896-1970] who married Claude Longbottom
  3. Charles [b 1897]

In 1908, he married (2) Charlotte Sutherland [1883-19??].


Charlotte was the daughter of seaman Charles William Sutherland.

She was a 16-year-old fustian machinist from Liverpool boarding at Mayroyd Cottages [1901].

Charlotte had an illegitimate daughter Clarice Sutherland [b 1905]

 

Child: 4. Richard [b 1909]

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Cockcroft, HaroldRef 117-861
[1???-19??]
JP.

He was Mayor of Todmorden [1958-1959]

Cockcroft, HenryRef 117-367
[1???-16??]
Of Hebden Bridge.

Son of William Cockcroft.

In 1630, he paid £15 composition.

When his father died in 1643, he left Mayroyd and other property to Henry.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Elizabeth who married Rev William Grimshaw
  2. Ellen [1721-1765] who married John Sutcliffe

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Cockcroft, HenryRef 117-13
[158?-1642]
Of
Mayroyd House, Hebden Bridge.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Elizabeth who married John Robertshaw
  2. son
  3. son

Their sons and daughter died within two months of each other, between the two major Civil War assaults on Heptonstall by Royalist forces

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Cockcroft, HenryRef 117-218
[1803-1872]
Founding father of the cotton-producing
Cockcroft family of Todmorden.

He began making coloured cloth and selling it in his draper's shop at Lob Mill, and his wife made dresses from the cloth and sold these in the shop.

Together with his son, John, he built and equipped a power-loom weaving shed Croft Mill as Henry Cockcroft & Son.

He & his wife were buried at Eastwood Congregational Church

Cockcroft, HenryRef 117-14
[1808-1???]
In March 1862, he was charged with the manslaughter of
John Jennings.

On 6th July 1861, the 2 men had been drinking in the King's Head, Sowerby, and agreed the sale of some salt which Jennings had in his cart. Cockcroft gave Jennings 2/6d, and later demanded the money be returned when the sale broke down. Jennings refused and a scuffle took place between the men. Jennings was knocked down and kicked in the head, and in the ribs. Cockcroft was wearing clogs at the time.

Jennings's body was placed in his cart, and the horse left to take him home. The horse walked on homewards, but realising that there was no driver, stopped to graze on the side of the road. A passer-by recognised Jennings and drove the horse and cart home.

Jennings died 13 days later.

A post mortem showed that 3 of his ribs had pierced his lungs.

At his trial, Cockcroft called witnesses to say that he was normally a peaceful man, but excitable when he was drunk, and that his intellect had been impaired by a head wound some years ago.

He was sentenced to 3 months' hard labour

Cockcroft, HenryRef 117-9
[1824-1???]
Born in Wadsworth.

He married Ann Greenwood.

Child: William

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Cockcroft, HenryRef 117-23
[1849-1928]
Son of
Ambrose Cockcroft.

Born in Warley [2nd October 1849].

He was a worsted spinner & scholar [1861] / a quarryman [1871] / a stone delver [1881] / a stone merchant (employer) [1901] / a delver in a stone quarry (worker) [1911].

On 2nd September 1872, he married Mary Ann Smithies at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary Ann was the daughter of Henry Smithies
 

Children:

  1. Ellen [7th February 1873-11th January 1946] who was a  worsted hand [1891] & never married
  2. Ambrose
  3. Lewis [1877-1885]
  4. Neri [1879-1880]
  5. Norina [16th July 1882-2nd Jan 1957] who never married
  6. Herbert William

The children are buried with their Cockcroft grandparents at Mount Tabor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

They lived at

  • Lower Slack, Wainstalls [1881]
  • 6 Green Lane, Ovenden (between Crag Lane and Boy Lane) [1891]
  • 25 Clough Lane, Mixenden [1901, 1911]

Henry died at 20 Westfield Terrace, Pellon Lane [8th January 1928], where he was living with his two unmarried daughters Ellen and Norina. Cause of death was: Cardiac failure, bronchitis and senile weakness.

He was buried at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, Wainstalls [12th January 1928]


Details of Mary Ann's death are not yet known; she was buried with her husband
 

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Cockcroft, Henry KeithRef 117-862
[1904-1955]
JP.

Keith was the son of John Arthur Cockcroft.

Born in Todmorden [20th September 1904].

After their father's death [1927], the business – John Cockcroft & Sons – passed to him and his brothers Eric William and Lionel Fielden

He was Mayor of Todmorden [1964-1965].

In 1930, he married Kathleen Mary Marshall [1908-1990] in Todmorden

Children:

  1. twins Elizabeth M. [b 1931]
  2. Mary E. [b 1931]
  3. Susan [b 1933]
  4. James Malcolm
  5. Robert [b 1939]

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Cockcroft, HerbertRef 117-32
[1887-19??]
Son of
John Cockcroft.

He was a linen weaver [1901].

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [25th June 1915] reported that


Private Herbert Cockcroft of 758 Rochdale Road is in hospital in Egypt with wounds to his back. His brother, Walter Cockcroft of 3 Dampier Street, Walsden, is in hospital with a leg wound
 

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Cockcroft, Herbert WilliamRef 117-37
[1884-1963]
Son of
Henry Cockcroft.

Born at Slack,Wainstalls [9th October 1884].

He was an office boy at the Industrial Society [1901] / a commercial clerk at the Co-operative Society [1911] / a commercial clerk living at 25 Seedhill Row, Mixenden [1913].

On 27th August 1913, he married Ethel Clark [1885-1960] at Brunswick Chapel, Halifax


Ethel was born at Upper Shaw Booth, Wainstalls [19th June 1885], the daughter of George Augustus Clark.

She was a pupil-teacher at Wainstalls Board School / a teacher at Battinson Road Board School / a teacher at Warley Road junior School.

She had a fine soprano singing voice, for which she won a Gold Medal. Before her marriage, she sang solo and in duets at many events across Yorkshire/Lancashire, often in connection with local chapels

 

Children:

  1. Doreen [b 11th June 1915; d of meningitis 6th December  1915]
  2. Kathleen [b 30th November 1916; d 6th June 2001]   who married [Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,  Pellon Lane 12th December 1942] Alfred Sewell
  3. Philip [b 6th December 1922; d 22nd February 2002]   who married [Sunderland 31st March 1945]  Bessie Sewell (the sister of the above Alfred Sewell

During World War I, he served as a Driver (No: 173873)  with the Royal Field Artillery.

Initially, he was with B/241 Brigade but subsequently 277 Brigade. 241 Brigade was part of the RFA support units to the 48th formerly (South Midland) Division.

They were involved in the Battle of the Somme [July 1916] and at Passchendaele [July 1917].

He was discharged on March 31st 1920.

He was awarded The British War and Allied Victory Medals.

The family lived at 1 Spring Hall Place, Newstead, Halifax [1923].

Ethel died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [19th April 1960].

He died at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary [14th April 1963] (aged 78).

Cause of death: Myocardial infarction, coronary insufficiency and strangulated inguinal hernia; He was buried [21st April 1963].

The couple & other members of the family () were buried at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, Wainstalls

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Cockcroft, IsaacRef 117-2390
[17??-1???]
A weaver in Northowram.

On 13th September 1776, he married Sarah.


Sarah (née Whitham) was the widow of
John Halliday
 

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Cockcroft, JamesRef 117-2269
[1???-18??]
Second master at
Rishworth School [1834, 1842]

Cockcroft, JamesRef 117-7990
[17??-18??]
Farmer of Northowram.

On 31st May 1799, he married Mary Windle of Northowram, at Halifax Parish Church

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Cockcroft, JamesRef 117-25
[18??-1???]
He was churchwarden at
St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd [1855, 1857, 1860-1862]

Cockcroft, JamesRef 117-2017
[18??-18??]
Tea dealer, hop merchant and wine & spirit merchant at Erringden [1861]

Cockcroft, JamesRef 117-42
[1829-1???]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton power loom weaver [1871].

He married Ellen [1834-1???].


Ellen was born in Heptonstall or High Gate
 

Children:

  1. Ada [b 1868]
  2. Frances Ann [b 1853] who was a cotton power loom weaver  [1871] & married Ellis Lingard
  3. John R. [b 1858] who was a heald picker [1871]
  4. William H. [b 1860] who was a throstle doffer [1871]
  5. Ada [b 1868] who was a dress maker [1891]
  6. Fred [b 1870]

They lived at

  • 3 Wood Bottom Cotton Mill, Todmorden & Walsden [1871]
  • 3 Wood Bottom, Walsden [1881]
  • 117 Knowlwood Road, Walsden [1891]

Living with them [in 1881] was daughter Frances & her husband.

James died between 1871 & 1881.

Living with them [in 1891] were daughter Frances & her 2 sons

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Cockcroft, James MalcolmRef 117-945
[1937-19??]
Son of
Henry Keith Cockcroft.

Around 1960, he married Janet Hilary Bevis-White.


Janet Hilary came from Huntingdonshire
 

Cockcroft, JohnRef 117-27
[13??-1???]
Forester of Sowerbyshire, living at Wadsworth.

He married Christiana.

He was accused of stabbing Adam Williamson of Marsden with a knife, at Hebden Bridge [or Halifax] at Christmas 1379.

For 12 years, John evaded the law, but at Candlemas 1391, he was shot with an arrow by Thomas de Hylegh

Cockcroft, JohnRef 117-1579
[17??-18??]
Weaver of Erringden.

On 2nd June 1799, he married Grace Spencer of Erringden, at Halifax Parish Church

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Cockcroft, JohnRef 117-734
[17??-18??]
Of
North Well, Heptonstall. Established John Cockcroft's Charity

Cockcroft, JohnRef 117-2676
[1748-1842]
He married Susey Lister [1759-1834].

Children:

  1. William
  2. Mary who married John Crossley of Hebden Bridge

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Cockcroft, JohnRef 117-28
[18??-1???]
He was churchwarden at
St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd [1871-1875, 1878]

Cockcroft, JohnRef 117-38
[18??-1???]

In [Q3] 1857, he married Fanny 1833-1857 in Halifax.


Fanny was the daughter of
Joseph Lodge
 

Fanny died 8th September 1857 (aged 24).

She and her sister Mary Ann were buried with their Lodge grandparents at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3344].


Details of John's death / burial place are not yet known
 

Cockcroft, JohnRef 117-2
[1800-18??]
Born in Heptonstall.

He was a shoemaker [1841] / a master shoemaker employing 2 men [1851].

Around 1829, he married Mary [1801-18??].


Mary was born in Heptonstall
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1826]
  2. James [b 1829] who was a shoe maker [1851]
  3. Crossley [b 1830]
  4. Hannah [b 1832]
  5. Elizabeth [b 1835]
  6. Thomas [b 1837]
  7. Abraham

They lived at

  • Hebden Bridge Lanes [1841]
  • Bridge Lanes, Hebden Bridge [1851]

Cockcroft, JohnRef 117-22
[1816-1849]
Of Halifax.

He married Elizabeth [1810-1854].

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann who died 20 Feb 1837 (aged 8 months) 
  2. Sophia who died 18 Mar 1843 (aged 4 years & 11 months) 
  3. Joseph who died 3 Aug 1842 (aged 2 years) 
  4. Henry who died 5 Sep 1844 (aged 1 year & 10 months) 
  5. John who died 25 Jan 1847
  6. James who died 13 Dec 1849 (aged 8 months) 

John died 4th April 1849 (aged 33).

Elizabeth died 28th July 1854 (aged 44).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

Cockcroft, JohnRef 117-2344
[1839-1926]
He was manager of a cotton weaving factory.

In 1870, he married Mary Ann Appleyard.


Mary Ann was the daughter of
Henry Appleyard
 

They had no children.

In 1906, Mary Ann placed a memorial to her mother and brother John in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd.

In 1917, Mary Ann gave a bequest money to pay for new faces on the clock at St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd.

Mary Ann died in 1930 (aged 89) 

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Cockcroft, JohnRef 117-29
[1848-1898]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton weaver [1871, 1881, 1891].

He married Mary Ann [1853-1910].


Mary Ann was born in Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1871] who was a cotton weaver [1891]
  2. Annie Mary [b 1879] who was a cotton weaver [1901], a  weaver (calico) [1911] and lived at 51 Queen Street, Portwood,  Stockport [1916]
  3. Clara [b 1883] who was a cotton weaver [1901], a weaver  (calico) [1911]
  4. John Arthur

The family lived at

  • Rive Rock, Stansfield [1871]
  • Cross Stone Bar House, Stansfield [1881]
  • 13 Major Street, Langfield [1891]
  • 10 Major Street, Todmorden [1901]
  • 7 Major Street, Todmorden (when Annie Mary was head of  the household) [1911]

Living with them [in 1881] was John's brother Charles Cockcroft [b Huddersfield 1851] (cotton weaver).

John died in Todmorden in 1898 (aged 50)  Living with them [in 1901] was widowed aunt Sarah Dewhirst [b  1835].

Mary Ann died in Todmorden [Q4 1910] (aged 59) 

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Cockcroft, JohnRef 117-138
[1848-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a retired commercial traveller [1911].

He married Unknown.

He was a widower by 1911.

Children:

  1. William Innes
  2. Amy [b 1878] who married railway clerk Arnold  Sutcliffe [1880-19??]

The family lived at 18 Craven Terrace, Halifax [1911]

Cockcroft, JohnRef 117-31
[1851-19??]
Son of William Cockcroft.

Born in Erringden / Heights, Todmorden.

He was a linen & cotton weaver [1881] / a linen weaver [1891] / a loom tackler (linen) [1901] / a cotton weaver [1911].

On 7th March 1874, he married Elizabeth Richards [1851-19??] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.


Elizabeth was born in Manchester, the daughter of James Richards
 

Children:

  1. Ann [b 1875] who was a linen weaver [1891]
  2. William [b 1879] who was a half-timer in cotton mill  [1891], a linen weaver [1901], a cotton weaver [1911]
  3. Caroline / Carrie [b 1882] who was a linen weaver  [1901] & married [Todmorden Q2 1905] George Pilling [b 1878]
  4. Edith [b 1884] who was a linen weaver [1901]
  5. Herbert
  6. Laura [b 1889] who was a linen weaver [1901], a cotton  weaver [1911]
  7. Walter
  8. Sarah Ellen / Nellie [b 1893] who was a linen  weaver [1901], a cotton winder [1911]

The family lived at

  • 9 Oldroyd, Langfield [1881]
  • 3 Oldroyd, Langfield [1891]
  • 3 Dampier Street, Walsden [1901, 1911]

Elizabeth died in Todmorden in 1911 (aged 60).

Living with the widowed John [in 1911] were daughter Carrie and her husband George Pilling (cotton weaver).

Sons Herbert & Walter served in World War I

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Cockcroft, JohnRef 117-3
[1865-19??]
Son of
William Henry Cockcroft.

Born in Hebden Bridge.

He was a joiner [1901, 1911] / a joiner's foreman [1914].

In 1892, he married Jane Calvert in Todmorden.


Jane was the daughter of Wilson Calvert
 

Children:

  1. Albert [b 1895] who was a linning (linen) cutter (ready  made) [1914]
  2. Hannah Grace [b 1896]
  3. Arthur

They lived at

  • 3 Hebble End, Hebden Bridge [1901]
  • 3 Fountain Street, Hebden Bridge [1911, 1917]

Living with them [in 1911] was John's widowed father William Henry; Daughter Hannah Grace was staying with Miss Hannah Maria Lord [aged 57] at 5 Fountain Street

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Cockcroft, John Anthony EricRef 117-947
[19??-????]
Son of
E. W. Cockcroft.

In 1964?, he married Victoria Mary Hartley from Castleford

Cockcroft, John ArthurRef 117-162
[1866-1927]
Established
John Cockcroft & Sons.

He lived at Birks House, Walsden.

In [Q2] 1896, he married Annie Maude Fielden [1867-1956] in Todmorden.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Eric William
  3. James Philip [1901-1985] who (possibly) never married
  4. Henry Keith
  5. Lionel Fielden

In 1899, the family moved from Croft Mill, Todmorden to Birks Mill, Walsden.

John Arthur was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden

After his death, the business passed to his sons Lionel, Keith and Eric.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £13,410

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Cockcroft, John ArthurRef 117-659
[1892-1916]
Son of
John Cockcroft.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a labourer for textile tape sizing [1911] / employed as a taper at West's mill in Todmorden.

He lived with his sister in Stockport, Cheshire.

During World War I, he enlisted in Manchester and served as a Lance Corporal with the 22nd Battalion Manchester Regiment.

He was killed in action [2nd June 1916] (aged 25).

The Todmorden & District News [9th June 1916] reported that he was in the machine gun section of the Manchester Pals, and was reported missing after not returning from a trench raid.

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [23rd March 1917] published his photograph with a report that he was presumed to have died following a bombing raid on enemy trenches on the 2nd of June 1916.

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 13A & 14C], on Todmorden War Memorial, on the Memorial at Patmos Congregational Chapel, Todmorden, on Patmos War Memorial, on the Memorial at Saint Paul's Church, Cross Stone, and on the Memorial at Shade Council School

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Cockcroft, John D.Ref 117-941
[19??-19??]
In 19??, he married E. Elizabeth ??.

Children:

  1. daughter [b 1939]

The family lived at Stansfield Hall, Todmorden

Cockcroft, Sir John DouglasRef 117-145
[1897-1967]
OM, KCB, CBE, FRS.

Son of John Arthur Cockcroft.

British physicist born at 156 Halifax Road / Stanley Terrace, Millwood, Todmorden. A blue plaque marks his birthplace.

He was educated at Todmorden Secondary School.

He was the first man to split the atom

See Voyages by Sir John Douglas Cockcroft

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Cockcroft, John HoyleRef 117-949
[1934-19??]
MP.

Eldest son of Lionel Fielden Cockcroft.

Born in Todmorden.

He travelled to South America.


Arrived Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1961;

Born 6th July 1934 Todmorden;

Address: Oak Hill, Todmorden;

Unmarried;

Profissao (profession): Economista (economist) 

 

He was Conservative MP for Norwich [1974-1979].

In 1971?, he married Tessa Shepley from Croydon

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Cockcroft, John RichardRef 117-20
[1857-1907]
Son of James Cockcroft, weaver.

Born in Walsden.

He was a weaver of Woodbottom [1878] / a cotton weaver [1881, 1891, 1901].

In [Q1] 1878, he married Martha Hannah Needham [1858-1916] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.


Martha Hannah, of Butcher Hill, Walsden, was born in Walsden, the daughter of John Needham, moulder.

She was a cotton weaver [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Willie
  2. Arthur [b 1881] who was a cotton doffer [1891], a cotton  weaver [1901]
  3. Emily [b 1882] who was a throstle spinner [1901]
  4. Edith Ellen [b 1885] who was a throstle spinner [1901]
  5. Percy Needham [b 1896] who was a cabinet maker's  apprentice [1911]

They lived at

  • 22 Butcher Hill, Walsden [1881]
  • 47 Knowlwood Road, Walsden [1891]
  • 55 Knowlwood Road, Todmorden [1901]
  • 5 Pexwood Road, Todmorden [1911]

John Richard died in Todmorden in 1907 (aged 49).

Martha died in Todmorden [Q4 1916] (aged 58) 

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Cockcroft, John ThomasRef 117-730
[1886-1976]
Hebden Bridge architect.

Son of William Henry Cockcroft. He proposed radical plans for the redevelopment of Hebden Bridge town centre.

In 19??, he married Mary Fisher.

His work includes Hebden Bridge Picture House and Highfield Crescent, Hebden Bridge.

He won a bet that he could write the Lord's Prayer on a piece of paper the size of an old 12-sided 3d bit

Cockcroft, John WilliamRef 117-2673
[1873-1???]
Son of
Richard Cockcroft.

He married Eliza Sutcliffe.

Child: Vera Grace [1894-1935] who married [1931] Joseph William Senior


Daughter Vera Grace died at Belmont Nursing Home, Sherbourne Road, Blackpool [28th January 1935]. Probate records show that she left effects valued at £1,904 17/7d. Probate was granted to her father and her husband Joseph William Senior (ticket writer) 
 

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Cockcroft, JoshuaRef 117-36
[1760-1???]
Son of
Joshua Cockcroft.

Born at Illingworth [1st September 1760]; baptised at St Mary's Church, Illingworth [4th September 1760].

On 23rd September 1790, he married Mary Eastwood [1768-18??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary was the daughter of Jonathan Eastwood
 

Children:

  1. Ebenezer
  2. Grace [b 1792; bapt 7th October 1792]
  3. Samuel [b 1795; bapt 1st February 1795]
  4. Abram [b 12th August 1796; bapt 6th September 1796]
  5. Ruth [b 1797; bapt 25th February 1797] who married  Samuel Baume

The children were baptised at Mount Zion New Methodist Connexion Chapel, Ogden

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Cockcroft, JoshuaRef 117-41
[18??-1???]
Born in Illingworth; baptised at Illingworth [16th January 1831].

On 24th November 1857, he married Mary Pickles in Halifax.


His wife was possibly Mary Ann [b 1835], daughter of
Paul Pickles
 

Children:

  1. Joshua
  2. Matthew
  3. Isaac [b Illingworth; bapt 30th January 1769] who died in  infancy

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Cockcroft, Lionel FieldenRef 117-859
[1906-1988]
JP.

Known as Leo.

Son of John Arthur Cockcroft.

Born in Todmorden [23rd November 1906]

After their father's death [1927], the business – John Cockcroft & Sons – passed to him and his brothers Eric William and Keith

He was a cotton & linen manufacturer of Birks House, Wadsworth [1933] / company secretary of the family business [until 1974] / a member of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce / a representative of the Cotton Board / a member of Todmorden Borough Council / Mayor of Todmorden [1947-1949].

On 1st June 1933, he married Jennie Hoyle [1908-2003] in Todmorden.


Jennie, of Oaks Hill, Todmorden, was the daughter of John Philip Hoyle
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Lionel P. [b 1937]
  3. Anthony [b 1942]
  4. Jennie Elizabeth Patricia [b 1946] who married [22nd  March 1968] Timothy Lankester from Washington DC
  5. Pauline [b 1952]

They lived at Oak Hill, Todmorden.

On 29th November 1949, Lionel of Stansfield Cottage, Todmorden, arrived in New York aboard the BRITTANIC from Liverpool. He had 3 pieces of luggage (plus a camera), and was going to Hotel Vanderbilt, 34th & Park Avenue, New York.

Lionel died in Rochdale [17th February 1988] (aged 81).

An obituary mentioned his leaving a widow, 3 sons and 1 daughter.

He was buried at Mankinholes Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

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Cockcroft, Lionel PeterRef 117-863
[19??-] He was Mayor of Todmorden [1974-1975]

Cockcroft, ListerRef 117-2672
[1875-1939]
Son of
Richard Cockcroft.

He was a tailor [1901].

In 1911, he married Grace Ellen.


Grace Ellen was the daughter of Thomas Walton, and the widow of Mr Greenwood
 

He died in 1939.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £4,431. Probate was granted to his niece Doris Kershaw (spinster) 

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Cockcroft, MaryRef 117-495
[16??-17??]
Of
Mytholm Hall, Hebden Bridge.

She married Samuel King

Cockcroft, MaryRef 117-784
[1743-1779]
Daughter of
William Cockcroft.

She married Thomas Sayer.

She died 12th May 1779 [aged 36].

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

Cockcroft, MatthewRef 117-40
[1762-18??]
Son of
Joshua Cockcroft.

Born in Illingworth; baptised 18th April 1762.

He served in Ireland with the

  • Yorkshire Fencibles
  • Halifax Volunteers
  • Royal Downshire Regiment based in Newtownards, County Down

Around 1784, he married (1) Hannah Farnell in Ovenden.


Matthew was one of four Yorkshire Fencibles soldiers who married Irish girls
 

Children:

  1. Jacob [b 1786]
  2. Sarah [b 1788]
  3. Betty [b 1790]
  4. John [b 1792]
  5. Sally [b 1793]

The marriage failed.

Around 1808, Matthew married (2) Unknown in Newtownards, County Down Children:

  1. Robert [b 1810; d 10th March 1878]
  2. Matilda
  3. (possibly) Jane

They lived in Newtownards, County Down

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Cockcroft, PercyRef 117-992
[18??-19??]
Solicitor of Hebden Bridge and Rochdale.

In 1930, he was struck off after being convicted of fraudulent conversion and misappropriation as a trustee. He was sentenced to 4 years' penal servitude

Cockcroft, PeterRef 117-629
[19??-1980]
Textile manufacturer at
Bottoms Mill, Halifax.

He married Janet Mowat

Cockcroft, RichardRef 117-26
[18??-1???]
He was churchwarden at
St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd [1856]

Cockcroft, RichardRef 117-2664
[1829-1915]
MPS.

Son of William Cockcroft.

Born at Little Burlees [4th June 1829].

He was a dentist & (consulting) chemist at Mytholmroyd / a retired chemist [1911].

On 1st May 1856, he married Mary Ann Titterington.


Mary Ann was the daughter of Thomas Titterington
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [1857-1861]
  2. Thomas Titterington [1858] who died aged 18 weeks
  3. Mary Grace [1860-1902] who never married
  4. Annie [b 1861] who married John Robert Jones
  5. Job [1864-1887]
  6. Ada [1866-1934] who was a ladies' companion to Miss Ann Appleyard at White Lee [1901]
  7. Richard Henry [1867] who died aged 6 weeks
  8. Owen [1869-1910]
  9. Abigail [b 1869] who married Greenhalgh Kershaw
  10. Julia [1871-1959] who never married and left effects  valued at £19,387 2/11d
  11. John William
  12. Frank
  13. Lister
  14. Maggie [b 1880] who was a ladies' companion [1901]

The family lived at

  • Spring Villas, Mytholmroyd [1878, 1881]
  • The Haven, Rossall Road, Cleveleys, Blackpool [1911]

Living with the widowed Richard [in 1911] were daughter Abigail & her husband.

Richard died at Leyden Cottage, Rossall Beach, Fleetwood [25th May 1915].

He was buried at St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd [28th May 1915] with other members of the family

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Cockcroft, ThomasRef 117-C854
[1???-18??]
Of
Lower Brear

On 6th August 1839, as they returned from Doncaster wool market, he and Robert Crossley were attacked by a gang at Lower Brear

Cockcroft, ThomasRef 117-635
[17??-17??]
Surveyor of the Highways for Wadsworth [1755].

He lived at Souter House, Wadsworth

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Cockcroft, ThomasRef 117-997
[1820-1865]
Farm-labourer.

In 1865, he was charged with the murder of his sister, Mrs Hannah Helliwell, with whom he resided at Sowerby Bridge.

When apprehended, he said

she wanted to mend my jacket and I knocked here down with the tongs ... I told her to let it alone ... I kicked her and struck her with my fist a time or two ... I kicked her with my clog on the head or face

Cockcroft was said to be a moody and sullen man, and his nephew said that he was subject to mental depression, with bouts often lasting 2 or 3 weeks. It was reported that he had previously been committed for manslaughter, although no details were given.

At his trial, the jury returned a verdict of Guilty with a recommendation for mercy. The Judge disregarded the recommendation and passed the death sentence. The Home Secretary commuted the sentence to penal servitude for life.

This is discussed in the book Halifax Murders

Cockcroft, ThomasRef 117-12
[1845-1906]
Son of John Cockroft, farmer.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a weaver of Erringden [1870] / beer seller & landlord of the Royal Oak, Todmorden [1871-1905].

On 2nd November 1870, he married (1) Sarah Ann Stott [1846-1893] at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah Ann, of Stansfield, was born in Todmorden, the daughter of Henry Stott, carter
 

Children:

  1. John [1871-1938] who was a foreman dyer [1906]
  2. Thomas [1878-1906] a barman [1901]

On 20th July 1897, he married (2) Betsy [1850-1???] at Heptonstall Church.


Betsy [née Pilling] was the widow of John Hirst.

She had a son by her first marriage: Walter Hirst [b 1876] who was a warehouseman [1901]

 

He was Spring Side, Stansfield [1871, 1881, 1891] / 505 Springfield, Langfield [1901] / 5 Cockden Hill, Todmorden [1906].

Thomas died 31st October 1906 (aged 61).

He was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone [3rd November 1906]. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,037 19/9d.

Probate was granted to his son John

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Cockcroft, WalterRef 117-17
[1855-1915]
Son of
Ambrose Cockcroft.

Born in Warley [17th December 1855].

He was a grocer of Mount Tabor, Halifax [1882] / a store keeper [1891] / a grocery and drapery salesman [1901] / a storekeeper Co-operative Society [1911].

In 1882, he married Sarah Ellen Smith [1862-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah Ellen, of Hanson Lane, Halifax, was the daughter of William Smith, overlooker
 

Children:

  1. Clement Randolph
  2. Adelaide [b 1886] who was an assistant grocery and  drapery saleswoman [1901]
  3. Emily [1888-1899]
  4. Frances [b 1892]
  5. Bertram [b 1894] who was an assistant (co-operative  society) [1911]
  6. Lois Alma [b 1900]

The family lived at

  • 2 Oxford Lane, Southowram [1891]
  • 211 Shay Lane, Halifax [1901, 1911]

Living with them [in] 1911 was mother-in-law Elizabeth Smith [b 1838].

Walter died 10th November 1915

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Cockcroft, WalterRef 117-19
[1891-1919]
Son of
John Cockcroft.

Born in Langfield.

He appears as Cockcroft on his birth, marriage, Army & Commonwealth War Grave Commission records, and as Cockroft elsewhere.

He was a linen weaver [1901] / a cotton weaver [1911].

On 15th May 1917, he married Elizabeth Wills [1892-1956] at Christ Church, Todmorden.


Elizabeth, of 8 Prince Street, Todmorden, was the daughter of Samuel James Wills, scavenger
 

They had no children.

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 1st/6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [25th June 1915] reported that


Walter Cockcroft of 3 Dampier Street, Walsden, is in hospital with a leg wound. His brother, Herbert Cockcroft of 758 Rochdale Road is in hospital in Egypt with wounds to his back
 

Walter went missing [21st March 1918].

The Todmorden & District News [26th April 1918] reported that


Lance Corporal Walter Cockcroft, 1st-6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, of 8 Prince Street, Cobden, had fought in Egypt and in Gallipoli and was wounded in the Dardanelles. Once he recovered, he rejoined his regiment in France.

He was captured by the enemy on the western front and is now a prisoner in Germany

 

Walter was presumed dead by the Army [2nd January 1919].

He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial, (possibly) on the Memorial at Walsden Wesleyan Chapel, and (possibly) on the Memorial at Shade Wesleyan Methodist Church. Elizabeth never remarried

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Cockcroft, WilliamRef 117-1803
[1???-18??]
Partner in
Cockcroft & Whitaker

Cockcroft, Sir WilliamRef 117-21
[14??-15??]
Parochial Chaplain at
Heptonstall [1515-1531]

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Cockcroft, WilliamRef 117-2580
[15??-1643]
A clothier of Heptonstall.

In 1584, Adam Sutcliffe sold Mayroyd House, Hebden Bridge to Cockcroft and Brian Bentley.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. William
  2. Henry

He left Mayroyd and other property to his son Henry, and Raw Royd and other property to his son William

Cockcroft, WilliamRef 117-297
[16??-17??]
Of
Great Burlees, Wadsworth and Stocks, Erringden.

He married Ann Cockcroft

Cockcroft, WilliamRef 117-1959
[17??-1786]
A farmer.

He became owner of the White Lion Hotel & Posting House, Hebden Bridge [1773].

In 1776, he diverted water from the springs at Birchcliffe for his own use. This upset many people in Hebden Bridge including William Wadsworth

Cockcroft, WilliamRef 117-136
[1705-1773]
Of
Mayroyd, Hebden Bridge.

He became a Halifax attorney. In 1731, he established a practice at The Castle, Halifax and in 1740, he moved to Mayroyd with Thomas Sayer.

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

He married his cousin Mary Murgatroyd.


Mary was the daughter of Henry Murgatroyd
 

Children:

  1. Henry
  2. Elizabeth
  3. Grace
  4. Ann
  5. Mary
  6. Barbara [?]

There is a memorial tablet to members of the family in Heptonstall Church which was moved from the Old Church in 1873

Cockcroft, WilliamRef 117-2665
[1784-1855]
Son of
John Cockcroft.

Born at Burlees, Wadsworth [late 1784 or early 1785]; baptised at Heptonstall [16th January 1785].

He was a yeoman of Little Burlees, Wadsworth.

He married Grace Bancroft [1791-1865].

Children:

  1. William [1813-1898]
  2. John [b 1816]
  3. Sarah [b 1821]
  4. Henry [b 1822]
  5. Ann [1824-1898]
  6. Susy [1827-1919]
  7. Richard

They lived at Little Burlees, Wadsworth.

He died at Little Burlees [28th February 1855].

On 10th April 1855, probate was granted to his sons William and Richard Cockcroft, and his nephew John Crossley (junior), son of William's sister Mary Cockcroft, and John Crossley (senior) of Hebden Bridge

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Cockcroft, WilliamRef 117-43
[18??-19??]
Cotton manufacturer.

Recorded in 1921, when they were at Cinderhill Mill, Todmorden

Cockcroft, WilliamRef 117-10
[1845-1???]
Son of
Henry Cockcroft.

Born in Mytholmroyd.

He married Phebe Ogden

Child: Sarah Ann Lobley [b 1871] who married Mr Hodgson

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Cockcroft, WilliamRef 117-24
[19??-1???]
Son of
Ambrose Cockcroft.

He was Managing Director of Smith Bulmer & Company Limited.

In [Q2] 1939, he married Alice Tricket [1908-1996] in Haslingden.

Children:

  1. Valerie Mary [b 31st January 1940]
  2. Elizabeth Ann [b 1941]

William named the boilers at Smith Bulmer's after his daughters

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Cockcroft, WilliamRef 117-1684
[19??-19??]
Director of
Smith Bulmer & Company Limited [1949].

He lived at Maycroft, Holmfield

Cockcroft, William HenryRef 117-4
[1841-1914]
Born in Hebden Bridge.

He was a retired saw mill manager [1911].

He married Unknown.

Child: John

In 1911, he was a widower living with his son John and family.

He died in Todmorden [Q3] 1914

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Cockcroft, William HenryRef 117-761
[1848-1921]
Hebden Bridge surveyor, estate agent, and architect who designed
Blake Dean railway bridge, Foster Lane Chapel, Hebden Bridge, and Tin Mission, Hebden Bridge

His business was established in 1870 at West End, Hebden Bridge.

He was a trustee of, and a lay preacher at, Foster Lane Chapel, Hebden Bridge and Salem Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Sarah Grace who married Edward Greenwood
  2. John Thomas
  3. Gilbert
  4. Jane Elizabeth
  5. Florence

The family lived at Hangingroyd Road, Hebden Bridge

Cockcroft, William InnesRef 117-123
[1875-1919]
Son of
John Cockcroft.

Born in Halifax.

He was a partner in Roscoe & Cockcroft [1905].

In [Q1] 1913, he married Margaret E. Sheard in Halifax

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Cockcroft, WillieRef 117-7
[1878-1917]
Son of
John Richard Cockcroft.

Born in Walsden.

He was a cotton reacher [1891] / a cotton weaver [1901, 1911] / an insurance agent [1914] / employed by Ormerod Taylor & Company at Walsden.

He married Clara Ashworth [1884-19??] at St Mary's Church, Todmorden.


Clara, a weaver of 9 Cowfold Street, Todmorden, was the daughter of Robert Ashworth, weaver
 

Child: Harold [b 1916]

They lived at 9 Cowfold Street, Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the Royal Army Medical Corps.

He served in Ireland then sent to Mesopotamia, where he contracted sandfly fever in Basra, and was sent to hospital in Bombay, arriving on the 28th of July. He died of cancer of the pancreas on board the hospital ship Delta on his way back from India [26th September 1917].

He was buried at sea.

The Todmorden & District News [19th October 1917] reported his death, and the Edition of 26th October 1917 published his photograph.

He is remembered on the Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, Hampshire, on Todmorden War Memorial, on the Memorial at Christ Church, Todmorden, (possibly) on the Memorial at Walsden Wesleyan Chapel, on the Memorial at Shade Council School, and (possibly) on the Memorial at Shade Wesleyan Methodist Church

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Families

The Cockcroft familyRef 117-1223
The family were important cotton-producers in Todmorden.

See: Henry Cockcroft / John Arthur Cockcroft / Croft Mill, Todmorden / Hangingroyd Mill, Hebden Bridge / Little Burlees, Wadsworth

The Cockcroft family of MayroydRef 117-228
They lived at Mytholm Hall, Hebden Bridge and Mayroyd House, Hebden Bridge

Surname

Cockcroft surnameRef 117-1
Another form of the surname is Cockroft

Entries for people with this and similar surnames are shown in a separate Foldout

John de Cocckecroft is recorded in 1297.

There are 99 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Cockcroft, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Cockcroft

Baptism 1856; Marriages 1882, 1906

 

See Gauxholme Mill, Walsden



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