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Pace Egg playRef P2
A morality play which is performed at several local venues on Good Friday.

See Pace Egg, Georg Heinrich Gustave Würz and Yorkshire Film Archive

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Packhorse Bridge, Hardcastle CragsRef P1085
Crosses Hebden Water at Hardcastle Crags

Packhorse Bridge, Hebden BridgeRef P17
The bridge is from the 16th century.

In 1643, the bridge was the scene of a battle during the Civil War

Packhorse routesRef P738

Packwood, AlfredRef P893
[1856-1903] Born in Kidderminster.

He was a rug weaver [1901].

In [Q3] 1891, he married Adelaide Bunce [1866-1952] in Kidderminster.

Children:

  1. Jane [1891-1970] who was a worsted twister [1911]
  2. Elsie [1894-1963] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  3. Alfred
  4. George [1896-1964] who was a worsted doffer [1911] and  married Agnes Habergham [1897-1933]
  5. Adelaide [1898-1967] who was a worsted spinner half-time  [1911]
  6. Harry [1900-1902]

They lived at

  • 3 Hoey Yard, Sowerby Bridge [1901]
  • 11 Lock Hill, Sowerby Bridge [1911]
  • 30 Bradley Court, Sowerby Bridge [1915]

Alfred died in Dewsbury [Q1 1903].

In [Q4] 1914, Adelaide married Watson Sutcliffe [1863-1928] in Halifax.

She died in Sowerby Bridge in 1952

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Packwood, AlfredRef P886
[1895-1915] Son of Alfred Packwood.

He was a cotton piecer [1911] / employed by W. & R. K. Lee Limited.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died in hospital [17th October 1915] (aged 20).

He was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.

He is remembered on the W. & R. K. Lee Limited Roll of Honour, and on the Memorial at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge

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Pad Laithe, ColdenRef P1144
Farm at Noah Dale, Colden.

Owners and tenants have included

Now derelict

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Padden, AnthonyRef P805
[1875-19??] Born in Luddendenfoot.

He was a stone labourer [1901] / a labourer [1911].

In 1897, he married Ellen Welsh [1864-19??] in Halifax.


Ellen was born in County Mayo, Ireland
 

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. Anthony [b 1900]

They lived at

  • 28 Beacon Parade, Halifax [1901]
  • 4 Butts Green, Luddenden Foot [1911]

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Padden, BridgetRef P1143
[1829-1???] Born in Ireland.

In 1851, she was working as a tender of combing machine, and lodging with Mrs Mary Kelly at Cooper House Mills, Luddendenfoot

Padden, ThomasRef P92
[1898-1917] Son of Anthony Padden.

Born in Luddendenfoot.

He was a member of St Walburga's Catholic Church, Luddendenfoot / a half-time bobbin setter [1911] / employed at Beauvoir Works, Luddenden.

He lived at 4 Thompson's Buildings, Luddendenfoot [1917].

During World War I, he enlisted in Halifax and served as a Private with the 148th Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).

He was killed in action [17th November 1917].

The Halifax Courier [22nd December 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 154-159 & 163A], and on Luddendenfoot War Memorial

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Paddison, Thomas WilliamRef P202
[1882-1???] Born in Gateshead.

He married (1) Unknown.

In [Q2] 1907, he married (2) Mary Sarah in Middlesborough.


Mary Sarah was the widow of
Thomas Raisbeck.

She had 6 children by her first marriage:

  1. Ruth Lilian [b 1891] /
  2. Thomas William Hitching [b 1893] /
  3. William Headlam Hitching [b 1894] /
  4. Essie Maud [b 1898] /
  5. Jane Evelyn [b 1900] /
  6. Ivy Cellet [b 1902]
 

Children:

  1. Thomas Hugh Stanley [b 1908]
  2. Mary Irene [b 1910]

They lived at 28 Hope Street, Halifax [1911]

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Paddock Beck, WadsworthRef P651
Stream which becomes Crimsworth Dean Beck

Paddock Nook, RippondenRef P408
Quaker Lane. House dated 1626

Paddy Bridge, MytholmroydRef P1197
Foot bridge

Paddy MailsRef P4
Popular name for the small engines which pulled trains along the Hardcastle Crags Railway

Paddy ParkRef P356
Popular name for New Street Place at Lane Head, Brighouse

Padget, JoshuaRef P1055
[1807-1856]

He married Sarah [1815-1859].

Children:

  1. Mark Wilcock [1846-24th January 1875]

Joshua died 29th May 1856 (aged 49).

Sarah died 10th June 1859 (aged 44).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3467]

Padgett, JohnRef P1064
[1839-1???]
Born in Whitby.

He was a stuff, fents and small ware merchant [1881].

In 1862, he married Ann Jane Hollingdrake [1841-1???] from Leeds, in Bradford.

Children:

  1. Hillam [b 1865]

The family lived at Woodlands, Rastrick [1881]

Padgett, Richard B.Ref P913
[1853-1???] Born in Wakefield.

He married Sarah E. Fry.


Sarah E. was the daughter of
John Fry
 

They lived at 7 Helm Street, Skircoat, Halifax [1891].

Living with them [in 1891] were Sarah's widowed father & brother Walter

Padley, GeorgeRef P994
[18??-19??] He served during World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf

Paganini, NiccolòRef P319
[1782-1840] The Italian violinist gave a concert at the Harrison Lane Assembly Rooms on 9th February 1832. This was his first visit to England. His appearance in Halifax was due to the influence of Henry Pohlmann. Paganini gave his performance free of charge, and the takings – £224 11s 6d – were to be distributed among the charitable institutions of the town

Page, Alfred ThomasRef P1185
[1846-1???] Born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

He was a district agent [1880] / a railway goods agent [1881] / a railway superintendent [1884].

In [Q3] 1871, he married Harriet Henrietta Davidge [1852-1???] in Chelsea, London.


Harriet was born in the City of London
 

Children:

  1. William Davidge [b Derby 1872]
  2. Alfred Thomas [b Derby 1874]
  3. Harriet Hannah [1875-1880]
  4. Marie Lovell [1878-1884]
  5. Charles Ernest [1880] who died in infancy

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1642], and Charles Ernest was buried with the Horner family at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1643].

The family lived at 14 The Crescent, Hipperholme with Brighouse [1881]

Page, Arnold & Company LimitedRef P678
In 1905, the company began the manufacture and printing of wallpapers at Shay Lane Mill and Holmfield Mills, Ovenden. It was a new company with an authorised capital of £100,000. At a time when trade was not good in textiles, this new venture was welcomed by all in the neighbourhood. They employed 168 people and it was thought that, when the mill was in full production another 70 would be required. The venture did not last long and subsequently the premises were acquired by Smith Bulmer & Company

Page Hill Working Men's ClubRef P744
Wheatley / Mixenden. Recorded in 1905 at Page Hill when John Womersley was secretary.

In 1917, Walt Mitchell was steward

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Page, MaryRef P27
[1789-1855] From Gosport, Hampshire.

Daughter of William Page Esq. of Gosport.

She married Captain Henry Priestley.

She died in Winchester and was buried there.

There is a marble tablet in memory of members of the family in Sowerby Church. She is also remembered on the Lea family tomb at St Peter's Church, Sowerby

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Page, William Henry George RaynerRef P1070
[1886-1915] Born in Woburn Sands, Bedfordshire.

His family lived at Scar Head, Norland.

On 22nd June 1912, he married Amy Ann Scott [1883-19??] at St Luke's Church, Norland.

They lived in Sowerby Bridge.

During World War I, he enlisted in Halifax and served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Hampshire Regiment.

He was killed in action in the Balkans [7th December 1915].

He is remembered on the Doiran Memorial, Greece, and on the Memorial at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge

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Paget, GeorgeRef P1150
[15??-16??] In 1624, he paid 10/- to the Lord of the Manor of Warley for property which included Littlemoor, Warley, Stoops, Warley, and Westfield, Warley

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Painter, Arthur ElvisRef P139
[1893-1917] Son of Thomas Bailey Painter.

Born in Southowram [Q4 1893].

He was a member of Highroad Well Congregational Church / a centre-forward with Boothtown AFC team / a cotton mill oiler [1911] / a driller with Halifax Corporation Tramways at the Tram Shed,  Skircoat Green.

He lived at Gibraltar Road. Highroad Well.

During World War I, he enlisted [October 1915] and served as a Private with the 21st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) (West Yorkshire Pioneers).

He died of wounds [7th October 1917] (aged 28).

The Halifax Courier [20th October 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref VII G 24].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

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Painter, Thomas BaileyRef P7180
[1873-1936] Son of John Elvis Painter, weaver.

Born in Kidderminster, Worcester.

He was a labourer of Siddal, Southowram [1893] / a stone delver [1901] / a coal miner [1911].

In [Q1] 1893, he married Elizabeth Harwood [1873-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth, of New Street, Southowram, was the daughter of David Harwood butcher
 

Children:

  1. Arthur Elvis
  2. Blanche [b 1896] who was a silk spinner [1911]
  3. Nellie [b 1906]
  4. Leonard [b 1909]

They lived at

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Palace & HippodromeRef P180
See Palace Theatre, Halifax

Palace Chambers, HalifaxRef P1178
Office accommodation at Southgate

Palace Cinema, Sowerby BridgeRef P789
Recorded in 1917 at Town Hall Street when Greene Brothers were lessees and managers

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Palace House, Hebden BridgeRef P435
Fairfield. Aka Pallis House, Palisser's House. This was the home of the palisser who looked after the fence – the palisade – around Erringden deer park

Owners and tenants have included

It was demolished in 19??

Palace Rink, BrighouseRef P90
Brighouse roller-skating rink which became the Empire Theatre

Palace Studios, HalifaxRef P1015
Photographers established by Maud Hilda, the widow of Clement William Greaves.

They were in the buildings at the Palace Theatre, Halifax [1908], at King Cross [1915, 1918], and at 66 Southgate, Halifax when Bentley Ogden was proprietor [1936]

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Palace Theatre, HalifaxRef P11
Aka Palace & Hippodrome. Music hall and variety theatre which was located at the junction of Ward's End and Southgate. Opened in 1903 by the impresario Frank MacNaughten.

See William Davidson, Percy Lewis and John Robson

Palais-de-Danse, HalifaxRef P815
Recorded in 1937 at Battinson Road

Palatine Chambers, HalifaxRef P153
Between Numbers 4 and 6 Market Street.

A part of the 4-storey building with 5 shops and offices at the top of Woolshops, Halifax, built by Ezra Pinder in 1894.

The building was designed by William Henry Dodgson Horsfall.

It is a part of the Old Arcade block of buildings.

Owners and tenants have included

  • Barron & Lewin [1905, 1924]
  • Backhouse's Gentlemen's Outfitters [1899, 1905]
  • The Oddfellows (Manchester Unity) [1917]
  • Woolwich Building Society [1936]
  • C. P. Spencer, chartered accountant [1936]
  • Amalgamated Engineering Union offices [1936]
  • Mr Payne, poster writer [1936]
  • A. Goodwin, jewellery repairer [1936]
  • F. Lucas, soft furnishing manufacturer [1936]

More recently it has had a flux of tenants

Palden, JohnRef P825
[1???-1545]
Of Halifax. Brother of Sir Richard Palden [?].

He married Jennet [who predeceased her husband].

Children:

  1. William
  2. John

He was buried at Elland Parish Church.

His will is recorded in Volume 2 [1545-1559] of E. W. Crossley's book Halifax Wills

Palethorpe, ThomasRef P417
[1824-1905] Born in Hatton, Lincolnshire [21st November 1824].

He was a cashier [1859] / a cashier in a carpet manufacturer [1861, 1871] / a cashier [1885] / a founder member of the Halifax Art Society.

In [Q3] 1851, he married (1) Annie Neale [1828-1878] in Marylebone.


Annie / Anne was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [14th February 1828]
 

Children:

  1. Henry John [b 1851] who was a solicitor [1881]
  2. Mary Jane [12th February 1853-14th March 1859] who was  buried with her parents
  3. Edith Ann [b 1855]
  4. Kate Neale [b 1857]
  5. Arthur Shackles [b 1859]
  6. Eveline [b 1863] who married Frederick Charles Shoesmith
  7. Henrietta [b 1865]
  8. Harold A. [b 1867]

Annie died 26th January 1878 (aged 49).

On 28th August 1879, he married (2) Emily Campbell Birtwhistle.


Emily was the daughter of Thomas Birtwhistle
 

Children:

  1. Horace Hilton [b 1881]
  2. Dorothy Waguener [b 1883]
  3. Marjorie Peveril [b 1888]
  4. Adrian Oscar P(everil?) [b 1891]
  5. (possibly) Ada Winifred [b 1892]
  6. (possibly) Maud [1895] who died in infancy
  7. Aubrey Joan [b 1896]
  8. Paulina Sylvia [b 1898]

They lived at

Anne died 26th January 1878.

Thomas died 12th July 1905 (aged 80).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 448], with Anne's sister Mary Neale [1824-13th July 1892]

Paley, ElizabethRef P28
[17??-1856] Or Eliza.

Daughter of Dr William Paley.

Born in Dalston, Cumberland.

She became a close confidante of Anne Lister.

In 1808, she married William Priestley at St Mary's Church, Carlisle.

The couple died at Thorp Arch, Boston Spa

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Paley, FredRef P1001
[18??-19??] He served during World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf

Paley, FredRef P297
[1882-1963] He was landlord of the Queen Hotel, Ripponden [1935-1955]

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Paley, John JamesRef P35
[1892-1917] Born in Worksop.

During World War I, he served as Acting Bombardier with the B Battery 246th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He died 25th February 1917.

He was buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [436].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland

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Paley, RichardRef P662
[1746-1808]
A Leeds soap boiler. He had interests in cotton mills in Leeds and Colne. He was a partner in the
James King partnership

Paley, RobertRef P8001
[1780-1859] MD.

Born at Langcliffe, near Giggleswick.

He moved to Halifax after qualifying as a doctor. He was involved with the establishment of the Halifax Infirmary & Dispensary

He is mentioned in Anne Lister's journals.

On 1st January 1807, he married Mary Paley at Carlisle


Mary was the 3rd daughter of Dr William Paley and she was Robert's cousin
 

They lived at Craven Lodge, Halifax.

He moved to Ripon [1820] on account of ill-health. He was consulting physician to Ripon Dispensary

Paley, Dr WilliamRef P10
[1743-1805] DD.

Of Lightcliffe.

He was a theologian / archdeacon of Carlisle / subdean of Lincoln / rector of Bishopwearmouth / a proponent for the abolition of the slave trade.

Anne Lister was an acquaintance of the family and the daughters Eliza and Ann.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Eliza
  2. Mary who married her cousin Dr Robert Paley
  3. Ann

He was dead by 1808.

In 1831, his


Reasons for Contentment
addressed to The Labouring Part of the British Public
was published posthumously, encouraging workers not to campaign for political reform

Paley, Dr WilliamRef P519
[1824-1899]
MD.

Second son of Dr Robert Paley of Ripon, and grandson of Archdeacon Paley.

He trained at the University of Edinburgh before coming to practise in Halifax.

He was physician to the Halifax Infirmary / lecturer of chemistry to the Halifax Working Men's College.

On 5th April 1853, he married Abigail Margaret, daughter of Rev H. F. Sidebottom.

In 1860, he moved to Ripon.

He died at his home in Ripon

Palfreeman, CharlesRef P13
[1861-1926] Son of John Palfreeman, labourer.

Born in Askham, near York.

He was living in Southowram [1891] / a carter of Towngate, Southowram [1892] / a teamer (stone quarry) [1901] / a farm labourer general [1911].

On 30th April 1892, he married Elizabeth Ann Nash [1860-1925] at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth Ann, of Exley Bank, was born in Oving, Buckinghamshire, the daughter of John Nash, farmer
 

Child: Wilfred

They lived at

  • Hall Ings, Southowram [1901]
  • Sowood Green, Stainland [1911]

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Palfreeman, Joseph EdwardRef P1041
[1913-1941] Son of Margaret Ann & Alfred Palfreeman of 12 Mount Street, Halifax.

Born in Stockton-on-Tees.

He was a market trader.

During World War II, he served as a Sergeant with the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died 22nd March 1941 (aged 28).

He was buried at Keren War Cemetery, Africa East [Grave Ref 2 B 8].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Palfreeman, WilfredRef P755
[1895-1916] Son of Charles Palfreeman.

Born in Southowram / Sowerby Bridge.

He was blowing cloth finishing [1911] / employed by Longwood Finishing Company, Parkwood Mills / secretary of Sowood Wesleyan Sunday School.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action [30th July 1916].

The Halifax Courier [12th August 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B], and on Southowram War Memorial

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Palfreyman, GeorgeRef P618
[1864-1941]
He married Mary [1866-1944].

Children:

  1. Hubert
  2. Ethel Mary [d 1961]

The family lived at Summerfield Road, Todmorden [1917].

Members of the family were buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone

Palfreyman, HubertRef P619
[1896-1917] Son of George Palfreyman.

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

He was killed in action during the Battle of Ypres [6th September 1917].

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 54-60 & 163A], in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, and on the family grave at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone

He was a close friend of Willie Dawson who was killed on the same day.

Palfreyman, JanetRef P470
[1967-] Of Bradshaw.

In April 2004, she won a female window-cleaner competition in Leicester – beating the women's record for cleaning 3 standard office windows by 4 seconds – and was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records.

She and her husband Wayne run a window cleaning business Eleet

Palin, Mary ElizaRef P251
[1847-1893] Or Elizabeth. Daughter of Rev William Palin MA, rector of Stifford in Essex.

In 1867, she married Croslegh Dampier-Crossley

She died at Brockenhurst, Canterbury, New Zealand [7th June 1893]

See New Zealand newspapers

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Paling's: S. Paling & SonRef P111
Foot specialists and chiropodists established in 1919.

Recorded in 1024, when they were at 4 Winding Road, Halifax & 3 Southgate, Elland

Paling, WilliamRef P760
[1???-18??]
In 1837, he was listed as a wholesale butter, bacon, cheese, flour dealer at 15 Cow Green, Halifax

Palisser's House, Hebden BridgeRef P661

Pall Mall, MytholmroydRef P552
A group of houses formerly known as New Houses.

They were demolished after World War II

Palladium Cinema, EllandRef P190
Opened in 1909 at Elland Town Hall. Around 1912, it was taken over by Central Pictures (Elland).

Closed in June 1959. The last film was San Francisco starring Clark Gable.

See Central & Palladium Monthly

Palladium Cinema, HalifaxRef P14
King Cross.

The building was designed by T. Kershaw ARIBA and built by Gilbert Raynor for Palladium Pictures (Halifax)  Limited.

It opened with a matinee performance at 2:30 pm on Monday 31st March 1914.

The Cinema had a capacity of 800.

Thomas Job was manager [1914, 1917]

The Cinema closed in April 1962, and became a bingo hall, owned by the Star Group of Companies, Leeds.

The building is now occupied by multiple retail premises

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Pallier, DumontRef P1074
[1816-1874]
French teacher.

In [Q1] 1870, he married Rosina Hopkins in Halifax.

They lived at 3 Oates Street, Mount Pleasant, Halifax.

He died 23rd October 1874 (aged 58).

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: C 372 D]

Pallis House, Hebden BridgeRef P660

Palmer, Rev HaroldRef P468
[19??-19??]
Vicar of
St George's Church, Ovenden [1944] and Vicar of Sowerby Bridge with Norland [1946-1956]

Palmer, HedleyRef P533
[1893-1916] Son of Thomas Palmer.

Born in Derby.

He was not listed at the family home in Halifax [1911], and may have gone to Canada by then.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the Royal Canadian Regiment.

He died of wounds [18th August 1916] (aged 23).

The Halifax Courier [2nd September 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref IX C 7A].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Rhodes Street Wesleyan Chapel, and on Bradshaw War Memorial

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Palmer, J.Ref P371
[18??-19??]
Tailor at 8
Waterhouse Street, Halifax.

In February 1890, he was declared bankrupt

Palmer, Rev JohnRef P906
[18??-18??]
Wesleyan Minister at Elland [1874]

Palmer, T. C.Ref P405
[18??-19??]
Tailor at Crown Street, Halifax [1913]

Palmer, ThomasRef P527
[1865-1???] Son of Thomas Palmer, bricklayer.

Born in Bromley. Kent.

He was a bricklayer of Ardsley [1886] / a bricklayer [1901].

In 1886, he married Mary Ellen Wadsworth at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary Ellen was the daughter of
George Wadsworth
 

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1887] who was a cotton piecer [1901]
  2. Leonard [b 1888] who was a cotton creeler [1901]
  3. Hedley

They lived at

  • 18 Horne Street, Halifax [with Mary Ellen's widowed  mother 1891]
  • 32 Horne Street, Halifax [1901]

Thomas was dead by 1905.

In 1905, Mary Ellen married Fred Robertshaw at Halifax Parish Church

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Palmer, ThomasRef P571
[1881-1927] Born in Halifax [11th March 1881].

On 4th October 1913, he married Nellie Aaron in Halifax.


Nellie was the daughter of
James Aaron
 

Child: Leonard [1915-1980]

The couple died in Halifax: Thomas [17th December 1927]; Nellie [14th March 1949]

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Palmer, Rev Wilfrid C.Ref P1026
[18??-19??]
Curate-in-charge at
Shade Wesleyan Methodist Church.

In December 1908, he left for Couva, Trinidad

Palmerston, LordRef P1018
[1784-1865] Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston. Politician and Prime Minister.

In August 1864, he stayed with Sir Henry William Ripley at Holme House, Lightcliffe when he came to lay the foundation stone for the Bradford Wool Exchange. Palmerston had travelled from London to Wakefield and then on to Lightcliffe Station

Pamment, HerbertRef P999
[1898-1918] Son of Elizabeth & William James Pamment of 12 Brick Terrace, Gooder Lane, Rastrick.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died 20th October 1918 (aged 20).

He is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France [Grave Ref 4], and on Brighouse War Memorial

Pancras, SaintRef P12
See HMS St Pancras

Pandozi, MicheleRef P823
[1870-19??] Italian by birth.

Like many other Italian families who came to the district, he was involved in making and selling ice cream in Halifax.

He married Annunziata de Luca.

Children:

  1. Angelo [b 1896]
  2. Mary [b 1899]
  3. Kiana [b 1900]
  4. Angelo [b 1901]
  5. Antonetta [b 1902] who married [Q4 1924] Dominico Fusco

They lived at

  • 12 Chapel Street, Halifax [1901]
  • Woolshops

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Pankhurst, Dame Christabel HarrietteRef P219
[1880-1958] Daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and a campaigner for women's suffrage.

She appeared at the Brighouse Albert Theatre on 29th October 1905, shortly after release from Holloway Prison for assaulting the policeman who had removed her from an election meeting.

On 17th March 1906, she addressed a meeting of the Sowerby Bridge Division I.L.P. on Women's Suffrage

Pankhurst, Mrs EmmelineRef P1051
[1858-1928] Leader and founder of the British Women's Social & Political Union [1903], later to be known as the suffragettes.

Her daughter, Christabel Harriette, was also a popular campaigner for women's suffrage.

On 31st March 1911, she appeared at the Halifax Mechanics' Institute

Pannet Ing, BlackshawheadRef P399
Former name of Belle Royd Farm

Pannett, MissesRef P401
Miss E Pannett LLA and Miss Kate Pannett ran the Ladies' College, Halifax [1905]

Panter, GeorgeRef P665
[17??-18??] Around 1803, he and Thomas Moat were cotton spinners and manufacturers of cotton goods at Shibden Mill.

In 1806, they were declared bankrupt

The Pape familyRef P306
See Hartshead Hall, Highley Hall, Clifton and Roland Pape

Pape, MungoRef P518
[1854-1923]
Of Huddersfield. He was a director of
Campbell Gas Engine Company Limited and a governor of Royal Halifax Infirmary.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £31,465

Pape, RolandRef P430
[18??-19??]
He owned
Hartshead Hall and Highley Hall, Clifton

Papers & MagazinesRef P715

Paragon Studio, HalifaxRef P1008
Photographers at 82 King Cross, Halifax [1915]

Pardoe, AnnRef P1237
[18??-18??] Beerhouse keeper at the Ram's Head Beerhouse, Sowerby Bridge [1875].

On 27th March 1875, she was charged with selling beer without a licence. Her defence said that she had acted in ignorance and

not accustomed to the public-house business

and had applied for – but was refused – a licence. One of her lodgers had also unsuccessfully applied for a licence.

She was fined £5 plus 7/6d costs

Parfitt, AbelRef P997
[1881-1918] Son of Elizabeth & Abel Parfitt.

Born in Wigan.

He married Nan.

They lived at 3 Springside, Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 3rd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

He died 25th May 1918 (aged 37).

He was buried at Querrieu British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref A 39]

Parham, Rev ArthurRef P756
[18??-19??]
Church of England clergyman.

He lived at 9 Trinity Place, Halifax [1905]

Paris Gates Bridge, HalifaxRef P210
A bridge over the Hebble here is recorded in 1794. The present 2-arched bridge crosses the river and the former Salterhebble Branch of the Calder & Hebble Navigation.

See Paris Gates, Halifax

Paris Photographic StudioRef P617
Bull Green, Halifax. The studio of Rose & Company

Parish Church Cricket Team, BrighouseRef P1109
The Cricket Team of St Martin's Church was established in 18??. It was disbanded in November 1910

Parish of ...Ref P9501

Parisian Mantle CompanyRef P749
Mantle manufacturers at 9 Russell Street, Halifax [1905]

Park ...Ref P233
The entries for people & families with the surname Park are gathered together in the SideTrack.

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Park CoachwaysRef P671
Transport company at Brow Bridge, West Vale, Halifax In 1958, the proprietors were J. Pitchforth, G. Pitchforth (Traffic Manager), and R. Ackroyd. They had 4 coaches. The fleet livery was Red/Grey

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom

Park Farm, SouthowramRef P74
Formerly known as Bank Top Farm.

The farm (36 acres) was listed as a part of the Shibden Estate in a sale catalogue of October 1925.

Owners and tenants have included

This & associated entries use material contributed by John Rushworth

Park Gate East, SouthowramRef P642
Dark Lane. The property is now derelict

Park House, HalifaxRef P912
Hopwood Lane / Aked's Road.

This was the ministers' house for Park Congregational Church.

Owners and tenants have included

This & associated entries use material contributed by Mark Andrew

Park Lodge Housing Estate, OvendenRef P45
Ovenden Way. Housing estate which began around 1936

Park Lodge Laundry, OvendenRef P757
1 Turney Street.

Recorded in 1901, when it was known as Park Lodge Sanitary Laundry and run by Edward Bedford.

Recorded in 1905, when it was run by Scott Brothers.

Recorded in 1922

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Park Lodge, NorthowramRef P1172
Octagonal building. This was part of the administrative buildings for Park Brewery.

It is now a private house.

See Park Villa, Northowram

Park Lodge, OvendenRef P43
Turney Street.

Aka Park House, Parkroyd.

It was once a part of the Lister estate.

This was owned by John Watkinson of Watkinson Hall, then by his son, Joseph.

After Joseph's death in 1818, his brother John, went to live at Park Lodge.

In 1838, John's daughter, Hannah, lived here with her husband, Thomas Turney.

Subsequent owners and tenants have included

This & associated entries use material contributed by Elizabeth Hampson

Park Nook, ExleyRef P115
A small hamlet of late 18th century cottages. The cottages were built as accommodation for the farm or mine workers.

The cottages also began to subside, as a consequence of mining beneath the property. No compensation was paid to anyone by the mining company.

Elland Council tried – but failed – to modernise the cottages. In the 1970s, the council considered that Park Nook did not meet modern standards for habitation and decided that the cottages should be demolished. The residents fought back and, in 1980, made a submission to the Historic Buildings Bureau of the Department of the Environment, headed by Michael Heseltine, who blocked the demolition. One block of cottages, was renovated, but most of the rest were abandoned and are now in a state of dilapidation.

Owners and tenants have included

These are now being renovated [2008].

Many of the buildings are listed.

Click here to read Lorraine Kirk's memories of Park Nook

See Change, Southowram and Wood Nook, Exley

Park Nook Lock, ExleyRef P162
Lock #21 on the Calder & Hebble Navigation between Elland and Brighouse. Built around 1770.

See Rawson's Pool, Elland

Park Parliament, BrighouseRef P116
A small shelter with seats which was erected in Rydings Park in 1902. It was popular with senior citizens. It was demolished in 19??

See Old Men's Parliament, Halifax

Park Purse Wood, West ValeRef P555

Park Road Baths, HalifaxRef P465
The public baths at the south-east corner of People's Park were opened on 20th July 1859

See Halifax Swimming Club and Ogden Reservoir

This & associated entries use material contributed by Ivan Birch

Park Royd, HalifaxRef P1207
House at Savile Park Road

Park, StainlandRef P1280
Name for the area of Stainland / Sowood [1861]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Park Tennis Club, BrighouseRef P91
Opened in 19??

Park View House, BarkislandRef P161
The porch is dated 16 IR 18

Park Villa, NorthowramRef P1171
Arts & Crafts-style house.

Built around 1900 for the owner of Park Brewery.

See Park Lodge, Northowram

Park Villas, HalifaxRef P944
Houses on Park Road, Halifax.

Owners and tenants have included

There seems to be some confusion between addresses such as 3 Park Villas and 3 Park Road

Park Ward, HalifaxRef P263
The administrative area around People's Park, West Hill Park and Gibbet Street – formerly known as St John's Ward.

See Electoral Wards

Park Wood CrematoriumRef P187
Park Wood, Elland.

Designed by F. H. Hoyles, Halifax deputy borough architect. Built at a cost of £90,000. An alternative plan to build a crematorium at Warley was dropped.

John Oddy, a supporter of the idea of a crematorium for Halifax, laid the foundation stone. He died 2 weeks before the building opened.

The building was opened in 1956 by the Earl of Verulam, president of the Cremation Society.

Before Park Wood Crematorium opened, cremations were performed at Lawnswood Crematorium, Leeds.

See Fixby Crematorium and Waterloo, Elland

Park Wood, EllandRef P1129
Known as Pudding Park Wood [1855].

See Park Wood Crematorium, Park Wood Pleasure Grounds and John Wardle

Park Wood Pleasure GroundsRef P647
Park Road, Elland. Recorded in 1905, when the proprietor was Jonas Knowles

Parke, AnnRef P938
[1756-1846]


It is not yet known whether Ann was married
 

Children:

  1. Thomas [1784-1851]
  2. Elizabeth [1785-1871] who was an upholsterer [1841] &  living alone at 8 Thomas Street, Halifax [1871]
  3. George

They lived at

  • John Street, Halifax [1841]
  • Thomas Street, Halifax [1871]

Ann died 28th March 1846 (aged 90)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2815] with the children (

Parke, GeorgeRef P1030
[1793-1867] Son of Ann Parke.

Born in Halifax.

He was innkeeper at the Sportsman, Halifax [1829-1850].

He married Mary [1813-1888].


Mary was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Harriet [b 1840]
  2. Thomas [b 1847]
  3. Frederick [1848-1873] who died in Wisconsin, USA & is  remembered on his parents' grave
  4. Aked [b 1850]

George died 7th June 1867 (aged 74).

Mary died 9th October 1888 (aged 75).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2815] with George's mother

Parker ...Ref P16
The entries for people & families with the surname Parker are gathered together in the SideTrack.

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Parker & AdamRef P1119
Halifax attorneys. Partners included Robert Parker and Thomas Adam.

See Finn Gledhill & Company

Parker & BalmeRef P345
Machine-tool makers at Chapeltown, Halifax.

Partners included (possibly) Alfred Balme.

The business had closed by the 1920s.

See Abraham Earnshaw & Sons

This & associated entries use material contributed by John Needham

Parker & SmithRef P1125
(Possibly) bottlers in Sowerby Bridge.

Partners included Jeremiah Parker and Edward Smith.

who were (possibly) licensed victuallers in Sowerby Bridge

This & associated entries use material contributed by Luke Groves

Parker Bros LimitedRef P683
Cotton manufacturer at Crossley Mill, Hebden Bridge in the mid-20th century

Parker's Café, BrighouseRef P710
This was in the building at the south-east corner of King Street and Bradford Road, Brighouse [1906]. There was a hotel above the Café.

The property became known as Tate's Corner, Brighouse

Parker Day Outing FundRef P307
Recorded in 1953

Parker Machine CompanyRef P696
Of Halifax. Recorded in 1900

Parker's: Thomas Parker & SonsRef P776
They had business at Tong Royd Fire Brick & Clay Works, Elland [1874]

Parkes, Rev Alfred MarshallRef P423
[18??-19??]
Vicar of
Clifton [1908-1912]

Parkfield House, EllandRef P800
Owners and tenants have included

ParkinRef P23

Parkin, BellRef P82
[17??-1822] He was an employee of John Bottomley at Inchfield Corn Mill, Walsden.

After Bottomley's death, Mr Parkin married Mally Bottomley who ran the mill. He helped in running corn trade at the mill.

Bell was killed in 1822.

Mally & Bell were buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone

See Bell's Arms, Walsden, Bellholme and Gauxholme Mill, Walsden

Parkin, FrederickRef P264
[18??-19??] He was a colliery proprietor [1871].

On 1st March 1871, he married Louisa Freeman in Birstall.


Louisa was the daughter of
Alfred Freeman
 

Children:

  1. Gertrude Freeman [b 1872]
  2. Walter Reginald [b 1875]
  3. Ethel Mary Mar [b 1878]
  4. Marguerite Louisa [b 1881]
  5. Elsie [b 1888]

Louisa died in Brighouse [13th April 1913]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Parkin, GeorgeRef P5100
[1853-18??] Born in Lincolnshire.

He was a policeman in Halifax [1891] / a fish and chip shop proprietor at 1 Rothery Street, Halifax [1901].

He married (1) Unknown.

He married Rebecca Key [1855-1???] born in Derbyshire. Rebecca's first husband was William Parkin [1855-1???] from Derbyshire.

Children:

  1. Florence
  2. William Henry
  3. Sarah

This & associated entries use material contributed by Linda Briggs

Parkin, George A.Ref P583
[18??-18??]
He succeeded to the chemist and pharmacy business of
Jonathan Jessop at The Pharmacy, 11 Corn Market, Halifax. In 1887, the business was taken over by Herbert W. Seely

Parkin Hall, SowerbyRef P1241
Parkin Hall Lane

The Leeds Intelligencer [Monday 27th March 1797] advertised


THE LIFE ESTATE of a person Twenty-eight years of age in a Moiety or Half Part of an eligible farm called PARKIN HALL ſituate in Sowerby, conſiſting of a Good Farmhouſe, Five Cottages and upwards of Twenty-three acres of land, lying contiguous, of an annual value of Thirty-five pounds.

Further particulars from Mr Wiggleſworth, Attorney, Halifax

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Frank Bottomley & friends & Jeffrey Knowles

Parkin, JohnRef P41
[17??-17??] Hatter in Halifax [1769-1789]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy

Parkin, Lewis HoraceRef P799
[1892-1916] Son of Kate & Lewis Parkin of 54 Trafalgar Street, Halifax.

He was a Territorial.

During World War I, he was called-up [August 1914], and he served as a Corporal with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died in Casualty Clearing Station on the Somme [17th August 1916] (aged 24).

He was buried at Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref II B 17].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Parkin, RichardRef P961
[1885-1917] Son of Mrs Rose Ami P. Parkin of 21 Grey Street, Range Lane, Haley Hill, Halifax.

Born in Sutton, York.

During World War I, he served as a Private with A Company 2nd/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed at Bullecourt [3rd May 1917] (aged 32).

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Parkinhole, HartsheadRef P160
Aka Parkin Hall. An Anglian settlement. The name comes from the Anglian Paca's holh and means the hollow of Paca, where Paca is the name of an Anglian settler – compare Mankinholes

Parkins, John ScholefieldRef P363
[1820-1858] Son of Elizabeth & Charles Parkins, worsted manufacturer & wool sorter, of Stanningley.

Born 16th July 1820; baptised at St Peter's Church, Leeds [21st September 1822].

He was a wool sorter of Westgate, Halifax [1838] / a wool sorter [1840] / an overlooker [1843] / a wool sorter (worsted) [1851] / a wool buyer of Wade Street, Halifax.

On 26th November 1838, he married Harriet Wood [1816-1890] at St James's Church, Wakefield.


Harriet, of Westgate, Halifax, was born in Armley, the daughter of Elizabeth & George Wood, carrier
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b Leeds 31st August 1840]
  2. Frances Ann [b Horbury 1843]
  3. Emily [b Norwich 1847]
  4. Harriet [b Norwich 1850]
  5. George Charles [b Norwich 1852]
  6. Henry [b Halifax 11th October 1855; bapt 4th November  1860]

They lived at

  • New End Road, Leeds [1843]
  • Norwich [1847]
  • Halifax [1855]

John died in 1858 (aged 38).

He was buried at St Helen's Church, Sandal Magna [23rd June 1858].

Harriet died in Halifax [16th July 1890] (aged 74)  She was buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax

This & associated entries use material contributed by Janet Exley, Mark Harrey & Alan Longbottom

Parkinson ...Ref P315
The entries for people & families with the surname Parkinson are gathered together in the SideTrack.

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Parkinson & SpencerRef P699

Parkinson's Houses, HalifaxRef P374
Property mentioned in Haworth's Gift

Parkinson Lane Co-Op, HalifaxRef P891
Branch number 30 of the Halifax Industrial Society opened in November 1892

Parkinson Spencer RefractoriesRef P694
Stone merchant and clay furnace manufacturer at Holmfield founded around 1800 by Caleb Spencer and his son-in-law, David Parkinson, as Parkinson & Spencer.

The earliest records of the company date back to 1800.

In 1896, the company had Hazlehirst Stone Quarry at Ambler Thorn.

Later named Ambler Thorn Fire Clay Works. Their furnaces are used by the glass-manufacturing industry

The company is now run by 7th generation of the family, and an 8th generation has recently [2006] joined the company

Parkland TextilesRef P489
Owned by the Hanson family. The company had several mills, including those at Greengates, Bradford; Killinghall, Bradford; Park Valley Mills, Huddersfield; Knoll Spinning, Delph and Braxholme Mills, Bailiff Bridge.

In the 1960s, the company bought Smith Bulmer & Company Limited.

In 1996, Parkland built a new state-of-the-art dye house at Sherwood Park, Nottingham at a cost of £16m and closed production at Halifax

Parks & GardensRef P670

Parkyn, Rev Nathaniel LindonRef P525
[18??-19??] He served at Ripon and Keighley before becoming Curate at Halifax [1893-1894] and Fourth Vicar of St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [1894-20th May  1897]. He later became Dean of Ballarat

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Parliament, BrighouseRef P1120

Parliament House, HalifaxRef P49

Parliament, Shroggs ParkRef P1121

Parlick Pike, TodmordenRef P477

Parmiter, Rev JohnRef P623
[18??-1896] Curate at Halifax Parish Church [1865]

He lived at Clare Hall Road, Halifax.

A notice in the Kentish Gazette & Canterbury Press of 26th December 1896 announced


The funeral of Rev J. Parmiter, the late rector of St Mildred's, Canterbury, took place on the 2nd. The deceased gentleman had for some time suffered from nervous prostration and extreme depression and on the previous Saturday evening he disappeared, and on Sunday morning his dead body was found on the railway about half-way between South Canterbury and Bridge Stations. At the Inquest, held on the Monday, the Jury returned a verdict of suicide during temporary insanity
 

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Parnell, WilliamRef P1141
[1815-1885] He was a gardener.

He married Mary [1827-1904].

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [1859-1913] who married Samuel Laycock

William died 23rd November 1885 (aged 70).

Mary died 23rd December 1904 (aged 77).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2967]

Parr, AlbertRef P885
[1902-19??] Son of John Parr.

He was a cotton scutcher of Gale Head, Greetland [1923].

In 1923, he married Eveline Wignall [1902-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Eveline, of 19 John Street, Greetland, was the daughter of Hugh Wignall, mechanic
 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Parr, AnnieRef P5930
[1872-1906] Daughter of Samuel Parr.

Born in Dewsbury.

She was a teacher of music [1891] / a violinist.

In [Q2] 1894, she married George Edwin Whiteley at St Paul's, King Cross, Halifax.

Annie was recorded in 1896, when she advertised in the Sowerby Bridge Chronicle as


Madame Parr, teacher of violin and piano (late pupil of George Haddock, Leeds) 
 

In 1897, she performed at the Bull's Head Smoke Club and her husband played the cello

Annie died in Blackpool [4th April 1906] (aged 33) 

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Parr, IrvineRef P958
[1886-1917] Son of Thomas Parr.

Born in Greetland.

He was a member of the choir at Thornfield United Free Methodist Church, Greetland / a tailor's apprentice [1901] / a tailor [1911] / a master tailor.

He lived with his parents at 79 Hoult's Lane, Greetland.

During World War I, he enlisted [February 1916] and served as a Private with the 16th Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).

He died 20th November 1917 (aged 31).

The Halifax Courier [29th December 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France [Grave Ref 12 & 13], on the Memorial at Greetland Liberal Club, on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland, and on the Roll of Honour at Thornfield United Free Methodist Church, Greetland

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Parr, JohnRef P388
[1797-1857]
He was a stone mason [1841].

He married Ann [1791-1850].

Children:

  1. Thomas [1815-16th May 1830]
  2. Andrew [b 1826] who was a mason [1841]
  3. John [b 1828]
  4. Elizabeth [b 1831]
  5. Thomas [b 1834]
  6. Samuel [1837-28th April 1888]

The family lived at 69 Mount Pleasant, Elland-cum-Greetland [1841].

Ann died 29th April 1850 (aged 59).

John died 7th February 1857 (aged 60).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: G10]

Parr, JohnRef P884
[1852-1908]

In [Q1] 1902, he married Rachel Wilde in Halifax.


Rachel was the daughter of
Fred Wilde.

She had a son Fred Wilde; father unknown.

She was a cotton frame tenter [1911]

 

Child: Albert

They lived at Brook Row, Upper Greetland [1911].

John died in 1908 (aged 56) 

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Parr, MartinRef P230
[1952-] Photographer.

Born in Epsom. In the 1970s, he spent about 5 years in the Hebden Bridge district. In 2002, there was a major exhibition of his work in London and in Bradford

Parr, SamuelRef P6100
[1840-1???] Born in Nottinghamshire.

He was a hotel waiter [1881].

He married Maria [1840-1???].

Children:

  1. Samuel George [b 1866] who was a clerk [1881], a piano  tuner musician [1891]
  2. Elizabeth [b 1869]
  3. Lizzie [b 1869] who was a sister [1891]
  4. Annie
  5. Frances M [b 1875] who was a tailoress [1891]
  6. William H [b 1884]

They lived at

  • 2 Bolds Court, King Cross Road, Halifax [1881]
  • 22 Bell Hall Terrace, Skircoat, Halifax [1891]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Parr, ThomasRef P53
[1853-19??] Son of Andrew Parr, waggoner.

Born in Shepley, Yorkshire.

He was a delver of Greetland [1879] / a stone delver [1881, 1891] / a stone quarryman [1901] / a delver in stone quarry [1911].

In 1879, he married Sarah Ann Ramsden [1854-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah Ann was born in Greetland, the daughter of Sam Ramsden, weaver
 

Children:

  1. Joe H [b 1882] who was a stone quarryman [1901]
  2. Leonard [b 1885] who was a bootmaker's apprentice [1901],  a boot repairer [1911], a newsagent at King Cross, & served as a  Private in World War I
  3. Irvine
  4. Eveline [b 1889]
  5. Clara [b 1891] who was a weaver [1911]
  6. Florence [b 1894] who was a weaver [1911]

The children were born in Greetland.

The family lived at

  • High Trees, Greetland [1881]
  • Howcroft Head, Greetland [1891]
  • Grove Terrace, Greetland [1901]
  • 81 Rochdale Road, Greetland [1911]
  • 79 Hoult's Lane, Greetland [1917]
  • 6 Clement Street, Pellon Lane, Halifax

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Parr, William HenryRef P827
[18??-18??]
BA.

Educated at St Catherine's Hall Cambridge. He was

a second class man in both the mathematical and classical tripos, and a prize-man of his college in every year of residence

He was Usher at Heath Grammar School [1843]

Parrack NookRef P579
Aka Parrock Nook, Park Nook. Area of Rishworth lying between the Halifax-Oldham road and the Halifax-Rochdale road.

See Parrack Nook Chapel, Rishworth

Parratt, Rev FrancisRef P170
[1659-1741]
His name is variously spelled Parrott, Parrot, Perrott, and Parrat

He was Lecturer at Halifax Parish Church for 50 years. He resigned in July 1740.

He married Hannah [died aged 80].

Children:

  1. William
  2. Francis
  3. Hannah
  4. Elizabeth
  5. Thomas
  6. Elizabeth [b 1695] who married Dr John Scofield
  7. Ann
  8. Richard
  9. Abraham
  10. Mary who married William Bentley from Shelf

Members of the family were buried at Halifax Parish Church

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

Parratt, JamesRef P858
[1855-1887]
Son of
Joshua Parratt.

He was a blacksmith [1871] / a stone quarryman [1881].

He married Rachel [1852-1915].

Children:

  1. John H. [b 1875]
  2. Annie [b 1877]
  3. Herbert [b 1880]
  4. Martha Ann who died Oct 20th 1887 aged 3 years
  5. James [1888-26th April 1943]

The family lived at Upper Clay Royd, Southowram [1881].

James died 12th January 1887 (aged 32).

Rachel died 15th March 1915 (aged 63).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-M15]

Parratt, Mrs JemimaRef P544
[1???-1864] Daughter of John Haigh.

She married Captain Parratt of the Surrey Militia.

She was separated from her husband and lived with her father at Savile Hall.

Rev James Hope was accused of burying her illegally at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax in 1864 – see the Foldout

This & associated entries use material contributed by Clare Toynbee

Parratt, JoshuaRef P868
[1831-1895] Or Parrott.

Born in Stanningley, Leeds.

He was an agricultural labourer [1871] / a farm labourer [1881] / a general labourer [1891].

In [Q4] 1854, he married Elizabeth Howard [1835-1904] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in lightcliffe
 

Children:

  1. James
  2. William [b 1857] who was a worsted spinner [1871]
  3. Mary Hannah [b 1860] who was a half-timer / worsted  factory [1871] & married George Mansley
  4. Sam

They lived at

Joshua died 25th December 1895 (aged 64).

Elizabeth died 2nd May 1904 (aged 69).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-M16]

Parratt, MrRef P6350
[18??-1???]
He married Rachel [1852-19??] from Lightcliffe.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child who died young [before 1911]
  6. Herbert [b 1881] who was a dresser / hillman in a stone  quarry [1911]
  7. James [b 1888] who was a stone dresser [1911]
  8. Amy [b 1895] who was a cotton reeler [1911]

The family lived at 12 Church Lane, Southowram [1911].

Rachel was widowed by 1911

Parratt, SamRef P869
[1861-1906] Son of Joshua Parratt.

Born in Southowram.

He was a half-timer / worsted factory [1871] / an engine tenter at quarry [1881] / a stone quarrymen [1891] / a stone quarry owner [1901].

In [Q2] 1885, he married Thirza Wood [1860-1933] in Halifax.


Thirza was born in Netherton
 

Children:

  1. Alfred [b 1887] who was a wallstone dresser [1901, 1911]
  2. Emily [b 1891] who was a tweed weaver [1911]

They lived at

  • Sutcliffe Wood Cottage, Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse [1891]
  • 15 Thomas Street, Brighouse [1901]
  • 8 Castle Place, Rastrick [1911]

Sam died 14th January 1906 (aged 44).

Thirza died 23rd October 1933 (aged 73).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-M16]

Parratt, WilliamRef P610
[18??-1???]
Partner in
Hollingrake & Clegg Limited

Parrington, Ernest MiltonRef P1042
[1876-1???] Of Dewsbury.

In 1905, he married Martha Evelyn, daughter of Joshua Auty

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Parrish, CharlesRef P951
[1897-1917] Son of Amanda Matilda & Willie Parrish of 75 Carr House Road, Shelf.

During World War I, he served as an Ordinary Telegraphist with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve aboard HM Trawler Thomas Stratten.

He died 20th October 1917 (aged 20)  when his ship struck a mine and sank off the Outer Hebrides with the loss of 8 crew.

He is remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent [Grave Ref 27], and on the Memorial at Hipperholme Grammar School

Parrish, JamesRef P284
[18??-1???]
wholesale grocer at
Foster's Yard, Halifax

See Charles Parrish

Parrish, UriahRef P248
[1852-1924] Landlord of the Stocks Arms, Northowram [1901-1905]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Parrock Clough, MytholmroydRef P911
or Cragg Vale

Parrott, RichardRef P916
[1816-1887] Born in Cullompton, Devon.

He was a hand loom weaver [1851] / a carpet weaver [1861, 1871] / an unemployed weaver [1881].

He married Mary Ann [1817-1879].


Mary Ann was born in Wellington, Somerset
 

Children:

  1. Louisa [b 1841] who was a spinner [1851]
  2. Edward [1842-8th November 1877] who was buried with his  parents
  3. Eli [1845-1903] who was a logwood boiler [1871], a wool  dyer [1881] & died in the West Riding Asylum, Wakefield
  4. Richard [1847-25th December 1886] who was a carpet  printer [1871], a worsted carpet printer [1881] & was buried with his  parents
  5. Thomas [b 1850] who was a carpet printer [1871], a  worsted carpet printer [1881]
  6. Emma [b 1855] who was a worsted spinner [1871]
  7. John [b 1858] who was a carpet creeler [1871]

They lived at

  • 7 New Bank, Halifax [1851]
  • New Bank, Halifax [1861]
  • Range Bank, Halifax [1887]
  • 48 Portland Street, Halifax [1871, 1881]

Mary Ann died in 1879 (aged 62).

Richard died 5th August 1887 (aged 71).

Members of the family were buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount

Parrott, ThomasRef P80
[1882-1917] Son of William John Parrott.

He was a cotton waste gatherer [1901] / a cotton striper [1911] / employed by S. Whitley & Company at Hanson Lane Mills, Halifax.

In 1904, he married Emily Jane Rogers in Halifax.

They had no children.

They lived at

  • 24 Lower Hope Street, Halifax [1911]
  • 35 Holroyd Street, Mount Pleasant, Halifax

During World War I, he enlisted at Bradford [August 1914] and served as a Private with the 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.

He was killed in action [8th June 1917] (aged 35).

The Halifax Courier [14th July 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 21], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Hanson Lane Cotton Mill, Halifax, and on the Roll of Honour at Saint Mary's RC Church, Halifax

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Parrott, William JohnRef P312
[1860-19??] Born in Bedford, Bedfordshire.

He was an under carder (cotton) [1891] / a cotton grinder [1901].

In 1879, he married Mary McAndrew in Halifax.


Mary was born in Ireland, the daughter of
Michael McAndrew.

She was a cotton rover [1891]

 

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. Elizabeth Ann [b 1884] who was a brace maker [1901]
  3. Ellen [b 1889]
  4. Sylvester [b 1897]
  5. Mary Alice [b 1900]

They lived at

  • 21 Holroyd/Hobroyd Street, Halifax [with Mary's parents  1891]
  • 120 Spring Hall Lane, Halifax [1901]

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Parry, David JohnRef P1175
[19??-] Mayor of Hebden Royd [1995-1996]

Parry, Rev EdwardRef P110
[18??-19??]
BA.

Of Todmorden.

He was Minister at Todmorden Unitarian Church [1889]. He resigned in August 1897.

In 1898, he became Minister at the Unitarian Church in Ilminster

Parry, Rev ErnestRef P882
[19??-19??] MA, BD.

Vicar of Coley [1938].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Hope
  2. daughter


Eldest daughter Hope was a Petty Officer in the WRNS and served in Borneo. In July 1945, she married Flight Lieutenant Alan Stanley, son of Mr and Mrs G. S. Chisholm
 

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Parry, George Frederick AugustusRef P602
[1827-1890]
Of Brighouse.

Son of William Parry.

Horsfall Turner described him as

a half-wit of local notoriety

Parry, IforRef P1062
[1919-1943] Son of Margaret Ellen & William Parry.

Born in Wales.

He was educated at Lewis High School, Pengam, South Wales / employed by Charles Horner Limited in Halifax.

In [Q4] 1939, he married Marjorie Hughes in Halifax.

Child: Gwyn [b 1941]

They lived at 21 The Crescent, Southowram.

During World War II, he served as a Sergeant with the 1018 Docks Operating Company Royal Engineers.

He served in France and at Tobruk.

He was reported missing [June 1942], but turned up.

He was reported missing believed drowned [17th June 1943] (aged 24).

He is remembered on the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey [Grave Ref 5 1], and on the Memorial at Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Church

Parry, WilliamRef P296
[1793-1860]
Born in Liverpool.

Around 1849, he became a schoolmaster in Brighouse.

He was a poet whom Horsfall Turner described as

of limited popularity. I saw some of his scurrilous and crude scribblings, but don't remember a line that was worthy of preservation

His subjects included

  • An Epigram on bachelor John Aspinall who demanded a poll  for the Brighouse surveyorship [1850]
  • A satire on the Waterloo Brass Band
  • Peace Rejoicings [1856]
  • Brighouse Flower Show [1857]
  • The Murder of Elizabeth Rayner at Clifton [1832]

He married Ann [1796-1852].

Children:

  1. James [1819-1883]
  2. George Frederick Augustus

Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

Parsonage Cottage, WarleyRef P1148
Part of the property, or more likely, a sub-let of the Parsonage for Warley Congregational Church.

Owners and tenants have included

  • Mary Ann [1831-1900] and George Eaton [1900]
  • Annie Eaton and Adelaide Frazer – teachers at  Elim School, Warley [1901]

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Parsons, Rev EdwardRef P589
[17??-1844]
Son of a Leeds minister and author. He trained at Homerton College before becoming Minister at
Sion Congregational Church, Halifax [1817, 1822]. In 1819, he published a Selection of Hymns. In 1826, he moved to London. In 1828, he returned to Leeds and became editor of the Leeds Times. In 1834, he published a History of Leeds, Bradford, Halifax &c. in the West Riding. In 18??, he moved to Bow and Mile End, London

Parsons, James EdwardRef P1123
[1858-1925]

He married Julia [1863-1941].


Julia was the daughter of
Robinson Harrison    
 

Children:

  1. Frank Clifford [1887-1888]
  2. Henry Edwards [1894-1896]

James Edward died 20th April 1925 (aged 67).

Julia died 30th April 1941 (aged 78).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1119] with Julia's father

Parsons, Joseph HenryRef P1130
[1816-1???] Born in York.

He was a dentist [1851, 1861, 1871].

In 25th September 1869, newspapers advertised


Nitrous Oxide Gas

Mr Parsons, Dentist, is now prepared to administer this gas, the Safest of all anæsthetics for the extraction of teeth without pain

Wards End, Halifax

 

Around 1844, he married Ann [1817-1???].


Ann was born in Warrington, Lancashire
 

Children:

  1. Ann [b 1841]
  2. Elizabeth [b 1842]
  3. John Milner [b 1844]
  4. Oswald [b 1844] who was a dentist [1871]
  5. Edwin [b 1845]
  6. Winifred [b 1847]
  7. Teresa [b 1849]
  8. Joseph [b 1851] who was a dental assistant [1871]
  9. Adrian [b 1855] who was a dental pupil [1871]
  10. Alfred [b 1857]
  11. Ralph [b 1863]

They lived at

  • 10 Clare Hall Place, Halifax [1851]
  • 8 St John's Lane, Halifax [1861]
  • 2 St John's Lane, Halifax [1871]

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Partington, GeorgeRef P1092
[1853-1???] Son of James Partington.

Born in Halifax.

He was a brush maker [1871, 1881].

In [Q4] 1872, he married Emma Killingbeck [1854-1???] in Pontefract.


Emma was born in Pontefract
 

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1873]
  2. Annie [1874-1876] who was buried with her  Partington grandparents at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3996]
  3. Fred [b 1876]
  4. Joseph E. [b 1878]
  5. Arthur [b 1880]

They lived at 43 Parliament Street, Halifax [1881]

Partington, JamesRef P1057
[1823-1897] Born in Rochdale.

He was a grocer in Halifax [1851, 1871].

In [Q3] 1845, he married Ann Ashworth [1827-1898] in Rochdale.


Ann / Anne was born in Rochdale
 

Children:

  1. Alice [b 1846]
  2. Mary Ellen [1848-1862]
  3. Mary [b 1849] who was a brush maker [1881]
  4. Joseph [b 1851] who was a brush maker [1871]
  5. George
  6. Maria [1857-4th June 1944] who was a brush maker [1871]  
  7. James [b 1861]
  8. Mary Hannah [1864]

They lived at

  • 3 Swift Court, Gibbet Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 45 Parliament Street, Halifax [1871, 1881]

Living with them [in 1871] was nephew William Ashworth [b  1849] (mechanic).

James died 7th April 1897 (aged 74).

Anne died 20th December 1898 (aged 71).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3996]

Partridge, RichardRef P1157
[1759-1831] On 30th April 1783, he was tried at Middlesex for stealing, and sentenced to 7 years' transportation to America.

He escaped from the Swift, was caught and given a sentence of death on 10th September 1783.

This was commuted to transportation for a term of natural life and transported to Australia on the Scarborough.

Sometime after 1791, he was in a relationship with another convict Mary Greenwood.

The couple married on 5th November 1810

Pascall, Mrs ElizabethRef P630
[1847-1???]
A widow of Northowram.

Her husband died around 1872 and left her with 4 small children; the oldest of whom was a daughter aged 12 years.

She received parish relief for a time, until she had an illegitimate child Emma Jane Pascall [b 1876].

Mrs Pascall tried to make a living by working as a charwoman, chiefly in local pubs, and had to leave the child alone whilst she was working, and left the oldest girl in charge. She gave instructions that she was to give Emma Jane plenty to eat, but if she died, she was to put her in bed.

Elizabeth was charged with manslaughter. At the Assizes, a witness said the child had gone from being a healthy, fine-looking child, and had wasted-away.

The child died from a disease of the brain and lungs brought on by whooping cough, a consequence of the lack of nourishment and care.

The judge said that there was no evidence that the woman had neglected to use the means at her command to prolong the life of the child, and directed the Jury to return a verdict of not guilty.

Mrs Pascall was discharged

Pask, Rev HowardRef P883
[19??-] Vicar of Heptonstall Parish Church [2008].

He retired in 2018

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Paskin, James A.Ref P79
[18??-19??] He was waterworks engineer for Halifax Corporation [until 1902].

Child: William Seymour

Paskin, John WilsonRef P947
[1824-1872] From Samaria, Indiana, USA.

He fought and was wounded in the Mexican War.

He was visiting Halifax, and was staying with Joseph Vickerman of Rhodes Street.

He committed suicide [19th January 1872] (aged 48)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 323] with Joseph Holroyd

Paskin, William SeymourRef P70
[18??-19??] Son of James A. Paskin.

On 3rd August 1892, he married Margaret Wilson.


Margaret was the eldest daughter of Joshua Garside Wilson
 

Paston, ElizabethRef P888
[14??-15??] Daughter of Sir William Paston and Joan [née Beaufort], daughter of Edmund, Duke of Somerset. They had 4 children.

She was the second wife of Sir John Savile.

She married (1) Sir Richard Hastings.

She married (2) Sir Edward Poynings.

She married (3) Robert Gargrave from Tankersley

The Pasture, HeptonstallRef P196
House.

See Johnny o' th' Pasture

Pasture House Farm, SouthowramRef P6110
Stands north-west of St Anne's in the Grove, Southowram Owners and tenants have included

See The Butts, Southowram and Pasture House, Southowram

Pasture House, SouthowramRef P633
Church Lane.

This is still [2007] a working farm.

Owners and tenants have included

See Pasture House Farm, Southowram

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Pasture Side Farm, WalsdenRef P244
Inchfield.

Owners and tenants have included

See Reuben Haigh and Reuben Haigh

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Patchet, JamesRef P44
[17??-17??] Hatter in Warley [1775]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy

Patchett ...Ref P24
The entries for people & families with the surname Patchett are gathered together in the SideTrack.

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Patchett & CompanyRef P998
Worsted spinners. Recorded in 1881.

Partners included Henry Patchett [1881]

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Patchett BrothersRef P750
Card clothing manufacturers at Sedburgh Mills, Halifax [1905]

Patchett's: C. Patchett & CompanyRef P767
Wine and spirit merchants at Crown Street, Halifax.

He lived at Saville Cottage, Swires Road [1874]

Patchett's: George Patchett & SonsRef P751
Wire manufacturers at Sedburgh Mills, Halifax [1905, 1914].

Established by George Patchett.

The Company merged with Northern Electric Wire & Cable Manufacturing Company [around 1910].

See John Patchett

Patchett vs SutcliffeRef P856
An action brought in March 1845 and concerning the division of a water course in Hebden Bridge. The jury found for Mr Patchett

Patefield, EliasRef P545
[1654-1754]
Of Northowram.

Around 1690, he married Unknown [1655-1754].

Children: unknown

He died at the age of 100.

His wife died shortly afterwards, aged 99.


He first departed, she for one hour tried
To live without him; lik'd it not, and died
They had been married for 60 years.

See Longevity

Patefield, George SamuelRef P168
[1841-1911] Born in Bradford.

He was a street contractor [1891] / a contractor pavior [1901] / a retired contractor pavior [1911].

In [Q1] 1871, he married (1) Elizabeth Ann Bottomley [1835-1884] in Halifax.


Elizabeth Ann was born in Halifax, (possibly) the daughter of Elizabeth Aaron [1804-18th March 1875] &
David Aaron.

In 1861, she was unmarried and living at 4 Orange Street, Halifax, with her son James Slater Bottomley.

She was (possibly) buried with the Bottomley family at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 845]

 

Elizabeth Ann died 15th August 1884 (aged 49).

In [Q2] 1885, he married (2) Lucy Ann Hebblethwaite in Halifax.


Lucy Ann was born in Halifax, the daughter of John Hebblethwaite
 

Children: unknown

They lived at

  • 22 Wards End, Halifax [1891]
  • Undercliffe, Halifax [1901]
  • 12 Staups Lane, Shibden, Halifax [1911]

George Samuel died 8th May 1911 (aged 70).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 845].

Lucy Ann died 12th September 1924.

She was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-C4] with her parents

PatentsRef P903

Paterson, Rev D. MacBethRef P503
[18??-19??]
He was Pastor at
Wellington Road Baptist Church, Todmorden [1912] / Pastor at Sowerby Bridge Baptist Church [1927]. In 1930, he moved to Boston, Lincolnshire

Paterson, HughRef P1019
[1890-1915] Born in Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbrightshire.

He was employed at Sowerby Bridge Post Office.

On 19th May 1911, he married Jane Millar Kennedy [1885-1921] in Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire.

Children:

  1. James Crichton [1911-1994]
  2. William Kennedy [1914-1983] who was born in Sowerby Bridge

They lived at 6 Chatham Street, Sowerby Bridge.

During World War I, he enlisted [3rd February 1915], and he served as a Sapper with the 24th Signal Company Royal Engineers.

He died of pneumonia at Chatham [24th February 1915] (aged 25).

He is remembered at Dumfries Cemetery.

His CWG citation records his wife as

the late Jane Miller Kennedy Paterson

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Paterson, JohnRef P241
[17??-18??] Hatter in Halifax [1791]

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Paterson, KennethRef P1035
[17??-18??]

On 8th November 1804, he (possibly) married (1) Alice Dickinson [1779-1815] in Bradford.

Alice died 22nd October 1815 (aged 36).

He married (2) Elizabeth Children:

  1. Mary [17th January 1818-23rd January 1819]
  2. Alexander [17th April 1822-4th September 1824]
  3. (possibly) Kenneth [b 6th September 1824]
  4. (possibly) Sarah [b 16th May 1829]

The family lived at

  • Halifax [1815]
  • Bradford [1818, 1829]

Alice, Mary & Alexander were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

Paterson, MordecaiRef P1033
[1765-1819] Of Bailey Hall, Southowram.

He was a dyer.

He married Susannah [1764-1825].

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [1795-6th August 1840]
  2. Matthew [1798-4th April 1858]
  3. Sarah [1802-1869] who married Thomas Sloane

Mordecai died 29th May 1819 (aged 54).

Susannah died 31st March 1825 (aged 61).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 50]

Patman, WilliamRef P578
[18??-1???] Of Mitholm in Stansfield.

In [Q2] 1858, he married Hannah Elizabeth Horsfall in Todmorden.


Hannah Elizabeth was the daughter of
John Lister Horsfall
 

See Nowell Memorial

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PatmosRef P30
Area of Todmorden, formerly called Tang.

Before Walsden Water and the River Calder were diverted in 1840, the area was an island in times of flood, located in a triangle of land between Burnley Road and the two rivers. The name Patmos is that of the Greek island where St John the Apostle was exiled and where he had the visions written in the Book of Revelation

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Paton, Alexander ForresterRef P343
[18??-19??] Or Forrester-Paton. JP. He was Chairman of Paton & Baldwin Limited.

He married Unknown.

Child: Elspeth Catherine who married Oliver John Whitley

In 1949, he was living in Alloa, Scotland

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Paton & Baldwin LimitedRef P695
Formed on 16th April 1920 to acquire the undertakings of the worsted and woollen-spinning company J. & J. Baldwin & Partners Limited and John Paton Son & Company Limited of Alloa.

They had mills at Clark Bridge and another at King Cross Road / Walker Street.

They had associated firms in Scotland and in Leicestershire.

On 22nd June 1933, they awarded a bonus of £5 to every employee after declaring an annual profit of £409,000.

On 18th July 1933, it was announced that the company was to build a mill in Shanghai.

They had an operation in Toronto, Camada [1940s].

In 1945, they announced plans to close down all the Halifax operations – and those of their associates – and move to new, modern premises in Darlington.

They became the world's largest knitting-yarn factory.

They were well-known publishers of knitting patterns.

In April 1951, production at Bailey Hall ceased, and the mill was bought by Mackintosh's.

The company became Coats Paton in 1961.

See John Foster Clay, Walter Adam Jones, Pauline Doris Oakley, Alexander Forrester-Paton and Roger Ward Tolson

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Paton, Dr Thomas JamesRef P54
[18??-19??]
MB.

Doctor at 76 Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge [1901-1914].

In 1907, he attended the casualties in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster

Paton, WilliamRef P280
[1829-1924] Born in Clackmannan, Scotland [1829].

He was a merchant [1866].

In 1866, he married Letitia Freeman in Marylebone.


Letitia was the daughter of
Joseph Freeman
 

Child: Letitia Mary [1868-1964] who never married

Letitia died in Marylebone [14th May 1918].

William died in Wimbledon [27th February 1924]

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Paton, WilliamRef P1081
[1887-1918]

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders.

He died in Halifax [15th October 1918].

He is remembered with a CWGC headstone at Stoney Royd Cemetery

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Patrick, AlfredRef P934
[1898-1947] MM.

Son of Charles Patrick.

Born in Halifax.

He was a member of Salem United Methodist Chapel, Halifax / a doffer in worsted mill [1911] / employed at Dean Clough.

During World War I, he enlisted at the early stage of the War and served as a Private West Riding Regiment.

He was awarded the Military Medal [1918] for


gallantry & devotion to duty on 25th March 1918
 

after being in France for 1½ years.

His photograph appears with a report of his award in the Halifax Courier [6th July 1918].

He survived the War.

In [Q3] 1922, an Alfred Patrick married Beatrice A. Grundy in Halifax.

An Alfred Patrick died in Halifax [Q1 1947] (aged 49) 

Patrick, CharlesRef P927
[1875-1???] Son of Alfred Patrick, weaver.

Born in Kendal, Westmoreland.

He was a labourer of Ernest Street, Halifax [1897] / a goods checker for G.N. Railway [1901] / a mechanic labourer [1911].

In 1897, he married Mary Bowling [1877-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary, of Fleet Street, Halifax, was born in Pontefract, the daughter of John Bowling, labourer
 

Children:

  1. Alfred
  2. Annie E. [b 1900]
  3. Alice [b 1902]

They lived at 48 Copley Street, Haley Hill, Halifax [1901, 1911]

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Patrick, EdsonRef P108
[1886-1975] Son of William Patrick.

Born in Midgley [18th January 1886].

He was a paper maker [1901] / a greengrocer (own account) [1911] / a grocer (own account) [1921, 1939].

In [Q3] 1916, he married Emily Binns [1881-1918] in Halifax.


Emily was the daughter of Thompson Binns
 

Emily died 14th May 1918 (aged 37)  and was buried at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, Wainstalls with her parents. They had no children.

Edson never married again and lived with his parents.

He died in Halifax [Q4 1975]

Patrick, FredRef P78
[1888-1919] Son of William Henry Patrick.

Born in Shelf [7th October 1888].

In 1901, he was living with Sarah & Thomas Scott & their family at 42 Brunswick Street, Nelson, Lancashire.

He was a grocer's assistant [lodging at 10 Montrose Avenue, Didsbury, Manchester 1911].

In [Q4] 1918, he married Adelaide Louise Rutty [1889-1920] in Croydon.


Adelaide Louise was born in Poplar, London
 

They lived at Manor View, Manorley Lane, Buttershaw [1919].

During World War I, he served as an Able Seaman with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve aboard HMS President III.

He died of disease in Horton War Hospital, Bradford [8th February 1919].

He was buried at Shelf Wesleyan Methodist Graveyard [12th February 1919].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Shelf Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £131 17/10d.

Administration was granted to his widow Adelaide Louise.

Adelaide Louise died within 12 months of her husband [1920] (aged 31) 

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Patrick, HarryRef P973
[1???-191?] He served in World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on Luddenden & Midgley War Memorial

Patrick, ThomasRef P1191
[18??-1???] In 1872, he married Catherine Cain in Halifax.

In August 1874, he and Catherine were charged at the West Riding Court, Halifax with the manslaughter of their infant daughter Ann Elizabeth by starvation and neglect.

A week earlier, they had been committed for trial on the coroner's warrant, but Catherine was in gaol for being drunk

Patrick, ThomasRef P546
[1830-1???]
A chimney sweeper at Sowerby Bridge.

In [Q1] 1872, he married Catherine Cain in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Ann Elizabeth [1874-1875]

On 11th August 1874, Thomas and his wife, Catherine [28], a factory hand, were found guilty of the manslaughter of their infant daughter, Ann Elizabeth, at Sowerby Bridge on the 25th July 1874.

They were sentenced to 5 years' penal servitude

Patrick, TomRef P1180
[18??-1897] Landlord of the Brewer's Arms Inn, Crib Lane, Halifax [1897].

In 1870, he married Maria Monk in Halifax.

They are mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1897

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Patrick, WilliamRef P109
[1859-19??] Born in Midgley [3rd November 1858].

He was a paper maker [1891] / a labourer (paper mill) [1901] / a paper maker with Trent Paper Limited [1921] / a retired paper maker [1939].

In [Q2] 1883, he married Leah Horsfield [1862-1940] in Halifax.


Leah was born in Midgley
 

Children:

  1. Fred [b 1885] who was a paper maker [1901]
  2. Edson
  3. Emily [b 1889] who was a worsted spinner [1901]
  4. Annie [b 1891] who was a woollen weaver with R. T. Riley & Company [1921]
  5. Ernest Horsfield [b 1898] who was a grocer (own account)   [1921]

They lived at

  • 16 Booth Terrace, Midgley [1891]
  • 8 Goit Side, Midgley [1901]
  • 8 High Street, Luddenden [1921]
  • 8-9 High Street, Luddenden [1939]

William died Q2 1940 (aged 81).

Leah died Q3 1940 (aged 78).

They both died in Calder District

Patrick, William HenryRef P100
[1856-1909] Born in Idle.

He was a stone quarry man [1881, 1891] / a foreman (stone quarry) [1901].

In [Q1] 1877, he married Eliza Scott [1854-1901] in Bradford.


Eliza was born in Idle
 

Children:

  1. Emma [b 1878] who was a worsted spinner [1891], a worsted  weaver [1901]
  2. Edith [b 1881] who was a worsted spinner [1891], a  worsted weaver [1901]
  3. John [b 1883] who was a blackshoeing smith apprentice  [1901]
  4. Fred

They lived at

  • 5 Ley Fleakes Road, Idle [1881]
  • Cross Lane, Shelf [1891]
  • Brow Lane, Shelf [1901]

Eliza died in Halifax [Q3 1901] (aged 47).

William Henry died in Halifax [Q4 1909] (aged 54) 

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Pattenson, JohnRef P3150
[17??-1???]
Assistant Curate at
Illingworth [1785]

Patterson, Rev DanielRef P50
[1870-19??]
Born in County Durham.

He was a United Methodist minister [1911].

In [Q2] 1898, he married Annie Gray [1869-19??] from Durham, in Durham.

Children:

  1. Eleanor [b 1901]
  2. Annie Gray [b 1901]

The family lived at Rydal Mount, Brighouse [1911]

Patterson, Rev David TaitRef P368
[1877-1956] Born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire.

He was a Minister at North Parade Baptist Church, Halifax [1904-1912].

He wrote a number of books:

  • The call to worship: a book of services for the help and guidance of those who minister in the house of God [1938]
  • Litanies for public worship: from "The call to worship" [193?]
  • The eternal purpose: day by day : a method of devotion resting upon and sustained by the use of the Holy Scriptures [1948]

In 1898, he married Margaret Waters at Darlington.

Child: James Waters (Patterson) [b 1900]

They lived at

  • Kirk View, 9 Rhodes Street, Halifax [1905]
  • 22 Milton Place, Halifax [1911]

He died in Droitwich [8th November 1956]

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Patterson, GeorgeRef P835
[1841-1???] Or Pattison.

Born in Preston, Lancashire.

He was a mill mechanic [1891].

He married Jane Bryden [1843-1???].


Jane was born in Oldham, Lancashire
 

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1872] who was a wool dyer's labourer [1891]
  2. George S [b 1874] who was an oiler in worsted mill [1891]
  3. James A [b 1874] who was a woollen piecer [1891]
  4. Robert J [b 1875] who was a woollen piecer [1891]
  5. Susannah [1868-19??] who married Marshall Jagger

They lived at Melrose Terrace, Saddleworth Road, Greetland [1891].

Living with them [in 1891] were widowed mother-in-law Elizabeth Bryden [b 1818], and daughter Susannah & her husband Marshall Jagger

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Patterson, Rev M.Ref P976
[18??-19??]

Recorded in 1932, when he was Vicar of Todmorden

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Patterson, Rev MatthewRef P460
[1869-1940] MA.

He was Rector at Great Lever, Bolton, before becoming Vicar of Todmorden [1928-1940]. In 1936, he was appointed Rector of Barthomley near Crewe, but decided to stay at Todmorden. He resigned the post in August 1940.

He died suddenly at Leamington Spa on 23rd October 1940

Patterson, MrRef P171
[17??-18??]
A maker of clocks & card-making machinery in Market Street, Halifax.

He built the house which later became the Westgate Hotel, Halifax

Patterson, Thomas HumeRef P762
[1842-1899] Born 31st March 1842.

In [Q2] 1862, he married Sarah Ann Baxter [1838-1878] in Halifax.

Sarah Ann died 27th November 1878.

In [Q1] 1852, he married Mary Elizabeth Kilner [1855-1939] in Kendal.

Children:

  1. William Kilner (Patterson) [1882-1918]

Thomas Hume died in Burley-in Wharefdale [7th January 1899] (aged 56).

In [Q4] 1899, Mary Elizabeth married Joseph Waddington in Wharfedale.

Mary Elizabeth Waddington died in Wharfedale [26th December 1939] (aged 83) 

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1740]

Patterson, W.Ref P1006
[18??-19??] Secretary for the United Methodist in Halifax [1913].

They lived at Silver Street Top, Halifax [1913].

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Patterson's: William Patterson (Printers) LimitedRef P842
Halifax printers.

They were at Silver Street, Halifax [1927] and Caxton House, Halifax [1936]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Benjamin Brundell

Patti, Madame AdelinaRef P387
[1843-1919] Anglo-Italian soprano.

She was famous for her performances in Lucia di Lammermoor and in La Sonnambula.

In 1905, at the age of 62, she came out of retirement and was one of the first opera singers to make gramophone records.

She visited Halifax in October 1907

Pattinson, Anna MariaRef P655
[1764-1832]

Anna Maria Pattinson died 11th September 1832 (aged 68).

She was buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland

Pattinson, Rev H. R.Ref P865
[18??-18??]
Curate at Lydgate, Todmorden. Recorded in August 1852

Pattison, JohnRef P979
[17??-18??]
Clockmaker at Halifax [1800, 1809]

Pattison, RevRef P1214
[16??-16??]
Real name: White.

Vicar of Coley after Oliver Heywood had been ejected [1664]

Pattison, RevRef P1114
[17??-1803]
Headmaster of
Rishworth School

Patton, AnnieRef P649
[1866-19??] Born in Liverpool.

She was one of the children who came to the district and worked as a worsted spinner at Calvert's Mill at Wainstalls.

She lived with John Greenwood [1881]

Paul Clough, TodmordenRef P1037
The stream becomes Pudsey Clough and forms a part of the Yorkshire-Lancashire border

Paul, JohnRef P437
[1???-1???]
He was Master of
Heywood's School

Pauline Quirke AcademyRef P63
Acting academy established in 2007 at Rastrick High School

PaulinusRef P1209
[5??-644] A member of the Christian group led by St Augustine sent by Pope Gregory I in 601 to bring Christianity to Britain. He was the first Archbishop of York.

He preached a sermon at Heptonstall in an effort to persuade king Edwin to accept Christianity.

See Paulinus Cross and Paulinus Pilgrim & Heritage Way

Paulinus Pilgrim & Heritage WayRef P1210
A 65-mile walk from Todmorden to York, linking places associated with Paulinus in the 7th century.

Calling points along the way are

The walk was devised by Todmorden teacher Tina Bolton and was officially opened on 28th August 2011

Paull & AyliffeRef P1116
Manchester architects. Partners included Henry John Paull and A. Ayliffe.

Local examples of their work included Crossley Orphanage, Moorside, and West Hill Park

Paull, Henry JohnRef P249
[18??-18??] FRIBA. Manchester architect who worked with A. Ayliffe as Paull & Ayliffe

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Pavilion Theatre, TodmordenRef P993
Opened on 22nd June 1888 at Market Ground by Tom Russell

Pawley, Rev BernardRef P420
[19??-19??]
Vicar of
Elland [1950]

Pawson's: J. Pawson & SonsRef P706
Tailors and drapers at Blackwall House, Halifax [1905]

Pawson, J. StoddartRef P476
[19??-19??]
He lived at
Smith House, Brighouse.

In 19??, he married a widow, Mrs Priestley.

Children:

  1. Jane Anne who married [1956?] John Neville Kaye  from Huddersfield
  2. Diana Mary who married [1960?] Ian Thomas Netterville  Stamp from Maidstone

His stepdaughter, Janet Louise Priestley married [1961] John Hugh Ferguson from Bradford

Pawson, ThomasRef P536
[17??-17??]
Master of
Heptonstall Grammar School until 1769

Pawson, Rev Wilfrid DenysRef P501
[1905-1959]
Vicar of
Brighouse [February 1947-1950]. He left to move to the Diocese of Brechin, and went on to become Archdeacon of Lindisfarne in 1956

Pawson's: William L. Pawson & SonRef P705
Gown manufacturer in Horton Street, Halifax.

They occupied the building on the south side with the large semi-circular window.

They were also at Square Road, Halifax [1911].

They took over the business of Victor Roberts Limited

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Paxton, GeorgeRef P847
[18??-1???]
Grandson of
Joseph Paxton.

He inherited a considerable amount of property from his grandfather.

He established an entertainment troupe known as the Peril Company. He worked under the stage-name Mr Strathmore.

In 1880, he sued Francis Rawlings for false imprisonment which occurred when Paxton's troupe played at the Theatre Royal, Halifax. There was a misunderstanding over a dishonoured cheque which Paxton gave to Francis Rawlings lessee of the Theatre Royal, and Rawlings had Paxton arrested and taken to the police station and held for 2 hours. The jury found for Paxton and he was awarded £50 damages

Paxton, Sir JosephRef P32
[1801-1865]
Born near Woburn, Bedfordshire. English gardener and architect. From 1826, he was garden superintendent to the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth.

In 1843, he designed the first public park in the country – at Birkenhead.

He designed the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, after which he was knighted.

In 1857, he designed People's Park in Halifax, and the conservatory at Belle Vue.

See Roger Ives, Park Road Baths and George Paxton

Paxton-White, JuneRef P327
[1936-] Née Gott.

Daughter of May Watson (née Bull) from Hemsworth, South Yorkshire (school inspector & training college lecturer), & Harold Watson Gott (headmaster of Old Town School, Hebden Bridge), and niece of Phil Bull.

Born in Halifax [26th August 1936].

She was educated at Wakefield Girls' High School and Leeds University / a local writer and member of the Halifax Authors' Circle / a director of Paxton-White Limited / founder of an international translation service that operated from  Commercial Street, Halifax [1970 to 2000] / an active member of the National Council of Women / a member of Halifax Civic Trust / a member of the Halifax Antiquarian Society / a member of HADFAS

She married Brian Paxton-White.

Children:

  1. Jill
  2. Michael

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Payler, FredRef P473
[1883-19??] Or Paylor, Taylor.

Born in Headingley.

He was innkeeper at the Stag & Pheasant, Brighouse [1911, 1914].

In [Q1] 1907, he married Lucy Jackson [1885-19??] in Leeds.


Lucy was born in Morley
 

Payne, ArthurRef P313
[1883-1919] MSM.

Son of John William Payne.

He was an insurance agent [Royal London, 1911].

On 18th December 1911, he married Amy Hirst [1885-1950] in Halifax.


Amy was born in Halifax [27th March 1885], the daughter of Albert Hirst
 

Children:

  1. Jack [1st May 1916-26th December 1983]
  2. Mary [b 1919]

The family lived at

  • 43 Newstead Terrace, Halifax
  • 30 Eton Street, Gibbet Street, Halifax (living with Amy's  parents) [1911, 1921]

During World War I, he served as a Company Sergeant Major with the Mechanical Transport, 6th Auxiliary Petrol Company Royal Army Service Corps.

He was awarded the Meritorius Service Medal.

He died suddenly in Boulogne [17th May 1919] (aged 36).

He was buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France [Grave Ref XIV B 1].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Amy died in Halifax [Q4 1950]

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Payne, CharlesRef P1243
[1824-1886] Born in Suffolk.

He was a blacksmith [1861] / a blacksmith's striker [1881].

He married Mary [1814-1896].


Mary was born in Norland
 

From 1861, 3 children were living with them, all born in Norland:

  1. Elizabeth Ann Brearley [b 1848] who was a worsted spinner  [1861]
  2. Isabella Brearley [18th April 1849-6th April 1901] who  was a worsted spinner [1861], a woollen weaver [1881, 1891]
  3. Tom Brearley


Question: Does anyone know whether these were Mary's children, born before her marriage to Charles?

 

They lived at

  • Upper Spark House, Norland [1861]
  • Spark House, Norland [1881]
  • 11 Spark House Lane, Norland (Mary and Isabella  living alone) [1891]

Charles died 22nd February 1886 (aged 62).

Mary died 12th May 1896 (aged 82).

The couple were buried at Mount Pleasant Wesleyan Chapel, Norland

Payne, Charles HenryRef P1238
[1886-1965] Born in Kidderminster.

He was chief designer at Firth's Carpets [1950s]. It is said that he was involved in the design of carpets for the Queen Mary liner.

He was an artist.

In 1912, he married (1) Florence Mary Widdows [1883-1949] at Stourbridge.

Child: Gilbert [b 1915]

In 1956, he married (2) Ellen V. Morton.

They lived at 9 The Grove, Hipperholme [1965].

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Payne, Charles RichardRef P874
[1854-19??] Son of Robert Payne, moulder.

Born in Bradford.

He was a silk dresser [1901].

On 15th April 1876, he married Catherine Cannane at Elland Parish Church.


Catherine / Kate was born in Brighouse, the daughter of
Gerald Cannane
 

Children:

  1. Robert [b 1880] who was a puddler (iron works) [1901]
  2. Lily [b 1882] who was a silk gasser [1901]
  3. Sophia [b 1885] who was a silk gasser [1901]
  4. Walter [b 1891]
  5. Clara [b 1894]

They lived at Club House, Horbury [1901]

Payne, ErnestRef P340
[1887-1919] Son of John William Payne.

Born in Halifax.

He was a hosier's errand boy [1901] / a clothing club agent [1911]. He lived at 43 Newstead Terrace, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was reported missing and assumed to have died after a raid on the enemy trenches [2nd February 1918].

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

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Payne, GeorgeRef P136
[18??-1916] Of 80 Hartley Street, Battinson Road, Halifax.

He worked for Moore Brothers, Hanson Lane.

During World War I, he enlisted [1st September 1914], and he served as a Corporal with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died in a failed attack on Schwaben Redoubt [3rd September 1916].

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Payne, JackRef P781
[1???-19??] A local character who lived in a cottage at John Naylor Lane, Luddendenfoot. His mother lived in a nearby cottage.

He did odd-jobs at 2/6d an hour.

His cottage was lit by a single candle and he read outside by the setting sun. He slept in the trees as he did not like being inside the cottage. This dislike of being indoors may be the result of his experiences serving in the war.

When the cottages were demolished in the 1960s, he went to live in a rented cottage above the Friendly fish shop.

At one point, he became ill and was admitted to hospital, although the system had no records of him. When he recovered, he went to live with his sister at Kershaw, Luddendenfoot. The Social Services gave him clothes and money, and he said that he had never been so wealthy

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Payne, JohnRef P1075
[1826-1879] He was an artificial flower maker.

He lived at 4 Wesley Street, Greece Fields, Halifax.

He died 14th October 1879 (aged 53).

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: K 965 D]

Payne, John WilliamRef P492
[1858-1926] Son of Eliza [1832-1???] & Mr Payne.


His mother was born in Halifax
 

Born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

He was an errand boy (living with his mother & sister Ellen in  Halifax) [1871] / a canvasser & collector [1891] / a clothing canvasser & collector [1901] / a clothing club collector (Halifax Tradesmen's Supply  Association) [1911].

He married Hannah Maria [1848-19??].


Hannah Maria was born in Spalding, Lincolnshire
 

Children:

  1. Arthur
  2. Ernest

They lived at

  • 19 Raglan Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 11 Ashbourne Grove, Halifax [1901]
  • 43 Newstead Terrace, Halifax [1911]

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Payne, M. G. J.Ref P922
[1???-19??] He served in West Ham before becoming Halifax Parish Church [1914], Curate at Sowerby, and Vicar of St John in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale [October 1918]

Payne, WilliamRef P39
[1848-1905] Born in Wistow, Huntingdonshire.

He was a carter (sanitary depot) [1891] / a gas labourer [1901].

He married Annie [1853-1921].


Annie was born in Hellifield, Yorkshire
 

Children:

  1. Louisa J. [b 1874] who was a worsted comber [1891]
  2. Ada Ann [1877-1918] who was a worsted spinner [1891],  married Thomas Saville, & was buried with her parents
  3. Fanny M. [b 1879] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  4. Arthur G. [b 1881] who was an apprentice mechanic [1901],  a machine tool maker [1911]
  5. Francis G. [b 1883] who was a coal porter [1901], a brass  finisher [1911]
  6. Herbert / Albert E. [b 1884]
  7. Mary A. [b 1885]
  8. Alice [b 1886] who was a cotton twister [1901]
  9. Lilly [b 1892]

They lived at

  • 14 Colbeck Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 33 Chatham Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 18 Clement Street, Halifax [1911]

William died 29th April 1905 (aged 57).

Annie died 29th April 1921 (aged 68).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1302]

Payton, F. BartramRef P591
[18??-18??] He and William Gray were partners in Bradford architects, Payton & Gray.

Their work included the Chapels in Brighouse Cemetery [1874]

Payton, MichaelRef P1247
[1846-1883] Of Brighouse.

He was a letter-carrier [for 14 years] / a member of the Brighouse Volunteer Rifle Corps.

Michael died in 1883 (aged 37).

He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery

Peace Cote Farm, WarleyRef P52
/ Wainstalls.

Owners and tenants have included

Peace Cote, WarleyRef P266
17th century house

Owners and tenants have included

See Peace Cote Farm, Wainstalls

Peace, Rev FrankRef P218
[1???-19??] In 1939, he became Minister of Lineholme Baptist Church, Stansfield, Roomfield Baptist Church, Todmorden, and Vale Baptist Church, Todmorden which had recently been established as a group

Peace HallRef P194
No, no, no! It's the Piece Hall

Peace, JohnRef P1108
[1824-1865] Born in Alverthorpe [29th February 1824].

He was a boot & shoe maker [1851].

In [Q4] 1846, he married Mary Smith [1821-1891].


Mary was born in Halifax [23rd March 1821]
 

Children:

  1. Lavinia [1852-1864] who was buried with her parents
  2. Ellen [1859-1922] who was a worsted reeler [1881] &  married Thomas Lees
  3. Mary A. [b 1861] who was a worsted warper [1881]

They lived at

  • 2 Upper Wesley Street, Halifax [1851]
  • Siddal [1865]
  • 2 Oxford Terrace, Siddal [1881]

John died 23rd June 1865 (aged 41).

Mary died 16th December 1891 (aged 70).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4340]

Peace, JosephRef P102
[1829-1906] Born in Cumberworth / Silkstone.

He was a weaver of fancy vestings [1851] / a carpet pattern weaver [1861] / a warehouseman (worsted & fancy mixed goods) [1881].

In [Q3] 1850, he married (1) Martha Radley [1828-18??] in Wortley.


Martha was born in Cumberworth.

She had an illegitimate son Arthur Radley who lived with the family [1851, 1861]

 

Martha died between 1852 & 1855.

On 14th November 1857, he married (2) Sarah Firth [1836-1878] in Silkstone.


Sarah was born in Silkstone
 

Child: Mary Jane [1859-1917] who married William Henry Swift

They lived at

  • Cumberworth, Huddersfield [1851]
  • 25 York Street, Northowram [1861]
  • 8 Launceston Street, Halifax [1881]
  • 15 Hartley Street, Halifax (Joseph living with daughter  Mary Jane & family) [1891, 1901]

He was buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax

Peace MonumentRef P457
See Stoodley Pike

Peace Restored Lodge 114 I. O. G. F. Bradford UnityRef P1050
Ripponden Friendly Society [Number 3798] recorded in 1898, when their registration was cancelled (under the Friendly Societies Act [1896]) 

The Peaceful Dove Friendly SocietyRef P921
A 19th century benevolent society. Recorded in 1910, when Thomas Sharp was Secretary.

The Midgley Jacob's Well Lodge of the Society met at the Shoulder of Mutton, Midgley.

The Society owned property in Halifax, Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, and Midgley, including Smithy Fold at Midgley. In 1887, this was completely rebuilt and renamed Dove's Rest

Peach, Rev O. A.Ref P486
[18??-19??]
He was vicar at Preston before becoming Vicar of
St Peter's Church, Walsden [1926]. He resigned in June 1936

Peacock, HerbertRef P566
[1898-1918] Of 31 Jubilee Road, Siddal.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died 13th October 1918 (aged 20).

He was buried at Elland Cemetery [U A 1674].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Peacock House Farm, HeptonstallRef P193
Mentioned in 1818.

Owners and tenants have included

Peacock House, WarleyRef P393
Owners and tenants have included

Peacock, JamesRef P1136
[1821-1853] Surgeon.

He died 10th October 1853 (aged 32), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 351] with his brother Dr William Hodgson Peacock

Peacock, John BoyesRef P1186
[1856-1904] Landlord of the Sun Inn, Halifax [1904].

In 1875, he married Annie Barnes in Halifax.

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1904

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Peacock, MargaretRef P720
[1884-1???] Born in Liverpool.

She was one of the children who came to the district to work at Calvert's Mill at Wainstalls. She was a worsted spinner [1901].

She lived with Melissa Cockroft [1901]

Peacock, Rev S.Ref P1007
[18??-1???]
Pastor at
Naze Bottom Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [1891]

Peacock, Thomas JamesRef P1234
[1838-1861] He was a pupil at Rev Hartnett's School [1851] / a grocer.

On 30th August 1858, he married Elizabeth Hoyle at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Halifax.


Elizabeth was the daughter of Samuel Dyson Hoyle
 

Thomas died 30th December 1861 (aged 23), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1248] with Mary Spencer & her daughter, and George R. Clough [1845-1873]

Peacock, Dr William HodgsonRef P1235
[1811-1869] MRCS, LAC.

Born in Stonegrave, North Riding.

He was a surgeon & apothecary in Halifax / house surgeon at the Halifax Infirmary & Dispensary [1841] / a general practitioner [1851] / a surgeon [1861] / Medical Officer for the Halifax Workhouse [1865] / Secretary & Treasurer of the St James's Club, Halifax [1868].

In the 1850s, he was mentioned in several inquests, including that of Dan Beverley.

On 10th January 1855, he married Anne Baker [1814-1857] at St Maurice's Church, York.

They lived at

  • 6 Broad Street, Halifax [1851]
  • North Parade, Halifax [1861]

Anne died 28th March 1857 (aged 43).

He died 18th February 1869 (aged 58).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £800. Probate was granted to his sisters: Ann Frisby and Mary Wright

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 351] with his brother James Peacock

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Peake, J.Ref P740
[18??-19??]
Pianoforte manufacturer at New Brunswick Street, Halifax [1905]. He had showrooms at 300
Queens Road

Peake, James WilliamRef P1230
[1895-1972] Born in Todmorden [23rd September 1895].

He was discharging fishing trawlers [1939].

In 1923, he married Susy [1886-1956] in Todmorden


Susy, (née Ratcliffe) was the widow of
Walter Greenhalgh
 

They lived at 11 Hollywood Grove, Fleetwood [1939].

Susy died in Todmorden [Q1 1956] (aged 70).

James died in Blackpool [Q2 1972]

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Peake, MargeryRef P528
[15??-16??] She was the fourth wife of Sir John Savile

Pear Trees, LightcliffeRef P375
Owners and tenants have included

A sale notice of July 1843, mentioned the valuable beds of coal here which were being worked by Stocks Lumb.

See Gibson Charity

Pearce, Arthur OakesRef P866
[1871-1951] Principal cornet player with Brighouse & Rastrick Temperance Brass Band [1900-1909].

Conductor with the King Cross Band [1909] and Black Dike Mills Band [1912-1948].

He retired in 1947.

He is buried at Queensbury

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Pearce, Herbert JohnRef P624
[1893-1916] Son of James Pearce.

Born in Kidderminster.

He was a member of St Barnabas's Mission Church, Halifax / a member of the Parish Church Church Lads' Brigade / a creeler in weaving shed [1911] / a weaver at Shaw Lodge Mills.

He lived at 2 Taylor's Buildings, Waterside, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died of wounds in a military hospital [13th September 1916].

He died just before visiting relatives arrived.

The Halifax Courier [23rd September 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Étaples Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref X D 8A].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Halifax Building Society, on the Memorial at Halifax Church Lads' Brigade, and on the Halifax Parish Church Members (WWI) Memorial


He may be recorded as HERBERT V. PEARCE
 

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Pearce, J. W.Ref P1189
[18??-1???] Surgeon in Halifax.

He was recorded at the dispensary provided by James Akroyd & Sons for their workpeople [1850]

Pearce, JamesRef P622
[1864-1908] He was a carpet weaver [1901].

He served in the Grenadier Guards.

He married Kate [1869-19??].


Kate was born in Stourbridge
 

Children:

  1. Maud E. [b 1892] who was a cotton winder [1911]
  2. Herbert John
  3. Dora [b 1909]

They lived at

  • 3 Lock Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 7 Lock Street, Halifax [1911]

James died in Halifax in 1908 (aged 44).

Kate was a cotton winder [1911].

The family later moved back to Kidderminster and were at 17 Rackfields, Kidderminster [1916]

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Pearce, KennethRef P349
[1923-1943] Son of Emma & Arthur W. Pearce of 26 Stoodley Terrace, West End, Halifax, and later of Hipperholme.

He was educated at Halifax Modern School & Halifax Tech / a member of King Cross Cricket Club / a member of New Brighton Police force.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) and No.6 Commando.

He was killed in North Africa [26th February 1943] (aged 20).

He was buried at Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia [Grave Ref 1 A 3].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Pearsall, JamesRef P1068
[1849-188?] Born in Middlesex.

He was an engine driver (iron works) [1881] / a sailor [on daughter Sarah Ann's marriage record] / a mariner [on daughter Mary Jane's marriage record].

He married Phoebe [1846-1902].


Phoebe was born in Seacombe, Cheshire
 

Children:

  1. George Henry [b 1874] who was a dyer [1891], a labourer  in coal yard [1901]
  2. Thomas Edward [b 1875] who was a labourer [1891], a cloth  miller [1901]
  3. Sarah Ann [b 1877] who was a spinner [1891], a worsted  twister [1901] & married Joe Broomhead
  4. Mary Jane [b 1879] who married Noel Rupert Victor Pearson
  5. James

They lived at

  • 35 Roberts Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1881]
  • Branton, Sowerby [1891]
  • 4 Milner Place, Luddendenfoot [1901]

James died between 1881 & 1886.

Living with them [in 1901] was granddaughter Sarah E Pearsall [b 1897].

Phoebe died in Halifax in 1902 (aged 56) 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Pearsall, JamesRef P1063
[1885-1916] Son of James Pearsall.

Born in Birkenhead.

He was a cotton doffer [1901].

He lived at Sowerby Bridge [1891, 1901].

During World War I, he served as a Rifleman with the 7th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps.

He died 15th September 1916.

He was buried at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France [Grave Ref VII C 7].

He is remembered on Luddendenfoot War Memorial

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Glynn Helliwell

Pearson ...Ref P84
The entries for people & families with the surname Pearson are gathered together in the SideTrack.

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Pearson & RamsdenRef P147
Commission worsted knotters & menders.

Recorded in 1921, when they were at Croft Hollow, Rastrick

Pearson BrothersRef P611
Lithographers, printers, bookbinders, general and fancy stationers and booksellers established around 1883 at Corn Market, Halifax, by brothers Joseph Wild Pearson and Leonard Pearson.

They later moved to 28 Crown Street, Halifax [1895], 29 Crown Street, Halifax [1900].

The partnership was dissolved [30th June 1900].

The business was at 16 Rawson Street, Halifax [1905]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso

Pearson Brow, HipperholmeRef P645
A part of the Shibden Valley

Pearson's ConfectionersRef P188
Recorded in 1901, when they were makers of

Pearson's Butter Cream Toffee

at Jasmine Toffee Mills, Brighouse


Question: Could this be connected to Joah Pearson?

 

Pearson House, SkircoatRef P1203
Recorded in 1851, when occupants included

  • Jane & Edward Pepper
  • Sarah & Nahum Godber

Pearson IngRef P73
A part of the estate at Shibden Hall. Mentioned in Anne Lister's journal [24th July 1823].

See Ing

Pearson Marsden's DairyRef P537
Bowling Alley, Rastrick.

Recorded around 1915

Peart, Rev William F.Ref P372
[18??-19??] Vicar of Mytholmroyd [1874].

He influenced Rev John Heyhirst, then a teacher at the Sunday School, to study theology.

In 1886, he left to become vicar of Thornton Steward, Bedale

Pease, Alan EdwardRef P254
[1914-1997] JP.

Of Surrey.

Son of C. E. Pease of Ranmore, South Nutfield, Surrey.

Born 3rd September 1914.

He was employed by Paton & Baldwin Limited, Halifax / Second-Lieutenant with the 4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light  Infantry.

On 5th September 1939, he married Olive Mary Nugent at St Peter's Church, Sowerby.


The wedding was brought forward on account of the outbreak of World War II.

The Pease family members were unable to attend

 

They lived at The Breck, Triangle

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Pease, Colonel Joseph WalkerRef P1198
[1820-1882] Of Hesslewood, Yorkshire.

He was MP for Hull.

In 1843, he married Barbara Catherine Palmer [1820-1895] in Brighton.

Children:

  1. Barbara Mary [1851-1911] who married William Greville Hazlerigg
  2. Eleanor Louisa [1853-1911] who married Major Arthur Hancock Edwards

This & associated entries use material contributed by Ivan Birch & Glynn Helliwell

Peat House, HalifaxRef P1190
Range Bank.

Owners and tenants have included

Peat Pitts Farm, BarkislandRef P923
Aka Peat Pitts, Pitts House.

Owners and tenants have included

Peat Pitts Farm, OgdenRef P507
Formerly the Mount Sion Sunday School

Pechey, Rev Canon R. F.Ref P192
[18??-19??]
MA.

He was curate at St Paul's, Onslow Square, London before becoming Second vicar of All Saints' Church, Salterhebble [1899-1907]

Peck, Dr Edward G.Ref P659
[18??-19??]
Physician. He was Medical Officer for Queensbury and Northowram Ward (to the west of Shibden Beck) [1905]

Peck, RichardRef P837
[13??-1???] He married Margaret Haselden [13??-1???].

Children:

  1. Richard
  2. John – who had 7 children

This & associated entries use material contributed by Peter Cockerill

Peck, RichardRef P42
[13??-1439] Son of Richard Peck.

He was a silversmith & goldsmith.

He lived at Owram Hall, Shibden.

He gave generously to the rebuilding of Halifax Parish Church.

When he died, he was one of the largest landowners in Halifax. He was buried in Halifax Parish Church by the choir.

In 1456, John Stansfeld was one of the trustees to the lands of Richard Peck

This & associated entries use material contributed by Peter Cockerill

Peck, William P.Ref P1248
[1???-18??] Recorded in 1855, when he was a Methodist minister in Todmorden

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom

Pecket Bar, Pecket WellRef P404
Ackroyd Lane / Keighley Road. Toll booth for the Hebden Bridge & Lees Turnpike dated about 1830

Pecket WellRef P34
Wadsworth village, part of the township of Wadsworth. North of Hebden Bridge and on the road to Keighley,

Pecket Well Cricket ClubRef P250
Recorded around 1915, when James Sowden was captain

Pecket Well Industrial & Co-operative SocietyRef P689
Woodland Terrace. Established about 1876. It was taken over in 1936. In March 1992, the building became a College for Adult Basic & Community Education

Pecket Well Leek & Onion ClubRef P739
Said to be the smallest club in the country. The club holds its annual show at the Robin Hood, Pecket Well

Pecket Wood, WadsworthRef P828
See Old Town Hall, Wadsworth

Peckett & RobertshawRef P216
Blouse manufacturers.

Recorded in 1921, when they were at Bull Close Lane, Halifax

Peckett, BenjaminRef P121
[1850-1???] Born in Royston, Yorkshire.

He was a woollen cloth presser [1871] / a cloth presser [1881, 1891] / a subscriptions collector, clothing club [1911].

In 1870, he married Rebecca Gardner [1851-1???] in Halifax.


Rebecca was born in Whatton, Yorkshire.

She was a factory hand (worsted) [1871]

 

Children:

  1. Walter [1871-1955] who was a screw maker [1891]
  2. Charles
  3. Fred Gardner [1880-1958]
  4. Annie [b 1883] who was a cotton reeler [1901, 1911]
  5. Clara [b 1885] who was a cotton twiner piecer [1901]
  6. Mary Jane [b 1887] who was a cotton winder [1911]
  7. Florence [b 1889] who was a typist [1911]
  8. Frank [b 1892] who was a piecer cotton [1911]
  9. Ada [b 1895] who was a piecer cotton [1911]

The family lived at

They lived at

  • 9 Trafalgar, Halifax [1871]
  • 3 Ingram Square, Skircoat, Halifax [1881]
  • 24 Walker Street, Skircoat, Halifax [1891]
  • 17 Jubilee Road, Siddal, Halifax [1901, 1911]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Peckett, CharlesRef P773
[1878-1917] Son of Benjamin Peckett.

Born in Salterhebble.

He was a member of St Mark's Cricket Club / a member of the Friendly & Trades Club, Halifax / a member of Square Church PSA Society / a doffer in worsted mill [1891] / a cloth presser [1901, 1911] / employed by John Crabtree & Sons.

In 1916, he married Gertrude Murray in Halifax.

They lived at 509 Wood Terrace, Salterhebble.

During World War I, he enlisted [June 1916] and served as a Private with the 1st/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed by a shell at Ferme du Bois [4th April 1917].

He was buried at Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, France [Grave Ref IV C 16].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Derrick Habergham

Peckitt, WilliamRef P1227
[17??-18??]

On 11th April 1795, he married Anna Maria Chadwick [1772-1853] in Knaresborough.


Anna was born in Knaresborough.

She was a seamstress [1851]

 

Children:

  1. Mary [1797-1866] who married Mr Turner and was  buried with her mother
  2. Ann [b 1814] who was a seamstress [1851]

They lived at 28 Brunswick Street, Halifax [1851].

Anna Maria was widowed by 1851.

Ann Maria died 6th July 1853 (aged 81)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2762]

Peckitt, WilliamRef P1031
[18??-19??] He was Inspector in the Halifax Police before becoming Police Superintendent at Todmorden Police Station [1911]

Pedder, James HenryRef P1282
[18??-18??]
Recorded in August 1861, when he was an ale and porter merchant in Halifax

Pedley, Rev Canon BettyRef P269
[19??-] She was Children's Work Adviser in the Diocese of Wakefield [1999]. before becoming Vicar at Luddenden with Luddendenfoot [2006] and Minister-in-Charge of Norland [2006]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom

Pedley, Rev GeorgeRef P441
[18??-19??]
Curate at
All Souls' Church, Halifax [1892]. In 1893, he was appointed vicar of Girlington

Peebles, JohnRef P502
[1???-16??]
Curate at
Lightcliffe [1630].

In 1662, he was ejected

Peechy, Rev R. F.Ref P4950
[18??-19??]
MA.

Vicar of All Saints' Church, Dudwell [1906]

Peel ...Ref P379
The entries for people & families with the surname Peel are gathered together in the SideTrack.

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Peel & MannRef P243
Maltsters at Elland.

Partners included William Peel and Godfrey Whithead Mann.

The partnership was dissolved in August 1826

Peel & TattersallRef P709
Woollen manufacturers at Whitwell Mill, Elland [1905]

Peel Cottage, TodmordenRef P959

Owners and tenants have included

See Peel Cottage Road, Todmorden and Peel Cottage Street, Todmorden

Peel House, GreetlandRef P1285
Moorbottom Lane. Recorded in 1918, when Walter Cooper died here

Peel House Lodge, LuddendenRef P29

See Peel House, Luddenden

Peel House, LuddendenRef P274
Stock Lane.

Hall-and-cross-wing, hearth-passage house. There is a datestone AW 1598 over the doorway for Anthony Wade. A fireplace is inscribed RSW.

It is said to be the oldest house in Luddenden.

Owners and tenants have included

This is discussed in the books Ancient Halls in & about Halifax and Halifax Antiquarian Society Transactions

See Little Peel House, Luddenden and Peel House Lodge, Luddenden

Peel's: William Peel & CompanyRef P648
Woollen manufacturers at South Lane Mills, Elland [1905]

Pegcote, CornholmeRef P88
House

Pegler-HattersleyRef P385
Evolved from Hattersley (Ormskirk) Limited. In 1987, the business closed and production moved to Doncaster

Pegler, MrRef P285
[18??-18??]

Recorded on 23rd June 1866, when there was an attempted robbery at his jeweller's shop in Old Market, Halifax

Pek, JohnRef P1200
[1???-1???]
Of Southowram.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Richard

Pek, RichardRef P1089
[1???-14??]
In 1437, Elizabeth de Swillington conveyed the
Manor of Shelf Hall to Richard Pek.

In 1488, he conveyed the Manor to Richard Fourness

Pelican Chambers, HalifaxRef P1167
Office accommodation at 10 Commercial Street, Halifax [1936]

Owners and tenants have included

Pelico House, RastrickRef P920
When the Railway Hotel closed [1934] it was used as a hostel for foreign workers employed in mills in Wyke

PellonRef P36
District to the north-west of Halifax

Pellon All Age Selling StakesRef P549
See Halifax Race Course

Pellon Allotments AssociationRef P1208
Allotments established around 1911

This & associated entries use material contributed by Kay Heywood

Pellon & District Community CentreRef P654
Church Lane, Pellon. Established in the former Mount Pellon Junior & Infants' School

This & associated entries use material contributed by John Ellis

Pellon Co-OpRef P890
Branch number 15 of the Halifax Industrial Society opened in May 1865

Pellon Lane Economic StoresRef P918
Pellon Lane. A branch of Economic Stores (Halifax) Limited. Opened in 1???

Pellon Lane Liberal ClubRef P692
Dyson Road / Battinson Road, Halifax. The Club Buildings were designed by J. F. Walsh [1899]

Pellon Lane Post OfficeRef P745
Recorded in 1905 at 221a Pellon Lane. It was then at the same address as the business run by E. Kilner, confectioner.

See Mount Pellon Post Office and Pellon Post Office

Pellon LibraryRef P426
Held in Pellon Baptist Church, Spring Hall Lane.

As part of a cost-cutting exercise by Calderdale Council, the library was one of several considered for closure in 2006/2007

Pellon Post OfficeRef P905
Recorded in 1861 at Mount Pellon. It was then run by John Dodgson, shopkeeper.

Recorded in 1905 at 33 Pellon Lane. It was then at the same address as the business run by Pearson Cockroft, grocer.

See Mount Pellon Post Office and Pellon Lane Post Office

Pellon Railway StationRef P505
Station on the High Level Railway. At the junction of Queens Road with Battinson Road and South View Terrace. Opened in 1889. The station closed on 1st January 1917

This & associated entries use material contributed by Cedric Rowland

Pellon Recreation Ground, HalifaxRef P843
Recorded in 1936

Pellon Reservoir, HalifaxRef P754

Pellon Social ClubRef P791
Recorded in 1917 at New Pellon when Harry Greenwood was secretary

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom

Pellon Ward Conservative ClubRef P747
The Club was opened on 31st July 1903 by Sir Alfred Arnold.

Recorded in 1905 at Raven Street when George Bradley was Secretary

Pellon Ward, HalifaxRef P894
One of the Electoral Wards of Halifax.

See James Ryder Butler, William Henry Ingham, Enoch Robinson, George Edward Robinson and William Henry Wainhouse

Pellon Ward Liberal ClubRef P790
Recorded in 1917 at Battinson Road, when Harry Cardus was secretary

Members and Officers of the Club have included

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom

Pellon Wesleyan Football ClubRef P1276
Recorded in 1924.

See Pellon Wesleyan Church

Pells, JohnRef P333
[18??-1938]
Of Halifax and Brooklyn, New York.

In 1904, he married Edith, daughter of John Whitley

Pells, MissRef P966
[18??-1???]
Teacher of Music at 8 Park View, Halifax [August 1877]

Pemberton, CharlesRef P247
[17??-18??] Hatter in Southowram [1781]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy

Pemberton, FrankRef P657
[1918-1944] Son of Laura & William Pemberton of Todmorden.

During World War II, he served as a Fusilier with the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers.

He died 17th January 1944 (aged 26).

He was buried at Minturno War Cemetery, Italy [Grave Ref III B 11].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Pen-namesRef P347
Many writers have published their work under pseudonyms, or pen-names.

Some of those who wrote on local history topics relevant to the Calderdale Companion are shown in the Foldout

Pendle, John JosephRef P1016
[1918-1947] Son of Annie & Arthur Pendle.

He married Mary.

They lived in Halifax.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the Royal Pioneer Corps.

He died 21st April 1947 (aged 29).

He was buried at the Walsall (Bloxwich) Cemetery [P 3 56]

Pendlebury, DavidRef P532
[18??-19??] In [Q1] 1902, he married Adeline Ramsden in Halifax.


Adeline was the daughter of
Richard Ramsden
 

Children:

  1. Bessie Patricia Adeline [1921-1924] who died aged 2 years & 6 months

Daughter Bessie is remembered on her grandparents' grave at Brighouse Cemetery

Pendlebury, Rev W. ArnoldRef P924
[1900-1995] Minister at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden [1940s-1950s].

In the mid-1950s, he moved to Newton Abbot, Devon

This & associated entries use material contributed by Ian Birchall

Pendleton, Rev J.Ref P236
[19??-19??]
He was curate at Padiham, Burnley before becoming Vicar of
St Michael & All Angels' Church, Cornholme [1944]

Pendleton, WilliamRef P867
[18??-19??]
Lodging house keeper at 21 King Street [10 lodgers in 1903]

Penfold, Christopher RawsonRef P298
[1811-1870] Son of Rev John Penfold.

Born in Steyning, Sussex [2nd August 1811].

He was named after his uncle & godfather Christopher Rawson.

He was trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London & became a physician.

In 26th May 1835, he married Mary Holt [18??-1895].


Mary was the daughter of Thomas Holt, medical practitioner in Edmonton, London
 

Child: Georgina who married [24th September 1862] Thomas Francis Hyland

The family emigrated to Australia with a servant, Ellen Timbrell, aboard the Taglioni, arriving in South Australia [18th June 1844].

They bought 500 acres of land at Mackgill, outside Adelaide, where they established a vineyard, using vines which they had bought in France en route from England. They started producing wine as a medical drink, and the business went on to produce world-famous Penfolds Wines, which is now the oldest wine-producing company in Australia.

Today, Penfolds produce a wine called Rawson's Retreat and Australia's internationally famous red wine, Grange Hermitage

He died at his home, The Grange [26th March 1870].

After his death, Mary, Thomas Francis Hyland & Ellen Timbrell continued the wine production

This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso

Penfold, Frances EstherRef P75
[1803-1838] Known as Fanny.

Daughter of Rev John Penfold.

Born 26th August 1803; baptised in Steyning, Sussex [14th October 1803].

She was a companion to Elizabeth Walker.

On 28th July 1829, she married John Walker, her employer's nephew, in Steyning, Sussex.

John died on their honeymoon in Naples.

Fanny erected a memorial to John in Lightcliffe Old Church. This was rescued when the Church was demolished and was stored in the Tower.

Fanny was pregnant but the child was stillborn at her parents' home [10th October 1830].

On 12th September 1832, Fanny married (2) Courtney Kenny Clarke at Halifax Parish Church.

The couple lived at Larch Hill, County Dublin.

Fanny died at Penzance [14th August 1838].

Courtney married (2) Delia Edwards

This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso & Ian Philp

Penfold, Rev JohnRef P205
[1764-1840] Son of Charity (née Marchant) [1720-1800] & Richard Penfold [1711-1788].

He was vicar at St Andrew's Church, Steyning [1792-1840].

In 1792, he married Charlotte Jane Brooks [1770-1843].


Charlotte Jane was the daughter of
Thomas Brooks, and half-sister of Mary Anne Brooks who married Christopher Rawson
 

Children:

  1. John Sandys [1793-1870]
  2. Thomas Brooks [1796-1864]
  3. Richard [1798-1829]
  4. Catherine [b 1799] who married Giovanni Baroncelli
  5. William [b 1800]
  6. James Vowler [1802-1882]
  7. Fanny / Frances Esther
  8. Robert Perkins [b 1805]
  9. George Rawson [1808-1872]
  10. Christopher Rawson
  11. child
  12. child
  13. child

This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso & Robyn Lewis

Pengrove, SamuelRef P270
[18??-1877]
He died during the construction of the
Queensbury Tunnel [11th April 1877]. He had been drinking in a local beerhouse before complaining of feeling unwell and passed away in a chair 3 hours later

Penguin Ice Cream Company, HalifaxRef P877
Recorded in 1936 at Dunkirk Lane

Pennant, ThomasRef P173
[17??-1???]
On the return half of a tour from Chester to Scotland and back, he and Rev John Lightfoot visited Halifax by way of Keighley. He writes


October 1774:

After crossing some very dismal moors, varied with several tedious ascents and descents, reach, at the foot of a very steep hill the great town of Halifax, or the Holy-Hair, from a legendary tale not worth mentioning. It is seated in a very deep bottom and concealed from view on every side, till approached very nearly. The streets are narrow; the houses mostly built and covered with stone, and the streets have been lately paved in the manner of those at Edinburgh. The town extends far in length but not in breadth. Here is only one church, spacious, supported by two rows of octagonal pillars and supplied with a handsome organ

 

He also describes his visit to

my old correspondent Mr Thomas Bolton

Penney, AlbertRef P898
[1886-1917] Son of Walter Penney.

Born in Halifax.

He was a member of Square Congregational Church, Halifax / a Sunday School worker / an officer in the Boys' Brigade / an electrical engineer / apprenticed to Hodgson's electricians, Halifax / in the electricity department of Salford Corporation.

During World War I, he enlisted in Manchester, and he served as a Sapper with the 427th Field Company Royal Engineers.

He served in Gallipoli, Egypt & France.

He died of wounds in the 64th Casualty Clearing Station at Ypres [14th September 1917].

The Halifax Courier [29th September 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref IV D 26].

He is remembered at Mount Tabor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.

Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £410 2/6d to his father.

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Glynn Helliwell

Penney, Albert JamesRef P615
[1867-1931] Born in Halifax.

He was a grocer [1899].

In [Q2] 1899, he married Harriet Dinsdale in Halifax.


Harriet was the daughter of
William Henry Dinsdale
 

Children:

  1. Marion [1899-1977] who never married
  2. Helena [1901-1964] who married [1933] Tom C Sutton  [1884-1963] and left £624 to her sister Marion

The children were born in Halifax.

Harriet died in Halifax [21st October 1920].

James Albert died in Scarborough [10th September 1931].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £688 11/11d to his two daughters

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Penney, AlfredRef P1226
[1841-19??] Born in Cragg Vale.

He was a cotton weaver [1901].

In [Q3] 1862, he married Elizabeth Helliwel [1836-19??] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. Alice [b 1870] who married John Sutcliffe Fielden
  2. Helliwell [b 1876] who was a cotton weaver [1901]

They lived at 6 Fern Hill, Cornholme [1901].

Living with them [in 1901] was grandson Harold Fielden

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Penney, Austin WilliamRef P1105
[1834-1868] Son of James Penney.

Born in Somerset.

He was a wool comber [1851] / a pawnbroker's assistant [1861].

In [Q3] 1860, he married Eliza McKenna [1834-1???] in Halifax.


Eliza was born in Ireland.

She was a sewing machine quilter [1861]

 

They lived at 14 Duke Street, Northowram [1861].

Austin William died 10th March 1868 (aged 34)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2638]

Penney, JamesRef P1106
[1788-18??] Born in Wellington, Somerset.

He was a wool comber [1851].

Around 1827, he married Mary [1793-18??].


Mary was born in Ireland
 

Children:

  1. Leo [b 1827] who was a wool comber [1851]
  2. Agnes [b 1828] who was a weaver [1851]
  3. Austin William
  4. Louisa [b 1834] who was a weaver [1851]

They lived at Morpeth Street, Halifax [1851]

Penney, John LongbottomRef P208
[1836-1895] Born in Bingley.

He was a worsted woolsorter [1871, 1891].

He married Ruth Ann [1841-1905].


Ruth Ann was born in Ripponden
 

Children:

  1. Louisa [b 1866] who was a worsted warper [1891]
  2. James [b 1867] who was a woolsorter [1891]
  3. Joseph [b 1872] who was a woolsorter [1891]

They lived at

  • 6 Clarence Square, Halifax [1871]
  • 5 Westbrook Terrace, Halifax [1891]

John Longbottom died 20th October 1895 (aged 59).

Ruth Ann died 17th September 1905 (aged 64).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2275] with his uncle William Crowther

Penney, W.Ref P488
[18??-18??] Brushmaker at Halifax.

In February 1869, he was declared bankrupt

Penney, WalterRef P908
[1862-1935] Born in Halifax.

He was a boot repairer [1885].

In 1885, he married Clare Ambler [1862-1941] in Halifax.


Clare was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Albert
  2. Edith [b 1888]
  3. Gladys [b 1891]

The children were born in Halifax.

The family lived at 5 Shroggs View Terrace, Pellon Lane [1911, 1917]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Pennine BridlewayRef P229

See Bridleway

Pennine Farm MuseumRef P328
In 1975, Ryburn Civic Trust converted an old barn in Old Bank, Ripponden, into a museum depicting the life of 19th farming family

Pennine FinchRef P845
The Pennine Finch or Twitecarduelis flavirostris – is a small brown bird which breeds only in the south Pennines. Calderdale is one of its main homes.

As hay meadows are reduced and its habitat threatened, the population has decreased in recent years.

A Twite Recovery Project was launched to work with farmers and landowners in the Luddenden Valley

Pennine HeritageRef P383
A charity to promote conservation and economic & social enhancement in the South Pennines.

They provide a large collection of photographs of the district.

Based at the Birchcliffe Centre, Hebden Bridge

Pennine HorizonsRef P970
A project to develop a network of walks and trails across Calderdale. Launched in March 2010.

They are now [August 2012] the custodians of the Alice Longstaff Gallery Collection and have begun to digitise that and other collections

This & associated entries use material contributed by Nigel Lloyd

Pennine HousingRef P929
Housing organisation

Pennine InsuranceRef P211
Formed in Halifax in 1944. Merged to become Bradford-Pennine Insurance in 1965. They had offices at North Park, Halifax

Pennine [No 4177] Masonic LodgeRef P1113
Masonic Lodge.

They were at the Masonic Hall, St James's Road, Halifax [1937]. They met on the third Friday of the month [1937].

Masters and members of the Lodge have included

Pennine PoetsRef P414
Writers' group established in Elland in 1966.

Members have included Joan Lee

Pennine WayRef P37
A signposted route along the Pennines for walkers. It runs 270 miles from Kirk Yetholm on the Scottish borders, passing north-south through the Calderdale district at Blackstone Edge, Erringden, Hebden Bridge, and Heptonstall, and on to Edale in the Derbyshire Peak District. It was opened on 24th April 1965. It links with the Calderdale Way and the Todmorden Centenary Way.

See Cruttonstall, Charlestown, Edge End Farm, Erringden and Oaks Farm, Charlestown

Pennine Way bridgeRef P212
Crosses the M62 near Junction 22. Originally designed as a footbridge, it is said that the Minister of Transport, a keen walker, demanded a more impressive – and more expensive – structure

The PenninesRef P658
The range of hills – also known as The Pennine Chain and The backbone of England – runs southwards from the Lake District of Cumbria to the Peak District of Derbyshire. In the north, the hills are mainly limestone, changing to millstone grit in Yorkshire

Pennington, JohnRef P5590
[1???-18??] He was a watchmaker [1820].

On 28th September 1820, he married Sarah, daughter of Mr Mallinson, at Holy Trinity, Liverpool.

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1825]
  2. Sarah [b 1826]
  3. Mary [b 1827]
  4. George [b 1829]
  5. Henrietta [b 1834]


There is some confusion about the youngest child. The 1841 census shows Henry [born 1834]. The 1851 and 1861 census shows Henrietta [born 1834] This may be a clerical error, or they may be twins
 

They lived at

  • Lime Kiln Lane, Liverpool [1841]
  • 52 Prince Edwin Street, Everton [1851]
  • 11 Sackville Street, Everton [1861]

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Penniwell Hill, SiddalRef P302
Recorded in 1918

Penny, Austin WilliamRef P601
[18??-19??]
Of 19 Northgate, Halifax. He wrote several poems

Penny Bank Chambers, HalifaxRef P33
Office accommodation at Waterhouse Street.

Owners and tenants have included

See Bank Chambers, Halifax and Yorkshire Penny Bank, Halifax

Penny, Rev Robert GeorgeRef P511
[18??-19??] He served at Kibworth Beauchamp, Holy Trinity Westminster, Moscow, Rotherfield Sussex, and Warbleton Sussex before becoming Vicar of St Paul's Church, Halifax [1896]. In 1897, he and Rev F. W. Cooper exchanged the livings at St Paul's, King Cross and Longbridge Deveril [Salisbury].

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Penrith, JamesRef P350
[18??-191?]

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Penrose, S.Ref P593
[18??-19??] Draper at Northowram.

In 1884, he was declared bankrupt

Penrose, Rev ThomasRef P895
[1815-1888]
Born in Knaresborough.

He was a Primitive Methodist Minister in Halifax [1837, 1853].

Penrose, ThomasRef P155
[1849-1910] Born in Easingwold / Alne, Yorkshire.

He was a farmer bailiff [1881] / a farmer (employer) [1910].

In [Q1] 1866, he married Hannah Peacock [1850-19??] in Easingwold.


Hannah was born in Copmanthorpe, Yorkshire
 

They lived at

  • High Field Farm, Southowram [1901]
  • Green Bank, Stainland-with Old Lindley [1881]

Living with them [in 1881] was sister-in-law Martha Peacock [b  1853] (farmer's daughter) 

Thomas died 9th June 1910 (aged 61) 

He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-N3].


Details of Hannah's death & burial place are not yet known
 

People's Clothing EmporiumRef P616
Established around 1883. The business of T. H. Thompson at 55 Crown Street and 2 Central Street, Halifax.

People's Palace, HalifaxRef P163
A music hall established at the Oddfellows' Hall by Frank MacNaughten in 1900.

It continued for a few years after 1903 – when the Palace Theatre opened.

It became the Halifax Trades Club

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The People's Park: BandstandRef P1218
The bandstand in The People's Park – of cast-iron, wood and with a zinc roof – was added in 1882.

Originally, music was only permitted on weekdays.

Other parks were allowed to play music on Sundays from 1902, and Halifax corporation – supported by Lord Somerleyton – applied to remove the restriction and Sunday music was approved in 1924

People's Park FountainsRef P93
See Crossley Fountain, People's Park and Thorp fountain, People's Park

The People's Park, HalifaxRef P86
Hopwood Lane. The public park was built for Sir Francis Crossley and opened in 1857

See Carpet mosaics and Halifax Park & Improvement Act [1858]

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The People's Park: PavilionRef P1217
The pavilion in The People's Park is by G. H. Stokes. It houses a figure of Sir Frank Crossley by Joseph Durham which was inaugurated on 14th August 1860

The People's Park: Terrace, Statues & UrnsRef P1216
The marble statues on the Terrace of The People's Park were designed by G. H. Stokes and sculpted by Francesco Bienaimé

People whose children I don't knowRef P1060

People whose spouses I don't knowRef P1059

Pepper Hill Hall, ShelfRef P524
House dated W / I-H / 1734. Now known as Hill Top

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Pepper Hill Mutual Improvement SocietyRef P806
Founded by Alexander Stradling at Pepper Hill, Shelf [around 1860]

Pepper Hill, ShelfRef P807
Area to the north of Shelf

See Pepper Hill Mutual Improvement Society, Pepper Hill Pottery, Pepper Hill Unitarian Chapel, Shelf and Alexander Stradling

Percival, Rev JabezRef P1038
[18??-19??]
Minister at
United Methodist Free Church, Sowerby Bridge [1875]

Percival Whitley Memorial Sports HallRef P156
Opened at Spring Hall in 1959.

See Percival Whitley

Percy, WilliamRef P1239
[1801-18??] Born in Scarborough.

He was a cabinet maker [1841, 1841] / a joiner [1859].

Around 1827, he married Mary [1805-1859].

They lived at

  • Foundry Street. Halifax [1841]
  • 19 Lower Hope Street, Halifax [1851]

Living with them [in 1851] was niece Elizabeth Parker [b 1827] (dress maker).

Mary Percy died 30th December 1859 (aged 54)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3433]

PerfectaRef P48
The brand name of a type of pressed stone flags produced by Brookes

PerformersRef P667

Perkin & SonsRef P778
Ginger beer makers at Ovenden [1874]

Perkin, JohnRef P983
[17??-18??] Hatter in Halifax [1781]

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Perkin, Joseph CraddockRef P1182
[1834-1???] Born in Leeds.

He was a boot & shoe merchant in Halifax [1871].

In [Q3] 1855, he married Ann Scales [1834-1???] in Leeds.

Children:

  1. Emelia [b 1857]
  2. Emil Scales [b 1858]
  3. Joseph Craddock [b 1862]
  4. Ann Scales [b 1865]
  5. John Scales [b 1867]
  6. William Scales [1869-1870]
  7. Herbert Gardom [1871-1872]

The family lived at 12 Corn Market, Halifax [1871].

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1603]

Perkin, William BeltonRef P288
[1???-18??] Halifax architect.

He had a practice at White Hart Yard, Leeds [1830s]. Elisha Backhouse joined and the firm became Perkin & Backhouse at Commercial Buildings, Leeds 1839. Later Henry Parkin (son 1847-1925) joined practice.

Locally, their work include

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Perkington & CravenRef P693
19th century Halifax architects with offices in Westgate.

Partners included Thomas Perkington and James Craven.

Their work included:

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Perkington, ThomasRef P1194
[1???-18??]
He was Chief Constable in the
Halifax Police [1839]

Perkington, ThomasRef P3540
[17??-18??]
Ironmongers.

He was at 22 Crown Street, Halifax [1822] / 37 Crown Street, Halifax [1829]

He married Sarah [1787-1835].

Sarah died 13th January 1835

Perkington, ThomasRef P977
[18??-18??]
He was land agent at
Silver Street, Halifax [1850] / partner in Perkington & Craven

Perkins, Joseph CawthraRef P433
[1841-1896] Born in Ovenden.

His mother is recorded as


making pop in a big round tub, and filling the stone bottles by hand
 

About 1880, he succeeded to the mineral water business which had been established by his mother at Sod House Green.

In 1887, he was listed as

aërated water maker and furniture remover at Sodhouse Green

In 1897, he introduced a drink for young people known as Diamond Jubilee Stout.

In 1867, he married Martha Crowther [1841-1???] in Halifax.


Martha was born in Norland.

She was a worsted weaver [1871]

 

Child: Ralph

A newspaper report [1882] told that Cawthra was charged with assaulting James Woodhead, an Ovenden farmer, at the Ovenden Thump. Woodhead was challenged by Cawthra and a number of men, and when he refused to pay, he was laid on a table and belaboured with a fire shovel. Perkins was sentenced in absentia and committed to prison for one month, without the option of a fine

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Perkins, RalphRef P752
[18??-19??] Son of Joseph Cawthra Perkins.

He took over the family business of mineral water manufacturer at Ovenden.

He lived at 3 Sod House Green, Ovenden [1905]

Perkinton, Joshua FournessRef P974
[1817-1881] Halifax attorney.

He was at Silver Street, Halifax [1850] / Black Swan Passage.

He lived at

See Hugh Bakewell Bennett and William Henry Boocock

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Perkinton, ThomasRef P663
[1785-1859] He was an ironmonger [1841].

He married (1) Sarah [1788-1835].

Children:

  1. Joshua Fourness [1817-8th August 1881]
  2. Thomas [1821-20th June 1882]

Sarah died 15th January 1835 (aged 47).

He married (2) Sarah [1794-1877].

The family lived at Crown Street, Halifax [1841].

Thomas died 18th December 1859 (aged 74).

Sarah died 13th December 1877 (aged 83).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 77]

Perks, Robert ClementRef P996
[1895-1918] QC, DSO.

Son of Alice Lydia & Thomas Probert Perks of Halifax.

He was educated at Heath Grammar School / a Commoner of Merton College Oxford / a barrister at Halifax & Leeds.

During World War I, he enlisted [June 1915], and he served as a Captain with the 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order


for gallantry leading a bombing party though repeatedly wounded
 

He died from wounds in the leg by shell splinters [27th October 1918] (aged 23).

He was buried at Tezze British Cemetery, Italy [Grave Ref 5 A 5].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Heath Grammar School

Permissive Bill AssociationRef P771
Recorded in 1874 at 29 Northgate, Halifax when W. Waring was Agent

Pero, WilliamRef P6150
[17??-1803]
He was a theatre manager in Halifax, Nottingham, Derby and Stamford.

He married Unknown.


His wife died in September 1801
 

He died in Ireland, after a lingering illness [December 1803]

Perrin, JohnRef P803
[1891-1916] Son of John Perrin of 6 Westfield Place, Parkinson Lane, Halifax.

He married Hannah.

They lived at Hazel House, Finkle Street, Knaresborough.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers.

He was killed in action [7th October 1916] (aged 25).

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 8C, 9A & 16A], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Perry, AlbertRef P919
[1855-19??] Hatter.

A 1900 advertisement for the business announced

Perry's 3/9d Felt Hats

17 Northgate, Halifax

Recorded in 1922

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Perry, Alfred DavidRef P357
[1897-1918] Son of Edith E. & Colin Campbell Perry of Linthwaite, Huddersfield.

Born in Malta.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action at Iwuy Ridge [11th October 1918] (aged 21).

He was buried at Wellington Cemetery, Rieux-en-Cambresis, France [Grave Ref A 7].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Perry, DanielRef P603
[1887-19??] Born in Royston.

He was a G. N. R. porter [1911]

In [Q2] 1910, he married Minnie Guppy in Halifax.


Minnie was born in Gillingham, Dorset, the daughter of
Henry Hoskins Guppy.

She was a cotton twister [1911]

 

Child: Stanley [b 1911]

They lived at 6 Woodside Road, Halifax [with Minnie's father 1911]

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Perry, FredRef P361
[18??-19??]
Last
town crier of Brighouse

Perry, HerbertRef P1020
[1889-1915] Son of Hudson Perry.

Born in Castleford / Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 21st Division Cyclist Company Army Cyclist Corps.

He died 25th January 1915.

He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 11], on Elland War Memorial, on the Memorial at Bethesda Methodist Sunday School, Elland, and on the Memorial at Elland Wesleyan Chapel

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Perry, HudsonRef P454
[1849-1926] Born in Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire.

He was a retired joiner [1911].

In 1878, he married Catherine Steele [1856-1921] in Castleford.


Catherine was born in Outwood, Yorkshire.

She was a draper (own account) [1911]

 

Children:

  1. Mary Ethel [b 1879]
  2. Ernest [b 1881] who was an outfitter dealer [1911]
  3. Laura [b 1884] who was a cotton card room hand [1911]
  4. Pioletta [b 1885] who was a woollen weaver [1911]
  5. Bertha [b 1887] who was a woollen weaver [1911]
  6. Nellie [b 1888] who was a dressmaker [1911]
  7. Herbert
  8. Violet [b 1894] who was a woollen weaver [1911]
  9. Edith [b 1895] who was a dressmaker's apprentice [1911]
  10. William Steele
  11. Alice May [b 1900]

They lived at

  • 63A Westgate, Elland [1911]
  • 47 Huddersfield Road, Elland [1915]

Living with them [in 1911] was grandson Herbert Ernest Perry [b 1906]

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Perry, Rev J. R.Ref P445
[19??-19??]
Minister of
Harrison Road Chapel, Carlton Street [1966]

Perry, Rev MosesRef P595
[1833-1902] Born in Shropshire.

He was Minister at Sowerby Congregational Church [March 1873].

In 1889, he moved to Whittington Moor, Derbyshire.

In [Q4] 1857, he married Emma Shone in Wolstanton, Staffordshire.

Children:

  1. Miriam [b 1859] who was a teacher in board school [1881]
  2. Julia [b 1861] who was a bookseller's assistant [1881]
  3. Alexander James [1866-1886] who was buried at Sowerby Green Congregational Chapel
  4. Emily [b 1876]

Moses died in Wakefield [Q4 1902] (aged 68) 

Perry, William J.Ref P569
[18??-19??]
Halifax solicitor with
Storey, Willans & Storey [1934].

He qualified in April 1933

Perry, William SteeleRef P456
[1897-19??] DCM.

Son of Hudson Perry.

Born in Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire.

He was a tailor's errand boy [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Gunner with Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery.

He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal


for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in trying to enter a destroyed dug-out which was full of gas in order to save an officer and two gunners who were lying unconscious inside. He was eventually carried unconscious to hospital, having endeavoured with the utmost heroism to force his way into the dug-out, until completely overcome by gas himself. He displayed utter disregard for his own safety, and performed this act of gallantry under a heavy enemy bombardment
 

His photograph appears with a report of his story in the Halifax Courier [1st September 1917].

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Perseverance Laundry, EllandRef P713
Owners and tenants of the laundry have included

Perseverance Lodge: OddfellowsRef P494

Recorded around 1915, when Edward Davies was a member.


Question: Does anyone know whether this was in Todmorden or in Halifax?

 

See Oddfellows

Person, ArthurRef P542
[1891-1919]

During World War I, he served as a Private with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry then with the Labour Corps

He died 17th February 1919 (aged 28).

He was buried at Luddenden Cemetery [b U 617]

Perth House, LightcliffeRef P516
Bramley Lane. Built by David Abercrombie and named for his home town in Scotland [1860].

On the 1891 census, it appears next to Fernside.

Owners and tenants have included

Perth Villas, LightcliffeRef P1142
Recorded in 1874

Owners and tenants have included

See Perth House, Lightcliffe

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Petch, AlbertRef P941
[1882-1915] Son of Joseph Petch.

He lived at 18 Lee Mount Road, Halifax [1900, 1904]

He enlisted with the Yorkshire Regiment [14th April 1900].

He was in South Africa [March to September 1902] and served in the South African campaign.

He was a member of the St Paul's Church, King Cross / a boiler maker of 18 Lee Mount Road [1904] / employed by James Hoyle & Son furniture removal contractor.

In [Q3] 1904, he married Harriet Dyson at St George's Church, Lee Mount.


Harriet, a rover of 38 Lee Mount Road, was the daughter of Harry Dyson, green grocer
 

Children:

  1. Clarice [b 1907]
  2. Albert [b 1909]
  3. Joseph [1911-1914]
  4. Tom [b 1916]

The family lived at

  • 40 Haugh Shaw Road, King Cross, Halifax [1911]
  • 84 Haugh Shaw Road, Halifax

During World War I, he was called-up as a reservist, and he served as a Lance Corporal with Z Company 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He went to the Dardanelles, and took part in the Suvla Bay landings.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 9th August 1915 (aged 33).

His death was presumed in February 1917.

The Halifax Courier [10th February 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli [Grave Ref 117-119], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Roll of Honour at Saint Paul's Church, King Cross.

In [Q3] 1919, Harriet married George S. Morton in Halifax

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Petch, John HenryRef P985
[1922-1941] Born in Leeds.

He was employed by Hoffman's Garage / a Territorial.

He lived at 44 Dean Street, West Vale.

During World War II, he served as a Gunner with 234 Battery with the 89th H. A. A. Regiment Royal Artillery.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died in the Middle East [20th May 1941] (aged 19).

He is remembered on the Athens Memorial, Greece [Grave Ref 2], and on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland

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Petch, JosephRef P1083
[1840-1893] Son of Robert Ward, mason.

Born in Halifax.

He was a quarryman in Manningham [1875] / a stone quarryman [1881].

In 1875, he married Harriet [1844-1890] at St Paul's Church, Manningham.


Harriet, of Manningham, was born in Leicester, the daughter of John Saunders, labourer, and widow of Mr Ashton.

She had 2 children by her first marriage:

  1. John James Ashton [b 1868] who was a rope maker [1881]
  2. Sarah Kate Ashton [b 1870] who was a spinner [1881], a  worsted twister [1891]
 

Children:

  1. Joseph Petch Ashton [b 1873] who was born out of wedlock,  and was a collier [1891]
  2. Hannah Ellen [b 1876]
  3. Mary Edith [b 1878] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  4. Robert Nicholas [1881-1885]
  5. Albert

The family lived at

  • 32 Bankfield Terrace, Northowram [1881]
  • 70 St Peter Street, Northowram [when Sarah was head of  the household 1891]

Harriet died in 1890 (aged 47).

Joseph died in 1893 (aged 53) 

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Peter Gate, RishworthRef P1259
Aka Royd Gate.

Stood near Ringstone Reservoir, on the back road from Rishworth to Scammonden.

Owners and tenants have included

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Peter-go-NakedRef P1215
[1???-18??]
Name by which the Halifax lamplighter was known in the 19th century

Peter son of Essolf de BirkinRef P864
[11??-11??]

(Modern: Peter Birkin)

Son of Essolf.

He married Emma Lasceles.

Children:

  1. Adam
  2. Thomas who had lands in Leeds & Kirkheaton and  whose descendants took the name de Leeds
  3. Roger

Peter, with his sons Adam and Thomas – who must have been very young children at the time – witnessed


the charter of William Pagnell at the founding of Drax Priory [temp Henry I]
 

Peter witnessed two other charters, the first was a grant of Adam son of Swain to Nostell Priory. Adam son of Swain died in 1159. The second was a grant by John de Lasceles to the monks of Selby.

Peter died in the 1140s, possibly before 1143

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Peters, JohnRef P1073
[1827-1884]
He was landlord of the
Stump Cross Inn [1874, 1876] / landlord of the Stag's Head, Queensbury [1884].

He married Mary Ann.

Children:

  1. Frances Minnie [1868-1876]
  2. Louis [1866-1884]

John died 21st June 1876 (aged 57).

Members of the family were buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: C 2 C]

Peto, Sir Samuel MortonRef P955
[1809-1889] Born in Woking, Surrey.

He trained as a bricklayer and went into partnership with his cousin, Thomas Grissell as Peto & Grissell.

The firm built many well-known landmarks in London including The Reform Club, The Lyceum, and Nelson's Column

In 1843, he bought Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk. Between 1844 and 1851, he extended the Hall and built facilities for the villagers.

He was Liberal MP for Norwich [1847-1854].

In 1854, he was made First Baronet of Somerleyton.

In 1863, Sir Francis Crossley bought Somerleyton when his fellow parliamentarian was in financial difficulties.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Michael
  2. Harold Ainsworth [1854-1933] who became a landscape  gardener
  3. Basil [1862-1945]
  4. Mary
  5. Helen Agnes
  6. Sarah Maude Elizabeth Peto [b 1883] who married Clement Crossley

Petrie, James ArnoldRef P628
[18??-19??] He lived at Scaitcliffe Hall, Todmorden [1905].

See John William Halstead

Petrie, William HenryRef P984
[1846-1888]

In 1877, he married Maria Isabella Sutcliffe in Todmorden.


Maria Isabella was the daughter of
William Sutcliffe
 

Children:

  1. James Arnold [b 1878]
  2. Edith May [b 1882]
  3. Ethel Winifred [b 1887]

In 1911, Edith May & Ethel Winifred were living with their uncle William Sutcliffe

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Pettitt, Francis FrankRef P1071
[1884-1918] MM.

Son of William Milton Pettitt, labourer.

Born in London.

He was a labourer of 25 Walker Lane, Sowerby Bridge [1907].

In 1907, he married Elizabeth Taylor [1885-19??] at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.


Elizabeth, of 25 Walker Lane, Sowerby Bridge, was the daughter of William Taylor, slater & plasterer
 

Children:

  1. Nellie [b 1909]
  2. Annie [b 1911]

They lived at Old Causeway, Sowerby Bridge [1911, 1918].

During World War I, he enlisted [December 1914] and served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He went to France [April 1915].

He was awarded the Military Medal.

He was killed [26th April 1918].

His photograph appears with a report of his story in the Halifax Courier [1st June 1918].

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 82-85 & 162A], and on the Memorial at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge

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Pettrick & CowperRef P1212
A newsagent & general store in Hipperholme.

They were at

  • The corner of Denholme Gate Road & Northedge Park Lane [early  1960s]
  • The row of shops at Halifax Road, Hipperholme (opposite  Hipperholme Infants' School) 

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Petty & IvesRef P764
Architects.

Partners included Francis William Petty and Roger Ives.

Their work included the West End Hotel, Halifax

Petty, Arthur EdgarRef P915
[1895-1916] Son of John & Zilpha Petty of 28 Carr House Lane, Shelf.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 13th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He died 4th November 1916 (aged 21).

He was buried at Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France [Grave Ref IV A 73].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Bethel Independent Methodist Chapel, Shelf

Petty, Charles HenryRef P2910
[1859-1935] Nephew of Francis William Petty.

Born in Crosshills, Kildwick, Yorkshire.

He was an architect & surveyor [1911].

In 1890, he married Mary Grace Bateman Hodgson in Halifax.


Mary Grace was the daughter of Edwin Hodgson
 

Children:

  1. Hannah Margaret [1891-1986]
  2. Eric Bateman
  3. Mary Eileen [1897-1994]
  4. Frank Hodgson [1905-1981] who was a mechanical engineer  [1935]

They lived at

  • Emscote Villas, Halifax [1911]
  • Wyngarth, Greenroyd, Rawson Avenue, Halifax [1935]

Mary Grace died 11th May 1910.

Henry Charles died in Halifax [5th August 1935].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £876 10/1d.

Probate was granted to his children: Hannah Margaret, Mary Eileen, and Frank Hodgson

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Petty, Eric BatemanRef P777
[1893-1918] Son of Charles Henry Petty.

He was educated at Heath Grammar School / a member of West End Golf Club / a member of the Hanover Brotherhood / a top maker's apprentice in the Bradford woollen trade [1911].

During World War I, he and 7 friends enlisted with the Cheshire Regiment [17th September 1914]:

who were killed,

who were wounded, and Major Horace Fox, who survived unscathed.

Eric Bateman served as a Lieutenant / Acting Captain with the 5th Battalion Cheshire Regiment.

He died 23rd March 1918.

He was buried at Grevillers British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref XI C 20].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell, on the Memorial at Heath Grammar School, and on the Memorial at Hanover Methodist Chapel, Halifax

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Petty, Francis WilliamRef P289
[1839-1918] Son of Margaret & Mr Petty.

Born in Crosshills, Kildwick, Yorkshire.

Architect.

He did some work on extending Dean Clough.

He was in partnership with Roger Ives as Petty & Ives.

He never married.

They lived at North Parade, Halifax [with Roger Ives 1861].

He died in Crosshills, Kildwick [2nd January 1918].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £8,624 14/6d.

Probate was granted to his nephew Charles Henry Petty and Edward Lionel Petty (banker's clerk) 

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Petty, George HarryRef P1155
[1886-1961] Son of Sam Petty.

Born in Sheffield.

He was an office boy (goods station) [1901] / a railway porter / a clerk (railway company) [1911].

On 26th July 1916, he married Elsie Bower at St Paul's Church, King Cross.


Elsie was born in Halifax [19th October 1891], the daughter of Tom Bower
 

George died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [16th June 1961].

He was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell [Grave Ref: 467-G] with Elsie's parents.

Elsie died in Halifax in 1982

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Petty, John HenryRef P1052
[1860-19??] He was a cotton spinner [1891] / a railway yard man [1901].

In 1889, he married Phoebe Goodwin.


Phoebe was the daughter of
Thomas Goodwin
 

Children:

  1. Harriet Elgin [b 1890]
  2. Annie Elgin [b 1893]
  3. Mary Elgin [b 1896]

They lived at

  • Adelaide, Saddleworth Road [1891]
  • 99 Thornhill Road, Rastrick [1901]

Phoebe died 14th January 1925.

She was buried at Christ Church, Barkisland [17th January 1925]

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Petty, RichardRef P543
[1674-1723]
Vicar of
Elland [1699-1703].

He married Unknown, the daughter of his predecessor, Peter Asheton.

Children:

  1. Dorothy who married Thomas Ismay
  2. Susanna [1703-1711]
  3. Samuel [1707-1709]

Petty, SamuelRef P1211
[1858-19??] Born in Halifax / Buttershaw.

He was a newspaper canvasser [1891] / a draper & advertising agent [1901] / a commercial traveller (printing) [1911].

He married Laura [1864-19??].


Laura was born in Sheffield.

She was a hosier [1891] / a dressmaker [1901, 1911]

 

Children:

  1. George Harry
  2. Bertha Amelia [b 1889] who was a sewing machinist  (blouses) [1911]
  3. Sam Victor [b 1891] who was a tailor [1911]
  4. Edith Elizabeth [b 1893] who was a sewing machinist  (blouses) [1911]

The family lived at

  • 14 Hanson Lane Halifax [1891]
  • 107 Haugh Shaw Road, Halifax [1901, 1911]

Pettyt, George VictorRef P910
[1889-1950]
Born in Halifax.

In [Q2] 1913, he married Evelyn H. Field in Halifax.

He died in Exeter [Q3 1950]

Pettyt, Dr Samuel HoltRef P748
[18??-19??]
Surgeon and dentist. He was at 6 Rhodes Street, Halifax [1905]

Pettyt, Samuel SpeedRef P646
[1826-1???]
Illegitimate son of Amelia Pettyt of Shelf.

Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [9th April 1826]

PexRef P220
The element is found in several names in the Todmorden area, including: Pex House, Walsden, Pex Place, Todmorden and Pex Tenements Farm, Todmorden

Pex House, WalsdenRef P390
Aka Pex Farm, Pexhouse.

House in the Pighill area.

Built around 1750.

A nearby late 17th century barn is also listed.

Owners and tenants have included

See Pex Tenements Farm, Todmorden and Pex

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Pex Place, TodmordenRef P1146
2/4 Bacup Road. This was the former Poorhouse for Todmorden [1804].

See Pex

Pex Tenements Farm, TodmordenRef P439
East Lee Lane. Late 17th century house.

A nearby barn and cottage are listed.

See Pex House, Todmorden and Pex

Pexes, WalsdenRef P7200
A name used for the Pighill area in the mid-1700s

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Pexroyd, WalsdenRef P6600
House in the Pighill area.

Built by John Haigh in the late 1700s.

It is now 2 cottages

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Pexwood, WalsdenRef P85
Another name for the Pighill area

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Phelon, Dr Harry VernonRef P832
[1896-1966] MB, CH.B (Hons), MRCP (1926).

Born in Cleckheaton [6th August 1896].

He was educated at Crossley & Porter School [1911] / qualified at Leeds [1920] / at Leeds School of Medicine [1925] / pathologist at the Royal Halifax Infirmary & St James' Hospital Leeds  [1930, 1942] / Honorary Demonstrator in Pathology & Bacteriology at Leeds University  [1930, 1942].

In [Q2] 1923, he married Marion Marguerite Elizabeth Crabtree [1898-19??] in Lancaster.


Marion was born 17th March 1898
 

They lived at

  • 4 Queens Gate, Halifax [1939]
  • 12 Peacock Lane, Hest Bank, Lancaster

Harry Vernon died at Lancaster [1st November 1966] (aged 70) 

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Phelps & LatimerRef P215
Letter press printers and newspaper proprietors at The Square, Halifax.

Partners included William Robert Phelps and Thomas Tracey Latimer.

The men were the first editors [1853] of the Halifax Courier.

The partnership was dissolved by mutual consent [5th October 1853].

Mr Bowring joined Phelps

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Phelps, William RobertRef P513
[1828-1867] Born in York.

Partner in Phelps & Latimer.

He was the first editor [1853] of the Halifax Courier in collaboration with Thomas Tracey Latimer.

In 1855, he married Jessy Gordon Latimer [1835-1???] in Exeter.


Jessy Gordon was the sister of Thomas Tracey Latimer
 

When the partnership was dissolved, Mr Bowring joined Phelps.

Phelps became a Barrister.

He was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Island of St Helena [1st June 1863].

He died there in 1867

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Philbrick, Henry JohnRef P199
[18??-18??]
Of Colchester, Essex.

He became a Halifax attorney.

In 1852, he went into partnership with Edmund Minson Wavell as Wavell, Philbrick, Foster & Wavell and Wavell, Philbrick & Foster.

Recorded as Wavell & Company [1868].

See John Balmforth

Philip, John BirnieRef P47
[1824-1875]
Sculptor and artist who did much work in the district.

His work included

Philip also worked on the Albert Memorial in London.

Ceccardo Egidio Fucigna was his chief assistant modeller, and completed a number of works after Philip's death

Philips, JohnRef P1076
[1866-1886]
He was a cordwainer.

He lived at 1 Holroyd Street, Commercial Road, Halifax.

He died 2nd August 1886 (aged 20).

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: O 43 D]

Philips UK Limited, HipperholmeRef P702
Aka Philips Electronic & Associated Industries. Originally Ajax Limited. Manufacturer of domestic appliances, washing machines and tumble driers. The company bought the Brooke's Limited site in 1969.

In 1985, the factory closed. In 1986, it reopened in a buy-out by two managers from Philips's London office – Derek Clee and David Ross – to become Crosslee PLC

Phillip, JohnRef P479
[1???-16??]
Aka Philippe. A woolman of Southowram. In 1627, he bought the lower end of
Shelf Hall from John Cowper. In 1639, he sold it to Richard Best.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John

Phillip, JosephRef P228
[16??-1???]
Aka Philippe, Phillipp. A woolstapler of Southowram. In 1685, he bought
Woolshops for £100

Phillips, A. O.Ref P286
[1???-19??]
Curate at
Brighouse [1955-1956]

Phillips, Rev Dr C. S.Ref P517
[18??-19??]
He was vicar of Radley, Berkshire before becoming Vicar of
St Paul's Church, Queens Road [1921]

Phillips, CharlesRef P925
[1810-1877] From Godshill, Isle of Wight. He became a gardener for the Listers at Shibden Hall, and other members of his family worked for the Listers

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Phillips, Rev DanielRef P594
[1716-1800] Son of Rev Daniel Phillips, a dissenting clergyman, of Gwinfryn, near Pwllheli, North Wales.

He received his classical education at Pwllheli, then at the academy at Caermarthen. He finished his studies with Dr Latham at Finbern, near Derby, a seminary devoted to the education of young men for the ministry, amongst Protestant-dissenters, with distinguished and deserved reputation.

He was a man of considerable talents, both as a scholar and a divine. His knowledge of the Latin and Greek languages in particular, was extensive. He could both write and speak Latin with elegance and fluency, and after he had passed his 70th year, his correspondence with his son was often carried on in that language.

He served at Ripley before becoming Minister at Myrtle Grove Chapel, Eastwood [1744] and Minister of Sowerby Congregational Church [1753].

In 1788, he moved to Hapton, Norfolk.

He married Hephzibah [1716-1765].

Children:

  1. son
  2. son
  3. Hephzibah [1761-1782]

He died in Hapton, Norfolk

Members of the family were buried at Sowerby Green Congregational Chapel along with their aunt, Phoebe Clee

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Phillips, EricRef P1010
[1923-1944] Son of Annie & George Phillips of Rastrick.

During World War II, he served as a Staff Sergeant with the Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C. 2nd Wing.

He died 18th September 1944 (aged 21).

He was buried at Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands [Grave Ref 3 B 10]

Phillips, HenryRef P1112
[18??-18??]
Musician and singer who appeared in concert with
Mrs Sunderland in March 1858.

On 5th December 1860, there was the première of a new sacred cantata entitled A Day of Devotion which he had written.

His daughter, Alice, also appeared with Mrs Sunderland on 1st January 1864

Phillips, JamesRef P612
[1857-1???] A wire-worker of Pump Street, Halifax.

On the evening Sunday 1st June 1873, he was one of a group of 5 youths who attacked 50 year-old Jeremiah Swift after their insolence had caused him to remonstrate with them. Swift died as a consequence of the attack.

At the Inquest, a verdict of manslaughter was returned.

At the Assizes, the gang was acquitted, there being no evidence to show that they contemplated a violent attack, to prove who delivered the blow or blows which caused his death.

See the Foldout

Phillips, JamesRef P529
[1884-1918]

In [Q4] 1912, he married Sarah Fielden in Todmorden.

They lived at 177 Hollins Road, Walsden.

During World War I, he served as a Sergeant with the Royal Engineers East Lancs.

He died 27th October 1918 (aged 34).

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden [New Yard I 194]

Phillips, Rev JohnRef P235
[1813-1851] MA.

He was educated at Pembroke College Oxford before becoming Curate at Brighouse [1844-1846].

He was critical of Sunday postal business and of grants for Romanist purposes. In 1846, he published a 12-page sermon on Marriages.

He died at Bidford, Warwickshire in his 39th year. On his death, Rev Joseph Birch published a sermon entitled The Righteous Man, and Rev George Sowden published a pamphlet entitled Reminiscences of Rev John Phillips

Phillips, Rev JohnRef P896
[1853-1935]
Born in Wales.

Primitive Methodist Minister at Halifax [1881]

Phillips, JohnRef P1002
[1867-1915] Born in Shropshire.

He was a cotton weaver.

On 24th December 1891, he married Elizabeth Hawkes [1870-19??] at Christ Church, Todmorden Children:

  1. Ethel [1892-1940] who married (1) John Oldfield & (2) George Simpson
  2. Annie [1895-1961]
  3. John William
  4. Kathleen [b 1913]

The children were born in Todmorden.

The family lived at

  • 7 Store Street, Todmorden [1911]
  • 3 Wellfield Terrace, Todmorden

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

He died 8th May 1915.

He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli [Grave Ref 59-73 / 218-219], on Todmorden War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden.

In 1916, Elizabeth married (2) Benjamin Taylor in Todmorden.

They lived at 3 Wellfield Terrace, Todmorden [1926]

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Phillips, John WilliamRef P481
[1897-1918] Son of John Phillips.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a warehouseman.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was wounded in 1917 and again on the 18th October 1918 by shell fire.

He died of wounds [30th October 1918] (aged 21).

He was buried at Étaples Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref LXXI E 26].

He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden

His father, and his brother-in-law John Oldfield died in the War

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Phillips, MrRef P352
[1???-18??]
Around 1870, he ran a
private school in Halifax

Phillips, PatrickRef P224
[19??-] He was Mayor of Calderdale [2002-2003]

Phillips, RobertRef P1176
[1829-1909] Born in Peterborough.

He was a cabinet maker (living with Joseph Kitson & family at  Siddal Hall) [1851] / a cabinet maker [1861, 1881] / a journeyman cabinet maker [1901].

In [Q2] 1853, he married (1) Mary Ann Gledhill [1831-1859] in Halifax.


Mary Ann was the daughter of George Gledhill
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Elizabeth [b 1855]
  2. Emily Etta [1859-1860]

Mary Ann died (possibly of perinatal complications) [22nd November 1859] (aged 28), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3329].

In [Q2] 1861, Robert married (2) Mary Smith [1836-1???] in Halifax.


Mary was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. (possibly) Emmeliette [b 1862]
  2. Mary Louisa [1863-1868]
  3. Annie Maria [1865]
  4. Clara [1866-1868]
  5. John Eagland [1868]
  6. John [1869-1870]
  7. Lily [b 1871] who was an upholsterer [1891, 1901]
  8. Clara [1872-1873]
  9. John Thomas [1874]
  10. Lottie Louise [b 1875] who was a worsted hawker [1891]

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3329] with Mary Ann, their father's first wife.

The family lived at 1 Helm Street, Skircoat [1881, 1891, 1901].

Robert died in Halifax [Q1 1909] (aged 80) 


Details are not yet known of the deathss / burial placess of Robert & Mary
 

Phipps, Rev RichardRef P330
[1865-19??] Born in Northampton.

He was chaplain at Wakefield before becoming Vicar of Brighouse [21st November 1896-1901]. vicar of Kirkburton [1911]

He went on to become Archdeacon of Halifax and Archdeacon of Wakefield.

On 3rd May 1900, he married Agnes Mary Lambert in Bradford-on-Avon.


Agnes Mary was born in Burbage, Wiltshire, the only daughter of Rev Richard U. Lambert, Vicar of Christ Church, Bradford-on-Avon
 

Children:

  1. John Vincent [b Wakefield 19th July 1903; d Southampton [Q1] 1979] who was a schoolmaster at Pilgrims' School, Winchester [1939]

See Dr Cecil Alexander Bindley

Phoenix Bridge, BrighouseRef P213
Bridge over Clifton Beck. The bridge is adjacent to Clifton Bridge

Phoenix CyclesRef P575
Todmorden bicycle manufacturers of the late 1800s.

The Phoenix Cycle Works was established at Millwood by brothers Herman and Trevelyan.

By 1911, Herman had moved to Bolton where he went into the motor trade. In 1911, Trevelyan was a chauffeur in Todmorden

The Phoenix, HalifaxRef P131
Corn Market. In 1794, Abraham Mellin had premises here

Phoenix House, BrighouseRef P1087
In 19??, the name of Wilkin Royd House was changed to Phoenix House.

In 1966, the house was sold to Ramsden Reside Limited for use as offices.

In 1969, it was sold the Church of Christ Scientist

It is now The Golden Sea Chinese Restaurant

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Phoenix House, BrighouseRef P256
Phoenix Street.

It stood adjoining Phoenix Mill.

Owners and tenants have included

It was demolished in the 1960s. O'Malleys now stands on the site.

In 19??, the name of Wilkin Royd House was changed to Phoenix House which is now occupied by The Golden Sea Chinese Restaurant.

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Phoenix Ice Skating Rink, TodmordenRef P1139
Millwood.

A newspaper advertisement [Friday 11th June 1909] announced


Now Open – Phoenix Ice Skating Rink, Mill Wood, Todmorden
   
10 to 12.30 – 6d. including skates 7 to 10.30. – Admission with
skates Gents 9d. ladies 6d.
   
BEST MAPLE FLOORS IN THE TOWN / WINSLOW'S SKATES USED
   
An Efficient Instructor in Attendance
   
Refreshments at a reasonable charge
   
THE BEST RINK IN TOWN
   
BILLIARD ROOM WITH FULL SIZED TABLE

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Phoenix Park MurdersRef P341
See Lord Frederick Cavendish

Phoenix Radio FM 96.7Ref P563
Local radio station with studios at Dean Clough, Halifax

Phono Supply Stores, HalifaxRef P759
Phonograph dealers at 6 Woolshops [1905]

PhotographsRef P150
Photographs relating to the entries on Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion can be reached from the individual entries

Photography & photographersRef P902

PhysicsRef P69

Piano-makersRef P721

Pick Over Gate, StansfieldRef P900
Recorded in 1851

Pickard, CharlesRef P120
[18??-18??] Gentleman.

He lived at Firth House, Barkisland [1879].

See Thomas Gaukroger

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Pickard, CliffordRef P942
[1899-1917] Son of Robert Pickard.

He was educated at Queens Road Board School & Halifax Tech / a member of Halifax Parish Church Choir / employed in his father's newsagent & tobacconist in Gibbet Street.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the East Riding Yeomanry.

He died in hospital in Bridlington [16th April 1917] (aged 18).

The Halifax Courier [21st April 1917] reported his death with a photograph. He was buried at Bridlington Cemetery [I 429].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint Paul's Church, King Cross, and on the Halifax Parish Church Members (WWI) Memorial

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Pickard, FrederickRef P995
[1886-1916] Son of James Pickard.

He was a taker-off (worsted spinning) [1901] / a worsted overlooker [1911] / employed by Campbell Gas Engine Company Limited.

In [Q1] 1915, he married Elizabeth Ann Campbell in Halifax.

They lived at

  • 56 Alma Street, Pellon Lane, Halifax
  • 6 Robertshaw Buildings, Luddendenfoot

During World War I, he enlisted [September 1914], and he served as a Lance Corporal with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was reported missing and assumed to have died in a failed attack on Schwaben Redoubt [3rd September 1916] (aged 30).

The Halifax Courier [4th November 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Roll of Honour at Campbell Gas Engine Company Limited

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Pickard's: J. Pickard & CompanyRef P587
In 1887, G. Holdsworth took over Joseph Pickard & Company and established J. Pickard & Company. Producton continued at Gaol Lane Bobbin Works, Halifax.

They specialised in manufacture of printing pulleys and bobbins used in the production of carpets and tapestries

Pickard, JamesRef P980
[1795-1839]

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Mary who died in infancy
  2. Hannah who died in infancy

James died 15th September 1839 (aged 44) 

He & other members of the family () were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 27] with John Elliot [1792-9th July 1832] son of Mary & John Elliot of Halifax, coach proprietor

Pickard, JamesRef P1000
[1861-1909] Son of Oliver Pickard, mechanic.

Born in Halifax.

He was a labourer of Thomas Street, Halifax [1882] / a stuff finisher [1891] / a mortar grinder [1901].

In 1882, he married Esther Ann Martin [1863-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Esther Ann, of Crossley Terrace, Halifax, was born in Ware, Hertfordshire, the daughter of George Martin, labourer
 

Children:

  1. Joe E [b 1883] who was a creeler for a woollen weaver  [1901]
  2. Frederick
  3. Hetty [b 1892] who was a worsted twister [1911]
  4. Mary Eliza [b 1896] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  5. Nanny Winpenney [b 1900]
  6. Beatrice Ellen [b 1902]

They lived at

  • 27 Shaw Street, Skircoat, Halifax [1891]
  • 33 Thackeray Street, Halifax [1901]

Living with them [in 1901] were nieces & nephew Florence M Edmondson [b 1882] (worsted twister) [1901], Ethel M Edmondson [b 1885], and Abia Edmondson [b 1883] (rover woollen) [1901].

James died in 1909.

In 1910, Esther Ann married (2) Robert Turner at Christ Church, Pellon

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Pickard, JohnRef P365
[18??-191?]

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Pickard, JosephRef P586
[18??-18??]
In 1856, he established
Joseph Pickard & Company

Pickard's: Joseph Pickard & CompanyRef P668
Bobbin manufacturers established in 1856 by Joseph Pickard at Gaol Lane Bobbin Works, Halifax.

In 1887, the business was taken over by G. Holdsworth and the company became J. Pickard & Company.

The sandstone balusters of West View Park War Memorial were made here

Pickard, Learoyd & CompanyRef P718
Halifax accountancy firm [1887].

Partners included Thomas Pickard and Jonathan Ingham Learoyd.

Pickard died 3rd October 1887.

After his death, Learoyd took over the business which subsequently became Learoyd & Sons

Pickard, RobertRef P64
[1870-19??] Born in Ovenden.

He was a plumber [1901] / a sanitary inspector (borough council) [1911] / a newsagent & tobacconist [1917] / a Health Department inspector for the Halifax Corporation [1917]  (having returned because of men leaving to join the armed forces).

In 1890, he married Mary Ann Staff [1875-19??] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Clifford
  2. Mabel [b 1905]

They lived at

  • 4 Penn Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 24 Ashbourne Grove, Halifax [1911]
  • 195 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1917]

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Pickard, ThomasRef P5500
[1???-1887] Halifax accountant.

Jonathan Ingham Learoyd was articled with Pickard and subsequently became a partner in Pickard, Learoyd & Company.

Pickard died 3rd October 1887.

After his death, Learoyd took over the business which subsequently became Learoyd & Sons

Pickard, ThomasRef P1049
[1827-1892] Born in Halifax.

He was an accountant [1861].

He married Sarah Hannah Bottomley.


Sarah Hannah was the daughter of
Thomas Bottomley
 

Children:

  1. Alice Elizabeth who died 16th April 1847 (aged 13 weeks)   
  2. Thomas Hamer who died 9th August 1849 (aged 17 months &  26 days) 
  3. Samuel [b 1850]
  4. Eliza Alice [b 1852]
  5. Victoria Elizabeth [b 1853]
  6. Julia Annie [b 1858]
  7. Kate who died 8th October 1860 (aged 1 year & 7 months)   
  8. Frank who died 20th January 1862 (aged 4 months)   
  9. Albert Edward who died 8th May 1863 (aged 3 months)   
  10. Ernest who died 15th March 1865 (aged 10 years & 4  months) 
  11. Jessie who died 22nd November 1866 (aged 3 months)   

They lived at 8 Square, Halifax [1861].

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3849] with their grandfather Thomas Bottomley.

Sarah Hannah died 6th September 1866 (aged 40).

Thomas died at Southport [23rd June 1892] (aged 65).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3850] with Sarah Hannah's mother

Pickard, WilliamRef P117
[1811-1859] Born in Southowram.

He was a delver employing 7 labourers [1851].

He married Elizabeth [1813-1870].


Elizabeth was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1832] who was a delver [1851]
  2. James Harper [b 1834] who was a moulder [1851]
  3. Joseph [b 1836] who was a mechanic [1851]
  4. Richard [1838-1843]
  5. Hannah [b 1841]
  6. Elizabeth Ann [1844-1846]
  7. Charles [b 1846]
  8. Thomas [1846]
  9. Mary Ann [1849-1862]
  10. Emma [b 1850]
  11. Martha [b 1851]

They lived at 10 Square, Halifax [1851].

William died at Ovenden [7th February 1859] (aged 48).

Elizabeth died 22nd July 1870 (aged 57).

The couple were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram with the children (

Pickering & YardleyRef P774
Manufacturing chemists & charcoal grinders at Clifton Bridge, Brighouse [1861, 1874].

On 6th September 1873, Samuel Appleyard died after being caught in the shaft of a charcoal-grinding machine at the works

Pickering, Charles EdwardRef P523
[1899-1918] Son of Fred Pickering

Born in Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

He died 18th October 1918 (aged 18).

He was buried at Delsaux Farm Cemetery, Beugny, France [Grave Ref II D 6].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden

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Pickering, Mrs ElizabethRef P975
[18??-18??]
She ran a
school in Halifax [around 1850]

Pickering, FredRef P861
[1862-1901] He married Ada [1865-1940].

Child: Charles Edward

Fred died Q4 1901.

In [Q1] 1915, Ada married John Akroyd in Todmorden.

They lived at 7 Brook Street, Todmorden [1918].

Ada died in Todmorden [Q4 1940] (aged 75) 

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Pickering, RichardRef P724
[18??-1929]
A well-known horsebreaker and riding master.

He lived at 12 Carlton Street, Halifax [1905]

Pickering, Rev W. A.Ref P811
[18??-19??]
Curate at
Elland [1886]

Pickering, WilliamRef P351
[1???-18??]

Recorded in 1822, when he was a blacksmith at King Cross Lane, Halifax

Pickersgill & OatesRef P685

Pickersgill & PowellRef P687
Brighouse confectionery manufacturer. Began in 1???.

Closed in 19??

Pickersgill, EmmelineRef P440
[1912-1974]
Daughter of
Joseph Pickersgill. A member of Brighouse Borough Council [1944] and first Lady Alderman [1945].

She married Friend Tattersall

Pickersgill, EmperorRef P991
[1888-1918] Son of Fred Pickersgill.

He was educated at Bradshaw Church School / a member of Ovenden Liberal Club / a bobbin layer (worsted mill) [1901] / a butcher & slaughterman at Halifax Borough Market.

In [Q1] 1913, he married Clara Heywood in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Nancy [b 1913]
  2. Mona [b 1915]

They lived at 18 Brighton Street, Lee Mount.

During World War I, he enlisted [11th July 1917], and served with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), then he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Border Regiment.

He was killed in Italy during a raid against the Austrians [9th August 1918] (aged 30).

The Halifax Courier [31st August 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Boscon British Cemetery, Italy [Grave Ref 2 D 6].

He is remembered at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1676], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Halifax Butchers' Association

Pickersgill, EnosRef P1003
[1863-1907] Born in Bradford.

He was a wood turner.

He married Lydia [1866-1913].


Lydia was born in Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. Amy [b 1890]
  2. Ivy [b 1891]
  3. John
  4. Annie [b 1898]

The children were born in Cornholme.

The family lived at 3 Hudson Street, Cornholme [1911]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Pickersgill, FredRef P950
[1867-1931] Son of Harriet & George K. Pickersgill.

Born in Halifax.

He was an iron tool maker [1891] / a fuel economiser erector fitter [1901] / a tool fitter [1911].

On 9th March 1886, he married Elizabeth Ann Ramsden [1867-1939].


Elizabeth Ann was born in Northowram, the daughter of Job Ramsden.

She was a worsted twister [1891]

 

Children:

  1. Rhoda [b 1887]
  2. Emperor
  3. Maurice [b 1896]
  4. Ethel [b 1899]
  5. Annie [b 1902]

They lived at

  • Holdsworth, Ovenden [1891]
  • 8 Netherton, Halifax [1901]
  • Holmfield [1911]
  • 10 Holmfield Terrace, Holmfield [1918]

Fred died Q2 1931 (aged 64).

Elizabeth Ann died Q2 1939 (aged 72).

They both died in Halifax

Pickersgill, Rev HanleyRef P526
[1815-1903]
Born in Keighley. He served as a city missionary in Manchester for 2 years before becoming Second Minister at
Bramley Lane Congregational Church [May 1841]. The church having been closed for a year following the departure of Rev Andrew Sawyer in 1840. He was ordained in July 1844.

He left to serve at Park Nook Chapel, Rishworth [1843-1847], Marsden [1847-1861], Wrexham [1861-1865], and Tunstall, Staffordshire [1865-1974].

He left Tunstall and retired to Westmorland on account of ill health.

In 18??, he married (1) Unknown [1???-1844].

In 1845, he married (2) Hannah Dyson.


Hannah came from Rishworth
 

He wrote a number of poems for the Congregational Magazine [possibly] under the pen-name H. Quiby.

He later returned to Lightcliffe.

He died at his home, Osborne Grove, Lightcliffe

Pickersgill, JohnRef P419
[1894-1918] Son of Enos Pickersgill.

Born in Cornholme.

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 1st Battalion Machine Gun Corps.

He died 12th April 1918.

He was buried at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref IX B 6].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Vale Baptist Church, Todmorden

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Pickersgill, JohnRef P1040
[1920-1944] Son of Harriet & Fred Pickersgill of Rastrick Common, Brighouse.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 19th February 1944 (aged 24).

He is remembered on the Cassino Memorial, Italy [Grave Ref 7]

Pickersgill, John WilliamRef P833
[1860-19??] Born in Brighouse.

He was a fireguard maker (own account) [1911].

In [Q4] 1883, he married Clara Dewhirst [1862-19??] in Bradford.


Clara was born in Brighouse
 

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. Mabel Harrison (Pickersgill) [b 1884] who was a print  winder (carpet works) [1911] & married Benjamin Rathmell
  3. Ethel Harrison (Pickersgill) [1886-1899]
  4. Harrison [b 1889] who was a joiner in pit [1911]
  5. Elsie Harrison (Pickersgill) [b 1893] who was a print  winder (carpet works) [1911]
  6. Eva Harrison (Pickersgill) [b 1894] who was a carpet  sewer (carpet works) [1911]
  7. Doris Harrison (Pickersgill) [b 1897] who was a hank  parter (carpet works) [1911]
  8. Amy Harrison (Pickersgill) [b 1900]

They lived at 17 Allan Royd, Bailiffe Bridge [1911]

Pickersgill, JosephRef P438
[18??-1905] He was unsuccessful in the Brighouse Municipal Elections of 1893. He was first elected Labour Councillor on Brighouse Borough Council [1895-1905].

He married Unknown.

Child: Emmeline

Pickersgill, ThomasRef P146
[1???-18??]
Collector of water, gas and street rates at 21 Lower Brunswick Street, Halifax [1829]

Pickersgill, ThomasRef P287
[1807-1869]
Architect who worked with
John Oates and Matthew Oates.

See Pickersgill & Oates

Pickersgill, WilliamRef P362
[1???-18??]

Recorded in 1822, when he was a blacksmith at Fleet Street, Halifax

Pickersgill, WilliamRef P1091
[18??-1???]
Halifax stone merchant.

In February 1887, he was declared bankrupt.

On 5th March 1887, he was arrested at his home as a fraudulent bankrupt.

He lived at Lister Lane

Pickersgill, WilliamRef P1096
[1810-1878] Born in Clifton.

He was a farm labourer [1835]

On 31st December 1835, he married Hannah Clay at Elland Parish Church.


Hannah was born in Rastrick, the daughter of
John Clay
 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1833] who was born out of wedlock
  2. Sarah [b 1836]
  3. John Clay [1839-1842] who was buried with his mother
  4. James [b 1844]
  5. Joseph [b 1846]
  6. George [b 1848]
  7. Eliza [b 1851]
  8. John William [b 1860]

Hannah died in Brighouse [2nd January 1873].

She was buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse [Grave Ref: Q27] with her parents (according to the Church records).

William died in Brighouse [11th April 1878].

At this time, available space at St Martin's Church, Brighouse Graveyard was full, and he was buried at Brighouse Cemetery

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Pickford, FrancesRef P71
[17??-18??] Daughter of Sir Joseph Radcliffe.

She and Anne Lister met in February 1823.

As they became closer, Frances told Anne of a relationship she had with a Miss Threlfall. She also said that she once dressed as a soldier, assumed the name Captain Cowper, and flirted with a girl.

In her journals, Anne calls her Miss Pickford and Pic, and writes that she is too masculine.

Anne's friends, the Saltmarshes, called her Frank Pickford

Pickford, JosephRef P550
[17??-1???] He married Mary, daughter of William Radcliffe.

Child: Joseph

Pickle BridgeRef P355
Aka Pickle Hill Bridge. Part of the township of Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse.

See Brighouse Clifton Road Station, Pickle Bridge Dye Works, Pickle Bridge Line and Pickle Bridge Station

Pickle Bridge LineRef P493
Recorded in November 1844., when he married
... promoted by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company ... designed to accommodate the inhabitants of Brighouse and locality in their communication with Bradford

The line was originally planned to pass through land owned by Messrs Sharpe, dyers, but the compensation specified by Sharpe's was so high that the railway company changed the planned route of the line. Sharpe's then protested that they suffered great loss by the change of plans, and that the people of Brighouse did not want the new line.

The first sod was cut by Sir George Armytage on 23rd May 1874. The line opened on 1st March 1881.

The line was 3¾ miles in length and ran from Bradley Wood Junction via Anchor Pit Junction, Brighouse to Pickle Bridge Junction at Wyke.

Closed in 1952.

See Pickle Bridge Station and Wyke Viaduct

Pickle Bridge Railway StationRef P514
On 17th August 1850, Pickle Bridge Station opened at Wyke / Norwood Green. It was on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway line.

In 1852, it was renamed Wyke Station.

In 1896, it was moved and renamed Wyke & Norwood Green Station.

On 12th June 1953, the station closed to passengers.

The station closed in September 1953.

Stationmasters at the Station have included

See Brighouse Clifton Road station, Junction House, Norwood Green, Pickle Bridge Line and Wyke Railway Station

Pickle FairRef P410
Aka Pickhill Fair. This was held in Skircoat on the first 2 Sundays in May when the cattle were moved to the spring grass on land known as Pighills at Salterhebble

Pickles ...Ref P38
The entries for people & families with the surname Pickles are gathered together in the SideTrack.

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Pickles & CompanyRef P676
They had business at Bottoms, Salterhebble [1880]. In 1880 and 1882, the Halifax Saintary Committee served the company with several notices concerning the smoke from their works

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom

Pickles & CompanyRef P881
Rope and paper merchants, and printers. They were at 13 and 15 Woolshops, Halifax [1927] and 13 Woolshops, Halifax [1936].

Partners included A. Pickles and G. Pickles

This & associated entries use material contributed by Benjamin Brundell

Pickles's: Arthur & Richard PicklesRef P1107
Halifax architects.

Partners included brothers Arthur Pickles and Richard Pickles.

They had an office at Wards End, Halifax.

Their work included:

This & associated entries use material contributed by David Cant

Pickles Bridge, TodmordenRef P478

Pickles Brothers (Builders) LimitedRef P370
Builders and contractors.

Partners included Harold Pickles.

They were at Mile Thorn, Gibbet Street [1936]

Pickles's: Edward Pickles & CompanyRef P768
Worsted spinners at Cross Hill Mills, Halifax. He lived at Stannary Street, Halifax [1874]

Pickles's: H. Pickles & SonsRef P1021
Furnishers of Church Gate, Todmorden [1907].

Established by Halstead Pickles

Pickles's: Herbert Pickles & SonsRef P684
Clothing manufacturer at Albion Works, Hebden Bridge.

Established by Herbert Pickles [around 1895].

They were at Albion Works, Hebble End / Albion Works, Stubbin Holme.

In the 1930s, partners included his sons Willie and Harry.

The business became a limited company in the 1940s.

In 1962, they were offering apprenticeships at Albion Works.

See Frank Pickles

This & associated entries use material contributed by Diana Monahan & Bob Pickles

Pickles, Horsley & CompanyRef P675
Legal Firm at Pelican Chambers, Halifax [1934]

See J. W. Pickles and William Ewart Horsley

Pickles's: J. Pickles & SonRef P793
Machine tool makers and woodworkers at Royd Iron Works, Hebden Bridge [mid-1800s to the 1900s] and Grange Foundry, Mytholmroyd [1914]

Pickles's: Jabez Pickles & SonsRef P697
Wool and waste dealers with business at Dispensary Walk, Halifax.

Recorded in 1886

Pickles's: James Pickles & SonRef P700
Wool-waste dealer of Halifax.

Recorded in 1879

Pickles's: John Pickles & SonRef P712
Saw mill engineers at Mytholm Iron Works, Hebden Bridge [1905, 1921].

Established by John Pickles in 1862.

Other members of the family joined the business: George Pickles and John Thomas Pickles.

On 24th August 1900, 15-year-old apprentice Arthur Sutcliffe was killed at the works.

After 1901, when George Pickles moved to Mytholm, Hall, Hebden Bridge, the mill became an engineering works.

Several generations of the Pickles family oversaw a flourishing business making highly specialised machinery for the timber trade.

Just before World War II, they absorbed the firm of A. Ransome & Company, saw mill engineers/iron founders of Newark and became Pickles Ransome.

In 1971, the business closed down and the premises were acquired by Fred Brown, engineers.

See Amos Marland

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles

Pickles's: Joseph & Freeman PicklesRef P956
Fustian manufacturers at Royd Shed, Hebden Bridge.

Partners included brothers Joseph & Freeman Pickles.

The partnership was dissolved in July 1893

Pickles's: Misses Ada & Zillah PicklesRef P775
Milliners at Church Lane, Brighouse [1861] and at Commercial Street, Brighouse [1874]

Pickles RansomeRef P1196
Engineering business at Mytholm Mill, Hebden Bridge. They produced equipment for railway workshops.

The business closed in 1971

Pickles's: Robert Pickles LimitedRef P1061
Cotton manufacturer in Todmorden.

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

Pickles's: T. Pickles & SonRef P758
Worsted spinners at Victoria Mills, Halifax [1905, 1921]

Pickles, Whitley & MidgleyRef P785
Cotton spinners at Bradshaw Mill [1861]

Pickton, BradfordRef P639
[18??-19??]
Clerical and livery tailor at 19 Water Street, Todmorden [1905]

Pickton, PeterRef P1240
[1840-1909] Son of Elizabeth [1799-18??] & Peter Pickton [1794-18??], tailor & draper of Lymm, Cheshire.

Born in Lymm [17th November 1840].

He was a tailor's manager [1881, 1891].

He married Anna [1839-1904].


Anna was born in Todmorden [18th March 1839]
 

Children:

  1. Anna E. [b 1866] who was a milliner's assistant [1891]
  2. Edith A. [b 1869]
  3. Harry G. [b 1871]
  4. Raymond Law [b 1880]

They lived at

  • 20 Byrom Street, Todmorden [1881]
  • 28 Byrom Street, Todmorden [1891, 1904]
  • Park Road, Todmorden [1909]

Anna died 12th May 1904 (aged 65).

Peter died 30th July 1909 (aged 68).

They both died in Todmorden

The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church

Pickup, EdmondRef P1145
[1801-1866] Son of John Pickup.

He lived at Lower Booth, Rishworth [with his father 1841].

He was known locally as an eccentric carter/labourer and a famous eating champion. He was the subject of some humorous stories by Sam Mellor [1905]. In the story

Edmond was a huge, famously strong, man who swallowed the all-you can-eat one shilling lunch of five men, daily, at the Triangle Inn. A carrier in the Rishworth area, he delivered coal to the Derby Inn, next inn to the Cunning Corner on the Oldham Road. His undoing was entering a lifting competition in Rochdale which led to his death

This & associated entries use material contributed by Antony Shepherd

Pickup, JamesRef P932
[1896-1916] Son of Joe Pickup.

Born in Halifax.

He was a member of King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel & School / a comb maker [1911] / apprenticed to George Binns, Archer Street.

He lived at 29 Hammond Street, Hopwood Lane, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted [June 1915] and served as a Private / Signaller with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was reported missing and assumed to have died in a failed attack on Schwaben Redoubt [3rd September 1916].

The Halifax Courier [14th October 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered at Stoney Royd Cemetery, on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Pickup, JoeRef P931
[1868-1???] Son of James Pickup, wire drawer.

Born in Halifax.

He was a blacksmith of William Street, Skircoat [1895] / a blacksmith [1901, 1911].

In 1895, he married Annie Elizabeth Woodward [1877-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Annie Elizabeth, of Siddal, was the daughter of Joseph Woodward , engine tenter
 

Children:

  1. James
  2. Ivy [b 1901]
  3. Joseph [b 1903]

They lived at

  • 29 Beech Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 14 Thomas Street West, Halifax [1911]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Pickup, JohnRef P265
[1763-1847] Or Piccup. Cotton spinner at Jumples Mill, Ovenden.

In 1794, he built Booth Bridge Mill, Rishworth. It is likely that he was also connected to Booth Wood Mill.

The story goes that he

... once owned a paper mill, milk farms and cottages. When visiting his tenants, he was made to sit on bare wooden chairs because his body and clothing were alive (with lice) 

He married Unknown.

He was a widower by 1841.

Child: Edmond

They lived at Lower Booth, Rishworth [with his son Edmond 1841].

He was buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Dean Head. There is a transcription of the epitaph [number 173] in Alan Shaw's CD Monumental Inscriptions in the Ripponden Area

This & associated entries use material contributed by Antony Shepherd

Pickup, JosephRef P854
[1808-1866] Born in Habergham Eaves.

He was landlord of the Station House, Eastwood [1851-1864].

In 1856, he brought an action against the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company for £10, the value of a colt which had been grazing on land recently purchased by the company and was killed on the railway line in March 1856. The judge awarded Pickup the full amount plus costs.

On 27th January 1829, he married Martha Taylor [1804-1881] at St Peter's Burnley.

Children:

  1. Joseph [b 1830] who was a banksman [1900]
  2. Ann [b 1833]

He died in Hollins near Burnley in 1866.

The couple were buried at St John's Church, Holme-in-Cliviger: Joseph [21st April 1866]; Martha [24th October 1881]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Pickwood House Farm, NorlandRef P255
Pickwood Scar.

Owners and tenants have included

This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso

Pickwood House, NorlandRef P72
Pickwood Scar.

17th century house.

A gateway lintel dated 1664 IMSM may be from an earlier house. Owners and tenants have included

Picture House, EllandRef P359
See Central Picture House

Picture House, HalifaxRef P677
Cinema built on the site of Grove House at Ward's End. Designed by William Wormald Longbottom of Longbottom & Culpan.

Opened as Halifax's first purpose-built cinema – the country's most modern cinema – on 20th October 1913 and had a capacity of 1300.

The very first film shown was A Message from Mars.

A distinctive feature was its Balcony Promenade where refreshments were served. There was a Balcony Smoke Room. Food and drink were also served.

In 1917, C. Finch-Hatton was manager.

It was the first Halifax cinema to show a talkie. The first talking film, Al Jolson's The Singing Fool, opened here in September 1929.

On 8th April 1948, projectionist Raymond Farrar died following a fire at the cinema.

The cinema became the Gaumont in 1948. It closed in November 1960.

In January 1962, it became a bingo hall – first, the Top Rank Bingo & Social Club, and later as Surewin – opening again as the two-screen Astra in 1973. It closed in 1982.

In 1987, the building reopened as The Coliseum night-club then Liquid

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom

Picture Palace, Sowerby BridgeRef P743
Recorded in 1914, when Mr Greene was the proprietor.


Question: Is this the same as Palace Cinema, Sowerby Bridge?

 

Picturedrome, HalifaxRef P674
King Cross / Queens Road. Aka Kingston Picturedrome. Capacity 540.

In 1936, the address of Kingston Picture House and Kingston Liberal Club was 47 Queens Road, Halifax.

It became the Lyric Cinema in 19??.

See Greene Brothers and Ripponden Picturedrome

Piece Hall: Art GalleryRef P60
Exhibitions and activities of arts and crafts located at Halifax Piece Hall

Piece Hall, HalifaxRef P59
The Halifax Piece Hall – or Manufacturers' hall – is a Cloth hall.

The building opened on 1st January 1779 as a market for the domestic system of local handloom weavers and small merchants to sell their pieces of cloth.

It is one of the most impressive pre-Industrial Revolution monuments in England, although the local Council seem determined to bear it like martyrs.

It was radically refurbished in 2017.

This is discussed in the books Ancient Halls in & about Halifax and Halifax Antiquarian Society Transactions.

See Balloon / Charles Blondin / Bradford Piece Hall / Charles Dibdin / Halifax Markets / Halifax Visitor Centre & Art Gallery / Halifax Woollen Market / Lawrenson Sculpture / Linen Hall / Piece Hall Hand prints / Piece Hall Sings / Serge Room / South Low Room / Ullnage / Volunteer /

This & associated entries use material contributed by F. & S. Marriott & Stephanie Marriott

Piece Hall: Hand printsRef P61
A pair of hand-prints which can be seen on the stonework of the pilaster to the right of the Westgate entrance to the Piece Hall

This & associated entries use material contributed by F. & S. Marriott & Stephanie Marriott

Piece Hall SingRef P62
Aka Sunday School Jubilee Sing, Sunday School Sing.

This was a singing festival in celebration of the anniversary of local Sunday school movement with choirs and bands.

13 Sings were held at 5-yearly intervals between 1831 and 1890, plus an extra one on Monday 3rd August 1863, in honour of the Prince of Wales – the future Edward VII – who was visiting Halifax.

Eve Chapman was instrumental in reviving the Sunday School Sings in the Piece Hall in the 1950s.

See Sarah Ann Barker, Abel Dean, Joseph Seed, Daniel Sugden and Sunday Sing

Piece Hall: The north entranceRef P1024
The north entrance to the Piece Hall from Hatter's Fold and Woolshops

Piece Hall: The south entranceRef P1268
The south entrance to the Piece Hall from Blackledge.

This was enlarged in 1871 to allow horse-drawn wagons to enter.

Large iron gates – by George Smith & Company of Glasgow – were installed, replacing the original wooden gates. These were taller and wider than the originals, and a bridge was made in the first floor Colonnade which could be lifted to allow access for large vehicles.

Two plaques were erected when the gate was widened

Piece Hall: The west entranceRef P1048
The west entrance to the Piece Hall from Westgate was built in 1782

Piece Hall TrustRef P522
An independent charity formed to operate the refurbised Piece Hall

Pier Head, HipperholmeRef P1164
Community built for the miners who worked at the Walterclough Pit.

The houses were demolished in the 1960s

Piercey & SonRef P577
Coach and cart-building company established in 1820 at Carlton Street, Halifax.

In 1873, when the partners had died, the business was bought by Woodall Nicholson

Piercy & BraithwaiteRef P723
Piercy, Son & Braithwaite were carriage builders at Ferguson Street, Halifax [1894].

Piercy & Braithwaite were carriage builders at Bull Close Lane, Halifax [1905]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Ivan Birch

Piercy, GeorgeRef P1271
[1805-1874] (Possibly) son of Thomas Piercy.

Of Thomas Piercy & Sons.

He married Unknown.

Child: Fanny [1830-1908] who married Dr Robert Farrar

This & associated entries use material contributed by Peter Hingston

Piercy, ThomasRef P988
[1???-18??]

He married Unknown.

Child: (possibly) George

See Piercy & Braithwaite and Thomas Piercy & Sons

Piercy's: Thomas Piercy & SonsRef P987
Coach and harness makers established by Thomas Piercy.

They were at Carlton Street / Bull Close Lane, Halifax [1830].

See George Piercy

This & associated entries use material contributed by Peter Hingston

Pierpoint & BryantRef P1242
Picker makers.

Recorded in 1911 & 1921, when they were at Salford, Todmorden

Pierson, Rev AbrahamRef P737
[1615-1678] Originally from Guiseley.

(Possibly) son of Christina [née Johnson] & Abraham Pierson.

In 1642, he married Abigail Mitchell.

The family emigrated to America.

They lived at Newark, New Jersey

This & associated entries use material contributed by David Glover

Pierson, HalRef P367
[173?-176?] Aka Hal of Kirklees, Hal Wormald. A fool, or jester, employed by the Armytage family at Kirklees Hall.

It is said that Pierson was taunted by Robbie, a carpenter, and one day Hal told the other servants that had played a trick on Robbie, and that he had

hidden Robbie's head under a bundle of shavings and when he wakes he'll be troubled to find it

Pierson had murdered Robbie and cut off his head.

He was tried at York but declared insane and returned to Kirklees, where he died at the age of 30.

Contemporary portraits suggest that he and Johnny Worrall were one and the same person

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Pig BeckRef P134
A popular name for the Hebble Brook – in the area of North Bridge, Halifax – because the pig drovers washed their animals in the river on the way to Saturday pig market

Pigg, AlfredRef P1160
[1820-1898] Born in Norwich, Norfolk.

He was a draper with a business adjoining the White Swan Hotel in  Princess Street, Halifax [1859] / a silk mercer & draper & farmer of 117 acres [1861] / a silk mercer employing 2 men, 2 apprentices, 11 young ladies [1871] / a draper [1881] / a silk mercer & draper (employer) [1891] / a retired silk mercer & draper [1898].

In 1872, he changed the family name to Theobald.

In 1857, he married Matilda Hamby in Wangford, Suffolk.


Matilda was born in Ellough, Suffolk
 

Children:

  1. George Alfred [b 1859]
  2. Ellen [b 1860] who was living with her brother  Bernard in Warwick [1891]
  3. Horace Hamby [b 1862]
  4. Maria [b 1863]
  5. Annie [b 1864]
  6. Jessie [1865-1867]
  7. Rose Matilda [b 1867]
  8. Bernard Gage
  9. Edward Herbert [1869-1870]
  10. Edith Mary [b 1872]
  11. Florence [b 1875]
  12. Frank Barker [b 1877]

The 2 oldest children were born in Suffolk; the others were born in Halifax.

In 1898, it was reported that three of the sons were missionaries in India, and another – Bernard – was a Congregational minister in Bolton.

The family lived at

  • 5 Wards End, Halifax [1861]
  • 6 Harrison Road, Halifax [1871]
  • Savile Park Terrace, Halifax [1872]
  • 5 Belmont, Skircoat, Halifax [1881]
  • 10 Old Market, Halifax [1891]
  • 21 Nottingham Road, Upper Tooting, Surrey [1898]

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 391] with Francis Fleming.


Question: Does anyone know whether / how the Fleming & Pigg families are related?

 

An Alfred Theobald died in Wandsworth, London [31st July 1898] (aged 78).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £431. Administration was granted to son Bernard

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Piggott, Sir GilleryRef P128
[1813-1875] Also appears as Pigott.

Son of Lucy (née Gough) & Paynton Piggott.

Born in Oxford.

He was a Judge / a Baron of the Court of Exchequer / MP for Reading [1860-1863].

In September 1836, he married Frances Drake.

Children:

  1. Frances Drake [1837-1910]
  2. Rosalie Archer [bapt 1840] who married [1881] Archer  Anderson Morshead at Basingstoke
  3. Gillery Paynton Francis Drake [1843-1847]
  4. Frederic Thomas [1846-1847]
  5. Arthur Gough [b 1851] who was a law student [1900]

A member of the Holdsworth family of Ashday Hall by marriage. He later owned the hall. Around 1865, he developed the lands around Ashday Hall and Lane Head.

After his death, financial problems for his family led to Ashday Hall being sold in 1898.

Streets at Lane Head are named for members of the family: Piggott Street, Frances Street, Catherine Street, Charles Street, and Back Charles Street.

Gillery died at Sherfield Hill, Hampshire [Q2 1875] (aged 61) 

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Pighill, WalsdenRef P9000
Aka Pexes [1700s], Pexwood.

An area of Walsden which rises steeply from Gauxholme, via Pexwood Road, Dobroyd Castle and Stones Lane, to Todmorden Edge and Sourhall.

See Pex House, Walsden, Pexroyd and Pex

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Pighills, Rev DanielRef P67
[16??-1695]
Or Pickles. Curate at
Todmorden [1695]

Pighills, HolmesRef P851
[1???-18??] He and John Pighills were wool manufacturers.

In August 1829, William Boothby [aged 23], William Walsh [26], John Wood [29], John Mitchell [20], John Topping [20], and Edward Holden [21] were charged with having stolen, on 30th June 1829, 48 pieces of worsted goods from the Pighills at Halifax Piece Hall. The jury found all the men not guilty

Pigou, Rev Dr FrancisRef P195
[1832-1916] He succeeded Rev Dr Charles Musgrave as Vicar of Halifax [1875].

See Rev Henry White

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PikeRef P1094
Area of Rishworth.

See Pike End, Rishworth and Pike Law, Rishworth

Pike End Farm, RishworthRef P1084

Pike End, RishworthRef P653
Area around Pike Law

Pike, H. D.Ref P294
[19??-19??]
Deacon at
Todmorden [1948]

Pike House Lock, TodmordenRef P846
Lock #45 on the Rochdale Canal

Pike, Rev JosiahRef P872
[18??-18??]
Minister at Halifax [1848].

See General Baptist Sabbath School, Halifax

Pike Law, RishworthRef P652
Hill near Pike End.

See Law and Pike

Pike Plain, BarkislandRef P816
Saddleworth Road

Pike, Rev T. B.Ref P608
[18??-18??]
Minister at
Trinity Road Baptist Church, Halifax [1860]

Pile, AlbertRef P765
[1882-1981] Artist.

As a member of the staff of the Duke of Norfolk, he was involved in the planning for the coronation of Edward VII in 1902.

He was an official war artist during World War I, and was a member of the Royal Society of Graphical Artists.

He married Ethel Stott from Brighouse.

They moved from their home in Bournemouth and came to live in Brighouse. He was an artist and a member of the Brighouse Art Circle.

He illustrated Reg Mitchell's book Portrait of a Town

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Pilkington ...Ref P859
The entries for people & families with the surname Pilkington are gathered together in the SideTrack.

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Pilkington Hall, MankinholesRef P126
Aka Pilkington Farm. Late 16th century house. Inscribed I and W.

The farm was used as a Quaker meeting house in the 17th century.

In 1695, the group moved to Shoebroad

See Pilkington Hall Burial Ground

Pilkington-Savile FeudRef P1054

Pilkington-Stansfield FeudRef P1137

Pilling ...Ref P597
The entries for people & families with the surname Pilling are gathered together in the SideTrack.

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Pilling & EldersRef P564
Formerly A. Pilling.

Silk mercers and family drapers at Bradford House, Todmorden [1905].

The business closed in the 1930s

Pilling & PillingRef P1224
Flock dealers at West Vale.

Partners included D. Pilling and B. Pilling.

Recorded in May 1864, when the partnership was dissolved

Pilling & SutcliffeRef P585
They were at Albion Mill, Todmorden and Causeywood Mill, Langfield [1884-1893]

Pilling's: James Knowles PillingRef P596
Cotton manufacturer at Dancroft Mill, Gauxholme [1877].

Established by James Knowles Pilling.

In May 1878, the business was suffering a depression and their workers were on strike.

In 1880, the firm acceded to their workers' demands for an advance on their wages

Pilling's: Marmaduke Pilling & Sons LimitedRef P679
Printers and stationers at Central Hall, Elland. Recorded in 1905.

See Blackley Baptist Church A Short Historical Sketch and Marmaduke Sutcliffe Pilling

Pilot radioRef P135
Radio sets produced by H. B. Radio

Pilter, John MeaseRef P9500
[1824-1900] Methodist minister at King Cross [1863]

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Pilter, Rev RobertRef P1147
[17??-18??]

He married Isabella [1785-18??].


Isabella was born in Stokesley, Yorkshire
 

Children:

  1. Mary P. [b 1813]
  2. Margaret B. [b 1815]
  3. Elizabeth B. [b 1826]
  4. Isabella B. [b 1828]

In 1850-1860s, the daughters & their mother ran a school at Sowerby Bridge

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Pim, John WilliamRef P1046
[18??-1907]
Assistant station master at
Holme Station, Todmorden.

On 27th September 1907, he was killed and the station wrecked when a goods train ran off the rails

Pimblett, Rev Charles BradburnRef P1204
[1866-1949] Born in Burton-upon-Trent [19th January 1866].

He was a Church of England clergyman.

In [Q3] 1903, he married Edith Annie Sutcliffe [1872-1954] in Christchurch, Hampshire.


Edith Annie was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire [8th September 1872], the daughter of
Henry Sutcliffe
 

Children:

  1. Hugh Cuthbert Sutcliffe [b 1905]
  2. Guy Blundell Sutcliffe [b 1910]

The family lived at

  • the Vicarage, Alton, Stoke-on-Trent [1911]
  • Fairhaven, Dawlish Road, Teignmouth [1939]

Charles died in Lincoln [Q2 1949] (aged 83).

Edith Annie died in Merioneth North, Wales [Q4 1954] (aged 82) 

Pin Hill Top, LuddendenRef P259
Recorded on maps produced in 1854

Pinchbeck, John D.Ref P149
[19??-19??]
Established
H. B. Radio

Pinchin, Charles JamesRef P561
[1869-1909] Son of Samuel Broadbent Pinchin.

Born in Halifax.

In [Q2] 1898, he married Edith Marsden [1872-1946] in Halifax.

Charles died in Halifax [Q3 1909] (aged 40).

In [Q4] 1911, Edith married William Denham in Halifax

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Pinchin, Samuel BroadbentRef P1183
[1812-1872] Usually recorded as Sam or Sam B. Pinchin.

Born in Saddleworth.

He was an engineer / clockmaker at Greetland / an engineer or engine tenter [1841-1871].

There is an excellent example of his work in The Oak Room, Shibden Hall

On 1st January 1836, he married (1) Ann Holden at St Chad's Church, Saddleworth.

Children:

  1. Mary Jane [b 2nd April 1837]
  2. Matilda [22 Sep 1839-1849]
  3. Samuel Crab(b) [21st September 1842-23rd February 1920]
  4. John Holden [1845-19th April 1915]
  5. twins Elizabeth Ann [1848-Dec 1849]
  6. Maria Louisa [1848-Jan 1850]

Ann died shortly after the birth of the youngest children [Q4 1848].

The children were baptised at St Chad's Church.

On 21st December 1851, he married (2) Rachel Taylor at St Peter's Church, Huddersfield.

Children:

  1. Alfred Broadbent [b 1853]
  2. Benjamin Franklin [1856-1909]
  3. Loxley Taylor [1858-30th April 1915]
  4. Matilda [b 1861]
  5. Clara [1863-1941]
  6. Oliver Goldsmith [1866-18th May 1935]
  7. Charles James

They lived at Lillands Lane, Rastrick [1861, 1871]

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Pinder ...Ref P1138
The entries for people & families with the surname Pinder are gathered together in the SideTrack.

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Pinder's Outfitters, HalifaxRef P798
/ Pinder Clothier.

In 1870, Ezra Pinder established Pinders Outfitters, hosiers, tailors and outfitters at 57 Pellon Lane. The business later moved to Russell Street / Woolshops, Halifax. He moved to the new Market Arcade, but then bought the site of his previous shop where he built the Palatine Chambers.

An advertisement from 1900 proclaims


The Cheapest House in Halifax for Boys', Youths' & Men's Ready-made Clothing
is
E. PINDER, up-to-date Clothier
10, Market Street & 11 Arcade, Halifax.

The business closed in the 1970s

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Pineberry Football ClubRef P18
Recorded around 1915


Question: Does anyone know anything about the Club? Was it at Pineberry Hill / Southowram Bank?

 

Pineberry Hill Cottages, HalifaxRef P1122
Pineberry Hill

In a Leeds Mercury notice of October 1840, the Travellers Inn, Southowram, a cottage occupied by Joseph Hebblethwaite and these 14 newly-erected cottages were for sale by auction.

At that time, the cottages were in the occupation of

  • James Sladdin
  • Samuel Haigh
  • Jonas Sladdin
  • James Watson
  • John Firth
  • John Wilson
  • William Barrand
  • Charles Kay
  • Isaac Hanson
  • Thomas Nowell
  • James Butterworth
  • Elizabeth Firth
  • Thomas Radcliffe
  • John Waller
  • Abraham Carter

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Pineberry Hill, HalifaxRef P46
Part of Beacon Hill alongside Southowram Bank

See Hill's Yard, Southowram, Pineberry Football Club, Pineberry Hill Cottages, Pineberry Tavern, Pit House, Southowram, Pleasant Place, Halifax, Scott's Buildings, Halifax and Watson's Buildings, Halifax

Pineberry Hill Working Men's Conservative ClubRef P1161

The Halifax Guardian [Saturday 29th March 1884] reported


At a meeting of the members it was proposed the The Pineberry Hill Working Men's Club approves the present conduct of the leaders of the Conservative Party, Lord Salisbury and Sir Stafford Northcote and hope they will impress upon the government the desirability of an early dissolution so that the county may give its verdict upon their present policy
 

This referred to Gladstone's Reform Act / Representation of the People Act

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PinfoldRef P8
An enclosure or pound – possibly locked – for confining stray and wandering animals and cattle until they were claimed by their owners, who then had to pay a fee for its release.

Unclaimed animals were sold.

Animals were also held here after being seized for non-payment of fines or debts.

Owners who illegally removed their animals from the pound or bribed the pinder, were guilty of pound breach and fined or sentenced to hard labour.

A pinder was the official in charge of a pinfold.

Many local examples are recorded, including those at Barkisland, Bradshaw, Heptonstall, Hipperholme, Midgley, Norland, Rishworth, and Shelf, and others, such as those at Southowram, at the junction of Law Lane and Whitley Lane and Sowerby. are gone.

Pinfold House, BarkislandRef P1264
Owners and tenants have included

The Pinfold was nearby

Pinfold, SowerbyRef P1131
The pinfold stood at Pinfold Green, Sowerby

Pinkerley, MarionRef P463
[11??-1240]
Prioress of Kirklees Priory [1225-1240]

Pinnacle Farm, ErringdenRef P400
Pinnacle Lane. Late 17th century house and barn

Pinnarcrete Limited, SouthowramRef P148
Concrete manufacturer Established by Gladney Shackleton.

Recorded in 1947.

The Hec [5th August 1953] reported


an accident on 24th July 1953, in which John Westwood was killed as he and John Slattery, of 18 Blaithroyd Lane, Southowram, were loading several tons of iron rods used in the manufacture of reinforced concrete.

The storage rack in which the rods were held, tilted and collapsed crushing Westwood, but Slattery escaped

 

Pinnel Lock, WalsdenRef P164
Lock #26 on the Rochdale Canal. Built around 1798. It has a double set of bottom gates to take the 57½ ft long vessels of the Calder & Hebble Canal.

See Luke Crabtree

Pioneer Cinema, Lee MountRef P181
Popularly known as The Knocker. Capacity 633. Opened in 19??. Became the Ritz Cinema in 19??.

Closed after being destroyed by fire in February 1963

Pioneer Mill CompanyRef P568
A co-operative established in 1900 to celebrate the jubilee of the Walsden Co-operative Society.

The founders included Thompson Helliwell and Jonathan Gledhill.

In 1901, the company built the Pioneer Mill, Walsden – aka Jubilee Mill

Piper, JohnRef P6
[13??-14??] He was Curate at Rastrick [1393] / Chaplain of Hartshead [1408, 1411]. In 1393, he paid 6d for an annual licence to go hawking in the common fields of Brighouse, Hipperholme, Rastrick and Hartshead.

In 1408, John, son of Robert Townend, was fined 40d for drawing blood from John Piper, chaplain of Hartshead

PismireRef P551
Area of Mytholmroyd / Midgley.

See Thomas Edmondson and Pismire Hill, Mytholmroyd

Pisser Clough, Hebden BridgeRef P559
A part of Greave Clough, Hebden Bridge which was diverted to Widdop Reservoir

Pit Farm, SouthowramRef P427
Pinnar Lane. Originally Highfield Coal Pit, then Highfield Pit Farm

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Pit Hill Farm, SouthowramRef P1255
An alternative name for Pit House Farm, Southowram [1841, 1911]

Pit House Farm, SouthowramRef P953
Coal Pit Lane.

As the census returns in the Foldout illustrate, the property has been known by various names

See Pit House, Pineberry Hill

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Pit House, SouthowramRef P1179
An alternative name for Pit House Farm, Southowram [1841, 1851, 1891]

Owners and tenants have included

  • Mary [aged 37] and James Fawcett [aged 38], a  collier [1871]

Pit House, SouthowramRef P262
Pineberry Hill.

Owners and tenants have included

See Pit House, Southowram

Pitcher, HenryRef P570
[1863-1910] Born in Halifax.

He was a cotton spinner [1891].

In 1885, he married Clara Richmond.


Clara was born in Sowerby Bridge, the daughter of
John Richmond.

She was a card room hand [1891] / a cotton drawer [1901]

 

Children:

  1. Ruth Ann [1888-1891]
  2. Lilly [1889-1891]
  3. Robert Pitcher
  4. Florence [b 1897]

They lived at

  • 38 North Bridge Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 20 Moxon Terrace, Halifax [1901]

In 1901, Henry (cotton spinner) was a pauper inmate at the Halifax Poor Law Union.

He died in 1910

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Pitcher, RobertRef P183
[1892-1917] Son of Henry Pitcher.

He was a member of the Square Church Brotherhood / piecer in mill [1911] / a woollen piecer [1913] / employed by Crossley's.

He lived at

  • 5 Moorhouse Terrace, Old Lane, Halifax [with his uncle  Demetrius Richmond 1911]
  • 26 Wadsworth Street, Halifax [1913]

In 1913, he married Margaret Ann Fawcett [1894-19??] at St Augustine's Church, Pellon.


Margaret Ann, of 26 Wadsworth Street, was the daughter of Fred Fawcett, insurance agent
 

Child: Phyllis [b 1914]

During World War I, he enlisted [January 1917] and served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment.

He was killed in action in France [4th October 1917] (aged 25).

The Halifax Courier [3rd November 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 88-90 & 162], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets

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Pitchford, Alexander MathiesonRef P553
[1901-1989] Born in Elland [22nd October 1902].

He was an iron fitter [1927].

On 9th July 1927, he married Edith Amy Barrett at Sowerby Primitive Methodist Chapel.


Edith Amy was born in Sowerby, the daughter of
James William Barrett
 

The couple died in Leeds

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Pitchforth ...Ref P534
The entries for people & families with the surname Pitchforth are gathered together in the SideTrack.

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Pitchforth's: Solomon & Frederick PitchforthRef P682
Established wire drawing business at Little John Mill, Rastrick in 1828.

In 1831, they built a 2-storey mill at Clifton Bridge, Brighouse for use as a saw-mill and for charcoal-burning and coal-grinding.

Partners included (possibly) Solomon Pitchforth

Pitchforth's: Solomon & James PitchforthRef P1158
Wire drawers, blacking and coal dust manufacturers, and wood sawyers.

Partners included Solomon Pitchforth and James Frederick Pitchforth.

The business was dissolved in January 1838

Pitt, GeorgeRef P1165
[1802-18??] Born in Kidderminster / Bewdley, Worcestershire.

He was a carpet weaver [1861, 1871] / a worsted carpet weaver [1881].

He married Thirza [1806-1873].


Thirza was born in Dewsbury.

She (possibly) had a son John Stubley who was born in Dewsbury [1927].

She was a washerwoman [1861], a worsted carpet weaver [1881]

 

Children:

  1. George [b 1831] who was a carpet weaver [1851]
  2. Emma [1833-1893] who married Charles Ogden
  3. James [b 1836] who was a shoe maker [1851]
  4. Thomas [b 1838] who was a mechanic [1851]
  5. William [b 1840] who was a mechanic [1851]
  6. Elizabeth [b 1843] who was a cotton factory worker [1861]
  7. Sarah Maria [b 1846] who was a worsted factory worker  [1861]
  8. Mary Ann [b 1848] who was a worsted factory worker [1861]
  9. Robert [b 1853]

The family lived at

  • Wilson's Cottages, Northowram [1851]
  • Midgley Building, Portland Street, Northowram (boarders with  William Crossley) [1861]
  • 11 Abbey Street, Halifax [1871]
  • Midgley Building, Portland Street, Northowram (boarders with  William Crossley) [1881]

Living with them [in 1851] was son-in-law John Stubley (dyer).

Living with them [in 1871] was stepson John Stubley (worsted bleacher).

Thirza died in Halifax [29th May 1873] (aged 67).

Thirza was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1180] with stepson John Stubley [1827-1876], and daughter Emma & family

In 1881, the widowed George was living with daughter Emma & family

Pitt, HenryRef P782
[1796-1874] Born in Barnstaple, Devon.

He was a Lieutenant with the Royal Marines.

On 25th November 1824, he married Mary Watson [1792-1866] at St Michael le Belfrey, York.


Mary was born in Selby
 

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [1827-3rd December 1873] who married William Jacob Copplestone, & died at Grove House Lunatic Asylum, Acomb

They lived at

  • Slead Cottage, Brighouse [1849]
  • Lane Head, Brighouse [1861]

Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

Pitt, Dr John WitherowRef P839
[1879-1944] MB, BCh, BAO (RUI).

Born in Draperstown, Ireland.

He qualified at Queen's College, Belfast [1904], and became a medical practitioner, working at Cornholme [1910].

In [Q4] 1896, he married Ethel Cherry Walker [1881-19??] in Belfast, Ireland.


Ethel was born in Blacksod, Ireland
 

Children:

  1. Irene M. [b 1908]
  2. Kathleen Florence Hope [b 1910]

They lived at

  • Draperstown, Co. Derry [1905]
  • Cornholme [1910]
  • Platt Bridge, Hindle, Wigan [1911, 1915-1930]
  • Burscough Bridge, Ormskirk [1935-1942]
  • 3 School-lane, Burscough, Lancashire [1944]

John died 21st July 1944.

Probate was granted to his widow Ethel and his unmarried daughter Kathleen

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Pitt, Shaw & CompanyRef P840
Coal miners at Seventeens Pit, Hartshead [1859]

Pitt Street Learner Pool, Hebden BridgeRef P490
Opened in 1967. The baths closed at the beginning of 2004 because of rising costs

Pitts House, BarkislandRef P786

Pitts, JoshuaRef P863
[17??-18??]
Upholsterer at Halifax.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Hannah who married [20th August 1840] John Ridgill Trout (printer) from Bradford

Pitts Shore, CornholmeRef P1269

Pitts, Rev ThomasRef P373
[1805-1874] BA.

Vicar of St George's, Sowerby for 32 years [1841, 1861].

In 1840, he married Gertrude Prouse [1805-1882] in Torquay.

Children:

  1. Gertrude Elizabeth [1843-1844] who was buried with her  parents
  2. Gertrude Elizabeth [1845-1930] who married Charles  Normington
  3. Bernard [1849-1914] who became a surgeon

The children were born in Sowerby Bridge.

Thomas died 9th January 1874.

Gertrude died 20th August 1882 (aged 77).

Members of the family were buried at St George's Church, Sowerby with Elizabeth Pitts who died 19th March 1844 (aged 71).

See St George's National School, Sowerby Bridge

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Pitts, TodmordenRef P1149
46 & 47 Pudsey Road. 2 early 19th century cottages. Dated FH AD 1828

Pizzey, Alexander ValentineRef P841
[1884-1949]

In [Q3] 1903, he married Sarah Jane Rushworth in Halifax.


Sarah Jane was the daughter of
Mark Rushworth
 

Children:

  1. Fred Rushworth who died 9th December 1906 (aged 1 year & 10 months) 

Alexander Valentine died 18th February 1949 (aged 65).

Alexander Valentine & son Fred were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-D16] with Sarah Jane's father

Place, AlexanderRef P1132
[1778-1835] He was a gentleman of Skircoat [1817] / in the debtors' prison [1821] / an attorney's clerk and bookkeeper / secretary to the Court of Requests in Halifax [1835].

On 2nd September 1817, he married Mary, daughter of George Brown, at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. George [bapt 1818]
  2. Alexander Lee [1821-1837]

He died 13th March 1835

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Place, Alexander FortuneRef P1134
[1838-1864] Son of George Place.

Born in Halifax.

He was in the Navy.

In [Q1] 1864, he married Ann Elizabeth Victoria Newman [18??-1821] in West London.

Children:

  1. Ann Elizabeth [b 1865]
  2. Millicent Helena [b 1866]
  3. George Alexander Samuel [b 1869]
  4. Hugh James Bannister [b 1871]

Alexander and Ann died at Hertford

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Place BridgeRef P335
Early name for Dumb Mill Bridge, comes from Place House

Place BrookRef P337
Early name for Red Beck, comes from Place House

Place, Rev Ernest WilliamRef P339
[1862-1933] BA.

Born at Whitehaven [Q1 1862].

He was a Congregational Minister and became a Minister in the Church of  England / at Quinta Congregational Church, Oswestry, Shropshire [1887-1890] / rector of St Barnabas, Cape Town [August 1918].

In September 1887, he married Lilias Mary Whitley.


Lilias Mary was the daughter of
John Whitley
 

Children:

  1. Alan Whitley [b 1888]
  2. Lilias Marjory [b 1889]
  3. Peter Whitley [1896-1918] who joined the  Northumberland Fusiliers and died in World War I
  4. Helen Marcia [b 1898]
  5. child who died young [before 1911]

They lived at

  • Truro, Cornwall
  • Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire [1871, 1881]
  • Stapleton, Gloucestershire [1891]
  • Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire [1911]
  • West Royd, Mayfield, Sussex [1933]

He died in Sussex [13th July 1933].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £15. Probate was granted to his widow Lilias Mary

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Place, GeorgeRef P1133
[1818-1879] Son of Alexander Place

He was a policeman in London [1841] / an attorney's clerk [1851].

On 29th March 1837, he married Millicent Bannister [1???-18??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Millicent was the daughter of Henry Bannister
 

Children:

  1. Alexander Fortune [b 1838]
  2. George Edward, [1839-1841]
  3. Mary Emma [b 1843]
  4. Blanche [b 1848]

In 1861, he married (2) Ann Clench at Portsea.


Ann had a son Benjamin Clench
 

George died at Camberwell, London

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Place, Harry HowardRef P395
[1894-1919] Son of Mrs Sarah Ann Patrick of 12 Howard Street, Pellon Lane, Halifax.

He lived at 6 Ernest Street, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards).

He died of pneumonia at Ripon Military Hospital [1st March 1919] (aged 25).

He was buried at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel [Grave Ref: 1566].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Place, Henry AvisonRef P802
[1829-1905] Born in Leeds.

He was a carver & gilder [1851, 1871]. He was at Crossley Street, Halifax [1859].

In June 1869, he was declared bankrupt

In [Q3] 1848, he married Susannah Millington [1828-1869] in Halifax.


Susannah was born in Manchester
 

Children:

  1. John [1849-1863]
  2. James [b 1851] who was a carver & gilder [1871]
  3. Eliza [b 1853]
  4. Sarah Ann [b 1854]
  5. Thomas Andrew [b 1856] who was a designer [1871]
  6. Harry [b 1858] who was a gilder [1871], a grocer's  assistant (living with his aunt Margaret Horsfall) [1911]
  7. Mary Louisa [1961-1964]
  8. Harriet Maria [b 1862]
  9. Willie [b 1863]
  10. Clara [b 1867]

They lived at

  • 5 Launceston Place, Halifax [1851]
  • 19 Crossley Street, Halifax [1871]

Susannah died 2nd September 1869 (aged 41).

She & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3956].

Henry died at Great Ouseburn [Q4 1905] (aged 77).


Henry's burial place is not yet known
 

Place House, SouthowramRef P336
Gave its name to Place Bridge and Place Brook.

Owners and tenants have included

Places in CalderdaleRef P25

Places outside CalderdaleRef P1273

The Plain SpeakerRef P471
A Todmorden newspaper published for a few months around 1803 / 1830.


Question: Does anyone know anything about the paper and/or its date?

 

The full title was

The Plain Speaker to the Plain People upon Plain Subjects

Plaine, SoylandRef P206

The Plains, EllandRef P450
Park Road.

Isaac Dewhirst lived here [1905].

On 6th December 1916, it opened as an auxiliary military hospital and was used between January 1917 and May 1919

Plane Trees Farm, ColeyRef P152
Aka Plain Trees.

Coley Road / Kirkgate. An H-plan farm built around 1608 by James Oates.

It was extended around 1660.

Owners and tenants have included

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Planet Earth CentreRef P166

Plant, AaronRef P1034
[1835-1916] Born in Stanley, Derbyshire.

He was a well-known coachman.

In [Q3] 1864, he married Ann Presswell [1838-1???] in Halifax.


Ann was born in Marylebone, London
 

Children:

  1. Thomas William [b 1866] who was a joiner [1881]
  2. Lewis [b 1868] who was a monitor (schoolmaster) [1881]
  3. Margaret Annie [b 1869] who married [Halifax Q2 1895]  Abram Cotton
  4. Ada Amelia [b 1871] who was an elementary school teacher  [1901]
  5. William
  6. Charles

They lived at

  • Moor Royd Lodge [1901]
  • 5 Third Avenue, Manor Drive, Halifax [1911]
  • 4 Third Avenue, Manor Drive, Halifax [1916]
Ann died between 1901 & 1911.

Aaron died 7th May 1916 (aged 81).

He was buried at St Paul's Church, King Cross

Plash House, BarkislandRef P5
Saddleworth Road. Early 19th century house

Plate Glass Insurance CompanyRef P1009
Recorded in 1897, when James Kershaw was a director

Platform One GalleryRef P207
An art gallery at Todmorden Station run by the Todmorden Art Group

Plath, SylviaRef P77
[1932-1963] American poet and novelist.

Whilst on a Fulbright Scholarship at Cambridge, she met the poet Ted Hughes, whom she married in 1956.

They separated in 1962.

She committed suicide in February 1963 and was buried at Heptonstall. Her fans [?] have made the grave a very tacky sight, including a plastic bucket filled with cheap ball pens on the grave.

Platt, AndrewRef P964
[1858-1927] Born in Salford / Manchester.

He was a mill wright [1891] / a machine tool maker's fitter [1901] / a mechanic fitter [1911]

In 1887, he married Elizabeth Wilding [1860-1928] in Salford, Lancashire.


Elizabeth was born in Liverpool
 

Children:

  1. Elsie [b 1888] who was a packer in toffee works [1911]
  2. Cyril
  3. Horace [1891-1895]
  4. Lydia [b 1893] who was a wrapper in toffee works [1911]
  5. Olive [b 1895] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  6. Eliza [b 1896] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  7. Gladys [b 1900]

They lived at

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Platt, BenjaminRef P857
[1783-1858]
Senior partner in
Benjamin Platt & Sons

Platt's: Benjamin Platt & SonsRef P783
Cotton spinners, dyers and finishers established by Benjamin Platt at Midgehole Dye Works, Hebden Bridge [1858, 1861].

In October 1858, they were charged with working their employees too late in the evening. The inspector had 10 charges against the company, but fines for only 4 were imposed, totalling £4 14/-

Platt's CharitiesRef P346
In his will of 1859, Philip Platt bequeathed 10 shares – worth £10 each – in the Chapel Field Mill Company such that the dividends be used for Ripponden National School

Platt, CyrilRef P836
[1890-1916] Son of Andrew Platt.

He was a member of St James's Church, Halifax & Sunday School / a member of Halifax Harriers / a card cloth grinder, living at a lodging house at 8A King Street,  Halifax [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He was in the Dardanelles campaign, then in Egypt and France.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 26th September 1916 (aged 26).

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 10B, 11B & 12B], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Platt, EricRef P185
[1926-1948]
Geologist from
Soyland. He was leader of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey.

He died – of heart failure and exposure – whilst working in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica. He was buried there.

The Eric Platt Memorial Window was unveiled at St Mary's Church, Cottonstones Memorial [1950].

A memorial in memory of him and 28 other Britons who died in Antarctica was unveiled in St Paul's Cathedral, London [2011]

Platt, HartleyRef P605
[18??-1???]

In [Q2] 1858, he married Sarah Parker in Todmorden.


Sarah was the daughter of
John Parker
 

Children:

  1. Alice [b 1868] who was a tailoress [1881]
  2. Benjamin C. [b 1870]

In 1881, Sarah and the children were living with her parents

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Platt, JamesRef P260
[1833-1891] Born in Soyland [1st April 1833].

He was a tailor / landlord of the Beehive, Soyland [1861] / a tailor.

He never married.

James died in Soyland [28th November 1891].

He was buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden

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Platt, Rev James HenryRef P459
[19??-19??]
He was at Derby before becoming Curate-in-Charge of Rishworth in the parish of Ripponden [1939] and Vicar of
St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden [1941-1946]

Platt, JohnRef P1012
[17??-17??] Hatter in Halifax [1762]

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Platt, JohnRef P809
[1874-1912] In 1895, he married Lydia, widow of Schofield Hainsworth.

John established the Puzzle Hall Brewery at the Puzzle Hall, Sowerby Bridge.

He was licencee at Puzzle Hall, Sowerby Bridge [1905].

He was a brewer and beer seller, living on his own account at Puzzle Hall [1911].

On 24th October 1912, he died after falling off the roof of the Inn whilst carrying out repairs

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Platt, John CrombieRef P604
[1899-1957]

In 1939, he married Eliza Winder Ellarby [1903-1964] in Halifax.


Eliza was born in Hull.

She had a son Jack Ellarby, father unknown

 

Members of the family were buried at Elland Cemetery [A C 1710]

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Platt, JosephRef P257
[1812-1???] Son of Matty (née Mallalieu) & Benjamin Platt.

Born in Saddleworth; baptised at Dobcross in Saddleworth [21st June 1812]

On 20th April 1835, he married Grace Hartley at Halifax Parish Church.


Grace was the daughter of
Bernard Hartley
 

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Platt, JosephRef P397
[1894-1916] Son of Betty & Robert Platt.

Born at Wardle.

In [Q4] 1915, he married Jane McClean Freebairn in Todmorden.

They lived at 960 Fair View, Rochdale Road, Walsden.

During World War I, he served as a Gunner with the Royal Field Artillery.

He died 20th November 1916 (aged 22).

He is remembered with a CWGC headstone at St Peter's Church, Walsden [184].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Platt, PhilipRef P267
[1802-1859] Born in Soyland.

He was a grocer with Richard Hirstwood at Lower Nether Royd, Soyland  [1841, 1851].

He died at Lower Nether Royd [19th October 1859].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £3,000.

His will was proved by his executors John Robinson and Parker Swinglehurst Holt.

His will established Platt's Charities

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Platts, ArthurRef P957
[1874-1907]

In 1902, he married Hannah Eliza Hargreaves.


Hannah Eliza was the daughter of
Ebenezer Hargreaves
 

Child: George Harold [b 1907]

They lived at Merton Cottage, 2 Rosebery Avenue, Siddal [1907, 1911].

Arthur died 8th December 1907 (aged 33).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £498 19/-.

Probate was granted to his widow Hannah Eliza

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Platts, EliRef P1153
[1776-1839]

In 1798, he married (1) Elizabeth Gilpin.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child
  7. child

In 1832, he married (2) Ann.


Ann was the widow of Mr Greenwood
 

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Platts, EliRef P26
[18??-19??] Recorded in The Tradesmen's Advertiser of 1874, where he was a practical upholsterer at 13 Great Albion Street, Halifax

Platts, EliRef P1056
[1845-1916] Son of Ely Platts.

He was an upholsterer [1861, 1881] / landlord of the Woolpack, Halifax [1887] / a retired inn keeper [1901] / a retired carpet weaver [1911].

He married Mary Doubleday [1849-1922].


Mary was born in Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire
 

Children:

  1. Eli [b 1874]
  2. Charles [b 1876]
  3. Ruth who died 26th March 1879 (aged 21 months), & was buried with her parents

They lived at

  • 20 Carpet Street, Halifax [1881]
  • 10 Clover Hill Terrace, Halifax [1911]

Eli died 24th April 1916 (aged 70).

Mary died 5th February 1922 (aged 73).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 251]

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Platts, ElyRef P1229
[1811-1864] Son of Eli Platts.

Born in Skircoat.

He was a warehouseman [1836] / a stuff maker-up [1841] / a warehouseman (wool) [1851] / a maker of cotton & worsted goods [1861].

In 1836, he married Mary Hebblethwaite [1814-1889] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary came from Northowram
 

Children:

  1. George
  2. Emma [b 1839] who was a dressmaker [1861]
  3. Ruth [b 1841] who was a brush maker [1851], a burler at  damask manufacturer [1861]
  4. twins John
  5. Thomas [1843-1861] who was buried with his parents
  6. Eli
  7. Mary A. [b 1849]

They lived at

  • Upper Crib Lane, Halifax [1841]
  • 1 Bright Street, Halifax [1851, 1861]

Living with them [in 1841] 1851 & 1861 was Ely's brother John Platts [1801-1???] (clog & patten maker).

Eli died 17th January 1864 (aged 52).

Mary died 12th July 1889 (aged 75).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 429]

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Platts, FrederickRef P644
[18??-1???] He was a watch maker of Skircoat Green [1868].

In [Q2] 1868, he married Rhoda Lister in Halifax.


Rhoda was the daughter of
Samuel Lister
 

Rhoda died 27th January 1870 (aged 25), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1649] with her parents

Platts, GeorgeRef P1127
[1837-1905] Son of Ely Platts.

He was a warehouse boy (wool) [1851] / a shop attendant [1861].

He married Sarah Metcalfe [1841-1900].


Sarah came from the Castle Bolton area
 

Children:

  1. Harry [1866-1870]
  2. Thomas [1869-1872]
  3. Lydia Metcalfe (Platts) [1871-1929]
  4. George [1874-1940] who kept a butcher's shop in Wheatley  
  5. Sarah Jane [1876-1883]
  6. Walter Metcalfe [1878-1880]

Siblings Lydia & George are buried together at Illingworth Moor Wesleyan Graveyard.

The family lived at Brinton Terrace, Halifax.

Sarah died 18th April 1900 (aged 59).

George died 17th April 1905 (aged 68).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1159]

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Platts House, TodmordenRef P7010
Wellington Road. A small farm.

Owners and tenants have included

When Abraham Stansfield lived here with his family, he turned the land into a vegetable garden. This became as Vale Nurseries

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Platts, JamesRef P573
[1859-1929] Son of Thomas George Platts, mechanic.

Born in Bottoms, Skircoat.

He was a blacksmith of Southowram [1880] / a blacksmith [1881, 1891, 1901, 1911].

In 1880, he married Mary Ann Jenkinson [1859-1937] at Halifax Parish Church


Mary Ann was born in Southowram, the daughter of Mark Jenkinson, labourer
 

Children:

  1. Walter [b 1881] who was an iron moulder's apprentice  [1901], an iron moulder [1911]
  2. Sarah Ann [b 1886] who was a cutter out for fancy goods  [1911]
  3. Tom
  4. Wallace [b 1894] who was an apprentice moulder [1911]

They lived at

  • 23 Calder Street, Southowram [1881]
  • 6 Howarth's Buildings, Southowram [1891]
  • 23 Old Bank, Halifax [1901]
  • 26 Timber Street, Halifax [1911]

James died 19th December 1929 (aged 70).

Mary Ann died 23rd March 1937 (aged 78).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1425] with Thomas Archer

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Platts, JohnRef P936
[16??-16??] Recorded in 1600 as John Platts of Sowerby.

See Platts

Platts, JohnRef P1228
[1844-1884] Son of Ely Platts and twin brother of Thomas.

Born in Halifax.

He was a packer of carpets [1861] / a warehouseman [1862] / a labourer in ironworks [1871] / beerhouse keeper at the Black Boy, Halifax [1881] / innkeeper at the Pack Horse, Halifax [1884]

In 1862, he married Jemima Horsfall [1839-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Jemima came from Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1863]
  2. Lucy Hannah [b 1865] who was a carpet mender [1881]
  3. Mary Ann [b 1867] who was a spinner [1881]

They lived at

  • 28 Wilson Street, Halifax [1871]
  • Chapel House Inn, North Bierley, Bradford [1891]

Living with them [in 1871] was John's widowed mother Mary Platts.

Living with them [in 1881] were boarders William Priestley [aged 25] (stone mason) and Samuel Rother [aged 39] (labourer stone mason).

John died 12th July 1884 (aged 40).

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: H 412 C].

Living with them [in 1891] was visitor Walter Culpan who married daughter Mary Ann Platts later that year

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Platts: John PlattsRef P123
Recorded in 1921, when he was an underclothing manufacturer at 4 Back Lord Street, Halifax

The Platts, SowerbyRef P334
The Platts or The Plattes was the original name of Old Haugh End, Sowerby.

Owners and tenants have included

See Platts

Platts, ThomasRef P590
[1888-19??] MM.

Son of James Platts.

He was a french polisher [1911] / employed by Marshall Haley at West End Cabinet Works.

During World War I, he enlisted [4th March 1916] and served as a Private with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was awarded the Military Medal [1917]


For most conspicuous gallantry as a runner. He passed continually backward and forward through the enemy barrage, and regardless of personal safety, always carrying his messages promptly, although most exhausted
 

He survived the War.

His photograph appears with a report of his award in the Halifax Courier [3rd November 1917]

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Platts, WilliamRef P234
[1???-1???] He married Hester Barraclough


Hester was the daughter of
Richard Barraclough
 

Children:

  1. Hester

Playforth, GeorgeRef P20
[1???-18??] Anne Lister's manservant and groom at Shibden Hall

The Playhouse, HalifaxRef P584
Originally the Hanover Methodist Chapel in King Cross Street, Halifax.

The building was bought by the Halifax Thespians for £2,500 in 1945, and converted to the Halifax Playhouse. The auditorium seats 298 people.

The theatre opened in 1949.

The auditorium was refurbished in 1984, and a new entrance was constructed in Hanover Street to provide wheelchair and disabled access.

Plebeians Jazz Club, HalifaxRef P829
The Plebs Halifax Jazz Club was established by a group from Clare Hall School, Halifax. The founder members were Robert Moore, David Higgins, Tony Hurlin, and Fred Mountain.

The first meetings were held in April 1961 at Martin's Mill, Halifax.

Some of the musicians who played at the Club included Acker Bilk, Sonny Terry and Brownie Maghee, the White Eagle Jazz Band, and Ed O'Donnell's Band.

After 3 weeks, the club closed due to vandalism. It was held in a cellar in Upper George Yard, Halifax from June 1961.

The club closed in June 1968.

See Olympic Coffee Bar, Halifax, Plebs the Halifax Jazz Club and Star Coffee Bar, Halifax

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Plessis, François DuRef P819
[1984-] Aka Faf. South African cricketer. He played for Todmorden Cricket Club

Plested, Rev L.Ref P496
[19??-19??]
Minister at
Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [1930-1932].

In 1932, he moved to Wellington

Plews & TurnerRef P797
They had a foundry at Elland Bridge [1960s]

Plews, Bernard RileyRef P295
[1896-1915] Son of George Plews.

He was a twiner piecer [1911] / a farmer.

During World War I, he was the first recruit from Sowerby.

He he served as a Private with B Company 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was fatally gassed [5th May 1915].

The Halifax Courier [June 1915] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Divisional Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref C 18].

He is remembered on the World War I Memorial in Sowerby Church

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Plews, DavidRef P810
[1841-1???] Born in Leeds.

He was an engineer [1884] / living on own means [1891].

He married Emma [1842-1???].

Child: Clara [b 1863] who married Frank Hartley

They lived at 19 Cheapside, Poulton, Morecambe [1891]

Living with them [in 1891] were daughter Clara Hartley [b 1863] (who is listed as widow), her son Charles E. Hartley [b 1885], and widowed mother-in-law Ann Brewerton [b Leeds 1811]

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Plews, David ReginaldRef P300
[1893-1950] Son of George Plews.

He was a silk dresser [1911].

He married Kay.

They lived at 44 Wakefield Road, Hipperholme [1950].

David Reginald died 6th July 1950.

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby [10th July 1950] alongside his parents

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Plews, GeorgeRef P293
[1853-1933] Son of William Plews, farmer.

Born in Spennythorne, Yorkshire.

He was a farmer of Holy Trinity Parish, Darlington [1884] / a farm labourer [1891] / a farmer [1901, 1911].

In 1884, he married Emily Turner [1858-1933] at St George's Church, Sowerby.


Emily, of Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge, was the daughter of John Turner, engineer
 

Children:

  1. Leopold Adrian G [b 1886] who was a sand paper machine  tenter [1901]
  2. Harry William [b 1888] who was a fender shop worker  [1901], a greengrocer [1911]
  3. Mary Gertrude [b 1889] who was a dairy maid [1911]
  4. David Reginald
  5. Annie Margaret [b 1894] who was a cotton reeler [1911]
  6. Bernard Riley
  7. Harold Turner

They lived at

The couple died in 1933: George [13th January 1933]; Emily [3rd November 1933].

They were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby: George [17th January 1933]; Emily [7th November 1933].

Son David Reginald is buried with them

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Plews, Harold TurnerRef P318
[1898-1918] Son of George Plews.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment.

He died 31st March 1918.

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 4 & 5], and on the World War I Memorial in Sowerby Church

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Plews of BrighouseRef P796
Manufacturers of textile machinery at Birds Royd, Brighouse [1940s]. They shared premises with Denford Machine Tool Limited

Plod Well, Cragg ValeRef P1254

PloughcroftRef P133
Area of Boothtown as the road goes up to Queensbury.

On 12th May 1965, a group of young archæologists discovered a pottery kiln here which had been used by Roundheads and Cavaliers during the Civil War.

See Moorfalls Estate, Northowram

Ploughcroft House, HalifaxRef P1047
Owners and tenants have included

Plow, Rev Anthony JohnRef P354
[1831-1868] Vicar of Todmorden [1864-1868].

In 1864, he married Harriet, the stepdaughter of Rev Dr Molesworth, Vicar of Rochdale.

Children:

  1. Anthony Cyril [b 1865]
  2. Mary [b 1866]
  3. Hilda Catherine [b 1868] who died as a consequence of the  Vicarage murder

He and his father-in-law unsuccessfully tried to reach a compromise during the dispute at Christ Church, Todmorden. When he first officiated at the Church, he was booed by crowds at the gates and in the churchyard, and had to go in by the back entrance.

He was attacked in the Vicarage murder on 2nd March 1868. He was present at the trial but died of his injuries on 12th March 1868. Newspaper reports mention that

inflammation of the brain was observable

He was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden at the east end of the Church [17th March 1868], near to the grave of Jane Smith. The graves have now gone

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Plowroyd, NorthowramRef P275
Owners and tenants have included

Plumbridge, Rev James Henry J.Ref P495
[1879-1948]
BA, BD.

Born in Kensington.

He was at Oldham before becoming Minister at Birchcliffe Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [1913].

In 1922, he moved to Harehills, Leeds.

He died in Surrey [Q2 1948] (aged 69) 

Plummer, GeorgeRef P1095
[1847-1???] Born in Halifax.

He was bookstall clerk in charge [1891].

In [Q4] 1870, he married Martha Jane Simpson in Halifax.


Martha Jane
James Simpson
 

Children:

  1. George [b 1873] who was a cotton broker's apprentice  [1891]
  2. Harriet S. [b 1875]

The family lived at Orange Street, Halifax (with Martha Jane's widowed father) [1891]

Poad, Rev S.Ref P19
[18??-19??]
Minister at
Cross Lanes United Methodist Chapel, Hebden Bridge [until 1915]

Pobjoy, Rev Harold NormanRef P303
[1889-19??]
MA.

He was educated at Bristol / curate at Battyeford, Mirfield before becoming Curate at Elland [1911, 1915], Curate at Brighouse [1912], and Vicar of Hartshead [1925-1930].

In 1911, he was living at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield.

In 1930, he was appointed vicar of Linthwaite.

He married Marian Brearley.

In 1972, he and his wife wrote The Story of the Ancient Parish of Hartshead-cum-Clifton

Pocklington, JohnRef P1236
[1833-1869] He was painter in Halifax.

He married Eleanor.

John died 13th March 1869 (aged 36)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2041]


This entry was compiled from the burial record in the Lister Lane Archives. Please email me if you can add further details
 

Pococke, Bishop Dr RichardRef P172
[17??-17??]
Bishop of Meath. Visited Halifax in 1750. He recorded that the hills around Halifax were
not unlike the Mount of Olives over Jerusalem, and all the hills are full of coal

Podmore, John HerbertRef P238
[1862-1940] On 4th April 1894, he married Bertha Mary Helliwell in Westminster.


Bertha Mary was the daughter of
Thomas William Helliwell
 

Bertha Mary Helliwell died in Tonbridge [6th March 1955] John Herbert is mentioned for gallantry in World War I

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Poetry CentreRef P446
See Ted Hughes Poetry Centre

Poets & WritersRef P784

Pogg Myres Farm, HartsheadRef P301
The name is derived from pogg and myre, both words meaning a bog

Pogley Barn, HeptonstallRef P650
Rebuilt in 1901. It is now a private house

Pogson, EmmanuelRef P1222
[1827-1???] Son of Parker Pogson, spinner.

He was a spinner at Longwood [1860].

In 1860, he married Harriet Halstead at St Peter's Church, Huddersfield.


Harriet was the daughter of
Joseph Halstead
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1865]
  2. Herbert [b 1869]

They lived at the Bay Horse, Stainland with Harriet's parents [1861, 1871]

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Pogson, KathrynRef P1201
[1954-] Actress.

Born in Halifax

Pogson, WilliamRef P666
[17??-18??] Cotton spinner at Booth Wood Mill and Severhills Mill, Ripponden [1833]

Pogson, WilliamRef P609
[18??-1???] Coal merchant and carting agent at Halifax.

His business was established at the old Halifax railway station around 1855.

Around 1884, he moved to North Bridge Station, Halifax.

Around 1890, he retired and the business passed to his nephew, Herbert H. Sutcliffe.

He lived at Poplar Street [1905]

Pogson, WilliamRef P1174
[1809-1856] He was a carpenter [1851].

He married Ann [1809-1862].


Ann was born in Whitby.

In 1861, she was a widow, taking in lodgers

 

Children:

  1. Philip [1831-1892] who was a joiner [1851]
  2. Joseph [1838-1856] who was an errand boy [1851] & was  buried with his father
  3. Selina [b 1842] who was a dressmaker [1861]
  4. Mary [b 1846] who was a worsted spinner [1861]

The family lived at

  • 32 King Cross Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 6 Clarence Street, Halifax [1861]

William died 17th April 1856 (aged 47).

Ann died 13th June 1862 (aged 53).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3289] with a William Robert Pogson [1856-1860]

Pogson, WilliamRef P875
[1817-1872]

In [Q4] 1840, he married Ellen Horsfall [1821-1885] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Ellen [1848-1903] who married [Leeds Q3 1872] William Kennedy, & was buried with her parents

William died 18th February 1872 (aged 55), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1668],

Ellen died 4th March 1885 (aged 64), was interred at Woodhouse Cemetery, Leeds, and is remembered on William's grave

Pohlmann & Sons LimitedRef P701
Piano-making business founded around 1823 by Henry Pohlmann. They were pioneers of the piano in Britain and in their heyday were one of the world's leading manufacturers, and the only company outside London to manufacture pianos.

The construction of pianos, with full iron frames, was introduced into England in 1870 by Pohlmanns and in 1871 they were the first to use the overstrung bass in upright pianos.

Originally in Corn Market, by 1830, the business had moved to Waterhouse Street. New showrooms and warehouse premises opened opposite the White Swan Hotel on Princess Street. The company had a warehouse, a steam works, and piano manufactory and workshops – said to be Britain's most advanced piano factory – at 14 Hall Street, Halifax, and a retail outlet on Commercial Street. By 1890, they employed 40 people.

The company controlled a number of patents and were – with Erard of London – the first to produce 7¼ octave keyboards.

Their brands included:

Paragon upright grands
Grand Psalmos pianofortes
Prima Psalmos pianofortes

and they were known for their:

Noiseless pedals for pianos
non-corrosive Harmonic piano wire

A partnership – Lumb & Pohlmann – is recorded [1905].

Their rosewood Piano d'Artiste was advertised at a price of 70 guineas or on hire-purchase terms at 2 guineas per month. Their pianos came with a 10-year guarantee.

The company had a large export trade, with sales to South America, New Zealand and Australia.

They won many international prizes. Replicas of their medals can be seen on the outside of their former showrooms in Princess Street.

During World War I, Henry Pohlmann refused to allow his works to be used for making ammunition.

In 1931, the company stopped producing pianos and sold radios and electrical equipment.

The business was taken over by Rediffusion.

The company closed in the late 1970s

Pohlmann, Arthur PhilipRef P637
[1857-1918] Son of Henry William Pohlmann.

He was a pianoforte manufacturer. He was deaf [1891].

In 1880, he married Hannah Maria Baines [1815-1876] in Halifax.


Hannah Maria was the daughter of Frederick Baines
 

Children:

  1. Clifford Frederick Grace [bapt 30th June 1886]
  2. Basil Leigh Baines [21st July 1891-1963] who married  [1928] Winifred Hollas at Halifax
  3. Arthur P. Darcy [b 1894]

They lived at

  • 6 Victoria Terrace, Hipperholme [1886, 1891]
  • Roydlands, Lightcliffe [1901, 1905]

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Pohlmann, Daniel Johann DavidRef P360
[1756-1836] Aka Daniel John David, David.

Born at Marburg, Germany. In 1765, his father, Johannes Christoph David Pohlmann, from Hanover in Germany, manufactured the first pianoforte in England.

The piano in The Savile Room, Shibden Hall is by Johannes and is dated 1769.

Around 1790, he married Mary [1763-1837].

Children:

  1. Henry
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child

The family lived at Northowram.

He & his wife were buried at Coley Church

Pohlmann, EdwardRef P928
[1825-1886] Son of Henry Pohlmann. He was a pianoforte apprentice living in Soho, London [1841] / in partnership with his brother Henry William Pohlmann / a music dealer in Halifax [1861].

On 27th January 1858, the Halifax Guardian announced


Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore subsisting between us HENRY WILLIAM POHLMANN and EDWARD POHLMANN in the trade or business of Piano Forte manufacturers and Dealers was this day dissolved
 

He was also interested in the cultivation of the primula auricula and was registered as such with the Royal Horticultural Society.

He married Elizabeth.

Children:

  1. Fred
  2. Edward [b 1860] who was a piano-maker
  3. Albert [1863-1895]

They lived at

  • 22 Parkinson Lane [1861]
  • Wheatley [1871]
  • 17 Parkinson Lane [1881]

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Pohlmann, FrederickRef P636
[1859-1945] Known as Fred.

Son of Edward Pohlmann.

He was educated at Rishworth School / a pianoforte manufacturer with the family business Pohlmann & Son / a Liberal candidate for Hipperholme District Council [1907].

In 1893, he married Sarah Peel [1862-1945] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Henry Edward
  2. Sarah Elizabeth [bapt 5th July 1896]
  3. Reginald Peel
  4. Arnold [b 1900]

They lived at

  • 113 Parkinson Lane, Halifax [1891, with his brothers]
  • Oakleigh, Lightcliffe [1896, 1901, 1905]
  • Green Park Road, Halifax [1945]

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Pohlmann, HenryRef P358
[1798-1872] Younger son of Daniel Johann David Pohlmann.

Baptised at Coley.

He was a dealer in music and musical instruments, and fancy stationery at premises in Corn Market, Halifax, previously occupied by John Holroyd – where in Baines's 1822 directory – he is listed as

a dealer in music and musical instruments, and fancy stationery

He was an agent for The Leeds Mercury [1830s, 1840s].

He was a music seller at 22 Waterhouse Street [1845].

The business later became Pohlmann & Son.

On 29th November 1820, he married Sarah Hartley [1???-18??] in Halifax.

Sarah was dead by 1851.

Children:

  1. Maria [1822-1901] who married Adam Crossfield Foster
  2. Henry William
  3. Edward
  4. Elizabeth [b 1828]
  5. Jane [b 1831]

They lived at

  • Green Hill, Halifax [1841, 1845]
  • 5 Wentworth Terrace, Halifax [1851, 1861]

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2892]. On the headstone, the surname is spelled Henry Pohlman with one N.

See Joseph Henry Frobisher and Niccolò Paganini

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Pohlmann, Henry EdwardRef P963
[1893-1978] Son of Frederick Pohlmann.

Born in Halifax [5th November 1893]; baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [24th December 1893].

During World War I, he served with the 25th Squadron in France [1917].

His brother Reginald Peel Pohlmann was in the same squadron.

Henry Edward died in Worthing [Q2 1978]

Pohlmann, Henry WilliamRef P394
[1823-1874] Son of Henry Pohlmann.

He was in partnership with his brother Edward Pohlmann.

The Halifax Guardian [27th January 1858] announced


Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore subsisting between us HENRY WILLIAM POHLMANN and EDWARD POHLMANN in the trade or business of Piano Forte manufacturers and Dealers, was this day dissolved
 

He married Henrietta Elise Emma Glave [1829-1897] from Hanover.

Children:

  1. Francis Edward [1855-1856] who was buried with his parents
  2. Henry William
  3. Arthur Philip
  4. George Herbert [b 1860]

They lived at

He died suddenly at the Bedford Hotel, London [18th June 1874] (aged 51).

Henrietta Elise Emma died 6th November 1897 (aged 68).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2586] with 2 stillborn children [b 1862, 1881], & mother-in-law Berthe Herminie Friederike Glave

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Pohlmann, Henry WilliamRef P512
[1853-1891] Eldest son of Henry William Pohlmann.

He attended Making Place Academy.

He was a pianoforte dealer.

On 19th December 1876, he married Mary Hannah Townsend at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary Hannah was the daughter of Joseph Townsend
 

Children:

  1. Beatrice Mary Lillian [1878-1930] who married Robert  Stafford
  2. Henry William Louis [b 1880]
  3. George Percy Carlyle [b 1881]
  4. Harold Clive [b 1883]
  5. Charles Victor [b 1885]
  6. Emily Dorothy [b 1887]
  7. Elsie Winifred [b 1889]

They lived at

He died as a result of a fracture to the right humerus [21st September 1891] (aged 38) 

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: E 32 B]

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Pohlmann, Reginald PeelRef P962
[1898-1918] Aka Reggie.

Son of Frederick Pohlmann.

Born 4th August 1898.

He was educated at Hipperholme Grammar School and was head boy in 1915.

In 1916, he volunteered for military service and (possibly) joined the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. He trained in Buckinghamshire and then moved to Oxford and then to Doncaster and Lincolnshire with the Training Squadron in the Royal Flying Corps.

In 1917, he joined the British Expeditionary Force in France. He was posted to the 25th Squadron in France and became Second Lieutenant.

His brother, Henry Edward, was in the same squadron.

Reggie was involved in reconnaissance and aerial photography work with the 25th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. He carried out his first operational flight as pilot of a DH4 in early October 1917.

He was shot down on 5th February 1918 and was buried near Pittem, Belgium.

After the war, his remains were recovered and reinterred at Harlebeke New British Cemetery, Courtrai, Belgium.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Hipperholme Grammar School

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Poiré, Anthime CamilleRef P989
[1853-19??] He took over the language school of Alphonse Magnier.

In 1879, a Monsieur Poiré was French master at Heath Grammar School.

An advertisement for the school on 6th March 1882 announced

Monsieur A. Poiré, Professor of University of France (successor to Monsieur A. Magnier), 5, Bond Street, Halifax

In 1911, he was Principal of the Northern Institute [School of Commerce] at St George's Road, Leeds.

In 1882, he married Florence Wright [1857-19??] from Halifax, in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Alice [b 1883]
  2. Isabelle Florence [1888]

They lived at

  • 5 Bond Street, Halifax [where he was a lodger with Mrs Elizabeth Staveley: 1881]
  • 19 Portland Place, Halifax [1891]
  • 44 Brudwell Mount, Headingley, Leeds [1901]

See John E. Spencer

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Pokeland, ShibdenRef P197
Area mentioned in 1515

Pole, CharlesRef P899
[1843-1???] Born in Belgrave, Leicestershire.

He was Head Constable of the Halifax Police [1881] / Chief Constable [1884, 1892, 1893, 1894].

He is mentioned as a witness in several court cases of the time.

In 1865, he married Ann Winterton [1842-1???] from Leicestershire, in Melton Mowbray.

Children:

  1. Julia A. [b 1867]
  2. Roger [b 1869] who was a chemist's assistant [1891]
  3. Emily [b 1871]
  4. Frederick [b 1874] who was a clerk to a chartered  accountant [1891]
  5. Florence [b 1880]

They lived at 96 Lister Lane, Halifax [1881]

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Pole Hill Air Traffic Beacon, TodmordenRef P880

Police StationsRef P57

Polish Displaced Persons' CampRef P261
Shibden Hall Road.

The men were housed in the former Shibden Industrial School.

A housing development – Shibden Hall Croft – now stands on the site

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Pollard ...Ref P539
The entries for people & families with the surname Pollard are gathered together in the SideTrack.

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Pollard & CompanyRef P101
Merchants at Cheapside, Halifax [1809]

Pollard & WinterRef P707
Oil merchants, blenders and refiners at 2 Black Swan Passage, Halifax [1905]. Partners included Mr Pollard and James William Balme Winter.

In 19??, the business became Spermolin Limited

Pollard's DonationRef P377
In his will of 1608, Henry Pollard bequeathed an annual sum of £2 7/- out of income from Jump's Farm, Stansfield. 9/- was to go to the Minister of Cross Stone Chapel, and £1 18/- to the poor of Stansfield.

In 1730, 37 people are recorded as receiving the charity

Pollard's: J. Pollard & CompanyRef P672
Chemists, druggists, varnish manufacturers and oil merchants established by Mr Baldwin around 1850 at Woolshops, Halifax. Around 1865, the business was acquired by John Pollard. They had a large factory and warehouse at Lower George Yard, Halifax. The company manufactured Campbell's patent gas engine oil, Leo belting grease, Designers' varnish, Bobbin varnish, and Brush-makers' varnish

Pollard's: John Pollard & CompanyRef P690
Merchants and woollen manufacturers of Halifax.

They were at Green Hill, Halifax [1787].

On 9th April 1823, the Halifax Society for the Prosecution of Felons published a notice offering 50 guineas reward to information leading to the conviction of offender or offenders who had – during the preceding 3 weeks – stolen 13 yards of broad-cloth and 23 yards of Indigo Blue Plain cloth from the tenters of John Pollard & Company. The notice observed that

The above Offence is punishable with Death

Merchants, John Pollard & Company, are recorded at Greenhill, Halifax and at 12 Coleman Street, London [1809].

Woollen manufacturers, John Pollard & Company, are recorded at Halifax and at Dapper Mill, Ovenden [1861].

See William Pollard

Pollit, A. R.Ref P1045
[18??-19??] He was manager of the Halifax & Huddersfield Union Banking Company. In 1910, he resigned when the bank merged with the Halifax Joint Stock Bank to become the West Yorkshire Bank

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Pollit & Wigzell LimitedRef P703
World-famous steam-engine builders of Sowerby Bridge.

The company was founded by Timothy Bates as Timothy Bates & Company at Bank Foundry in 1786 during the Industrial Revolution.

In 1834, Joseph Pollit – nephew of Bates – took over the company, and in 1865 he was joined by Eustace Wigzell.

The company was registered in March 1892. The capital of 40,000 in 4,000 shares. 3,023 taken by 22 shareholders with 30,000 issued as Paid Up capital.

Each of the company's engines was given a female name.

In the late 19th century, they employed up to 500 workers.

They had business at Centre Mills, Sowerby Bridge.

Eustace Wigzell died in 1899, and Joseph Pollit died in 1900.

A partnership – Edward Pollit and his nephew Joseph Waterhouse Pollit – ran the Company until 1930.

The company went into voluntary liquidation in March 1930 when steam was overtaken by other sources of power. The business closed in 1932.

The foundry was demolished in 1937.

The Regent Cinema was built on the site.

See Nicholl & Wood and Edward Ernest Pollit

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Pollit's Bank, Pye NestRef P201
Land between Washer Lane and Wakefield Road

Pollit, EdwardRef P614
[1???-1857] In 1834, Edward's uncle Joseph Pollit took over Timothy Bates & Company, founded by his grandfather Timothy Bates, and for a time, Edward and Joseph ran the Company

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Pollit, EdwardRef P635
[1???-19??]
In partnership with his nephew
Joseph Waterhouse Pollit, he ran Pollit & Wigzell Limited until 1930, when the company went into voluntary liquidation

Pollit, Edward ErnestRef P504
[1855-1931] MIME.

Son of Thomas Pollit

Born at Kingston, Halifax [29th November 1855].

He was educated at Rishworth School [1871] / Manager Electrical Engineer (E & M) Sowerby Bridge Road, Skircoat,  boarding with James & Hannah Holmes and family [1881] / MD of Pollit & Wigzell / a member of the Sowerby Bridge School Board / Chairman of the School Attendance & Finance Committees / Manager of the Sowerby Bridge National Schools / Churchwarden of Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge / Secretary and Treasurer of the Sowerby Bridge Prosecution Society  [1900]

On 19th September 1902, he married Elizabeth Mansell [1845-1915].


Elizabeth was the daughter of William Mansell of Ramsgate
 

The family lived at

Elizabeth died 1st January 1915.

Edward Ernest died 12th November 1931.

The couple were cremated at Lawns Wood, Leeds: Elizabeth [5th January 1915]; Edward Ernest [14th November 1931].

There is a memorial to the couple at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge, next to that of Eustace Wigzell.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £9,861

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Pollit, JosephRef P178
[1814-1900]
Son of
Thomas Pollit and grandson of Timothy Bates who had founded Timothy Bates & Company at Bank Foundry.

Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He bought the Bates estate from Peter Smith Bates.

In 1834, he took over his grandfather's company, still trading as Timothy Bates & Company, and, for a time, ran the Company with his nephew Edward Pollit

In 1841, Joseph was listed as an ironfounder.

In 1865, he was joined by Eustace Wigzell, and the company became Pollit & Wigzell.

He was Chairman of the Sowerby Bridge Local Board [15th April 1875-15th April 1876].

He lived at Bank House, Sowerby Bridge [1861].

Joseph died 9th September 1900 (aged 86).

See Sowerby Bridge Waterworks

Pollit, Joseph WaterhouseRef P631
[1???-19??] In partnership with his uncle Edward Pollit, he ran Pollit & Wigzell Limited until 1930, when the company went into voluntary liquidation

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Pollit, SamuelRef P606
[1???-18??]
Of Sowerby Bridge.

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

See West Yorkshire Railway Company

Pollit, SamuelRef P6670
[1798-1876] Son of Thomas Pollit.

Drysalter at King Cross Street, Halifax [1837]

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Pollit, ThomasRef P344
[1768-1863] Born in Manchester.

He was a drysalter [1841] / a cotton merchant. He established Thomas Pollit & Company.

On 16th November 1797, he married (1) Mary Bates at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary was the daughter of Timothy Bates
 

Children:

  1. Samuel
  2. Lydia [1800-1861] who married Thomas Milcrest
  3. Ellen [1802-1883]
  4. Ann [1803-1889]
  5. Mary [b 1805]
  6. Sarah [1809-1891]
  7. Amelia Jane [1811-1841]

Mary died in 1811.

On 28th June 1812, he married (2) Susannah [1785-1833] at Halifax Parish Church.


Susannah was possibly née Wainhouse and widow of Mr Aked
 

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. Joseph
  3. Emma [1815-1885]
  4. Maria [1820-1899]
  5. Edward [1823-1857] who was a millwright's apprentice  [1841]

They lived at Broadgates, Sowerby Bridge.

Members of the family were buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery.

See Thomas Crompton and Sowerby Bridge National School

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Pollit, ThomasRef P1104
[1813-1887] Son of Thomas Pollit

Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a drysalter [1851] / a drysalting merchant [1861] / an ironfounder [1871] / an engineer's & foundry clerk [1881] / a clerk in an engineering company and foundry [1891].

On 23rd April 1846, he married Cecilia, daughter of Rev Charles Rogers, at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Letitia Mary [1846-1927]
  2. Charles Thomas [1848-1929] who was a mechanical engineer  [1871]
  3. Cecilia Rogers [1850-1931]
  4. Arthur Rogers [1854-1928] who was a banker's clerk [1871]
  5. Edward Ernest
  6. Frederick William [1859-1863]
  7. Henry Langford [1861-1890] who died at 43 Savile Park,  Halifax [7th July 1890]
  8. John Robert [1864-1936]

They lived at

  • Green Hill, Warley [1851]
  • Clough House, Tuel lane, Sowerby Bridge [1861]
  • 43 Moorfield Villa, Savile Park [1871, 1881, 1891]

daughter Cecilia Rogers was buried at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge with her grandparents

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Pollit's: Thomas Pollit & CompanyRef P981
Merchants and drysalters at Broadgates, Sowerby Bridge [1809].

Established by Thomas Pollit

Pollitt, J.Ref P176
[1878-1918] Son of Sarah Jane & Thomas Pollitt of 44 Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 7th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

He died of pneumonia in Queen Mary's Hospital in Whalley, Lancashire [10th November 1918] (aged 40).

He was buried at the hospital cemetery [Grave Ref: 343].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Luddendenfoot Working Men's Club

Pollitt, WilliamRef P1005
[1825-1868]

He married Mary [1821-1???].


Mary was born in Cheshire
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1859] who was an engine tenter [1881]
  2. Elizabeth [b 1855] who was a worsted mill hand [1881],  & married Sam Booth

They lived at 3 Sutcliffe Wood Bottom, Hipperholme, Lightcliffe [1881].

Living with the widowed Mary [in 1881] were grandchildren Esther A Booth [b 1878], John W Booth [b 1880], and Mary E Pollitt [b 1876]

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Pollock, AnnieRef P272
[1879-1976] Born in Liverpool [6th December 1878].

She was one of the children who came to the district and worked as a worsted spinner at Calvert's Mill at Wainstalls.

She was a worsted drawing frame tenter [1911].

She lived with John Rushworth [1891], with Mary Mitchell [1901], & with Harry Beaumont [1911].

An Annie Pollock died in Halifax [Q1 1976]

Pollock, MargaretRef P480
[1877-19??] Born in Liverpool.

She was one of the children who came to the district and worked as a worsted spinner at Calvert's Mill at Wainstalls.

She lived with John Rushworth [1891]

Polly Hall, NorthowramRef P669
Recorded in 1841

PomponettesRef P850
A group of females entertainers


Question: Does anyone know anything about the group?

 

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Pond Farm, BrighouseRef P620
Smithy Carr Lane / Granny Hall Lane.

Owners and tenants have included

See Pond Oil Works, Brighouse

Pond, SowerbyRef P830
See Stansfield Pond, Sowerby

Ponte, William deRef P581
[13??-13??]
He married Malina.

See Lambert House

Pontefract-Wakefield FeudRef P104

Pool, CharlesRef P1166
[18??-1???]

He married Maria.

Children:

  1. Sarah Elizabeth [1842] who died in infancy  
  2. Mary [1841-1842] who died in infancy

The family lived at Rhodes Street, Halifax [1842]

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2189]

Pool, JohnRef P237
[18??-18??]
Gentleman of Halifax.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Eliza [b 1842] who was a schoolmistress [1861] & married Keighley Walton

Pool's: John Pool & CompanyRef P986
Pocket book and pattern card makers.

They were at 3 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1822] and 20 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1829]

Pool, John RobertRef P406
[1890-1916] He was a Boy Scout in Halifax / a driver for Butterworth's, Winding Road.

He lived at 17 Dover Street, Claremount.

During World War I, he enlisted [November 1915] and served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He sustained wounds in Thiepval Wood, Somme.

He died of wounds in No.75 Field Ambulance [12th July 1916] (aged 26).

He was buried at Warlay-Bayonne Communal Cemetery.

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Pool, WilkinsonRef P5000
[1731-1802]
Son of
William Pool.

He and his parents were buried in Halifax Parish Church.

The epitaph records that he was

Tyler to the Free Mason Lodge of Probity 31 years, which office he filled with zealous fidelity

Pool, WilliamRef P4300
[1695-1754] Of Halifax.

He married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Wilkinson.

Child: Wilkinson

Members of the family were buried in Halifax Parish Church

Pool, WilliamRef P1380
[1726-1801]
Cordwainer of Halifax.

He married (1) Rachel [1733-1771].

Children:

  1. John
  2. William
  3. Judith
  4. Elizabeth [1761-1828] who married John Lister

He married (2) Alice [1732-1782].

Children:

  1. William
  2. Mary

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

Poole, AlbertRef P22
[1901-1918] Son of Henry Poole of 72 Caledonia Street, Bradford.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

He died 1st May 1918 (aged 17).

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 108-111], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Halifax Parish Church Members (WWI) Memorial

Poole, EdwinRef P411
[1905-1944] He worked for Asquith's at Highroad Well.

He married Lily.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child

They lived at 2 Shibden Fold Terrace, Stump Cross.

During World War II, he enlisted [January 1940], and he served as a Lance Bombardier with 8 HAA Royal Artillery.

He died 17th December 1944 (aged 39).

He was buried at Chittagong War Cemetery, Bangladesh.

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Poole, George HarryRef P967
[1897-1917] Son of William Poole.

He was a member of Lee Mount Baptist Church, Ovenden & Sunday School / a pattern maker (tool trade) [1911] / employed by James Farrar & Son, Gaol Lane.

During World War I, he enlisted [February 1915] and served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He contracted enteric fever at Gallipoli, and was hospitalised in Malta.

He was wounded at Beaumont Hamel, Somme.

He died at No.2 Birmingham War Hospital [25th February 1917] (aged 20).

The Halifax Courier [3rd March 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Illingworth Moor Wesleyan Chapel [b 4 39].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Lee Mount Baptist Church, Ovenden

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Poole, John RobertRef P413
[1890-1916] He was a Boy Scout / a drive for Butterworth's, Winding Road.

He lived at 17 Dover Street, Claremount.

During World War I, he enlisted [November 1915] and served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was wounded in Thiepval Wood, Somme.

He died of wounds in No.75 Field Ambulance [12th July 1916] (aged 26).

He was buried at Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref III E 8].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Poole, WilliamRef P21
[1857-19??] Born in Bampton, Oxfordshire.

He was a stoker [1891] / a dyehouse stoker [1901].

In 1890, he married Alice Blackburn [1860-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Alice, of Mount Pellon, Halifax, was born in Halifax, the daughter of William Blackburn, mason
 

Children:

  1. Annie [b 1892] who was a cotton winder [1911]
  2. Ada [b 1893] who was a cotton winder [1911]
  3. Emma [b 1895] who was a cotton winder [1911]
  4. George Harry
  5. Ernest [b 1901]

The family lived at

  • 4 Stansfield Court, Ovenden [1891]
  • 12 Concrete Street, Halifax [1901, 1911]

William was dead by 1911

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Poolman, Rev JohnRef P353
[19??-] Last Vicar of Copley. He left in 1990 and was not replaced

Poor Children's Treat FundRef P304
See Maria Ackroyd Charity

Poor's Cottage, OvendenRef P376
See Isaac Walton

Poor Man's Friend LodgeRef P708
A friendly society established at Ovenden in the 18th/19th century. It subsequently amalgamated with the Bolton Unity of Oddfellows

Pope, Dr H.Ref P7
[18??-19??] Medical practitioner in Todmorden [1895]

The Poplars, BrighouseRef P40
61 Lightcliffe Road.

Owners and tenants have included

The Poplars, HalifaxRef P548
Free School Lane / Savile Park.

Owners and tenants have included

The Poplars, LightcliffeRef P317
This was originally the Horse Shoe Inn.

Owners and tenants have included

The Poplars, RastrickRef P227
Rastrick Common. Stans at the junction with Bowling Alley.

This was a farm in the early 1700s.

Owners and tenants have included

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PopololliRef P1043
The popular local name for a mixture of liquorice and water

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Popple, ThomasRef P510
[18??-19??]

In [Q4] 1894, he married Rachel Mallett [18??-19??] in Haslingden.

Child: Wilfred

They lived at 16 Canal View, Longfield Road, Todmorden

Popple Wells, WarleyRef P338
See Lower Popplewells, Warley

Popple, WilfredRef P389
[1896-1918] Son of Thomas Popple.

Born in Haslingden [Q3 1896].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He died 25th August 1918 (aged 22).

He is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France [Grave Ref 5 & 6], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Popples Almshouses, BradshawRef P402
4 to 9 School Lane. 6 houses in a 17th century-style building dated 1840. The houses were built in 1832 by Elizabeth Wadsworth for
natives or residents of Holdsworth – 6 poor widows, or poor unmarried women – not less than 50 years of age

Popples Bottom, SlackRef P87
Widdop Road, Heptonstall. From around 1810, the local workhouse was here

Popples CharityRef P396
See Popples Almshouses and Elizabeth Wadsworth

Popples Close Farm, HeptonstallRef P1135
Edge Lane. Mid 18th century laithe-house

Popples Common, SlackRef P277
Heptonstall. Cricket and Knur & spell were played here.

In 1960, Lord George Halifax Lumley-Savile gave the Common and other land to Hepton Rural District Council.

Calderdale Council have twice had to pay damages and compensation for allowing people to abuse this common land

Popplewell CharitiesRef P424
In March 1820, John Popplewell bequeathed the income from a benefaction of £1,300, and in 1832, Ann and Rebecca Popplewell bequeathed the income from a benefaction of £1,000. and The money was to be distributed to men and women who have attended Divine Service at Hartshead Church, and took the form of underclothing and a loaf of bread worth 1/-.

In 1894, 88 men each received 2 shirts and a pair of stockings, and 78 women each received 2 shifts, a flannel petticoat and a pair of stockings

Popplewell, ElizabethRef P4600
[1842-1903] She had a daughter Martha Harriet Popplewell [b 1868].

In 1872, she married (1) James Crawshaw.

In 1875, she married (2) Kershaw Armitage

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Popplewell, JohnRef P425
[17??-18??]
See
Popplewell Charities

Popplewell, ThomasRef P106
[17??-18??]
Wire drawer at Paper Mill, Halifax [1830].

He lived at 3 Albion Street, Halifax [1830]

Population of CalderdaleRef P3

Pork Pie Appreciation SocietyRef P711
See Old Bridge Inn Pork Pie Appreciation Society

Pork Pie Villa, BrighouseRef P592
See Kirkley House, Brighouse

Porridge Hall, RishworthRef P6240
In 1842, a number of Wesleyans met at Porridge Hall, Temple Terrace, near the Derby Bar, Rishworth. They went on to establish Booth Wood Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

Porritt, ArthurRef P326
[1895-1990]
Local historian and writer of books on local history. He was a member of the
Halifax Authors' Circle. He wrote many papers for the Halifax Antiquarian Society, and he was President in the 1970s.

Between November 1952 and March 1959, he wrote 313 articles for the Halifax Courier & Guardian, and these were published in the 3 volumes of his It happened here series. His many publications include:

Porritt, Rev ThomasRef P462
[1847-1936]
Minister at
Providence Congregational Church, Elland [1878-1890]. He left to serve at Morley

Porteous, Rev C. A.Ref P472
[18??-19??]
Minister at
Holywell Green Congregational Church [1919]

Porter ...Ref P1244
The entries for people & families with the surname Porter are gathered together in the SideTrack.

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Porter & PeelRef P1088
Staymakers at 15 Corn Market, Halifax [1881]

Porter's Lodge, Halifax Union WorkhouseRef P1077
Gibbet Street.

The Porter's Lodge for the Halifax Union Workhouse

Porter Lodge, TriangleRef P382
Rochdale Road. A distinctive pair of buildings on the main road. Inscribed 1749 rebuilt 1874. These were the lodges to Field House, Sowerby.

See Triangle Well #2

Porteus, AlbertRef P531
[1874-19??] Son of William Porteus.

Born in Halifax.

He was a silk dresser [1891] / a labourer of Clive Street, Northowram [1898] / a gas works labourer [1901] / a mechanic labourer [1911].

In 1898, he married Violetta Barrett [1874-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Violetta, of Garden Street, Northowram, was born in Halifax, the daughter of Thomas Barrett, miner

She was a coating weaver [1911]

 

Children:

  1. James
  2. Sam [b 1902]
  3. Lewis [b 1906]
  4. Doris [b 1908]

They lived at

  • 29 John Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 20 Albert Street, Haley Hill, Halifax [1911, 1918]

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Porteus, JamesRef P541
[1899-19??] DSM.

Son of Albert Porteus.

He was a worsted doffer [1911] / employed at Riley's Toffee Works.

During World War I, he enlisted [September 1916], and he served as a Seaman with the Royal Navy.

His vessel was destroyed by a submarine.

He was awarded the DSM [1917]

He survived the War

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Porteus, Stephen WilliamRef P1025
[1890-1916] Son of Alice [née Gibson] & William Henry Porteus of 22 Mill Hill Lane, Brighouse [1911].

Born in Rastrick.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 30th September 1916.

He was buried at Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, France [Grave Ref IX D 10].

He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial

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Porteus, WilliamRef P184
[1831-1882] Born in Kirkbymoorside.

He was a joiner in weaving shed [1871] / an engine model maker [1881] / a cabinet maker.

He married Elizabeth [1832-1???].


Elizabeth was born in York
 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1855]
  2. Elizabeth [b 1857]
  3. Annie [b 1860]
  4. Ada [1862-1918] who was a carpet weaver [1881], a silk  twister [1891] & married Samuel Edwin Riley
  5. James [b 1865] who was a labourer at dyehouse [1881]
  6. William [b 1867]
  7. Emily [1868-1928] who married Bentley Riddlesden
  8. Albert

They lived at

  • 84 Portland Street, Northowram [1871]
  • 56 Clive Street, Northowram [1881]
  • 56 Clive Street, Northowram [1891]

William died in Halifax [Q4 1882] (aged 51) 

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Portland House, HalifaxRef P1152
Stood at the corner of Commercial Street / St John's Lane.

Owners and tenants have included

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Portman, Charles Clifford HarrisonRef P96
[1895-1???] Son of Matthew Portman.

He was a clerk (tapestry works) [1911] / a civil servant [1920, 1939].

He married (1) Annice Irene Hallewell in Halifax [29th January 1920].


Annice Irene was the daughter of Charles Frederick Hallewell
 

In [Q4] 1957, he married (2) Florence Lakey in Halifax.

They lived at 19 Gibraltar Road, Halifax [1961]

Portman, EricRef P112
[1901-1969] Popular film star and theatre actor born in Halifax

See Ivor Burgoyne, Halifax Repertory Theatre Club and Our Eric a Portrait of Eric Portman

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Portman, Frank LeslieRef P66
[1903-19??] Known as Leslie.

Son of Matthew Portman.

Born 2nd August 1903; baptised at All Souls' Church, Haley Hill [18th November 1903] along with his older brother Eric.

He took over the family business and was a children's outfitter [1939]

In [Q3] 1931, he married Alice Green in Bournemouth.

Children:

  1. John M. [b 1939]
  2. Michael

They lived at 20 Chester Road, Akroydon

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Portman, Rev J. E.Ref P129
[18??-19??] He was Pastor at Southgate United Methodist Church, Elland [1907] / Methodist minister at Cornholme [1910]

Portman, JamesRef P175
[1837-1???] Born in Thorpe Hesley, Rotherham.

He was a coal miner [1871] / a retired miner [1911].

He married Harriet Satterfit [1848-1???] in Rotherham [Q2 1865].


Harriet was born in Kimberworth, Rotherham
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1858]
  2. Matthew
  3. John Edward [b 1870]
  4. Ada Martha [1872-1873]
  5. Henry [b 1874] who was a lamp cleaner [1891]
  6. Friend [b 1876] who was a coal miner [1891]
  7. Bernard [b 1878]
  8. Willie [1881]
  9. George E [b 1885] who was a coal miner (hewer) [1911]
  10. Albert [b 1892] who was a clerk [1911]

They lived at

  • Brick Yard, Kimberworth [1871]
  • Thorpe Hesley, Rotherham [1881]
  • Ecclesfield, Yorkshire [1891]

Harriet was dead by 1911

Portman, MatthewRef P113
[1868-1939] Son of James Portman.

Born in Thorpe Hesley, near Rotherham.

He was a clothier's salesman in Burnley [1891] / a clothier (manager) [1911].

He married Alice Harrison [1871-1915] in Rotherham [1893].


Alice was born in Kimberworth / Masborough, Rotherham
 

The couple moved to Halifax.

He ran a gentlemen's outfitters business at 18 Arcade Royale, Halifax [1936] and 20 Silver Street, Halifax [1961]

Children:

  1. Charles Clifford
  2. Winifred May [b 1897] who married [Q1 1922] Thomas W.  Aked
  3. Eric
  4. Frank Leslie

They lived at

  • 71 Chester Road, Akroydon [1901, 1905]
  • 20 Chester Road, Akroydon [1911, 1939]

Alice died 25th May 1915

Matthew died at Scalebor Park, Ilkley [13th September 1939].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £9,970 10/3d. Probate was granted to his sons Charles Clifford and Frank Leslie

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Portsmouth Co-operative Society, TodmordenRef P1013
The Portsmouth branch of the Todmorden Co-operative Society opened on 17th September 1897 – the 14th branch

Portsmouth House, TodmordenRef P638
Owners and tenants have included

Portsmouth Post OfficeRef P716
This was one of 11 local post offices which – despite popular protests – were closed in August 2008

Portsmouth Railway StationRef P508
Todmorden. Opened by the Manchester & Leeds Railway Company on 12th November 1849. This allowed passengers to reach East Lancashire more easily.

On 9th January 1888, there was a collision near the station.

On 11th May 1900, a young woman was knocked down by a train.

The passenger service ended and the station closed on 5th July 1958.

The goods service ended in 1963.

The station was demolished.

See Hall Royd Junction, Todmorden and Todmorden Railway Station

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Portsmouth Reservoir, TodmordenRef P1044
Now used by Todmorden Angling Society

Portsmouth Rovers Football ClubRef P1028
The club was formed in 1903.

Recorded in 1909

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Portsmouth, TodmordenRef P114
Area of Todmorden west of Cornholme. It is almost in Lancashire.

Like much of the surrounding district, the area is subject to flooding.

On 16th October 1947, many homes and roads were engulfed in mud following a landslide near here.

The area was given the name Portsmouth by the son of Thomas Clegg, landlord the Roebuck here.

PortugalRef P960

Portway, GeorgeRef P1225
[1816-1???] Born in Bury St Edmunds.

He was a worsted manufacturer employing 19 men, 70 women & 4 boys [1871].

In 1838, he married Charlotte Ridley Ranson [1815-1???] from Ipswich, in Ipswich.

Child: 1. Herbert [b 1849] who was in partnership with his father [1871].

They lived at Perth Villas, Lightcliffe [1871]

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Portway, HerbertRef P574
[1849-1920] Born in Bury St Edmunds.

He was a stuff manufacturer [1872].

On 4th September 1872, he married Mary Helena Tillotson at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe.


Mary Helena was the daughter of
Samuel Bold Tillotson
 

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child

Mary Helena died in Bradford [28th October 1892].

Herbert died in Sheffield in 1920

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Portway Press LimitedRef P97
Established by Phil Bull, this was the parent company of Timeform, and publisher of books such as the annual Best Horses of 19xx and race-cards produced by that business and sold by mail order and on race-courses.

The business started in London [1937], moved to Halifax [1945].

They were at The Hollins, Warley, Union Street, Halifax, and Northgate House, Halifax

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Posgate, William TinkerRef P1099
[1817-1879] He was a landed proprietor [1851].

In [Q4] 1847, he married Sarah Ibbotson [1816-1884] in Hunslet.

Children:

  1. Marianne [b Scotland 1849]
  2. Ibbotson Warburton [August 1855-19th February 1859]

They lived at 5 Albany Street, Leith, Scotland (lodging with Mrs Margaret Reid) [1851].

William died 2nd February 1879 (aged 62).

Sarah died 9th July 1884 (aged 68).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 317] with Mary [1788-23rd March 1863] daughter Samuel Ibbotson

Post Office Buildings, HalifaxRef P1169
Office accommodation between Halifax General Post Office and Arcade Royale

Post Office Chambers, HalifaxRef P978
Premises above the Arcade Royale, Halifax

Post OfficesRef P717

PostcodesRef P904

  • HX1 Halifax Central and Queens Road
  • HX2 Holmfield, Illingworth, King Cross, Luddenden, Mount Tabor, Ogden, Wainstalls, and Warley Town
  • HX3 Boothtown, Hipperholme, Northowram, Ovenden, Shelf, and Southowram
  • HX4 Holywell Green

    • HX4 0: Barkisland
    • HX4 8: Greetland
    • HX4 9: Stainland

  • HX5 Elland
  • HX6 Booth Wood, Lumb, Mill Bank, Norland Town, Ripponden, Rishworth, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge, and Triangle
  • HX7 Blackshawhead, Cragg, Eastwood, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall, Midgley, Mytholm, Mytholmroyd, Pecket Well, and Widdop
  • HD6 Brighouse and Rastrick
  • OL14 Todmorden

See Dialling codes

Postlethwaite, Henry FossardRef P1117
[1867-1919] Son of John Postlethwaite.

In 1893, he married Lucy Ann Marshall.

Child: Jack

Henry died in 1919 (aged 52) 

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Postlethwaite, James TysonRef P1110
[1808-1895] He was a tailor of Stansfield [1835] / a tailor [1841] / a tailor employing 4 men [1851] / a tailor [1861, 1871] / a tailor & draper [1881] / a tailor [1891].

On 2nd August 1835, he married Sarah Crabtree [1813-18??].


Sarah came from Stansfield
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1837]
  2. William [b 1838] who was a tailor [1861]
  3. John
  4. Sarah Ann [b 1842] who married [8th October 1885] widower  John Leathley [b 1834] (painter of Oldham), son of  Marmaduke Leathley
  5. Ellen [b 1844]
  6. Mary [b 1844] who (possibly) married Herbert C.  Wilkins
  7. Sarah [b 1848]

They lived at

  • New Chapel, Toad Carr, Stansfield [1841]
  • Oddfellows Buildings, Langfield [1851]
  • North Street (or North Gate) Todmorden [1861]
  • 23 North Street, Todmorden [1871]
  • North Streeet, Todmorden/Walsden [1881, 1891]
  • 35 Cambridge Street, Cross Stone [1895]

Living with them [in 1851] were widowed mother-in-law Sarah Crabtree [b 1809], and 2 apprentices Wilson Riley [b Ripponden 1875] & James Lord [b Stansfield 1875].

Living with them [in 1891] was Eleanor Postlethwaite [b 1845].

James died 11th February 1895 (aged 87).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £268 10/-.

Probate was granted to William Hussey (political agent) 

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Postlethwaite, James TysonRef P1118
[1870-19??] Son of John Postlethwaite.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a collector for the Corporation [1901].

In 1899, he married Anna Holt [1871-19??].


Anna was born in Todmorden
 

Child: Annie E. [b 1900]

They lived at 2 Hawthorn Place, Todmorden [1901]

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Postlethwaite, JohnRef P1115
[1840-1887] Son of James Tyson Postlethwaite.

On Thursday 22nd November 1874, he was one of 12 men who were arrested & charged with betting & gambling at the house of William Fielden.

He was a tailor [1861] / a journeyman tailor [1871] / a tailor & draper (partner) [1881].

In 1866, he married Eliza Jane Fossard.


Eliza Jane was born in Middlesex.

She was a dressmaker [1871] / a milliner [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Henry Fossard
  2. William [b 1868]
  3. James Tyson

They lived at

  • Well Lane (or Well Street) Todmorden [1871]
  • 13 Prince Street, Todmorden [1881]

John died in 1887 (aged 47).

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Postlethwaite, WilliamRef P1029
[18??-19??]
Registrar of marriages at Todmorden [from June 1909].

On 1st September 1913, his 4-year-old son, Lacy, was killed in a motor waggon accident at Canal Bridge, Strand, Todmorden.

The family lived at Wellfield House, Todmorden [1913]

Pot-HowcansRef P1
See Howcans Pottery

Pot Ovens, SouthowramRef P1170
On 11th June 1782, a newspaper reported


The partnership between John Morton and Joseph Morton of Exley in Southowram, Potters, being this day dissolved by mutual consent. Debts to be paid to Mr Joseph Morton who is duly authorised to receive them, and by whom alone the business will be continued at the Pot-Ovens at Exley aforesaid.

Dated this 4th day of June 1782

 

This is possibly Joseph Morton.

In 1853, a notice in the Halifax Guardian announced


Sale by Auction on Wednesday 13th April 1853

All that MESSUAGE or DWELLINGHOUSE with garden and conveniences thereto at Pot Ovens in Southowram hereinafter called Near Mires and now occupied by Mrs Morton.

Also all that POTTERY the Large Ware Pot Works with the vacant piece of land thereto and the Smoke House, Ovens, belonging to the same now in the occupation of Mr Joseph Morton.

Also all that COTTAGE or DWELLINGHOUSE with Warehouse over same and conveniences and appurtenances thereto belonging to also situate at Pot Ovens, now in the respective occupation of Matthew Walker and Joseph Morton.

Also all that other Close or Parcel of land called Near Mires situate at Pot Ovens in Southowram with Stable, 2 roods and 6 perches now in the occupation of Joseph Morton.

Also all that other Close or Parcel of land called Far Mires containing an admeasurement of 2 roods and 28 perches or thereabouts also in the occupation of Joseph Morton.

The above premises are well adapted for carrying on a business in the Pottery Line situate about one mile from the Goods Station of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway in Halifax. The supply of water is abundant and the Close called the Far Mires contains a valuable bed of superior clay.

Particulars from Messrs Hitchin & Gleadall, Solicitors, Halifax, March 28th 1853

 

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Potball, CharlestownRef P398
Jumble Hole Road. House dated 1684

Pots, potters & potteriesRef P3010

Potter, Rev EdwardRef P788
[18??-19??]
Independent minister at Dale Street, Todmorden [1861]

Potter, George EdwardRef P223
[1876-1948] Son of John Potter, carter.

He was a carpet weaver of Pellon Lane [1902].

On 22nd May 1902, he married Mary Elizabeth Hoyle at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of
Charles Henry Hoyle
 

Members of the family were buried at Lightcliffe Old Church Graveyard

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Potter, Rev Hugh GeorgeRef P458
[18??-19??]
MA.

He was educated at Cambridge before becoming Curate at Illingworth [1913-1915], Vicar of Warley [1924], Vicar of Holy Trinity [1930], assistant rural dean of Halifax [1930], and Vicar of Sowerby Bridge & Norland [1933-1936]. In 1936, he moved to St Thomas's Church, St Annes, Lancashire

Potter, Philip RussellRef P7750
[19??-1???] Halifax dentist.

He bought the practice of Algeon Sugden Hodgson after Hodgson's death.

He was at 32 Prescott Street, Halifax.

He retired in 1982

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Potter, Sir RaymondRef P562
[19??-19??]
He was Joint General Manager of the
Halifax Building Society [1956-1960] / Chief General Manager [1960-1974] / Chairman [1974-1983]

Potter, RichardRef P558
[18??-1915] Of Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Devonshire Regiment.

He died 25th September 1915.

He is remembered on the Loos Memorial, France [Grave Ref 35-37], on Todmorden War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Todmorden Unitarian Church

PotteriesRef P714

Potterton, JohnRef P283
[1829-1915] Born at Coal Lane End, Ogden [22nd June 1819]

He was educated at dame school / working on the family farm [as a child] / a woolcomber / a hand loom weaver / employed at the Valley Dye Works, Bradford / employed by George Thompson / a warehouseman & traveller for James Parrish / a traveller for Michael Stocks / a hosier (own account) at the Market Shirt Shop in Halifax Market [for over 30 years] / restaurateur at the Slip Inn Restaurant, Northgate / author of articles about Ogden for the Halifax Courier.

In [Q3] 1857, he married Eunice Hirst in Halifax.


Eunice was the daughter of Simeon Hirst
 

They lived at Woolpack Yard, Halifax.

John died 4th June 1915

Potterton, JonathanRef P1263
[1823-1911] Son of Mary (née Bates) [1790-1878] & Abraham Potterton [1781-1859], a wool comber.

Born in Ovenden.

He was Police sergeant in Halifax.

Recorded in 1870, when he gave evidence at the trial of Walter Crabtree

On 3rd September 1843, he married Hannah Robinson [1823-1900] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Sarah Jane [1850-1860]
  2. Mary Annie [1861-1937]
  3. Emily [1866-1945]

He died in Halifax [7th May 1911]

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Potts, EdwinRef P870
[1865-1939]

In [Q3] 1885, he married Mary Ann Spendlove [1865-1928] in Madley, Shropshire.

Child: Fred

Mary Ann & Fred died in Todmorden

Potts, FredRef P498
[1892-1917] Son of Edwin Potts.

Born in Dawley, Shropshire.

During World War I, he enlisted in Todmorden and served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died of wounds [11th August 1917].

He was buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref III D 17].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

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Potts, J.Ref P290
[1???-19??]
Curate at
Brighouse [1957-1958]

Potts, JohnRef P1184
[1841-1881] Born in Stockport, Cheshire.

He was a boiler-maker [1871, 1881].

In [Q2] 1867, he married Martha Ann Hamer [1846-1869] in Halifax.


Martha Ann was the daughter of
Joseph Hamer
 

Children:

  1. George [1869-1880] who was buried with his parents

Martha Ann died (possibly of perinatal complications) [20th July 1869] (aged 23).

In 1871, John & son George were living with Martha Ann's parents at Chatham Street Halifax [1871].

In 1881, John was an inmate at Halifax Union Workhouse.

He died 27th April 1881 (aged 40).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1604]

Potts, JosephRef P391
[18??-1915] Born in Oldham.

During World War I, he enlisted in Todmorden, and he served as a Corporal with the 1st/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He was killed in action at Gallipoli [7th August 1915].

He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli [Grave Ref 58-72 / 218-219], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

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Potts, Rev WilliamRef P278
[1902-1981]
He died 1st December 1981.

He was buried at Mytholmroyd Wesleyan Methodist Church

Poulter, SimeonRef P89
[1843-1???] Born in Leeds.

He was a corn miller [1881] / an iron moulder [1890].

He married Maria [1840-1???].


Maria was born in Leeds
 

Children:

  1. Simeon [b 1867] who was a nail maker [1881]
  2. Louisa [b 1868]
  3. Hannah [1870-1???] who married Joseph Summerscales
  4. Ellen [b 1874]
  5. Alfred [b 1876]
  6. Mary A [b 1879]

The children were born in Leeds.

The family lived at 43 Musgrave Fold, Leeds [1881]

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Poulton, JohnRef P422
[18??-191?]

During World War I, he served as a Sapper with the Royal Engineers.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Pountain, Rev DavidRef P3500
[19??-1???]
Minister at
Blackley Particular Baptist Church [1967-1977]

Poutney, ErnestRef P969
[1897-1918] Brother of Mrs Annie Jackman of 132 Lister Lane, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died 20th July 1918 (aged 21).

He was buried at Marfaux British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref II F 4]

Powell, CharlesRef P1066
[1906-1944] Son of Elizabeth & John Powell.

He married Beatrice.

They lived in Ovenden.

During World War II, he served as a Corporal with the 7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 30th October 1944 (aged 38).

He was buried at Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Netherlands [Grave Ref 7 C 10]

Powell, CharlesRef P428
[1906-1944] Son of Elizabeth & John Powell.

He was a regular soldier for 12 years / employed by Denham's.

He married Beatrice Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child

They lived at 34 Denfield Avenue. Ovenden.

During World War II, as a reservist, he was called-up [1939], and he served as a Corporal with the 7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was in Iceland for 2 years.

He died 20th October 1944 (aged 38).

He was buried at Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Netherlands [Grave Ref 7 C 10].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Powell, Charles HenryRef P314
[1858-1929] Born in Peterchurch, Herefordshire.

He was a game keeper / an innkeeper in the Follifoot-Harrogate area

In December 1875, he married Hannah Verril [1855-1919] in Mansell Lacy, Herefordshire.


Hannah was from Mansell Lacy, Herefordshire
 

The family left Herefordshire, and settled in the Follifoot area of Harrogate [before 1879].

Children:

  1. William Samuel [1877-1947]
  2. Charles Henry [1879-1954]
  3. Sophia Ellen [1881-1974]
  4. Albert Percy [1885-1966]
  5. Maud Mary Josephine [1886-1942] who married [1912]  John J. Fowler
  6. Joseph [1889-1957]
  7. Roger
  8. Levia Frances [1892-1963]
  9. Edward Gordon
  10. Godfrey George

Sons Roger, Edward Gordon and Godfrey George were killed in World War I.

Charles Henry died at Storthes Hall [Q1 1929] (aged 71).

Sons William Samuel & Joseph both died in Todmorden

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Powell's: D. Powell & SonRef P704
Brighouse grocer established around 1900 with premises at 44 Briggate, Brighouse, Black Bull in Briggate

Powell, Edward GordonRef P506
[1894-1918] Son of Charles Henry Powell.

Of Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He transferred to the Labour Corps.

He died 26th November 1918.

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Holymoorside, Derbyshire.

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

His brothers Roger and Godfrey George also died in the War

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Powell, Rev EdwinRef P442
[1842-1910] Son of Mary & James Powell.

Born in Dudley.

He was Vicar of Heptonstall [1877-1902].

On 27th January 1874, he married Eliza Palmer [1844-1923] at St Alkmund's Church, Derby.


On his marriage, he added the name Palmer
 

Children:

  1. Edwin Ainger [b 1875]
  2. Francis Palmer [b 1877]
  3. Mildred Marian [1879-1943] who never married
  4. Mabel [1881-1924] who never married
  5. Charles Palmer [b 1884]
  6. Dora Monica [b 1886]

He died in Leeds [Q1 1910] (aged 68).

He was buried at Chorlton-cum-Hardy.

In 1914, the parishioners at Heptonstall proposed that a memorial – in the form of a polished Birkhall granite cross – be erected at the head of his grave

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Powell, Eric NashRef P1082
[1920-1944] Son of Catherine & Hugh Powell of Ripponden.

During World War II, he served as a Pilot Officer 619th Squadron Royal Air Force.

He died 25th April 1944 (aged 24).

He was buried at Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany [Grave Ref 7 J 12-15]

Powell, Godfrey GeorgeRef P392
[1896-1915] Son of Charles Henry Powell.

Born in Harrogate.

During World War I, he enlisted in Todmorden and served as a Private with the 1st/6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He was killed in action at Gallipoli [7th August 1915].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

His brothers Roger and Edward Gordon also died in the War

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Powell, Harold VictorRef P499
[1???-19??]
JP.

He was Mayor of Todmorden [1961-1962]

Powell, Rev J. R.Ref P443
[19??-19??]
Vicar of
St Augustine's Church, Pellon [1966]

Powell, JamesRef P4390
[1837-1908] Of Brighouse.

Born in Market Weighton.

He was a domestic servant [1861].

On 16th June 1862, he married Frances Dyson [1841-1886] in Calverley.


Frances was born in Mosley
 

Children:

  1. James William [b 1863]
  2. Henry [b 1865]
  3. Robert [1866-1867] who died aged 9 months  
  4. George Edward [1869-1870] who died aged 9 months  
  5. Samuel [b 1871]
  6. Robert Goodall [1872-1873] who died aged 5 months  
  7. Florence Goodall [b 1877]
  8. Charles Harold [1881-1884]

Frances died 6th September 1886 (aged 46).

She & other members of the family () were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse.

James died in Driffield in 1908.


James's burial place is not yet known
 

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Powell, Rev JaneRef P862
[19??-] Minister at Steep Lane Baptist Church, Sowerby [2009]

Powell, JosephRef P1079
[1827-1869]
Son of Hannah & William Powell.

He was a boot & shoe maker.

He married Mary Jane.

Children:

  1. Joseph [1866-1867]

The family lived at 8 Spice Cake Lane, Halifax [1867, 1869]

He died 16th May 1869 (aged 42).

Members of the family were buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery

Powell, JosephRef P99
[1890-19??] Born in Harrogate, Yorkshire.

He was a cutter for Redman Brothers at Vale Mills, Todmorden [1921].

In [Q2] 1911, he married Alice Hartley [1888-19??] in Todmorden.


Alice was born in Todmorden, the daughter of George Hartley.

She was a machinist for Redman Brothers at Vale Mills, Todmorden [1921]

 

Child: Kathleen [b Q4 1913]

They lived at 9 Crossley Street, Todmorden [1921]

Living with them [in 1921] were Alice's parents and her widowed sister Emily Johnson

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Powell, RogerRef P521
[1889-1918] Son of Charles Henry Powell.

Of Todmorden.

On 15th July 1911, he married (1) Jessie Ormerod [1891-1913] at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone.


Jessie was born in Todmorden
 

Jessie died in 1913.

In [Q2] 1914, he married (2) Sarah Ann Ingham [1895-1974] in Todmorden.


Sarah Ann was born in Haslingden, Lancashire, the daughter of Thomas Ingham
 

They lived at 3 Walton Fold, Millwood, Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died of wounds [29th March 1918] (aged 28).

He was buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, France [Grave Ref V C 49].

He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint Paul's Church, Cross Stone.

His brothers Edward Gordon and Godfrey George, and brother-in-law John Robert Ingham, also died in the War

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Powell, SandyRef P461
[1900-1982] Born Albert Arthur Powell. Popular Rotherham-born comedian. He appeared on the music halls, radio and TV.

In 19??, he auditioned at the Palace Theatre. His mother, Lily le Maine, herself a variety artiste, sat at the back of the auditorium, and being hard of hearing, she repeatedly urged Sandy to Speak Up. This was where he developed his catch-phrase

Can you hear me, mother?

When he signed his first record contract he was offered a lump sum but opted for royalties of one penny per record; his first record alone sold over half a million copies

Powell, W. ArthurRef P429
[18??-191?]

During World War I, he served as a Lieutenant with the Notts & Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at United Reformed Church, Carlton Street

Power, AnnRef P174
[1???-1???]
Daughter of
William Power, sister of John Power and aunt of Henry Power.

She married Dr John Favour

Power, AnnRef P1219
[1831-1904] Born at Sandbeck Kennels on The Park, on the Earl of Scarborough's estate, between Tickhill and Maltby.

She was a servant at The Old Cock Inn, Halifax [1861] / beerhouse keeper at the Bath Street Tavern, Halifax [1881].

She never married but had 3 illegitimate children:

  1. Charles [b 1846] who died in infancy in the workhouse at  Hemsworth
  2. Christiana [b 1849]
  3. Walter Quarmby [b 1863] who was a cotton warp dyer [1881]

In 1871, Ann and Walter were living at 21 Bull Green, Halifax [with Ann's uncle Thomas Gibson].

Ann died at the Poor Law Hospital. Her death certificate records that she was

the widow of John Quarmby Power

using information given by Walter

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Power, GeorgeRef P240
[16??-1700] Son of Dr Henry Power.

He inherited New Hall, Elland.

He left the Hall to John Hanson of Back Hall

Power, Dr HenryRef P118
[1626-1668] MD, FRS.

Son of John.

Born in Annesley, Nottinghamshire.

The family moved to Halifax about 1633.

He was a physician and naturalist. He went to school in Halifax. He practised for a time as a physician in Halifax.

On 6th May 1653, he conducted a famous experiment using a tube of mercury to measure the height of Beacon Hill. He found that the level of mercury fell by more than ½ an inch as he took the tube from the top of the hill down into the valley, and used this to estimate that Beacon Hill was 290 yards 1 foot = 871 feet high.

He owned – and modernised – New Hall, Elland where he lived from 1659-1664.

In 1656, he married Margery, daughter of Anthony Foxcroft.

Child: George

On account of his health, he retired to Wakefield. He was buried in Wakefield Cathedral.

In 1663, he published his Experimental Philosophy. He was one of the first 2 men to be elected members of the Royal Society [1663]

Power in the LandscapeRef P580
A local history website produced by the Alternative Technology Centre, Hebden Bridge with information about mills and mill-owners in the Upper Calder Valley

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Power, JohnRef P515
[1???-1638] Son of William Power. He was a miller and a Spanish merchant.

In 1633, the family moved to Halifax from Arnold in Nottinghamshire.

He married Jane Jennings.

Children:

  1. Henry
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child

In 1633, he bought Mulcture Hall.

Around 1635, he was one of the first Governors of Nathaniel Waterhouse's Workhouse.

In 1637, he installed plaster ceilings at Mulcture Hall.

When John died in 1638, Jane married Anthony Foxcroft, and the family moved to New Hall, Elland.

See John Smithson

Power, WilliamRef P879
[16??-1???]
Rector of Barwick.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Ann

Powerloom Overlookers' Club, TodmordenRef P1036
Recorded in 1912 at White Hart Fold when the membership was 200

Pownall, RichardRef P939
[1871-1915]

He married Alice.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He died 2nd June 1915 (aged 44).

He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli [Grave Ref 58-72 / 218-219].

In [Q2] 1921, Alice married George F. Howorth in Todmorden.

They lived at 25 Back Brook Street, Todmorden

Poyner, Archibald MacallisterRef P7101
[1889-1941] Son of Isabella (née Mcghie) & John Poyner.

Born in Carnwarth, Lanarkshire, Scotland. The 8th of 10 children.

During World War II, he joined the Scots Guards.

On 22nd March 1919, he married Annie, daughter of John Aspinall Kershaw, in Brighouse.

Children:

  1. Annie [1919] who was born and died on 20th August 1919
  2. Jean [1920] who died when 1 day old
  3. William Kershaw [1922-2008] who married [1948] Brenda  M. Druce

On 16th January 1924, they emigrated to Canada aboard the Montclare and arriving in St John, New Brunswick, Canada.

He died in Vancouver, Canada

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Poynton, HalifaxRef P1206
House at Savile Park Road

Poynton, Rev JosephRef P588
[18??-19??] He trained at Airedale College before becoming Minister at Moor End Congregational Church [1873-1879]. He moved to Wibsey [1880], then to Leyburn [1913]

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Poynts, SusannaRef P242
[15??-1613] Or Poyntz, Pointz. Daughter of Ann and Thomas Poyntz of North Ockenden, Essex. Ann was the daughter of John Calva, a German.

She married Sir Richard Saltonstall

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Prater, Rev SamuelRef P1039
[1846-1920] Son of Elizabeth (née Trewartha) [1816-1893] & Samuel Prater [1813-1862], a copper miner.

Born in Gweneap, Cornwall.

He was Minister at United Methodist Free Church, Sowerby Bridge [1882].

In 1878, he married (1) Charlotte Gilchrist Lyon [1850-1897] in Whitehaven.

Child: Margaret Isabella [b 1883]

In 1899, he married (2) Elizabeth Davey [1845-1921] in St Day, Cornwall.

He died in Redruth, Cornwall

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Pratley, Arthur WilliamRef P2800
[1904-1981] Son of Clara (née Booth) [1877-1954] & William James Pratley [1874-1954], a domestic coachman.

Born in Sowerby [6th April 1904].

For over 40 years, he was a member of the choir, a parochial church councillor, and a school governor at Christ Church, Pellon.

On 3rd November 1931, he married Ann Lilian Oxley [1908-1985] at Illingworth.


Ann Lilian was the daughter of Ann Waite (née Goodall) & Thomas Oxley, an iron turner
 

Children:

  1. David R [b 1934]
  2. Keith G [b 1945]

They lived at

  • 3 Moor End Avenue, Pellon, Halifax [1981]
  • 5A Lansdell Court, Parkstone Road, Poole [1985]

He was buried at Christ Church, Pellon

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Pratt & LancasterRef P779
Engineers and ironfounders at Phoenix Foundry, Brighouse [1874]

Pratt's Brass Band, BrighouseRef P871
Recorded in 1865

Pratt, EllenRef P1231
[1812-1874] (Possibly) daughter of Sarah and George Pratt.

Born in Clifton.

She was innkeeper at the Black Bull, Clifton [1840, 1841, 1851] / victualler and farmer (20 acres) employing 1 labourer [1851].

In 1842, she married (1) James Squire [1810-1849] at Hartshead Church. James was buried at Saint Peter's, Hartshead.

In 1853, she married (2) Godfrey Berry [1812-1866].

Godfrey was born in Deighton / farmer of 34 acres & innkeeper of the Black Bull, Clifton  [1861].

Living with Ellen at the Black Bull [in 1841] were Joseph Ingham [aged 70] (Ag lab)  and Sarah and George Pratt.

Living with her [in 1851] was servant William Armitage Pratt.

In 1871, the widowed Ellen was a lodger at Clifton with postmistress Ann Hirst and her son Robert.

Ellen was buried at Saint Peter's, Hartshead

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Pratt's: F. Pratt & Company LimitedRef P698
Engineers and chuck manufacturers established by Fred Pratt around 1825.

They were at Eagle Works, Halifax from 1849. It became a limited company in 1897.

From 1934, they were at Park Works, Halifax.

In 1959, they bought shares in F. Burnerd & Company Limited of Kidbrooke, Kent. Their south of England facilities were closed and production was based in Halifax. For a time, they occupied part of Bankfield Mills, Halifax.

The business became F. Pratt Engineering Corporation Limited in 1961.

The business became Pratt Burnerd International.

Other offshoots of the company were formed

Pratts Hydraulics Pratts Electrics

The firm later became a subsidiary of the 600 Machine Tool Group.

In April 2009, it was announced that the company was leaving Calderdale with production being concentrated at Heckmondwike

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Pratt, FredRef P795
[18??-18??]
In 1849, he established the business which became
F. Pratt & Company Limited

Pratt, GeorgeRef P1233
[1783-18??] Born in Clifton.

He was an Ag lab [1841] / a card maker [1851, 1861].

He married Sarah [1774-1857] from Clifton.

Sarah was buried at Saint Peter's, Hartshead.

Children:

  1. (possibly) Ellen
  2. William Armitage

They lived at

  • the Black Bull, Clifton [with Ellen Pratt 1841]
  • Clifton [1851]
  • Top of Clifton, Clifton [1861]

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Pratt, GeorgeRef P547
[1822-1???] Born in Clifton.

He was a tailor [1871].

Around 1851, he married Ann [1823-1???].


Ann was born in Liversedge
 

Children:

  1. Joseph [b 1851] who was a tailor [1871]
  2. George F. [b 1852] who was a tailor [1871]
  3. Louisa [b 1856] who was a carpet weaver [1871]
  4. Samuel A. [b 1862]

They lived at 11 Commercial Street, Brighouse [1871]

Pratt, GilbertRef P31
[1888-1917] He was a fitter with Milton's of Wheatley.

In [Q3] 1913, he married Ethel Atkinson in Halifax.

They lived at 35 Commercial Road, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Sergeant with the 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in Estaires sector, River Lys [16th June 1917] (aged 29).

He was buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France [Grave Ref III D 24].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Pratt, HenryRef P1162
[1814-1870] Born in Reeth, Yorkshire.

He was a builder employing 18 men & 3 apprentices [1851] / a builder & contractor employing 33 men [1861].

He married Jane [1815-1865].


Jane was born in Northowram
 

There are no records of any children.

They lived at

  • North Parade, Halifax [1851]
  • 4 North Parade, Halifax [1861]

Living with them [in 1851] was brother Anthony Pratt [b 1818] (painter).

Living with them [in 1861] were nephews Edmund Taylor [b 1839] (book keeper & time keeper)  & James Smith [b 1843] (stone mason).

Jane died 25th November 1865 (aged 50).

Henry died 17th December 1870 (aged 56).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 57] with Blanche Pratt [1861-1864] & Ellen Pratt [1828-1890] (both unidentified) 

Pratt, JamesRef P403
[1850-1918] Popularly known as Bull Pratt.

Born in Skipton.

A well-known character who frequented – some say terrorised – the pubs around Woolshops, Halifax. He had a reputation for being a hard man. Frequently 4 or 5 police officers were needed to restrain him.

2 occasions are recorded in which he climbed to the top of buildings and pelted people with stones.

It is said that his nickname came about because of the thickness of his neck. He was fond of children and was popular with children.

He was often seem wandering around the streets of Halifax, barefoot with his boots slung over his shoulder.

It is believed that his violent and erratic nature was the result of over-exposure to sun and heat while serving in the Sudan.

Latterly, he was found wandering the streets of Bradford, and was taken to Menston Asylum.

He died at Menston Asylum [17th March 1918] (aged 68) 

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Pratt, JohnRef P990
[1774-1825] He was a wire drawer [1792] / an innkeeper [1811] / landlord of the Duke of York, Rastrick [1822].

On 28th October 1792, he married Hannah Gill [1771-1837] at Elland Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Mercy [1796-1838] married George Webster
  2. John [b 1811]

John died in 1825.

He was buried at Rastrick Church [8th April 1825].

Daughter Mercy & her husband George took over the running of the Duke of York, Rastrick, assisted by her widowed mother Hannah.

George died in 1833.

Mercy took on the licence, still assisted by her mother.

Hannah died July 1837.

Mercy died August 1838

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Pratt, JohnRef P831
[1810-1866] Of Southowram.

He married Caroline [1818-1897].

John died 4th August 1866 (aged 56).

Caroline died 13th January 1897 (aged 79).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-O6]

Pratt, JohnRef P1101
[1835-1904] Born in Brighouse.

He was a mechanic [1881] / a retired mechanic [1901].

He married (1) Sarah [1835-1898].


Sarah was born in Halifax.

She was employed in a cotton mill [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Harry [b 1863] who was a labourer in a cotton mill [1881]
  2. Lewis [b 1873]

Sarah died 24th October 1898 (aged 63).

He married (2) Emily [1837-1???].


Emily was born in Halifax
 

The family lived at

  • 3 Salterhebble, Halifax [1881]
  • 23 North Parade, Halifax [1901]

John died 16th March 1904 (aged 69).

Sarah & John were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4472] with Sidney Pratt

Pratt, Rev John F. J.Ref P282
[1913-19??] Born in Bradford-on-Avon.

He was Curate at Brighouse [1939-1941] / Vicar of Rastrick [1946].

Later, he became an Archdeacon.

In [Q2] 1939, he married Norah Elizabeth Corfield in Weston-super-Mare.

Children:

  1. daughter [b 1947]

Pratt, JosephRef P1111
[18??-18??] Lodging house keeper at Commercial Street, Brighouse [1868]

Pratt, SidneyRef P1100
[1813-1865] Born in Clifton, Brighouse.

He was a sawyer [1851] / a millwright's labourer [1861].

Around 1847, he married Isabella [1811-1881].


Isabella was born in Brighouse
 

Children:

  1. Joseph [b 1847] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  2. Sarah G. [b 1850] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  3. Ann [b 1851] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  4. Caroline [b 1855]

The children were born in Southowram.

They lived at

  • Caddy Field, Halifax [1851]
  • 8 Swan Bank, Trooper Land [1861]

Sidney died 15th April 1865 (aged 52).

Isabella died 2nd February 1881 (aged 70).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4472] with John Pratt

Pratt, WilliamRef P1102
[1843-1???] Born in Masham, Yorkshire.

He was a carpenter & joiner [1871].

In [Q1] 1871, he married Isabella Seed in Halifax.


Isabella was born in Halifax, the daughter of
John Seed
 

They lived at 33 Park Street, Halifax [1871].

Isabella died 27th February 1929 (aged 83).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3415] with her parents

Pratt, William ArmitageRef P1232
[1820-1905] Son of George Pratt.

Born in Clifton.

He was a servant [1851] / an agricultural labourer [1841, 1851, 1861] / a farmer [1866] / a farmer of 21 acres of land at the Black Bull Inn, Clifton [1871] / innkeeper at the Black Bull, Clifton [1881] / a retired farmer [1891, 1901].

In 1866, he married Maria Smith [1825-1897] at Gomersal.


Maria was the daughter George Smith, grocer
 

Child: Sarah Ellen [b 1866] who was a stuff weaver [1891] and married [Gomersal 1891] blacksmith Joseph Wilby [1865-1???] of Gomersal, son of mechanic John Wilby.

In 1841, William was staying with the Berry family in Clifton.

In 1851, he was staying with Ellen Squire at the Black Bull Inn, Clifton.

They lived at

  • Lower Lane, Gomersal, Dewsbury [1891]
  • Town Hill, Gomersal, Dewsbury [1901]

Living with William [in 1901] were daughter Sarah Ellen, her husband Joseph Wilby and grandsons George P. [aged 7] and Harry [aged 6]

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Praying HoleRef P276
Area in the Mytholm Valley where prayers are held on Spa Sunday

Preacher's House, TodmordenRef P157
House where the local Methodist Society first met.

See Todmorden Edge Farm

Preaching House, HeptonstallRef P95
A farmstead at North Gate End where Methodist services were held until John Wesley built the Octagonal Methodist Chapel. Mary Hepton leased the property from the Methodists and lived there in Wesley's time. The services moved to Robert Greenwood's house in North Gate and then to the Octagonal Chapel

Precious, George LumRef P1188
[1873-1925] Born in Ripon.

He was a draper.

In [Q3] 1901, he married Ethel Emma Foster in Halifax.


Ethel Emma was the daughter of
John Henry Foster
 

Children:

  1. Gerald [b 1902] who was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1661] with his mother's family

A George L. Precious died in Bradford [Q4 1925] (aged 53).

An Ethel E. Precious died Q4 1940 (aged 67) 


Precise details of their deaths / burial places are not yet known
 

Prehistoric CalderdaleRef P119

Premier Pictures, HalifaxRef P691
Cinema at the Victoria Hall in the early 20th century

The Premier Printing Company (Brighouse) LimitedRef P753
22 Bethel Street, Brighouse [1927]

Publishers of the Brighouse Free Press

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The Premier Spindle & Flyer CompanyRef P182
Recorded in 1926, when they were at Well Lane Shed, Halifax

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The Premier Table Water CompanyRef P732
Aerated and mineral water manufacturers at Mile Cross, Halifax [1905, 1906] and Gibraltar Road [1917].

Their trade mark was

Vive et Vivat

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The Premier Trading Stamp CompanyRef P741
Recorded in 1905 at 44 Northgate, Halifax

Prescot, DrRef P253
[16??-17??]

In May 1695, he married the daughter of Samuel Mitchell

Prescot, JohnRef P817
[1???-1???] Of Standish, Lancashire, he was an early member of the local Prescott/Prescot family. He settled here in the 17th century. He was a Catholic.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John
  2. William

Prescott ...Ref P225
The entries for people & families with the surname Prescott are gathered together in the SideTrack.

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Prescott fountain, HalifaxRef P122
Drinking fountain erected at Ward's End on 12th September 1884 in memory of Mrs Cyril Prescott by her daughter, Mrs Marian Leigh, who was a member of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association. It replaced a stone horse trough which stood there previously.

This gives Fountain Street its name. The fountain was made of grey, Cornish granite, had four taps, two large troughs for horses, and four smaller troughs for dogs, and had a lamp on top.

In 1898, it was moved to King Cross to make way for the construction of the tramway. It stood outside the Feathers Inn until it was moved for road improvements

On 22nd August 1932, it was moved to Spring Edge, where it still stands today

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Prescott Street Co-Op, HalifaxRef P889
Branch number 9 of the Halifax Industrial Society opened in January 1862 at 10 Prescott Street.

The shop later became Scott & Varey

Prescott Street GymnasiumRef P763
Recorded in 1874, when A. Thackrah was Secretary

Press Association LimitedRef P203
Recorded in 1926, when they were at The Shay football ground

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Press, Susan MaryRef P848
[19??-] A freelance journalist. She was Mayor of Hebden Royd [2008-2009]

Pressgrave, FrankRef P1004
[19??-19??] He served during World War II.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf

Presswood, JohnRef P971
[1865-19??] Born in Lea, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

He was a railway servant [1891] / a corporation carter [1901] / a horse driver (corporation health department) [1911].

Around 1887, he married Annie [1865-19??].


Annie was born in Nottingley / Ferry Bridge, Yorkshire
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1887] who was an errand boy [1901], and became  a farmer in Canada
  2. Emily [b 1889] who was a wool spinner half-time [1901]
  3. a worsted spinner [1911]
  4. Janet [b 1891] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  5. Alice [b 1892] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  6. Annie [b 1894] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  7. John
  8. Edith [b 1898] who was a dress maker [1911]
  9. Harry [b 1900]
  10. Albert [b 1906]
  11. Ivy [b 1907]
  12. Susan [b 1910]

They lived at

  • 14 Temple Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 11 Holt's Terrace, Southowram [1901]
  • 4 Holt's Terrace, Siddal, Halifax [1911]
  • Glen Williams, Ontario, Canada [1916]

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Presswood, JohnRef P972
[1895-1916] Son of John Presswood.

He was a cotton piecer [1911] / employed by W. M. Smeeton Limited.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 24th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Canadian Expeditionary Force).

He was killed in action [1st October 1916] (aged 21).

The Halifax Courier [28th October 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Vimy Memorial, France

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Prest, HerbertRef P239
[1922-19??]
JP.

He was Mayor of Brighouse [1966-1967]

Prestley, JohnRef P565
[1???-155?] Of Elland.

He married Agnes.

Child: Jennet

His will of 25th August 1557 stated

I giue and bequeathe, sett over, and assene my farmeholde called Lambert House to Agnes, my wyfe, and Jennett, my doughter

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Preston, Rev Alfred BenjaminRef P719
[1859-1908] Born in Bradford.

He was Pastor at Pellon Lane Particular Baptist Church [1889-1893].

He resigned [10th September 1893] to go to Halstead, Essex.

In 1889, he married Florence Arabella Cowley in Lewisham.

They had no children.

He died in Hendon, Middlesex [28th March 1908]

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Preston & CompanyRef P726
Soap manufacturers at Empire Soap Works, Ovenden [1905]. Partners included Walter Preston

Preston & SugdenRef P1090
Printers at Old Market, Halifax [1816]

Preston, ElizabethRef P105
[1780-1862] Daughter of Thomas Preston.

In 1823, she became the second wife of John Rawson.

At All Saints' Church, Dudwell, there is a window inscribed in her memory by the daughters of Jeremiah Rawson

Erected by Emma Sophia Rawson, Christiana Rawson and Louisa Inglis, in remembrance of their dear Aunt Elizabeth Rawson, widow of John Rawson of Ash Grove

Preston, HenryRef P1140
[18??-18??] He was a woollen draper.

He married Sarah [1829-1901].


Sarah was born in Birstall, Leeds.

She was a confectioner [1891, 1901]

 

Children:

  1. Mary Elizabeth [1862-1882] who married Walter Swift

The family lived at

  • 83a Commercial Road, Halifax [1891]
  • 115 Commercial Road, Halifax [1901]

Living with the widowed Sarah [in 1891] was grandson Joseph E. Swift [b 1881]

Sarah died 20th April 1901 (aged 72).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2936]

Preston, IsaacRef P734
[1824-1883] Born in Mountsorrell, Leicestershire.

He was Pastor at North Parade Baptist Church, Halifax [1868-1876].

In 1851, he married Anne Mee in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire.

Children:

  1. Dawson [1854-1926]
  2. Lucy [1856-1929] who never married

He died in Nantwich, Cheshire [28th March 1883]

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Preston, Rev JohnRef P4500
[1???-18??] Of Mixenden.

In October 1823, he married Ann Appleyard of Shaw Booth, Warley


Question: Does anyone know who her father was?

 

Preston, Rev JohnRef P520
[1795-1853] Born near Preston le Fylde, Lancashire. He was Minister at Moor End Congregational Church [1823-1841] / Minister at Warley Independent Chapel [1842-1851].

He married Martha from Bradford.

His obituary records that

He died suddenly at his residence at Halifax ... Prior to his death, he had long been labouring under great debility, on account of which he resigned his charge at Warley in the summer of 1851. On Friday evening the 18th February 1853, he had been out at a friend's house, returned home about half past eight, and was a corpse before 9 o'clock

He was buried at Moor End Congregational Church, Pellon

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Preston, JohnRef P366
[182?-1885]
A local eccentric and preacher who lived rough around Luddenden Dean and preached at
Luddenden Dean Spa in the late 19th century. After the service, he would pass the hat round, and then go to the Cat i' th' Well Inn where he spent the takings.

He was described by Whiteley Turner in A Spring-Time Saunter and with illustrations drawn by Arthur Comfort.

He died at the Cat i' th' Well Inn after being found unconscious in an outhouse

Preston, JonasRef P222
[16??-1714] Of Rastrick / Brighouse.

He worked in the woollen trade.

He was a Quaker, and was fined for refusing to pay Steeple Tax.

On 29th May 1664, he married Sarah at the house of Captain Thomas Taylor.


Sarah came from Rastrick
 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1665] who married [1692] Richard Chappell
  2. William
  3. Sarah [1671-1752] who married [1693] Robert Eastburn
  4. Jonas [1673-1699] who married Martha Copley and  had 5 children
  5. Martha [b 1675] who married [1700] Thomas Cooper
  6. John [b 1677]
  7. Esther [1678-1712] who married Joseph ffryear

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Preston, ThomasRef P814
[16??-16??] Schoolmaster at Sowerby.

See Timothy Root

Preston, ThomasRef P826
[16??-16??] He was Usher – or Ludimagister – at Heath Grammar School [1671]

Preston, ThomasRef P214
[1751-1821] Merchant.

Established Thomas Preston & Son.

He married Mary [1749-1824].

Children:

  1. Thomas [1777-1837]
  2. Joseph [d 1778] who died at the age of 7 weeks
  3. Mary [1783-1827]
  4. Sophia [1785-1842]
  5. Harriet [d 1793] who died at the age of 4 years
  6. Hannah [1790-1861] who married Jeremiah Rawson
  7. Elizabeth

They lived at Green Royde.

Members of the family were buried in Halifax Parish Church.

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

Preston, ThomasRef P1221
[18??-1???]

In [Q2] 1868, he married Elizabeth Wallis [1841-1868] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was the daughter of William Wallis
 

Elizabeth died 8th December 1868 (aged 27)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2676]

Preston, ThomasRef P6500
[18??-19??] Methodist Minister in Sowerby Bridge [1820]

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Preston's: Thomas Preston & SonRef P982
Merchants. Established by Thomas Preston. They were at Green Royde [1809]

Preston, WalterRef P727
[18??-19??]
Partner in
Preston & Company.

He lived at 7 Club Houses, Ovenden [1905]

Preston, WilliamRef P965
[1667-1719] Son of Jonas Preston.

He was a Quaker.

In 1698, he married Jane Deyn of Brighouse.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child
  7. child

Around 1713, The family emigrated to Pennsylvania

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Preston, WilliamRef P1181
[1818-1869] Born in Halifax.

He was a brush maker [1851] / a journeyman brush maker [1861].

In [Q4] 1840, he married Grace Holroyd [1820-1872] in Halifax.


Grace was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [1841-1877] who was a brushmaker [1861]
  2. Eliza Ann [1846-1864] who was a brushmaker [1861]

The family lived at

  • 6 King Cross Road, Halifax [1851]
  • 59 Trafalgar Square, Halifax [1861]

William died 21st December 1869 (aged 51).

Grace died 23rd September 1872 (aged 52).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3627] with Young Sam Leach [1852-1891]

Prestwich & CompanyRef P629
Aka A. Prestwich & Company.

Cotton manufacturers & sheeting weavers.

They were at

Pretious, MrRef P834
[17??-18??]
Recorded in 1811, when he occupied
a neat, convenient and newly-erected messuage with a garden... in the principal street in Brighouse

Pretoria Bridge, RippondenRef P930
A wooden bridge was built to supersede the original stepping stones over the Ryburn at this point,

In the early morning of November 1866, a woman & her 3 children were crossing the bridge when the it broke in centre, & all drowned.

The stepping stones were used until 1900, when they were removed & replaced by the metal Pretoria Bridge footbridge.

Named for Pretoria, the city besieged during the Boer Wars

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Pretty, Mrs EdithRef P820

Price, Captain E. C. H.Ref P818
[18??-1893]
Of Halifax.

He served with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.

He was killed in action at Okurike Hill, Nigeria, West Africa [6th October 1893].

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

Price, Rev E. E.Ref P407
[19??-19??] Vicar of Mytholmroyd [1940]

Price, Harold GordonRef P1065
[1924-1944] Son of Edith & Harry Price of Halifax.

He was educated at Battinson Road Board School, Halifax / a member of the Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Church, Halifax Boys'  Brigade band / a turner for Greenwood Standard Gear Cutting Company Limited.

In [Q4] 1943, he married Joan Pearson in Halifax.

They lived at 42 Woodlands Grove, Boothtown, Halifax.

During World War II, he enlisted [1940], and he served as a Sergeant / flight engineer heavy bomber crew with 466 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He was lost over Germany [18th March 1944] (aged 20), in the same aircraft as Cyril Roberts & Gordon Edgar Doggett.

He was buried at Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany [Grave Ref 7 H 6].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Christ Church, Pellon

Price, HarryRef P455
[1888-1918] Born in Portobello, Staffordshire.

He worked at a bobbin works.

He lived at 9 Plane Street, Lydgate, Todmorden.

During World War I, he enlisted [March 1915], and he served as a Sergeant with the Royal Army Medical Corps.

He died of influenza on No.57 General Hospital, Marseilles [21st September 1918].

He was buried at Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, France [Grave Ref III A 33].

He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial, and on Cornholme War Memorial

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Price, Rev J. WillisRef P364
[18??-19??]
Vicar of
St Mary's Church, Lister Lane [1907]

Price, JamesRef P1103
[1817-1???] On the early morning of 2nd October 1838, he and James Hainsworth were charged with breaking into, and stealing from, the house of Samuel Hall at Marsh, Southowram.

Both men were found guilty and sentenced to be transported for 10 years.

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Price, JaneRef P926
[1854-1938] Granddaughter of Charles Phillips, by his eldest daughter, Eliza, who had died of typhoid fever [in 1862].

She joined her grandparents and worked as a maid at Shibden Hall [1871].

She was a maid in Heathfield Place, Halifax [1877].

She married Thomas Lister

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Price's: John Price LimitedRef P198
Worsted spinners. Recorded in 1926, when they were at Mearclough Mills, Sowerby Bridge

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Price, Rev R. E.Ref P1011
[18??-19??]
Curate at
All Saints' Church, Harley Wood [1897]. He preached his first sermon at Cornholme Mission Church on 11th July 1897

Price, SidneyRef P436
[1899-1918] Son of William Arthur Price.

He was baptised as Sydney George Barclay Price at Christ Church, Todmorden [17th June 1899].

During World War I, he enlisted in Halifax and served as a Private Notts & Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment, and then with the 32nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).

He died of wounds [3rd October 1918].

He was buried at Tincourt New British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref V H 38].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

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Price's Square, HalifaxRef P268
Stood on the site of the Piece hall

Price, William ArthurRef P838
[1878-19??] Born in Queensbury.

He was a carter [1911].

He married Agnes Sophia Bell [1876-19??].


Agnes Sophia was born in Queensbury
 

Children:

  1. Sidney
  2. John [b 1907]

They lived at 8 Gauxholme Fold, Todmorden [1911]

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Prices Mantle & Millinery Company LimitedRef P855
In 1936, Prices Millinery Company Limited were at 4 Arcade Royale, Halifax and Prices Mantle Company were at 9 Arcade Royale, Halifax. Mrs Ada Aldersley was proprietor of both shops

Prices Tailors LimitedRef P849
See Fifty Shilling Tailors

Prickett, John EdgarRef P1072
[1896-1915] Son of Joseph Anthony Prickett.

Born in Burnley.

He was an office boy (worsted mill) [1911]

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 29th April 1915 (aged 19).

He is remembered on the family grave at Warley Congregational Church [N 193].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge

Prickett, Joseph AnthonyRef P177
[1869-1962] Born in Lancaster.

He was a hydraulic joiner (L+Y railway) [1911].

In [Q3] 1895, he married Elizabeth Mason [1865-1947] in Burnley.


Elizabeth was born in Ingleton [23rd January 1865]
 

Children:

  1. Elsie [b 1896] who was a wool weaver (carpet factory)   [1911] & married [Halifax Q2 1920] Charles W. R. Gledhill
  2. John Edgar

They lived at

  • 46 Albert View, Burnley Road, Sowerby Bridge [1911]
  • 7 Cleveleys Gardens, Sowerby Bridge [1915]

Elizabeth died 26th March 1947 (aged 82).

Joseph Anthony died 4th February 1962 (aged 91).

Members of the family were buried at Warley Congregational Church

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Prickman, John DunningRef P1279
[1856-1913] Solicitor of Devon.

On 3rd October 1894, he married (1) Mary, daughter of Charles Wesley Hatton, at Sowerby.

Child: John Hatton [b 1900]

In April 1900, Mary died giving birth to her son who also died.

In 1908, he married Amy Beatrice Shepherd in Croydon.

He died in Okehampton

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Pride of Whitby, HalifaxRef P1199
Fish and chip shop and restaurant on the corner of Wards End and Horton Street.

Established in the 1980s in what was formerly the Palace Theatre, then the Wimpy Bar.

Pizza Hut and other businesses were here by 2022

Pridie, BenjaminRef P1277
[1821-1870] Son of Rev James Pridie.

Born in Manchester [17th November 1820].

He was a manufacturer [1870].

In 1852, he married Ann Wood [1830-1913] in Halifax.


Ann was born 18th March 1830
 

Child: Mary [21st October 1852-20th May 1931]

Benjamin died 15th February 1870.

Ann died 18th August 1913.

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 716]

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Pridie, Rev JamesRef P466
[1786-1873] Pastor of Sion Congregational Church, Wade Street [1829-1858].

In 1863, he was described as

the oldest dissenting minister in the town

See Parrack Nook Chapel

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Priest Booth Farm, DulesgateRef P530

Priest Earth, HeptonstallRef P535
Property of Gamaliel Sutcliffe

Priestley ...Ref P159
The entries for people & families with the surname Priestley are gathered together in the SideTrack.

The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.

Priestley'sRef P409

Priestley AldersonRef P217

Priestley & BalmeRef P729
Upholsterers and French polishers at 9 Culver Street, Halifax [1905]. Partners included R. Priestley and Riley Balme

Priestley & CompanyRef P917
Engineers at 6 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1900].

A 1900 advertisement for the business announced

Self Heating Laundry Irons, Improved Coal Economisers and Bath Boiler Protectors

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Priestley & PriestleyRef P487
Drapers at Halifax.

Partners included I. Priestley and J. Priestley.

The partnership was dissolved in August 1870

Priestley & SutcliffeRef P731
Piano and musical instrument dealers at 13 George Street, Halifax [1905, 1926, 1936].

In 19??, the business became Teal & Shaw Limited

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Priestley & WardRef P204
Interior decorators. Recorded in 1926, when they were at 1 Wesley Court, Halifax

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Priestley Brothers (Blankets) LimitedRef P680
Blanket & woollen manufacturers at Grove Mills, Ovenden [1905, 1950].

Partners included James Nicholl Priestley and his sons, Albert Priestley, James Nicholl Priestley, and John Whitaker Priestley.

They were at Grove Mills, Halifax [1921, 1926].

They were described as

Manufacturers of blankets from the raw wool to the finished article, producing approximately 10,000 blankets per week of all types. Exporting to Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Norway, Denmark and Sweden

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Priestley GreenRef P124
Area of Brighouse between Hipperholme and Coley

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Priestley Green VAD HospitalRef P474
During World War I, Holroyd House was owned by Sir Algernon and Lady Janet Firth.

In February 1917, they set up a military hospital and convalescent home for 50 injured servicemen. Local subscriptions funded beds and initial equipment, and helped to finance the running costs. Lady Firth acted as Commandant with 8 full-time staff.

By 1919, about 900 servicemen had passed through the home

Priestley Hall, NorthowramRef P447
Built by Nathaniel Priestley in 1723.

The building is now a part of the Shoulder of Mutton pub

Priestley House, West ValeRef P582
A name by which Lambert House appears in some documents.

On a 1614 plan of the Hullen Edge estate, the house is called Priestley House

Priestley Ing, TurvinRef P804
See Francis Priestley and Thomas Priestley

Priestley's: J. N. Priestley & CompanyRef P940
In 1881, James Nicholl Priestley was a woollen manufacturer at Grove Mill, Ovenden employing 90 men, 88 women and 20 youths.

The business suffered around £10,000 when the Mills were destroyed by fire on 11th October 1881

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Priestley's: James & Benjamin PriestleyRef P342
Woollen cloth manufacturers at Halifax.

Partners included James Priestley and Benjamin Priestley.

The partnership was dissolved in May 1855

Priestley LitigationRef P878
A dispute between the Priestley and Bottomley families over the ownership of Shelf Hall.

On 17th June 1893, a group – comprising Rebecca Crellin [née Priestley], Albert Priestley, Elizabeth Priestley, and Abraham Priestley - all great-grandchildren of James Priestley, besieged the Hall, overpowered the caretaker, and took up residence in the Hall, claiming that James left the Hall to his family, but the building and land were inherited by the Bottomley family.

The Hall was then the property of Nathaniel Cautley, and had been in dispute for over 20 years. The estate was valued at around £500,000.

They were evicted on the 23rd June.

See The Priestley Claim to Shelf Hall

Priestley's: Nathan Priestley & SonsRef P632
Fustian manufacturers at Mount Pleasant Mill, Mytholmroyd [1905]

Priestley's: Simeon PriestleyRef P897
Worsted spinners established by Simeon Priestley.

He was joined by his sons Thomas Priestley and Simeon Priestley.

They employed 100 weavers & 20 combers [1851] / were at Hay's Mill, Mixenden [1861].

In April 1876, Thomas Priestley and Simeon Priestley, trading as Simeon Priestley woolstaplers, were declared bankrupt. In November, the bankruptcy was annulled

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Priestley's: T., J. & S. PriestleyRef P449
Worsted spinners at Halifax.

Partners included T. Priestley, J. Priestley and S. Priestley.

The partnership was dissolved in July 1861 so far as regards J. Priestley

Priestley, Whitworth & SutcliffeRef P540
In January 1866, James Priestley, William Whitworth and John Sutcliffe, all of Sowerby Bridge, filed a patent for
improvements in apparatus for grinding corn, seeds and minerals

PriestwellRef P76
Area of Stansfield.

See Robert Barker

Primitive Methodism in CalderdaleRef P1220

Primrose, Rev CharlesRef P812
[1844-19??] ma.

Born in Scotland.

He was ordained deacon at Ripon [1887] / ordained priest at Wakefield [1889] / Curate at Elland [1887-1890] / vicar at St Bartholomew's, Norwich [1890-1891] / vicar at St Luke's, Derby [1891-1892] / vicar at Howden, Yorkshire [1892] / vicar at Ulley, Rotherham [1899-1907].

He never married.

There are no records of him after 1907

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The Primrose LeagueRef P792
Wentworth and Canning Habitations were recorded in 1917 at George Square, Halifax when A. E. Goodyear was secretary.

The Halifax Habitation was recorded in 1936 at King Cross Street

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Prince Albert Statue, HalifaxRef P154
Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, died on 14th December 1861.

Permission to erect the statue at Ward's End in his memory was given by Halifax Town Council on 17th June 1864.

The equestrian statue of Prince Albert was unveiled – in front of 10,000 spectators – by Sir Francis Crossley on 17th September 1864.

It originally stood in the middle of the road at the junction of Horton Street and Ward's End, near Holly House.

The bronze statue depicts the Prince riding his favourite horse, Nimrod, and was made by Thomas Thorneycroft on Albert's death. The statue weighs 1½ tons and stands 9 ft high on a pedestal of Aberdeen granite (7 ft high and weighing 18 tons). The whole cost about £1,400.

There is a plaque


ALBERT
PRINCE CONSORT
BORN AUGUST 26, 1819
DIED DECEMBER 14, 1861

A popular myth says that Thorneycroft committed suicide after he learned that the position of the horse's legs was wrong – neither is true.

In 1900, it was moved to Heath Park to make way for the trams.

See Albert Memorial, Queensbury and Nathan Whitley

Prince, Albert VictorRef P451
[1893-19??] Son of William John Prince.

Born in Halifax.

He was an apprentice iron planer [1911].

In [Q4] 1918, he married Mary Wilkinson in Halifax.

Child: Harry Victor

Prince's Arcade, HalifaxRef P127
Shopping arcade which ran parallel to Woolshops from the site of the present W. H. Smith store.

It was designed by the Borough Architect.

It opened on 2nd June 1931 when much derelict property in Woolshops was demolished and the street improvement scheme put into action.


There are various spellings of the name: Princes' Arcade, Princes Arcade, and Princess Arcade.

I have used Prince's Arcade which appears on the canopy in the photograph

 

There were 27 shops here, with 13 in Woolshops, and 14 inside the Arcade. These included

and down the other side:

The Arcade was demolished in 1983 to make way for further new development. The towers on the old arcade were incorporated into the new building.

I remember it being very steep – and slippery when wet – especially at the bottom entrance from Woolshops.

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Prince, FrankRef P560
[18??-19??]
Brighouse artist. He produced many sketches of scenes in and around Brighouse

Prince Frederick [No 307] Masonic LodgeRef P189
Hebden Bridge Masonic Lodge.

Recorded in 1913, when the membership was 60.

They met at the Masonic Hall, Hebden Bridge [1937].

They met on the Monday on or nearest full moon.

Officers and Members of the Lodge have included

Prince George [No 308] Masonic LodgeRef P1017
Masonic Lodge at Hebden Bridge / Eastwood.

They met at the Masonic Rooms, Bottoms on the Saturday on or before full moon [1937].

Masters and members of the Lodge have included

Prince, Harry VictorRef P952
[1919-1942] Son of Albert Victor Prince

During World War II, he served as a Leading Telegraphist with the Royal Naval Volunteer (Wireless) Reserve, aboard HM Trawler Northern Princess.

He died 7th March 1942 (aged 23)  when his ship was torpedoed by German Submarine U-587, and sank off Newfoundland, with the loss of all of her crew of 38.

He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England [Grave Ref 71 3], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint John the Evangelist, Warley

Prince, JohnRef P452
[1818-1???] Born in Hemsworth.

He was a dross breaker (iron) [1881].

Around 1848, he married Mary [1824-1???].


Mary was born in Topcliffe
 

Children:

  1. Tom [b 1848]
  2. Arthur [b 1850]
  3. Charles [b 1852] who was an ale & porter carrier [1881],  a cart driver [1891]
  4. Clara [b 1853]
  5. Grace [b 1856] who was a factory hand (cotton) [1881]
  6. Herbert [b 1860] who was an unemployed butcher [1881]
  7. Henry [b 1861] who was a boot finisher [1881]
  8. Alice [b 1863] who was a factory hand (cotton) [1881]
  9. Elizabeth Ann [b 1864] who was a factory hand (woollen)   [1881], a cotton cop winder [1891]
  10. William John

They lived at Walsh Street, Halifax [1871]; 2 Eton Street, Halifax [1881]

Prince, JohnRef P1173
[1835-1???] Born in Midgley.

He was a blacksmith [1871, 1881] / a night soilman [1891].

In [Q2] 1864, he married Mary Ann Sharp in Halifax.


Mary Ann was born in Midgley
 

Children:

  1. James Arthur [b 1866] who was a worsted doffer [1881]
  2. Emma Jane [1869-1894]

Mary Ann died 17th April 1871 (aged 33).

Around 1866, he married Sarah [1824-1889].


Sarah was born in Halifax
 

Sarah died 17th November 1889 (aged 65).

They lived at

  • 9 Shakespeare Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 4 Clarence Street, Halifax [1881]
  • 2 St Luke's Street, Halifax [1891]

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2336]

Prince, William JohnRef P448
[1866-19??] Son of John Prince.

Born in Luddenden.

He was a factory hand (worsted) [1881] / a horse keeper [1891] / a carter (mineral water) [1901] / a horse keeper (mineral) [1911].

In [Q2] 1893, he married Mary Waterhouse [1871-19??] in Halifax.


Mary was born in Queensbury
 

Children:

  1. Albert Victor
  2. Horace [b 1895] who was an apprentice iron planer [1911]
  3. Lily [b 1897] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  4. Doris [b 1898] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  5. Fred [b 1900]
  6. Margaret H. [b 1903]
  7. Herbert [b 1904]

They lived at 5 Ilkley Street, Halifax [1901]; 20 Timber Street, Halifax [1911]

Living with them [in 1911] was William's sister Grace Prince [b 1856]

Princefield Nurseries, ShelfRef P688
Started in 1948 by Harry Parrish

Princes Hall, Sowerby BridgeRef P497
See Sowerby Bridge Baths

Princess Ballroom, HalifaxRef P145
From 1952, the Empress Ballroom was known as the Princess Ballroom.

Pearl Paling's dance classes were held here.

A list of events recorded here is shown on the Halifax Music Heritage Trail website (click the icon below) 

Princess Bridge, Hebden BridgeRef P607
Bridge #16 over the Rochdale Canal

PrintersRef P56

Prior, A. E.Ref P103
[18??-191?] He was educated at Crossley & Porter School.

He served in World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Crossley & Porter School, Halifax

Prior's Mead, Priestley GreenRef P271
17th century aisled house.

See Sisters' House

Prior, Rev RobertRef P140
[1864-1929] Son of Sarah Jane (née Greenwood) [1845-1933] & Frederick Stowe Prior [1839-1868], a pawnbroker in Dewsbury.

Born in Dewsbury.

He was a graduate of Cambridge, and was ordained at Truro in 1895.

In 1900, he joined the staff of the Universities Mission to Central Africa, and was engaged on missionary work until 1907.

He was vicar of Godolphin, Cornwall before becoming Vicar of Hebden Bridge [1919].

He resigned in consequence of his continued sickness at the end of 1925. It is likely that life in Africa had undermined his health, as this broke down several times during his incumbency.

He died whilst on a visit to Penzance on 17th April 1929, and was buried at Dewsbury.

He left legacies to each of the Parishes in which he had worked and also to the Universities Mission.

He died in Penzance

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Prioress of KirkleesRef P167
The Foldout lists some of those who held the post of Prioress at Kirklees Priory

See Three Nuns, Mirfield

Prison, RippondenRef P600
Back Lane.

A small building on the right-hand side as you go up Back Lane, behind the Golden Lion.

Recorded in 1911, when Thomas Heap was living at Ivy Cottage, 1 Prison, Ripponden

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Prison, SoylandRef P1278
House on Royd Lane, near the junction with Stoney Lane.

In 1756, Sam Hill bought Lower Prison Croft for £24 from the trustees of Richard Holroide

Prisoners of War FundRef P226
Fund started by the Halifax Guardian during World War I [1916]. On 29th May 1917, it was announced that over £5,000 was raised in its first year. A flag day on 7th July 1917 raised £2,178 for the Fund

Pritchard, CharlesRef P769
[18??-18??] Illuminator at 5 Waterhouse Street, Halifax [1874]

Pritchard, CharlesRef P68
[1843-1926] Son of Robert Pritchard.

Born in Halifax.

He was a solicitor's general clerk [1871] / a solicitor's managing clerk [1881] / a bankruptcy & high court clerk [1891] / a law clerk [1901, 1911].

In [Q4] 1869, he married (1) Emma Smith [1846-1893] in Halifax.


Emma was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Charles Percy [1870-1875]
  2. Ernest who died 17th June 1875 (aged 3 weeks)   
  3. Florence [b 1874]
  4. Charles Louis [9th November 1876-Q3 1971] who was a civil  engineer's assistant [1891], a book stationer's assistant [1901], a  stationer's assistant [1911]
  5. Amy [b 1879]
  6. Elsie [1880-1884]
  7. Lilian [1881-1883]
  8. Minnie [b 1883] who was a dressmaker's assistant [1901,  1911]
  9. Norman [1886-1905]
  10. Olive Lucy [b 1888] who was a stationer's assistant [1911]

Emma died 20th October 1893 (aged 47).

In [Q2] 1898, he married Martha Ann Greenwood [1872-19??] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Nora [b 1900]

They lived at

  • 15 Hume Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 1 Portland Place, Halifax [1881, 1891, 1901]
  • 36 Glen Terrace, Clover Hill, Halifax [1911]

Charles died 20th May 1926 (aged 82).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1351]

Pritchard, Frank CyrilRef P933
[1910-2000] Born in Birmingham [19th August 1910].

He was an assistant at Birmingham University library, and worked in libraries in Exeter and Kent before moving to Leeds City libraries.

He was an examiner for and a Fellow of the Library Association / a visiting lecturer at Leeds Library School.

He was appointed Chief librarian for Halifax [1950], following the sudden death of his predecessor Frank Haigh.

He was responsible for new branch libraries at Mixenden, King Cross, Northowram, Ovenden Way, Harrison Road and Abbey Park.

He retired in 1974.

He died 27th September 2000

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Pritchard, G.Ref P418
[18??-191?] Of Todmorden.

During World War I, he served with the Royal Field Artillery.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Pritchard, GeorgeRef P1124
[1834-1909] Son of Robert Pritchard.

Born in Northowram.

He was a cabinet maker [1861] / a grocer [1901].

In [Q2] 1862, he married Ann Wheelwright [1834-1911] in Halifax.


Ann was born in Northowram
 

Children:

  1. Ernest who was buried with his parents

They lived at 125 Hyde Park Road, Halifax [1901].

George died 1st November 1909 (aged 75).

Ann died 25th January 1911 (aged 77).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3860] with George's parents

Pritchard, JohnRef P821
[1822-1879] Son of Robert Pritchard.

Born in Manchester.

In 1854, he and James Balme established Balme & Pritchard.

He married Mary [1820-1892].

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. Ann [b 1850]
  4. Mary [1853-1855] who died aged 14 months
  5. Emma [b 1856]
  6. John [1860-1882]
  7. Samuel [b 1863]

They lived at Savile Park Road, Halifax.

He was killed in a boiler explosion at the firm's Lister Lane works on 9th October 1879. His body was found partially dismembered.

He was a Sunday School superintendent at St John's Wesleyan Methodist Church, Halifax. There was a memorial rose window for him at the church.

Mary Jane died 15th October 1892 (aged 72).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2053]

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Pritchard, RobertRef P822
[1799-1879] Born in Hackney, Middlesex.

He was a stuff presser with a pressing shop in Halifax.

He married Jane [1806-1869].


Jane was born in Stainland
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Esther [b 1833]
  3. George
  4. Sarah [b 1837]
  5. James [b 1840]
  6. Ann [b 1841]
  7. Charles
  8. Jane [b 1847]

They lived at

  • Denton's Square, Upper Brunswick Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 6 Bedford Square, Halifax [1861]

Jane died 11th August 1869 (aged 63).

Robert died 23rd March 1879 (aged 80).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3860]

Pritchett, Dr HenryRef P625
[1832-1894] Son of James Piggot Pritchett [1789-1868].

Born in York [29th September 1832].

He was Medical Officer for Rastrick and Fixby [1865] and Surgeon at Rastrick [1874]

He practised at The Poplars, Rastrick.

In 1863, he gave evidence at the trial of Mary Ann Dyson,

He married Maria Plint [1834-1???].


Maria was born in Leeds [21st March 1834]
 

He died in Bristol [29th September 1894]

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Pritchett, James PigottRef P1163
[1789-1868] Architect in London, York and Darlington.

Locally, his work included Rhodes Street Wesleyan Chapel, Halifax

Private Advance Office, HalifaxRef P1032
Loans company. Recorded in 1899 at 15 Westgate, Halifax

Proberts, George ThomasRef P1053
[1861-1926] Of Backhouse Lane, Salterhebble.

He worked at Lumby's Limited in West Vale.

He was married and had several step-children.

On 23rd October 1926, Eric Wilfred Ducker and Tom Moore, both of Greetland, had been shooting birds along the Calder. On the way home, Ducker decided to take a final shot with his .22 BSA rifle, and aimed at a wooden door at Lumby's. Proberts was standing behind the door and was shot through the heart. He died immediately.

At the Inquest, the Jury returned a verdict of Misadventure.

A month later, John William Akroyde of Greetland was found guilty of selling a firearm without a certificate. Tom Moore was found guilty of possessing a firearm without a certificate

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Probity [No 61] Masonic LodgeRef P943
This Masonic Lodge is the oldest lodge in the West Riding.

It was established around 1738 at the Old Bull's Head, Halifax. This was one of the oldest in Yorkshire.

They met on the Monday on or before full moon. The early meetings were held in the Old Bull's Head, the Bath Tavern, Halifax [1795], the Union Cross, and the Old Cock.

In 1874 – together with St James [No 448] Lodge – they opened the Freemasons' Hall, Halifax.

In 1894, the Royal Arch Chapter is recorded here.

In 1988, the Lodge moved to premises at Southwood.

Officers of the Lodge have included

Other members of the Lodge have included

See Bacchus Lodge, Halifax

Procter, Frank HerbertRef P1154
[1867-1955] Son of James Procter.

Born in Warley [29th July 1867].

He was a banker's clerk [1891] / a bank cashier [1915].

He married Gertrude Frances [1888-1960].

Frank Herbert died at 3 Heathfield Place [27th June 1955].

Gertrude Frances died 4th December 1960 (aged 72).

The couple were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell [Grave Ref: 201-6] with Frank Herbert's parents

Procter, JamesRef P482
[17??-1???]
Coiner of the Blue Ball, Soyland

Procter, JamesRef P332
[17??-18??] Or Proctor, Prockter.

Of Ripponden.

He married Mary [1771-18??].


The widowed Mary was farmer [1841]
 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1811]
  2. Sarah
  3. Thomas [b 1811] who was an ag lab [1841]

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Procter, JamesRef P1086
[18??-1878] Or Proctor, Prockter.

Son of James Procter.

Born in Soyland.

He was landlord of the Blue Ball, Soyland [1829, 1871] / a mason [1841] / an innkeeper, farmer of 4 acres, and stone mason [1851] / a stone mason [1861].

On 9th April 1825, he married Leah Wolstenholme at Elland Parish Church.


Leah was the daughter of William Wolstenholme
 

Children:

  1. James [b 1829]
  2. Mary [1830-1899] who married James Whiteley
  3. Sarah [b 1833]
  4. William Wolstenholme [b 1837] who was a mason [1851]

Living with them at the Blue Ball [in 1841] was Abram Wild [b 1801] (carder).

Living with them [in 1861] was daughter Mary and her husband James Whiteley.

Living with them [in 1871] were granddaughter Mary E Hartley (servant), and lodgers John Marsden [b 1815] (imbecile)  and Ann Marsden [b 1813] (imbecile), both born in Huddersfield.

James died in 1878.

Leah (possibly) took over at the Blue Ball [1879].

In 1881, the widowed Leah (retired inn keeper) was living at Green Lane Top, Soyland with daughter Mary and her husband James Whiteley

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Procter, JamesRef P348
[1838-1915] Illegitimate son of Sarah Procter and stepson of Samuel Shepherd

Born in Soyland.

He was a cotton operative [1861] / a partner in Hirst & Procter [1871] / a cotton spinner employing 63 men, 54 women & 58 children [1881] / a cotton spinner [1891].

On 30th July 1863, he married Eliza Ann Taylor at Halifax Parish Church.


Eliza Ann was born in Sowerby, the daughter of John Taylor
 

Children:

  1. Samuel Shepherd [1864-1947] who was named after his  stepfather Samuel Shepherd, and was a book keeper [1881], a  gentleman [1915], died in Harrogate [15th November 1947] and is  buried at St Thomas the Apostle Church, Killinghall
  2. Frank

They lived at

  • Grove House, Skircoat [1881]
  • 3 Heathfield Place, Halifax [1891, 1915, 1920, 1955]

James died 10th February 1915.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £3,111 18/9d.

Administration was granted to Samuel Shepherd Procter and Frank Herbert Procter

Eliza Ann died at home [26th March 1920] (aged 82).

The couple were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell [Grave Ref: 201-G]

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Procter, MauriceRef P186
[1906-1973] Halifax policeman who wrote many novels, some of which were filmed

Procter, Moroni SmithRef P766
[1844-1908]
Recorded in 1881, when he was master at
Boothtown Board School.

He died in Burnley in 1908 (aged 64) 

Procter, Richard HalliwellRef P81
[1846-1913] Son of William Procter.

Born in Hunslet / Holbeck.

He was a carpenter's assistant [1861] / a joiner of Northowram [1869] / a foreman joiner [1871] / a joiner [1881, 1891, 1901, 1911].

In 1869, he married (1) Louisa Ann [1838-1869] at Halifax Parish Church.


Louisa Ann, of Northowram, was the daughter of Joseph Firth, labourer.

She was the widow of Benjamin Drury [m Halifax 1860; d Q3/1861]

 

Louisa Ann died in Halifax in 1869 (aged 31) 

In [Q3] 1871, he married (2) Elizabeth [1839-1911] in Halifax.


Elizabeth (née Thorp) was the widow of Joseph Priestley Whitehead.

She was a carpet seller [1881]

 

They lived at

  • Spring Edge, Skircoat [1881]
  • 2 Spring Edge, Skircoat [1891, 1901, 1911]

Elizabeth died 12th November 1911 (aged 72).

Richard died 16th September 1913 (aged 67).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1509] with Elizabeth's first husband

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Procter, SarahRef P221
[1809-1887] Or Proctor, Prockter.

Daughter of James Procter.

Born 20th May 1809.

She had a child James Procter.

In 1848, she established a school at Soyland.

She retired to marry Samuel Shepherd [29th October 1850].

Samuel died 22nd February 1875.

Sarah died 1st December 1887.

The couple were buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery

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Procter, WilliamRef P483
[17??-1???]
Coiner of Maiden Stones, Soyland

Procter, WilliamRef P1193
[1824-1???] Son of Septimus Procter, baker.

Born in Salford, Lancashire.

He was a joiner in Holbeck [1845] / a joiner [1851] / a master carpenter employing 9 men & 5 boys [1861].

In 1845, he married Martha Kitson [1823-1???] at St Peter's Church, Leeds.


Martha, of Holbeck, was born in Wortley, the daughter of Joshua Kitson, cloth draper
 

Children:

  1. Richard
  2. William [b 1848] who was a carpenter's assistant [1861]
  3. Samuel [b 1850]

The family lived at

  • Gelderd Road, Wortley, Leeds [1851]
  • 93 Wellington Road, Wortley [1861]
  • 107 New Bank, Halifax [1871]

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Procter, WilliamRef P83
[1873-19??] Born in Leeds.

He was an underground clay miner [1901].

He married Rose [1873-19??].


Rose was born in Horsforth.

She was a woolcomber [1901]

 

They lived at 9 Leopold Street, Halifax [1901].

Living with them [in 1901] was boarder James Stansfield

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The Proctor family of Rishworth & SoylandRef P191

Proctor, ErnestRef P1223
[1???-19??] He was landlord of the Mount Inn, Halifax [1937] / the last landlord of the Lee Bridge Tavern, Halifax [1953-1954]

Proctor, Herbert ShackletonRef P246
[1892-1915] Born in Leeds.

On 14th April 1914, he married Emily Simpson [1894-1953] at St George's Church, Sowerby.

They lived at Sowerby Bridge.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action in France / Flanders [22nd November 1915].

He was buried at X Farm Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'Armentières, France [Grave Ref B 14].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Sowerby

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Proctor, JohnRef P258
[18??-18??] He married (1) Unknown.

On 9th April 1850, he married (2) Martha Ann Batty.


Martha Ann was the daughter of
John Batty.

She had a son who was baptised as John Proctor Batty [23rd September 1838]

 

Martha Ann died 11th February 1879

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PronunciationRef P132

Prosecution societiesRef P722

Prospect House, BrighouseRef P1195
93 Halifax Road.

Owners and tenants have included

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Prospect House, EllandRef P643
Owners and tenants have included

Prospect House, HalifaxRef P733
Ryburne Terrace / Hanson Lane.

Owners and tenants have included

Prospect House, LighthazlesRef P538

Prospect House, NorthowramRef P907
Owners and tenants have included

  • George Booth [1874]

Prospect House, OvendenRef P909
Owners and tenants have included

  • John Braithwaite [1937]

Prospect House, SouthowramRef P634
1, Law Lane.

Aka Withinfields, Southowram.

Owners and tenants have included

Prospect House, SoylandRef P1093
Owners and tenants have included

The Halifax Guardian [Saturday 26th May 1894] advertised


To be Sold by Private Treaty Prospect House with gardens, stable and Coach House, well fit up. Good water supply
 

Prospect House, StainlandRef P386
Owners and tenants have included

Prospect Laundry, HalifaxRef P725
Recorded in 1905 at Clive Street, Claremount when the proprietor was Alfred Horsfall

Prospect Villas, IllingworthRef P613

Owners and tenants have included

Prosser, Charles William StuartRef P954
[1916-1???] Known as Stuart.

Son of William Stuart Prosser.

Born 13th December 1916.

He was educated in Sowerby Bridge / employed by Sowerby Bridge Flour Mills.

In [Q2] 1941, he married Dorothy Valentine [1916-1980] in Halifax.


She was born 2nd March 1916
 

They lived at Willowfield Farm, Sowerby Bridge.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the Gordon Highlanders.

He was injured during the Anzio beach landing, and a piece of shrapnel was removed from his stomach.

He survived the War.

Both Charles William & Dorothy died in Halifax, on 8th December 1980, Stuart's birthday

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Prosser, JamesRef P948
[1816-1905] Son of William Prosser.

Born in Herefordshire.

On 26th October 1856, he married Ann Weathersby [1919-1904].


Ann was born in Ullingswick, Hereford, the daughter of John Morgan
 

Child: William

Ann died 16th October 1904.

James died 14th February 1905

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Prosser, WilliamRef P949
[1793-1872]

On 17th July 1815, he married Elizabeth Jones [1786-18??].

Child: James

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Prosser, WilliamRef P945
[1855-1???] Son of James Prosser.

Born in Herefordshire.

In 1883, he married Elizabeth Ann Stuart [1859-1941].


Elizabeth Ann was born in Monmouth, Wales, the daughter of Daniel Charles
 

Child: William Stuart

Elizabeth Ann died in Wales [September 1941]

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Prosser, William StuartRef P937
[1891-1939] Known as Stuart.

Son of William Prosser.

He was born in Abertillery, Wales.

He worked in the coal mines, and played Rugby Union in Wales. He was spotted by Halifax Town to play Rugby League, and toured with Halifax RLFC prior to World War I. He won a cap for Great Britain against Australia while at Halifax.

He served in World War I.

He played rugby again after the War but retired [about 1927] following injury.

In [Q1] 1916, he married Emily Mason in Halifax.


Emily was the daughter of Charles Mason
 

Children:

  1. Charles William Stuart
  2. Nancy [11th July 1921-26th March 2015] who married Jack Widdop

They lived at 14 Mitchell Street, Sowerby Bridge [1939].

Stuart died at home [12th March 1939] (aged 48).

Emily died 17th March 1982 (aged 90).

The couple were buried at Warley Town Cemetery

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Protheroe, Edward DavisRef P273
[1798-1852]
A
Radical.

He stood for the Parliamentary election of 1835 but lost by 1 vote to the Whig/Tory candidates, Charles Wood and Hon J. S. Wortley. Because of ensuing disturbances, this became known as the window-breaking election.

He was elected Radical MP for Halifax in January 1837

Protheroe, W. D.Ref P169
[18??-19??] Baptist minister at Lineholme Baptist Church, Stansfield [1917]

Proud, Rev R.Ref P772
[18??-1914]
He was Curate at
Halifax Parish Church [1870-1876] / a student of the Greek & Roman classics / interested in astronomy & photography / a supporter of the Halifax Deaf & Dumb Institute.

He was Vicar of Kilburn, and died there

Proude, ArthurRef P640
[18??-19??]
Manager at
Halifax & Huddersfield Union Banking Company, Elland [1905].

He lived at Ash Lea, Elland [1905]

Proudfoot, George WilfredRef P305
[1921-19??]
Of County Durham. He became a grocer and newsagent and the family supermarket was the largest in Scarborough. Conservative MP for
Brighouse & Spenborough [1970-1974], gaining the seat from Labour Colin Jackson by a majority of 59 votes. Jackson won the seat back in 1974

Proudlove, Rev D. B.Ref P58
[18??-19??]
Minister of the United Methodist Church

Proudlove, Rev T.Ref P801
[18??-19??]
Recorded in 1914, when he was a Methodist Minister in Brighouse

Prout, EdwardRef P968
[1898-1917] Son of William Prout.

Born in Northowram.

In 1901, he was staying at 19 Park Square, Halifax, with Joseph Kershaw and recorded as his adopted son. He later returned to live with his mother and brother.

He was a factory worker [1911]

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died of wounds [23rd November 1917] (aged 19).

He was buried at Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France [Grave Ref IV F 9].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram.

His stepfather John Colin Boocock also died in the War

Prout, WilliamRef P500
[1866-1916] Born in Devon.

He was a worsted piece finisher [1891]

He married Mary Ellen Woodhead


Mary Ellen was the daughter of
Sam Woodhead.

She was a worsted drawer [1901]

 

Children:

  1. Frank [b 1894] who was a coal miner [1911] and served in  World War I
  2. Edward

They lived at

  • 6 Glazier Row, Queensbury [1901]
  • 1 Oakley Street, Queensbury [1911]

Living with them [in 1911] was boarder John Colin Boocock.

A William Prout died in North Bierley [Q4 1916] (aged 53).

In 1916, Mary Ellen married John Colin Boocock.

Both John Colin Boocock & Edward Prout died in World War I

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Providence Sick & Funeral Society, SowerbyRef P1027
They met at the Providence Primitive Methodist Chapel, Sowerby.

Recorded in April 1897, when they had 53 members.

Recorded in 1902, when officials included

  • Herbert Howarth
  • Greenwood Barrett
  • James H. Butterworth
  • Eli Hellowell
  • H. V. Wilkinson
  • J. Wilkinson

Recorded in 1905, when officials included

  • J. Speak [President]
  • H. Howarth [Secretary]
  • James H. Butterworth [Treasurer]
  • H. V. Wilkinson & Eli Hellowell [Auditors]

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Provident Clothing & Supply CompanyRef P1205
A financial organisation which loaned money to individuals.

The money was repaid in instalments and collected by agents.

Recorded in the 1950s, when their local office was at Bull Green House, Halifax

See Robert Grosvenor and Donald West

Provincial Bank Chambers, HalifaxRef P1177
Office accommodation in New Crown Street.

Owners and tenants have included

  • National Provincial Bank [1936]
  • W. H. Boocock & Son [1936]
  • Matthews & Brooke, accountants [1936]
  • Halifax Branch of the League of Nations [1936]
  • Leeds Permanent Building Society [1936]
  • Inland Revenue [1936]
  • North British & Mercantile Insurance Company Limited  [1936]
  • Railway Passengers Assurance Company [1936]

Prowde, Rev RalphRef P509
[18??-1914]
He served at Kilburn and Ingleby Greenhow before becoming Senior Curate at
Halifax

Prudence [No 219] Masonic LodgeRef P1014
Masonic Lodge at Todmorden.

Members and Officers of the Lodge have included

Recorded in 1912, when the membership was 57

Prudence of the Vale Lodge of OddfellowsRef P329
Members & Officers of the Lodge have included

See Oddfellows

Prudence, William JohnRef P380
[1866-19??] Born in Spalding, Lincolnshire.

He was a carriage builder [1901] / a carriage & motor builder [1911] / partner in Dennison & Prudence.

In [Q2] 1895, he married Susannah Heyworth [1859-19??] in Halifax.


Susannah was born in Saddleworth
 

Child: Phyllis Mary [b 1896]

They lived at

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Prudential Assurance Buildings, HalifaxRef P1168
Office accommodation at 20 Commercial Street, Halifax [1936]

Owners and tenants have included

Prye, StansfieldRef P412
/ Pry, Wadsworth.

The location is recorded when it was the home of

Prynn & CompanyRef P621
Brewers at Red Cross Brewery, Rastrick.

In 1881, James William Prynn took over the business of Booth & Ogden.

Leonard Aspinall was a partner [until 1890].

In 1889, Samuel Webster & Sons bought the business

Prynn, ArthurRef P292
[1896-1920] Son of J. W. Prynn of Bradford Road, Brighouse.

He was educated at Rastrick Grammar School.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

In 1915, he contracted a disease in France.

He died 9th June 1920 (aged 24).

He was buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse.

He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Rastrick Grammar School

Prynn, James WilliamRef P7620
[1857-1907] Son of Mary (née Turner) [1834-1895] & Augustus William Henry Prynn [1827-1872].

Born in Hull [3rd February 1857].

In 1881, he took over the business of Booth & Ogden at Red Cross Brewery, Rastrick and established Prynn & Company

On 5th March 1887, he married Annie Emily Lawrence [1867-1928] in Halifax.


Annie Emily came from Egham, Surrey
 

Children:

  1. Augustus Lego [1887-1962] who married [1909] Mary  Helen Atkinson [1884-1961]
  2. Ivy [1891-1956] who married Robert Kershaw
  3. Arthur [1895-1920] who never married

They lived at 83 Bradford Road, Brighouse [1911].

James William died in Rastrick [20th September 1907].

Annie Emily died in Brighouse [19th April 1928]

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Prynne, George Halford FellowesRef P1202
[1853-1927]
FRIBA.

Born in Plymouth.

He became an architect.

Local examples of his work include Elland Parish Church Rood Screen / All Saints' Church, Elland

PsycheRef P434
Airplane demonstrated by Herbert Sykes at Aeroplane Field, Clifton

Psychological Hall of FreedomRef P770
Recorded in 1874 at Back Lord Street, Halifax

Public baths, TodmordenRef P992
On 2nd May 1888, a number of people – including Rev Rathbone Hartley - presented a petition, with 710 signatures, to the Local Board, in favour of public baths in Todmorden.

The Local Board passed the resolution that

this urban authority adopt the Baths and Wash-Houses Acts

Public Benefit Boot Company LimitedRef P728
Boot manufacturers and dealers.

They were recorded at

Public housesRef P369

Public LavatoriesRef P853

Public Library & Technical Institute, Sowerby BridgeRef P1058
Recorded in January 1903, when a meeting of the Sowerby Bridge Prosecution Society discussed a contemplated building for a Public Library & Technical Institute.

Samuel Wilkinson was involved in the design of the building [1903/1904]. It was decided not to proceed with the Technical Institute, and the top floor was omitted from Wilkinson's original design.

See Sowerby Bridge Technical Institute

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Public ToiletsRef P852

Publicans of local pubsRef P1262

PublishersRef P55

Pubs & InnsRef P200

See Beerhouse Act [1830] and Public House Closing Act [1864]

PubSpeak TodayRef P378
An Evening Courier website dealing with local pubs and inns

Pudding Park Wood, SouthowramRef P1128
(Possibly) another name for Park Wood, Elland [1855].

See Hugh Francis Ingram and John Wardle

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Pudsey Clough, TodmordenRef P144
Paul Clough becomes Pudsey Clough and forms a part of the Yorkshire-Lancashire border.

There is an interesting packhorse bridge with an almost circular cross-section over the stream at Hudstone

Pudsey, TodmordenRef P137
Area north of Cornholme, Todmorden

Puff, FranzRef P794
[18??-19??]
Of Sowerby Bridge.

In 1900, he filed a patent for

improvements in machines for drying corn

Pugh, ClementRef P381
[1889-1915] He married Annie Elizabeth.

They lived at 12 Woodhead, Hipperholme [1915].

During World War I, he served as a Corporal with the 7th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment.

He died 20th October 1915 (aged 26).

He was buried at Hill 10 Cemetery, Turkey [Grave Ref II E 8].

He is remembered on Norwood Green War Memorial, and on Brighouse War Memorial

Pugh, DavidRef P464
[1875-1914] Landlord of the Weavers' Arms, Luddendenfoot [1908-1912]

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Pugh, G.Ref P935
[1???-191?] He served in World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on Coley War Memorial

Pugh, Dr John Lister PoolRef P626
[1830-1892]
MRCS, LSA.

Born in the East Indies.

In September 1856, he passed his examination – at the Apothecaries Hall – in the science and practice of medicine, and was qualified to practise.

He was Medical Officer for Brighouse, Clifton and Hartshead [1865] / General practitioner in Brighouse [1891] / Medical practitioner in Brighouse [1895].

In [Q4] 1872, he married Caroline Parsons [1848-1890] in Leeds.

Children:

  1. Jessie [b 1873]
  2. Evan Charlesworth [b 1878]
  3. Annie Muriel [b 1881]

The family lived at

  • Commercial Street, Brighouse [1861]
  • Poplar Villa, Brighouse [1891]

Pugh, Rev MatthewRef P780
[1817-1891] MA.

Born in Wolvey, Warwickshire.

He was a schoolmaster in Congleton, Cheshire [1851] / a clergyman and Master at Rishworth School for 15 years [1861,  1874] / Vicar of All Saints' Church, Marple, Cheshire / Rector of St Thomas's Church, Stockport [for 10 years] / a retired clerk in Holy Orders [1891].

In 1847, he married (1) Elizabeth Sharpe [1810-1864] in Bourne, Lincolnshire.

Children:

  1. Charlotte Elizabeth [b 1848]
  2. Matthew Henry [b 1852] who became a schoolmaster at the  United Service College, Westward Ho, Devon [1891]

Elizabeth died 15th September 1864 (aged 53).

In 1866, he married (2) Frances (Fanny) Pinwell Symonds [1828-1890] in Stockport.


Fanny came from London
 

They lived at

There were visitors, lodgers and boarders with the family: James Crook [1830-1???] in 1851

Frances died in Ormskirk in 1890.

Matthew died in Stockport [11th June 1891].

Members of the family are remembered at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden.

A brass memorial to Elizabeth & Matthew was erected in St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden, by their children

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Pule Hill, BoothtownRef P138
Aka Pule Nick. Area to the north of Boothtown.

In the 17th century, John Mitchell held horse-racing here.

In 1898, a number of flint tools including Mesolithic microliths, and 5 Bronze Age urns – an incense cup [4½ ins diameter, 3frac14; ins high] and 4 food vessels [the largest 4 ins in diameter] – were discovered there.

See Cold Arbour Coal Pit, Pule Hill Pottery and Ski Slope, Boothtown

Pule Nick Farm, NorthowramRef P873
Lee Lane.

Owners and tenants have included

Pullan, ArthurRef P279
[1882-1917] Son of James Pullan.

Born in Denholme.

He was a member of the Choir at Denholme Clough Primitive Methodist Church  / a farmer of Denholme Gate [1904] / a waggoner (chair making) & farmer (own account) [1911] / a French polisher for his father-in-law.

He married Sarah Ellen Raywood [1881-19??] at St Paul's Church, Denholme.


Sarah Ellen, a worsted weaver of Denholme Gate, was born in Manchester, the daughter of Robert Raywood, chair maker
 

Child: Maria Hannah [b 1906]

They lived at

  • Foreside Lane Farm, Denholme, Bradford [1911]
  • 2 Well Head, Thornton [1917]

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 12th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 3rd May 1917.

The Halifax Courier [14th July 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 4]

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Pullan, ElijahRef P627
[1859-1914] Son of Richard Pullan.

Born in Ovenden [Q3/1859]; baptised at St James's Church Halifax [30th August 1959].

He was a painter & paperhanger [1891, 1901] / a house painter (own account) [1911].

In [Q3] 1882, he married Emma Allison [1862-1930] in Halifax.


Emma was born in Saltaire, the daughter of William Allison
 

On 9th October 1882, Elijah & Emma went to the USA, travelling with her father, stepmother & five siblings.

Children:

  1. Amy [b Oswego Falls 7th January 1884; bapt St  Augustine's, Halifax 12th January 1887] & married [Halifax Q3 1910]  John Edgar Morton [d Ashbourne Grove, Halifax 16th June 1946]  

    Oswego Falls, [now part of Fulton], New York, New York &

  2. Ellen [b Halifax 4th December 1886; bapt St Augustine's,  Halifax 12th January 1887] who was an overall machinist (Wood &  Harris) [1911]
  3. Richard Allison (Pullan) [b Halifax Q3/1890; bapt St  Paul's, King Cross, Halifax 6th June 1894] who was a machine tool  apprentice [1911]
  4. Willie [b Halifax Q2/1894; bapt St Paul's, King Cross,  Halifax 6th June 1894] who was a number taker (railway Company) [1911]
  5. child who died young [before 1911]

They returned from America and were living at

  • 20 Violet Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 50 Ripon Street, Halifax [1911]

Elijah died Q3 1914.

Emma (possibly) died Q2 1930 (aged 68).

They both died in Halifax

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Pullan, Fred HartleyRef P599
[1890-1967] MM.

Illegitimate son of Florence Pullan of Hipperholme; father unknown.


Florence was the daughter of
Joseph Pullan
 

Born 25th October 1890; baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [10th May 1891].

He was a cattle dock cleaner [1911] / employed by Joseph Morton Limited at Holmfield.

He lived with his mother's siblings at 2 Bank Street, Crossfields.

During World War I, he enlisted with the West Ridings [November 1914], then transferred and he served as a Corporal with the 1st/7th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He went to France [June 1916]. He was awarded the Military Medal [1917]


for gallantry in sticking to duty under heavy fire
 

His photograph appears with a report of his award in the Halifax Courier [1st June 1918].

He was wounded [16th April 1918] and taken POW.

His photograph appears with a report of his story in the Halifax Courier [1st June 1918].

He survived the War.

He died Q2 1967 (aged 76) 

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Pullan, JamesRef P151
[1838-19??] His father is not recorded on the marriage documents.

Born in Thornton.

He was a labourer of Thornton [1856] / a pit banksman [1861] / a farmer of 36 acres [1871] / a farmer of 49 acres [1881] / a farmer [1891, 1901].

He married Hannah Foster [1837-19??] at Bradford Cathedral.


Hannah, a weaver of Thornton, was born in Denholme, the daughter of James Foster, weaver
 

Children:

  1. Edward [b 1859]
  2. Mary [1861-1862]
  3. Firth [b 1863]
  4. Emma Jane [b 1865] who was a worsted twister [1881]
  5. Sally [b 1867] who was a worsted spinner [1881]
  6. Miriam [b 1870]
  7. James [b 1872] who was an assistant master (elementary  school) [1891]
  8. Willie [b 1874] who was a wool sorter [1891]
  9. Fred [b 1877] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  10. Foster [b 1880]
  11. Arthur

They lived at

  • Pit House, Pineberry Hill, Southowram [1861]
  • Foreside Top, Thornton, Bradford [1871]
  • Morton Villa, Denholme, Thornton, Bradford [1881]
  • Moscow Farm, Foreside, Thornton, Bradford [1891]
  • Halifax Road, Denholme, North Bierley [1901]

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Pullan, JosephRef P598
[1837-1890] Born in Batley / Otley.

He was a carter's labourer [1861] / a delver [1871] / a labourer [1881].

In 1860, he married Hannah Brown [1842-1???] in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Norwood Green / Lightcliffe
 

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [b 1861]
  2. William Henry/ Willie [b 1863] who was a currier  [1881]
  3. Lavinia [b 1866] who was a mill hand [1881]
  4. Florence [b 1869] who was a mill hand [1881], a cloth  weaver [1891] & had an illegitimate son: Fred Hartley Pullan
  5. Amelia [b 1870] who was a mill hand [1881], a cotton  winder [1891]
  6. Clare [b 1874] who was a worsted comber [1891]
  7. John J. [b 1876] who was a railway porter [1891]
  8. Sam [b 1879] who was a leather tanhouse currier [1891], a  brickmaker's labourer [1901], a brickmaker [1911]

They lived at

On the 1881 census, Joseph was a widower, and a Hannah Pullan (aunt) [b 1831] was shown with him and the children.


Question: Could she be Joseph's aunt or his sister?

 

Joseph (possibly) died in 1890.

Living with the children [in 1891, 1901, 1911] was nephew Fred Hartley Pullan, Florence's illegitimate son.

Living with them [in 1911] was nephew John Willie Pullan [b  1910]

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Pullan, RichardRef P572
[1822-1865] He was a grocer.

He married Elizabeth White [1820-18??].


Elizabeth was born in Hartwith, the daughter of Elijah White
 

Children:

  1. Richard [b 1856] who was a stuff & woollen presser [1871]
  2. Ellen Ann who died 12th January 1859 (aged 1 year & 9  months) who was buried with her father
  3. Elijah
  4. Harry [1865-19th July 1872] who was buried with his father

Richard died at 2 Wade Street, Halifax [12th December 1865] (aged 43), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 204]. Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £800.

Probate was granted to his widow Elizabeth & George Aked Blackburn.

Elizabeth married Daniel Nicholl

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Pullinger, DanielRef P51
[1836-1874] Son of John Pullinger.

Born in Halifax.

He has an extensive criminal record:

  • 1848: Halifax magistrates ordered him and an accomplice to be privately whipped for stealing a sack of rags & bones worth about 3/- from Peacock's Yard, Halifax
  • 1848: he stole a coat from a cart near the Union Cross, Halifax, and was sentenced to 3 months in Wakefield house of correction
  • 1850: he was again in Wakefield house of correction
  • 1861: he was sentenced to 8 years' penal servitude for stealing £5 7/- from T. Collinson & Sons Limited.

    After working on the chain gangs in Portland Prison, he was transported aboard the ship York to Western Australia

  • 1874: he died in Freemantle Prison while serving a three-year sentence for larceny committed in Perth, Australia

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Pullinger, GeorgeRef P567
[1838-1909] Son of John Pullinger.

In [Q1] 1858, he married Sarah-Ann Fawcett in Halifax.

Children:

  1. John who died 31st August 1859 (aged 1 year) 
  2. Mary Hannah who died 19th March 1862 (aged 16 months) 
  3. Edward [1871-2nd March 1875]
  4. Hannah [1880-11th November 1887]

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3798].

A George Pullinger died in Bradford [Q1 1909] (aged 70) 


His burial place is not yet known
 

Pullinger, JohnRef P65
[1794-1864] Born in Halifax.

In 1809, he enlisted in 14th Regiment of Foot, and was discharged in 1833. He may have fought in the Peninsular War.

He was a labourer [1841] / a Chelsea (out) pensioner [1851, 1861].

Around 1836, he married Hannah [1800-1861].


Hannah was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Daniel
  2. George
  3. James [b 1840]
  4. Edward [b 1843] who was a clogger [1861]
  5. Sarah [b 1846] who was a worsted spinner [1861]

They lived at

  • 1 Russell Street, Halifax [1841]
  • 1 Fenton's Court, Russell Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 1 Yard, Russell Street, Halifax [1861]

Hannah died 8th December 1861 (aged 61).

John died 15th April 1864 (aged 70).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3798]

Pullman, AbrahamRef P232
[1???-18??]
Steel stockist. He founded a business at Sowerby Bridge.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Ellen Eliza who married [30th May 1855] Thomas Whiteley, a Rochdale ironmonger, at Harrison Road Chapel

The family lived at Summerville House, Halifax

Pullman, ThomasRef P209
[18??-18??]
Stone merchant at
Bare Head Quarry, Northowram and Blake Hill End Quarry, Northowram [1896]

Pullman's (Wyke) LimitedRef P686
20th century clothing manufacturer of Mount Pleasant, Mytholmroyd

Pulman, AbramRef P576
[1796-1863] Of Halifax.

He was an iron merchant. Around 1850, he established Abram Pulman & Sons.

On 27th December 1815, he married Martha Ambler [1800-1872] in Halifax.


Martha was born in Northowram
 

Children:

  1. Joseph
  2. John
  3. Ambler
  4. Martha Ann [b 1831]
  5. Helen [b 1833]
  6. Ellen Eliza [1832-1856] who married Thomas Whiteley
  7. Thomas [b 1836]

They lived at

  • Lister Lane, Halifax [1834, 1841]
  • Pulman's Yard, Halifax [1851]
  • 1 Mount Street, Halifax [1861, 1871]

Abram died 25th January 1863 (aged 68).

Martha died 20th April 1872 (aged 75).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1744]

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Pulman, Abram OldroydRef P1213
[1868-1943] Son of Ambler Pulman.

Born in Halifax.

He was an auctioneer & valuer [1901].

In 1891, he married Maud Lillian Ethel Griffiths [1873-1950] in Halifax.


Maud Lillian Ethel was the daughter of Matilda Mary Leary (née Newman) [1845-1930] & Thomas Griffiths [1845-1915]
 

Child: Herbert Ernest

They lived at Dean Hollow, Halifax [1901].

He died in Southport in 1943.

Maud Lillian Ethel died in Southport [4th January 1950]

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Pulman's: Abram Pulman & Sons LimitedRef P673
Iron merchants and manufacturers of nuts, screws and bolts and iron and steel girders.

Established 850 by Abram Pulman.

They had business at Lister Lane [1845], 1 Weymouth Street, Halifax [1875], Mount Street, Halifax, and 32 Horton Street, Halifax [1905]

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Pulman, AlfredRef P98
[1830-1908]

He married Mary [1841-1893].

Mary died 28th September 1893 (aged 52).

Alfred died 19th May 1908 (aged 78).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1512]

Pulman, AmblerRef P946
[1824-1884] Son of Abram Pulman.

He was an iron merchant.

On 31st December 1851, he married (1) Elizabeth Sugden [1824-1885] at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth was born in Halifax [26th December 1824]
 

They had no children.


The marriage was dissolved in 1859 by civil court, Elizabeth was found guilty of adultery with Joseph Tatham, from May 1859. The two had cohabited at Centry Farm, Mount Tabor, and at Harrogate, from June 1859.

Ambler demanded £500 damages

 

In [Q2] 1862, Elizabeth married (2) Joseph Tatham in Halifax.

On 26th March 1867, Ambler married (2) Betsy Mary Ann Oldroyd [1838-1872] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Abram Oldroyd
  2. Gertrude Elizabeth who died 16th December 1873 (aged 3  years), & was buried with her mother
  3. Florence Ann who died 31st July 1872 (aged 9 months), &  was buried with her mother

Betsy Mary Ann died 23rd April 1872 (aged 34).

On 24th March 1874, he married (3) Marianne [1831-1901].


Marianne / Mary Ann [née Blackburn] was born in Sheepridge, and was the widow of Mr Wilcock
 

They had no children

They lived at 2 Park Terrace, Halifax [1884].

Ambler died 21st March 1884 (aged 60).

Mary Anne died 7th June 1901 (aged 70).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1557] with niece Ann Lee [1863-20th December 1873]

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Pulman's cabinet makersRef P453
Recorded around 1914, when they were at Hopwood Lane, Halifax

Pulman, CuthbertRef P761
[1879-1918] Son of Fred Pulman.

He was in business as a corn factor in Halifax / employed by Huddersfield GPO.

In [Q3] 1906, he married Rebecca Parker [1880-1921] in Halifax.

Child: son

During World War I, he served as a Sergeant with the 9th Battalion Cameronian (Scottish Rifles).

He died at Jussy, near St Quentin, France [21st March 1918] (aged 39).

He is remembered at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1744], on the Pozières Memorial, France [Grave Ref 37 & 38], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at United Reformed Church, Carlton Street.

His brother John also died in the War.

Rebecca was buried at Christ Church, Pellon [Grave Ref: 2 LL 44]

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Pulman, FredRef P730
[1849-1920] Son of John Pulman.

Born in Halifax.

He was a master joiner employing 2 men & 1 boy [1881] / a master joiner [1901] / a joiner and undertaker [1911].

In [Q3] 1873, he married Martha Hannah Tuley in Halifax.


Martha Hannah was the daughter of Thomas Tuley
 

Children:

  1. Frances Ann [1874-1875]
  2. Arthur [b 1876]
  3. Norman William [1877-1880]
  4. Cuthbert
  5. Herbert V. [b 1881]
  6. Clara H. [b 1883]
  7. Walter [b 1885] who was a solicitor's clerk [1901]
  8. Rosa [b 1887]
  9. Arnold [b 1889]
  10. John
  11. John E. [b 1891]
  12. Clement Seymour [b 1893] who was an apprentice engineer  [1911]
  13. Annie [b 1895]

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1656].

The family lived at

  • 47 Savile Park Street, Halifax
  • 26 St Mary's Street, Halifax [1881]
  • 40 Hopwood Lane, Halifax [1901]
  • 6 Heath Mount, Halifax [1911]

Sons Cuthbert & John. died in World War I

Fred died 3rd May 1920 (aged 71).

Martha Hannah died 25th May 1927 (aged 75).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1744]

Pulman, FrederickRef P787
[1827-1894] Son of John Pulman.

Born in Halifax.

He was a fitter (worsted factory) [1871] / a mechanic's turner and fitter [1881].

He married Hannah [1826-1900].


Hannah was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Mary Jane [1849-1875] who was a drawer [1871] and  (possibly) married Mr Hopkinson
  2. Martha Ann [b 1854] who was a drawer [1871] and married  John Henry Iveson
  3. Sarah Ellen [1861-1863]

The family lived at 5 Anvill Street, Bradford [1871, 1881].

Frederick died 8th July 1894 (aged 57).

Hannah died 19th January 1900 (aged 74).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3082]

Pulman, Frederick WilboroughRef P556
[1889-1915] Son of Lewis Pulman.

Born in Halifax.

He was a railway vanman [1911] / employed by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and the Great Northern  Railway / a member of Park Congregational School.

In 1910, he married Beatrice Chapman at St James's Church, Halifax.


Beatrice, a winder of 23 Wilson Street, was born 2nd June 1891, the daughter of Robert Edward Chapman
 

Children:

  1. Amy Gladys [1911-1929] who was buried at Illingworth Church
  2. Phyllis [1915-1918] who was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

In 1911, the family were living at 54 Penn Street, Pellon Lane with Beatrice's parents.

They lived at

  • 2 Denton's Court, St.James' Road, Halifax
  • 2 Cobden Place, Moore Street, Siddal

He joined the Halifax Artillery.

During World War I, he enlisted in Manchester – where he was working at the time – and he served as a Sergeant with the 1st/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He was sent to Gallipoli.

He was killed in action in the Dardanelles [7th August 1915], leading his men in an assault on a Turkish trench in front of Achi Baba.

The Halifax Courier [23rd October 1915] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli [Grave Ref 59-73 / 218-219], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Park Congregational Church.

Beatrice never married again.

She died 29th March 1980 and was cremated

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Pulman, Herbert ErnestRef P252
[1893-1942] Son of Abram Oldroyd Pulman.

Born in Halifax.

In 1914, he married Dorothea Barber De Halstead [1898-1982] in Somerset.


Dorothea was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
 

Child: Herbert Halstead [b 1920]

Herbert Ernest died in Southport [2nd February 1942].

Dorothea died in Sefton, Lancashire in 1982

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Pulman, JohnRef P1151
[1796-18??] He was a woolcomber [1841].

Around 1821, he married Margaret [1796-18??].

Children:

  1. James [b 1821] who was an apprentice whitesmith [1841]
  2. Frederick
  3. Alfred [b 1829]

They lived at Ann Street, Halifax [1841]

Pulman, JohnRef P656
[1822-1903] Son of Abram Pulman.

He was a carpenter & joiner employing 1 man & 1 boy [1861] / a joiner employing 3 men & 2 boys [1871] / a joiner of Hopwood Lane [1882].

In [Q1] 1847, he married (1) Ann Briggs [1822-1854] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Fred
  2. Walter
  3. Frances [b 1853]

Ann died 14th June 1854 (aged 32)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3304].

In [Q3] 1855, he married (2) Rachel Watson [1820-1869] in Halifax.


Rachel was born in Halifax
 

Rachel died 7th April 1869 (aged 49)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3304].

In [Q3] 1871, he married (3) Mary Wheelwright [1827-1904] in Halifax.

John died 23rd June 1903 (aged 81).

Mary died 24th December 1904 (aged 77).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1744]

Pulman, JohnRef P1097
[1828-1874] Son of Samuel Pulman.

Born in Northowram.

He was an overlooker in worsted mill [1851] / an overlooker of worsted spinners [1861] / a worsted spinning overlooker [1871].

He married Elizabeth [1829-1893].


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Arthur [1852-1862] who was a worsted spinner [1861]  
  2. James [1859-1861]
  3. Ernest [1867-1868]
  4. Mary [1855-3rd April 1897] who was a worsted reeler  [1871]
  5. Joseph [b 1857] who was a factory operative [1871]
  6. Walter [1861-6th September 1899] who was a factory  operative [1871]
  7. Lewis [b 1865]
  8. Emily [b 1870]

They lived at 23 Foundry Street, Halifax [1861].

John died 9th November 1874 (aged 46).

Elizabeth died 18th April 1893 (aged 64).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3812]

Pulman, John EdgarRef P742
[1890-1916] Son of Fred Pulman.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 28th Battalion Canadian Infantry.

He was killed in action [6th June 1916] (aged 26).

He is remembered at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1744], on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 18-26-28], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at United Reformed Church, Carlton Street.

His brother Cuthbert also died in the War

Pulman, JosephRef P1126
[1817-1882] Son of Abram Pulman.

Born in Halifax.

He was an iron merchant's book keeper [1851] / a bolt maker employing 8 men & 5 boys [1861] / an iron merchant [1867] / an iron merchant employing 3 men [1871] / an iron merchant [1881].

He was one of the liquidators when the Halifax Omnibus & Cab Company Limited voluntarily wound up [1867].

He married Elizabeth Maria [1835-1875].


Maria was born in Norwich
 

Child: Harriet [b 1859] who married John William Spencer

They lived at

Elizabeth Maria died 21st January 1875 (aged 40).

Living with the widowed Joseph [in 1881] was Mary / Margaret Collins (servant / housekeeper dom).


He may have fathered 6 illegitimate children by Margaret Collins
 

Joseph died in Halifax [1st July 1882] (aged 65).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1655]. Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £12,587.

Administration was granted to his brother John

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Pulman, LewisRef P554
[1863-1900] Son of John Pullman, overlooker

He was a grocer in Halifax [1884, 1887] / a grocer in Milnsbridge [1890].

In 1887, Lewis was sent to prison for 6 months, for defrauding the Halifax Industrial Society by forgery.

In 1890, Lewis was charged with

that he, being the bailee of £29, entrusted to him by Jane Eastwood, wife of Luke Eastwood, Milnsbridge, did fraudulently convert the same to his own use

He was sent to prison for 15 months

In 1884, he married Hannah Hemingway Butterworth [1863-1???] at St James's Church, Halifax.


Hannah was born in Bradford. Her father was not recorded on the marriage documents
 

Children:

  1. John Thomas [b 1886] who was a dynamo wire coverer [1901]
  2. Frederick Wilborough
  3. Charles P. [b 1891] who was a cashier in woollen merchant  office [1911]
  4. Ernest L. [b 1893] who was a railway porter [1911]
  5. Ethel M. [b 1895] who was a jewel factory operative [1911]
  6. Arthur [b 1897] who was a wool warehouse lad [1911]

In 1891, Lewis was a prisoner at HM Prison, Wakefield. Hannah (hosiery embroideress), with sons Frederick and Charles, were lodgers with Mary J McMillan (laundress) at 24 Timber Street, Elland. Son John was staying with his grandmother, Rebecca Lambert [b 1832] at Falcon Square, Skircoat.

They lived at

  • 1 Thackeray Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 6 Villiers Street, Halifax [1911, 1915]

Lewis died in Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire in 1900 (aged 36) 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Pulman, SamuelRef P1098
[1799-18??] He was a labourer in public roads [1851].

Around 1827, he married Martha [1798-18??].

Children:

  1. John
  2. William [b 1831] who was a blacksmith [1851]

They lived at New Inn, West Side of Turnpike Road, Northowram [1851]

Pulman, ThomasRef P1080
[1835-1884] He was a bolt manufacturer.

In [Q4] 1873, he married Elizabeth Moorhouse in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Ann Elizabeth [1874] who died when 2 hours' old
  2. Arthur Edward [1876-1877]
  3. Frederick [1877-1879]
  4. Minnie Maude Annie [1879] who died in her first year
  5. Lilian Eliza [1880-1882]

They lived at

  • 7 Melville Place, Halifax [1874, 1876]
  • Girlington Road, Bradford [1879]
  • 62 St Augustine's Terrace, Halifax [1884]

Thomas died 6th May 1884 (aged 49).

Members of the family were buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery

Pulman, WalterRef P1187
[1851-1883] Son of John Pulman.

Born in Halifax.

He was a joiner [1875] / a corn dealer [1881].

In [Q3] 1873, he married Mary Ann Hargreaves in Halifax.


Mary Ann was (possibly) the daughter of William Henry Hargreaves p
 

Children:

  1. John Edward [1874-1875] who was buried with his father
  2. Edith [b 1876]
  3. Ethel [b 1878]
  4. Clara [b 1881]

The family lived at 14 Bull Green, Halifax [1881].

Walter died 29th July 1883 (aged 32), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1656]


Details are not yet known of the death / burial place of Mary Ann
 

Pumfrey, Rev James WilliamRef P444
[1904-1974]
Born in Greenwich [13th May 1904].

He was Curate at Christ Church, Pellon [1952], Vicar of Copley [1955], and Vicar of Southowram [1959].

In [Q2] 1938, he married Violet Sayer in Deptford.

He died 17th August 1974 (aged 70).

He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram

Pump Farm, SouthowramRef P9
Pump Lane, off Halifax Old Road.

A 20-acre farm which stood on the south side of Halifax Old Road, near Mytholme Farm.

It was on the Shibden Hall estate, lying to the south-east of the Hall.

Owners and tenants have included

See Barclay, Southowram

Pump House, Ovenden RoadRef P6010

Punchbowl Lock, TodmordenRef P165
Lock #40 on the Rochdale Canal

Punton, InspectorRef P1192
[18??-1???] Police Inspector in Brighouse [1890].

He was a witness in the trial of John Walker

Pupil Teachers' Centre, HalifaxRef P299
Recorded in 1891 & 1896, and in 1908 when J. W. Eden was Headmaster.

See Kelsall Broadley, Halifax Teachers' Centre and Pupil-Teacher

Purcell, LouisaRef P641
[1883-19??] Born in Liverpool.

She was one of the children who came to the district to work at Calvert's Mill at Wainstalls.

She was a worsted spinner [1901].

She lived with Stephen Greenwood [1901]

Purdy, John RobertRef P467
[1862-1936] MA.

Born in Durham.

He was educated at St Peter's College Cambridge / headmaster at Grace Ramsden's School [1905, 1891, 1901].

In [Q4] 1891, he married Emily Frances Sanders [1862-1936] in Cambridge.


Emily was born in Cambridge
 

Children:

  1. Doris May W. [b 1897] who married (1) [Halifax Q2/1936]  Wilfred Stanforth & (2) [Stokesley Q2 1925] Albert Robert  Nelson [1901-1943]
  2. Enid Margaret F. [b 1898]
  3. Muriel Constance [b 1900]

The children were born in Elland.

The family lived at lived at Ramsden House, Elland [1901].

John died Q4 1936 (aged 74).

Emily died Q2 1936 (aged 75).

They both died in Hastings

Purl Well, BrighouseRef P415
Brookfoot.

In 1891, the Neptune Inn was listed as being at Purlwell

Purprise, WadsworthRef P1159
Purprise Lane.

Aka Purprice / Lower Purprice.

Late 17th century farmhouse, land and wood.

Mentioned in July 1838, when it was owned by William Cousin of Boston Hill and occupied by William Wadsworth, John Redman, and Thomas Greenwood

The Todmorden Advertiser [Friday 19th April 1907] announced


Purprise Farm, Pecket Well, Hebden Bridge.

Sold by Auction to Mr Wm Greenwood for £292

 

Purrington, Agnes A.Ref P491
[1880-1???] Born in Liverpool.

She was one of the children who came to the district and worked as a worsted spinner at Calvert's Mill at Wainstalls.

She lived with Jonas Rushworth [1891]

Pursglove, C.Ref P1069
[19??-19??] He served in World War II.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on Elland War Memorial

Purvis, Rev WilliamRef P384
[1858-1935] He was educated at Durham University [1881], ordained deacon [1882], curate at Whitechapel [1882-1885], and curate at Cleckheaton [1886] before becoming Curate at Rastrick [1886-1896] and Vicar at St Mary's Church, Cottonstones [1896-1935]

In September 1886, he married Elizabeth Berry [1852-1924] at the Old White Chapel, Cleckheaton.

Children:

  1. William Berry [1890-1973]
  2. Gertrude Mary [1892-1964] who married James Reginald Clay

Members of the family were buried at St Mary's Church, Cottonstones

This & associated entries use material contributed by Les Forester

Puxley, H. L.Ref P281
[18??-19??]
Curate at
Brighouse [1898-1901]

Pybus, HerbertRef P107
[1893-1918] Son of William Pybus.

He worked in the family grocery shop.

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards.

He was killed in action whilst helping to repel an enemy attack [27th March 1918] (aged 24).

He was buried on the field of battle.

He is remembered on the family grave at Lightcliffe Old Church Graveyard, on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 1], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Roll of Honour at Oakenshaw Church.

His brother Walter also died in the War

Pybus, Lloyd JohnRef P130
[1918-1989]
Son of Ivy, widow of
Walter Pybus (father unknown).

Born 17th February 1918.

He was a chartered surveyor [1964].

He lived at The Ridge, 11 Marldon Road, Northowram.

He died 25th December 1989.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £100,000.

Pybus, WalterRef P1067
[1887-1916] Son of William Pybus.

Baptised at Oakenshaw [29th May 1887].

He was a jeweller with Horner's.

On 25th November 1915, he married Ivy Tordoff in Halifax.


Ivy was the daughter of John Tordoff
 

They lived at 3 Westbury Place, West End, Halifax [1964].

During World War I, he served as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class with the 2nd Training Centre Royal Flying Corps.

He had influenza whilst training on Salisbury Plain, and this developed into pneumonia.

He died 4th April 1916 (aged 28).

He was buried at Lightcliffe Old Church Graveyard [K 1].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.

His brother Herbert also died in the War.

On 17th February 1918, Ivy gave birth to a son Lloyd John Pybus (father unknown).

Ivy died 23rd October 1964.

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £1,116.

Administration was granted to son Lloyd John

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Pybus, WilliamRef P94
[1852-1919] He was a stoker [1877] / a grocer, ale & porter merchant [1917].

On 26th November 1877, he married Annice Greenwood [1859-1???] at Birstall.


Annice was (possibly) the illegitimate daughter of
Hannah Greenwood
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [1878-1879] who died aged 13 months
  2. Jane Ellen [1880-1882]
  3. Walter
  4. Herbert

They lived at 292 Gibbet Street, Halifax.

William died at Halifax Union Workhouse, Gibbet Street [4th May 1919] (aged 67).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £255 8/-.

Probate was granted to his widow Annice.

Annice died 23rd February 1933.

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £236 6/6d.

Probate was granted to Fred Greenwood (book keeper).

Members of the family were buried at Lightcliffe Old Church Graveyard [G 14] & [K 1]

Pye, EmilyRef P158
[1877-1957] She was a close friend of Matilda Gledhill and a general servant for the family [1891].

She never married.

She had run a shop in Gibbet Street, Halifax since the 1930s.

At Whitsuntide, 8th June 1957, she was battered to death. The only clue was a fingerprint found in the room. This was never identified and no one has ever been accused of the crime. A small amount of cash was missing.

In May 1988, an unknown man made a number of anonymous phone calls to the Evening Courier and claimed that his father had made a deathbed confession to the crime. The caller's father – who had lived in the Pellon area, not far from Miss Pye's shop – said that he had hit the 80-year-old and fled with only £6. The caller refused to give his details because his mother was still alive at the time and unaware of her husband's secret. He claimed that his father had admitted the torment he had lived with since killing the spinster. The caller refused to give his name because his mother was still alive.

In November 2004, detectives appealed again for him to get in touch.

In November 2012, the West Yorkshire Police's Major Investigation Review Team again appealed for anyone with information about the murder to get in touch.

See Matilda Gledhill

Pye NestRef P142
District between King Cross and Sowerby Bridge. The name has been said to derive from magpie nests in the trees there.

See Gainest

Pye Nest Co-OpRef P892
Branch number 34 of the Halifax Industrial Society opened in June 1900

Pye Nest Farm, HalifaxRef P421
Owners and tenants have included

This & associated entries use material contributed by Ivan Birch

Pye Nest House, HalifaxRef P143
Aka Pyenest House. House designed in 1771 for John Edwards by John Carr, and built on land which he bought from Japhet Lister.

It was the home of Sir Henry Edwards. The grounds covered 134 acres. About 20 of Edwards's horses were buried in the grounds. When Edwards died in 1886, the house was put up for sale on 3rd August 1887. The sale did not produce a buyer.

Owners and tenants have included

The house remained with the Edwards family until 1933 when the executors of the last owner – Major A. H. Edwards – auctioned the building off. See Rolleston Edwards.

On 22nd July 1925, a sale of the house and 24 acres of grounds was withdrawn at £7,000. On 22nd July 1932, the estate was again put up for auction.

On 21st October 1933, the house and the estate – comprising about 30 acres – were sold privately.

It was demolished in 1935 and houses were built on the site in the 1940s.

Crow Nest at Lightcliffe was almost a replica of Pye Nest House

Pye Nest LibraryRef P844
Recorded in 1936

Pye Nest Lodge, HalifaxRef P681
Owners and tenants have included

This & associated entries use material contributed by Ivan Birch

Pye Nest Tram DisasterRef P141
Accident on Tuesday, 15th October 1907 when a tram travelling through Bolton Brow derailed, killing 5 people – including the conductor Walter Robinson – and injuring many more

Pyenot House, LightcliffeRef P475
Owners and tenants have included

Pylkington, EdmundRef P125
[14??-1???] In 1471, he sold Ewood Hall, Mytholmroyd to Henry Farrer

Pyrah, JosephRef P813
[1747-1???] Of Haley Hill, Halifax.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Mary [1772-2nd August 1793]

Daughter Mary was buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 93] with the children of Joshua Pyrah

Pyrah, JoshuaRef P824
[1801-18??] Of Moor Lane, Skircoat.

(Possibly) son of Joseph Pyrah.

He was a warehouseman [1841].

He married Mary Ann Hitchin [1801-18??].

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [1825-7th December 1838]
  2. Joseph [1827-14th April 1833]
  3. Rachel [1829-1861] who married William Bilton Riley
  4. Sarah Ann [b 1831]
  5. Martha Jane [1833-21st November 1834]  
  6. William
  7. Hannah [b 1839]
  8. Martha Jane [1843-24th January 1858]

The children () were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 93] with Mary Pyrah, the daughter of Joseph Pyrah

This & associated entries use material contributed by Susan Wiseman

Pyrah, SamuelRef P808
[1???-18??] Landlord of the George, Brighouse [1845, 1847].

In July 1847, he placed an announcement in the Bradford & Wakefield Observer seeking information about a man called Cole (about 25 years of age) who absconded with a grey mare which he had borrowed from Pyrah

Pyrah, WilliamRef P887
[1835-1???] Son of Joshua Pyrah.

Born in Halifax.

He was a cabinet maker employing 1 boy [1861] / a pattern maker [1871].

In [Q2] 1858, he married Mary Huscroft [1836-1???] in Halifax


Mary was born in Barnsley
 

Children:

  1. Joshua [b 1859] who was an errand boy [1871]
  2. John W. [b 1860]
  3. Joe [b 1863]
  4. Albert [b 1868]
  5. Ernest [b 1871]

They lived at

  • Wharf Street, Warley [1861]
  • 26 Helm Street, Halifax [1871]



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