It’s tempting to spend a lot of time talking about someone who we think might be buried here but aren’t sure about – John’s second wife, a different Mary – we’ll start with those who are here, though. Ann Coward was born in Knottingley in 1839, and met John Pettyt Barraclough of Pontefract probably sometime …
One of the small number of coffin-shaped tombs in the graveyard, nestled near the top end by the fence dividing the public graveyard from the private grounds. Who was Ann? Malcolm Bull’s Calderdale Companion helped us out. She was born in Wadsworth in 1830, the daughter of James and Sally, and grew up working as …
Another Dennett family vault in the vaults section, William was the uncle of Fred Dennett of Hand Bell Ringers fame over in V6.5 and the brother of James Dennett in V9.8. William and his brother John (buried in the private area) made the paper at their deaths because they were buried only one day apart, …
When we rediscovered 42.18, Ann Greenwood, we joked about how all it takes is a wedge of stone becoming visible to clue us in to hidden secrets. As we cleared the soil off of Ann, we found another corner. Another corner?! Well at least we can guess that this is the grave of Hannah Clogger, …
A married couple named Joseph and Mary – no jokes please! This beautiful cross in the vaults was all but swallowed up by the most incredible, but destructive, crown of ivy. As we cut it back further and further, we realised that the cross itself was this close to toppling forwards – not ideal when …
This grave was found while on the hunt for the elusive – and now, we think, nonexistent – Baldwin grave…although more of that another time maybe. This wasn’t the only one found during that hunt either. On the previous transcript, this grave was known about due what appeared to be a sexton’s book entry, although …
Although it is in extremely poor condition, we are fairly confident that our researchers have discovered the identities of those on this stone. It’s a good thing we came along because this was previously not transcribed and is on the verge of becoming entirely unreadable. We believe that this is the headstone for three children …
Read more “36A.22 – Peter, Mary and Elizabeth Ann Murray (previously unmarked)”
Albert Farrar is remembered on this headstone, although he is actually buried in Bertrancourt, France. Buried in this plot are Albert’s parents (Abraham and Sarah Hannah), and three of his siblings : Mary Hannah, Edmund and Harold. Albert was a signaller in the army, before this he was the manager of the Strand Drapery Department …
Read more “20.40 – Edmund, Harold, Albert, Sarah Hannah, Abraham and Mary Farrar”
Ici repose Mademoiselle Maria [Marie-Antoinette L. J.] Vanhoey nee a Malines le 17th Novembre 1877. Pieusement decedee a Todmorden le 5th Janvier 1915. (Refugiee Belge.) Priez pour elle! Todmorden gave refuge to a number of Belgians during WW1 and this lady is one of them. She died from bronchitis three weeks after arriving from Belgium, …
Researcher Sally writes: This is the grave of my 2 x g. Uncle, his wife Rachel (nee Firth) who came from Millwood, and two of their 7 children. Thomas Holt was the second of the eleven children of Martin Holt and his wife Mary (nee Fielden) and was born at Sourhall in 1806. Thomas’s father, …