Two newspaper-worthy deaths and inquests in one grave is unusual – this family from Bacup Road was difficult at times to pin down, but the newspapers came to the rescue. Who were the Hollinrakes? Joseph Hollinrake was born in 1842 to Robert and Betty (Mitchell) Hollinrake of Rock Nook, Dulesgate. Located near to Priest Booth …
This is another grouping of Pugh family graves at Christ Church – John and Susy are the parents of Llewellyn Pugh under the school, but Llewellyn wasn’t their only child as we can see here. John Pugh was born around 1820 in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales. He was a nailmaker who moved for some reason to …
Read more “31.25 – John, Susy, Mary, Eliza, Harriett, Sarah Jane and Frank Pugh”
“Thy Will Be Done” is seen on many stones here, but sometimes the line hits a little harder. This would have been a hard line to have engraved if it had been done at the beginning of the inscription. It would have been an even harder one to engrave after the last person we believe …
Read more “31.32 – Sabina, James Holland, Sarah and Henry Flint”
This grave holds a man, his wife, and their only son. The Cropper and Lingard families are represented elsewhere in the graveyard, but this small grouping of them is separate forever now. David Cropper was born in November 1850 to John and Betty (Lawson) Cropper, their first child together. John was a stone mason, and …
Llewellyn Pugh was one of ten children, and his parents and some siblings and nieces/nephews can be found at 31.25 and 51.59. He and his family, as well as the stepdaughter he never met, are under the school. Llewellyn Pugh was born in 1851 to John and Susy (Marshall) Pugh. John was a nail maker …
Read more “S4.6 – Llewellyn, Emily and John Pugh, and Edith and Sarah Cowgill”
This stone supposedly has four names on it and four people buried beneath it; but we worked out earlier in this research project that Martha Jane Sutcliffe here actually “belongs” one row below, at S3.5 with her husband William Sutcliffe. So we won’t include her in the story for this grave. Scholfield Collins (occasionally spelled …
Read more “S4.5 – Scholfield and Mary Jane Selina Collins, and Winifred Mary Metcalfe”
Jane is one of the oldest residents of the burial ground underneath the school extension, having died aged 89. The first online record we found for her, after her burial record, was the 1939 Register where she appears living in Colne and with her occupation given as “unpaid domestic duties”. At 88 years old?! Jane …
William is the only person in this plot, as far as we know. His life was short but he packed a lot into it. William Sutcliffe was born in 1840. His father John was a weaver, and so was William, for the first three quarters of his life. In 1871 he married Martha Jane Holt …
Several generations in one grave – this story takes us from Preston to Liverpool to Todmorden and surrounding areas. It even includes an honourary member of the family. John Johnson is the eldest member of this family buried here. Born in 1814 in Chorley, he was a mule spinner, and his children would all follow …
Read more “S3.3 – Catherine, John and Mary Johnson, and Margaret Moore”
Elizabeth is buried a long way from her family, and alone, here in Todmorden – we know little about how she got here, but she is one of a long line of working people who dared to stand up for their rights and as such deserves our respect. The image above is a list of …