39.ii – Mary Crowther

Mysterious Mary – we think we know but there’s always room for uncertainty! Mary probably-Butterworth was born on the Lancashire side of Todmorden in 1811. Because of the difficulty that banns present to us (no ages, no fathers, no premarital situations or addresses or occupations) we are guessing to some extent when we say that …

39.8 – William Taylor

Mourn not my friends, twas God’s decree, That I should leave this world of strife, From earthly danger shall I flee, To share with him eternal Life, Sudden fate so soon to sever, The tender thread of nature’s ties, From Parents, Friends, I’m hid forever, Yet we shall meet beyond the skies. But millions of …

39.12 – Mary and Ann Raper

This grave holds two sisters, the only children of their parents and another testament to how one’s presence in a particular graveyard isn’t about how much time you spend in a place but about what happens in that time. Charles Raper was from Spalding Moor, and Elizabeth Hides was from Conisbrough, but the two began …