Harry Crossley married Mary Ellen Stansfield on 1st June 1882 at Cross Stone, aged 22 and 21 respectively. Harry was a cotton weaver and Mary Ellen was a cotton winder. Mary Ellen and her daughter Ellen both contracted typhoid in 1898 and died 26 days apart. 15 year old Ellen was sent to the Fielden …
Three children, ages 3 to 17, all dead within 19 months of each other. No news to us in the graveyard. These three sisters were the eldest and two youngest daughters of Matthew Wilson and his wife Elizabeth (nee Scholfield). Matthew was born in Dumfries, Scotland in 1793. He married Elizabeth in Haslingden in 1817. …
You may not know who Jesse Horsfall is…I can guarantee you have seen one of his buildings though. Jesse was the architect for: In our opinion Jesse deserves a blue plaque. He also deserves his final resting place tending and looking after. But then, so does everyone else in the yard… Jesse married Ada Blacka …
Betsy Scholfield was the daughter of Samuel Scholfield (a fish hawker) and Sarah Ann Kershaw. She married John Edward Eastwood (a postman) at Walsden Parish church on 6th November 1902. On 25th July 1905, John Edward dies aged just 32 years old. Betsy moves back to live with her parents and brothers at 771 Rochdale …
The following is from group member Susan Jackson: My attention was drawn to this grave, not only because of the surname Law (definitely a name I’m familiar with in my family’s past) but also because of the mention of Dyke Green, a farm at Sourhall which I know features in my family story. Go back …
Information taken from the “Annals of Todmorden”, an impressive and invaluable book put together by Dorothy Dugdale which is a compilation of all the local trivia included over the entire course of the publication of the Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Historical Almanack. “On this day [1st October] 1901. About 6pm, a shocking accident occurred at …
Dr. James Hardman’s name might not immediately jump out as an important name in the history of Todmorden – probably because it isn’t Fielden, Ingham, Lord, Sutcliffe etc. – but in terms of involvement, his 86 years included many of the town’s most formative, and he was either known to be or was probably present …
Read more “42.0 – James, Sarah, Hannah, John, Susannah and Ada Hardman”
“Previously unmarked” is underselling things; this was one of the most frustrating graves we’ve come across at Christ Church. Some stones were buried, some were dislodged, and only a great deal of investigative work across all available online family history platforms allowed us to reassemble the sidestones and ensure they were where they belonged, and …
Read more “15.33 – John Glynn, Mary Ann, Mary and Thomas Kendall (previously unmarked)”
TEETH! TEETH! TEETH! Thomas Maden is the only person buried in this vault tomb, which is somewhat unusual. Thomas himself is less unusual, and local history enthusiasts will immediately recognise the address – Dental Villa – as being one of the several noteworthy aspects of Maden’s business advertising over the years. That’s because Maden was …
This post, so far, relates only to William Jackson – more information will be forthcoming, although if you have some, please comment and let us know and save us some searching… From the Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Historical Almanack 1913: “The Late Ald. Wm. Jackson, J.P. – A Useful Public Representative. One of the most …
Read more “V5.4 – Emma, William and Alberta Jackson, and Herbert and Emmeline Cockcroft”