These striking sidestones were tumbled over and half-buried when we arrived, and the grave itself recorded but not fully; we’ve put it back together as best we can for now, and despite its humble appearance it holds one of the town’s storytellers: Frederick Lee, of the Todmorden Advertiser and protegee of Richard and Thomas Chambers. …
Read more “51.58 – Frederick, Sarah Ann, Ann, Helen and Alice Lee”
Henry was one of the children of James and Alice Sefton, buried under the school; he caught our attention because when he grew up and married, he named several of his children after siblings who had died when young. It touched us, so we wanted to learn more about him. His story is a sad …
Read more “20.19 – Henry, Norah, Edward, Mary and Alice Sefton, and John Holt”
What more can we say? James Johnson led a low-key life, only appearing in the newspapers when he died, but his reputation lived on. His other appearance in print is on a page of the Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Historical Almanack from 1896. Imagine a page appearing in your local newspaper detailing the names, nicknames, …
Read more “38.36 – James Johnson, aka “Jimmy Johnson Squeesme””
“Here let him lie in his quiet grave while other men shall carry on the work in which he took a sincere and active interest. Here let him lie until the final hour shall come for the grave to give up its dead.” Another stone on the back slope whose inhabitants played an important part …