Thomas Greenwood was one of the children of Robert and Fanny Greenwood who are buried in grave 43.8 with three of his siblings and one of their wives. We’ve heard their stories, but what about his? And why is he here alone? Thomas was baptised at St Mary’s on the 22nd December 1807, and after …
More continuity here for those with an interest in the Freemason’s and later Weaver’s Arms on Blind Lane – maybe you remember William and Martha Jane Sutcliffe under the school’s story? Well this is how they got there (or at least how Martha Jane got there). We have go back a bit though. Let’s start …
Another publican – and another Blomley – a surprise? Not really, because even though there’s a Blomley here, the trade was coming from inside the (public) house. John Suthers was born in 1821, the eldest child of Jeremiah and Mary (Bulcock) Suthers. Jeremiah was a publican, the son of one too; his own father John …
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Two little girls and their sad father – this grave is yet another cautionary tale that would fit nicely into a temperance pamphlet. James Blomley was, like the Howorths and Greenwoods, part of a great Todmorden innkeeping family – but not from birth. His father Edmund would become the landlord of the Golden Lion sometime …
This story was a wild ride, a tale of the dangers of drink and of one woman’s progress from Todmorden to Chester and back again. Plus there’s a cougar. First though, we start with ostler Edward Greenwood. Born in 1803, he married Ann Whiteley in 1824 by banns at St. Chad’s and Heptonstall, since she …
Read more “40.7 – Edward and Ann Greenwood, and Mary Thorpe”
Offcumden who made their home here, or at least near here. Roger Bramley was born in 1784 in Downham, midway between Gisburn and Clitheroe and just north of Pendle Hill. A gothic beginning to a not-that-exciting story. His father Edmund was a farmer and Roger spent most of his life in agricultural labour and farming. …
Read more “43.iv – Roger, Rebecca, James and Agatha Bramley”
A ne’er-do-well rests here, although whether it was by design or by bad luck is unknown. We can’t know how hard William actually tried. In fact as far as can be figured, William was doing his best. He was born in 1790 at Burnt Acre (right on the border between Erringden and Stansfield, in Eastwood) …
If you’ve ever had a pint at the Black Swan that was, or the Polished Knob that is, then next time you’re there raise another to this publican family who did their best by the place through good times and bad. This story begins with two Greenwoods – Robert, who was born here in Todmorden …
Read more “43.8 – Robert, Fanny, Henry, John, Sarah and William Greenwood”
From meat and sweets to pub landlording; this family made sure quite a few of the town’s basic needs were met. At this grave we first find Edmund Farrar and his two wives, Sarah (Taylor) and Elizabeth (Ibbotson). Both these women came from very different backgrounds. Sarah is a little bit of a mystery – …
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This grave holds two people from very different backgrounds, who both met a sad and early end – and of course, as with so many stories like this, there’s also the story of one person in particular who they left behind… Frank Nuttall, the second person buried here, was the first person born to this …