Ann is the graveyard’s oldest resident. Not because of when she was born but because of her age when she died; not only is she our oldest, but she’s our only centenarian, having died at the impressive age of 104. There are many people buried in this grave and at V11.8 whose lives were very …
The final (for now, at least) Buckle grave at Christ Church, and yes – it’s a Buckle with a career in beer. This grave is mostly filled with the children of Nathan and Ellen Buckle. Nathan’s story is similar to that of the other Buckles and their extended families found here. He was born in …
Read more “41.3 – Thomas, Ellen, Grace, Mary, Nathan and Ellen Buckle”
Much of Hannah Buckle has already been said in the post about her sister, brother and nephew. Hannah was one of the fourteen children of Anthony and Mary Buckle of Barden, and came here along with her brother Anthony and nephew George Watson at some point before 1851. Hannah never married, and died in 1870. …
Even with the few records we have for this family, they have quite a story – if only we knew all of it! George Watson was born in May 1829 in Barden near Hauxwell, North Yorkshire, midway between Leyburn and Richmond. His parents were George and Isabella (Buckle) Watson. And “were” really is the correct …
Read more “57.56 – George Watson, Anthony Buckle and Isabella Coffey”
This musical family rests under a walkway, and there’s a mystery contained therein too – we think we know who Sarah is, but because there’s no formal transcript, there’s currently no way to be 100% sure, Lord Halstead – what a name! – was born in 1836 in Heptonstall to John and Mary (Lord) Halstead. …
Read more “SA.1 – Sarah, Susy, Tom, Lord and Jamie Halstead”
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 …
The beautiful grave of Mary Hannah (Crabtree) Law, born in 1868 and passing away just before New Year’s in 1915 at the age of 47. From June 2023: “Mary lived at the Shepherds Rest Inn with her husband, John Arthur Law and helped her sister Betsy to run the pub whilst Betsy and her husband …
This massive monument, almost a quadruple plot, was one of if not the very first grave whose overgrowth was checked and peeled back. It turned out to be a very important one, as Hannah here was the reason Christ Church had such a beautiful and well-regarded peal of bells. The bells were bought by her …
Read more “36.9 – James, Hannah, Roland, George and Sarah Howorth, and Mary King”
One of the small number of coffin-shaped tombs in the graveyard, nestled near the top end by the fence dividing the public graveyard from the private grounds. Who was Ann? Malcolm Bull’s Calderdale Companion helped us out. She was born in Wadsworth in 1830, the daughter of James and Sally, and grew up working as …
Another Dennett family vault in the vaults section, William was the uncle of Fred Dennett of Hand Bell Ringers fame over in V6.5 and the brother of James Dennett in V9.8. William and his brother John (buried in the private area) made the paper at their deaths because they were buried only one day apart, …