LIFE
AND DEATH ON THE
ROCHDALE CANAL
people
who worked on the canal and inquest details on 25
folk who drowned
in it |
LAST
WILL & TESTAMENTS
a
growing collection of transcribed wills
of local folk |
WORLD
WAR HEROES
All
659 names of the Todmorden and area men killed during WW1,
with their regiment, and a collection of photos and biographies
of some of those who survived and some who died in both World Wars. |
BETTY
CROSSLEY 1880-1975
Her
'man' went off to war and never came
back. Read to the end and you
could win a prize. |
ZACHARIAH
JACKSON 1816-1880
born
at Moorhey Farm, Walsden, he became a lock keeper and father
of several publicans |
THE
LAWS AND BOTTOMLEYS
Thomas,
Robert & Samuel Law of Ramsden Wood and Thomas Bottomley and family of Spring Mill, both in Walsden |
AMANDA HAIGH AND HANNAH HAIGH
their poignant stories told in witness statements made to the overseers in 1845 |
PHILIP
CROWTHER 1784-1840
born
at Howroyd, Dulesgate, he defended his wife and children
against racial taunts and was later murdered |
THE
BLACKA FAMILY IN AMERICA
the
story of Richard Blacka and his family in America |
THE
BAYES FAMILY
William
Bayes of Lumbutts and his family |
CLARA
LAW & JOHN W. HALSTEAD
a
tragic love story ending in murder and suicide
in 1891 |
THE
BAYES SAGA
written
by Jessie Bayes (1876-1970) and submitted by her great niece
Clare Ash, together with family photographs |
MARY
(BARKER) STOTT
1836-1912
a
Todmorden lady married to a calico manufacturer, written by
Janet Rooks |
THE
QUAKERS OF TODMORDEN
history
and anecdotes, plus a list of members of the Society of Friends
of Todmorden from 1688 to1867extracted by Alan Longbottom |
LOCAL
NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS
amazing
extracts from local newspapers all relating to Todmorden and
its people |
TODMORDEN
NICKNAMES
transcribed
from Notes
of the Todmorden District by
John Travis published 1896. |
JOHN
LAW OF DYKE GREEN, TODMORDEN
1731-1781
Bridgemaster
for the Salford Hundred.
Compiled
by R.A.
Priestley and E.M. Savage from notes by their late brother,
John B. Priestley. |
DIARY
OF UNUSUAL EVENTS
Weird
and wonderful events and people |
JOHN
FIELDEN OF
DOBROYD
CASTLE 1822-1893
the
story of John and his two very different wives, and an illustrated
history of Dobroyd Castle |
ROBERT
LAW 1840-1907
an
illiterate truant who became
an eminent geologist |
WILL
HUBBARD 1895-1969
by
his grandson, Phillip Hubbard. The story of a colourful character,
teenage tear-a-way, war hero and adventurer |
SIMEON
LORD
1771-1840
Enterprising
Transportee |
BIDDERS
& BIDDING AT
A HOUSE AUCTION IN 1793
who
bought the house, and for how much? |
TOM
LAW 1841-1901
He
worked for 40 years for the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Company |
THE
SCHOLFIELDS OF TODMORDEN
a
land surveyor, an ironmonger, an auctioneer, a surgeon, a
farmer, a joiner.....and a couple of Todmorden Chartists. |
JOSEPH
HAIGH 1856-1879
A
lad from Walsden who died
in
Zululand |
THE
BLACKA FAMILY OF
TODMORDEN
a
family of plasterers and publicans |
THE
JACKSON FAMILY
the
Jacksons of Thornsgreese and Robert
Jackson J.P. O.B.E. Mayor
of Todmorden 1911-1919 |
CAPTAIN
SAMUEL BROOKS 1831-1904
by
Robert A. Priestley
the
story of a Todmorden boy who went
to sea and became a well respected Captain |
THE
WEATHERILL FAMILY
The
story of a dysfunctional Todmorden family,
which
ends in murder most foul |
THE
SPARKS FAMILY
Four
brothers from Devon who settled in
Todmorden and Walsden |
THE
HELLIWELL FAMILY
OF TODMORDEN
a
pioneering family that founded
Todmorden
Mills in Ontario, Canada |
HARRY
K. HAIGH
1880-1943
Poignant
glimpse of life in the trenches
through
letters written to him after he was
wounded at Mailly, France, in 1917. |
THE
EARLY QUAKER FIELDENS
The
Fieldens of Bottomley, Todmorden Hall,
Todmorden
Edge and elsewhere,
and
their Quaker
beliefs |
JAMES
LAW 1791-1866
Born
in Walsden and emigrated to Canada
with
his wife Mally Shackleton-two of the
first pioneers
from England |
JINNY
HAIGH
1809-1857
she
buried 3 husbands, married a fourth,
and
died before she was 50. |
FARMERS,
WEAVERS AND...COINERS
by
Rosemary Stevenson - a personal account
of
her discovery that she is a descendant of
the
Cragg Vale coiners |
THE
HAIGHS OF
INCHFIELD
1800-1900
Coal
mine proprietors, inn keepers and farmers |
THE
LORD FAMILY
The
story of the Lord brothers, their sons
and grandsons, who
ran the iron works etc.
at Canal Street Todmorden |
BENJAMIN
SUTCLIFFE 1824-1910
by
Ken Sutcliffe
Active
member of Wellington Road Baptists |
THE
HOLT BROTHERS
Six
brothers from Sourhall
Picker
makers |
LUKE
BARKER
1843-1896
Cotton
Manufacturer of Stansfield Hall |
ABRAHAM
CROSSLEY & HIS
SON
WILLIAM
of
Knowlwood Bottom, Walsden |
REV.
HENRY CRABTREE
The
most eccentric curate ever to
grace St.
Mary's Todmorden |
WILLIAM
HAIGH OF LITTLEBOROUGH
1875-1932
a
sad tale of drowning in the Rochdale Canal |
SUSAN
(FIELDEN) SCHOLFIELD
Died
1791
A
devout Christian woman, farmer's wife |
REUBEN
HAIGH 1879-1951
A
plain Lancashire man who became
a gentleman of Wales |
BETTY
SCHOLFIELD
1757-1845
Th'
Old Dame of Knowltop |
WILLIAM
CROSSLEY
1771-1853
A
carter, weaver, matchmaker and gardener |
JOHN
TRAVIS
1822-1912
Antiquarian
and Eccentric |
REUBEN
HAIGH Died
1750
The
first Haigh in Walsden with biblical
beginnings,
a farmer and a weaver |
WILLIAM
HAIGH
1813-1882
A
wandering shepherd, horse
dealer, beer
seller and farmer |
JOHN
WILLIAM HAIGH
1850-1901
A
farmer and coal mine proprietor |
SALLY
MILLS
1812-1905
Todmorden's
oldest resident in 1905
From
rags to riches |
LIST
OF LAY PAYERS IN 1830
taken
from the Church Warden's accounts of St. Mary's Church |
THE
CROSSLEYS OF SCAITCLIFFE HALL
A
family dynasty |
REV.
EDWARD J. RUSSELL
Vicar
of Todmorden 1883-1910 |
TRADE
DIRECTORIES
1818
to 1936 |
