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- Baby Bunce
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The miniature engine was in service at Blackpool [1905]
and at Halifax Zoo [1909] before coming to Sunny Vale Pleasure
Gardens.
It was named Baby Bunce in 1922, when Lionne, daughter
of James Farnell Bunce, was born.
When Sunny Vale closed, the engine was bought for a fairground in
Newcastle and renamed Robin Hood
- Bache, Warley
- Aka Bayche. House recorded in the 15th century. Owners and tenants have included James Stansfield [1473], John Mawde [1473], Richard Waterhouse [1473], Richard Aykroyd [1486], the Waterhouse family of Lower Hollins [1509], Timothy Bates [17??], George Bates [1829], Peter Smith Bates, Joseph Pollit, and Rev Charles Rogers.
A Sunday School inaugurated by Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge was held here.
The name may be derived from Batt, possibly an early occupant. The name was changed to Beech House
- Back Hall, Exley
- A 13th century homestead. It was rebuilt by Thomas Hanson in 1668. It was dated T H E 1668 for Thomas and Esther Hanson.
Owners and tenants have included John Hanson.
The arms of the Hanson and related families were inscribed over the south door.
There is a Greek inscription:
He that loveth houses and lands more than Me is not worthy of Me
and a Latin inscription:Heaven not earth
It was later named Backhold FarmThis is discussed in Arthur Comfort's book Ancient Halls in & about Halifax.
See Alice de Backhall, William de Ecclesley, Exley and Robert Ramsden
- Back o' th' Church Dumpling
- A pupil at Grace Ramsden's Back o' th' Church School, Elland
- Back o' th' Moors Charity
- Aka John Greenwood's Charity
- Back Shaw
- Area near the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs.
Question: Can you identify the ruined farmhouse in the photograph? It stands on the left-hand side of Lower Walshaw Dean reservoir as you head up towards the Lodge. It has been suggested that the triangular feature is a dove cote leading to an internal room with a stone floor
- Background information
- The Foldout presents a number of terms which might be encountered when studying local and family history
- Backhall
- Area of the ancient Southowram township around Back Hall
- Backhall, Alice de
- [12??-1???] She married William de Ecclesley.
See Back Hall, Exley
- Backhold
- Exley. The name comes from Backhold Farm, a later name for Back Hall. The area became a housing estate from the 1930s
- Backhold Farm
- Later name for Back Hall, Exley
- Backhold Hall, Exley
- See Back Hall, Exley
- Backhold Housing Estate, Exley
- Stands on land which included Exley Bank Farm
- Backhouse
- This name is found in Backhouse Lane and Backhouse Tunnel, both in the Salterhebble area.
- Backhouse, Father
- [18??-19??] Priest at Saint Bernard's Catholic Church, Halifax [1930s]
- Backhouse, Foster & Travis
- Stock and share brokers at 18 Crossley Street, Halifax [1874]
- Backhouse, G. H.
- [18??-19??] Hosier at Palatine Chambers, Halifax [1905]
- Badger Hill Cricket Club
- Formed in 1988. It was formerly the New Road Cricket Club
- Badger Hill Reservoir, Rastrick
- Brighouse Corporation reservoir opened in December 1957 to address the problems of low pressure in existing supplies. The reservoir is now filled in
- Badger Lane, Hebden Bridge
- There are remains of circular earthworks, 26 ft in diameter, here
- Bage, Rev Albert
- [18??-19??] FRSL. He was a Primitive Methodist minister at Shipley before becoming Minister at Stannary Congregational Church, Halifax [1903, 1905]. He lived at 30 Milton Place, Halifax [1905]
- Bagnold, Charlotte
- [1798-1860] She was baptised on 10th August 1798. Daughter of William Bagnold. In 1841, she succeeded her mother, Tabitha, as Halifax postmistress.
She married Robert Akers.
Their son, William, also worked for the Post Office.
She died at her home, Barum House, Halifax.
She was buried at Saint James's Church, Halifax
- Bagnold, Harriet
- [1788-1812] Daughter of William Bagnold. She succeeded her father as Halifax postmistress in 1810. When she died, her mother, Tabitha, took her place. She was a close friend of Anne Lister
- Bagnold, William
- [1747-1810] He was nephew of Mary Wainman.
In 1780, he married Tabitha Dewhirst. Children: Harriet, Charlotte, and John [b 1811].
He became Halifax postmaster around 1788. He retired in June 1810, and he was succeeded by his daughter Harriet. He died on 17th October 1810, after a lingering illness
- Bagot, Rev George
- [18??-18??] First Vicar of Saint Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [1869].
His only child, Edith [d 1891] married H. A. Carter of Worcester
- Bagott, Rev Elijah
- [18??-1???] Or Baggott. Minister at Saint Thomas's Church, New Bank [1860, 1892].
- Bagott, Rev George
- [18??-18??] He lived at Carlton Street, Halifax. Curate at Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist, Halifax [1865]
- Baht meat week
- An event staged at Luddenden by Granada Television's World In Action programme in August 1975. The intention was to show that people can manage without meat. Most of the village's residents took part in the experiment in which – after a Last Supper of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding at Kershaw House – Luddenden was declared a meat-free zone for a week. A local butcher labelled his van Gastronomic Survival Squad. After the experiment, the village returned to normal with no converts to vegetarianism.
See Baht
- Baildon, George
- [18??-19??] Of George Baildon & Son. Printer with The Argyle Press Limited [1905]. He lived at 15 Kingsley Place, Halifax [1905]
- Baildon's: George Baildon & Son
- Printers at Argyle Street, Halifax [1874].
See George Baildon
- Baildon, John
- [17??-18??] Printer and publisher of Bull Green, Halifax. He was in business from before 1822 to 1855. He was at 19 Bull Green [1837] and at 1 Bull Green [1845]
- Bailey's: A. Bailey & Sons
- Family grocer and provision merchants established by Albert Bailey with 2 shops in Southgate and Westgate, Elland. The business was sold to Mr and Mrs Lister. The business closed when the premises were demolished in 1969
- Bailey, Albert
- [1855-1930] Son of Joe Bailey. He worked for worsted-spinner Isaac Dewhirst. He lived in Westgate, Elland, and established A. Bailey & Sons, a grocery business – as his father had done before him.
In 1879, he married Emma Park. Children: 9 including Ernest.
In 1910, he revived his interest in worsted spinning and established Albert Bailey & Sons at Riverside Mills, Elland.
- Bailey's: Albert Bailey & Sons Limited
- Worsted spinners established in 1910 by Albert Bailey at Riverside Mill, Elland. Business closed in 1975 when the Elland Bypass was to be built
- Bailey & Sons
- Mineral water manufacturers at Tower Works, Norwood Green [1905]
- Bailey Hall Bridge, Halifax
- A bridge over the Hebble at Bailey Hall.
In 1710, there was a petition concerning the parlous state of the bridge
- Bailey Hall, Halifax
- Area between Caddy Field and Halifax Parish Church.
The name is probably a corruption of Bailiff's Hall and may have been the site of the house of the water bailiff along the banks of the Hebble.
Berry Lane leads from here to Halifax Parish Church
See Bailey Hall Bridge, Halifax
- Bailey, Isherwood & Company
- Woolstaplers and cotton merchants at 5 Deal Street, Halifax [1905]
- Bailey, Joe
- [1831-1893] He was born in ?. He moved to Elland in the 1840s. He worked at a branch of the Halifax Cooperative Society. He opened a small shop next to his home in Westgate, Elland, selling home-made cakes and bread.
He married Susannah [1831-1926]. Children: Albert.
He was buried at Elland Church
- Bailey, John
- [18??-19??] He was landlord of the Black Bull, Brighouse. He was a well-known sprinter. He was a member of Brighouse Rangers First Team
- Bailey, Rev John Renshaw
- [18??-19??] A native of Cheshire. He served at Carlisle before becoming Minister at Park Congregational Church, Halifax [1878-1893]. He lived at Craven Lodge, Halifax
- Bailey, Joseph
- [17??-1???] A blacksmith. He turned thief and lived in a cave near Hathershelf Scout. In 1779, he was discovered in the cave where he had ample food supplies and also items stolen from Rochdale Parish Church. He was transported for life.
His story has some similarities to that of Tom Bell
- Bailey, Samuel
- [17??-18??] Cotton manufacturer at Kebroyd Lower Mill [1793]
- Bailey, Tom
- [1956-] Halifax-born actor and composer. Performs as the Thompson Twins
- Bailey, William
- [18??-19??] Halifax solicitor [1934].
He qualified in October 1931
- Bailey's: William Bailey Limited
- Cotton spinners and manufacturers at Wadsworth Mill, Todmorden [1905]
- Bailiff Bridge
- District of Calderdale to the north of Brighouse at the junction of the Huddersfield to Bradford and the Halifax to Wakefield roads.
- Bailiff Bridge & District Mutual Coal Supply Association Limited
- Recorded in 1905
- Bailiff Bridge Club
- Established for the working men of Bailiff Bridge. It was financed by Thomas Freeman Firth and Sir Algernon Firth and opened on 19th December 1908. William Aykroyd financed the construction of a bowling green
- Bailiff Bridge Fountain
- Bailiff Bridge Gas Company Limited
- The company was formed in 185? to distributed gas supplied by the Brighouse Gas Company. Became a limited company in August 1875
- Bailiff Bridge Library
- Devon Way, Bailiff Bridge
- Bailiff Bridge Police Station
- Chris Helme tells me that
There wasn't a police station at Bailiff Bridge.
Up the mid-19th century, the only police were the Parish Constable, but once the West Riding Constabulary was created, Brighouse had its own policeman and because of the previous importance of Hipperholme they to got one and from that day Hipperholme which included Lightcliffe and Bailiff Bridge had its own police section. There was a police house in Bailiff Bridge and they had their own local Bobby from then and I was the last.
- Bailiff Bridge Post Office
- Opened in 18??.
- Bailiff Bridge Railway Station
- The station opened on 1st March 1881. There was a direct service to London Marylebone.
On 11th November 1883, the station was blown down during a disastrous storm.
In 1903, the wife of Joseph Hoyle was injured alighting at the station.
The station closed for passenger traffic on 2nd April 1917.
In 1929, the station burnt down. Although the fire brigade at Firth's Carpets offered to tackle the blaze, the railway company insisted that their own fire engine – which had to come from Manchester – should deal with the fire
- Bailiff Bridge Toll House
- Tolls on the Bradford & Huddersfield Turnpike started in 1824. Bailiff Bridge Gate and Chains are mentioned in 1851.
The tolls were abolished in 1875.
The toll house was bought by Thomas Freeman Firth £for 70. It was demolished and Firth's extended their existing premises
- Bailiff Bridge War Memorial
- This is a memorial to the men from Bailiff Bridge and those workers of T. F. Firth & Company in Bailiff Bridge and in Heckmondwike, who died in World War I. It stands in a memorial garden off Bradford Road, Bailiff Bridge. The memorial and the land were given to the people of Bailiff Bridge by Sir William Aykroyd and Lady Aykroyd. It was unveiled on 2nd April 1921.
It has recently [2008] been restored by a local community action group.
See Frank Roper
- Bailiff Bridge Working Men's Institute
- Established in 1866 to provide elementary education for working men
- Bailiff or Bailiffe?
- There is some disagreement over the spellings Bailiff or Bailiffe.
It is said that the final E was dropped by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority or by Brighouse Borough Council.
Some usages – including Bailiffe Bridge War Memorial and Bailiffe Bridge School - have the final E, whilst others do not.
Eugene Harvey was a fervent campaigner in favour of the errant E
- Baillie, Rev Johan Launcelot
- [19??-19??] He was Curate at Lightcliffe [1947] and Curate at Illingworth [1949]. In 1952, he left to serve at Hightown, at Milborne Saint Andrew with Dewlish, at Lima, Peru, diocese of Chile [1970-1974] and at Felkirk with Brierley
- Bain, Dr Roderick
- [19??-] Of Stainland. First President of the Greater Elland Historical Society
- Baines & Marshall
- Brush manufacturers at West Parade Brush Works, Halifax [1905]
- Baines, Charlotte
- [1830-1879] Daughter of Edward Baines of the Leeds Mercury.
She married John Wrigley Willans
- Baines, Dewhirst & Company
- Worsted spinners at Rastrick [1874]
- Baines, Jane Eleanor
- [18??-1898] Third daughter of Sir Edward Baines, of Bawtry Hall, Doncaster and Saint Ann's Hill, Leeds, who was MP for Leeds 1859-74.
She married Edward Crossley
- Baines, John
- [1746-18??] Halifax shoemaker and hatter. He may have worked at Whiteley's Hat Shop.
He was a radical and a republican. He supported the Jacobins and the French Revolution – and was a follower of Tom Paine. He was a member of the Saint Crispin Republican Club.
With his sons John and Zachariah, he was accused of administering an illegal oath to John McDonald during a Luddite meeting at Saint Crispin Inn in 1812, in breach of the Combination Act. The meeting was infiltrated by men sent from Manchester by Joseph Nadin.
At the meeting, the Luddites made plans to attack William Cartwright's mill at Rawfolds, and Baines told those present that:
Only the overthrow of the bloody aristocracy – which had bled white the nation and reduced the people to the condition of galley slaves in the land of their birth – would bring about the glorious triumph of democracy
Baines, and his son John, were transported to Botany Bay for 7 years- Baines, John
- [1778-18??] A Halifax shoemaker.
With his father John and his brother Zachariah, he was accused of administering an illegal oath during a Luddite meeting at Saint Crispin Inn in 1812, in breach of the Combination Act, and, with his father, he was transported to Botany Bay for 7 years
- Baines, John
- [1794-1867] He lived at Walnut Cottage, Brighouse.
He married Elizabeth [1800-1871]. Children: Samuel and Sophie.
He was buried at Coley Church
- Baines, Samuel
- [1814-1866] FRGS. Son of John Baines of Coley.
Scientist, geologist, industrialist and philanthropist. He lived at Holroyd House, Priestley Green. He was a generous supporter of Brighouse Mechanics' Institute. He gave a large number of book prizes.
Around 1850, he bought Baines Square, 3 mills – Victoria Mills, Canal Mill, and Prince Albert Mill, - and land in Brighouse from James and Henry Noble. He also extensively developed the area [now occupied by Sainsburys supermarket] between Mill Lane and Huddersfield Road.
In 1852, he built a row of workers' cottages – Baines Row.
In 1865, financial circumstances
when he came to grief by trusting a man in the Midlands in business matters
forced him to sell his library of over 4000 scientific booksHe was buried at Coley Church. A monument was erected to him in Coley churchyard by his sister, Sophie, in testimony of his worth and her sisterly love
- Baines, Sophie
- [186?-19??] Daughter of John Baines, and sister of Samuel.
She married Richard Kershaw.
She erected a monument to her brother Samuel in Coley churchyard
- Baines Square, Brighouse
- The site of 3 mills – Victoria Mills, Prince Albert Mill, and Canal Mill – owned by Samuel and John Baines. Rev Benjamin Firth built a mill here. Samuel bought the land from James and Henry Noble in 1849.
Baines Row was a part of the site and Baines built Britannia Mill there
- Baines, Whiteley & Rushworth
- Stone quarrier at Marsh Quarry, Southowram [1896]
- Baines, Zachariah
- [1797-18??] With his father John Baines and brother John, he was found guilty of administering an illegal oath during a Luddite meeting at Saint Crispin Inn in 1812, in breach of the Combination Act. Because he was only aged 15, he was not transported, unlike his father and brother
- Bains, Elnathan
- [16??-16??] Curate at Sowerby Bridge [1663]
- Baird, W. J.
- [18??-19??] Physician and surgeon at Sowerby Bridge [1905]
- Bairns' Fund
- Organised by the Halifax Courier & Guardian. Recorded in 1930
- Bairsto
- A variant of the surname Bairstow
- Bairstow
- Other forms of the surname include Bairsto, Baister, Baistow, Barstow, Basstoe, Baster, Bastey, Bastow, Beairsto, Beastall, Beastow and Beirsto.
The name is recorded in Wakefield rolls of 1277.
The name is probably derived from the name Bairstow for Beacon Hill, and early members of the Bairstow family lived there.
Ralph de Bayrestowe is recorded in 1309 and Robert of Bairstow is recorded in 1405
- Bairstow
- An old name for the eastern – Shibden – side of Beacon Hill.
The name probably means bare place.
Early members of the Bairstow family are recorded here.
In her journal [11th August 1820], Anne Lister distinguishes Bairstow from Beacon Hill.
See Bairstow
- Bairstow & Fielding
- Wholesale clothiers at 3 Carlton Place, Halifax [1905]
- Bairstow, Anne
- [15??-1612] Daughter of John Bairstow.
She married Robert Brodeley.
She married Richard Nichols
- Bairstow Brothers
- Spindle-making company established at Albany Spindle Works, Pellon by Fred and Frank Bairstow. They also had business at the former Mixenden Corn Mill between 1845 and 1898