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Frantisek Sacek Ref 6-F

For photographs and information about Strakonice

Frantisek has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Strakonice, Czech Republic

Jon Saltinstall Ref 6-879

For information about topics including

Joseph Sampson Ref 6-67

For information about Ray Wilson and Keith Emerson

Peter Sampson Ref 6-305

For information about his grandfather, James Bonsall of the Friendly, Todmorden

Christopher Sanderson Ref 6-894

For information about several topics including Edwin Blakey, Duke of Wellington, Halifax, Oates & Green Limited, Mr Oates and William Oates

Sandi Ref 6-134

For information about her ancestor, John Noble, and Helm, Starkey & Noble

Sandra Ref 6-809

For information about several topics including Brighouse Games League and Old Gits' League

David Sargeant Ref 6-690

For information about topics including MCN Construction, Benjamin Norcliffe, Leslie Norcliffe, Norris Taylor Norcliffe, R. & D. Norcliffe and Anthony Sargeant

Betty Savage Ref 6-60

For information about Patmos

David Sawyer Ref 6-1111

For information about Johannes de Dent, James Foulds, Richard Foulds, Thomas Foulds, William Foulds, James Hartley, Nehemiah Hartley and Godfrey Laycock

Judith Sawyer Ref 6-JSR

For information about Edgar Walker and Joseph Walker

Judith has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Gail Sayers Ref 6-100

For information about several topics including Meadowcroft's Mill, Ripponden, Pancreol Mill, Ripponden and Ryburndale Paper Mill, Soyland

Christine Scarfe Ref 6-CF

For information about several topics including the Triangle Pub and the Triangle War Memorial.

Christine has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Triangle War Memorial

Andrew Schofield Ref 6-ASF

For photographs and information about several topics.

These are listed in the Foldout

Betty Schofield Ref 6-852

For information about Harry Ludlam, Samuel Schorfield, Samuel Schorfield and Henry Schorfield

Richard Schofield Ref 6-143

For identifying the photograph of Sowerby Hall

Emmy Schrempft Ref 6-EST

For information about Emily Sykes Marsh and John Marsh

Emmy has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

John Marsh

Edmund Schutze Ref 6-508

For information about several topics including Leeming's and H. Leeming

Diana Scorer Ref 6-DSC

For information about George Henry Butterfield, Geoffrey Hilditch, William Henry Moxon, Sam Oldfield, Kinninmont Robinson, Henry Stark, Henry Stark, Henry Stark and The Stark Family

Diana has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Elizabeth & Henry Stark

Tina Scotford Ref 6-TNS

For information about George Henry Scotford

Tina has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

George Henry Scotford

Beverley Scott Ref 6-995

For information about about the Scott-Cockcroft marriage of 1865

John L. Scott Ref 6-974

For information about McBym's Crisps

Julia Scott Ref 6-438

For information about Weston Nicholl and Samuel Nicholl

Les Scott Ref 6-475

For information about

Pauline Scott Ref 6-716

For information about several topics including James Beard, Benjamin Beard, James Beard, Henry Fielden and John Farrar Shackleton

Peter Scott Ref 6-PSC

For information about several topics including Edward Theodore Cronhelm, George Otto Cronhelm and William George Otto Cronhelm

Peter has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

John Williams Gardom: Family

Murray Seccombe Ref 6-335

For information about Industrial Street, Hebden Bridge

Louise Seedhouse Ref 6-152

For information about her ancestor, Lycias Barker

Christine Sellers Ref 6-457

For permission to use photographs produced by her grandfather, James Thomas Sellers

Mervyn Sellick Ref 6-MVS

Mervyn has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

W. H. Stopford

Janet Senior Ref 6-603

For information about topics including

Mike Senior Ref 6-121

For information about General Richard Cyril Byrne Haking

David Sergeant Ref 6-586

For information about several topics including Robert Kershaw and Yew Mount, Hove Edge

Richard Sewell Ref 6-1169

For information about Samuel Baume / Ambrose Cockcroft / Ambrose Cockcroft / Ambrose Cockcroft / Ebenezer Cockcroft / Henry Cockcroft / Joshua Cockcroft / Walter Cockcroft / Herbert William Cockroft / Henry Smithies

Virginia Seymour Ref 6-356

née Murtagh. For information about members of her family

Geoff Shackleton Ref 6-1170

For information about M. Akroyd & Sons / Barkisland Mills / Jonathan Bottomley / Farrar & Company / J. & J. Farrar / Pendleton Mill, Elland / South Lane Mills, Elland / Sutcliffe Brothers

John Shackleton Ref 6-817

For information about several topics including Christopher Shackleton and Widdop

Janet Shannon Ref 6-826

For information about topics including Henry Crabtree, Henry Crabtree, Thomas Crabtree, William Crabtree, William Crabtree, Zachariah Shackleton, Edmund Wadsworth and Richard Wadsworth

Frank Sharp Ref 6-1131

For information about Cottongrass and Cottonstones

David Sharpe Ref 6-DSE

David has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Delph Hill Road, Skircoat

Alan Shaw Ref 6-ASW

For photographs and information about several topics.

These are listed in the Foldout

David Shaw Ref 6-DSW

For information about several topics. These are listed in the Foldout

Eddie Shaw Ref 6-808

For information about several topics including Jonathan Akroyd, Moses Dean, William Dean and John Greenwood

Graham Shaw Ref 6-775

For information about

Helga Shaw Ref 6-6700

For information about Ray Wilson

Ian Shaw Ref 6-64

For information about Shelf foundry

Jeff Shaw Ref 6-1016

For information about

Alexander Blackwood Boal [1839-18??]
James Hudson Hartley [1854-1???]
Henry Neal [1801-1850]
James Robinson [1838-1868]
Benjamin Walker Shaw [1839-1865]
James Wainhouse Topham [1839-1895]
Rev James Jerom Topham [1805-1876]
Dr Alfred Wainhouse [1811-1853]
Robert Wainhouse [1772-1839]
Robert Wainhouse [1773-1856]
Thomas Wainhouse [1815-1886]
Robert Youd [1811-18??]
Thomas Watkin Youd [1801-1872]

Richard J Shaw Ref 6-458

For information about Swift Cross, Soyland

Kevin Sheard Ref 6-693

For information about several topics including Bishop Blaize, Halifax, Devonshire Arms, Halifax, Lewis Renshaw Greenwood, Old Crispin, Halifax, Prince of Wales, Salterhebble, Fred Sheard, Shears, Halifax and Westgate, Halifax

Fred Shelley Ref 6-814

For information about

Antony Shepherd Ref 6-359

For information about several topics. These are listed in the Foldout

R. Shepherd Ref 6-RSH

For information about Allan Morton

R. Shepherd has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Allan Morton

John Sheppard Ref 6-653

For information about several topics. These are listed in the Foldout

Keith Sherwood Ref 6-1053

For information about topics including Henry Kershaw, James Kershaw, James Kershaw, Rev John Kershaw and William Kershaw

David Shillito Ref 6-JDS

For information about several topics including Herbert Harwood, George Shillito, John Shillito, George Shillito, George Sykes Shillito, John Ewart Shillito, Phyllis Sykes Shillito, The History of the Halifax Industrial Society Limited and The Story of the C.W.S [1863-1913]

David has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Jo Shingler Ref 6-944

For information about Joe Cooper

Richard Shireby Ref 6-RS

Of Ireland-Shireby Church Organ Builders, Grantham, Lincolnshire, for photographs and information about the United Methodist Free Church at Copley and the organ from the church

Richard has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

United Methodist Free Church, Copley

Andrea Shoebridge Ref 6-354

For information about Anderson Brothers, William Bain Anderson and Thomas Henry Farrar

David Shore Ref 6-92

For information about surnames

Geoffrey Siddall Ref 6-GS

For photographs and information about several topics.

These are listed in the Foldout

John Sidebotham Ref 6-860

For information about topics including Joseph Barraclough, Joseph Barraclough, Samuel Barraclough and Samuel Barraclough

Audrey Sidebottom Ref 6-406

For information about topics including

Steve Sidgwick Ref 6-SSK

For information about John Wilson

Steve has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

John Wilson

Michael Sieberichs-Nau Ref 6-464

For information about Johanna Axe

Robert Sieczkiewicz Ref 6-247

For information about several topics. These are listed in the Foldout

Chris Simmons Ref 6-CHS

For information about

Chris has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Mike Simonson Ref 6-163

For information about several topics including Akroyd Museum & Art Gallery, Belle Vue Museum, Halifax, Branwell Brontë, William Dearden, Halifax Literary & Philosophical Society, A Retrospect and William Woolven

Nicola Sinclair Ref 6-NS

For photographs and information.

Nicola has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Brooklands House, Holywell Green

Susan Singleton Ref 6-SSN

For information about Whiteley Singleton

Susan has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Whiteley Singleton

Megan Skinner Ref 6-652

For information about John Skinner

Stephen Slater Ref 6-SSL

For information about Sir Joseph Radcliffe and Richard Sunderland

Stephen has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Sir Joseph Radcliffe: Arms

Patricia Slatyer Ref 6-733

For information about several topics including William Bainbridge and John Oates Greenwood

Eileen Slingsby Ref 6-1094

For information about David Hartley / John Hartley / John Hartley / Fred Kendall / Thomas Kendall / William Kendall / William Naylor

David Smart Ref 6-DST

For photographs and information about several topics.

These are listed in the Foldout

Michael Smelt Ref 6-635

For information about several topics. These are listed in the Foldout

Adam Smith Ref 6-ASM

Adam has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Upper Shibden Hall

Alex Smith Ref 6-ASH

Alex has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Ramsden Wood Reservoir

Andrea Smith Ref 6-ANS

Andrea has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

J. F. Brown & Company Limited

Brian Kiernan Smith Ref 6-292

For information about Sowerby stocks

David Smith Ref 6-233

For information about John Morby

David Smith Ref 6-DSM

For photographs and information about several topics.

These are listed in the Foldout

Duncan Smith Ref 6-DNS

For information about several topics including William Harold Moore

Duncan has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Private William Harold Moore

Heidi Smith Ref 6-279

For information about several topics including John Shaw and John Shaw & Sons Limited

Jade Smith Ref 6-617

For information about topics including Mytholmroyd War Memorial and Royd Regeneration

Janette Smith Ref 6-1110

For information about topics including David Jocelyn

Kim Smith Ref 6-900

For information about several topics including Herbert Trafford and George William Trafford

Maureen Smith Ref 6-MNS

For information about several topics including George Shoesmith and William Shoesmith

Maureen has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Grave of William Shoesmith & Family

Pat Smith Ref 6-928

For information about Albert Firth

Peter Smith Ref 6-PSM

For information about topics including Arthur Childs

Peter has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Arthur Childs

Sandra Smith Ref 6-13

For information about topics including John Hoyle, Robert Lambert, Thomas Lambert, Fenton Thomas Lambert, Robert Lambert, Fenton & Robert Lambert, John Ward, and Old Hall, Elland

Sara Smith Ref 6-476

For information about Souter House, Wadsworth

Susan Smith Ref 6-377

For information about several topics including William the 4th, Sowerby Bridge, William Greenwood, William Barrett, and James Edward Spencer

Susan Smith Ref 6-387

For snippets of information about various topics including Daniel Fielding and H. Elliott

Tony Smith Ref 6-TSM

For photographs and information about several topics.

These are listed in the Foldout

Val Smith Ref 6-903

For information about several topics including Lady Godiva Procession and for identifying some of the mystery photographs

Zoe Smith Ref 6-ZSM

For information about

Zoe has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Stuart Smithies Ref 6-137

For information about John Stanley Armitage

Sara Snook Ref 6-SNO

For information about James Broadbent / Luke Broadbent / Thomas Broadbent / Joseph Hanson

Sara has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Klifton Snow Ref 6-363

For information about Clover Hill Farm, Skircoat / Clover Hill / Henry McArtney / Eli Rothwell / Frank Stocks / George Stocks / George Stocks / John Stocks

Laurence Snydal Ref 6-235

For information about the element Snydal

Rayner Soothill Ref 6-898

For information about topics including Judith Hartley, David Soothill, Thomas Hartley Soothill, Walter Soothill and William Soothill

Lorna Spackman Ref 6-889

For information about topics including

Andrew Spence Ref 6-644

For information about Thomas Sutcliffe

Brian Spencer Ref 6-BSP

For information about several topics. These are listed in the Foldout

Brian has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Walter Spencer : Bottles

Carol Spencer Ref 6-939

For information about

Del Spencer Ref 6-689

For information about several topics including William Barker, John King, Edmund Lord and James Robert Stott

Helen Spencer Ref 6-110

For information about Thomas Washington Whiteley

Sheena Spencer Ref 6-555

For information about

Stella Spencer Ref 6-SSR

For information about several topics. These are listed in the Foldout

Dick Spendlove Ref 6-582

For information about several topics. These are listed in the Foldout

Mary-Anne Spratley Ref 6-923

For information about George Cliffe

Dave Squires Ref 6-601

For information about

Ben Stables Ref 6-BS

For photographs and information about several topics.

These are listed in the Foldout

Jack Stafford Ref 6-924

For information about several topics including Graydon & Child

Pauline Stainton Ref 6-PS

For photographs and information about several topics.

These are listed in the Foldout

Angela Standbrook Ref 6-ASK

For information about several topics including Halifax Baby Bounty Scheme

Angela has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Halifax Baby Bounty Scheme

John D Standeven Ref 6-467

For information about several topics. These are listed in the Foldout

Michelle Stanley Ref 6-401

For information about topics including

Alan Stansfield Ref 6-358

For information about topics including May Street, Lee Mount, the War Memorial at Providence Congregational Chapel, Stainland, and members of the Eland family and for identifying some of the mystery photographs

Joanne Stansfield Ref 6-428

For photographs and information about several topics.

These are listed in the Foldout

Keith Stansfield Ref 6-KSD

For information and for identifying some of the mystery photographs

Keith has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Can You Help?

Dave Stapleton Ref 6-625

For information about several topics including John Ashford and Swamp Mills, Sowerby

Stuart Starkey Ref 6-212

For information about several topics. These are listed in the Foldout

Mike Stead Ref 6-822

For information about Brighouse Civic Trust

Tony Stead Ref 6-TS

For photographs and information about several topics.

These are listed in the Foldout

Michael Steele Ref 6-318

For information about several topics. These are listed in the Foldout

Dr Angela Steidele Ref 6-1001

For information about several topics including Anne Lister's Ascent of Vignemale, Phyllis Margaret Crowther, Vivien Ingham, Northgate Hotel, Halifax and Social & Political Life in Halifax Fifty Years Ago

Barbara Stephenson Ref 6-618

For information about several topics including Lightcliffe Vicarages

Jackie Stephenson Ref 6-681

For information about several topics including John Henry Headen and George Henry Hogg

Michelle Stephenson Ref 6-MST

For information about John Whiteley Ward.

Michelle has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Grave of John Whiteley Ward

Roy Stephenson Ref 6-745

For information about Fleece, Greetland

Nikki Stern Ref 6-922

For information about Swires Road Almshouses, Halifax

David Stock Ref 6-DS

For photographs and information about several topics including Kosset Carpets Limited [where we both worked in the distant past], Elland Police Station, and Elland Railway Station

David has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Roy Stockdill Ref 6-352

For information about several topics. These are listed in the Foldout

Virginia Stokes Ref 6-430

For information about several topics including Dr Joseph Cartledge, John Cartledge, Abraham Woodhead, Captain Abraham Woodhead, John Woodhead and John Woodhead

Dave Stollery Ref 6-DSY

For information about

Dave has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate the entry for Magson House

Gordon Stone Ref 6-202

For information about his father, George Stone

Molly Stone Ref 6-61

For information about Halifax, North Carolina

Norman Stoney Ref 6-828

For information about James Edward Crowther

Jackie Stopyra Ref 6-1119

For information about Mrs Crowther

Linda Storey Ref 6-10

For information about Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Cornholme

Annie Storr Ref 6-810

For information about topics including John Alderson, Joshua Alderson, Clipster Hall, Siddal, Far Siddal Hall, Holt's Terrace, Siddal, Thomas Jennings, Thomas Jennings, Thomas Jennings, Lower Clipster Hall, Siddal and Old Siddal Hall

David Stott Ref 6-818

For information about several topics. These are listed in the Foldout

John Stowell Ref 6-44

For information about several topics including the Briggs family and Michael Gibson

John Stringer Ref 6-33

For information about several topics. These are listed in the Foldout

John Stringer Ref 6-858

For information about several topics including William Crabtree, Holmeward Car Sales, Stump Cross, Lower Hough House, Stump Cross and Valley Motors, Stump Cross

Chris Stuart Ref 6-883

For information about several topics including Sir George Armytage, Sir George Ayscough Armytage and Sir George John Armytage

Peter Stubbs Ref 6-127

For information about several topics. These are listed in the Foldout

Joan Sugden Ref 6-JSN

For information about

Joan has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Langlea School, Hipperholme

Craig Sunderland Ref 6-705

For information about several topics including Thomas Mallinson, Thomas Marshall and Joseph William Sugden

John A. Sunderland Ref 6-JSD

For information about

Vanguard Film Producing Company (Halifax)

John has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Molly Sunderland Ref 6-MS

For photographs and information about several topics.

These are listed in the Foldout

Norman Sunderland Ref 6-161

For information about the Sunderland family

Roger Sunderland Ref 6-647

For information about topics including

Susan Ref 6-SQ

For information and photographs relating to Ivor Burgoyne, Halifax Repertory Theatre Club, Eric Portman and Matthew Portman

Susan has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Andy Sutcliffe Ref 6-1087

For information about topics including

Glyn Sutcliffe Ref 6-GSE

For information about Halifax Baby Bounty Scheme

Glyn has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Halifax Baby Bounty Scheme

Heather Sutcliffe Ref 6-796

For information about several topics including James Travis Whittaker and Ely Whittaker

James Sutcliffe Ref 6-JST

For information about Thomas James Coulthard / William Crowther / Stansfield Villa, Cross Stone Road / James Sutcliffe / James William Sutcliffe / John Sutcliffe / John Walker

James has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Stansfield Villa, Cross Stone Road

Simon Sutcliffe Ref 6-738

For information about several topics including Ridgefoot House, Todmorden and John Sutcliffe

Steven Sutcliffe Ref 6-968

For information about several topics including Blakey Spencer, Blakey Spencer and John Spencer

Susan Sutcliffe Ref 6-915

For information about

Thomas Bate [1868-1926]
Moses Dean [1813-1872]
Rev Francis Julian Dyson [1864-1935]
George Dyson [18??-1???]
Albert Edward Hall [1890-1917]
Joseph Thompson Hall [1887-1946]
Lockwood Hall [1856-1922]
Walter Hall [1896-1918]
Joe Haxby [1883-1954]
John Thompson Haxby [1881-19??]
Moses Haxby [1860-1939]
Amos Kershaw [1830-1899]
Joseph Kershaw [1796-1879]
Frederick Pearson [1844-1894]
Tom Pearson [1872-1936]
Ernest Rushworth [1854-19??]
Fred Sutcliffe [1877-1938]
Jackson Sutcliffe [1850-1917]
Thomas Sutcliffe [1836-1884]
Abimelech Wilcock [1860-1927]
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood [1881-1959]

David Swarbrick Ref 6-720

For information about Halifax Incorporated Law Society Limited

Adrian Sweeney Ref 6-800

For identifying some of the mystery photographs

Jan Swietlik Ref 6-JS

For information about several topics including John Lord, James Naylor, Joseph Naylor, Providence Congregational Church, Ovenden, Providence United Reformed Church, Ovenden and Steep Lane Baptist Church

Jan has submitted photographic material which has been used to illustrate:

Steep Lane Baptist Church, Sowerby

Ian Swift Ref 6-386

For information about several topics including the Lee Bank Hotel, Halifax and Richardson Street, Halifax

Layinka Swinburne Ref 6-985

For information about topics including The Lees family, Miss Denton's School, The Gleddings School, Lower Willow Hall, Sowerby Bridge and Miss Oakley's School

Rev Terry Swinhoe Ref 6-869

For corrections to his own entry

Laurie Switzer Ref 6-1020

For information about topics including David Aaron and John Smith

Angela Sykes Ref 6-AS

For photographs and information about several topics.

These are listed in the Foldout

Howard Sykes Ref 6-701

For information about several topics including John Smith

Kathryn Sykes Ref 6-390

For information about James Sykes

Savile Sykes Ref 6-135

For information about topics including John W. Standeven and family, Miles Sykes and family, Sykoleum, and the Prince of Wales's visit to Halifax

Wendy Sykes Ref 6-181

For several bits and pieces of information and answering some basic questions about Halifax and district

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