Contributor Val Smith tells me that
Question:
Does anyone know the purpose of the procession?
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See
Elland Feud,
Gamel,
History On Your Doorstep,
Robert Holdesworth,
John de Warren and
Leising
Being an ancient family, the Lacys have a great number
of descendants, and frequently inter-married with other local families.
The various researchers have contributed generously to the entries
here, though their versions of the names, dates and relationships of
these descendants may conflict at some point.
Although there may be some errors / inaccuracies, the information here
will give the general reader some idea of who the family were and
what they achieved through the generations
He was
a beerseller at Northowram [1861] /
a beerseller in Halifax [1864]
In October 1864, he was declared bankrupt.
He married Hannah [1805-18??], born in Kidderminster.
Children:
They lived at 7 Park Road, Northowram [1861].
Living with them [in 1861] were daughter Hannah, her
husband John Smith, and granddaughters Ann [aged 6]
and Emily [aged 1 month], and 4 lodgers
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It was owned by the Lacy family.
Originally a timber-framed house, this is one of the oldest
properties in the area.
Dated RW/1672 – for Robert Watmough – and 1678.
It originally had 3 cells with a through-passage, and outshut to
the rear.
There is a continuous drip mould.
The site was known as Lassey-Hey and Patchett's Place
during the early 19th century.
Owners and tenants have included
Early Methodist New Connexion meetings were held at Pickles Row before they moved to Lassey Hey [April 1819]
Around 1843, Benjamin Walker and John Edmondson sold
the property to Richard Patchett, a rectifier of spirits,
and Thomas Patchett, a spirit merchant of Manchester, who
borrowed on the security of the property.
Richard Patchett sold the estate to George Bedford.
In 1862, George Whitaker was tenant to George Bedford, whose
daughter married into the Whitaker family.
In 1912, Richard Whitaker bought then resold the property to Mr
Admiral Walker.
The second cell was changed for farm use in the 19th century.
The roof later collapsed.
An early 18th century wing to the rear was demolished, the left bay
was extended at the rear about 1978.
Extensive repairs during the late 20th century revealed shutters and
cops embedded in the plaster walls of the bedrooms, suggesting that
the upper rooms were used for weaving.
Now a farmhouse and cottage.
This is discussed in the books
Halifax Antiquarian Society Transactions and
Our Home & Country.
Brearley Hall, Luddendenfoot Brearley Old Hall, Luddendenfoot
Lower Brearley Hall, Midgley Upper Brearley Hall
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A felon – popularly known as the Running Man – who, in 1617,
famously escaped execution under the Gibbet Law by running beyond
the boundary defined by the Forest of Hardwick.
Unfortunately, he returned to Halifax seven years later when he was
captured and executed on 29th January 1623.
Watson's extract from the Register Books at Halifax records the
execution
as
John Lacy, most depraved scoundrel & robber, beheaded Jan 29, 1623
Some sources give 1625 as the year of his execution.
See
Mr Dinnis and
Running Man pub
Son of Henry de Lacy.
He was the first husband of Isabel de Warenne.
They had no children.
He had an illegitimate son, Gilbert.
After his death, the de Lacy estates passed to Albreda de Lizours
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The family held much land locally, including the manors of
Huddersfield & Almondbury.
Question:
Is he the same person as
Walter de Lacy [1046-1085]?
It is said that, as he was riding from Huddersfield to Halifax, he
was thrown from his horse and fell into a swampy marsh.
He swore that, if his life were to be spared, he would build a church
in Huddersfield.
He subsequently built the first Huddersfield Parish Church around
1090
The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.
House dated IR 1793 for John Rawdon who built
the house.
Owners and tenants have included
It is now 2 dwellings
Nearby property –
mid 17th century cottage,
an early 18th century cottage,
and
an early 19th century barn
- are also listed
Recorded in 1901 & 1911, when it was
at 14 Bull Close Lane, Halifax.
In 1901:
and inmates
In 1911:
and 11 young boarders
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Crabtree suggests the name may be derived from Old English roots
meaning purgation by trial.
Watson suggests that the stone may have been used for sacrificial
purposes in earlier times, and that the name may be derived from
Celtic roots related to the Welsh lladd, [to cut, to kill].
See also lad and law.
This is not very likely, and other suggestions are that the name
meant a place where young men gathered, or that the stone
resembles the figure of a boy.
It is said that witches were thrown from the rock in the Middle Ages.
In 1922, a gambling circle was busted here and 8 men were arrested.
Crabtree mentions another Ladstone in Sowerby which was
recorded about 1516 but is now lost.
It is recorded that this may have been broken up and the stone
In 1965, an area of poor-quality housing in the town was demolished.
2 blocks of flats – known as Ladstone Towers and Houghton
Towers – were built on the land.
A tablet set into what was a window is that from Sir William Staines's Charity School.
See
Ladyship Mills, Ovenden and
Lordship, Ovenden
See
Ladyship Mills
In March 1875, he was declared bankrupt
He was
a cabinet maker [1841, 1851] /
a cabinet maker employing 2 men [1861] /
an optician [1881].
Around 1836, he married Sarah [1815-1883].
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was widowed daughter Sarah Jane
Backhouse & children.
Samuel died 25th October 1881 (aged 68).
Sarah died 25th December 1883 (aged 68).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3147]
He was a cabinet maker at 23 Kings Cross Lane, Halifax [1873].
On 8th January 1873, he married Ann Amelia Hadley in Halifax.
Children:
Thomas Samuel died in Halifax [Q2 1896] (aged 55)
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He was a wood turner [1851].
Around 1831, he married Ann [1804-18??].
Children:
They lived at 9 Back Rhodes Street, Halifax [1851]
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3972]
All land less than 400 ft above sea-level was underwater.
The waters broke through the moraine and receded to leave just the
river Calder flowing in the valley bottom through the swampy
landscape.
The gravels have been successfully gathered for making concrete
Born in Petticoat Lane, Halifax.
He attended Heath Grammar School.
He went to St John's College Cambridge and gained a BA before he was
13 years of age.
After gaining his BA degree, he was imprisoned in his college along
with other Royalists during the Civil War.
He escaped and joined the Royalist Army in Oxford, being wounded
several times on battle.
He fought at
Lathom House [1644],
Basing House [1645],
and
Wallingford [1646].
He had to pay decimation.
In 1647, he was ordained as a minister of the Church of England.
He preached at Halifax Parish Church.
He married Miss Dean.
He was
Vicar of Leeds [1660] /
Bishop of Sodor and Man [December 1682] /
Bishop of Bristol [August 1684] /
Dean of York /
Bishop of Chichester [1685].
In 1688, he was imprisoned – for one week – in the Tower of
London James II for being one of the Seven Bishops who
presented a petition against the king's Catholic laws.
He refused to take an oath of allegiance to William
and Mary
He was buried at St Botolph's Church, Bishopgate, London.
His sister, Sara, married John Milner.
During World War II,
he served with the Royal Armoured Corps.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
Born in Halifax [December 1893].
Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [February 1894].
He was
a woollen spinning mill hand [1911] /
a labourer at the Electricity Works.
In 1914, he married Edith Berry in Halifax.
Child:
Alice [b 1916]
They lived at 11 Fitzwilliam Street, Halifax [1915].
During World War I,
he enlisted [November 1914] and
he served as a Lance Corporal
with the 9th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He went to the Front [16th June 1915].
He was killed in action – shot through the lung & heart whilst on patrol in Hooge Sector, Ypres [23rd November 1915] (aged 21).
He was buried at Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref IV A 2].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.
In 1917, Edith married Percy Appleyard
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Born in Glasgow.
He was
a blacksmith of Gas House Lane, Southowram [1891] /
a blacksmith [1901] /
a general ironsmith at boiler makers [1911].
On 22nd August 1891, he married Eliza Annie Wood [1864-1???]
at Halifax Parish Church.
In the 1891 census, before their marriage, Eliza (housekeeper)
was living with Robert and their daughter Lily
Children:
They lived at
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley In August 1868, he was declared bankrupt
Born in Fitzwilliam, West Riding.
He worked at the Brighouse Echo, and went on to work on The
Sun and The Daily Express.
See
Sam Arnold Brown
During World War II,
he served as a Trooper
with the Royal Armoured Corps.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Primitive Methodist Minister at Halifax [1830]
Born in Horsforth.
He was
educated in Leeds & Elland /
a woollen piecer.
During World War I,
he enlisted [May 1916]
and served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 12th October 1916 (aged 26).
He was buried at Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, France.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Blackley Particular Baptist Church
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action [21st November 1917] (aged 19).
He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the Royal Army Medical Corps
attached to the
1st Battalion
East Yorkshire Regiment.
He died in Halifax [14th November 1918].
He is remembered with a CWGC headstone at Stoney Royd Cemetery
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Jonas Pollard of Lambard House is mentioned in a document
relating to a sale of land in Wyke [1633]
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Born in Halifax.
He was
a member of St James's Church, Halifax & Sunday School /
a draper [1911] /
employed by J. Walker Clark, Crown Street, Halifax /
working in London.
During World War I,
he enlisted [August 1914], and
he served as a Corporal
with the 1st/9th Battalion
London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles).
He went to the Front [November 1914] and
He was killed in action [9th September 1916] (aged 23).
The Halifax Courier He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 9C],
in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell,
and on the Memorial at Saint James's Church, Halifax
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They were cotton manufacturers at
Lambert's Mill, Ripponden [1800] and
Stones Mill, Ripponden [1809].
The partnership was dissolved in August 1819 when Robert Lambert emigrated to Australia
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His father set up him and his half-brother, Robert,
in partnership as Fenton & Robert Lambert, at Stones Mill, Ripponden.
In 1813, he was a member of a Committee supporting those affected by the Luddites.
On the death of his father, he inherited Elland Hall.
On 24th May 1806, he married Maria Hoyle from Soyland.
Children:
They lived at Elland Hall [1807]
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Owners and tenants have included
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Aka
Lambard House,
Lammarde House,
Lambert Hall,
Lombard House,
Lomard House,
and
Priestley House
See
Elland-tide day and
Lambert Close, West Vale
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Born in Leeds.
He was
a joiner of Halifax [1841] /
a joiner & carpenter [1851].
On 3rd April 1841, he married Ann Lister [1819-1891] at Halifax Parish Church.
She was a laundress [1861]
Children:
The children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 396].
with their Lister grandparents.
The family lived at
Ann died 28th May 1891 (aged 72).
She was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 395]
with daughter Matilda & her son-in-law John Whitehead,
and daughter Eliza
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He married Unknown.
Children:
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On the death of his brother Thomas, he inherited
Elland Hall.
He married (1) Isabella [17??-1777].
Children:
He married (2) Jane Beales.
Children:
Robert set up his sons – Fenton Thomas and
Robert – in partnership as Fenton & Robert Lambert,
at Stones Mill, Ripponden.
He died 15th November 1807 [aged 65]
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Born in St James, Westminster.
His father set up him and his half-brother, Fenton Thomas, in partnership as Fenton & Robert Lambert,
at Stones Mill, Ripponden.
He married Grace, daughter of John Hoyle.
In 1820, the couple emigrated to Australia.
He named his property there Holwood, the name of the Surrey
home of his sister Jane Francis and brother-in-law John Ward.
Robert died in Sydney
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Partners included
Frank Lambert,
Keith Roper,
and
Mr Horsfield.
They were at
34 Clare Road, Halifax [1960s]
and
Hope Hall Mills, Halifax [1990s]
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Stephen died after being struck on the head by a piece of
shale at Solomon Marshall's Slead Syke Quarry, Brighouse on 5th
January 1891.
This caused a contused wound to the scalp and resulted in blood
poisoning
Son of Joseph Lambert.
On 25th May 1767, he married Frances Dyson.
They had no children.
On 21st (or 14th) September 1803, he was riding his horse [near
Halifax] when a market cart
ran into him at full speed.
He was trampled by the horse, breaking 6 of his ribs and causing most
shocking disfigurement.
He died later that day
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He was
Registrar of births and deaths for the Elland district [1861, 1881] /
Municipal Registrar of Births and Deaths [1889].
On 30th December 1839, he married Mary Lambert
in Sandal.
They lived at Stainland [1861, 1889]
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He was a whitesmith & bellhanger [1891, 1901].
In [Q2] 1879, he married Ellen Shingler [1853-1932]
in Wem, Shropshire.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
The family lived at
In 1911, William Henry (aged 56) was a patient at the Halifax
Union Poor Law Hospital, Salterhebble
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He was
educated at Rastrick Grammar School /
Secretary of Brighouse Conservative Club /
employed by Joseph Blakeborough & Sons Limited.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
Army Service Corps.
He contracted a disease from contaminated water and was invalided out.
He died in hospital at Notting Hill London [14th October 1916] (aged 30).
He was buried at Kensal Green.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Rastrick Grammar School,
and on Brighouse War Memorial
See
The Story of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank Limited [1872-1922]
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He married Sarah [1784-1865].
Charles died in Halifax [24th September 1847] (aged 72).
Sarah died in Leeds [27th July 1865] (aged 81).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4275]
Later, his wife Elizabeth & son George
established E. Lancaster & Son.
They were still at 47 & 48 Commercial Street, Brighouse [1881].
George took over the business
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Lady Godiva Procession Ref L719
The procession took place in the mid-1970s, and the photograph was
taken as she came down Hopwood Lane, just before the junction with
King Cross Street.
Lady Godiva then turned on to Lord Street
L. & Y. Varnish & Colour Company Ref L1103
La Plaine, Soyland Ref L260 La Trobe Bateman Ref L199 Labour Ref L1222 The Lacey family of Cromwellbottom Ref L846
Lacey, Charles Ref L128
Lacey, Charles Bland Ref L254 Lacey Hey Farm, Midgley Ref L326
Lacey, John Ref L3
John Lacy, perditissimus nebulo & latro, decollatus Jan 29,
1623
Laci, Robert de Ref L743 Laci, Roger de Ref L748 
Laci, Walter de Ref L784
Lacy ... Ref L46 
Lacy House, Hebden Bridge Ref L312
Lad Stones, Todmorden Ref L1552
Ladies Association for the Training of Neglected & Friendless Children Ref L4
Ladies' Bible Association Ref L1013 Ladies' Lying-In Charity Ref L1133 Ladstone Café, Norland Moor Ref L9000
Ladstone Rock, Norland Moor Ref L9
used in building a church
Ladstone Towers, Sowerby Bridge Ref L630
Lady Bountiful Ref L252 Lady Royd, Brookfoot Ref L962
Ladyship, Halifax Ref L1276 Ladyship, Ovenden Ref L567 Ladyship Wools Ref L111 Ladywell House, Lightcliffe Ref L307 Ladywell House, Soyland Ref L314 Lady Willy's Tea Rooms Ref L162 Laidler, W. Ref L196
Clerk at Halifax.
Lainton, Samuel Ref L1251
Sarah was born in Knaresborough
Lainton, Thomas Samuel Ref L1710
Ann Amelia was the daughter of Herbert Hadley
Lainton, William Ref L1254
Ann was born in Mirfield
Laithe Croft, Northowram Ref L671 Laithe Farm, Hebden Bridge Ref L1119 Lake Calder Ref L10 Lake, Bishop John Ref L11
Lake, William Ref L472 Lakey, Ernest Ref L274 
Lakey, Robert Ref L270
Eliza Annie was the daughter of Charles Wood.
Lally, Pamela Ref L1409 Lamb, A. Ref L346
Fishmonger at Halifax.
Lamb, Sir Albert [Larry] Ref L155
Son of a miner.
Lamb, Edward Ref L929
Lamb, Rev George Ref L646
Born in Preston.
Lamb, J. S. Ref L825
He was appointed Surveyor of the Highways for Hipperholme [1835]
Lamb, John William Ref L322
Lamb, Walter Vincent Ref L284
Lamb, William Arthur Ref L905
Lambard House, West Vale Ref L850 Lambert, A. Ref L1148
Herbalist at 58 Ovenden Road, Halifax [1906]
Lambert, Ambrose Ref L533
came through all the big battles unscathed
Lambert Croft, Elland Ref L852 Lambert's: Fenton & Robert Lambert Ref L1377 Lambert, Fenton Thomas Ref L1527
Lambert, Rev Frederick William Ref L692
He was in Suffolk
before becoming
Vicar of Sowerby Bridge [1956-1974]
Lambert Hall, West Vale Ref L851 Lambert House, Rochdale Road, West Vale Ref L135
This property, at 59 Rochdale Road, is not to be confused with the
Lambert House on Stainland Road which became the Shears Inn
Lambert House, Stainland Road, West Vale Ref L12
This property is not to be confused with the Lambert House on
Rochdale Road
Lambert, John Ref L1659 Lambert, John Ref L1317
Ann was born in Halifax, the daughter of John Lister.
Lambert, Rev John Ref L1662 Lambert, Joseph Ref L1526 Lambert, Mr Ref L717
Vicar of Coley for about 6 months [1681]
Lambert, Robert Ref L1525
Lambert, Robert Ref L1528 Lambert, Roper & Horsfield Limited Ref L167 Lambert, Stephen Ref L1651
Son of stone miner Robert Lambert of Rastrick.
Lambert, Thomas Ref L1202
with 2 spirited horses
Lambert, Thomas Ref L1156
Chemist and druggist at Stainland [1861]
Lambert, Thomas Fenton Ref L1312 Lambert, William Henry Ref L688
Ellen was born in Press, Shropshire
Lambley, Rev R. H. Ref L1385
Minister at Todmorden Unitarian Church [he resigned on 16th March
1888]
Lambourne, Rev F. J. Ref L649
Vicar of Hartshead [1914-1925]
Lammarde House, West Vale Ref L863 Lamont, Bruce Ref L511
Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank Limited Ref L1311
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company Ref L1066
Lancashire-Yorkshire border Ref L439 Lancaster, Charles Ref L1284
Lancaster, Charles Ref L1462 Lancaster's: E. Lancaster & Son Ref L1009
