Local Murders

This Foldout collects the entries for some victims, murderers and suicides in the district

Contents:

• Murders

• Victims

• Murderers

• suicides

• Other deaths

Murders

• Crib Lane murder
• Hardcastle Crags Murder
• Missionary murder
• Phoenix Park Murders
• Vicarage murder

Victims

• John Armytage [15??-1573]
• Mr Asquith [17??-1819]
• Rosemary Atkinson [1948-1960]

• Margaret Alice Bean [1945-1960]
• George Taylor Birkhead [1875-1918]
• Hannah Blagborough [1863-1897]

• James Calvert [18??-1861]
• Frederick Cavendish [1836-1882]
• William Clarke [1841-1889]
• John Cockcroft [13??-1???]
• Beatrice Cooke [1878-1909]
• Anthony Costello [1803-1873]
• William Crabtree [1824-1870]
• Philip Crowther [1784-1840]
• Vernon Crowther [1906-1914]
• Edward Cullen [1780-1862]

• Esther Davies [18??-1879]
• Pamela Davis [1952-1971]
• Thomas Campbell Davis [1833-1859]
• William Deighton [1717-1769]
• John Dell [13??-1390]
• James Diggles [1790-1824]
• John Dobson [1791-1843]
• Arthur Dwyer [1911-1949]

• John Edward Eastwood [1851-1865]
• Mary Hannah Eastwood [1877-1897]
• Sir John Elland [1???-1353]
• James Ellis [1???-1834]
• James Ellis [1910-1973]
• John Ellis [1???-1834]

• Henry Farrer [15??-1610]
• Linda Jane Fleming [1970-1993]
• Mary Ganley [1858-1884]
• Harriet, wife of Richard Gaukrodger
• John Greenwood [1???-1779]

• Mary Hackett [1946-1952]
• William Hall [1795-1859]
• Gilbert Hanson [1???-17??]
• Mrs Hannah Helliwell [1811-1865]
• Ian Charles Holdsworth [1940-1997]
• Robert Holdsworth [147?-1556]
• Robert Holdsworth [1824-1849]
• Emily Mary Holland [18??-1876]
• Daniel Holroyd [1???-1832]
• Mercy Hopkinson [18??-1865]

• Abraham Ingham [17??-1771]

• James Edward Jacobs [1824-1858]
• John Jennings [1???-1861]

• Peter Keegan [1867-1876]
• Peter Keegan [1867-1876]

• Clara Law [1866-1891]
• Thomas Law [1837-1868]
• Henry Ledsham [15??-1598]
• Robert Lord [1830-1851]

• Lesley Susan Molseed [1964-1975]
• Calvert Moore [1846-1903]
• John Moore [1???-1761]
• Derek Murphy [1941-1994]

• Edith Nettleton [1880-1930]

• Agnes Ogden [1903-1991]
• Bethel Eli Parkinson [1827-1858]
• Emily Pye [1877-1957]

• Elizabeth Rayner [1812-1832]
• Elizabeth Rickerby [1904-1978]
• Henry Riley [1782-1818]
• Lindsey Jo Rimer [1981-1994]

• Carol Shackleton [1959-1969]
• James Shackleton [1756-1827]
• J. Simpson [17??-1837]
• Margaret Victoria Simpson [1901-1964]
• Jane Smith [1843-1868]
• William Henry Stansfield [1846-1874]
• Hannah Stocks [17??-1774]
• Richard Sutcliffe [1786-1827]
• Samuel Sutcliffe [173?-1817]

• John Taylor [18??-1864]
• Thomas Townsend [17??-1802]
• Mark Turner [1861-1943]

• Samuel Wade [15??-1596]
• Milton Walker [193?-1972]
• Hannah Maria West [1879-1908]
• Ernest Hargreaves Westwood [1878-1949]
• Benjamin Whittell [1???-1841]
• Benjamin Whittle [1???-1841]
• David Wilcock [1833-1869]
• Margaret Victoria Williamson [1901-1964]
• John Wolfenden [1818-1864]
• Uriah Womersley [17??-1827]
• Nelson Worthington [1???-1925]

• Tom Yeadon [1829-1865]

Murderers

• Michael David Ainley [1949-19??]
• James Aldridge [1843-19??]

• Mrs Wright Bancroft
• Charles Oliver Blewitt [1867-1900]
• Anthony Bray [1805-18??]
• Frederick Brett [1850-1889]
• Joseph Brook [1???-17??]

• Kenny Carter [1961-1986]
• James Chapman [1823-18??]
• John Reginald Halliday Christie [1899-1953]
• Arthur Clayton [1894-1954]
• Henry Cockcroft [1808-1???]
• John Cockcroft [13??-1???]
• Thomas Cockcroft [1820-1865]
• Thomas Corkwell [18??-1???]
• Annie Costello [1853-1???]
• Walter Crabtree [1851-1???]
• Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen [1861-1910]
• Robert Albert Croft [1901-19??]
• Harry Crowther [18??-1???]
• Henry Crowther [18??-1???]
• Lewis Crowther [1856-19??]
• Janet Currie [1835-1???]

• William Blackburn Dawson [1838-1860]
• Ann Dickinson [1872-1928]
• Joseph Dobson [1818-1844]
• Thomas Drake [1846-1???]
• Mary Ann Dyson

• Thomas Emmett [1826-1888]
• James Foster [1833-1???]

• Abraham Garforth [18??-18??]
• Richard Gaukrodger [1848-1896]
• Mary German [1826-1???]
• Mrs Fanny Greenwood
• John Greenwood [1788-1817]

• John William Halstead [1864-1891]
• Mrs Ann Helliwell [1832-1???]
• John Hughes [1839-1???]
• Ernest Hutchinson [1884-1909]
• Thomas de Hylegh [13??-1???]

• Samuel Sutcliffe Jackson [1829-1???]
• John Jeffrey [18??-1866]
• Thomas Jones [18??-18??]
• William Cornelius Jones [1905-1927]

• George Kershaw [1806-18??]
• Mrs James Kershaw
• Joseph Kirby [1848-18??]

• Eli Lumb [1795-18??]

• Henry Edward Marston [1897-19??]
• Mervin Clare McEwen [1909-1944]
• Thomas Midgley [1836-18??]
• Eliza Moore [1851-1???]
• James Moran [1890-19??]
• Douglas Morton [1939-19??]

• Annie Neath [1874-1921]
• Matthew Normington [1739-1775]

• Thomas Patrick [1830-1???]
• Michael Pickles [1776-1817]
• Hal Pierson [173?-176?]

• William Radclyff [13??-1???]
• Elizabeth Agnes Rhodes [1892-1933]
• James Ridgway [18??-1???]
• Jennie Rowland [1876-1903]
• Mrs James Rowlands

• John Scott [17??-1774]
• Arthur Shaw [1876-1???]
• Dr Harold Frederick Shipman [1946-2004]
• Susan Sladdin [16??-16??]
• Ephraim Smith [182?-1866]
• James Smith [18??-18??]
• William Henry Stead [1894-19??]
• Peter William Sutcliffe [1946-2020]
• James Sykes [1809-18??]

• Robert Thomas [1739-1774]
• Livingstone Thwaite [1884-1962]

• Mrs Michael Uttley

• Matthew Wade [18??-18??]
• John Walton [18??-1???]
• Miles Weatherill [1845-1868]

• Yorkshire Ripper

Suicides

• Abraham Ashworth [1818-1858]

• Mrs Wright Bancroft

• Kenny Carter [1961-1986]

• Thomas Emmett [1826-1888]

• Mrs Fanny Greenwood

• John William Halstead [1864-1891]

• Eliza Moore [1851-1???]

• Jennie Rowland [1876-1903]
• Mrs James Rowlands
• Ephraim Smith [182?-1866]
• James Sutcliffe [1841-1879]

• Mrs Michael Uttley

• James Whitaker [1810-1867]

See also the entries for Coiners, Crimes, and Deaths

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