Bryn Terrace, Brighouse

Bryn Terrace, Brighouse is a terrace of 11 houses – odd-numbered 13 to 33 – near the Laverock Lane end of Smith House Lane.

The terrace was built in 1903 on land which was acquired from the Crow Nest Estate of Evan Charles Sutherland-Walker.

Those involved with acquiring the land have included

• John Shaw, Samuel Shaw & Thomas Shaw who acquired the land from Evan Charles Sutherland-Walker [1887]
• William Crossley [1881]
• William Naylor Marshall, Arthur Blackburn, Harry Wood, trading as Marshall & Company [1890]

Occupants of the houses have included

• Number 13:
  • 1911: Willie Horsfall [1872-19??] from Warley. He was a manager in a cotton mill
    • Sarah [1876-19??] married 1898
    • Muriel [b 1900]
    • Kathleen [b 1902]
    • Henry Spencer [b 1903]
    • Margaret [b 1907]

• Number 15:
  • 1911: Arnott / Henry Walton [1853-19??] from Sowerby Bridge. He was a foreman dyer & finisher
    • Fanny [1853-19??] married 1879
    • Edith [b 1880]
    • Kathleen [b 1882]
    • Mary [b 1888]

• Number 17:
  • 1911: Harold Davies [1872-19??] from Runcorn, Cheshire. He was an engineer & gas manager
    • Winifred [1890-19??] married 1902
    • Charles Swainson [b 1903]

    and

    • Fred Davies (brother) [b 1889]
    • Alice Rainbow (servant) [b 1892]
  • 1925: Laura & Frank Walker
  • 1970s: Stanley Harrison Walker
  • 1974: David John & Linda Brook
  • 1985: Peter Anthony & Elizabeth Marie Hall

• Number 19:
  • 1911: Harold Greenwood [1878-19??] from Lightcliffe. He was a colour mixer for a tapestry & carpet manufacturer
    Jane [1871-19??] married 1904

• Number 21:
  • 1911: Ben Asquith [1868-19??] from Brighouse. He was a manufacturer's buyer in a carpet factory
    • Ann [1870-19??] from Brighouse; married 1897
    • Kathleen [b 1898]

• Number 23:
  • 1911: William Crossley

• Number 25:
  • 1911: Ernest Armitage [1874-19??] from Brighouse. He was a commercial traveller for a slubbing dyer
    • Martha [1876-19??] from Rastrick; married 1899
    • Herbert [b 1900]
    • Dorothy [b 1907]
    • Mildred [b 1910]

    and

    • Ada Marshall (servant) [b 1878]

• Number 27:
  • 1911: James Arthur Wroe

• Number 29:
  • 1911: Secker Blackburn
  • 19??: Whiteley Singleton.

    The Singleton family were here until the 1980s

• Number 31:
  • 1911: Charles Phillips Hall [1882-19??] from Stourbridge, Worcestershire. He was a Customs & Excise officer
    • Ada Louise [1876-19??] married 1909
    • Marjory Allen [b 1910]

    and

    • Eliza Large (servant) [b 1892]

• Number 33:
  • 1911: John Jagger

See Bute Terrace

This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso

Page Ref: QQ_113

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