See
Halifax Gymnasium Memorial,
Halifax R. E. S. Gymnasium Cycling Club,
Ernest Shillitoe Latchmore and
John Henry Whitley
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He was a greengrocer [1851].
Around 1840, he married Catherine [1824-1877].
Children:
They lived at 26 & 27 Swine Market, Halifax [1851].
Living with them [in 1851] were
brother John Rabbitt [b 1822] (fishmonger),
nephew Jeremiah Moffitt [b 1837] (carpet weaver)
& visitor Mary Deegan [b 1799].
Patrick John died 22nd November 1862 (aged 46).
Catherine died 3rd August 1877 (aged 53).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4082]
During World War II,
he served as a Pilot Officer
with the 353rd Squadron
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He died 29th March 1946 (aged 29).
He is remembered on the Singapore Memorial [Grave Ref 459],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
He worked as a beamer piecer.
On 19th December 1882, he won a walking match – pedestrianism – at
Lillie Bridge Grounds, West Brompton, beating W. Franks of
Marylebone by 95 yards, after walking 8 miles in 59 mins 18 secs.
On 16th July 1883, he won a match at Bow Running Grounds,
beating Arthur Hancock of Bethnal Green.
On 25th July 1900, he won a 25 mile walking race at Fulham Cross
Grounds.
His time was 3 hrs 53 mins 33¼ secs.
He won the Championship, and the challenge cup – valued at
100 guineas – became his property
In January 1898, he was one of the people to endorse Velcot Coco.
In 1878, he married Hannah Maria McDermott [b 1859] from
Halifax, in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at Rastrick [1890s]
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He was
a member of St Matthew's Church, Northowram /
a drawing overlooker at Albert Mills, Hanson lane, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [October 1914], and
he served as a Lance Corporal
with the 9th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action on the Somme [7th July 1916] (aged 20).
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram
During World War I,
he enlisted in Halifax
and served as a Private
with the 55th Battalion
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
He was killed in action [9th April 1918].
He is remembered on the Loos Memorial, France [Grave Ref 36],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
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Born in Elland.
He was a labourer in the iron trade [1901].
In 1899, he married Nellie, daughter of Stuart Black, in
Halifax.
Child:
Nelson [b 1900]
They lived at
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He was a cloth weaver [1911].
In 1879, he married Hannah [1856-19??].
Child:
Elizabeth [b 1882] who married Harry Balmforth
They lived at 18 Cherry Street, Halifax [1911].
Living with them [in 1911] were daughter Elizabeth & her
husband Harry
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He was
a castrator of Kexborough, Barnsley [1867] /
a castrator of horses [1876].
On 11th April 1867, he married Elizabeth Pickles.
Ellis died 16th July 1876.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £300.
Probate was granted to his widow Elizabeth
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The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.
Partners included
Benjamin Radcliffe
and
John Barnes.
The partnership was dissolved in 1879, and Radcliffe carried
on the business in co-partnership with his brother
Joseph [1905]. as Radcliffe Brothers
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The business was established in 1879, when the partnership Benjamin Radcliffe & Company was dissolved and Benjamin carried on the
business in co-partnership with his twin brother
Joseph as Radcliffe Brothers.
Recorded in 1905 & 1911
See
Arthur Whitbread
He was acquitted
They held the Manor of Hartshead and lived at Hartshead Hall.
In 1200, William de Radclyffe gave to his son, Hugh
See
Richard Radclyffe and
Robert de Radclyffe
He married Unknown.
Child: Richard
During World War I,
he served as a Sergeant
with the Royal Fusiliers.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Arthur was born in Silkstone / Cumberworth [27th November
1848; the date is often recorded as 1850],
the illegitimate son of Martha (née Radley)
[1828-1???] and Joseph Peace.
He was
an overlooker (carpet printing) [1871] /
a mill overlooker [1881].
In [Q4] 1869, he married Rachel Sladdin [1844-1889] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
Arthur died 28th March 1888.
Rachel died 23rd December 1889 (aged 45).
The couple & the children (‡) were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax
He was also a cornet player with the Southowram Brass Band and
taught the cornet.
He is said to have given horn lessons to Willie, a member of
the Firth family in Brighouse.
In 1897, he married Hetty, daughter of George Wood.
They lived at Cain Lane, Southowram.
On 13th March 1914, the family sailed from Liverpool to the USA on
the SS Alaunia and settled in upstate New York, and then
Auburn NY.
Some members of the family worked in the carpet factory at
Firthcliffe.
He died in Auburn.
He was buried at Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn
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On 24th May 1781, he married Ann Thomas at Heptonstall Church.
Children:
John died 17th April 1800 (aged 61)
SQUARE.IND was buried at E & His Sons ‡ [Grave Ref: 79]:
John (senior) [24th April 1800]
He was
a baker [1891, 1901, 1911] /
a retired baker [1939].
Around 1883, he married Margaret [1859-1922].
Children:
They lived at
Margaret died 24th January 1922 (aged 62).
Thomas died in Halifax [13th January 1946] (aged 84).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 612]
In 1840, the side gates and chairs at the toll gate were advertised
to let by auction at the George, Brighouse
She appears to have been dismissed.
On 27th August 1306, the Archbishop of York sent a letter to the
Prioress of Kirklees seeking readmission of
She was again accused in 1315
There are very few documents this early.
Farrer believed that Raghanald was probably thane of
Lytham, Bootle, Linacre and Woodplumpton about the time of
the Norman Invasion.
[Lancashire Pipe Rolls & Early Lancashire Charters, p. 43]
He married Unknown.
Child: Ravenkil
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A branch of the Halifax Cocoa House Company at the junction of
Horton Street and Church Street.
In 1891, they could accommodate 300 customers.
Recorded in 1893.
By the 1920s, it was occupied by Ramsden's leather factory
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Glover
Recorded in 1887, when
Mayor Richard Horsfall and the Mayoress entertained
Corporation staff here
Until the website is published, you can direct any enquiries to
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She was illegitimate [?], born and brought up in Madras and was of
Anglo-Indian parentage.
Her mother was Indian.
In 1800, when her father died, she and her sister came to England to
be educated at Mr Lumley's Boarding School for Ladies.
Being of a foreign appearance, she was sent to the attic at the
school.
Here, she met Anne Lister who had also been sent to the attic
because of her disruptive behaviour in the school
In 1805, when they were both young girls, aged 13, she met Anne Lister and they became lovers – Anne's first.
They agreed to become man and wife and exchanged wedding rings and
took vows.
When teachers found Anne and Eliza passing
love-letters, Anne was expelled and returned to Halifax.
Eliza spent holidays with Anne at Skelfler and at
Shibden Hall.
They both kept diaries and developed a writing code for these and
to exchange love letters.
Distanced from Anne, Eliza became lonely and
melancholic.
She suffered from a mental illness, and in 1814, she was declared
insane.
In 1816, she was committed to a lunatic asylum at Clifton, York,
where she spent the rest of her life.
In 1817, she was in the care of Dr Henry Stephen Belcombe at
Clifton, York.
She was buried at St Thomas's Church, Osbaldwick, York
Born 17th October 1887.
He was an engineer of Lower Giles Farm, Shelf Moor [1908].
On 8th August 1908, he married (1) Minnie Sutcliffe in Halifax.
Minnie died in Halifax [Q1 1950] (aged 66).
In [Q4] 1950, John Robert married (2) Louisa Ann. Shackleton [1890-1970] in Halifax.
Louisa Ann died Q1 1970.
John Robert died in Halifax [Q2 1971]
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He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf
He married an unidentified Indian woman.
Children:
He died on the voyage back to England.
After his death, Dr William Duffin became guardian of his daughters
and brought them back to England in 1803
He was a gasworks labourer [1901].
He married Mary Sarah [1872-19??].
Children:
They lived at 4 Mason's Court, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham [1901].
Thomas died in Stockton in 1903 (aged 39).
In [Q2] 1907, Mary Sarah married (2) Thomas William Paddison
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Born in Barnard Castle, Durham.
He was
a member of Trinity Road Baptist Church, Halifax /
a box lad at carpet works [1911] /
a creeler at Dean Clough.
He lived at 58 Oxford Terrace, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [26th October 1914], and
he served as a Driver
with D Battery
38th Brigade
with the Royal Field Artillery.
He was killed in advances against the enemy near Wervicq.
He was with his team, taking up the guns into action, when a shell
hit the road alongside the team, killing Driver Raisbeck,
wounding his corporal, and wounding the horses
[16th October 1918].
The Halifax Courier He was buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref XVII H 2].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Halifax Bowling Club,
on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets,
and on the Memorial at Trinity Road Baptist Church, Halifax
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It appears to have been extended twice to add a barn and a cottage,
probably in the 18th century.
Owners and tenants have included
It stood alongside the Long Causeway.
It is now a ruin
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During the Troubles in Northern Ireland, he was shot and
killed in the Creggan area of Londonderry [11th June 1972].
He was buried at Illingworth Moor Wesleyan Chapel.
He is remembered on Bradshaw War Memorial
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Early 19th century house and barn.
Owners and tenants have included
In 1917, he married Phyllis Fossey in Halifax.
Children:
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He founded the Library at the Chapel, and was one of
the originators of the Halifax Circulating Library.
He married Dorothy Rhodes.
Children:
There was a memorial to Rev Ralph in Northgate End Chapel
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Son of Rev John Ralph.
He was
JP for the West Riding [1851] /
landed proprietor [1851] /
railway shareholder [1861].
On 17th February 1820, he married Agnes Bickerstaff Ramsden in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
He died at Furnival's Inn, London.
See
Railway companies and
West Yorkshire Railway Company
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He was a partner in James & Thomas Ramsbotham.
James died in 1835.
After his death, his nephew James Ramsbotham joined the
partnership
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Born in the Vale of Todmorden.
He was
a partner in James & Thomas Ramsbotham [1835] /
a land owner [1871].
On 22nd April 1837, he married Jane Fielden at Christ Church, Todmorden.
Children:
They lived at Crowborough Warren, Sussex [1871].
Living with them [in 1871] were grandchildren James H. [b
1867] & Hilda [b 1871].
James (a substantial landowner) died in Crowborough Warren in 1888.
Jane died at the home of her son in London
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Partners included
James Ramsbotham,
Thomas Ramsbotham,
and
his son James Ramsbotham
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He married Rebecca Bury [1734-1807].
Children:
The sons were partners in James & Thomas Ramsbotham and owners of
mills in and around Todmorden
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He was buried at St Wilfrid's Church, Calverley
In the late 18th century, he lived in the master's house at Ewood Mill where he has a cotton carding and spinning business,
putting-out work to the local weavers.
He was a partner in James & Thomas Ramsbotham
He also had an iron foundry and workers producing cotton machinery
for a Manchester company of which he was a partner (or owner).
On 26th May 1802, he married Esther Openshaw [1775-1826]
at St Mary the Virgin, Bury.
Children:
In 1832, he built Robinwood Mill, Todmorden.
He owned much property in and around Todmorden.
He bought Platts House and Carr Barn from Joshua Fielden [1820s].
In 1826-1828, he built Centre Vale House.
He diverted the river in order to get a wider sweep of land for the
house.
Abraham Stansfield worked as a gardener at the house.
A memorial was erected to Thomas opposite his pew in Christ Church
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On their brother's death, Birks Hall passed to her and her
sister, Mary.
She married Edward Brooke.
For about 35 years after the death of John Gott, husband of
her daughter Mary Ann, the two widowed sisters reigned over
Pellon and Wheatley.
In 1853, the two sisters gave £400 and the land for building
Pellon Church and Parsonage.
On Mary's death, Elizabeth inherited the estates.
In her (Mary's) will, she left the estates to her daughter,
Mary Ann,
for life, with the remainder in tail to her children.
Elizabeth survived her husband.
She died in 1857.
The epitaph on the memorial for Elizabeth and other members of her family
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
He established the Ramsbottom family of Birks Hall.
On 6th June 1670, he married Agnes Threapland in Bradford.
Children:
He married Martha [17??-1773].
Child: Robert
The epitaph on the family memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
Question:
Is this the same as
Henry Ramsbottom [1786-1859]?
Cotton spinner at
Foster Mill, Hebden Bridge [1816, 1830s]
and
Ewood Mill, Stansfield [1825]
Question:
Is this the same as
Henry Ramsbottom [17??-18??]?
Son of John Ramsbottom.
Owned Salford Mill, Todmorden [1814]
He married Sarah Holt.
Child: John
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He married Peggy [1765-1852].
Child: Henry
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Born in Todmorden.
He was a railway and mill engineer.
He did much work on the use of steam-power in the family's cotton
business.
He made many inventions for the new railway industry, including a
water trough and pick-up system, and the split piston ring which is
still in use on petrol and diesel engines.
He was President of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
In [Q2] 1859, he married (1) Mary Ann Goodfellow
in Southport.
Children:
Both sons were well-known engineers.
John married (2) Unknown.
He died at his home Fern Hill, Alderley Edge, Cheshire. [Q2 1897] (aged 82)
He was buried at Macclesfield Cemetery.
In July 2004, a plaque at Todmorden Railway Station was unveiled in
his memory
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She married James Lancashire.
They had no children.
For many years, the two widowed sisters reigned over Pellon and
Wheatley.
In 1853, they gave £400 and the land for building Pellon Church and Parsonage.
On Mary's death, Elizabeth inherited the estates.
Mary survived her husband.
The epitaph on the memorial for Mary and other members of her family
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
He married Mary [1732-1822].
Children:
The epitaph on the family memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
He lived at Birks Hall, Ovenden.
On Tuesday, March 12th 1822, he was killed in the quarry in
Brackenbed Lane where he was taking shelter under a large mass of
projecting stone; the stone fell and crushed him to death.
Other reports of his death say that
He was the last male Ramsbottom, and Birks Hall passed to his
sisters, Mary and Elizabeth.
The epitaph on the family memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
He married Hannah Leah.
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1892
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He inherited Birks Hall, Ovenden and owned it for 1 year.
He married Mary Farrer.
Children:
Son of Francis Ramsbottom.
In 1707, he inherited Birks Hall.
He was a maltster.
The kilns at Birks were worked for about 150 years afterwards.
Remains of the vats are still to be found in the outbuildings.
On 4th June 1708, he married Sarah, daughter of John King.
Children:
The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.
In 1856, the partnership was declared bankrupt.
Both partners were independently declared bankrupt at the same time.
At Leeds Bankruptcy Court, the court was not happy with the answers
given about the firm's finances, and the case was postponed sine
die.
The protracted bankruptcy hearing – during which the court suspected
them of concealing assets – occupied much of the local papers at the
time
Recorded in May 1861, when
when The Black Bull in Bingley was advertised to let
Slipper baths and swimming pool.
Established by N. Ramsden.
Built (around 1890) on the east side of Bramston Street.
This was the first swimming bath in the district.
Brighouse Swimming Club met here.
In 1894, Ramsden offered the baths to the Corporation, but the
Council resolved
The Halifax Guardian [Saturday 26th May 1894] advertised
Water was obtained from drainage from the hillside.
When a council tip was built higher up the valley, the water became
polluted and the enterprise closed in 1903.
In 1910, the property was bought by Falcon Laundry.
Bath Place still stands
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Established at Robin Hood Mill, Clifton Road [1840].
They were still at the mill [1874].
They employed about 300 workers [1895].
By 1921, the business had moved to Leopold Works, Brighouse.
They did much work for the international market in Europe, America
and the East.
Around 1960, they were taken over by Spencers of Wakefield.
See
Ramsden Clough
Traces of mediæval iron-working have been found here
See
Furniss Farm,
Ragby Bridge, Walsden and
Ramsden Wood Mill, Walsden
They occupied what had been the Railway Cocoa House, Halifax [1920s]
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Glover
R. E. S. Gymnasium Ref R284 
Rabbetts, Rev Reginald Douglas Cyprian Ref R686 Rabbit Rock, Heptonstall Ref R936 Rabbitt, Patrick John Ref R217
Catherine was born in Ireland
Raby, Jack Ref R329 
Raby, James W. Ref R628
Raby, Sam Ref R158
Raby, Thomas Charles Ref R254
Raby, Thomas Edward Ref R1465
Raby, William Ref R289
Hannah was born in Halifax
Race, Ellis Ref R200
Elizabeth, of Wadsworth, was the daughter of William Pickles
Radcliffe ... Ref R31 
Radcliffe's: Benjamin Radcliffe & Company Ref R848 Radcliffe Brothers Ref R1037 Radcliffe's: John Radcliffe & Sons Ref R1052 Radclyff, William Ref R3 The Radclyffe family Ref R971
... all [Hartshead], to wit, two carucates of land with the
appurtenances, to hold of himself and his heirs in fee and
inheritance paying yearly one pound of pepper for services except the
[foreign] service
Radclyffe, Richard Ref R617 Radclyffe, Robert de Ref R618 Radford, J. W. Ref R542
Radical Bob Ref R868 Radical Hoil Ref R76 Radio Incandescent Light Company Ref R1162 Radley, Arthur Peace Ref R777
Rachel was born in Halifax, the daughter of John Sladdin
Radley, Joe Harry Ref R1520 Rae, John Ref R288
Rafferty, Thomas Ref R432
Margaret was born in Dublin
Ragby Bridge, Walsden Ref R82 
Raggalds Inn Bar, Queensbury Ref R1310 Raggede, Alice de Ref R554
Alice Ragged, your fellow nun [who being] often deceived by the
allurements of frail flesh, in levity of mind, hath gone from her
house into the world, and hath wandered in great peril, having long
put off her religious habit
Raghanald Ref R791 Ragman's toffee Ref R373
a bilious yellow hue
Railway Bishop Ref R79 Railway Cocoa House, Halifax Ref R1062 Railway Coffee Tavern, Halifax Ref R1479 Railway Companies Ref R1021 Railway Genealogy Ref R1620
railgenealogy@gmail.com
Railway Restaurant, Halifax Ref R1097 Railway stations Ref R275 Raine, Eliza Ref R300 Raine, John Robert Ref R711
Minnie was the daughter of Dennis Sutcliffe
Louisa Ann was born 18th May 1890
Raine, Thomas Ref R317
Raine, Dr William Ref R1499
Raisbeck, Thomas Ref R169
Mary Sarah was born in Carlton, Durham
Raisbeck, Thomas William Hitching Ref R279
Raistrick Greave, Heptonstall Ref R298
Raistrick, Peter William Ref R352
Killed in the Service of his Country
Rake End, Walsden Ref R1714
Rake Hey Farm, Todmorden Ref R1600
Ralph, Harold Ref R185
Phyllis was the daughter of Ernest George Fossey
Ralph, Rev John Ref R30
Dorothy was the daughter of John Rhodes
Ralph, John Rhodes Ref R307
Agnes was the daughter of Rowland Ramsden
Ramsay, Michael Ref R559 Ramsbotham, James Ref R861 Ramsbotham, James Ref R846
Jane was the daughter of Joshua Fielden
Ramsbotham's: James & Thomas Ramsbotham Ref R1448 Ramsbotham, John Ref R845 Ramsbotham, John Hodgson Ref R1758 Ramsbotham, Thomas Ref R291
Esther was the daughter of
daughter of Mary (née Turner) [1734-1839] & James Openshaw [1737-1808],
of Bury
The Ramsbottom family of Birks Hall Ref R898 Ramsbottom, Elizabeth Ref R381
Ramsbottom, Francis Ref R793
Ramsbottom, Francis Ref R794
Ramsbottom, Henry Ref R948
Ramsbottom, Henry Ref R423
Ramsbottom, John Ref R860 Ramsbottom, John Ref R189
Details of Mary's death / burial place are not yet known.
Ramsbottom, Mary Ref R380
Ramsbottom, Robert Ref R795
Ramsbottom, Robert Ref R166
he was assisting one of his labourers
Ramsbottom, Robert Ref R1610 Ramsbottom, Samuel Ref R350
Ramsbottom, Samuel Francis Ref R348 Ramsden ... Ref R10
Ramsden & Baxter Ref R1285 Ramsden & Tatham Ref R1738 Ramsden's Baths, Rastrick Ref R1017
that the offer be not entertained
Sale by Auction on 29th May 1894 at the Sun Inn, Rastrick, Ramsdens Baths situate in Bramston Street, Rastrick
with brick-built workshop, engine house, boiler house, &c,
occupied by Messrs. Ramsdens
Ramsden, Camm & Company Limited Ref R1083 Ramsden, Chadwick & Company Ref R1139 Ramsden's Charity Ref R588 Ramsden Clough Reservoir, Todmorden Ref R783
Ramsden Clough, Walsden Ref R607
Ramsden's (Halifax) Ref R1569
