This is the latest Batley St Mary’s one-place study update. If you want to know more about the background to this one-place study click here. Otherwise read on to discover all the posts, new and old, containing a wealth of parish, parishioner and wider local Batley history.

October 2022 saw the addition of seven new posts, bringing the total number for the study to 189. Two other pages were updated.
The additions included four weekly newspaper pages for October 1916. I have accordingly updated the surname index to these During This Week newspaper pieces, so you can easily identify newspaper snippets relevant to your family.
I have written one new War Memorial biography, that of Patrick Hopkins.
More men who served and survived have been identified. I have updated that page accordingly. No new biographies were added here in October.
The Infant School log book for 1915 has been added to the School Log Books section.
Finally for this month there is one new piece in the Miscellany of Information section, about the Batley Peace Medal. Although written from a St Mary’s perspective, this is of far wider Batley local history interest.
Below is the full list of pages to date. I have annotated the *NEW* and *UPDATED* ones, so you can easily pick these out. Click on the link and it will take you straight to the relevant page.
1. About my St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church War Memorial One-Place Study;
Batley Descriptions – Directories etc.
2. 1914: Borough of Batley – Town Information from the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Biographies: Men Associated with St Mary’s Who Died but Who Are Not on the Memorial
3. Thomas Gannon
4. Reginald Roberts
5. William Frederick Townsend
Biographies: The War Memorial Men
6. Edward Barber
7. Herbert Booth
8. Edmund Battye
9. Dominick (aka George) Brannan
10. Michael Brannan
11. John Brooks
12. Michael Cafferty
13. Patrick Cafferty
14. Lawrence Carney
15. Martin Carney
16. Thomas Curley
17. Peter Doherty
18. Thomas Donlan
19. Thomas Finneran
20. Michael Flynn
21. Thomas Foley D.C.M.
22. James Garner
23. Thomas Gavaghan
24. Michael Groark (also known as Rourke)
25. James Griffin
26. Patrick Hopkins *NEW*
27. Michael Horan
William McManus – See William Townsend below
28. Thomas McNamara
29. Patrick Naifsey
30. Austin Nolan
31. Robert Randerson
32. James Rush
33. Moses Stubley
34. William Townsend, also known as McManus
35. James Trainor
36. Richard Carroll Walsh
Biographies: Those who Served and Survived (this includes a list of those identified to date and who will later have dedicated biographical pages) *UPDATED*
37. Patrick Cassidy
38. James Delaney
39. Thomas Donlan (senior)
40. Thomas Gannon
41. Michael Rush
Burials, Cemeteries, Headstones and MIs
42. Cemetery and Memorial Details
43. War Memorial Chronology of Deaths
Miscellany of Information
162. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
163. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
164. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems
165. A St Mary’s School Sensation
166. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
167. A “Peace” of Batley History *NEW*
During This Week
44. During This Week Newspaper Index *UPDATED*
45. 1914, 8 August – Batley News
46. 1914, 15 August – Batley News
47. 1914, 22 August – Batley News
48. 1914, 29 August – Batley News
49. 1914, 5 September – Batley News
50. 1914, 12 September – Batley News
51. 1914, 19 September – Batley News
52. 1914, 26 September – Batley News
53. 1914, 3 October – Batley News
54. 1914, 10 October – Batley News
55. 1914, 17 October – Batley News
56. 1914, 24 October – Batley News
57. 1914, 31 October – Batley News
58. 1914, 7 November – Batley News
59. 1914, 14 November – Batley News
60. 1914, 21 November – Batley News
61. 1914, 28 November – Batley News
62. 1914, 5 December – Batley News
63. 1914, 12 December – Batley News
64. 1914, 19 December – Batley News
65. 1914, 24 December – Batley News
66. 1915, 2 January – Batley News
67. 1915, 9 January – Batley News
68. 1915, 16 January – Batley News
69. 1915, 23 January – Batley News
70. 1915, 30 January – Batley News
71. 1915, 6 February – Batley News
72. 1915, 13 February – Batley News
73. 1915, 20 February – Batley News
74. 1915, 27 February – Batley News
75. 1915, 6 March – Batley News
76. 1915, 13 March – Batley News
77. 1915, 20 March – Batley News
78. 1915, 27 March – Batley News
79. 1915, 3 April – Batley News
80. 1915, 10 April – Batley News
81. 1915, 17 April – Batley News
82. 1915, 24 April – Batley News
83. 1915, 1 May – Batley News
84. 1915, 8 May – Batley News
85. 1915, 15 May – Batley News
86. 1915, 22 May – Batley News
87. 1915, 29 May – Batley News
88. 1915, 5 June – Batley News
89. 1915, 12 June – Batley News
90. 1915, 19 June – Batley News
91. 1915, 26 June – Batley News
92. 1915, 3 July – Batley News
93. 1915, 10 July – Batley News
94. 1915, 17 July – Batley News
95. 1915, 24 July – Batley News
96. 1915, 31 July – Batley News
97. 1915, 7 August – Batley News
98. 1915, 14 August – Batley News
99. 1915, 21 August – Batley News
100. 1915, 28 August – Batley News
101. 1915, 4 September – Batley News
102. 1915, 11 September – Batley News
103. 1915, 18 September – Batley News
104. 1915, 25 September – Batley News
105. 1915, 2 October – Batley News
106. 1915, 9 October – Batley News
107. 1915, 16 October – Batley News
108. 1915, 23 October – Batley News
109. 1915, 30 October – Batley News
110. 1915, 6 November – Batley News
111. 1915, 13 November – Batley News
112. 1915, 20 November – Batley News
113. 1915, 27 November – Batley News
114. 1915, 4 December – Batley News
115. 1915, 11 December – Batley News
116. 1915, 18 December – Batley News
117. 1915, 23 December – Batley News
118. 1916, 1 January – Batley News
119. 1916, 8 January – Batley News
120. 1916, 15 January – Batley News
121. 1916, 22 January – Batley News
122. 1916, 29 January – Batley News
123. 1916, 5 February – Batley News
124. 1916, 12 February – Batley News
125. 1916, 19 February – Batley News
126. 1916, 26 February – Batley News
127. 1916, 4 March – Batley News
128. 1916, 11 March – Batley News
129. 1916, 18 March – Batley News
130. 1916, 25 March – Batley News
131. 1916, 1 April – Batley News
132. 1916, 8 April – Batley News
133. 1916, 15 April – Batley News
134. 1916, 22 April – Batley News
135. 1916, 29 April – Batley News
136. 1916, 6 May – Batley News
137. 1916, 13 May – Batley News
138. 1916, 20 May – Batley News
139. 1916, 27 May – Batley News
140. 1916, 3 June – Batley News
141. 1916, 10 June – Batley News
142. 1916, 17 June – Batley News
143. 1916, 24 June – Batley News
144. 1916, 1 July – Batley News
145. 1916, 8 July – Batley News
146. 1916, 15 July – Batley News
147. 1916, 22 July – Batley News
148. 1916, 29 July – Batley News
149. 1916, 5 August – Batley News
150. 1916, 12 August – Batley News
151. 1916, 19 August – Batley News
152. 1916, 26 August – Batley News
153. 1916, 2 September – Batley News
154. 1916, 9 September – Batley News
155. 1916, 16 September – Batley News
156. 1916, 23 September – Batley News
157. 1916, 30 September – Batley News
158. 1916, 7 October – Batley News *NEW*
159. 1916, 14 October – Batley News *NEW*
160. 1916, 21 October – Batley News *NEW*
161. 1916, 28 October – Batley News *NEW*
Occupations and Employment Information
168. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
169. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
170. Occupations: Limelight Operator
171. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
172. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
173. Occupations: Rag Grinder
174. Occupations: Willeyer
The Families
175. A Death in the Church
School Log Books
176. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1913
177. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1914
178. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1915
179. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1916
180. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1917
181. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1918
182. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1919
183. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1920
184. Infant School – Log Book 1914
185. Infant School – Log Book 1915 *NEW*
Population, Health, Mortality and Fertility
186. 1914: The Health of Batley School Children Generally, with a Particular Focus on St Mary’s School Children
World War Two
187. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
188. Michael Flatley
189. William Smith
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