This is my regular look back at the posts added to the Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study during the previous month. The January 2024 monthly update contains the list of all the St Mary’s posts to date, including links to them, with this month’s new and updated posts signposted.
If you want to know the background, and what is involved in a one-place study, click here. Otherwise read on, to discover a wealth of parish, parishioner and wider local Batley history.
Despite moving house at the beginning of this month, I did manage to add five posts during January 2024, bringing the total number of study posts to 295. Two other posts were updated.
The additions included a new school Log Book for 1919. There were four weekly newspaper pages for January 1918. 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. The other updated post is to the men who served and survived the First World War section, with more being identified last month. No new biographies have been added here, or in any of the other categories (either World War One or World War Two deaths). These will follow in due course.
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.
Finally, if you do have any information about, or photos of, parishioners from the period of the First World War please do get in touch. It does not have to be War Memorial men. It could be those who served and survived, or indeed any other men, women and children from the parish.
I would also be interested in information about, and photos of, those parishioners who were killed in World War Two, or others from the parish who undertook any war service and survived. This can be as broad as serving in the military, or work in munitions factories, the Land Army, even taking in refugees. This is an area I’m looking to develop in the future.
I can be contacted at: pasttopresentgenealogy@btinternet.com
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1. About my St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church War Memorial One-Place Study;
Batley St Mary’s Population, Health, Mortality and Fertility Information and Comparisons
2. 1914: The Health of Batley School Children Generally, with a Particular Focus on St Mary’s School Children
Batley Statistics and Descriptions – Population, Health, Mortality, Fertility etc.
3. 1914: Borough of Batley – Town Information from the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
4. Batley and the 1921 Census
5. Batley Population Statistics 1801-1939
Biographies: Men Associated with St Mary’s Who Died but Who Are Not on the Memorial
6. Thomas Gannon
7. Reginald Roberts
8. William Frederick Townsend
Biographies: The War Memorial Men
9. Edward Barber
10. William Barber (Memorial name spelling)
11. Herbert Booth
12. Edmund Battye
13. Dominick (aka George) Brannan
14. Michael Brannan
15. John Brooks
16. Michael Cafferty
17. Patrick Cafferty
18. Lawrence Carney
19. Martin Carney
20. Thomas William Chappell
21. William Colbeck
22. Michael Cunningham
23. Thomas Curley
24. Peter Doherty
25. Thomas Donlan
26. Mathew Farrer
27. Thomas Finneran
28. Michael Flynn
29. Thomas Foley D.C.M.
30. Martin Gallagher
31. James Garner
32. Thomas Gavaghan
33. Henry Groark
34. James Groark
35. Michael Groark (also known as Rourke)
36. James Griffin
37. William Hargreaves
38. Patrick Hopkins
39. Michael Horan
40. Lawrence Judge
41. John Leech
42. Michael Lydon
43. Patrick Lyons
William McManus – See William Townsend below
44. Thomas McNamara
45. Patrick Naifsey
46. Austin Nolan
47. Robert Randerson
48. James Rush
49. Moses Stubley
50. William Townsend, also known as McManus
51. James Trainor
52. Richard Carroll Walsh
53. Arthur William Bayldon Woodhead
Biographies: Those who Served and Survived (this includes a list of those identified to date and who will later have dedicated biographical pages) *UPDATED*
54. Patrick Cassidy
55. James Delaney
56. Thomas Donlan (senior)
57. Thomas Gannon
58. Michael Rush
Burials, Cemeteries, Headstones and MIs
59. Cemetery and Memorial Details
60. War Memorial Chronology of Deaths
During This Week
61. During This Week Newspaper Index *UPDATED*
62. 1914, 8 August – Batley News
63. 1914, 15 August – Batley News
64. 1914, 22 August – Batley News
65. 1914, 29 August – Batley News
66. 1914, 5 September – Batley News
67. 1914, 12 September – Batley News
68. 1914, 19 September – Batley News
69. 1914, 26 September – Batley News
70. 1914, 3 October – Batley News
71. 1914, 10 October – Batley News
72. 1914, 17 October – Batley News
73. 1914, 24 October – Batley News
74. 1914, 31 October – Batley News
75. 1914, 7 November – Batley News
76. 1914, 14 November – Batley News
77. 1914, 21 November – Batley News
78. 1914, 28 November – Batley News
79. 1914, 5 December – Batley News
80. 1914, 12 December – Batley News
81. 1914, 19 December – Batley News
82. 1914, 24 December – Batley News
83. 1915, 2 January – Batley News
84. 1915, 9 January – Batley News
85. 1915, 16 January – Batley News
86. 1915, 23 January – Batley News
87. 1915, 30 January – Batley News
88. 1915, 6 February – Batley News
89. 1915, 13 February – Batley News
90. 1915, 20 February – Batley News
91. 1915, 27 February – Batley News
92. 1915, 6 March – Batley News
93. 1915, 13 March – Batley News
94. 1915, 20 March – Batley News
95. 1915, 27 March – Batley News
96. 1915, 3 April – Batley News
97. 1915, 10 April – Batley News
98. 1915, 17 April – Batley News
99. 1915, 24 April – Batley News
100. 1915, 1 May – Batley News
101. 1915, 8 May – Batley News
102. 1915, 15 May – Batley News
103. 1915, 22 May – Batley News
104. 1915, 29 May – Batley News
105. 1915, 5 June – Batley News
106. 1915, 12 June – Batley News
107. 1915, 19 June – Batley News
108. 1915, 26 June – Batley News
109. 1915, 3 July – Batley News
110. 1915, 10 July – Batley News
111. 1915, 17 July – Batley News
112. 1915, 24 July – Batley News
113. 1915, 31 July – Batley News
114. 1915, 7 August – Batley News
115. 1915, 14 August – Batley News
116. 1915, 21 August – Batley News
117. 1915, 28 August – Batley News
118. 1915, 4 September – Batley News
119. 1915, 11 September – Batley News
120. 1915, 18 September – Batley News
121. 1915, 25 September – Batley News
122. 1915, 2 October – Batley News
123. 1915, 9 October – Batley News
124. 1915, 16 October – Batley News
125. 1915, 23 October – Batley News
126. 1915, 30 October – Batley News
127. 1915, 6 November – Batley News
128. 1915, 13 November – Batley News
129. 1915, 20 November – Batley News
130. 1915, 27 November – Batley News
131. 1915, 4 December – Batley News
132. 1915, 11 December – Batley News
133. 1915, 18 December – Batley News
134. 1915, 23 December – Batley News
135. 1916, 1 January – Batley News
136. 1916, 8 January – Batley News
137. 1916, 15 January – Batley News
138. 1916, 22 January – Batley News
139. 1916, 29 January – Batley News
140. 1916, 5 February – Batley News
141. 1916, 12 February – Batley News
142. 1916, 19 February – Batley News
143. 1916, 26 February – Batley News
144. 1916, 4 March – Batley News
145. 1916, 11 March – Batley News
146. 1916, 18 March – Batley News
147. 1916, 25 March – Batley News
148. 1916, 1 April – Batley News
149. 1916, 8 April – Batley News
150. 1916, 15 April – Batley News
151. 1916, 22 April – Batley News
152. 1916, 29 April – Batley News
153. 1916, 6 May – Batley News
154. 1916, 13 May – Batley News
155. 1916, 20 May – Batley News
156. 1916, 27 May – Batley News
157. 1916, 3 June – Batley News
158. 1916, 10 June – Batley News
159. 1916, 17 June – Batley News
160. 1916, 24 June – Batley News
161. 1916, 1 July – Batley News
162. 1916, 8 July – Batley News
163. 1916, 15 July – Batley News
164. 1916, 22 July – Batley News
165. 1916, 29 July – Batley News
166. 1916, 5 August – Batley News
167. 1916, 12 August – Batley News
168. 1916, 19 August – Batley News
169. 1916, 26 August – Batley News
170. 1916, 2 September – Batley News
171. 1916, 9 September – Batley News
172. 1916, 16 September – Batley News
173. 1916, 23 September – Batley News
174. 1916, 30 September – Batley News
175. 1916, 7 October – Batley News
176. 1916, 14 October – Batley News
177. 1916, 21 October – Batley News
178. 1916, 28 October – Batley News
179. 1916, 4 November – Batley News
180. 1916, 11 November – Batley News
181. 1916, 18 November – Batley News
182. 1916, 25 November – Batley News
183. 1916, 2 December – Batley News
184. 1916, 9 December – Batley News
185. 1916, 16 December – Batley News
186. 1916, 23 December – Batley News
187. 1916, 30 December – Batley News
188. 1917, 6 January – Batley News
189. 1917, 13 January – Batley News
199. 1917, 20 January – Batley News
191. 1917, 27 January – Batley News
192. 1917, 3 February – Batley News
193. 1917, 10 February – Batley News
194. 1917, 17 February – Batley News
195. 1917, 24 February – Batley News
196. 1917, 3 March – Batley News
197. 1917, 10 March – Batley News
198. 1917, 17 March – Batley News
199. 1917, 24 March – Batley News
200. 1917, 31 March – Batley News
201. 1917, 7 April – Batley News
202. 1917, 14 April – Batley News
203. 1917, 21 April – Batley News
204. 1917, 28 April – Batley News
205. 1917, 5 May – Batley News
206. 1917, 12 May – Batley News
207. 1917, 19 May – Batley News
208. 1917, 26 May – Batley News
209. 1917, 2 June – Batley New
210. 1917, 9 June – Batley News
211. 1917, 16 June – Batley News
212. 1917, 23 June – Batley News
213. 1917, 30 June – Batley News
214. 1917, 7 July – Batley News
215. 1917, 14 July – Batley News
216. 1917, 21 July – Batley News
217. 1917, 28 July – Batley News
218. 1917, 4 August – Batley News
219. 1917, 11 August – Batley News
220. 1917, 18 August – Batley News
221. 1917, 25 August – Batley News
222. 1917, 1 September – Batley News
223. 1917, 8 September – Batley News
224. 1917, 15 September – Batley News
225. 1917, 22 September – Batley News
226. 1917, 29 September– Batley News
227. 1917, 6 October – Batley News
228. 1917, 13 October – Batley News
229. 1917, 20 October – Batley News
230. 1917, 27 October – Batley News
231. 1917, 3 November – Batley News
232. 1917, 10 November – Batley News
233. 1917, 17 November – Batley News
234. 1917, 24 November – Batley News
235. 1917, 1 December – Batley News
236. 1917, 8 December – Batley News
237. 1917, 15 December – Batley News
238. 1917, 22 December – Batley News
239. 1917, 29 December – Batley News
240. 1918, 5 January – Dewsbury District News *NEW*
241. 1918, 12 January – Dewsbury District News *NEW*
242. 1918, 19 January – Batley News *NEW*
243. 1918, 26 January – Batley News *NEW*
Electoral Registers 1918-1921
244. 1918 Batley Electoral Register, North Ward, Polling Districts A and B – Naval and Military Voters
Miscellany of Information
245. A Colliery Accident with Tragic Consequences
246. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
247. A Part of St Mary of the Angels in Batley Cemetery
248. A “Peace” of Batley History
249. An Appeal to Ireland to Build a Catholic Church in Batley
250. A Potted Early History of the Irish in Batley, the Building of St Mary of the Angels Church, and the Parish Priest’s Fatal Accident
251. A St Mary’s School Sensation
252. Batley’s Secret Irish Society and the Ammunition Seizure
253. Hot-Cross Buns and the Yorkshire Tea-Cake Dilemma. Plus A Suggested Meal Planner for Batley Families in 1917
254. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
255. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
256. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
257. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems
Occupations and Employment Information
258. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
259. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
260. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
261. Occupations: Limelight Operator
262. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
263. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
264. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
265. Occupations: Rag Grinder
266. Occupations: Willeyer
The Families
267. A Death in the Church
268. St Mary’s Schoolboys Wreak Havoc in a Batley Graveyard
School Log Books
269. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1913
270. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1914
271. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1915
272. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1916
273. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1917
274. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1918
275. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1919
276. Boys’ School – Log Book, 1920
277. Infant School – Log Book, 1913
278. Infant School – Log Book, 1914
279. Infant School – Log Book, 1915
280. Infant School – Log Book, 1916
281. Infant School – Log Book, 1917
282. Infant School – Log Book, 1918
283. Infant School – Log Book, 1919
284. Infant School – Log Book, 1920
285. Mixed Department – Log Book, 1913
286. Mixed Department – Log Book, 1914
287. Mixed Department – Log Book, 1915
288. Mixed Department – Log Book, 1916
289. Mixed Department – Log Book, 1917
290. Mixed Department – Log Book, 1918
291. Mixed Department – Log Book, 1919
World War Two
292. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
293. Thomas Egan
294. Michael Flatley
295. William Smith
Hi Jane
We corresponded some time ago. Thank you for previously acknowledging my granddad – Thomas Grailey. I notice he has also appeared in your recent post about men who served but survived. Thank you. If you would like any information or photos about him as your research progresses please let me know. He was shot & invalided out in 1916. I have a great photo of him with his wife & child in his “hospital blues”.
Gerry