St Mary of the Angels, Batley: One-Place Study Update – 1 to 31 May 2024 Additions

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. This update contains the list of all the St Mary’s posts published up to the end of May 2024 , including links to them, with May’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.

Six posts were added during May 2024, bringing the total number of study posts to 322. Two other posts were updated.

These additions and updates included four new weekly newspaper pages for May 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.

There is one new post in the Miscellany of Information section. This is a post about the harsh consequences of refusing to work, even if ill. It does not have a happy ending.

There final post this month is in the Bulletin for Batley St Mary of the Angels and Birstall St Patrick section – it is the parish history snippets which were included in the bulletins during May 2024.

No new biographies have been added this month. However, the final updated post is to the men who served and survived the First World War section, with more men being identified during May.

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. John William Callaghan
19. Lawrence Carney
20. Martin Carney
21. Thomas William Chappell
22. William Colbeck
23. Michael Cunningham
24. Thomas Curley
25. Peter Doherty
26. Thomas Donlan
27. John W. Enright
28. Mathew Farrer
29. Thomas Finneran
30. Michael Flynn
31. Thomas Foley D.C.M.
32. Martin Gallagher
33. James Garner
34. Thomas Gavaghan
35. Henry Groark
36. James Groark
37. Michael Groark (also known as Rourke)
38. James Griffin
39. William Hargreaves
40. Patrick Hopkins
41. Michael Horan
42. Lawrence Judge
43. John Leech
44. Michael Lydon
45. Patrick Lyons
William McManus – See William Townsend below
46. Thomas McNamara
47. Patrick Naifsey
48. Austin Nolan
49. Robert Randerson
50. James Rush
51. Moses Stubley
52. William Townsend, also known as McManus
53. James Trainor
54. Richard Carroll Walsh
55. 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*
56. Patrick Cassidy
57. James Delaney
58. Thomas Donlan (senior)
59. Thomas Gannon
60. Michael Rush

Burials, Cemeteries, Headstones and MIs
61. Cemetery and Memorial Details
62. War Memorial Chronology of Deaths

Electoral Registers 1918-1921
263. 1918 Batley Electoral Register, North Ward, Polling Districts A and B – Naval and Military Voters

Guest Contributions
264. Memories of Skelsey Row – by Brian Foley *NEW*

Miscellany of Information
265. A Colliery Accident with Tragic Consequences
266. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
267. A Part of St Mary of the Angels in Batley Cemetery
268. A “Peace” of Batley History
269. An Appeal to Ireland to Build a Catholic Church in Batley
270. 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
271. A St Mary’s School Sensation
272. Batley’s Secret Irish Society and the Ammunition Seizure
273. “Daddy’s Death and then Triplets”
274. Heritage Impact Assessment: St Mary’s Catholic Primary School and Convent, Batley
275. Hot-Cross Buns and the Yorkshire Tea-Cake Dilemma. Plus A Suggested Meal Planner for Batley Families in 1917
276. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
277. The Consequences of a Refusal to Work in 1918 *NEW*
278. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
279. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
280. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems

Occupations and Employment Information
281. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
282. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
283. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
284. Occupations: Limelight Operator
285. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
286. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
287. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
288. Occupations: Rag Grinder
289. Occupations: Willeyer

The Bulletin of St Mary of the Angels and Birstall St Patrick – Parish History Section
314. March 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
315. April 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
316. May 2024 Bulletin History Pieces *NEW*

The Families
317. A Death in the Church
318. St Mary’s Schoolboys Wreak Havoc in a Batley Graveyard

World War Two
319. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
320. Thomas Egan
321. Michael Flatley
322. William Smith

One response to “St Mary of the Angels, Batley: One-Place Study Update – 1 to 31 May 2024 Additions”

Gerry Hudson | June 6, 2024 at 10:58 am | Reply

Hi Jane

Excellent piece from Brian Foley. As you said it really brought his experiences to life. Not dissimilar from my own parents’ recollections and a few of mine as well – particularly “laking art”!

Gerry

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