St Mary of the Angels, Batley: One-Place Study Update – 1 to 30 September 2024 Additions

Last month I added a Batley St Mary’s One-Place Study post about a parishioner who was one of only around 600 nationwide to participate in an event in British history which is still famous – and taught in schools – today. This includes at St Mary’s. But, until my post, the parishioner’s role had been long-forgotten. More of that later.

In all six new posts were added during September 2024, bringing the total number to 358 posts. This update contains the list of all the St Mary’s posts published up to the end of September 2024, including links to them, with last month’s new and updated posts signposted so you can easily locate them.

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.

In addition to the six new posts, a further two were updated.

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

Yet again no new War Memorial biographies have been added this month. I really do hope to write some for next month, work permitting. I have, however, updated the names of parishioners who served in, and survived, the First World War section, as more men were identified during September.

As I have mentioned, there is one major new post which can be found in the Miscellany of Information section. It is about a parishioner who took part in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade on 25 October 1854. It really is well worth reading.

The final post added this month is in the Bulletin for Batley St Mary of the Angels and Birstall St Patrick section, containing the parish history snippets which were included in the bulletins during September 2024.

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’s Public Buildings and Institutions
2. Batley Hospital: The First 50 Years – 1878 to 1928
3. The Early History of Batley’s Public Baths

Batley St Mary’s Population, Health, Mortality and Fertility Information and Comparisons
4. 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.
5. 1914: Borough of Batley – Town Information from the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
6. Batley and the 1921 Census
7. Batley Population Statistics 1801-1939

Biographies: Men Associated with St Mary’s Who Died but Who Are Not on the Memorial
8. Thomas Gannon
9. Reginald Roberts
10. William Frederick Townsend

Biographies: The War Memorial Men
11. Edward Barber
12. William Barber (Memorial name spelling)
13. Herbert Booth
14. Edmund Battye
15. Dominick (aka George) Brannan
16. Michael Brannan
17. John Brooks
18. Michael Cafferty
19. Patrick Cafferty
20. John William Callaghan
21. Lawrence Carney
22. Martin Carney
23. Thomas William Chappell
24. William Colbeck
25. Michael Cunningham
26. Thomas Curley
27. Peter Doherty
28. Thomas Donlan
29. John W. Enright
30. Mathew Farrer
31. Thomas Finneran
32. Michael Flynn
33. Thomas Foley D.C.M.
34. Martin Gallagher
35. James Garner
36. Thomas Gavaghan
37. Henry Groark
38. James Groark
39. Michael Groark (also known as Rourke)
40. James Griffin
41. William Hargreaves
42. Patrick Hopkins
43. Michael Horan
44. James Hughes
45. Lawrence Judge
46. John Leech
47. Michael Lydon
48. Patrick Lyons
William McManus – See William Townsend below
49. Thomas McNamara
50. Patrick Naifsey
51. Austin Nolan
52. Robert Randerson
53. James Rush
54. Moses Stubley
55. William Townsend, also known as McManus
56. James Trainor
57. Richard Carroll Walsh
58. 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*
59. Patrick Cassidy
60. James Delaney
61. Thomas Donlan (senior)
62. Thomas Gannon
63. Michael Rush

Burials, Cemeteries, Headstones and MIs
64. Cemetery and Memorial Details
65. War Memorial Chronology of Deaths

Electoral Registers 1918-1921
284. 1918 Batley Electoral Register, North Ward, Polling Districts A and B – Naval and Military Voters

Guest Contributions
285. Memories of Skelsey Row – by Brian Foley

Maps and Photographs
286. Aerial View of St Mary’s Church and the Surrounding Streets
287. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1894
288. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1907
289. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1922
290. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1933

Miscellany of Information
291. A Colliery Accident with Tragic Consequences
292. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
293. A Part of St Mary of the Angels in Batley Cemetery
294. A “Peace” of Batley History
295. An Appeal to Ireland to Build a Catholic Church in Batley
296. 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
297. A St Mary’s School Sensation
297. A St Mary’s School Trip Souvenir
299. Batley’s Secret Irish Society and the Ammunition Seizure
300. Batley St Mary’s First Torchlight Procession
301. “Daddy’s Death and then Triplets”
302. Heritage Impact Assessment: St Mary’s Catholic Primary School and Convent, Batley
303. Hot-Cross Buns and the Yorkshire Tea-Cake Dilemma. Plus A Suggested Meal Planner for Batley Families in 1917
304. Into the Valley of Death – One of the Six Hundred *NEW*
305. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
306. The Consequences of a Refusal to Work in 1918
307. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
308. The Earliest Published Account of Batley St Mary’s Church and Schools
309. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
310. The Unholy row between St Mary’s Church and the Batley and Birstall Irish Clubs
311. Thomas Ate My Rat
312. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems

Occupations and Employment Information
313. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
314. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
315. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
316. Occupations: Limelight Operator
317. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
318. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
319. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
320. Occupations: Rag Grinder
321. Occupations: Willeyer

The Bulletin of St Mary of the Angels and Birstall St Patrick – Parish History Section
346. March 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
347. April 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
348. May 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
349. June 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
350. July 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
351. August 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
352. September 2024 Bulletin History Pieces *NEW*

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

World War Two
355. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
356. Thomas Egan
357. Michael Flatley
358. William Smith

2 responses to “St Mary of the Angels, Batley: One-Place Study Update – 1 to 30 September 2024 Additions”

Gerry Hudson | October 3, 2024 at 9:01 am | Reply

Hi Jane

As you know I’ve followed your fantastic blogs for a number of years relating specifically to my ancestors’ Irish links to St Mary’s. Imagine my surprise when I scrolled down some of your previous posts and came across a blog you wrote about your Broadhead ancestor’s involvement in a mining disaster in East Ardsley. My interest was piqued because that’s where my principally English ancestors settled in the 18th century. In the opening part of the article you describe David Hudson as your ancestor. I then saw the subsequent post about his brother’s macabre end at the local pit and the subsequent theft of his body. You’ve probably guessed by now…David & his wife Ruth Squires are my 3 x grandparents! Welcome to the family 😂. It would be good to link our families at some point. His son John is where I fit in. Please get in touch if this is of further interest as I researched Robert many years ago. Not sure I have anymore than you but I would need to look up my old papers. Gerry
- pasttopresentgenealogy | October 6, 2024 at 9:31 pm | Reply
  
  Hi Gerry (or is that now ‘cousin’?), dad used to say all the Batley Irish Catholics were related. Now it seems basically everyone is related 😂 I hardly ever get time to ‘do’ my own family history nowadays – must try to make some time!
  Jane

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