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

Posted on August 1, 2024 | Leave a comment

July 2024 has been another busy month for the Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study, with some wider parish history pieces added. This update contains the list of all the St Mary’s posts published up to the end of July 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.

Seven new posts were added during July 2024, bringing the total number of study posts to 345. Three other posts were updated.

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

No new War Memorial biographies have been added this month. I hope to write some for next month. I have updated the names of parishioners who served in, and survived, the First World War section, as more men were identified during July. I have also updated the biography of one of those men who served and survived, Michael Rush.

There are two new posts in the Miscellany of Information section. One is about a public dispute between the church and Batley and Birstall Irish Clubs, which ran throughout the summer of 1903. The other is the story behind a memento plate given to the school children of St Mary’s in 1907. It explains what the plate commemorated, and why it was such an important part of the school’s history.

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 July 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

Postscript:
I want to say a big thank you for the donations already received to keep this website going. They really do help.

The website has always been free to use, and I want to continue this policy in the future. However, it does cost me money to operate – from undertaking the research to website hosting costs. In the current difficult economic climate I do have to regularly consider if I can afford to continue running it as a free resource.

If you have enjoyed reading the various pieces, and would like to make a donation towards keeping the website up and running in its current open access format, it would be very much appreciated.

Please click 👉🏻here👈🏻 to be taken to the PayPal donation link. By making a donation you will be helping to keep the website online and freely available for all.

Thank you.

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 *UPDATED*

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

Electoral Registers 1918-1921
275. 1918 Batley Electoral Register, North Ward, Polling Districts A and B – Naval and Military Voters

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

Maps and Photographs
277. Aerial View of St Mary’s Church and the Surrounding Streets
278. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1894
279. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1907
280. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1922
281. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1933

Miscellany of Information
282. A Colliery Accident with Tragic Consequences
283. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
284. A Part of St Mary of the Angels in Batley Cemetery
285. A “Peace” of Batley History
286. An Appeal to Ireland to Build a Catholic Church in Batley
287. 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
288. A St Mary’s School Sensation
289. A St Mary’s School Trip Souvenir *NEW*
290. Batley’s Secret Irish Society and the Ammunition Seizure
291. Batley St Mary’s First Torchlight Procession
292. “Daddy’s Death and then Triplets”
293. Heritage Impact Assessment: St Mary’s Catholic Primary School and Convent, Batley
294. Hot-Cross Buns and the Yorkshire Tea-Cake Dilemma. Plus A Suggested Meal Planner for Batley Families in 1917
295. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
296. The Consequences of a Refusal to Work in 1918
297. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
298. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
299. The Unholy row between St Mary’s Church and the Batley and Birstall Irish Clubs *NEW*
300. Thomas Ate My Rat
301. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems

Occupations and Employment Information
302. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
303. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
304. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
305. Occupations: Limelight Operator
306. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
307. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
308. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
309. Occupations: Rag Grinder
310. Occupations: Willeyer

The Bulletin of St Mary of the Angels and Birstall St Patrick – Parish History Section
335. March 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
336. April 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
337. May 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
338. June 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
339. July 2024 Bulletin History Pieces

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

World War Two
342. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
343. Thomas Egan
344. Michael Flatley
345. William Smith

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

Posted on July 1, 2024 | 1 comment

June 2024 has been my busiest month ever for new posts in Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study. This update contains the list of all the St Mary’s posts published up to the end of last month , including links to them, with June’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.

16 new posts were added during June 2024, bringing the total number of study posts to 338. Two other posts were updated. There’s also a new one-place study section, where I will write about the history of some of Batley’s public buildings and institutions which would have been familiar to the St Mary’s parishioners.

These additions and updates included five new weekly newspaper pages for June 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.

One new War Memorial biography has been added this month, James Hughes. I have also updated the names of parishioners who served in, and survived, the First World War section, as more men were identified during June.

There are two new posts in the Miscellany of Information section, about the first Torchlight Procession. So if you want to know about why this annual parish event started, and read about that inaugural procession, head over to that post. The other is about a famous parishioner, Thomas Cassidy, who was a record-breaking rat catcher. And with the General Election on 4 July, his polling booth exploits are something well worth reading about!

The first posts have been added to the Maps and Photographs section. These include four new maps depicting the area around St Mary’s church and schools from the 1890s to the 1930s. There is also an aerial photo from the 1960s.

There is a new post 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 June 2024.

The final two posts can be found in the public buildings and institutions section. One is about the first 50 years of Batley’s hospital – particularly relevant as the first ever patient treated in the initial cottage hospital was a St Mary’s parishioner. The other is the scene of much success for St Mary’s school children – the public baths. Sadly neither of these buildings function today. The hospital has for years stood derelict, crumbling and in 2017 the scene of a fire. There are plans – apparently – to turn it into apartments. The Grade II Listed public baths stand empty, victims of Kirklees Council cuts.

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.

I can be contacted at: pasttopresentgenealogy@btinternet.com

Postscript:
I want to say a big thank you for the donations already received to keep this website going. They really do help.

If you have enjoyed reading the various pieces, and would like to make a donation towards keeping the website up and running in its current open access format, it would be very much appreciated.

Please click 👉🏻here👈🏻 to be taken to the PayPal donation link. By making a donation you will be helping to keep the website online and freely available for all.

Thank you.

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 *NEW*
3. The Early History of Batley’s Public Baths *NEW*

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 *NEW*
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

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

Electoral Registers 1918-1921
271. 1918 Batley Electoral Register, North Ward, Polling Districts A and B – Naval and Military Voters

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

Maps and Photographs
273. Aerial View of St Mary’s Church and the Surrounding Streets *NEW*
274. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1894 *NEW*
275. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1907 *NEW*
276. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1922 *NEW*
277. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1933 *NEW*

Miscellany of Information
278. A Colliery Accident with Tragic Consequences
279. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
280. A Part of St Mary of the Angels in Batley Cemetery
281. A “Peace” of Batley History
282. An Appeal to Ireland to Build a Catholic Church in Batley
283. 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
284. A St Mary’s School Sensation
285. Batley’s Secret Irish Society and the Ammunition Seizure
286. Batley St Mary’s First Torchlight Procession *NEW*
287. “Daddy’s Death and then Triplets”
288. Heritage Impact Assessment: St Mary’s Catholic Primary School and Convent, Batley
289. Hot-Cross Buns and the Yorkshire Tea-Cake Dilemma. Plus A Suggested Meal Planner for Batley Families in 1917
290. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
291. The Consequences of a Refusal to Work in 1918
292. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
293. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
294. Thomas Ate My Rat *NEW*
295. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems

Occupations and Employment Information
296. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
297. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
298. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
299. Occupations: Limelight Operator
300. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
301. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
302. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
303. Occupations: Rag Grinder
304. Occupations: Willeyer

The Bulletin of St Mary of the Angels and Birstall St Patrick – Parish History Section
329. March 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
330. April 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
331. May 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
332. June 2024 Bulletin History Pieces *NEW*

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

World War Two
335. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
336. Thomas Egan
337. Michael Flatley
338. William Smith

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

Posted on May 1, 2024 | Leave a comment

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 April 2024 , including links to them, with April’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.

Seven posts were added during April 2024, bringing the total number of study posts to 316. Two other posts were updated.

These additions and updates included four new weekly newspaper pages for April 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 which illustrates how tough life was, in relatively recent times. It covers a particularly tragic period for a Skelsey Row family.

Leading on from that, this month I included the first ever guest piece to the Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study website. It is a brilliantly evocative piece about life in the Skelsey Row area, written by Brian Foley. If you read nothing else, this is one not to miss.

There is a new post in the Bulletin for Batley St Mary of the Angels and Birstall St Patrick – the parish history snippets included in the bulletins during April 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 April.

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.

I can be contacted at: pasttopresentgenealogy@btinternet.com

Postscript:
I want to say a big thank you for the donations already received to keep this website going. They really do help.

If you have enjoyed reading the various pieces, and would like to make a donation towards keeping the website up and running in its current open access format, it would be very much appreciated.

Please click 👉🏻here👈🏻 to be taken to the PayPal donation link. By making a donation you will be helping to keep the website online and freely available for all.

Thank you.

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
259. 1918 Batley Electoral Register, North Ward, Polling Districts A and B – Naval and Military Voters

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

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

Occupations and Employment Information
276. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
277. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
278. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
279. Occupations: Limelight Operator
280. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
281. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
282. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
283. Occupations: Rag Grinder
284. Occupations: Willeyer

The Bulletin of St Mary of the Angels and Birstall St Patrick – Parish History Section *NEW*
309. March 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
310. April 2024 Bulletin History Pieces *NEW*

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

World War Two
313. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
314. Thomas Egan
315. Michael Flatley
316. William Smith

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

Posted on April 1, 2024 | Leave a comment

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 March 2024 , including links to them, with March’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.

Seven posts were added during March 2024, bringing the total number of study posts to 309. Three other posts were updated.

These additions and updates included a new War Memorial biography, that of John William Callaghan. Robert Randerson’s biography was updated. There are five new weekly newspaper pages for March 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. I have also added a new subject heading, a parish history section which will contain the snippets of parish history I produce each week for the weekly bulletin for Batley St Mary of the Angels and Birstall St Patrick. The first piece here is the history snippets included in the March 2024 bulletins. The final updated post is to the men who served and survived the First World War section, with more men being identified during March.

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.

I can be contacted at: pasttopresentgenealogy@btinternet.com

Postscript:
I want to say a big thank you for the donations already received to keep this website going. They really do help.

If you have enjoyed reading the various pieces, and would like to make a donation towards keeping the website up and running in its current open access format, it would be very much appreciated.

Please click 👉🏻here👈🏻 to be taken to the PayPal donation link. By making a donation you will be helping to keep the website online and freely available for all.

Thank you.

1. About my St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church War Memorial One-Place Study;

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 *NEW*
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 *UPDATED*
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

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

Electoral Registers 1918-1921
255. 1918 Batley Electoral Register, North Ward, Polling Districts A and B – Naval and Military Voters

Miscellany of Information
256. A Colliery Accident with Tragic Consequences
257. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
258. A Part of St Mary of the Angels in Batley Cemetery
259. A “Peace” of Batley History
260. An Appeal to Ireland to Build a Catholic Church in Batley
261. 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
262. A St Mary’s School Sensation
263. Batley’s Secret Irish Society and the Ammunition Seizure
264. Heritage Impact Assessment: St Mary’s Catholic Primary School and Convent, Batley
265. Hot-Cross Buns and the Yorkshire Tea-Cake Dilemma. Plus A Suggested Meal Planner for Batley Families in 1917
266. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
267. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
268. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
269. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems

Occupations and Employment Information
270. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
271. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
272. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
273. Occupations: Limelight Operator
274. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
275. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
276. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
277. Occupations: Rag Grinder
278. Occupations: Willeyer

The Bulletin of St Mary of the Angels and Birstall St Patrick – Parish History Section *NEW*
303. March 2024 Bulletin History Pieces *NEW*

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

World War Two
306. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
307. Thomas Egan
308. Michael Flatley
309. William Smith

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

Posted on February 1, 2024 | 1 comment

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.

I can be contacted at: pasttopresentgenealogy@btinternet.com

Postscript:
I want to say a big thank you for the donations already received to keep this website going. They really do help.

If you have enjoyed reading the various pieces, and would like to make a donation towards keeping the website up and running in its current open access format, it would be very much appreciated.

Please click 👉🏻here👈🏻 to be taken to the PayPal donation link. By making a donation you will be helping to keep the website online and freely available for all.

Thank you.

1. About my St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church War Memorial One-Place Study;

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

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

World War Two
292. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
293. Thomas Egan
294. Michael Flatley
295. William Smith

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St Mary of the Angels, Batley: One-Place Study Update – 1 to 31 December 2023 Additions

Posted on January 1, 2024 | Leave a comment

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 December 2023 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.

Seven new posts were added during December 2023, bringing the total number of study posts to 290. Two other posts were updated.

The additions included one new War Memorial biography, that of William (Willie) Hargreaves. There was also a new school Log Book for 1918. To round the additions off, there were five weekly newspaper pages for December 1917. 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. They 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.

I can be contacted at: pasttopresentgenealogy@btinternet.com

Postscript:
I want to say a big thank you for the donations already received to keep this website going. They really do help.

If you have enjoyed reading the various pieces, and would like to make a donation towards keeping the website up and running in its current open access format, it would be very much appreciated.

Please click 👉🏻here👈🏻 to be taken to the PayPal donation link. By making a donation you will be helping to keep the website online and freely available for all.

Thank you.

1. About my St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church War Memorial One-Place Study;

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 *NEW*
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

Burials, Cemeteries, Headstones and MIs
59. Cemetery and Memorial Details
60. War Memorial Chronology of Deaths

Electoral Registers 1918-1921
240. 1918 Batley Electoral Register, North Ward, Polling Districts A and B – Naval and Military Voters

Miscellany of Information
241. A Colliery Accident with Tragic Consequences
242. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
243. A Part of St Mary of the Angels in Batley Cemetery
244. A “Peace” of Batley History
245. An Appeal to Ireland to Build a Catholic Church in Batley
246. 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
247. A St Mary’s School Sensation
248. Batley’s Secret Irish Society and the Ammunition Seizure
249. Hot-Cross Buns and the Yorkshire Tea-Cake Dilemma. Plus A Suggested Meal Planner for Batley Families in 1917
250. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
251. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
252. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
253. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems

Occupations and Employment Information
254. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
255. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
256. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
257. Occupations: Limelight Operator
258. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
259. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
260. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
261. Occupations: Rag Grinder
262. Occupations: Willeyer

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

World War Two
287. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
288. Thomas Egan
289. Michael Flatley
290. William Smith

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St Mary of the Angels, Batley: One-Place Study Update – 1 to 31 October 2023 Additions

Posted on November 1, 2023 | Leave a comment

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. 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 new posts were added to the Batley St Mary’s one-place study during October 2023, bringing the total number of study posts to 279. Two other posts were updated. This latest monthly update contains the list of all the posts to date, including links to them, with the new and updated posts signposted.

These additions included four weekly newspaper pages for October 1917. 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 was one new War Memorial biography added added this month, for Michael Cunningham.

More men who served and survived the First World War have been identified and are included in that section, though no new biographies were added here this month. They will follow in due course.

The other post relates to the Batley cemetery burials of several priests and nuns who served in the parish. This can be found in the Miscellany of Information section.

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.

I can be contacted at: pasttopresentgenealogy@btinternet.com

Postscript:
I want to say a big thank you for the donations already received to keep this website going. They really do help.

If you have enjoyed reading the various pieces, and would like to make a donation towards keeping the website up and running in its current open access format, it would be very much appreciated.

Please click 👉🏻here👈🏻 to be taken to the PayPal donation link. By making a donation you will be helping to keep the website online and freely available for all.

Thank you.

1. About my St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church War Memorial One-Place Study;

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 *NEW*
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. Patrick Hopkins
38. Michael Horan
39. Lawrence Judge
40. John Leech
41. Michael Lydon
42. Patrick Lyons
William McManus – See William Townsend below
43. Thomas McNamara
44. Patrick Naifsey
45. Austin Nolan
46. Robert Randerson
47. James Rush
48. Moses Stubley
49. William Townsend, also known as McManus
50. James Trainor
51. Richard Carroll Walsh
52. 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*
53. Patrick Cassidy
54. James Delaney
55. Thomas Donlan (senior)
56. Thomas Gannon
57. Michael Rush

Burials, Cemeteries, Headstones and MIs
58. Cemetery and Memorial Details
59. War Memorial Chronology of Deaths

Electoral Registers 1918-1921
230. 1918 Batley Electoral Register, North Ward, Polling Districts A and B – Naval and Military Voters

Miscellany of Information
231. A Colliery Accident with Tragic Consequences
232. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
233. A Part of St Mary of the Angels in Batley Cemetery *NEW*
234. A “Peace” of Batley History
235. An Appeal to Ireland to Build a Catholic Church in Batley
236. 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
237. A St Mary’s School Sensation
238. Batley’s Secret Irish Society and the Ammunition Seizure
239. Hot-Cross Buns and the Yorkshire Tea-Cake Dilemma. Plus A Suggested Meal Planner for Batley Families in 1917
240. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
241. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
242. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
243. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems

Occupations and Employment Information
244. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
245. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
246. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
247. Occupations: Limelight Operator
248. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
249. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
250. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
251. Occupations: Rag Grinder
252. Occupations: Willeyer

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

World War Two
276. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
277. Thomas Egan
278. Michael Flatley
279. William Smith

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St Mary of the Angels, Batley: One-Place Study Update – 1 to 30 September 2023 Additions

Posted on October 1, 2023 | Leave a comment

*St Mary of the Angels, Batley – Photo by Jane Roberts*

Eight new posts were added to the Batley St Mary’s one-place study during September 2023, including a crucial one about the arrival of the Irish in Batley, the early history of the parish and the building of the church. It means there are now 273 posts in the study. Two other posts were updated. This latest monthly update contains the list of all the posts to date, including links to them, with the new and updated posts signposted.

These additions included five weekly newspaper pages for September 1917. 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 was one new War Memorial biography added added this month, for William Colbeck.

More men who served and survived the First World War have been identified and are included in that section, though no new biographies were added here this month. They will follow in due course.

The two other posts relate to the arrival of the Irish, the early history of the parish and the building of the church. They can be found in the Miscellany of Information section.

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.

I can be contacted at: pasttopresentgenealogy@btinternet.com

Postscript:
I want to say a big thank you for the donations already received to keep this website going. They really do help.

If you have enjoyed reading the various pieces, and would like to make a donation towards keeping the website up and running in its current open access format, it would be very much appreciated.

Please click 👉🏻here👈🏻 to be taken to the PayPal donation link. By making a donation you will be helping to keep the website online and freely available for all.

Thank you.

1. About my St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church War Memorial One-Place Study;

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

Burials, Cemeteries, Headstones and MIs
57. Cemetery and Memorial Details
58. War Memorial Chronology of Deaths

Electoral Registers 1918-1921
225. 1918 Batley Electoral Register, North Ward, Polling Districts A and B – Naval and Military Voters

Miscellany of Information
226. A Colliery Accident with Tragic Consequences
227. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
228. A “Peace” of Batley History
229. An Appeal to Ireland to Build a Catholic Church in Batley *NEW*
230. 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 *NEW*
231. A St Mary’s School Sensation
232. Batley’s Secret Irish Society and the Ammunition Seizure
233. Hot-Cross Buns and the Yorkshire Tea-Cake Dilemma. Plus A Suggested Meal Planner for Batley Families in 1917
234. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
235. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
236. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
237. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems

Occupations and Employment Information
238. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
239. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
240. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
241. Occupations: Limelight Operator
242. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
243. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
244. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
245. Occupations: Rag Grinder
246. Occupations: Willeyer

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

World War Two
270. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
271. Thomas Egan
272. Michael Flatley
273. William Smith

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St Mary of the Angels, Batley: One-Place Study Update – 1 to 31 August 2023 Additions

Posted on September 1, 2023 | Leave a comment

Even though it was a difficult month personally with the death of my mother, more posts were added to the Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study during August.

If you are new to to this one-place study and want to know what it is all about, click here. Otherwise read on, to discover a wealth of parish, parishioner and wider local Batley history.

Six new posts were added to the Batley St Mary’s one-place study during August. Although it is not as many as I planned, it does bring the total to 265. Two other posts were updated. This latest study update contains the list of all the posts to date, including links to them, with the new and updated posts signposted.

These additions included four weekly newspaper pages for August 1917. 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 was one new War Memorial biography added added this month, for Lawrence Judge.

More men who served and survived the First World War have been identified and are included in that section, though no new biographies were added here this month. They will follow in due course.

The final addition this month was about a Batley Irish secret society, and the discovery of an arms cache.

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.

I can be contacted at: pasttopresentgenealogy@btinternet.com

Postscript:
I want to say a big thank you for the donations already received to keep this website going. They really do help.

If you have enjoyed reading the various pieces, and would like to make a donation towards keeping the website up and running in its current open access format, it would be very much appreciated.

Please click 👉🏻here👈🏻 to be taken to the PayPal donation link. By making a donation you will be helping to keep the website online and freely available for all.

Thank you.

1. About my St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church War Memorial One-Place Study;

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

Burials, Cemeteries, Headstones and MIs
56. Cemetery and Memorial Details
57. War Memorial Chronology of Deaths

Electoral Registers 1918-1921
219. 1918 Batley Electoral Register, North Ward, Polling Districts A and B – Naval and Military Voters

Miscellany of Information
220. A Colliery Accident with Tragic Consequences
221. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
222. A “Peace” of Batley History
223. A St Mary’s School Sensation
224. Batley’s Secret Irish Society and the Ammunition Seizure *NEW*
225. Hot-Cross Buns and the Yorkshire Tea-Cake Dilemma. Plus A Suggested Meal Planner for Batley Families in 1917
226. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
227. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
228. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
229. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems

Occupations and Employment Information
230. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
231. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
232. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
233. Occupations: Limelight Operator
234. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
235. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
236. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
237. Occupations: Rag Grinder
238. Occupations: Willeyer

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

World War Two
262. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
263. Thomas Egan
264. Michael Flatley
265. William Smith

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St Mary of the Angels, Batley: One-Place Study Update – 1 to 30 June 2023 Additions

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June 2023 was another milestone month for the Batley St Mary’s one-place study. This month the study notched up its 250th post. This latest update contains the list of all the posts to date, including links to them.

If you are new to to this one-place study and want to know what it is all about, click here. Otherwise read on to discover all the other posts, new and old, containing a wealth of parish, parishioner and wider local Batley history.

During June eight posts were in added, bringing the total number for the study to 253. Four others were updated.

These additions included five weekly newspaper pages for June 1917. One of these marked the study’s 250th post. 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.

Patrick Lyons was added to the First World War Memorial biographies. Michael Lydon’s was updated.

Dozens more men who served and survived the First World War have been identified and are included in that section, though no new biographies were added here this month. They will follow in due course.

There was one new school log book added in June, covering the Mixed Department in 1916.

The final addition this month was to the section on Electoral Registers. It covers Batley’s North Ward, Polling Districts A and B.

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 for this month, 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 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;

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

Burials, Cemeteries, Headstones and MIs
55. Cemetery and Memorial Details
56. War Memorial Chronology of Deaths

Electoral Registers 1918-1921 *UPDATED*
210. 1918 Batley Electoral Register, North Ward, Polling Districts A and B – Naval and Military Voters *NEW*

Miscellany of Information
211. A Colliery Accident with Tragic Consequences
212. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
213. A “Peace” of Batley History
214. A St Mary’s School Sensation
215. Hot-Cross Buns and the Yorkshire Tea-Cake Dilemma. Plus A Suggested Meal Planner for Batley Families in 1917
216. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
217. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
218. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
219. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems

Occupations and Employment Information
220. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
221. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
222. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
223. Occupations: Limelight Operator
224. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
225. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
226. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
227. Occupations: Rag Grinder
228. Occupations: Willeyer

The Families
229. A Death in the Church

World War Two
250. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
251. Thomas Egan
252. Michael Flatley
253. William Smith

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