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

Posted on September 1, 2024 | Leave a comment

August 2024 has seen the addition of a key history post to the Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study, alongside the usual eclectic mix of topics. It was also the month that the study topped 350 posts. This update contains the list of all the St Mary’s posts published up to the end of August 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 August 2024, bringing the total number of study posts to 352. Two other posts were updated.

These additions and updates included five new weekly newspaper pages for August 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, however, updated the names of parishioners who served in, and survived, the First World War section, as more men were identified during August.

There is one major new post in the Miscellany of Information section. It is the earliest written account of the history of the parish and school of St Mary of the Angels I have found, dating from 1898.

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 August 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

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

Electoral Registers 1918-1921
280. 1918 Batley Electoral Register, North Ward, Polling Districts A and B – Naval and Military Voters

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

Maps and Photographs
282. Aerial View of St Mary’s Church and the Surrounding Streets
283. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1894
284. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1907
285. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1922
286. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1933

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

Occupations and Employment Information
308. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
309. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
310. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
311. Occupations: Limelight Operator
312. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
313. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
314. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
315. Occupations: Rag Grinder
316. Occupations: Willeyer

The Bulletin of St Mary of the Angels and Birstall St Patrick – Parish History Section
341. March 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
342. April 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
343. May 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
344. June 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
345. July 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
346. August 2024 Bulletin History Pieces *NEW*

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

World War Two
349. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
350. Thomas Egan
351. Michael Flatley
352. William Smith

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Kirklees Council’s Fitting Legacy For Batley’s War Dead?

Posted on August 4, 2024 | Leave a comment

On 6 June 2024 Batley’s Memorial Gardens were the scene of 80th anniversary D-Day commemorations.

Of the Kirklees Council commemorative events, the Mayor, Councillor Nosheen Dad, said:

The 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings serves as a reminder that we should never forget those who fought and died to defend the freedoms and peace that we and other countries have today.

We owe an endless gratitude to the brave men, many who were just young soldiers, who displayed incredible courage, resilience, and camaraderie on 6 June, 1944.

As time passes, our veterans become fewer so we must ensure that their legacy and their stories live on through remembrance, commemoration, and learning.

Let us never forget their sacrifice and continue to honour their memory.

That was less than two months ago, when the nationwide spotlight was on commemorations, and it suited Kirklees Council and local officials to put on a show.

*Batley War Memorial Gardens, 4 August 2024*

The Council website description of the Memorial Gardens, touting out their hiring for events at a charge of £55-£110 per day (and that’s a whole other debate around should this be a pleasure-ground), is:

Located above the Market Place in Batley Town Centre, the Memorial Garden is a small formal park with large memorial, flower beds and grassed areas.

Today I went to the Memorial Gardens and was confronted with weed-filled lawns, unkempt, overgrown and tatty flower beds running to seed, the gardens teaming with litter from vandalised bins and others which clearly had not been emptied recently, and the area overrun with rats.

*Batley War Memorial and the War Memorial Gardens – 4 August 2024*

Until recently, I’ve lived in Batley all my life, and I have never seen the Memorial Gardens in such a disgusting state. And I’ve since heard this shabby state of neglect is now normal.

Less than two months on from the commemorations, is this the legacy Kirklees Council thinks deserving for those men and women commemorated on Batley War Memorial? Is this what the Mayor meant by honouring their memory? Are the Memorial Gardens and the market estate a demonstration of the town’s civic pride? Is this what Kirklees Council thinks of Batley’s history and heritage? And is this what Batley has been reduced to under the stewardship of Huddersfield-centric Kirklees Council?

Rubbish-strewn Batley War Memorial Gardens, looking across to the Grade II Listed Carnegie Libary, another asset Kirklees Council over many years have allowed to fall into disrepair and could now be planning to sell off

As a reminder to Kirklees Council, this is the history of the War Memorial and Memorial Gardens . This was when Batley Borough were in charge, and those running the town did have some pride in the area, invested in caring for public spaces and buildings and realised the positive wider impact it had both on the town’s reputation and the lives and attitudes of its inhabitants.

UPDATE

On 9 August 2024 I received the following response from Kirklees Council.

Hi Jane, the wet start to the summer, while ideal for ducks (and plant growth), has made it challenging for our teams to keep up with the level of growth in our green spaces but they are working their way around the district, it might just take them a little longer. 1/2

Thanks for bringing the disrespectful vandalism to the bin to our attention, we’ve passed it over to the team so they’re aware and can sort a repair. Thanks.

If you do see the Memorial Gardens falling into disrepair please report it to the Council.

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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.

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
3. The Early History of Batley’s Public Baths

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

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 31 May 2024 Additions

Posted on June 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. 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.

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
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

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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;

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

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 29 February 2024 Additions

Posted on March 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 February 2024 monthly update contains the list of all the St Mary’s posts to date, including links to them, with February’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 February 2024, bringing the total number of study posts to 302. Two other posts were updated.

The additions included a new War Memorial biography, that of John William En(w)right. There was a new school Log Book for 1920. I also added some school history details. There were also four weekly newspaper pages for February 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 during February.

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

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

Electoral Registers 1918-1921
249. 1918 Batley Electoral Register, North Ward, Polling Districts A and B – Naval and Military Voters

Miscellany of Information
250. A Colliery Accident with Tragic Consequences
251. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
252. A Part of St Mary of the Angels in Batley Cemetery
253. A “Peace” of Batley History
254. An Appeal to Ireland to Build a Catholic Church in Batley
255. 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
256. A St Mary’s School Sensation
257. Batley’s Secret Irish Society and the Ammunition Seizure
258. Heritage Impact Assessment: St Mary’s Catholic Primary School and Convent, Batley *NEW*
259. Hot-Cross Buns and the Yorkshire Tea-Cake Dilemma. Plus A Suggested Meal Planner for Batley Families in 1917
260. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
261. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
262. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
263. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems

Occupations and Employment Information
264. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
265. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
266. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
267. Occupations: Limelight Operator
268. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
269. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
270. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
271. Occupations: Rag Grinder
272. Occupations: Willeyer

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

World War Two
299. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
300. Thomas Egan
301. Michael Flatley
302. 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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