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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.

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 St Mary’s Population, Health, Mortality and Fertility Information and Comparisons
2. 1914: The Health of Batley School Children Generally, with a Particular Focus on St Mary’s School Children

Batley Statistics and Descriptions – Population, Health, Mortality, Fertility etc.
3. 1914: Borough of Batley – Town Information from the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
4. Batley and the 1921 Census
5. Batley Population Statistics 1801-1939

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

Biographies: The War Memorial Men
9. Edward Barber
10. William Barber (Memorial name spelling)
11. Herbert Booth
12. Edmund Battye
13. Dominick (aka George) Brannan
14. Michael Brannan
15. John Brooks
16. Michael Cafferty
17. Patrick Cafferty
18. Lawrence Carney
19. Martin Carney
20. Thomas William Chappell
21. William Colbeck
22. Michael Cunningham *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 31 July 2023 Additions

Posted on August 1, 2023 | Leave a comment

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 Batley St Mary of the Angels parish, parishioner and wider local Batley history.

Six new posts were added to the Batley St Mary’s one-place study in July 2023. This brings the total to 259. 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 July 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.

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 1917.

The final addition this month was a tale of graveyard desecration, the perpetrators being St Mary’s schoolboys.

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
William McManus – See William Townsend below
37. John Leech
38. Michael Lydon
39. Patrick Lyons
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
214. 1918 Batley Electoral Register, North Ward, Polling Districts A and B – Naval and Military Voters

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

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

The Families
233. A Death in the Church
234. St Mary’s Schoolboys Wreak Havoc in a Batley Graveyard *NEW*

World War Two
256. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
257. Thomas Egan
258. Michael Flatley
259. William Smith

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

Posted on July 1, 2023 | Leave a comment

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

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
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

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

Posted on June 1, 2023 | Leave a comment

This is the latest Batley St Mary’s one-place study update, looking at the posts added during May 2023. This update also contains links to all the posts in the study to date.

*St Mary’s Church as seen from Batley Cemetery – photo by Jane Roberts*

During May nine posts were in added, bringing the total number for the study to 245. Two others were updated.

These additions included four weekly newspaper pages for May 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.

Two new Great War Memorial biographies were added, Matthew Farrar and Willie Barber.

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.

Thomas Egan’s biography was added to those men from the parish who died in World War Two.

The final additions this month are two new school log books, covering the Mixed Department in 1914 and 1915.

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) *NEW*
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 (Memorial name spelling) *NEW*
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
39. Thomas McNamara
40. Patrick Naifsey
41. Austin Nolan
42. Robert Randerson
43. James Rush
44. Moses Stubley
45. William Townsend, also known as McManus
46. James Trainor
47. Richard Carroll Walsh
48. 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*
49. Patrick Cassidy
50. James Delaney
51. Thomas Donlan (senior)
52. Thomas Gannon
53. Michael Rush

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

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

Occupations and Employment Information
213. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
214. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
215. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
216. Occupations: Limelight Operator
217. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
218. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
219. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
220. Occupations: Rag Grinder
221. Occupations: Willeyer

The Families
222. A Death in the Church

World War Two
242. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
243. Thomas Egan *NEW*
244. Michael Flatley
245. William Smith

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Family History Occupations: Heritage Crafts – The Red List of Endangered Crafts 2023

Posted on May 21, 2023 | 1 comment

You may not have come across the Red List of Endangered Crafts before. If you haven’t, the latest edition released in May 2023, is well worth checking out 👉🏻here.👈🏻 The crafts at risk might surprise you.

Published by Heritage Crafts, in Association with the Pilgrim Trust, the 2023 edition shows the incredible range of heritage craft skills we have in the UK. It also highlights the very real risk that many of these skills, which have passed through generations, could be lost forever. Some have indeed now gone, with mouth blown sheet glass making disappearing since the last list was produced in 2021, joining others which have previously disappeared, such as cricket ball making (hand stitched).

The list shows a diversity of crafts, many of which will be familiar to family historians as occupations followed by ancestors. Some will also be known to viewers of The Repair Shop. From tinsmithing, millwrighting, bell founding and lithography, to watch making, clay pipe making and straw hat making.

The list is divided into those crafts now extinct in the UK, those critically endangered and those endangered. On a more positive note there’s also a section covering those currently classed as viable – but it is something not to be complacent about.

The individual craft entries give a wealth of background information, including their historic area of significance, origin in the UK, history, techniques, issues affecting viability, and the number of currently known craftspeople still undertaking the work, with their names or business names (please support them!)

Some of the entries may come as a shock. For example one I would not have thought of was shoe and boot making. But we are talking traditional heritage crafts and craftspeople, rather than mass production.

Many are regional and/or niche, such as sgian dubh making – the hand making of the small, single-edged ‘black knife’ worn as part of traditional Scottish Highland dress. With Yorkshire’s brass band heritage, there’s also brass instrument making.

Some are linked to ways of life, like the waterway trading community with canal boat painting; traveller peoples and their Vardo art; and the fairground art associated with showmen and fairgrounds, with the historic associations to town feasts and feast weeks.

I was particularly drawn to silk weaving, something I have researched and written about in relation to historic child employment, the first part being here (with links to Parts 2-4).

And in my time working on military ceremonial contracts, albeit in the late 1980’s/early 1990s, a heritage craft I dealt with is plume making. In my day the manufacturers were Jaffé (still going), and the seemingly now-gone Appletons, where I believe Louis Chalmers of The Plumery, the other current manufacturer, undertook his training. Examples of this craft will have been seen during King Charles III’s coronation.

Rope making features too. As a frequent visitor to Hawes, I was saddened that Outhwaite & Sons closed last year. Pre-covid it was always part of our visit there, and included a museum where you could learn about, and watch, the process. Our rope bannister was made by them, as was our dog’s lead. On a positive note the company is being continued in some form by both Askrigg Ropes and Kefi Textiles. So I may still be able to get more dog leads for our pooch.

*Ropemaking at Hawes, which closed in 2022 – photos by Jane Roberts*

More about Outhwaites, its history and closure can be read in the Yorkshire Post article here.

It is important these crafts, handed down over generations, are supported and preserved, and that other business like Outhwaites are not lost in future. The Red List is part of this work.

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

Posted on May 1, 2023 | Leave a comment

This is the latest Batley St Mary’s one-place study update, looking at the posts added during April 2023. This update also contains links to all the posts in the study to date.

April 2023 saw a St Mary’s one-place study milestone – the 38th War Memorial biography was published, marking the halfway point for these. It was one of eight posts added in April, bringing the total number for the study to 236. Three others were updated.

These additions included four weekly newspaper pages for April 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.

Two new War Memorial biographies were added, John Leech and Michael Lydon. The latter was the 38th War Memorial biography. One further biography – that of John Brooks – was updated with some post-war information family information following the death of his mother in 1918.

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

Reflecting Easter, a new post was added to the Miscellany of Information section. It deals with the food situation in 1917, including the tea-cake debate, and a suggested weekly meal menus for the family at a time of food shortages. It also covers the hot-cross bun crisis which was a concern for many in the run up to Easter.

The final addition this month is a new school log book, covering the Mixed Department in 1913.

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:
Finally 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. Herbert Booth
11. Edmund Battye
12. Dominick (aka George) Brannan
13. Michael Brannan
14. John Brooks *UPDATED*
15. Michael Cafferty
16. Patrick Cafferty
17. Lawrence Carney
18. Martin Carney
19. Thomas William Chappell
20. Thomas Curley
21. Peter Doherty
22. Thomas Donlan
23. Thomas Finneran
24. Michael Flynn
25. Thomas Foley D.C.M.
26. Martin Gallagher
27. James Garner
28. Thomas Gavaghan
29. Henry Groark
30. James Groark
31. Michael Groark (also known as Rourke)
32. James Griffin
33. Patrick Hopkins
34. Michael Horan
William McManus – See William Townsend below
35. John Leech *NEW*
36. Michael Lydon *NEW*
37. Thomas McNamara
38. Patrick Naifsey
39. Austin Nolan
40. Robert Randerson
41. James Rush
42. Moses Stubley
43. William Townsend, also known as McManus
44. James Trainor
45. Richard Carroll Walsh
46. 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*
47. Patrick Cassidy
48. James Delaney
49. Thomas Donlan (senior)
50. Thomas Gannon
51. Michael Rush

Burials, Cemeteries, Headstones and MIs
52. Cemetery and Memorial Details
53. War Memorial Chronology of Deaths

Miscellany of Information
198. A Colliery Accident with Tragic Consequences
199. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
200. A “Peace” of Batley History
201. A St Mary’s School Sensation
202. Hot-Cross Buns and the Yorkshire Tea-Cake Dilemma. Plus A Suggested Meal Planner for Batley Families in 1917 *NEW*
203. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
203. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
205. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
206. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems

Occupations and Employment Information
207. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
208. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
209. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
210. Occupations: Limelight Operator
211. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
212. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
213. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
214. Occupations: Rag Grinder
215. Occupations: Willeyer

The Families
216. A Death in the Church

World War Two
234. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
235. Michael Flatley
236. William Smith

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

Posted on April 1, 2023 | 3 comments

This is the latest Batley St Mary’s one-place study update, looking at the posts added in March 2023. The update also contains links to all the posts in the study to date.

*St Mary’s Church – photo by Jane Roberts*

March 2023 has been a busy month. It saw the addition of 10 new posts, bringing the total number for the study to 228. Seven others were updated.

The additions included five weekly newspaper pages for March 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.

This month there is one new Memorial biography, James Groark. More men who served and survived have been identified and are included in that section, though no new biographies were added here this month. They will follow in due course. And thanks to information received, a new man associated with the parish who lost his life in the War has been identified, Martin Flatley. He has therefore been added to the section covering Men Associated with St Mary’s Who Died but Who Are Not on the War Memorial. I very much appreciate it when people contact me with information about St Mary’s parishioners to include in this one-place study.

A new occupation post has been added this month – a colliery bye-worker (and other variants by which the job was known).

Following on from this, a new post has been added to the Miscellany of Information section, dealing with a coal mining accident with tragic consequences which involved four parishioners. With thanks to Joanne Harrison for allowing me to use a family photo for this piece.

If anyone does have any photos which could be included in this one-place study, they would be gratefully received.

The last couple of additions this month are two new school log books have been added for the Infants’ school, covering 1919 and 1920.

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, including any men who served (be it those who died or those who survived), or any parishioners who died in World War Two, it is always gratefully received.

I can be contacted at: pasttopresentgenealogy@btinternet.com

Postscript:
Finally 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, but it does cost me money to operate. In the current difficult economic climate I do have to consider if I can continue to afford to keep 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;

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

Biographies: The War Memorial Men
9. Edward Barber
10. Herbert Booth
11. Edmund Battye
12. Dominick (aka George) Brannan
13. Michael Brannan
14. John Brooks
15. Michael Cafferty
16. Patrick Cafferty
17. Lawrence Carney
18. Martin Carney *UPDATED*
19. Thomas William Chappell
20. Thomas Curley
21. Peter Doherty
22. Thomas Donlan
23. Thomas Finneran *UPDATED*
24. Michael Flynn
25. Thomas Foley D.C.M.
26. Martin Gallagher
27. James Garner
28. Thomas Gavaghan
29. Henry Groark
30. James Groark *NEW*
31. Michael Groark (also known as Rourke)
32. James Griffin
33. Patrick Hopkins
34. Michael Horan
William McManus – See William Townsend below
35. Thomas McNamara
36. Patrick Naifsey
37. Austin Nolan
38. Robert Randerson
39. James Rush
40. Moses Stubley
41. William Townsend, also known as McManus
42. James Trainor
43. Richard Carroll Walsh
44. 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*
45. Patrick Cassidy
46. James Delaney
47. Thomas Donlan (senior)
48. Thomas Gannon
49. Michael Rush

Burials, Cemeteries, Headstones and MIs
50. Cemetery and Memorial Details *UPDATED*
51. War Memorial Chronology of Deaths *UPDATED*

Miscellany of Information
192. A Colliery Accident with Tragic Consequences *NEW*
193. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
194. A “Peace” of Batley History
195. A St Mary’s School Sensation
196. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
197. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
198. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
199. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems

Occupations and Employment Information
200. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker *NEW*
201. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
202. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
203. Occupations: Limelight Operator
204. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
205. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
206. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
207. Occupations: Rag Grinder
208. Occupations: Willeyer

The Families
209. A Death in the Church

World War Two
226. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
227. Michael Flatley
228. William Smith

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St Mary of the Angels, Batley: One-Place Study Update – 1 to 28 February 2023 Additions

Posted on March 1, 2023 | Leave a comment

This is the latest Batley St Mary’s one-place study update, looking at the posts added in February 2023. The update also contains links to all the posts in the study to date.

February 2023 saw the addition of six new posts, bringing the total number for the study to 218. Two others were updated.

The additions included four weekly newspaper pages for February 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.

Unfortunately, because I have been in hospital throughout most of February, there have been no new Memorial biographies. And although more men who served and survived have been identified and that page includes these new names, no new biographies were added here this month either.

The posts which were added this month are a new occupation post – that of mason’s labourer. And the 1918 Infants’ School Log Book.

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.

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. Herbert Booth
11. Edmund Battye
12. Dominick (aka George) Brannan
13. Michael Brannan
14. John Brooks
15. Michael Cafferty
16. Patrick Cafferty
17. Lawrence Carney
18. Martin Carney
19. Thomas William Chappell
20. Thomas Curley
21. Peter Doherty
22. Thomas Donlan
23. Thomas Finneran
24. Michael Flynn
25. Thomas Foley D.C.M.
26. Martin Gallagher
27. James Garner
28. Thomas Gavaghan
29. Henry Groark
30. Michael Groark (also known as Rourke)
31. James Griffin
32. Patrick Hopkins
33. Michael Horan
William McManus – See William Townsend below
34. Thomas McNamara
35. Patrick Naifsey
36. Austin Nolan
37. Robert Randerson
38. James Rush
39. Moses Stubley
40. William Townsend, also known as McManus
41. James Trainor
42. Richard Carroll Walsh
43. 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*
44. Patrick Cassidy
45. James Delaney
46. Thomas Donlan (senior)
47. Thomas Gannon
48. Michael Rush

Burials, Cemeteries, Headstones and MIs
49. Cemetery and Memorial Details
50. War Memorial Chronology of Deaths

Miscellany of Information
186. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
187. A “Peace” of Batley History
188. A St Mary’s School Sensation
189. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
190. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
191. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
192. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems

Occupations and Employment Information
193. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
194. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
195. Occupations: Limelight Operator
196. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer *NEW*
197. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
198. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
199. Occupations: Rag Grinder
200. Occupations: Willeyer

The Families
201. A Death in the Church

World War Two
216. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
217. Michael Flatley
218. William Smith

Postscript:
Finally 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, but it does cost me money to operate. In the current difficult economic climate I am considering if I can continue to afford to keep running it as a free resource, especially as I have to balance the research time against work commitments.

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.

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