Deaths
in 1874/75
The
following extracts are from the Halifax Guardian in the special
collections department at Leeds University. They are deaths in
1875 of people from the Todmorden area.
Information
supplied by John Alan Longbottom.
28th
Dec 1874 - Enoch Barker aged 77 of Top o' th' Croft, Langfield
26th
Dec 1874 - aged 74 Betty Newell of Mount Pleasant, Todmorden
6th
January 1875 aged 82, Alice Crook of Heptonstall, formerly of the
White Lion Inn.
16th
January 1875 aged 3 - Charles Percy Bentley of Cuddy Wood, Erringden
20th
January 1876 aged 26 - Greenwood Uttley of North Field, Heptonstall.
22nd
January 1875 aged 16 - Lettice Greenwood, Black Dyke, Heptonstall
9th
February 1875 aged 2 - Clara Ratcliffe of Tarley Holes, Erringden
16th
February 1875 aged 64 - James Feather of Foster Mill Lane, Todmorden.
16th
February 1875 aged 71 - John Gill of Edgehey Green, Heptonstall
11th
February 1875 aged 80 - William Greenwood of Hole Bottom, Higher
Ashes.
11th
February 1875 aged 59 - Elizabeth Heyhirst of Hippend End, Erringden.
14th
February 1875 aged 89 - Sarah, relict of J.W. MacDonald late of
Todmorden.
13th
March 1875 aged 75 - Mary Slater of Stubbin Lock, Erringden.
18th
March 1875 aged 75 - Michal Uttley of Strines, Stansfield.
21st
March 1875 aged 83 - Grace Jackson of Martin Street, Todmorden.
28th
March 1875 aged 7 - John William Lumb of Stoodley Edge near Todmorden.
28th
March 1875 aged 77 - Mary Whitham of The Carr, Erringden.
8th
April 1875 aged 55 - John Holmes of Church Street, Todmorden.
7th
April 1875 aged 74 - at Den, Stansfield - Robert Sutcliffe late
assistant surveyor of the township of Stansfield.
3rd
April 1875 aged 26 - Alice Varley of Horsehold, Erringden.
8th
May 1875 aged 55 - Robert Allen at his residence Wellington Road,
Todmorden. Deceased has been connected with the Todmorden County
Court since its establishment in 1847, and has held other important
offices in the town.
10th
May 1875 aged 76 - Betty Akroyd of Stubbin, Erringden
13th
May 1875 aged 54 - Esther Barritt of Stubbin, Erringden.
13th
May 1875 aged 10 - John Helliwell of Top-o t'hill, Lane Withens
Erringden
17th
May 1875 aged 73 - Hannah Spencer of Rough Head, Erringden.
15th
May 1875 aged 84 - Abraham Uttley of Mankinholes, Langfield .
24th
May 1875 aged 74 - Grace Dewhirst of Cross Lanes, Heptonstall
20th
May 1875 at Southport aged 22, Robert Thomas Sutcliffe of St. Peter's
Gate, Walsden
31st
May 1875 aged 80 - Ann Binns of New Houses Langfield.
2nd
June 1875 aged 37 - Samuel Greenlees, Roomfield Lane, Todmorden.
4th
July 1875 aged 65 - Lucy Todd, Todmorden Hall
5th
July 1875 aged 53 - William Wild of New Bridge, Heptonstall.
13th
July 1875 aged 26 - At Bombay India - Frank, eldest son of Edward
Lord of Adam Royd, Todmorden
21st
July 1875 aged 19 - John Walton of Cragg, Erringden.
23rd
July 1875 aged 33 - Sutcliffe Mitchell of Height, Erringden
6th
August 1875 aged 81 - John Hurst, of Handley Street, Rochdale, late
of Wellfield Terrace, Todmorden.
10th
August 1875 aged 35 at London - John Taylor of Hollybank near Todmorden
25th
August 1875 at West Lodge, Todmorden, in his 79th year Mr. Thomas
Edward Hammerton
6th
September 1875 aged 43 - Hannah Sutcliffe of Lane Top, Stansfield
22nd
September 1875 aged 62 - Jane 2nd daughter of the late Andrew Aspden,
formerly
of Harley House Todmorden.
21st
September 1875 aged 67 - Mr. James Astin of Lytham Road, Blackpool
(of the firm of Astin and Barker, millwrights of Todmorden.
21st
September 1875 aged 57 at his residence, Milton House, Blackpool.
John Crossley Esq. Late of Harley Bank, Todmorden.
19th
September 1875 aged 77 - Thomas Heyworth of Woodhouse, Langfield
27th
September 1875 aged 64 - Grace Ogden of Cally Hall Stansfield.
4th
October 1875 aged 76 - Thomas Barker of Hanging Royd, Hebden Bridge.
1st
October 1875 aged 81 - Mary Woodhead of Clough, Walsden
15th
October 1875 aged 60 - Thomas Longden of Hawksclough, Wadsworth
13th
October 1875 aged 82 - Samuel Woodhead of Clough, Walsden
14th
October 1875 aged 69 - Mary Dawson of Fold, near Eastwood
22nd
October 1875 aged 77 - Rachel Atkinson of Rodwell End, Stansfield
29th
October 1875 aged 59 - Hannah Thornber of Haven, Erringden
3rd
November 1875 aged 80 - Joshua Fielden of 11 Dobroyd, Todmorden
5th
November 1875 aged 30 - Mary Stansfield of Underbank, Stansfield
22nd
November 1875 aged 79 John Ashworth cotton spinner of Wood Bottom
Mill Walsden and Lobmill Todmorden.
18th
November 1875 aged 53 - Mary Mitton of 45 North Street Todmorden
21st
November 1875 aged 67 - John Sutcliffe of New Delight, Wadsworth
7th
December 1875 aged 75 - John Fielden of Swineshead Clough, Todmorden.
12th
December 1875 aged 32 - Grace, 2nd daughter of James and Susan Barker
of Harley Bank, Todmorden.
12th
December 1875 aged 79 - William Greenwood of Moverley Cottage, Walsden
near Todmorden.
9th
December 1875 aged 42 - John Hartley of Stubbin, Erringden.
Deaths
in 1863
The
following extracts are from the Halifax Guardian in the special
collections department at Leeds University. They are deaths in
1863 of people from the Todmorden area.
Information
supplied by John Alan Longbottom.
31st
Jan 1863
Inquest
- held at the Hare and Hounds Inn, Holme before Mr. J. R. Ingram
deputy coroner, on the body of SARAH GREENWOOD, a child one month
old, of Betty Greenwood of Gate Bottom. On Sunday morning about
one o'clock, Mrs Greenwood took the child and put it to her breast
when the child appeared all right. At eight o'clock she found it
a corpse. Verdict - died from natural causes.
7th
Feb 1863
Sudden death -
On Monday morning, at seven o'clock, Mr. ABRAHAM GREENWOOD of Flowerscar,
was getting out of bed, when his wife saw him fall back and instantly
expire. Yesterday, an inquest was held on the body at the Roe Buck
Inn, Portsmouth, and a verdict of death from natural causes returned.
21st
Feb 1863
Fatal
Accident in a Clough - About three o'clock on Tuesday morning, as
the private watchman of Messers. Fielden was going his rounds, he
discovered the body of a man in Swineshead Clough. Being unable
to extricate him, he obtained the assistance of p. C. Turner, when
the man was taken out and found to be Mr. THOMAS CROSSLEY, of Gauxholme
ironfoundry. He was quite insensible and helpless. He was conveyed
to his residence, at Guaxholme, where he lingered in an insensible
condition until Thursday morning, when he expired. How the accident
happened cannot be ascertained. Deceased was 49 years of age, and
leaves a wife and four children.
28th
Feb 1863
Inquest
On Monday, an inquest was held at the Queen Hotel before Mr. Dearden,
on the body of MR. THOMAS CROSSLEY, who was found in a lifeless
state as reported in last week's Guardian. Several witnesses were
examined, but no evidence was produced to show how the deceased
came by his death. The last person he was in company with was James
Austin, mechanic of Salford, who left him at twelve o'clock on the
night before he was found. Verdict - died from injuries received
by a fall.
21st
Feb 1863
Sudden
Death - On Thursday, MR. JOHN SUTCLIFFE, farmer of Stansfield, aged
44, was found lying helpless in a fit at Waithplatts, at ten minutes
past ten in the forenoon by Mary Kershaw. He only breathed a few
times and then expired. He had been with a cow to Halifax, leading
it with a rope. An inquest was held yesterday
evening at the York Tavern, Langfield by Mr. Ingram, and a verdict
of natural death returned.
18th
Apr 1863
Boy Drowned - On
Monday night, JOHN WILLIAM HIRST, son of Mr. Joseph Hirst of Carr
Green, went out to play, and as he did not return home when expected,
it was feared something had befallen him. A search was instituted
through the whole night, and on the following morning he was found
drowned in a clough near Carr Green, with his head downwards
25th
Apr 1863
Inquest
- Yesterday afternoon week, Mr. Ingram, deputy coroner, held an
inquest at the Dog and Partridge Inn, Lumbutts, on the body of JOHN
WILLIAM HIRST, who was found drowned in Carr Green Clough. The particulars
appeared in last week's Guardian. Verdict - accidentally drowned.
1st
Aug 1863
Fatal
accident to a Child - On Thursday an inquest was held by Mr. Ingram,
at ailway Inn, Stansfield, on WILLIAM LAW, aged two years, son of
James Law, of Mitchell Street, Lineholme. On the previous Friday
the child fell down stairs in the house of Mary Stansfield, a neighbour
and the aunt, and became insensible, expiring on the following Tuesday
at home. Verdict - accidental death
1st.
Aug 1863
Attempted
Suicide - On Thursday night FIELDEN GREENWOOD, a young man residing
at Knowlwood, cut his throat very deeply. It appears that on coming
home from the mill, and after tea he went upstairs, while the rest
of the family were out, got a razor belonging to his father, and
cut his throat while sitting on the bed, There he was found by a
sister. Dr. Sutcliffe attended him, but gave little hope of his
recovery.
8th
Aug 1863
Inquest
- On Monday, an inquest was held at the White Lion Inn, before Mr.
Dearden, on the body of FIELDEN GREENWOOD, of Butcher Hill, Todmorden,
who died on Friday from injuries he had inflicted with his own hands,
particulars of which appeared in last week's Guardian. Verdict -
temporary insanity,
24th
Oct 1863
Inquest
- On Tuesday at the Wood Mill before Mr. Ingram, on the body of
Mr. JOHN FOULDS of Brook Street, whose body was found under the
following circumstances. Joseph Pickup of the Station House Bottoms
Inn, proved that he last saw Foulds at his house at nine o'clock
on Friday night. He was drunk. Joseph Walker of Brighouse said he
was in his boat at Burnt Acres Pool on Saturday morning when he
found the body of the deceased. It was evident the poor fellow had
strayed into the water and a verdict to that effect was returned.
31st
Oct 1863
Sudden
Death - On Thursday, JOHN WHITTAKER, blacksmith, called at the Shoulder
of Mutton Inn, Blind Lane, when he fell from the chair and expired.
7th
Nov 1863
Inquest
- Fatal Road Accident - On Monday the inquest was held at the Rose
and Crown Inn, Castle Street, before J.R. Ingram, Esq., deputy coroner,
on the body of JOSEPH CROWTHER, carter aged 78. On Saturday a party
of gentlemen had been out hunting, and were returning home at seven
o'clock, and rode up the road from Eastwood at a quick pace. The
deceased heard the tramp pf the horses, and went, as he supposed,
out of the way, taking shelter behind a cart which was drawn up
at one side of the road, near Castle Lodge. The horse of Mr. O.
Barker, manufacturer, came against him with such force that he was
fatally injured, and died at three o'clock next morning. The inquest
lasted from half-past four p.m. until eleven o'clock, and ultimately
resulted in a verdict of accidental death the jury recording their
opinion that Barker was not entirely free from blame.
28th
Nov 1863
Inquest
- On Saturday the inquest on the body of GREENWOOD FELTHAM, who
drowned himself in so deliberate a manner in the canal at Dobroyd,
was held at the Lord Nelson Inn. The evidence showed that for some
time deceased had been in a strange sort of mind, and a verdict
of temporary insanity was returned.
26th
Dec 1863
Sudden Death -
ABRAHAM INGHAM, of Cobben, stonemason, was found dead in bed on
Sunday morning, about nine o'clock, by his wife and children, who
were just about to breakfast. An inquest was held on the body, on
Wednesday at the Black Swan Inn, when the verdict was died from
natural causes
Deaths
in 1845
The
following extracts are from the Halifax Guardian and the Huddersfield
and Bradford Advertiser in the special collections department at
Leeds University. They are deaths in 1845 of people from the Todmorden
area.
Information
supplied by John Alan Longbottom.
Vol
XIII No 659 5th July 1845
Deaths
On
Saturday last, aged 28, Mr. JOSEPH CROSSLEY, driver of the Todmorden
gig mail
Vol
XIII No 661 19th July 1845 with a Supplement 2 pages
p.8
col 6 Deaths
On
Thursday week in her 28th year after a lingering illness at the
house of her father, Mr. THOMAS GREENLESS, Newell's Buildings, Todmorden,
Mrs ANDREW, the wife of H. Andrew Esq. of Church Street, Manchester
Vol
XIII No 665 16th August 1845
Death
On
Tuesday week, aged 52, Mr. GEORGE ECCLES, White Hart Inn Todmorden.
Vol
XIII No 669 13th September 1845
p.8
col 5 Death
Yesterday
week, Mr. LUKE BARKER, schoolmaster of Todmorden
Vol
XIII No 676 1st November 1845
Deaths
On
Saturday last aged 35 Mr. WILLIAM STANSFIELD of Todmorden
Vol
XIII No 684 27th December 1845
Death
On
Saturday last, aged 66, Mr. J. BARNES FIELDEN, Old Shop, Todmorden
Yesterday
week aged 47, Mr. ELY LUMB, farmer of Horsehold, Erringden
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