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THE SCRIVENER The Journal of Calderdale Family History Society Incorporating Halifax & District Number 142 SPRING MARCH 2013 CALDERDALE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Incorporating HALIFAX and DISTRICT Calderdale Family History Society was founded on the 7th March 1985. We aim • To encourage interest in, and assist with, research relevant to the study of fam- ily history in Halifax and the Calder valley. Our area • Covers the modern Calderdale Council established in 1975, which broadly cov- ers the same area as the Ancient Parish of Halifax, with the addition to the west of the township of Todmorden and Walsden. We do this by • Holding meetings, usually on the 4th Thursday of each month (except August) in Halifax. • Publishing The Scrivener, a quarterly journal, in paper form for full members and on our website for internet members. Contact the Editor. • Hosting a website www.cfhsweb.com/web/, and a members’ forum. Contact the Webmaster. • Running a Research Room at Brighouse Library two half days a week for per- sonal research. Contact the Research Room co-ordinator. • Running projects to transcribe records relevant to members’ research. Contact the Projects Co-ordinator. • Publishing transcribed records. Contact the Publications Officer. • Providing an enquiry and search service from our records in the Research Room. Contact the Enquiry service Co-ordinator. • Maintaining a list of members’ interests by surname and dates of interest, which are available to members on the website. Each quarter new additions are pub- lished in The Scrivener. Contact the Members’ Interests Co-ordinator. • Maintaining an index of “Strays” (Calderdale people who appear in records else- where). Contact the Strays Co-ordinator. Membership • Is open to all family historians who have an interest in the area. Contact the Membership Secretary. • Annual subscriptions are £10.00 for UK individuals (£12.00 for family member- ship), £15/£17 for Overseas • Internet membership is £5.50/£7.50 which only provides information such as the journal on the Internet, but not on paper. • Subscriptions are due in April at the time of the AGM (cheques made payable to C.F.H.S.) and should be sent to the Treasurer. • Overseas payments must be made in sterling, drawn on a bank with a branch in the UK, by Sterling Money Order. • Credit Card payments for subscriptions and purchases of our publications may be made over the Internet via Genfair (www.genfair.co.uk). Contacting the Society • All correspondence requiring a reply must be accompanied by a S.A.E. or 2 recent I.R.C.’s [International Reply Coupons]. Contact the Secretary or appropri- ate officer. • The names, addresses and email contacts of the Society’s officers and co- ordinators appear inside the back cover of The Scrivener and on the Society’s website. Page 2 CONTENTS ARTICLES COVER PICTURE 4 EDITORIAL 5 MY CROSSLEY ANCESTORS ~ part 1 12 JAMES BARKER 1772-1838 ~ part 1 38 CO-OPERATIVE HOLIDAYS ASSOCIATION 43 GENERAL INFORMATION ANCESTRAL FILE 41 USEFUL ADDRESSES, SOURCES ETC. 52 FAMILY HISTORY FAIRS 53 ANCIENT PARISH OF HALIFAX ~ chapelries & townships 56 CALDERDALE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY NEWS ABOUT CFHS 2 FROM THE WEBMASTER ~ Members’ interests online 21 MEMBERS’ INTERESTS UPDATE 24 NEW MEMBERS & CHANGES OF ADDRESS/EMAILS 26 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL AND AGM PAPERS 27 CALENDAR OF SUMMER CFHS MEETINGS 31 COMPUTER SOLUTION! 32 MEETING REPORTS October ~ The Harrying of the North 6 November ~ East Riddlesden Hall 15 December ~ 19th Century Boom & Bust 33 January ~ The Female of the Species 47 HELP WANTED ~ Ashworth 46 RESEARCH ROOM DETAILS 53 CFHS OFFICERS 54 Page 3 THE SCRIVENER Publication Dates Deadline Dates for Copy SUMMER 2013 (June) MAY 20TH AUTUMN 2013 (September) AUGUST 19TH WINTER 2013(December) NOVEMBER 11TH SPRING 2014 (March) FEBRUARY 17TH Data Protection Act As a “not for profit” organisation, we are not required to notify the Data Protec- tion Authorities in the UK regarding the holding of personal data. However you should know that we hold on the Society’s computer the personal data that you provide us. Furthermore we make this information available to other members for the purposes of following up “Members’ Interests”. As part of this, those details are posted on our Members’ Only website, which, under certain circumstances, can be accessed by non-members. If you either do not want us to hold your details on our computer and/or you do not want your details made available to other members as described above, please con- tact our Membership Secretary by letter, or email at [email protected]. Insurance Exclusions The insurance which we hold for certain activities undertaken by members is limited to cover for members under 75 years of age. Consequently, any mem- ber over 75 who is concerned about taking part in specific Society activities should contact the Secretary for clarification. COVER PICTURE The cover picture shows Florence Crossley, also known as “Florrie”. An Australian member, Peter Medlin, tells the story of his Crossley ancestors, who as far as is known were not connected to the Crossleys who were famous world-wide for manufacturing carpets in Halifax. Some of them left England for Sydney in 1883, including Florrie. Peter’s story appears on page 12. Page 4 Editorial We seem to have a full journal this quarter, partly because we have been catch- ing up on meeting reports, which are now up to date. As these talks are now recorded and then transcribed in full, they need proof-reading and reducing in length to give a flavour of the talks which local members come and listen to. If you would like to help edit some of the talks then let me, or one of the officers know; if there were several people prepared to help in this way it wouldn’t be too arduous. Of course it would be easier if you had heard the talk and could pick out the salient points of interest. Our new website is taking shape and a significant number of our members are now registered to access the “Members Only” section. This holds copies of The Scrivener (some with colour) and from now on this is where you will access details of the surnames which other members are researching. Our webmaster, Keith Pitchforth describes the new system in detail on pages 21-23. He will also be giving a talk to introduce the website and the new online procedures for members’ interests after the society’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday 27th April. The Agenda for the meeting, as well as details for renewing membership, ap- pear in the centre pages (27-30). There is also the opportunity to put forward member(s) to serve on the committee (please ask them first!) and to nominate a society member, who you feel has made an outstanding contribution to the so- ciety over the past 12 months, for the Members’ Sutcliffe Award, which will be voted on by all those present at the AGM. As editor, I shall be selecting an article published over the past year (and maybe one or two others to give the rest of the committee some choice) for the Margaret Walker Award for the best story to have appeared in The Scrivener. Keep your stories, pictures and articles coming, so that we have a difficult job to do each year. If you are planning to get out and about visiting archives and libraries, now that Spring appears to be on its way, remember to check opening days and times, as well as the location of the records you want to see. There can be nothing worse than turning up to find the record you want is somewhere else, or it’s the wrong day. A friend recently discovered much too late that The National Ar- chives in Kew are closed on Mondays, and had to find something else to do to make his trip to London worthwhile! So go prepared! Rosie Burgess [email protected] Page 5 MEETING OCTOBER 25th 2012 WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR AND THE HARRYING OF THE NORTH ~ BY GILLIAN WATERS The harrying of the North in 1069-70 was one of the more vicious acts of Wil- liam the Conqueror’s reign and the origins of it date way back to 1066 because William the Conqueror fought the Battle of Hastings and then conquered Eng- land. But it wasn’t that simple. One battle does not a conquest make and it’s only after the harrying of the North in 1069-70 that William had really conquered England, and not only that, but conquered the troublesome North. We North- erners were always troublesome and especially troublesome to William the Conqueror. We all remember William and we all remember the Battle of Hast- ings because it became a significant turning point in history, but 1066 was the year of three invasions and three major battles, two of them in the north of Eng- land. In 1066, Edward the Confessor, who had been king since 1042, a well-loved king, a saintly king who became Saint Edward the Confessor later on and men prayed at his tomb. He died on 5th January but the problem was he had no children. He is the last, bar one, Anglo Saxon king of England. He had no close heirs. After much debate, the Witan, a bit like a parliament, influenced by Edward the Confessor’s deathbed whispers elected Harold Godwinson, Edward the Confessor’s brother-in-law, King of England. Harold was crowned pretty soon after and there’s a lovely image in the Bayeux Tapestry showing Harold Godwinson being crowned. Harold knew that there would be problems, be- cause in 1066 there were other people who claimed the throne, notably William Duke of Normandy who was a cousin of Edward the Confessor, Edgar Atheling who was nine at the time, but would maybe claim the throne later on.