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People in News Sheets
PEOPLE INDEX
(those in bold have profiles available on request)
NEWS SHEET
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Baldwins (Horne’s Garret) 20
Bairstow, Charles 43
Bairstow, Percy (Hainsworth House) 11, 43
Berry, John (1851-1891) – Berry and Fletchers 53
Bland, John (1821-1914) nail maker 45
Brigg, Smith (Red Lion licensee) 31
Briggs Brothers, printers 12, 17
Briggs, Henry (Waterloo Mills) 17
Briggs, James (Waterloo Mills) 17
Brooks, Arthur (gentlemen’s outfitters) 29
Clarke Family at Black Pots 47
Clarkson, George (nail maker) 28
Clough, William (1876-1937) of Silsden House 16, 41, 43
Clough, Roger (1901-1974) of Silsden House 41
Cockshott, Christopher (1797-1861) of Crossmoor 44
Cockshott, John (1751-1812) of Crossmoor 44
Cockshott, John (1778-1856) of Crossmoor 44
Cockshott, John (1806-1859) of Crossmoor 44
Cockshott, John (1830-1888) of Crossmoor 44
Cockshott, Henry (nail maker’s apprentice) 28
Cowling, Percy (1883-1945) 7
Cowling, William (Silsden Coat of Arms) 18
Cowling, Connie (William’s wife) 19
Cryer, Hannah 11
Darby, Joseph (1836-1912: nail maker) 9, 27
Dawson, Edwin (Police Station riot) 45, 46
Dixon, William (1867-1939: local photographer) 7, 8, 33
Driver Brothers textile factory (North Street) 58
Heelis, Rev. Richard (1807-1865) Curate of St. James 50
Henthorn, Harold (1876-1926: Police Station riot) 45, 46
Hodgson, Benjamin (Police Station riot) 45, 46
Ellison, Jacob Bailey (1849-1924: textile manufacturer) 8
Ellison, James (1838-1906) - station master 12, 17
Faulkner brothers (W.W. 1) 24
Fentiman, Thomas (botanical brewer) 39
Fletcher, Joshua (1801-1875) – Patriarch of Fletcher family 53
Fletcher, Richard (1852-1949 – ‘Berry and Fletcher’ 53
Fletcher, William (1828-1886) – coal merchant 30
Foster, Henry Christopher (local photographer) 12
Foster, Geoff (Memories as a textile designer) 56
Gabbatt, William (Police constable) 10
Greaves, Rev. J. (St. James) 40
Grosschmidt, Alan (textile worker in 1970s) 52
Hartley, Elizabeth (midwife) 10
Hastings, Charles (Silsden House and Waterloo Mills) 16, 17, 53
Horne family (Kirkgate farmers) 20
Knops, Bill 46
Lee family (Canal and road surveyors) 36
Mason, Roy (textile mill experience) 15
Marriner, Rev. John Stuart (St. James Church incumbent) 50, 60
Newton, Jonas (village constable, wharfinger & coal dealer) 5
Newton, Jonas (1831-1906: nail maker & preacher) 30
Netherwood family (Lippersley Farm) 55
Nicholson, Angus (Airedale Shed) 21
Price, Henry (gentlemen’s outfitters; Fifty Shilling Tailor) 26
Spencer, Leonard (warpdresser and fireman) 35
Smith, Barbara (Brunthwaite) 20
Stones family (Lippersley Farm) 55
Sunderland, Brian (textile mill experience) 15
Throup, Thomas (nail master) 29
Tillotson, Asquith 46
Wade, Herbert (Grocer on Briggate/Bridge Street) 43
Walton, Jeremiah (Airedale Shed manufacturer) 13
Wilson family (Black Pots Farm) 47
West, William (considered first Silsden nail maker) 28
Wright, William (Becks Mill; worsted spinner manufacturer) 11
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