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Bill O’th’ Hoylus End
bracewel.demon.co.uk

Old Three Laps
, William Sharp. Vale n Dale

Gordon Bottomley
Poet, Playwright  litencyc.com

Briggs,
farmers of Calversyke Hill since the 15th Century. 
The Briggs of Calversyke  intermarried with the Briggs at Guardhouse. Briggs farm Laycock laycockvillage.com
Family grave yard, Briggs Sepulcher at the bottom of North Dean Road, which used to be called Lynum Street, was built by Briggs, it was intended for family use, but other Friends are buried here.

Thomas Brigg yeoman weaver of  Guardhouse, was apprehended in Keighley in 1682 along with others because of their Quaker beliefs and refusal to pay tithes to Keighley Parish Church. They were imprisoned in York Castle for four months and had possessions ceased in lieu of tithes. Thomas Brigg was a member of the Society of Friends, but married outside his rank and was expelled from the Friends. The Briggs family then became (Independents) Congregationalists. They gave generous contributions for the building of churches of all denominations.Thomas Brigg Gentleman farmer of Guard House had no interest in textiles until his family became related to the Cravens, the textile business being financed it would seem from agriculture.  
Benjamin Septimus Brigg  lived at Burlington House  
Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs thepeerage.com A descendent of John Briggs Mill owner. John Briggs , is registered in Pigot's Directory of 1829 under Worsted Spinners and Stuff Manufacturers Guard house, lived at Broomfield House, he is also recorded as living at Kildwick Hall. He is registered as running Browend Mill
William Marriner Brigg attended Utley Congregational Church. Briggs stowell.org.nz  John Briggs - Clock maker brianloomes.com 


Burns
denis.burns

Busfield
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William. He later took the name Ferrand, and became known as William Busfield Ferrand,  Of Rishworth Hall & St Ives. He was born 15 Jan 1838, Cottingley Bridge, Bingley. He married Emily Priscilla Harris. Her father was Alfred Harris (1801-1880), there was an Alferd Harris registerd living at Ryshworth Hall Bingley, William's Grandmother was called Sarah Ferrand. The Ferrands  held the corn mill in Carleton and were stewards of Skipton Castle; eventually, in the seventeenth century, they moved to Harden Grange and St. Ives, Bingley, becoming clothiers and wool staplers.
William Busfield Ferrand was named in the Will of Silvester Petyt as a person who could advise his Executors and Trustees in the purchase of land and property. His father Johnson Atkinson Busfield (1814-1882) lived at Myrtle Grove, Bingley.
The 1901 census  reports his total household as:  Governess and House servants: Altar Lane Lodge: 1 gamekeeper and wife.  Cross Gates: 1 coachman with wife and pupil teacher son.  White Cott: Farm bailiff and wife.  Bothy: 3 gardeners. Ancient Bingley is an excellent sauce of the Busfield family line.

Butterfield
Family lb014d6950  thoresby.com of Cliffe Castle

Alastair John Campbell

Cawood
barlowd.tripod.com

Cavendish
chatsworth-house.co.uk William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire  en.wikipedia.org

Harold Clayton
3rd Battalion of the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 1914-1918.net

Clough
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The Clough Family owned a number of houses, Bracken Bank House  archiver.rootsweb.com  qualidata.ac.uk   John Clough, Ingrow Mill, was registered in 1891 living at Haincliffe House.
At some time William Clough lived  at Knoll, (Knowle) House, he also ran Grove Mill, Ingrow, owned by Illingworth  rented to John & Robert Clough. later  Illingworth sold to Robert  Clough,  Robert Clough started Grove mills,  in 1818 at first as a rental and then purchased in 1831. Cloughs had Mills in Becks Road (Beck Mills) and in Coney Lane.
In 1822 John Clough lived at the mill house.
Percy Clough is registered here in 1913. Percy is also registered as living at The Knowle. Henry Smith Clough J.P (Sir John's son) is living  at Red Holt, Hainworth in 1913. Robert Clough lived at Woodworth House, Halifax Road.
Another Branch of the family was Sam & Sir Robert Clough. Sam Clough was living at Steeton Hall in 1911, he had Clough's Mill at Steeton.  Sir Robert  was originally in The Colonial Combing Company,  Dalton Lane. Then he went to the Keighley Gas and Oil Engine Company, Dalton Lane. He went bankrupt (and had to resign his seat in Parliament) He had to leave Oakworth Court, Station Road, Oakworth. - he also used to live at Yew Bank, Skipton Road. His eldest son was killed cycling on Skipton Road.  he went to live at Greenbank, Greenhead Lane.  He was a mayor of Keighley and first Conservative M.P. for Keighley 1918 - 1922. and had Clough's Mill at Steeton. Sam's daughter Dorothy was prominent in the Girl Guides a movement with which she worked all her life.  For more information of the Cloughs at Sutton www.smithharper.org pdf. See page 51 to 53

Cobley
mark.coble.com

Robert Collyer -
Blacksmith and Preacher  Born on December 8,1823, in Keighley  ilkley.org

Currer
 
stowell.org.nz - Kildwick Hall-Holling Hall (Ilkley) - Marley Hall. Currer, Henry named in the Will of Silvester Petyt

Craven. Joseph Craven, a yeoman weaver from  Guardhouse, employed weavers and turned out an average of 84 pieces of cloth per year between 1740 and 1745.
1776 John Craven Married the widow of  of Thomas Brigg and at this time moved from Steeton to Guard House. He bought a large part of Stells estate after Stell's downfall. He bought Walk Mill. In 1783 he went into partnership with his stepson Thomas Brigg & Abraham Shackleton. They ran a cotton spinning business at Walk mill, Stell Mill and the top rooms over Joseph Hartley's. He is also registerd at Low Mill.
Joseph Craven built Strong Close House, Keighley. in 1864. There is a Joseph Craven at Steeton Hall and another one at Park House, Steeton where Mrs. S. Wrathall was a valued member of the household staff rawbw.com
Hiram Craven’s son John married Frances, the youngest sister of Joseph Nowell, and they were the parents of Benjamin; Hiram; Jonathan; Alice; Jane; Fanny; and Janet.
Hiram Craven’s son, Edward, married Mary Willans, the only daughter of Joseph Nowell. Edward Craven was killed shortly after his marriage on works at Whitby.  Hiram lived at Ebor House, Haworth. Hiram Craven wnet into partnershipe at Higher Providence Mill with William Sugden. Hiram Craven sold  Ebor Mill, Haworth.to Edwin Merrall.
In 1906 Nan Craven, wife of John Henry Craven of the Beeches, was one of Keighley’s first woman drivers on the roads.


Eastburn Heartland.com

Jennett  Evans
Trailblazing headmistress of Keighley Girls’ Grammar School (1942-68) historytoherstory.org.uk

Feather
featherhistory.com

Benjamin Ferrand
owning land at St. Ives, and  Lord of the Manor of Oakworth

Fieldhouse
,
Samuel Son in Law of B Briggs vicnet.net.au 

Fred Gill
lived with his brother Harry at Providence Place,  off Dolton Lane (now demolished). employed at  Prince Smith & Sons.  Murdered Oliver Preston of Vale Fold Cottages, Oakworth who ran a money lending business at 150  Station Buildings to enable him to go away for a holiday with his girlfriend Nellie Rickerby of 8 Quarry Street, Parkwood. He was hanged at Leeds on the 4th February 1931 by Thomas Pierrepoint.

Greenwoods
& St. James’s Church Birstwith harrogate.co.uk John Greenwood, in partnership with William Ellis bought Wreaks Mill,  at Birstwith. John lived at Cabbage House he also built Knoll (Knowle) House he later moved to  West Riddlesden Hall   
  In 1782 John Greenwood is registered as having North Brook Mill.  John Greenwood was one of many that took rooms at Airworth Mills,  he later moved to Cabbage Croft mill. John Greenwood  & Sons Greenwood also built Vale mill at Oakworth. Joseph Greenwood Spring Head Mill, Oakworth. John Greenwood of Eastwood House was married to Mary Sugden. The Greenwoods employed young orphans from the  Foundling Hospital, London.

Hall janets-families.org.uk Ellis Hall (Hall family of Airedale and Craven) Two Torches at Keighley

Haggas
rootsweb.com used to live in the house which now forms part of Oakbank School. There is a record of a Haggas living at Oakworth Hall 1715......Haggas Ellis Island Passenger Arrivals : American Family Immigration History Center James Ellison Haggas J.P lived at Woodville, Spring Gardens in 1913

The Will of Thomas Hanson of Long Lee, Keighley, Yorkshire allfam

Abraham Hargreaves 
Partner of  John Greenwood oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk

Hattersley
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The odd numberd side of Church Green is called Hattersley Cresent. Death of Duncan Hattersley Smith  thisisbradford.co.uk

Hird
Thomas Hird The Hird family had lived in Braithwaite for many generations and are reputedly direct descendants of the de Braythwayts. John Hird, who died in 1598/9 is described in parish records as a ‘clothier of Braithwaite’, as is his son Christopher (1574-1623). Christopher’s grandson Thomas (b. 1692) is described as a ‘stuffweaver of Braithwaite’. The Hird family is an example of ‘yeoman weavers’.Their relatively substantial wealth financed the construction of Manor House in 1648, which was much larger and more ornate than many other houses in the area and is probably the oldest building in Braithwaite. The misleading name of the House is likely to be a reference to the Manor of Keighley which had granted the family freeholder status some centuries before. According to Cardwell (1997), between six and ten of the farmowning families in and around Braithwaite were a close-knit community of first generation Quakers, including John Hird, who’s Manor House was used as a meeting house from its construction and well into the eighteenth century. Hird, Thomas Brigg another yeoman weaver of nearby Guardhouse, were apprehended in Keighley in 1682 along with others because of their Quaker beliefs and refusal to pay tithes to Keighley Parish Church. They were imprisoned in York Castle for four months and had possessions ceased in lieu of tithes. The Toleration Act of 1689 meant Quakers were free to worship as they wished. genealogy.com

Holden,
Sir Isaac  He invented a Lucifer match but refused to patent the invention. In 1847, he worked with Samuel Cunliffe Lister, with whom he obtained a patent for his square motion wool-combing machine and a new method of carding, combing and preparing genappe yarns. Lived at Holden Hall, Oakworth.

Ickringill Jas 1913. of Eastwood Mill and Legrams Mill Bradford. Ickringill's Brass Band (Keighley) Formed by James Ickringill, a Victorian businessman and church founder - also created local Boys & Girls Briagdes.  Lived at Balcony House, Oakworth Rd.  William Ickeringill lived at Oakworth Road House

Illingworth
Owned Castle Mill and Grove Mill

Keighley Alex.World-famous photographer (1861-1947)  thisisbradford.co.uk

Lambert
lambertcastle.org

Lister
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Thomas [1717-1779] Halifax clock maker. Son of Elizabeth and William Lister, a Keighley clock maker. Thomas's brother, John, also went on to be a clock maker. As the age of 13, he was apprenticed to a Halifax clock maker. He lived at Shepherd House, Lower Warley. He was church-warden at Luddenden Church. He was famous for his long cased grandfather clocks – often known as Luddenden Clocks – and examples can be seen at Shibden Hall. Some of his clocks were installed locally, including Halifax Parish Church. In 1738, he married Hannah Holroid. They had 2 children, Hannah and Thomas. His son followed him into the family clock making business at Bull Green, Halifax

Marriners
Lived at Greengate House.  Fieldhead, (Lord Ingrow's home). Broom House  Hawkstones. Raymond Marriner Shann Manor Hawkstone Drive, Utley. Benjamin F Marriner. Prospect William Marriner lived at Worth Villa. Marriner Family Tree mark23.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
 
Merrall.  
Hartley Merrall Acres Mill, Springhead Mill & Springhead House, Oakworth. Two of the Merralls attended the wedding of Charlotte Bronte. haworth-village.org.uk  In 1884  Edwin Robinson Merrall Built Longlands, Cross Roads. Ebor Mill, Haworth. Hiram Craven sold to Edwin Merrall. Acres Mill Started life as a machine shop, Berry Smith converted it. Hartley Merrall haworth-village.org.uk

Midgley's Emidgley.com

Moore
bigpond.com  John Moore Baptist Minister  born at Oakworth Hall  1667

Moulding
mouldingname.info

James
Murgatroyd users.actrix.co.nz

Joseph Nowell
built many masonry bridges and churches and towards the end of his life constructed canal and railway works. He became acquainted with Hiram Craven of Dockroyd near Keighley. They joined in the building of a bridge over the River Ouse at York which cost £50,000 and was opened for traffic in 1820. They also joined in the building of a bridge over the river at Linlithgow in Scotland. macc-cs.org.uk

Walker Overend
whonamedit.com

Fred Pickles
weights.demon.co.uk

Pighills
picklesfamily.f9.co.uk


Rishworths
  
rushworth.com Riddlesden

William Sharp
thisisbradford.co.uk  Gillett Sharpe was born in Keighley in 1781. Sharpe, overseer of the poor in Keighley, was interviewed by Michael Sadler and his House of Commons Committee on 6th June, 1832.
Old Three Laps, William Sharp. Vale n Dale


Shackleton.
In 1782, Abraham Shackleton, who owned and occupied a farm at Braithwaite and wove worsted and cotton pieces, went into partnership with the Craven brothers of Guardhouse to establish cotton spinning and weaving business in two cottages and at Stell or Walk Mill, Keighley, which had previously been a fulling and silk mill. Shackleton went on to build Wood Mill at Goose Eye in 1798 and in the same year in partnership with the Cravens, Greengate Mill.

Smith
Family of Skipton, Morton Banks & Keighley bigpond.com.....Richard and Martha Hanson Smith of Keighley allfam.com Bracewell Smith attended Wesley Place School......Joseph Smith built Castle Mill on the North Beck.... Smith  marriages - Bingley

Philip Snowden bradfordhistorical.org.uk

Staveley
staveley-genealogy.com

Stell maggieblanck.com  The downfall of Stell vale n dale

Sugden burials - Keighley Parish Church 1562-1636 and 1736-1855
Abraham Sugden  Castle mills. William Sugden Fleece Mills & Higher Providence Mill. John Sugden Lower Providence Mills. Jonas Sugden was a  Methodist preacher and he bought Vale Mill in 1844.


John Taylor,
Baron Ingrow (1985-92), was Chairman and Managing Director of the Keighley brewing firm, Timothy Taylor and Co. He served in the Royal Signals in Europe, the Middle East and Far East during the 2nd World War and was later actively involved in politics, for which he was awarded his peerage. John Aked Taylor, born 1917, the grandson of Timothy Taylor.
Elizabeth Petyt of Hazlewood, Bolton Abbey, married Richard Taylor of Bingley at Bolton Abbey in 1816 Timothy  was born at Bingley in 1826. Timothy  married Charlotte Aked  daughter of printer and publisher Robert Aked of Keighley  Timothy continued in his old trade as a tailor  had a shop in Low Street, Some time during the mid 1850s Timothy changed his occupation to  maltster and brewer.He had premises in Cook Lane five years later he removed to a new site at Knowle Spring. (Knowl Spring House was owned by his father in law) Timothy died in 1898.


Reverend Canon Guy P. Terry L.Th.
One of three children, two older sisters Ann & Mary. Guy's parents were Sarah and Bryan Terry who lived at Green House Farm, Guardhouse. Terry murderd his wife Sarah on the 9th of February 1864.  Sarah's father lived at Whin Knowle. Sarah Bryan's familey lived at Cure Laith at Oakworth. Both farming families.

Thwaites
web.infoave.net

Villy
, Dr Francis. Physician & archeologist.  He was an authority on local Roman sites and roads. Died 1940, his grave at Ingrow St. Johns is well worth a visit.

Waddington
picklesfamily.f9.co.uk

Waterhouse
clearyfam.com

Wilde
family of Bingley & Keighley  aol.com

Abraham Wildman 
members.lycos.co.uk

Wright: Prospect Mill -
Lumbfoot - Damams - Ingrams .

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Burials  1838-40 taken from Deanery of Craven Parish Records 1600-1859 The following are burials for the surnames Broughton, Greenwood, Smith, Sugden, Taylor and Wilkinson

Keighley Parish Registers
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Utley Cemetery Burial Register
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