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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Yorkshire (West Riding) => Topic started by: Sunlaws on Thursday 03 December 09 14:04 GMT (UK)
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Please does anyone know if the monumental inscriptions for St Michael's church in Farnley near Leeds have been recorded?
Thanks,
Lesley
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Do you mean Farnley near Otley?
I can't find any other All Saints.
Brian
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Brian-
Thank you for your reply.
It's the Farnley 4 miles from Leeds. I thought it was All Saints, but having just looked it up, I see it doesn't have any particular dedication, but is just 'Farnley Church'.
Regards,
Lesley
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Is it St Michael's that you want?
http://www.calverley.info/farn_mem.htm
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Thank you, Galium
I'm not sure if it's St Michael's or not. I was looking at the reference to the church in Colin Blanshard Withers' 'Yorkshire Parish Registers' (but my eye had wandered down the page and and attached Featherstone's 'All Saints' mistakenly to Farnley.)
All I know is it's the Farnley four miles west of Leeds.
The inscription I am seeking is for a Jane GLEDHILL, buried 24th September 1844
regards,
Lesley
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The website in the link also has burials - and they include Jane Gledhill, so it looks like the right church. It may be that there was no memorial stone, or it no longer exists/is illegible.
This is the home page for the website:
http://www.calverley.info/cal_home.htm
there may be some way of contacting them with an enquiry.
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Thanks again, Galium.
It's definitely St Michael's, and there is a contemporary record of a tombstone being ordered (from a Thomas Holdsworth), but it may not be still there or still legible.
The link you gave me is a very useful website; unfortunately I can't get the email link to work for me, but as there are just a few MIs listed on the site, it doesn't look as though the whole churchyard has been recorded.
Thanks again,
Lesley
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Just tried the e -mail link working o'k for me.
Try this one steve@calverley.info
Steve being the moderator of the site.
Brian
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Regarding the memorial inscriptions.
One gentleman was responsible for gathering the photographic information, sadly he died earlier this year.
So unless anyone fancies going round the graveyards with a camera to photograph headstones, this facility will cease.
(The records that you see on calverley info are taken directly from parish records by volunteers before being submitted to the website.)
Regards Brian
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Thanks again, Brian.
I will contact the site moderator about the extent of the MIs which have been recorded for this church.
Regards,
Lesley
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Hi,
the few MIs that are in the Farnley section are just a few of my own family that were sent to me. I know someone has done both the church yard and the newer cemetery on Tong Road, but I have never been able to find out who. It may be that we will have to do the inscriptions ourselves, especially the church yard, as some of the oldest stones have disappeared! Any volunteers?
The work is not a priority though, as we intend to do a full transcription of burials for St Michaels
Steve
CalverleyInfo
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Hi Sunlaws,
It's definitely St Michael's, and there is a contemporary record of a tombstone being ordered (from a Thomas Holdsworth), but it may not be still there or still legible.
Do you know any more about Thomas? He is a distant relative of mine. Which contemporary record are you referring to?
Jon
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Hi Jon
Sorry, I know nothing about Thomas Holdsworth, only that Jane Gledhill's tombstone had been ordered from him in 1844. I presume he was the monumental mason. The contemporary source I was referring to was a letter from Jane Gledhill's widower Joseph Gledhill to relatives who had emigrated to Ohio.
regards,
Lesley
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Oh well.
Thanks for letting me know anyway.
Jon
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Was'nt St James and St Michael's Farnley churchs, Leeds under Richmond/ Ripon Dioceses and records held at North Allerton archives