Highfield Chapel, Huddersfield

[sandrastocks54]

Thanks Lesley

I shall persevere and ask at the Archives if they have any record of the MIs.  If they're available, I'll do my best to track them down!

Will let you know

Sandra

[sstarr2008]

Probably of interest to nobody other than myself but just as an example this is what I have from the MI's

STARKEY

In memory of

James, son of John and Betty Starkey
of Cowcliffe who died February 19th 1791
aged 3 years
Also Richard their son who died February 26th 1791
aged one year
Also William their son who died January 27th 1793
aged 12 years
Also Samuel their son who died July 23rd 1810
aged 18 years

I'm not ashamed to own my Lord
or to defend his cause
maintain the honour of his word
the glory of the cross

Also Betty wife of John who died June 11th 1822
aged 72 years
Also above John who died February 9th 182? (1831)
aged 86 years
Also Thomas, son of above who died April 13th 1841
aged 62 years
interred in the new ground.


From this I assume that the verse was added in 1810 and the later burials were added as they occurred.

From the burial records on film I also have burials in 1810 & 1811 of John's daughter in law and her daughter but I haven't found any MI's for those so I think that they must have been buried in a different grave.

Stu

[Sunlaws]

Calliek-

Catherine GODDARD rests beneath Tombstone number 10, having died on Feb 17th 1796 aged 69 at Dyke-end, but sadly there is nothing entered in the 'relationship' column. John HIRST and his wife Ruth rest beneath the same tombstone, so your hunch about the HIRST connection looks good.
There is no-one else at all by the name of GODDARD in the Highfield burials.

Regards,

Lesley

[sstarr2008]

Discovering old Huddersfield is now online at http://huddersfieldhistory.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/discovering-old-huddersfield-v2.pdf. The section on Highfield is at page 424.

Stu

[335HOWARD]

Hi there. Does anybody have any info re: New Burial sites plz? I've been into WYAS and Huddersfield Local History library,but they dont seem to have a transcription of the headstone. I'm looking to find an Andrew Lorimer 'd' 1852. He is buried with 2 of his sons,James and John,and also his wife Janet. And another young man,Peter Stewart. Would this info be with the 'bundles' of graveyard files they hold at WYAS? Any info would be much appreciated. Thankyou.

[sandrastocks54]

I've finally managed to track down the transcription of the gravestones for Highfield Chapel.

The records are at Kirklees archives catalogued under 'Records re graveyard 1850-1981' with no mention of Memorial Inscriptions, which is probably why I was told originally that they didn't have them.

I now have a copy of the transcription and happy to look up any names.

Sandra

[Sunlaws]

Thanks, Sandra.
Everything comes to she who waits- 14 years!

I will send you a PM with my requests.

Lesley

[sandrastocks54]

You need patience with family history - and perseverance!

Sandra

[sandrastocks54]

I have added the MIs to the Huddersfield Highfield Independent Chapelyard page on Find a grave.

From the correspondence and notes in the archives file, it appears that the gravestones were removed in 1973 and the graveyard was lawned.  Gravestones were laid around the chapel.

The transcription of the MIs was done in 1981 by Joan Armstrong and Lois Browning prior to the chapel being sold as the church would lose control of the gravestones.  Extra notes on some of the people were also written by them.

It was noted that a lot of the stones were overgrown or worn and difficult to read.  Where possible I have checked the names and dates with the information available on Ancestry but there are probably still errors and omissions in the transcriptions, including mistakes made by me.

Sandra