Otley Rugby Club (1937?)
Burley Wesley Cricket Club (1937?)
Winners of the championship at Otley Prince Henry’s Grammar School
Otley Cricket Club – Airedale & Wharfedale Senior League
Amateur Dramatic Societies 1936
Four Generations – Barran Family
The youngest of the line is this group of four generations is Raymond, aged two and a half years. The parents, in the centre, are Mr. and Mrs. Alwyn BARRAN, of the Oval, Otley. O the right of the photograph are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. WILLIAMS, of Esholt; and on the left are the great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ted RAISTRICK, of Esholt, and formerly Guiseley.
Four Generations
Four generations on each side. The child is Mark Lister Pollard, immediately behind
are his mother & father, Mr Mrs Joseph Lister Pollard of Otley. His grandfather is
Mr W C Pollard of Hangingstone Ilkley & Mr Pollard’s mother is Mrs Joseph Pollard,
great grandmother to the boy. On the mother’s side is the boy’s grandmother
Mrs W E Ferns of Ilkley with her mother and the boy’s great grandmother Mrs Elliott of Guiseley.
AWFHS – An Introduction to Irish Family History – Link to Recording and Handout
An introduction to Irish Family History
The meeting was held at 7:30PM on Thursday September 21 2023
Speaker: Natalie Bodle
Irish ancestry research can be tricky, but this talk will cover how you can get started, which records are available and best of all which are free. This will give you a good grounding to making a start on finding your Irish ancestors. Natalie delivered a very enjoyable talk, packed with useful links for those people interested in researching their Irish Roots.
Natalie kindly allowed us to record the meeting, for all our members to view. The recording and content is subject to copyright and must not be shared with anyone outside the AWFHS, and should not be retained or copied after 28 days.
To Access the video click the following link: An Introduction to Irish Genealogy
Passcode: tS$1.fpM
The associated handout can be accessed here: Intro to Irish Family History Research-Sources list-v4.pdf
Saving Chapel Row from demolition by the Lyte Family
Zoom talk by: John Lyte
Notes by: Stephen Miller
John LYTE, chairman of a local Family History Group, and ancestral link with Henry Francis LYTE (composer of “Abide with Me”) thrilled the 12 attendees with his talk on “Saving Chapel Row”
John bought a derelict property in Briestfield (between Huddersfield and Wakefield) and over a period of several years restored it and researched the history of the property and those that resided there.
Briestfield is a medieval village, whose name derives from the coal fields which surround it. It was first mentioned in the Doomsday book of 1066, showing a value of £2. The name is formed from the word ‘Brere’, meaning a tongue of land between two rivers. In this case Howroyd Beck and Briestfield Beck.
Read MoreAdel, St. John the Baptist Monumental Inscriptions
The below is the forward from the Publication Booklet – The actual inscriptions are now contained in the AWFHS Research Database.
FOREWORD
The Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Adel are made available thanks to the co-operation of the Rector of Adel Church and the great efforts of a good many members and volunteers of the Wharfedale Family History Group.
I would like to make a special mention to all those who worked tirelessly alongside Joan Emery in the initial three years of transcribing the grave stones under difficult weather conditions. I would also like to pay a special tribute to Stephen Miller who undertook, more recently, a large section of the transcription and for his excellent work in producing the computer indexing and publication of the final document, which you are now reading.
I cannot recall all the volunteers who have helped in this project but would like to thank David and Peggy Allen, Les Wolstenhulme, Susan and John Hartley, Fred Lister (who forfeited his cricket matches on occasions) and Freda Lawson. My apologies to anyone who has not been specifically mentioned, but thanks too, without you this mammoth task would not have been completed.
Gerald Lawson, August, 1998.
Since the publication of this index of gravestones within Adel Church it has come to light that earlier work on the transcriptions was undertaken by Rector Draper in 1908. I am very grateful to Mrs V. Crompton who holds the only copy of this work for bringing to our attention a few minor discrepancies in the publication. There is one total omission which has been added and marked § but otherwise the amendments are listed to correct the transcription carried out between 1995 and 1998.
LAST UPDATED 26TH March 2003 – 2nd Edition.
