
Anyone you know?
Airedale & Wharfedale Family History Society
Finding New Routes to Trace Your Old Roots
Anyone you know?
Note: Guiseley Town Hall is now Guiseley Theatre
Anyone you recognise?
Food parcels for the needy. Can you name anyone?
Can you name anyone?
Back, left to right – William Cook secretary, Jack Van Gelovan, W Dockray, E Hawthorne, P North, Harold Hurford, L Moseley president, J Kilvington treasurer.
Front, left to right – Ron Claughton, Jim Claughton, A Simpson, W Fawcett, C Dawson. Harold Hurford played for Guiseley a AFC for 21 years, 15 as captain. He also represented the West Riding county in 1947, 1948, 1950 and 1952.
Names from the Aireborough Historical Society Website
Taken from “The Eventide Review of Primitive Methodism in the Otley Circuit” by James Myers, first published 1920.
Local Preachers – Family Relationship or Only Same Surname
BROWN Thomas & Willie of Otley – father & son
CAWOOD Glover & James of Otley – 2 brothers
CLIFFE William & Jabez of Esholt – 2 brothers
GRIMSHAW William & John of Calverley – distant relations
HARDAKER William & John of Yeadon – father & son
HOLLINGS Benjamin of Guiseley, Richard of Otley, James of Calverley & Thomas of Esholt – distant relations
HOULDEN John & Martin of Rawdon & William of Horsforth: 3 brothers
MOSELEY Mark, Joshua & David of Guiseley & Yeadon: 3 brothers
MYERS Joseph & James of Guiseley, Thomas of Yeadon & Michael of Burley – distant relations
RAWNSLEY William & Philip of Rodley – 2 brothers
SHEPHERD Thomas of Guiseley & Thomas of Burley in Wharfedale – no relation
SMITH Thomas of Rodley & Silvester of Guisley – no relation
STANSFIELD George & Benjamin of Rawdon & William of Horsforth: 3 brothers
WHITAKER James & John of Horsforth, father & son & John of Rawdon no relation
WOOD Stephen of Otley, Robert of Askwith and Jonas of Menston – distant relations
Taken from “The Eventide Review of Primitive Methodism in the Otley Circuit” by James Myers, first published 1920.
Heroic Local Preachers of Olden Times in Otley Circuit of Primitive Methodism from 1840 to 1918
Those with an asterisk to their names indicates they became Christian Ministers in Primitive Methodism or in some other denomination.
W H | BAINES | Henry | HATHERLEY* | John | RIGG |
William | BALDWIN | James | HEAP | Joseph | ROBINSON |
Arthur | BALDWIN | Benjamin | HOLLINGS | H | ROSS* |
John | BARRITT | Richard | HOLLINGS | Joseph | SHADLOCK |
Thomas | BARWICK | Thomas | HOLLINGS | Thomas | SHEPHERD |
James | BATTY | James | HOLLINGS | Thomas | SHEPHERD |
John | BAXTER | John | HOULDEN | Samuel | SLADEN |
James | BINNS | William | HOULDEN | Silvester | SMITH |
William | BIRD | Martin | HOULDEN* | Jos. | SMITH |
Samuel | BOOTH | Charles | HUNT | Thomas | SMITH |
Thomas | BROWN | Danel | IDLE | William | STANSFIELD |
Willie | BROWN* | John | JACKSON | George | STANSFIELD* |
William | BRUMFIT | William | KEIGHLEY | Benjamin | STANSFIELD* |
Glover | CAWOOD | John | KENDALL | T H | STAPLES |
James | CAWOOD | Robert | MARSDEN | William | TOWLER* |
John | CLAYTON | Joseph | MORRELL | Benjamin | TOWN |
William | CLIFFE | Joshua | MOSELEY | William | UPTON |
Jabez | CLIFFE | David | MOSELEY | James | WALMSLEY |
Joseph | DOBSON | Mark | MOSELEY* | W E | WALMSLEY* |
George | GILL* | Michael | MYERS | Adam | WATKINSON* |
W E | GLADWIN* | Joseph | MYERS | John | WHITAKER |
James | GRAYSHAW | James | MYERS | James | WHITAKER |
John | GREETHAM | Thomas | MYERS | John | WHITAKER |
William | GRIMSHAW | Simeon | PATTISON* | Mr. | WILLIAMS |
John | GRIMSHAW | James | PAYNE* | John | WOMERSLEY |
William | HALL | Simeon | PEARSON | Stephen | WOOD |
William | HARDAKER | Henry | PEARSON | Robert | WOOD |
John | HARDAKER | Jonathan | RADCLIFFE* | Jonas | WOOD |
Joseph | HARGREAVES | Thomas | RATCLIFFE* | Ruben | YEADON |
Henry | HARPER | William | RAWNSLEY | Arthur | YEADON |
Henry | HARRIS* | Philip | RAWNSLEY* | William | YEADON* |
John | HARRISON* | George | RAYNER |
Photographs of former stalwarts of the Primitive Methodist movement, taken from the The Eventide Review by James Myers, first published 1920.