Acknowledgments and Links
There are specific credits embodied in this site, and more will be added. However, as I go through old notes and correspondence, I am struck by how much has been worked out by means of dialogues, of saying "what do you think of this?", and often reaching a consensus. Please don't feel slighted if I've missed you out; let me know and I can make adjustments. For convenience and in checking census data has been referenced to Ancestry.co.uk, but much was first discovered in a more laborious way with visits to the Family Records Centre following searches in indices.
Many books are cited but especially useful publications have included:-
Yorkshire Archaeological Society: 1851 census index for Morley and Batley
Huddersfield & District Family History Society: 1841 census indices for Batley, Dewsbury and Heckmondwike. Also the invaluable indices to Batley Baptisms, now so well worn my copies are disintegrating!
The History of Batley: 1800-1874 by Malcolm H.Haigh 1978:
Batley Pride, Malcolm Haigh, 2005:
The Rise and Progress of Batley, J Willans, 1880(my dog-eared copy was probably Isaac's):
and of course Records of the Parish of Batley, Michael Sheard, 1894:
and From Village to Town, published anonymously but by my ancestor Isaac Binns, 1882.
The following are among those who have been of assistance:-
An anonymous gentleman in Huddersfield Library many years ago who explained the value of joining Family History Societies even as a distant member, and told me of the Society of Genealogists and the Yorkshire group that meets there.
Helpful library and archive staff, especially in Kirklees Libraries and at the Society of Genealogists
Michael Barker
Trevor Bart
Wendy Besarab
Margaret Binns
Ann Bremner
Bruce Cheeseman
Sheila Gordon
Barbara Hayes
Lee Hall
John Haigh
John Hall
John Irvine
Elizabeth Lancaster
Jenny Lang
Judith Lister
Clive Mason
Charles Nicholson
Erica Pannell
Malcolm Purdy
John D Scatchard
Douglas Sheard
David Walker
Deb Walker
Mike Whitehead
Stephen Tomlinson
Teresa Pask, without whose assistance I should still be struggling to build this site.
Useful Links
Yorkshire on Genuki
London Group of the Yorkshire Family History Societies
Huddersfield and District Family History Society
Morley and District Family History Group
Yorkshire Archaeological Society Family History Section
Robinson Riley now finds a mention on my site, but for fuller detail a fascinating book by Kenneth Fedzin explores the lives of Robinson and his family and the often tough conditions in which they lived.
John Hall has information on his Hall descent , with comment on DNA and theories as to earlier origins
Tweddell History has a fascinating account of Cleveland poets George Markham Tweddell and his wife Elizabeth Cole.
Tweddell Poetry is a collection of George Markham Tweddell's poems now on line.
Steve Scatchard has an interesting tree about Scatchards/Scatcherds in America including descendants of Thomas Edward Scatcherd and others with Yorkshire origins.
Steve Wakely's website has details of Hudswell descendants in Australia
Batley Community Archive has a valuable collection of images of Batley. (You will spot some of my photos here)
Maggie Blanck's site Maggie, a descendant of Benjamin Law, the inventor of Shoddy, has much information on Batley: her useful collections of Batley images are at Link 1 and Birstall at Link 2
The Cricket History of Calderdale and Kirklees for information about cricketer Louis Hall