Henry Stott. Pauper. Henry was aged twelve in the 1901 census and at Keighley Union Workhouse. No other person with this surname was at the workhouse at the time. He was described as a pauper and his birthplace was at Denholme. Despite searching in both areas, we found no mention of him in the 1891 … Read more
Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Regimental number 10683. Early life: Oscar Nixon’s parents were Cornelius Nixon and Julia Nixon née Lynch. They had been married at Wetherby in the last quarter of 1882. In the 1891 census they were living at 42, Boston Lane at the village of Clifford Cum Boston, … Read more
This man was a candidate for addition to Keighley’s Supplementary Volume under the proposal to add further names in 2024, the centenary of the original roll of honour. Click here to go to our main Heritage page Supported by the National Lottery’s Heritage Fund, our project submitted 103 names for peer review to add them … Read more
This man was a candidate for addition to Keighley’s Supplementary Volume under the proposal to add further names in 2024, the centenary of the original roll of honour. Click here to go to our main Heritage page Supported by the National Lottery’s Heritage Fund, our project submitted 103 names for peer review to add them … Read more