The census information clearly shows
the location of family homes from 1841 to 1901, but unless you are
familiar with the area, it is not until you plot these locations on a
map that it becomes apparent how close they are together. The map below
spans the area from Bell House in the east to Stoodley Glen in the west
and plots the movement of the descendants of David Hartley from 1765 to
the present day.
Some other places of interest are
shown too, including the churchyards where many of my ancestors are
buried and some of the other properties tied to the Yorkshire Coiners.
To download a high
resolution copy of the map, right click on the picture below and choose
"save target as". (3.6Mb)
Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.
The locations indicated
are as follows:-
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Bell House - Home of
"King" David Hartley, the leader of the Yorkshire Coiners.
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Keelham Farm - Home
of John Wilcock, one of the senior members of the coiners gang.
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White Lee,
Mytholmroyd - Isaac Hartleys home at the time of his death in 1815
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Lodge Farm -
Purchased by Grace Hartley shortly after David Hartleys execution
and home to Hartleys until as late as the 1871 census.
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Thorps Farm - Home to
the Halstead family at the date of the 1841 census. Hannah Halstead,
one of the daughters, married John Hartley.
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Oaks Farm - By the
time of the 1871 census, home to John Hartley, his wife Hannah and
their five children.
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Burnt Acres Farm -
Home of Prudence Hartley and three of her children at the date of
the 1881 census.
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Cockden Hill - Edwin
Hartley lived at number 28 (1891 census) and number 25 (1901 census)
with his wife and five children.
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Victoria Terrace -
Home to Percy Hartley, wife Ethel and my Grandfather Maurice during
his formative years.
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Stoodley Glen - Final
homes to Percy Hartley (number 11) Maurice Hartley (number 9).
Also shown are two of the
key burial grounds containing Hartley graves.
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St Thomas a Beckett,
Heptonstall (ruin) - Contains two main graves including that of
"King" David Hartley.
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Eastwood
Congregational Chapel (ruin) - Contains two main graves of Hartleys
