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Dragoon Guard Joseph Naylor (13th September 1823 - 10th January 1901)
Crimean War Veteran
Joseph Naylor who served in and survived the Crimean War was buried in plot B62
of St Matthew’s Churchyard. He appears to have been a Lightcliffe legend hence
this lovely memorial monument with its sword and inscription which reads :-
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Sacred
to the memory of
JOSEpH NAYLOR
of Lightcliffe
who served for 24 years and 315
days with the 5th Dragoon Guards.
Born Sept 13 1824 DIED Jan 10 1901.
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This stone was erected by admirers
Of the above, including members of
The Boys’ Brigade and boys of
The Lightcliffe National School as
a memento of faithful service
Rendered to his country during
The Crimean Campaign, especially
At the battles of Balaklava, Inkerman,
And the Siege of Sebastopol.
His passing away in early 1901 was reported in the Brighouse Echo 18th January
1901 on page 5. The article was transcribed and submitted to YORKSHIRE
INDEXERS by Alan Longbottom.
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Veterans Career
Military Funeral at Lightcliffe –
Crimean.
On Monday the funeral took place at the
Lightcliffe Church graveyard of the late
Mr. Joseph Naylor, a well-known retired
soldier and one of the few remaining
veterans of the Crimean War belonging to
this district. Mr. Naylor, who had not been
well for a few years, caught a chill on Dec.
24th, when after taking a customary walk
he remained at the Lightcliffe Gun Club
field for a few minutes to watch a knur and
spell match. He was subject to Bronchitis
and the cold developed and ended fatally
on Thursday January 10th. He was 77
years of age.
At the funeral on Monday the coffin was
borne to the grave by a funeral party from
the Halifax Barracks. Twenty men of the
West Riding Regiment, under Colour-Sgt
Foster were sent by Colonel Le. Mottee,
for this purpose. There was also a
detachment from the Yorkshire Dragoons
under Quartermaster-Sergeant Binns. The
children from the village school, under the
schoolmaster Mr. Geo. Hague, and
schoolmistress Miss Berry, were drawn up
at attention as the cortege passed. Many
friends of the deceased also took this last
opportunity to pay him respect.
An Interesting Career.
The deceased was a native of Lightcliffe
and became a woolcomber by trade. Trade
being bad in 1846, he went to Leeds, and
not finding the work he wanted, his fancy
led him to join the Army. He was then
about 22 years of age. He enlisted in the
5th Dragoon Guards and from 1846 to
1854 was stationed with his regiment in
various parts of England. When the war
broke out, the regiment, which formed part
of the Heavy Brigade, was sent out to the
Crimea, and landed at Eupatoria.
He often told of the severe privations he
and his comrades had to undergo. They
landed without tents; towards sunset rain
fell continuously and soon the ground was
soaked with water, and the hollows filled
with it. When night fell the troops lay
down upon the deluged ground, and passed
their first night with rain streaming on
them from above, and mud around them
below. Officers were not better sheltered
than the men. It was a severe trial for the
troops, and its effects were visible in the
sick lists next morning. The Heavy
Brigade did not take part in the Battle of
Alma, but had much skirmishing between
that battle and the one at Balaclava. The
deceased veteran often compared the
charge of the Heavy Brigade with the one
of the Light Brigade. He said that whereas
they (the Heavies) accomplished what they
set out to do, and gained a complete
victory over Liprandi’s Cavalry, the Light
Brigade accomplished nothing, but gained
a little tinseled glory; and even the Heavy
Brigade was sent by Lord Lucan to help
back the remnants. The deceased, soldier-
like, very reluctantly spoke of personal
incidents.
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From the Battle of Balaclava, which was
fought on the 25th October, on to the
Battle of Inkerman, which was fought on
the 5th November, he had many narrow
escapes and exciting incidents. The
hardships were severe, icicles on his
moustache (when sleeping) and his beard
was either frozen to the ground, or frozen
fast to his overcoat. It was a trying time.
Then came the long and weary waiting.
Having driven the Russians inside
Sebastopol, they besieged the place for 12
long and weary months. Its fall marking
the first sign of peace. The Heavy Brigade
returned to England after two years in the
Crimea, the deceased having had a
marvelous time. He had not been in
hospital a day, nor received a wound
sufficient to warrant him to report himself.
Of the 250 men of the regiment who left
England at the beginning of the war, he
was one of 30 only that returned. He and
14 others were the only ones to bring back
the same horse they took out. His regiment
had a sumptuous banquet in Edinburgh
given by the city. He was stationed for
some years in Dublin, and was discharged
in Leeds, having served 24 years and 315
days. He held the two Crimean medals,
and had three clasps for the battles of
Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol. He
also had 4 good conduct badges (the full
complement) which entitled him to a
penny a day for each, bringing his pension
up to one shilling per day.
He returned to Lightcliffe, his native place,
and worked in the garden at Holm House,
then occupied by Mr. Ripley. He had to
give up work entirely seven or eight years
ago. He was a constantly steady man and
well thought of in the neighborhood
(By kind permisison of the Brighouse
Echo)
Joseph Naylor’s medal
This appeared when the medal was
put up for sale in 2015.
Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (No. 912 Corp. Jos. Naylor, 5th Dragoon Gds.) impressed naming, plugged and fitted with a swivel ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, very fine estimate £100-140.
Footnote
Joseph Naylor was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire. He enlisted into the 5th Dragoon Guards at York on 13 July 1846, aged 22 years. Serving in the Crimea, he was awarded the Queen’s medal with clasps for Balaklava, Inkerman and Sebastopol and the Turkish Crimea Medal. A ‘Heavy
Brigade’ charger. Discharged to a pension on 2 May 1871; he died in Halifax in 1894 [incorrect].
Joseph Naylor’s medal sold for £700 in November 2015
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Next is another account of Joseph Naylor’s life. The research was done by a relative Daphne Eyres nee Naylor and again reported in the Brighouse Echo.
Her research took her to the old Lightcliffe Cemetery where Joseph Naylor was
laid to rest on January 10th 1901. He served for 24 years and 315 days with the
5th Dragoon Guards.
He was born in Lightcliffe and went on to be employed as a woolcomber but as
work began to fall away he went to Leeds where on July 11 1846, then aged 21,
he enlisted and for the first eight years he was stationed in different parts of the
country. The 5th Dragoons were part of the Heavy Brigade which was in the more
successful battle prior to Balaclava. Joseph was awarded the Crimea Medal with
clasp hands for the battles of Alma, Inkerman and Balaclava. He was finally
discharged in May 1871 and returned home uninjured.
Daphne's research discovered that after his discharge he came back to Lightcliffe
and worked as a gardener for Mr Ripley at Holme House in Wakefield Road. On
Christmas Eve he took a walk in the Gun Club Field (near the Sun Inn), caught a
chill, became weak and died of bronchitis.
At his grave the head stone is very distinctive and has the inscription '…Sacred to
the memory of Joseph Naylor who served for 24 years and 315 days with the 5th
Dragoon Guards - Born 13.9.1824. Died 10.1.1901'.
This stone was erected by the admirers of the above including members of the
Boys' Brigade and boys of the Lightcliffe National School as a memento of
faithful service rendered to his country during the Crimean Campaign especially
at the battles of Balaclava, Inkerman and the Siege of Sebastopol.
Joseph was reported to have been one of the few soldiers from the Crimean
Campaign to have brought their horse back home with them. I am sure the
headmaster's school log book would make interesting reading for the day of the
funeral which he and no doubt many of the boys would have attended.
Daphne Eyres nee Naylor
Daphne also took the photograph below of Dragoon Guard Joseph Naylor on his horse. The painting is in the regimental museum in York. The caption reads:-
Private Joseph Naylor (1824 – 1901) 5th Dragoon Guard
who took part in the Heavy Brigade Actions at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854
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Daphne Eyres, another Friend of St Matthew’s Churchyard, has also kindly confirmed that Joseph Naylor was the third son of Samuel and Sarah Naylor. Samuel Nailer – various spellings were used - was baptised at St Matthew’s Church on 10th April 1791, the son of a “Thos. Nailer”. He married Sarah Sowden on 3rd June 1811 at St John the Baptist, Halifax. Both the bride and groom were from Hipperholme. They baptised six children at St. Matthew’s Church, Lightcliffe over the next eighteen years. The eldest Wm Nailor was baptised on 17th November 1811 when no other information was given. He was followed by Thomas Nailor on 13th February 1814 and Mary Naylor on 31st August 1817. The abode for these two was given as “Hightown” and their father’s occupation was “Cloth Dresser”. For the baptisms of George Nailor on 3rd June 1821, the future Dragoon Guard Joseph Nailor on 30th November 1823 and Sarah Naylor on 23rd July 1829 Samuel was still a “Cloth Dresser” but their abode was Lightcliffe.
[Joseph Naylor’s baptism date and the fact that his burial record from January 1901
gave his age as 77 years would seem to suggest that he was born on 13th
September 1823 and not 1824 as the memorial inscription states.]
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Joseph’s brother Thomas Naylor married Mary Ripley on 29th April 1833 in Halifax.
They baptised a daughter Sarah Ann Nailer on 8th September 1833 at St Matthew’s
Church when Thomas was a “Delver”. When their son Samuel Naylor was baptised
at the same church on 11th August 1836 his father Thomas was a “Labourer” from
Lightcliffe. Another daughter Hannah had arrived before census night 1841 although
she was not baptised until later. On 6th June 1841 father Samuel Naylor was an
inmate of the Halifax Workshouse but it is not known why. The rest of the family
were in Lightcliffe as follows:-
William Naylor 25 Cordwainer
Sarah ditto 50
Mary ditto 20
George ditto 20 Labourer
Joseph ditto 15 Woolcomber
Sarah ditto 11
Address Lightcliffe, Hipperholme cum
Brighouse
Thomas Naylor 25 Stone Delver
Mary ditto 20
Sarah ditto 8
Samuel Naylor 5
Hannah ditto 3
Address Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe
Elder brother William Naylor married Susan Pearson in Halifax on 6th November
1842. He was a 30 year old “Cordwainer” and she was a 25 year old “Weaver”.
Both of them were from Hipperholme with William’s father Samuel Naylor being a
“Cloth Dresser” and Susan’s father John Pearson, a “Labourer”. They went on to
baptise three children at St Matthew’s Church; Harriet on 22nd December 1844,
James on 1st November 1846 and Ann on 15th February 1850. For each entry the
abode was Lightcliffe and William was a “Shoemaker”.
Brother Thomas Naylor and his wife Mary lost their 10 year old daughter Sarah Ann Naylor in 1844. She was buried in an unknown grave within the closed churchyard on 19th May 1844. Her fifty five year old grandfather Samuel Naylor of Halifax died on 13th January 1845 and was similarly buried on 16th January 1845. This was the same day that three of his grandchildren Hannah, Elizabeth and John Naylor, children of “Woolcomber” Thomas Naylor and his wife Mary, were baptised at the same church. Five year old Elizabeth only lived another year before she too was buried in St Matthew’s Churchyard in an unknown grave on 16th July 1846. Sister Mary Ann had her baptism on 21st February 1847 at the same church but Joseph had to wait to be ‘batch processed’ nearly ten years later.
By the time Mary Naylor married John Bell in Elland on 21st January 1848 her father
was recorded as Samuel Naylor, a “Cloth Dresser” although by then he was
deceased. John Bell was a 29 year old labourer as was his father Jonathan. Both
the 30 year old bride and her groom were said to reside in Brighouse. Mary had
previously baptised a son Henry Naylor at St Matthew’s Church on 22nd October
1843. John and Mary Bell baptised another son Jonathan Bell at the same church on
Christmas Day 1848.
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By the 1851 census Joseph Naylor had already joined the 5th Dragoon Guards. After
the various christenings, weddings and funerals these Naylor families were residing
as follows on 30th March 1851:-
Widowed mother, brother & sister Sarah Naylor Head 62
George ditto Son 29 Woolcomber
Sarah ditto Dau 21
*Henry ditto Grandson 7 Scholar
Address Hipperholme
Brother William & family William Naylor Head 35 Cordwainer
Susan ditto Wife 33
Harriet ditto DAu 6 Scholar
James ditto Son 4
Ann ditto Dau 1
Address Hipperholme cum Brighouse
Brother Thomas & family Thomas Naylor 37 Wool Comber
Mary ditto Wife 34
Samuel ditto Son 15 Wool Comber
Hannah ditto Dau 13
John ditto Son 6 Scholar
Mary Ann ditto Dau 4
Joseph ditto Son 1
George Sykes Lodger 28 Wool Comber
born Lightcliffe
Address Hipperholme
Sister Mary & family John Bell Head 34 Ag Lab
Mary Bell Wife 33
*Henry Bell Son 7 Scholar
Jonathan Bell Son 2
Address Dewsbury Rd, Rastrick
* Henry Naylor/Bell was probably with his grandmother but included in both households’ census returns
The lodger George Sykes would marry the Crimean Dragoon Guard’s sister, Sarah
Naylor on 17th December 1859 in Halifax. By then he was a 37 year old Labourer,
the son of another George Sykes, a gardener. Thirty year old Sarah’s father was still
given as the “Cloth Dresser” Samuel Naylor.
As well as sister Sarah’s marriage the intervening years had seen the death of
William’s wife Susan aged just 35 years. She was buried on 25th August 1853 in an
unknown grave within the closed churchyard of St Matthew’s Church, Lightcliffe. In
another unknown grave brother Thomas had previously buried another daughter, 15
year old Hannah, on 21st June 1853.
Brother Thomas’s son Samuel, a” Mason” like his father, had married Eliza Miller on
27th September 1857 at the parish church in Halifax. Eliza was the daughter of
David Miller, a Coachman. Both the bride and groom were 21 year olds from
Hipperholme although subsequent censuses record that Eliza was born in Ireland.
Their daughter Mary Jane was baptised at St Matthew’s Church, Lightcliffe on 18th
July 1858. The family were back there on 28th January 1859 to baptise three more
of Thomas and Mary’s children namely Joseph, William and Thomas. They do not
appear to have ever got round to baptising Isabel. As can be seen from the 1861
census addresses Samuel and family lived with or next door to his parents.
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Sister Mary and her husband John Bell also had two more children, Sarah and
William, baptised at St Matthew’s Church, Lightcliffe on 28th February 1859. Fanny
Jane Bell would be nearly ten years old when she was eventually baptised on 16 th
May 1869 but at least she was baptised!
Just as for the 1851 census Dragoon Guard Joseph Naylor does not appear on the
1861 census. Having fought in and survived the Crimean War which ended in 1856
perhaps he was not even in the country but the various members of his family were
residing as follows on the night of 7th April 1861.
Widowed mother and brother Sarah Naylor Head 72
George ditto Son 40 Labourer
Address Lightcliffe
Widower elder brother William William Naylor Head 49 Widower Boot
& Shoemaker
Harriet ditto Dau 16 Worsted Spinner
James ditto Son 14 Mason (smudged)
Ann ditto Dau 11 Worsted Spinner
Address Lightcliffe
Brother Thomas & family Thomas Naylor Head 47 Quarryman
Mary ditto Wife 44
John ditto Son 16 Cordwainer
Joseph ditto Son 11 Quarryman
William ditto Son 8 Scholar
Thomas ditto Son 3
Isabel ditto Dau 3 mnths
Address Stoney Lane Cottage, Lightcliffe
Brother Thomas’ son & family Samuel Naylor Head 25 Quarryman
Eliza Naylor Wife 24 born Ireland
Mary Jane ditto Dau 2
Address Stoney Lane Cottage, Lightcliffe
ie Next door to his parents
Sister Mary & family John Bell Head 43 Plate Layer
Mary Bell Wife 43
Henry Bell Son 17 Coalminer ie Mary’s son Henry Naylor
Jonathan ditto Son 12 Coalminer
Sarah ditto Dau 9 Worsted spinner
William ditto Son 6 Scholar
Fanny Jane ditto Dau 1
Address Lightcliffe,
Sister Sarah & husband George Sykes Head 38 Ag Lab
Sarah ditto Wife 30 Laundress
Address Ligthcliffe
Sarah Naylor, the mother of Dragoon Guard Joseph Naylor, died in 1867 aged 79
years. She was buried on 2nd May 1867 at St Matthew’s Churchyard, Lightcliffe in an
unknown grave. Earlier in the decade her grandson Samuel Naylor, son of her son
Thomas was also buried at St Matthew’s in an unknown grave on 9th September
1861. He was only 25 years of age. His 27 year old widow, the Irish born Eliza, then
married her first husband’s second cousin another Joseph Naylor, a 37 year old
widower on 16th May 1864. This Joseph Naylor’s grandfather, John, was the older
brother of Samuel’s grandfather, Samuel. To add to possible confusions both their
fathers were called Thomas.
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There were two more Naylor marriages at Halifax in August 1864. Henry Naylor, the
son of sister Mary, married Suzy Stott on 28th August 1864. He was a 21 year old
Miner from Hipperholme who gave his father as “John Naylor Plate Layer”, most
probably this was his step father, John Bell.
A year later Eliza and Joseph Naylor baptised two children on 31st December 1865
at St Matthew’s Church. They were his son Walter and their daughter Velinda. His
son Albert and daughter Ann from his first marriage to Mary Ann Schofield were
baptised on 15th May 1853 and 17th May 1857 respectively. Joseph and Mary Ann
had married on 8th February 1852 in Halifax. But she died aged just 30 years and
was buried in an unknown grave in St Matthew’s Churchyard on 5th November 1861.
Private Joseph Naylor, aged 46 and born Hipperholme, Yks, was still a Dragoon
Guard in 1871. He was with the 5th Dragoon Guards at the Cavalry Barracks on
Chapeltown Road, Leeds. But many of his relatives were still in Lightcliffe in 1871
including his nephew John Naylor who had married Ann Smith on 20th July 1869.
Widower elder brother William William Naylor Head 59 Shoemaker
Harriet Hepworth Dau married 26
Ann Naylor Dau 21 Mill Hand
Abraham Hepworth Grandson 2
Address Lightcliffe
Brother Thomas and family Thomas Naylor Head 57 Stone Quarrier
Mary ditto Wife 54
Thomas ditto Son 13 Stone Quarrier
Isabel ditto Dau 10 Half Time Scholar &
Worsted Factory
Sarah H ditto Dau 8 Half Time Scholar
& Worsted Factory
Address
Lower Waterclough, Southowram
Thomas’s son John John Naylor Head 26 Boot & Shoemaker
Ann ditto wife 25
Thomas ditto Son 5 months
Address Bailiff Bridge
Thomas’s remarried daughter in law Joseph Naylor Head 45 Farm Labourer
Eliza ditto (2nd) Wife 34
Albert ditto (his) Son 18 Worsted Carrier
Ann ditto (his) Dau 13
Walter ditto (his) Son 10 Scholar
Valinda ditto(their) Dau 5
Address Lightcliffe
Sister Mary and family with Brother George lodging with them John Bell 53 Head Labourer
Mary ditto Wife 53
Sarah ditto Dau 19 Mill Hand
William ditto Son 16 Printer
Fanny Jane ditto Dau 11 Scholar
George Naylor Lodger 50 Stone Dresser
Address Lightcliffe
Sister Sarah and husband George Sykes Head 48 Gardener
Sarah Sykes Wife 41
Emily Sykes Niece 16 Worsted Winder
Address Lightcliffe
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Apparently Joseph Naylor was discharged from the Dragoon Guards in May 1871,
when presumably he returned to Lightcliffe. But this was not the only change in his
life. On 1st April 1876 he married Harriet Gaukroger, daughter of Amos Gaukroger, a
Woolcomber. Both were recorded as being 44 years old and from Hipperholme. This
may have been a ‘duplication’ error as Joseph’s age would have been 52. One of
the witnesses to the marriage at Halifax was a George Gaukroger; probably one of
Harriet’s sons. Joseph Naylor’s occupation was a “Dyer” and no father was listed.
The 1881 census returns have Joseph Naylor again as a “Dyer” and the ‘right’ age
living with wife Harriet and her other son Frederick Gaukroger, confirming that we
have the ‘right’ Joseph Naylor.
Four of the five Naylor siblings would pass away before the 1881 census; all were
buried in St Matthew’s Churchyard, Lightcliffe. Eldest brother William Naylor died on
27 June 1874 aged 62 years and was buried on 30 June 1874 in plot C43 which was
owned by a James Naylor, probably his son. George Naylor aged 58 was buried on
6th January 1879 in unknown grave. Later that same year sister Mary Bell nee
Naylor died on 2nd November 1879 and was buried in plot B61 on 5th November
1879 B61. And finally Thomas Naylor passed away on 12th October 1880 and was
buried in plot F43. The remaining family appeared on the 1881 census as follows:-
Joseph Naylor Joseph Naylor Head 56 Dyers Labourer
Harriet Naylor Wife 50
Fred Gaukroger 20 Wife’s son Carpet
presser
Address Booth Building, Lightcliffe
Brother Thomas’s widow Mary Naylor Head 64 Widow
Isabel ditto Dau 20 Cotton reeler
Sarah H ditto Dau 18 Cotton reeler
Address
26 Hove Edge, Hipperholme cum
Brighouse
Brother Thomas’s son John John Naylor Head 36 Shoemaker
Ann Naylor Wife 35
Thomas Edward ditto Son 10
Willie Naylor Son 8
Smith ditto Son 6
Mary Martha ditto Dau 4
Hannah Maria ditto Dau 2
Fred Naylor Son 1 month
Martha Heaton Mother in law 61
Address Bailiff Bridge
Thomas’s remarried daughter in law Joseph Naylor Head 55 Labourer
Eliza ditto (2nd) Wife 42
Mary Jane ditto (her) Dau 22 Mill Hand
Belinda Naylor Dau 15 Mill Hand
Address Armatage[sic] Building,
Lightcliffe
Sister Mary’s widower John Bell Head Widower 63 General
Labourer
Fanny Jane Bell Dau 21 Cotton dresser
Address Booth Building, Lightcliffe,
Sister Mary’s daughter John Harrison Head 33 Engine Tenter at
Coal Pit
Sarah ditto Wife 29 Leaflet Printer
Henry ditto Brother 20 Labourer
Address Norwood Green
Sister Sarah and husband George Sykes Head 58 Gardener
Sarah Sykes Wife 51
Address Lightcliffe
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As can be seen from the addresses most of the remaining family lived close to one
another if not in the same building. Sarah Harrison was Joseph Naylor’s niece, the
daughter of his sister Mary. She had married John Harrison, a 23 year old “Engine
Tenter” from Hipperholme on 1st February 1873 at Halifax parish church. They were
living at Dudley Hill when they baptised their daughter Mary Ann Harrison on 6th
February 1876 at St Matthew’s Church, Lightcliffe
Joseph and Harriet Naylor were still in the Booth Building on census night 1891 but
the next census entry – Stoney Royd, Lightcliffe - was for his nephew Samuel’s Irish
born widow Eliza who was widowed again. Her second husband, the other Joseph
Naylor, was buried, again in an unknown grave, in St Matthew’s Churchyard on 7th
January 1885.
Joseph Naylor Joseph Naylor 66 Head Dyer’s Labourer
Harriett Naylor Wife 59
Address Booth Building, Hipperholme
cum Brighouse
Brother Thomas’s widow Mary Naylor Head Widow 74 Living on
own means
Isabel ditto Dau 30 Cotton Warper
Sarah H ditto Dau 28 Cotton Warper
Address
Lydget, Hipperholme cum Brighouse
Brother Thomas’s son John John Naylor Head 46 Shoemaker
Ann ditto Wife 45
Thomas ditto Son 20 Carpet Weaver
Willie ditto Son 18 Brass Finisher
Smith ditto Son 16 Carpet Cropper
Hannah ditto Dau 12 Scholar
Fred ditto Son 10 Scholar
Edith ditto Dau 8 Scholar
Lewis ditto Son 5 Scholar
Address Holme Cottage, Lightcliffe
Thomas’s remarried daughter in law Eliza Naylor Head 51 Widow
Walter ditto (Step) Son 30 Labourer
Mary J ditto Dau 31 Carpet Setter
Valinda ditto Dau 25 Carpet Setter
Bertha ditto Dau ( Granddau d/o Valinda) 6
Scholar
Norman ditto Son (Grandson) 1
Address Stoney Royd, Lightcliffe
Sister Mary’s widower John Bell Widower 73 General Labourer
Fanny J Ditto Dau 31 Carpet Filler
Next door to
Sister Mary’s daughter John Harrison 47 Head Engine Tenter
Sarah ditto Wife 39
Mary A ditto Dau 16 Dressmaker
Address
Walkers Building, Lightcliffe Road
Sister Sarah and husband George Sykes 68 Labourer (on roads)
Sarah ditto Wife 61
Address
Armytage Buildings, Halifax &
Wakefield Rd, Lightcliffe
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Brother Thomas’s widow Mary was buried on 24th July 1894 with her husband at St
Matthew’s Churchyard, Lightcliffe in plot F43 with the inscription:-
Thomas Naylor
Born January 6th 1814
Died October 12th 1880
Mary wife of the above
Born November 20th1816
Died July 21st 1894
Their daughter’s memorial inscriptions are along the side of the grave.
Ann PoGson
Born July 5th 1822
Died December 14th 1902
Isabella Naylor
Born November 11th
1860
Died December 7th 1912
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Sister Mary’s widower John Bell was also buried in St Matthew’s Churchyard ,
Lightcliffe on 6th February 1899 in plot B61 with the inscription:-
In memory of Mary Bell
the wife of JOHN BELL of Lightcliffe
who died November 2nd 1879 aged 62 years
Also of the above JOHN BELL
who died February 2nd 1889 [should be 1899] aged 81
years
Also of Fanny Jane daughter of the above
who died March 5th 1916 aged 56 years
Joseph Naylor’s brother in law George Sykes died on 18th March 1900 and was
buried in plot J72 (I72?) also in St Matthew’s Churchyard. And then, of course,
Joseph Naylor himself died on 10th / 11th January 1901 and was buried on 14th
January 1901 in the next grave to his sister, Mary Bell, in plot B62. Under the
heading grave owner for this plot B62 two names appeared, George Gaukroger and
then John Harrison with a date May 9/11 and the initials RPW. George Gaukroger
was the name of Joseph’s step son and John Harrison was the husband of his niece
Sarah Harrison nee Bell.
By the 1901 census the two widowed sister in laws, Harriet Naylor and Sarah Sykes,
lived next to each other in the Armitage Buildings, Hipperholme. Harriet was a 70
year old “Retired Domestic Servant” and 71 year old Sarah was “Living on own
means”.
Other Lightcliffe relatives this biography has tracked were recorded in 1901. Thomas’s remarried daughter in law Eliza Naylor Head Widow 63
Mary J ditto Dau 42 Carpet Setter
Bertha Naylor GrandDau 16 Cotton
Turner
Norman Ditto GrandSon 11
Address Wakefield Rd, Lightcliffe
Brother Thomas’s son John John Naylor Head 56 Shoemaker
Ann Naylor Wife 55
Smith ditto Son 26 Carpet Weaver
Hannah ditto Dau 22 Copyist Carpet
Designing
Fred ditto Son 20 Iron Moulder
Edith Dau 18 Assistant Teacher
Lewis Son 15 Grocer’s Assistant
Address East View, Lightcliffe
Sister Mary’s daughters John Harrison Head 52 Engine Tenter
Quarry
Sarah ditto Wife 50
Mary A ditto Dau 26b Dressmaker
Fanny J Bell Sister in law 41 Laundress
Address Sun Inn Buildings, Lightcliffe
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Not long after her husband died Harriet Naylor nee Gaukroger went to America to
join her sons George and Frederick who had already emigrated. At this point the
Harrisons took over the ownership of plot B62. Their daughter Mary Ann Harrison
married George Mallinson on 23rd January 1904 at Halifax parish church. He was a
32 year old “Hay and Straw Dealer” from Norwood Green, the son of Thomas
Bottomley Mallinson. They had three daughters Enid Mary born 11th November
1904, Nellie born 1st February 1907 and Dorothy born 10th March 1909 all in
Brighouse.
Nephew John Naylor died on 30th August 1909 aged 65 and was buried on 2nd
September 1909 in St Matthew’s Churchyard, Lightcliffe in grave plot F44, next to his
parents. His young, four year old daughter Mary Martha Naylor had already been
laid to rest there on 26th November 1881. Later, on 20th June 1927, his wife Ann,
aged 81 years, would be buried in the same plot having died on 16th June 1927.
Those surviving on 2nd April 1911 were recorded in the census as follows:-
Thomas’s widowed daughter in law Ann Naylor Head 65 Widow
Smith Naylor Son 36 Weaver
Lewis Naylor Son 25 Packer
Address
62 Smithy Carr Lane, Brighouse
Thomas’s remarried daughter in law Norman Naylor Grandson 21 Warehouse
Man Carpet Works
Eliza Naylor Head 73 Widow At Home
Mary Jane ditto 52 Dau 52 Setter Carpet
Works
Bertha Naylor GrandDau 26 Winder
Carpet Works
Address Wakefield Rd, Lightcliffe
Sister Mary’s daughters John Harrison Head 62 Quarry Engine
Man
Sarah Harrison Wfe 60
Fanny Jane Bell Sister in law 51 Char
Woman
Address 24 Huntock Place, Brighouse
Sister Mary’s granddaughter & family George Mallinson Head 41 Hay, Straw &
Corn Dealer
Mary Ann Mallinson Wife 36
Enid Mary Mallinson Dau 6
Nellie Mallinson Dau 4
Dorothy Mallinson Dau 2
Address 68 Marion St., Brighouse
Eliza Naylor died on 3rd May 1915 aged 78 and was buried in St Matthew’s
Churchyard on 6th May 1915 in plot H22 owned by her daughter. This daughter,
Mary Jane Naylor, was 63 years old when she died on 9th January 1922. She too
was buried in the churchyard in plot H20 on 12th January 1922. Another niece Fanny
Jane Bell was buried on 18th March 1916 with her parents in plot B61.
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John Harrison died on 27th October 1926 aged 77 years. He was buried in St
Matthew’s Churchyard, Lightcliffe on 30th October 1926 in plot B62. This was the plot
where the Crimean War veteran, his uncle by marriage, was buried. John Harrison
probably took over the ownership of this plot when his widow Harriet Naylor nee
Gaukroger moved to America. It was also the plot next to where his wife’s parents
John and Mary Bell and one of their other daughters were buried.
At the time of the 1939 register Sarah Harrison, her daughter Mary Ann Mallinson
and all three granddaughters were living at 56 Elland Road, Brighouse. 88 year old
Sarah Harrison was described as being “Incapacitated” and no doubt being looked
after by her daughter Mary A. Mallinson who was doing “Unpaid Domestic Duties”.
Two of the granddaughters, Enid M. and Dorothy Mallinson were recorded as being
“Assistant Teacher (T.C.A)” whilst Nellie Mallinson was an “Engineer’s Wager Clerk”.
Sarah Harrison died on 1st July 1940 aged 89. On 4th July 1940 she too was buried
in plot B62 with her husband and her uncle, Dragoon Guard and Lightcliffe ‘legend’
Joseph Naylor.
This stone lies flat next to the Crimean War Veteran’s monument.
D. M.Barker
January 2016