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Ossett History - 16th & 17th Century

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Ossett - the history of a Yorkshire town. 16th and 17th Centuries. Bubonic Plague and the 'Jolly Rant'. The plague visited Ossett in the late 16th century and entries in the Dewsbury Parish Register for 1593 show that Jane Wilson and the '. Or wife of a man named Pickering were both buried in Ossett '. After the death of the owner, Christopher Denton, was Sowood Farm perhaps used as an isolation area for those poor Ossett citizens who had contracted the deadly disease? Ossett Wills in 1549 and 1561.

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Ossett History - Oslaset and Vikings

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Ossett - the history of a Yorkshire town. From the Romans to the Vikings. A Roman road, Via Vicinalis, ran from Manchester through Kirklees, Dewsbury, Wakefield and Pontefract to Doncaster (Danum). There is some evidence of Roman settlement in the area of Ossett, for example Roman coins were reputedly found at Streetside and Roundwood. More recently, there is also some evidence of Roman settlement in the Gawthorpe area of Ossett. Local Wakefield magistrate Ronald Swinden mentioned in his book. It is thou...

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Ossett Houses and their History

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Ossett - the history of a Yorkshire town. With the growing prosperity in the town during the 19th century as a result of the boom in rags, mungo, shoddy and woollen cloth manufacturing, many Ossett industrialists built fine houses to demonstrate their wealth. Park House, Wesley House and Green Mount are good examples of the excellent Victorian houses that began to appear in Ossett during the second half of the 19th century. I have included in the DOWNLOADS. I am grateful to Alan Howe for permission to re...

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Ossett Spa

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Ossett - the history of a Yorkshire town. Ossett Spa - Little Harrogate. However, the history of Ossett Spa goes back before the Little Harrogate schemes to the late 18th century with the building of Spring End Mill, one of the earliest scribbling and carding mills in Yorkshire by Ossett resident John Emmerson. Ossett Spa also played host to an 18th century colliery owned by the Naylor family and Jefferey's 1775 map Of Wakefield shows the Black Engine used to pump water out of the mine workings. The lime...

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Wakefield Historical Society

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Wakefield and district - Local Organisations and Groups, and other Websites. The Road to Fotheringhay. Wakefield Local Studies Library. John Goodchild Collection - a substantial collection of original documents and artefacts relating to Wakefield and the West Riding of Yorkshire now housed at West Yorkshire Archives at Wakefield. Please contact him by phone: 01924 306809. Wakefield and District Family History Society. Friends of Sandal Castle. Friends of Chantry Chapel. Wakefield Family History Sharing.

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West Yorkshire Textile Heritage

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Walks With a Textile Theme. The textile industry has left its mark across West Yorkshire. From from weavers’ cottages to mill owners’ mansions, from water mills to large factory complexes, relics of the industry can be explored across the county. Much of West Yorkshire is also beautiful walking country and sometimes the best way to experience the textile heritage is on a walk. Walks Around Wakefield and Ossett Area. This trail was kindly compiled by Ossett Historical Society. Visit their website here:.

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Ossett History - 20th Century

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Ossett - the history of a Yorkshire town. Ossett: 1900 - 1999. During the war, 13,139 Commonwealth and British soldiers died of diseases, particularly dysentery and enteric fever. Another 7,582 men were killed in action or died of their wounds. Another 22,829 men were wounded but not killed. On the 23rd February 1900. There was only one officer from Ossett on this voyage and this was 20 year-old Lieutenant Robert H. Ellis, the son of Samuel Ellis, woollen manufacturer of Green Mount, Ossett. 25 year-old ...

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Ossett Textile Mills - Rags, Mungo and Shoddy

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Ossett - the history of a Yorkshire town. Picture of Ossett taken from the fields at Runtlings in the 1920s. Park House or Ossett Grammar School can be seen to the left of the tree, but also visible are a couple of large mill chimneys, which still dominated Ossett's skyline at that time. Picture courtesy of Neville Ashby. Other Ossett mills have been converted into industrial units: some of the most prominent being Royds Mill on the Leeds Road roundabout and the large congregation of mills in the Healey ...

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Ossett History - The People of Ossett

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Ossett - the history of a Yorkshire town. OSSETT PEOPLE - THE INGHAMS. The Inghams are one of the oldest recorded families in Ossett, dating back at least to the time of the English Civil War. The earliest recorded Ossett Ingham is William Ingham (1615-1670) who was a felt maker, yeoman and Ossett landowner. By an unknown writer who described him as. Lsquo;very much a man – reckless and fearless’. Your son has died, please send me another one! Benjamin Ingham of Palermo (1784 - 1861). Benjamin Ingham, th...

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Ossett History - 18th Century

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Ossett - the history of a Yorkshire town. Ossett: 1700 - 1799. Part of the 1787 map by John Carey shows the layout of Ossett, with the hamlet of Streetside very clearly marked, however, there is no sign of Gawthorpe. From Mayall's Annals of Yorkshire (1734 - 1736). A prodigy of its kind and perhaps not to be equalled in the world. Defoe who visited Leeds in 1715 gives a graphic description of the Leeds cloth market:. About 8.30 o' clock, the market bell rings again, upon which the buyers immediately ...