Bancrofts from Yorkshire

  Scar Top Chapel - 2024  A local Chapel long associated with many generations of Bancroft families has recently closed its door for the la...

  I was recently sent the above shown plaque showing  “Presentation to F Bancroft by the Denholme Brass Band in appreciation of his 45 year...

1701 Wakefield Quarter Sessions  I came across this entry in the Wakefield County Court Quarter Sessions records stating that on 17/7/1701 ...

    St  John's baptism 9/4/1822 Whilst going through some old parish records for St Thomas Church, Heptonstall, Yorkshire I came across...

  3 Baptisms on same day Whilst researching Bancroft family lines I have come across several families where, for one reason or another, the ...

Soap production 18th century  Many of our Bancroft ancestors in the 18th and 19th centuries were involved in the woollen industry, as wool ...

Isaac Holden 1809-1897    A recently read a book called “ Holden's Ghosts” which tells the story of the 19th century wool magnate Sir Is...

  1st Slack Chapel - 2024  I recently came across a book about the Slack Lane Chapel, Oakworth, nr. Keighley produced for it's 180th Ann...

Horkinstone Chapel....in the bleak mid winter    This is the story of Horkinstone Baptist Chapel, built on the outskirts of Oxenhope, which ...

  18th century men scouring wool with paddles A little known fact is that men's urine was collected from people's homes in the 17t...

Whilst going through some old family photos left by me Grandmother, Hettie Bancroft, who herself was a keen photographer, I was struck by th...

Here's an interesting story of a John Thomas Bancroft, which started with the find of an old machine oil bottle in a garage. who altho...