Bancrofts from Yorkshire

                                                  St Mathews Graveyard -Lightcliffe Here's a sad story about an Anthony Bancroft w...

  ) Old  Snap Farm  2025 Here is a story about a married couple, William Bancroft & Ann Binns who lived all their lives in and around a...

Bancrofts from Yorkshire Strays 1881    I am sure many of our Bancroft researchers, whilst looking for ancestors from Yorkshire have drawn...

  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...