Old shoe used to keep away bad luck in't Mill

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As many of our Bancroft ancestors will know, many of men, women and sometimes children were textile workers, working long and poorly paid ...

Martha Ellen Bancroft and the Mayday celebrations

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  Martha Ellen Bancroft is second from right Some time ago I wrote an article for the blog about a lady called Martha Ellen Bancroft, wh...
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Herbert Bancroft died in WW1 29th January 1917.

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  'PICTURED IN MEMORY AS YOU USED TO BE YOU LEFT BEHIND ACHING HEARTS' Here's the details of Herbert Bancroft who died from ...

Anthony Bancroft of Lightcliffe 1803-1845

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

William Bancroft from 'Old Snap' farm

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  ) 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

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

The final service at Scar Top Chapel

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

Fred Bancroft and the Denholme Brass Band

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

Timothy Banc[k]roft's house was a place of 'Religious Worship'

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

Illegitimacy..the scourge of the working class!

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