Members’ Research

Bank Villa, Burnlee, Upperthong by Holmfirth Local History Group member Deborah Wyles


Blackpool Bridge and the Isle of Skye (Wessenden Head). This investigation started in response to a query about Blackpool Bridge on the Contacts page.


It’s always windy up there: A short history of Cliff Rec by Holmfirth Local History Group members Vivien Aizelwood and Deborah Wyles


The life of Martha Stocks by Holmfirth Local History Group member David Cockman. See also the video link below.


Joe Perkins by Holmfirth Local History Group member Deborah Wyles.


“What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?” was Wilfred Owen’s reflection in his Anthem for Doomed Youth on how the fallen of WWI were regarded by their leaders in contrast with how they would be remembered at home.  Local History Group member David Cockman reflects on how the deaths were reported to their families and in the local press after transcribing many of those reports.


HMS Hero by Holmfirth Local History Group member Deborah Wyles


June Whitfield’s Holmfirth Ancestry by Holmfirth Local History Group member Ian Goddard


The intrepid Widow. David Cockman came across this story whilst researching local men who fought in WWI


The Newtons of Stagwood Hill by Holmfirth Local History Group member Ian Goddard


A complex genealogical descent – Beardsells and Dearnleys by Holmfirth Local History Group member Ian Goddard


David Cockman’s video on the life of Martha Stocks

Holmfirth’s Drill Halls and the fate of one of them