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West Riding House of Correction

People from Grewelthorpe who found themselves in the West Riding House of Correction or Wakefield Prison 1801 -1914.

CAMPBELL THOMAS Born 1820. Grewelthorpe. Sentenced May 10th 1843. House of correction.
Description. 5ft 5.5inches. Brown hair. Grey eyes. Almost blind in right eye. Methodist. Ag. Lab. Married with 1 child. Living with Mother in Kirkby Malzeard.
He received 14 days for being idle, disorderly and refusing to work. whereby his family became chargeable
to the township of Grewelthorpe.

MORETON THOMAS Born 1825 Grewelthorpe. Sentenced June 2nd 1843. House of correction.
Description. A whitesmith. 5ft 6inches. Sallow complexion. Hazel eyes. Brown hair. slightly pockmarked with freckles. Living with his Father John Moreton a gas maker in Leeds.
He could read and write imperfectly. Church religion.
He received 1 cal. month or pay 28/- for assaulting John Wardman of Leeds. This was his 3rd conviction.

SMITH CHARLES Born 1871 Grewelthorpe. Description Height 5ft 3.5inches. Brown Hair.
Sentenced to 8 days for theft. and being in debt. Wakefield prison.

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Grewelthorpe History

  • School Canteen
  • Land Owners
  • Two boys killed by bomb.
  • Boxing Match
  • Leonard Lonsdale
  • War Memorial
  • A Brief History
  • Grewelthorpe Mill
  • Mickley Water Supply and drainage
  • Mickley
  • Mickley Mill.
  • Bush Farm sale March 1831
  • Grewelthorpe residents in 1838
  • West Riding House of Correction
  • Wayside Cross
  • Churchmen in Grewelthorpe
  • ARP wardens and other volunteers.
  • 1939 Register for Grewelthorpe.
  • Grewelthorpe Inclosure Award
  • Major William Thomas Buxey
  • Hidden bottle in Church
  • Grewelthorpe Ghost stories
  • The Canadian Emigrant
  • French War Escape Hero lived in Grewelthorpe.
  • A Racehorse called Grewelthorpe
  • Fingerfield farm Grewelthorpe
  • Electoral Registers Grewelthorpe
  • Robbery in Grewelthorpe 1849
  • Brewers & Innkeepers of Masham and surrounding area
  • WW2 Bombers crash in area
  • William George Leathley
  • Edgar Chapman
  • Houses in 1911
  • Grewelthorpe 1911
  • Directories
  • Workhouse Inmates
  • War Time in Grewelthorpe
  • Calverley Diary
  • The Royal British Legion
  • Time Line
  • School History Part 1.
  • School History. Part 2.
  • School History. Part 3.
  • School History Part 4.
  • Grewelthorpe Women at work
  • Beggars Bush Farm
  • Grewelthorpe Reading Room
  • Knights Templar
  • Village Survey 1970 - 1971
  • Les Taylor - Oral History
  • Evacuees. World War 2.
  • Cricket Club
  • School Play 1938
  • W.T.Neave.
  • Census Statistics
  • Old School &, Village Photos
  • Nutwith in Grewelthorpe
  • Grewelthorpe Man
  • Masham Peculiar Court
  • Wills. 1600 - 1860
  • Roll of Honour WW2
  • Roll of Honour WW1
  • Churchmen of Grewelthorpe
  • Celebrations
  • Bramley Grange
  • Chartulary - Bramley
  • Water for Grewelthorpe
  • Domesday Book
  • Methodists
  • Street Lights
  • Civil War Hoard
  • Grewelthorpe Pond

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