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COLLECTING THE DEAD

On the morning following the flood the inhabitants at once set about collecting the dead and assisting the impoverished.

The following is a list of the drowned whose bodies were taken to the various public-houses named:-

New Inn, Hinchliffe Mill –
James Booth, 60; Nancy Booth, his wife, 44; Lydia and Hannah Brook; Elizabeth Dodd, 7; Sarah Hannah Dodd, 17 months; a child named Martha Hinchliffe; Nancy Marsden, 53; and Charles Crosland. 
Total 9.

George Inn, Holmfirth –
Jonathon Crosland, 39; Joshua Crosland, his son, 21; Mary Hellawell, 28; George Hellawell,9; Sarah, 6; Elizabeth, 4; John, 2; and Ann, 10 months; and Hannah Dodd, 30;
Total 9.

Elephant and Castle, Holmfirth –
James Lee, 65; Joe Marsden, 18; William Exley, 31; Eliza Matthews, of Shepley, and servant of Mr Greenwood, at the Tollgate, 12; and Lydia Greenwood, 45. 
Total 5.

White Hart, Holmfirth –
Hannah Crosland, 17; Ellen Wood, 22; James Charlesworth, 14; Alfred Woodcock, 17; Emily Sandford, and a female unknown. 
Total 6.

Shoulder of Mutton, Holmfirth –
Amelia Fearns, 23; Joshua Charlesworth, 16; and a boy unknown, about 11. 
Total 3.

Rose and Crown, Holmfirth –
Eliza Marsden, 46. 
Total 1.

Kings Head –
Abel Earnshaw, 6.
Total 1.

Waggon and Horses –
Joe Mettrick, 1; and female unknown, about 4;
Total 2.

Crown Hotel –
Sydney Hartley, and his son George, ten weeks; Charles Earnshaw, 36; John Ashall, 32; his wife, 30; Sarah Jane Sandford, 9; Martha Crosland, 15. 
Total 7.

Rose and Crown, Thongsbridge –
Hannah Bailey, 30, and an infant supposed to be hers, a few days old; Hannah Shackleton, 8 ½ . 
Total 3.

Royal Oak, Thongsbridge –
Joshua Earnshaw, 72; Tamor Shackleton, 33, and her son James, 1; Elizabeth Hartley, 4; and a girl unknown about 4. 
Total 5.

Rock Inn, Smithy Place –
William Mettrick, 31; and a daughter of Matthew Fearns, 6 months.
  Total 2.

Travellers’ Inn, Honley –
Mary Anne Hartley, 39; James Hartley, 14; Alfred Mettrick, 8; and a boy unknown, about 4. 
Total 4.

Jacob’s Well, Honley –
Martha Hartley, 39; Charles Thorpe,3; Betty Healey,7; and a boy unknown, about 6. 
Total 4.

Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service.

Golden Fleece, Armitage Bridge –
A little girl identified by Aner Bailey as his daughter, and a little boy unknown. 
Total 2. 
The little girl was first stated to be one of Mettrick’s but was afterwards sworn to as one of Hartley’s, and the inquest was opened upon it as such.  It was, however, ultimately claimed by Aner Bailey as his child and was interred by him.

Oddfellow’s Arms, Big Valley –
Rose Charlesworth, 39. 
Total 1.