OSSETT GREEN BURIAL GROUND

EXHUMATION OF BODIES

Around 1969 the old Burial Ground at Dimple Well, The Green, Ossett (formerly Radley Street) was bought by a builder.

According to eye witness accounts, the remains of those from the Dimple Well Burial Ground were removed and taken in a flat bed truck to the Zion Burial Ground at Gawthorpe. They were then placed in a mass pit without ceremony or marker. The burial ground at Gawthorpe is now in private ownership and horses graze between the gravestones which stand on this land.

***Zion Burial Ground 2016***
***Photo: Anne-Marie Fawcett***

NAMES OF BODIES EXHUMED & DATE BURIED

1	Samuel Mitchell	2^nd March 1835
	Martha Mitchell	30^th March 1840

2	Nancy Riley	20^th May 1837

3	Elizabeth Butterfield	20^th May 1837

4	William Ellis	9^th December 1826
	Joseph Ellis	6^th March 1828
	Hephzibah Ellis	8^th April 1830
	Henry Ellis	24^thJanuary 1838

5	Thomas Saxton	2^nd February 1822
	Robert Saxton	27^th January 1828
	Nancy Saxton	11^th October 1840
	Eliza Saxton	9^th September 1884

6	Robert Saxton	16^th May 1849
	Susannah Saxton	6^th February 1859

7	Susannah Saxton	6^th December 1859
	Benjamin Saxton	8^th May 1888

8	Mary Ellis	12^th June 1840
	Joshua Ellis	2^nd November 1852


9	Hannah Scott	19^th October 1811
	Charles Scott	13^th January 1826
	Martha Scott	19^th May 1853
	Mary Scott	29^th August 1833

10	Thomas Mitchell	17^th November 1830

11	Joshua Mitchell	30^th September 1828
	Enoch Mitchell	4^th December 1829

12	Mary Mitchell	14^th December 1828
	Thomas Mitchell	18^th November 1829
	Martha Mitchell	30^th August 1844

13	George Pickard	7^th March 1852
	Sarah Pickard	14^th May 1857

14	Hannah Walshaw	23^rd.April 1837

15	Philip Dews	7^th March 1861

16	Mary Moss	11^th February 1851

17	John Archer	1^st November 1822
18	Sarah Wilson	23^rd September 1834
	John Wilson	23^rd January 1848
	Nancy Wilson	2^nd January 1843

19	Nancy Grace	16^th February 1841

20	Frederick Mitchell Briggs	8th March 1850

21	Seth Mitchell	14^th October 1839

22	Joseph Mitchell	13^th January 1835
	2 children in infancy
	Nancy Mitchell	2^nd September 1838

23	Hannah Mitchell	27^th November 1845
	Nathan Mitchell	10^th August 1870

24	James Briggs	10^th August 1839
	Mary Ann Briggs	28^th May 1840
25	Henry Kenyon Ambler	18^th August 1877

26	Grace Wilby	4^th December 1821
	Judith Scott	14^th May 1830
	Frances Wilby	22^nd February 1848
27	Eliza Ward	23rd March 1883
	Henry Herbert Ward	5^th October 1862
28	F. W.Clegg	7^th August 1844
	Mark Clegg	23^rd March 1849
	Jemima Clegg	13^th June 1867
29	Ann Mitchell	13^th March 1827
	Samuel Mitchell	18^th March 1833
	Sarah Mitchell	7^th July 1836
	David Mitchell	18^th March 1885
30	Philip Oakes	16^th November 1853
	Thomas Edwin Oakes	28^th October 1881
31	Jane Oakes	31^st Januaryl837
	Charles Oakes	14^th June 1837
32	Nathan Oakes	21^st April 1830
	Benjamin Oakes	22^nd April 1828
	Edward Oakes	4^th April 1836
	Benjamin Oakes	25^th February 1846
	Nancy Oakes	29^th December 1860
33	Nancy Ellis	13^th August 1874
	Philip Ellis	7^th January 1878
	Emily Jane Ellis	4^th November 1892
	Eli Ellis	26^th April 1894
34	Samuel Oakes	27^th May 1851
	Nancy Oakes	19^th January 1851
	Jane Oakes	27^th June 1855
	Alice Oakes	18^th May 1858
	Benjamin Oakes	23^rd April 1851
35	Joshua Briggs	4^th November 1858
	Hannah Briggs	29^th January 1874
36	? Charles	May 1858
37	Susannah Clegg	1^st February 1865
	Emma Clegg	14^th July 1861
38	Mary Brook	26^th July 1857
	Thomas Brook	8^th August 1857
39	Hannah Archer	2^nd August 1852
	Abraham Archer	21^st January 1867
40	Philip Brook	1^st August 1855
	Eli Brook	28^th March 1856
	Simon Brook	9^th June 1850
	Sophia Brook	28^th August 1862
	Harriett Brook	14^th August 1876
	J.C. Brook	27^th May 1885
41	Francis Giggal	18^th May 1856
	Mary Giggal	15^th May 1887
42	Harriett Jenkinson	13^th November 1871
	Joseph Jenkinson	10^th February 1873
43	Joseph Haigh	11^th October 1864
	Sarah Haigh	30^th April 1900
44	Elizabeth Audsley	18^th November 1830
	Mary Audsley	29^th December 1819
	Hannah, Martha, Isaac & Ann – In infancy
	Joseph Audsley	4^th February 1862
	Sarah Dews	8^th January 1889
45	John Audsley	13^th December 1830
	Joseph Audsley	27^th July 1859
46	Benjamin Banes	11^th March 1830
	Martha Banes	12^th July 1833
47	Margaret Giggal	1^st March 1830
	David Giggal	16^th April 1835
48	Millicent Ellis	8^th May 1847
49	Sarah Ellis	29^th March 1834
	Samuel Ellis	7^th April 1846
	Mary Ellis	24^th April 1856
	Ann Bennett	10^th July 1852
	Mary Ellis	24^th April 1856
	Philip Ellis	17^th July 1877
50	Thomas Pawson	4^th February 1837
	4 children in infancy
	Rachel Pawson	17^th December 1865
51	Joshua Moss	11^th July1830
	George Moss	26th May 1872
52	Benjamin Mitchell	22^nd June 1844
53	John Boothroyd	30^th December 1862
	Susannah Boothroyd	20^th June 1876
54	?
55	Jabez Radley
	Hannah Radley	2^ndOctober?
	Jabez Radley	23^rd March 18?
	Martha Radley	17th August 1871
	George Radley	23^rd February 1896
56	George Saxton	21^st June 1865
	Martha Saxton	19^th November 1882
57	Mark Pickard	7^th July 1865
58	Hannah Pickard	25^th April 1862
	Andrew Pickard	18^th September 1890
	Hannah Pickard	29^th June 1891
59	George Pickard	10^th June 1892
	David Pickard	6^th July 1882
	David Pickard (Jnr)	17^th February 1878
60	Sarah Clafton	February 1859
	? Clafton	12^th April 1859
61	Mary Ellis	24^th April l853
	John William Ellis	18^th May 1863
62	Susan Ely	1^st June 1853
63	Elizabeth Ely	9^th November 1851
	Martha Ely	19^th June 1853
	Thomas ?	11^th June 1879
64	Edmund Dews	7^th July 1829
	John Archer	17^th July 1852
	Ann Dews	12^th May 1855
	John Archer	17^th July 1832

Information courtesy of Lawrence Son & Thorp (Solicitors) Ossett

(Supplied by the late Jean Crabtree)

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