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Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield Vol II

**Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield Vol II** is a book by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society in 1906. It contains the records of the Court of the Manor of Wakefield from 1297-1309. As Altofts was governed by the Manor of Pontefract, only Normanton (sometimes called "Northmanton") is discussed.

## Cases

### 1297 - Ale brewing

Ellen, wife of Hugh Jordan, was summoned to court on October 5th for brewing against the assize on bread an ales (specifically brewing beer weaker than the standards set) and was fined 6d.

### 1307 - Assault

In early June, Robert le Roorer was summoned to answer on charges of having 'drew blood' on his servant Henry Jose and was fined 2s.

### 1307 - Richard Bristall

Richard Bristall, likely a relative of John Birstall, was summoned to court on August 5. He failed to attend, but "Robert de Normanton" essoigned him (witness: John de Toftclife)

### 1308 - Picard assault

John Picard of Normanton was summoned in June on charges of drawing blood of another man. As the Latin passage was damaged before transcriptions, the archivists are unable to tell if he assaulted a man called John, or if John assaulted an unnamed brother of his.

### 1308 - Richard Bristall

Richard Bristall was summoned to attend court at Wakefield on Friday, December 6 - the Feast of Saint Nicholas. He was unable to attend and was essoigned by "William de Normanton", with William de Chipeden acting as witness.
United Kingdom general election, 1892

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The **1892 United Kingdom general election** was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election. The Liberal Unionists who had previously supported the Conservative government saw their vote and seat numbers go down. Despite being split between Parnellite and anti-Parnellite factions, the Irish Nationalist vote held up well. As the Liberals did not have a majority on their own, Salisbury refused to resign on hearing the election results and waited to be defeated in a vote of no confidence on 11 August. Gladstone formed a minority government dependent on Irish Nationalist support.

## The election in Normanton

### Liberal campaign

The previous year, incumbent MP Benjamin Pickard was heavily criticised by miners at the Pope and Pearson's colliery over involvement in the resignation of the Morley MP, Charles Milnes Gaskell. Though several declared their intention to support a rival Liberal-Labour candidate, their anger was put to rest.

During the campaign itself Pickard was ill in the runup to the election and was unable to campaign. His friend Edward Cowey, President of the Yorkshire Miners' Association, campaigned on his behalf. Much of the campaign was in support of Pickard's Home Rule views, and was critical of the 1200 non-residents who were entitled to vote in the election due to business connections. The majority, it was expected, would vote for the Conservative Party's candidate Percy Tew, a Wakefield banker.

## Sources

1. ↑ *York Herald* - Saturday 19 December 1891.
Benjamin Pickard

**Benjamin Pickard** (February 1842-3 February 1904) was a Yorkshire coal miner and trade unionist. A member of the Liberal Party through its "Lib-Lab" trade unionist movement, Pickard was elected to serve as the Normanton Division's first Member of Parliament in 1885, which he did so until his death.
Normanton by-election, 1933

The **1933 by-election in Normanton** was triggered by the death of Frederick Hall, who had been MP since 1905.

## Campaign

Following Labour's declaration of former Pontefract MP Tom Smith as their candidate, the Communist Party of Great Britain declared unemployed Castleford engineer John William Malkin as their competing candidate. However, as the Communist Party was at the time opposed to the requirement of a £150 deposit, their candidate was declared to be invalid and Labour's candidate was returned unopposed. Smith represented the constituency until he resigned his seat in 1947, triggering another by-election.

## Sources

1. ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, Tuesday 09 May 1933, "NO CONTEST Socialist Returned for Normanton".
Normanton Urban District Council Election, 1922

Local elections took place in March 1922 to elect councilors for the 1922-23 Normanton Urban District Council. The available seat was also for the West Riding Council.

## Campaign

Councillor C.F. Foster chose not to seek re-election after eighteen years on the council. The three candidates for the seat were Mr. Frank Blakely; Mr. H. L. Hartley and Mr. E. Taylor. Blakely and Taylor, the Liberal and Labour candidates, were equally respected by the area's miners.

## Sources

1. ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Wednesday 01 March 1922.
Domesday Book

The **Domesday Book**, known formally as the Book of Winchester, was a survey held in 1086 for the purpose of tax information.

## Notable entries

Normanton is recorded as an existing settlement governed by the manor at Wakefield. Prior to the Norman Conquest its lords were Cniht and Godric, with William being recorded as the new lord, as with many Yorkshire settlements. The book records the land consisting of three acres of meadlow; 6x1 furlongs of woodland; 0.5 acres of land owned by the church, and four or five fields for ploughing. The population is recorded as at least ten, with six village properties, three smallhold farms and the house of the local priest. As survey only identifies heads of houses, not families, there could be as many as 30 at this point in time.

In terms of taxes, Normanton had dropped from £0.6 to £0.5 in the twenty years since the Conquest in terms of land value. A tax was collected for the Daneguild . This was an annual bribe to the Danes to prevent an invasion of Yorkshire. Yorkshire settlements were taxed more severely due to their previous attempt to encourage a Danish invasion in 1068.
Normanton rugby club

The **Normanton rugby club** (tentative) was a Rugby Union team founded in 1879.

## History

Normanton initially stayed as part of the Rugby Football Union when a number of Yorkshire and Lancashire teams founded a the rival "Northern Union" (now the Rugby Football League) after the RFU voted to remove missed work compensation to working-class players. The team finally joined Northern Union in 1898. Normanton eventually fell out of the Northern Union at the end of the 1905-6 season along with Castleford RFC due to funding issues. Normanton's last game of the season, against Millom RLFC, was cancelled because they could not afford to travel to Cumbria.

## Team line-up

* G. Voyce (Captain)
* Ward
* J. Garritty
* E. Plimmer
* S. Tolson
* J. Cooke
* G. Naylor
* E. Carless
* B. Sheard
* W. Brown
* J. P. Pell
* S. Rudberry
* W. Beddoes
* J. Turner
* H. Schofield

## Match results

### 1902-3 Season: Northern League, Division 2

The dates of the matches were changed in a Northern Rugby League committee meeting on 9 September, pairing Normanton against Holbeck on 25 December instead of the intended 21 February date. During the match against Castleford, the Castleford members played with black armbands due to the death of a committee man. It was noted that the wind put Normanton at a disadvantage in the first half.

### 1904-5 Season: Northern Union, Division 2

All fourteen teams played 26 games. Normanton came in 10th, below Castleford and Pontefract at 9 and 8. Normanton won 9 matches but lost 16 with one draw. All matches were played on Saturdays. Take note the Normanton v Birkenhead match did not take place due to Birkenhead resigning from the league.

## Sources

1. ↑ "NORTHERN RUGBY LEAGUE", The Leeds and Yorkshire Mercury, Wednesday 10 September 1902. Retrieved on 2018-09-26.
2. ↑ "CASTLEFORD V. NORMANTON: FINE PASSING BY THE HOME BACKS", Yorkshire Evening Post, Saturday 13 September 1902.
Thomas Holland

Pte. **Thomas Holland** (service number: 2334) was an army reservist during the First World War. There is some disagreement to his age, as while the *Yorkshire Evening Post* states his age was 23, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission gives his age as 25.

## Biography

Thomas was the son of Thomas and Hannah Holland, who lived at 7 Pontefract Road. By wartime he is understood to have been the family's sole supporter.

He joined 4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry prior to the war declaration. As he had agreed to take part in "Imperial Service" he remained in the battalion when it was re-designated 1/4th Battalion.

He arrived in Europe on 12 April 1915 at Boulogne-Sur-Mer. He was killed the following month on 12 May, becoming the first Normanton Territorial death in the war. He was buried nearby, and later interned at the Bois-Grenier Communal Cemetery.

## Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yorkshire Evening Post - Wednesday 19 May 1915.

## External links

* Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
Normanton Urban District Council Election, 1907

The Normanton Urban District Council went through an election on 23 March 1907. In this election, four seats were available: one each for Normanton Central and Normanton Common, and two for Woodhouse.

## Campaign

The election, which saw two seats up for Woodhouse, led to seven different candidates putting themselves forward.

## Results

### Central Ward

Normanton Ward: D.T. Woodman (Non.); J. Beard (L.)

### Common Ward

Normanton Common Ward: G. Taylor (Non.); F. Williams (L.)

### Woodhouse Ward

Woodhouse Ward: B. Taylor (Non.); J. Nolan (L.); F. Denison (Con.); F. Dolphin (Soc.); J. merchant (Ind.); J. Cryen (R.C.); J. Cockram (Ind.)
J. Bushby

**J. Bushby** was an army reservist during the First World War.

## Biography

Bushby joined 4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry prior to the war declaration. As he had agreed to take part in "Imperial Service" he remained in the battalion when it was re-designated 1/4th Battalion.

Bushby arrived in Europe on 12 April, 1915 at Boulogne-Sur-Mer. He likely took part in the Battle of Aubers Ridge in May 1915. In December 1915 he was hospitalised following a gas attack.

## Sources

1. ↑ *Leeds Mercury*, Tuesday 04 January 1916.
Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield Vol IV

**Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield Vol IV** is a book by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. It contains the records of the Court of the Manor of Wakefield from 1315-17. As Altofts was governed by the Manor of Pontefract, only Normanton (sometimes called "Northmanton") is discussed.

## Cases

### 1315 - William of Rothwell

William Rothwell, "Parson" of Normanton Church, was accused by William Cussing of trespassing on his land. As Rothwell was a burgess (town-dweller) of Wakefield, it was decided Rothwell would be summoned to the Town Court on 10 October. Rothwell was unable to attend, with Henry of Wakefield essoigning him.

### 1315 - Assault

A session was held in Wakefield on the Thursday after the Feast of Luke the Evangelist over the assault of a monk. Brother Roger, a member of the Knights Hospitaller based in Newland, was assaulted by "Henry, Son of Thomas of Normanton" and drew blood. Henry was fined 12d.

### 1316 - Pickard case

A case was summoned to the Wakefield Town Court on the Friday before the Feast of Saint Cuthbert the Bishop in John Pykard of Normanton's Pykard family. Pykard accused Richard of Wyttelay of trespass. The court had to be respited due to Richard being arrested and held at Conisbrough Castle for an unrelated offense. Richard withdrew his defense and payed Pykard 6d.

### 1316 - Birstall case

This case is unspecified. What is known is that it involved Richard of Byrstall (of the Birstall family). He was unable to attend the court held at Wakefield on November 25, and John Pykard essoigned him.
Fenwick Moore

**Fenwick Moore** was an army reservist during the First World War.

## Biography

Pte. Fenwick Moore (born c.1893) was a miner for Pope & Pearson’s in Altofts, and lived with his family on Castleford Road.

He joined 4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry prior to the war declaration. As he had agreed to take part in "Imperial Service" he remained in the battalion when it was re-designated 1/4th Battalion, and served in the same platoon as his brother.

He arrived in Europe on 12 April 1915 at Boulogne-Sur-Mer. He was shot by a German sniper in front of his brother on 8 November 1915.

## Sources

1. ↑ Leeds Mercury - Monday 22 November 1915
2. ↑ Yorkshire Evening Post - Saturday 20 November 1915
Tom Smith

**Tom Smith** (24 April 1886 – 27 February 1953) was a Labour Party politician who represented Normanton in Parliament.

## Biography

At the 1922 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the previously Liberal-held seat of Pontefract in West Yorkshire. He was re-elected at the 1923 election, but at the 1924 general election he lost his seat by 701 votes to the Conservative candidate Christopher Brooke. He was re-elected at the 1929 general election, but was defeated again at the 1931 general election.
He returned to the House of Commons at an uncontested by-election in August 1933, in the neighbouring Normanton constituency, following the death of the Labour MP Frederick Hall. He held the seat until he resigned his seat in 1947 to take up the post of Labour Director of the North-Eastern Divisional Coal Board. At the resulting 1947 Normanton by-election, the seat was held for Labour by George Sylvester.
John Welsby

**John Welsby** (c.1875-5 March 1908) was an Altofts minor and rescue team worker.

## Biography

### Death

In 4 March 1908 the Hamstead Colliery in Staffordshire suffered an underground fire, with only six of the thirty-one miners escaping from the fumes. Welsby arrived with an Altofts rescue team, reinforcing the Hamstead and Tankersley teams. Welsby was killed on the 5th when he ventured into unsafe tunnels on his own in search of more miners to save.

## Legacy

In honour of his efforts, the West Riding Colliery paid for his funeral service and a monument at the Altofts Cemetery. In 2008, a memorial was also constructed at Hamstead village, paid for by the Hamstead Miners Memorial Trust to remember the 100th anniversary of the disaster; Welsby's name was included on the list.
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Walker Zombie

## Overview

The Walker Zombie is a Basic Zombie with extremely long legs. It has increased stats compared to the Basic Zombie, ranging from damage, health, and speed. It is quite fast because it is able to take larger steps.

## Tips

* Aim up to kill. TABZ has three 'types' of damages; Limb, Body, and Head. Shooting limbs does the least damage, and since the Walker has really long legs, it's very hard to hit the body or head from close up.

## Trivia

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Normanton by-election, 1905

The **1905 Normanton by-election** was held on 27 November 1905 after the incumbent Liberal-Labour MP William Parrott died. The seat was retained by the Liberal-Labour candidate Frederick Hall. Hall was a local councilor and chairman of the Rawmarsh School Board. who was sponsored by the Miners Federation of Great Britain and would in 1909 take the Labour whip. Hall was unopposed.
Altofts Urban District Council

The **Altofts Urban District Council** was a council which represented local governance in Altofts from its creation by the Local Government Act 1894 to its absorption into the neighbouring Normanton Urban District Council in 1939.

## History

The Altofts UDC continued on from an earlier Local Board which held annual meetings. For some forty years prior to 1916 the local board and later UDC were led by the same Chairman, Sir William Garforth. The sudden departure of Garforth from politics due to illness that year led to considerable fighting by the other members in finding a replacement.

The Labour members initially recommended councillor W. Grieve as the new Chairman, though found opposition in T. Robinson, who recommended instead W.D. Lloyd, a colleague of Garforth's at the colliery. Labour disputed Lloyd's validicy due to his inexperience in the council, and instead offered Robinson himself. The councilors still were unable to reach a decision due to Robinson's voting against himself putting them at a deadlock. Ultimately Robinson was made Chairman unconditionally, and the Labour councillors demanded the role of Chairman be increased to two years as was done in Normanton.

### 1930s

In November 1936 Chairman W. Paxon declared his intentions to resign from the council to take up a Labour Party secretarial job in Southampton.

## Actions of the council

* In 1907 Altofts UDC purchased a field at Lock Lane, which they intended to be used as a place of recreation.

## Chairmen

Known Chairmen
* William E. Garforth (-1916)
* T. Robinson (1916-17)
* F. Schofield (1927-28)
* W. Poxon (1936)
* Oliver Jones (1939)

Known Vice-Chairmen
* Hatherton (1927-28)

## Sources

1. ↑ '***Leeds Mercury'*** - Wednesday 03 May 1916.
2. ↑  Sheffield Independent - Monday 02 November 1936
3. ↑ Leeds Mercury - Wednesday 03 July 1907.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 '**Leeds Mercury'** - Monday 02 May 1927.
5. ↑ *Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer* - Thursday 15 June 1939.
White Swan

The **White Swan** is an historic building on Castleford. Adjacent to the Black Swan, it was formerly an inn. Prior to retiring as a public house it also went under the names of "Copacobana" and "The Freeston".

## Notable events

In October 1872 the landlord, John Pheasant, was taken to court under suspicion of permitting drunkenness at the Wakefield Court House, with five of his regulars, George Atkinson; Thomas Alsop; James Harrison; John Mirfin and George Smith for aiding and abetting, the latter two failing to attend court. The witness testimony came from police officer Sergeant Wilson, who stated he had entered the pub at 22:40 to find Atkinson and Alsop being served another round of pints despite being too drunk to actually pour into their mouths. Atkinson was also reported to have purchased half a pint's worth of whiskey. A Mr. Wainwright was present in court as their defense, who argued that firstly Atkinson and Alsop were refused service due to drunkenness and that Sergeant Wilson was confusing them with the absent Mirfin and Smith. Secondly, he argued that the half-pint of whiskey Atkinson did purchase was for his mother and there was a mutual understanding he had no intention of drinking it. The bench ruled Pheasant at fault and fined him £1, with a further 10s for all five defendants. Pheasant was issued a warning he would have his license revoked if another incident occurred.

## Sources

1. ↑ *Barnsley Chronicle*, Saturday 02 November 1872.
Normanton Urban District Council Election, 1914

Local elections took place in early 1914 to elect councilors for the 1914-15 Normanton Urban District Council.

## Campaign

The Labour Party put forth their candidates for each of the three wards. J. Coutts, W. Beard, and J. Lilley were confirmed standing in February.

## Sources

1. ↑ *Leeds Mercury* - Monday 16 February 1914.
Poplar Inn

**Poplar Inn**, or **The Poplar**, is a bar in Altofts.

## History

In December 1891, Pope and Pearson's miners met up at the Poplar for a union meeting. The Yorkshire Miners' Association President Edward Cowey was at attendance, and urged them to spare change for unemployed miners at Wheldale rather than stage a sympathy strike. Anger was also focused on the local MP, Benjamin Pickard, over alleged involvement in the Morley MP Charles Gaskell's decision to stand down and called for a new Liberal candidate to replace him in the next election.

## Sources

1. ↑ *York Herald* - Saturday 19 December 1891.
Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield Vol III

**Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield Vol III** is a book by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. It contains the records of the Court of the Manor of Wakefield from 1313-16, with further reports from 1286 discovered after the publishing of Vol I. As Altofts was governed by the Manor of Pontefract, only Normanton (sometimes called "Northmanton") is discussed.
John Jolliffe

Pte. **John Jolliffe** was an army reservist during the First World War. He was the son of High Street hair dresser Mark Jolliffe and grandson of Joseph Clapham, who was a town crier for Harrogate.

## Biography

He joined 4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry prior to the war declaration. As he had agreed to take part in "Imperial Service" he remained in the battalion when it was re-designated 1/4th Battalion.

He arrived in Europe on 12 April 1915 at Boulogne-Sur-Mer. In early May he was shot through the back by a German sniper while his platoon dug a trench. He was quickly taken back to Clacton-on-Sea to recover in hospital. This earned him the title in the *Yorkshire Evening Post* as the first Normanton Territorial casualty of the war.
Normanton by-election, 1947

The **Normanton by-election, 1947** was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Normanton on 11 February 1947. The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament Tom Smith had resigned, take up the post of Labour Director of the North-Eastern Divisional Coal Board. Smith had held the seat since the by-election in 1933. The Labour candidate, George Sylvester, held the seat for his party. The Conservative Party candidate was Enoch Powell, the first time he had stood for election, but he was heavily defeated.

## Campaign

The campaigning in the last days took place in severe weather conditions as Yorkshire faced heavy snow storms which led to power cuts. Of the three candidates, Powell was the only one to take the campaigning particularly seriously.

### Labour

George Sylvester did little serious campaigning. With Normanton considered a "Socialist stronghold", his core message was for a continuation of support for the Labour Party in respect of its support for the mining industry.

### Conservative

Powell's campaign was based around viscously attacking the Labour government of Clement Attlee and its policies following the 1945 general election. Powell hoped that the local Conservative and Unionist Party would become the dominant party with the working class population abandoning Socialism. Among his attacks was a comparison of Labour with Germany's Nazi government, claiming that Parliamentary democracy was only a rubber stamp due to government power (rather than Labour having twice as many MPs as the Conservatives) and that workingmen all over the country were terrified of professing their political views out of fear of dismissal if it contradicted Labour's ideology. His Featherstone speech ended with the suggestion that Labour may be planning to found its own Gestapo.

### Independent

Dr. Walter Hartley, a practitioner from Castleford, joined the race at the last minute as an Independent candidate. He held no meetings to gain supporters, saying that his support would come from those who knew him personally as either friends or patients. He failed to provide an election agent to verify his party funding fit guidelines and was therefore unlikely to have been allowed into Parliament even if he had on; Hartley however insisted he had paid no expenses.

## Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 08 February 1947.
Joseph Beaumont

Cpl. **Joseph Beaumont** (15260) was a soldier in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. The son of Daniel and Jane Beaumont, he lived at 13 Commercial Square with his wife Hilda.

## Biography

Beaumont enlisted when was was declared in August 1914. He served with B Company, in the 10th (Service) Battalion during the Somme Offensive, where he was killed by a German sniper on 1 July 1916 aged 31.
J.T.S. Moody

Pte. **J.T.S. Moody** (service number: 201300) was an army reservist during the First World War. He is buried at the Normanton Upper Cemetery.

## Biography

He joined 4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry prior to the war declaration. As he had agreed to take part in "Imperial Service" he remained in the battalion when it was re-designated 1/4th Battalion.

He arrived in Europe on 12 April 1915 at Boulogne-Sur-Mer. He is reported as having been killed on 6 August, 1916.
Christopher Bailey

**Christopher Bailey** (1826-1908) was a Normanton writer and poet.

## Biography

Based on his obituary reports, Bailey was born in the White Swan Inn on Castleford Road. He is known to have written accounts of the murder of William Longthorn and the drowning of Miss Cocking based on second hand information provided by the locals.

Bailey died after suffering a stroke during dinner on 21 October 1908.

## Sources

1. ↑ Keith Henson, Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Pontefract and Castleford.
2. ↑ Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Friday 23 October 1908.
All Saints' Church

**All Saints' Church**, formerly Normanton Church, is an Anglican church. A building has existed on the site since the mid thirteenth century.

## History

In February 1892 the church was broken into by two miners from Normanton Common, who attempted to steal from the communion table. A gardener in the employ of Thornton alerted the police, having been nearby at the time.

## Vicars

* Bubwith, Thomas (1578 - 1593)
* Palmer, John (1593 - 1604)
* Barker, Laurence (1594 - 1599)
* Hill, James (1596 - 1598)
* Slater, Richard (1596 - 1625)
* How, Samuel (1596 - 1596)
* Willan, Michael (1598 - 1632)
* Watts, George (1601 - 1626)
* Richer, Thomas (1624 - 1632)
* Wilson, Benjamin (1720 - 1765)
* Bird, Richard (1721 - 1749)
* Herbert, William (1722 - 1727)
* Howlett, Nicholas (1730 - 1781)
* Favell, James (1732 - 1778)
* Lee, Timothy (1736 - 1777)
* Clint, Samuel (1741 - 1765)
* Holdsworth, John (1754 - 1800)
* Torre, Nicholas (1777 - 1833)
* Townson, John (1784 - 1803)
* Whitelegg, Thomas (1788 - 1790)
* Dobson, John (1791 - 1791)
* Evans, Robert (1793 - 1833)
* Hodgson, Robert (1805 - 1829)
* Mason, William (1828 - 1833)
* Thornton, H.P. (?-1892-?)
* Murray, Alan (incumbent)

## Sources

1. ↑ 'Leeds Mercury *- Saturday 13 February 1892.*
United Kingdom general election, 2017

The **2017 general election** took place on 8 June. While the last election was in 2015, Prime Minister Theresa May called an early election following the declaration of Article 50 to begin talks to leave the European Union in the hopes of improving the Conservative Party majority.

## Campaign

### Labour

Cooper's campaign expressed support for increases to NHS funding, and opposition to cuts from schooling, arguing that poor schooling would limit the next generation to zero-gours contracts rather than "good quality jobs". Cooper also supported an increase in local policing to tackle anti-social behaviour.

Labour's campaign featured a fictional newspaper called "The Five Towns News", which argued that the Conservative Party was preparing to make £5 million of cuts in the region to fund the construction of a new grammar school. It also insisted 150 teaching jobs were under risk.

### UKIP

Lewis Thompson declared both the Labour and Conservative parties to be elitist. His proposals were to donate 50% of his Westminster salary to local charities and foodbanks to ease poverty; to increase support to health and social care for the old and vulnerable.

### Yorkshire Party

This was the first election in which the Yorkshire Party participated. Daniel Gascoigne campaigned for Yorkshire to have its own voice akin to the Scottish National Party as a means of ensuring Yorkshire politicians directly represented the party. Better NHS and education funding was also supported.

### Liberal Democrats

Clarke Roberts called for the reverse of cuts to local schooling with a further national increase of £7 billion. A £6 billion increase to NHS funding was brought up, supported by a 1p tax increase on income tax.

## Results

The election ended with an increase of votes for Labour since the 2015 election, while UKIP lost over six thousand votes. The Lib Dem vote was cut in half

## Sources

1. ↑ electionleaflets.org - Yvette Cooper pamphlet.
2. ↑ electionleaflets.org - "The Five Towns News".
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wakefield Express - "Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford candidates have their say".
William Parrott

**William Parrott** (1843 – 1905) was a Member of Parliament who represented Normanton from 1904 until his death the following year.

## Biography

Parrott was an influential member of the Yorkshire Miners' Association, and was a contemporary of Benjamin Pickard; J. Frith, and E. Cowey, who were all represented on a monument to the YMA in Barnsley, erected in early 1905. He was selected by the YMA as their Lib-Lab candidate for the 1904 Normanton by-election following the death of Benjamin Pickard. Parrott won against the Conservative candidate, Marcus Robert Phipps Dorman, with 70% of the vote. His election led to to serious questions as to his suitability as an MP, as his health was deteriorating in his old age. Parrott suffered a stroke on Tuesday 7 November and, after retiring to bed, fell into a coma where he eventually died the following Thursday night.

## Sources

1. ↑ *Sheffield Daily Telegraph*, Friday 10 November 1905.
Fred Travis Hinchliffe

Lce-Cpl. **Fred Travis Hinchliffe** was an army reservist during the First World War. He is referred to as "T. Hinchcliffe" on the Normanton memorial. He lived on Exchange Street.

## Biography

He joined 4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry prior to the war declaration. As he had agreed to take part in "Imperial Service" he remained in the battalion when it was re-designated 1/4th Battalion.

He arrived in Europe on 12 April 1915 at Boulogne-Sur-Mer. He was killed on November 9, 1915, reportedly shot in the head by a German sniper.

## Sources

1. ↑ Yorkshire Evening Post - Saturday 20 November 1915
2. ↑ Leeds Mercury - Monday 22 November 1915
United Kingdom general election, 1885

The **1885 United Kingdom general election** took place between 24 November-18 December 1885. The largest party was the Liberal Party, led by William Gladstone with 319 seats. The Conservative Party of Lord Salisbury came second with 247, with the Irish Parliamentary Party of Charles Stewart Parnell the third party with 86. The election took place after changes to voter laws which enfranchised the majority of adult males for the first time, and saw a redistribution of constituencies in response to that. Normanton was one of the constituencies newly created for the election, electing Liberal Party member .

## Normanton election

Benjamin Pickard announced himself as the Liberal candidate for the election. As an influential trade unionist in the area, he represented the "Lib-Lab" wing of the party which focused on labour relations. Pickard expressed support for Irish Home Rule in par with W.H. Gladstone's ideals. James Walshe, President of the Normanton branch of the Irish National League, questioned Pickard as to his particular views, asking if Pickard agreed in the re-opening of the Irish Parliament; that his views ran alongside Gladstone's views; that he would vote against coercion laws, and if he would support an inquiry into the handling of the 1882 Maamtrasna Murders in County Mayo (the case was held in English despite the suspect, Maolra Seioghe, only knowing Irish Gaelic). He answered positively to three of those questions, though turned down supporting an inquiry on the grounds one was already underway. Satisfied, the INL decided not to participate in the election and encouraged Irish voters to side with Pickard.

## Sources

1. ↑ *Leeds Mercury*, Thursday 29 October 1885.
Ernest Pollard

Serg. **Ernest Pollard** was an army reservist during the First World War. Pollard’s name is not listed on the memorial.

## Biography

Ernest Pollard was a veteran of the Boer War, where he served with 2nd Battalion, K.O.Y.L.I. Following the war he became a drill instructor at the Normanton Territorial Drill Hall, representing 4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. As he had agreed to take part in "Imperial Service" he remained in the battalion when it was re-designated 1/4th Battalion following the declaration of war.

He arrived in Europe on 12 April 1915 at Boulogne-Sur-Mer. He was killed by a German sniper in November 1915.

## Sources

1. ↑ Yorkshire Evening Post - Saturday 20 November 1915
Altofts Cenotaph

The **Altofts Cenotaph** is a monument to soldiers killed during the First and Second World Wars. It is located in Altofts Cemetery.

## First World War

1. E. Ambler
2. J.J. Armstrong
3. J.W. Arnold
4. M. Atack
5. G. Bednall
6. M. Beevers
7. T.W. Bell
8. R. Blissett
9. A. Bradley
10. A. Brain
11. A. Bramham
12. G.W. Brooks
13. E. Bromby
14. W. Brown
15. T.A. Burton
16. F. Cheesman
17. T.G. Chilton
18. J. Coulthard
19. W.O. Crowther
20. W. Elliott
21. J.R. Finn
22. W. Fletcher
23. S. Garland
24. T. Garland
25. F.A. Geeson
26. D. Gill
27. T. Glazzard
28. E. Goldsbury
29. Pte. W. Greenwood
30. F. Hathers
31. A. Hepworth
32. L. Hickman
33. C. Higgins
34. G. Hill
35. J. Hinceley
36. M. Hudson
37. S.T. Hudson
38. F. Hunton
39. C. Ingham
40. F. Ingham
41. E. Jones
42. R. Jones
43. C. Kenningley
44. T.L. Lees
45. C.W. Long
46. E. Marsh
47. A.H. Marshall
48. J.R. Mellor
49. F. Milner
50. K. Musgrave
51. R. Osborn
52. G.W. Rawson
53. G.C. Robinson
54. B. Sheard
55. W. Statham
56. J.M. Stone
57. G. Steel
58. J.E. Steel
59. J.J. Steel
60. B. Sykes
61. J.M. Terry
62. G. Toddington
63. C.W. Tolson
64. J. Tomlinson
65. J.W. Underwood
66. W.A. Wales
67. T.H. Ward
68. J. Watton
69. S.V. Whiting
70. M. Williamson
71. S. Winstone

## Second World War

1. W. Bradley
2. W. Clark
3. J. Davis
4. R. Deakin
5. J.A. Dunn
6. A.F. Dyson
7. G.W. Hargrave
8. E.H.G. Jackson
9. L.A. Jones
10. L. Kirkham
11. W. Morley
12. M. Povey
13. A.W. Randle
14. H. Ransome
15. E. Shepherd
16. D. Slack
17. H. Spencer
18. E. Storey
19. H. Thewsey
20. A. Thompson
21. W. White
22. R.J. Young

## Sources

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Frederick Hall

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**Frederick Hall** (1855 – 18 April 1933) was a Member of Parliament for Normanton, and a trade unionist within the Yorkshire Miners' Association.

## Career

### As a Lib-Lab MP

In the 2 July 1907 session of the House of Commons, Frederick Hall; Joseph Walton and Compton Rickett, asked the Home Secretary, Herbert Gladstone, if he would support measures to prevent the eviction of tenants from workers' housing during trade disputes after several families were evicted in Doncaster. Gladstone answered with a refusal to support such a provision, as eight of the workers had been given warnings for over six weeks and their dismissal and eviction was seen as reasonable.

### As a Labour MP

In 1909 the Miners' Federation of Great Britain abandoned their support for the Liberal Party and called for all Lib-Lab politicians to switch to the Labour Party.

## Death

Hall died in April 1933, aged 78. His death triggered the 1933 by-election, won by Tom Smith.

## Sources

1. ↑ Hansard - "Frickley Colliery Dispute—Evictions of Families".
Normanton and District Trades and Labour Council

The **Normanton and District Trades and Labour Council** was a trade union which represented workers in Normanton. As a group aligned with the Liberal-Labour movement, they at times selected candidates to take part in the Normanton Urban District Council elections.

## History

The Trades and Labour Council was involved in a legal suit in 1896 when its President, Mr. S. Jacks, was evicted from his house at 7 Silkstone Row and told to quit his job.

Also in this year, Jacks himself ran for election in the Altofts Urban District Council along with Walter Grieves.

## Sources

1. ↑  Yorkshire Evening Post - Saturday 14 March 1896
1/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

**1/4th Battalion** (pronounced "first fourth") was an army reserve battalion within the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and part of the Territorial Force.

## History

The battalion was originally created as the 4th Battalion, a voluntary reserve battalion representing people from Normanton, Wakefield and Ossett.

When war was declared in August 1914, 4th Battalion was split in two. 1/4th represented territorials who had agreed to serve overseas.

1/4th reached Europe at Boulogne on 12 April 1915 and was ordered to reach the area around Ypres.

## Soldiers

* J. Bushby
* W.A. Hardwick
* H. Hinchcliffe
* Fred Travis Hinchliffe
* Thomas Holland
* John Jolliffe
* J. Lovatt
* C.A. Lunn
* J.T.S. Moody
* Fenwick Moore
* S. Parrott
* Ernest Pollard
* T. Rann
H. Hinchcliffe

**H. Hinchcliffe** was an army reservist during the First World War.

## Biography

He joined 4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry prior to the war declaration. As he had agreed to take part in "Imperial Service" he remained in the battalion when it was re-designated 1/4th Battalion.

He arrived in Europe on 12 April 1915 at Boulogne-Sur-Mer. Hinchcliffe was  hospitalised in December 1915 after a gas attack.

## Sources

1. ↑ Leeds Mercury - Tuesday 04 January 1916
C.A. Lunn

Sergt. **C.A. Lunn** was an army reservist during the First World War. He lived on Church Lane.

## Biography

He joined 4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry prior to the war declaration. As he had agreed to take part in "Imperial Service" he remained in the battalion when it was re-designated 1/4th Battalion.

He arrived in Europe on 12 April 1915 at Boulogne-Sur-Mer. He was reported hospitalised in December 1915 after a gas attack
Murder of William Longthorne

The **murder of William Longthorne** was a notorious 1828 murder which was reported in newspapers as far as Staffordshire and Scotland. Knowledge that there was a murder near the Cross Keys pub is still commonplace today. Longthorne, a 17 year old from Barmby Moor near Pocklington, was killed in a mugging by 20 year old William Mosey.

## Murder

William Longthorne moved out of his parents' house in Pocklington on Tuesday 14 October, having saved money from his job as a post boy for a the coaching inn in Barmby Moor. On Thursday 16 October he was heading down the road from Leeds to Wakefield. There he met William Mosey, who had recently been released from Wakefield Prison. Hearing Longthorne was looking for a place to stay for the night, he showed him an inn a few doors down from his mother's house.

On the morning of Friday 17 October, the two left Wakefield intent on heading to Ferrybridge where they would be able to catch the Leeds-Goole canal, Mosey claiming he intended to get a job in Hull. Passing Snydale at 8am, the two went up Commonside lane on the way to Acton. Mosey then led Longthorne down the Sewerbridge Beck, possibly to go to Featherstone. Along the beck, Mosey struck Longthorne on the head with an object and threw him into the beck to try and mug him. Longthorne climbed out and ran, but was grabbed by his right hand, allowing Mosey to slit his throat, cutting Longthorne's left fingers in the process. Mosey was spotted by nearby schoolchildren and fled before he could take more than five shillings of his money (a £1 note; a Guinea and a further eight shillings remained in his pocket). Longthorne was able to get up and run back to Snydale to get help at the Cross Keys. Falling down near the building, he was spotted by the landlord's daughter and help arrived. There the locals provided clothing to stop the bleeding and stitched the wound. Unable to speak, Longthorne was able to write down his name and address with assistance, and finally died at 11am the following day.
Coat of Twilight

Uncommon

The Coat of Twilight (A rare drop from Illfang The Kobold Lord) is a black coat over the Novice Armor. This armor cannot be purchased anywhere in town so the only methods of getting it is fighting Illfang until you receive it or trading with another player. This armor has a defense of 124 and can only be used at level 12.
J. Lovatt

Pte. **J. Lovatt** was an army reservist during the First World War. Lovatt lived on Mille Lane.

## Biography

He joined 4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry prior to the war declaration. As he had agreed to take part in "Imperial Service" he remained in the battalion when it was re-designated 1/4th Battalion.

He arrived in Europe on 12 April 1915 at Boulogne-Sur-Mer. He was reported wounded in July 1915.
Normanton Urban District Council

The **Normanton Urban District Council** was a local government body which represented Normanton.

## History

The council was created in 1895 out of the Normanton Local Board as part of local government reform covered in the Local Government Act 1894. It was expanded in 1938 to absorb the defunct Altofts Urban District Council. The council ceased to exist in 1974, when it was absorbed into the newly created Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, with the current Normanton Town Council created to represent the town.

## Organization

Until the addition of Altofts NUDC represented at least three wards: Woodhouse; Central and Common. Only several of the seats were up for election each year. Every two years, the councilors would elect a new chairman after an election.

## Known Chairmen

* Alfred Smith (1916–17)
* F. Tattersall (1927–28)
* F. Hampshire (1940)
* H.H. Appleyard - a member of the council for nearly 20 years. Died 6 March 1953.
* George Sylvester
* Tom Shaw (1974)

## Sources

1. ↑ '**Leeds Mercury'** - Monday 02 May 1927.
Normanton Urban District Council Election, 1896

Local elections took place in early 1896 to elect four councilors for the 1896-7 Normanton Urban District Council. Four seats were put up for the vote, all held by their outgoing councillors. While only two political parties took part in the election - the Liberals and Conservatives - the Liberals were represented by a conglomerate of trade union groups which competed for seats.

## Campaign

Woodhouse saw one seat up for election, J. Cockram's (Liberal-Labour). Two seats for the Central Ward were also up, consisting of Matthew Nicholson (Nonconformist) and John Cumberbirch (Conservative). The Common Ward also had J.T. Sterland's (Conservative) seat up for election.

### Conservative campaign

For the Central Ward, the Conservative Party re-selected schoolteacher John Cumberbirch.

### Liberal-Labour campaign

The Liberal Party had problems selecting candidates to represent the party in the Normanton elections. At the time two of its more powerful organizations, the Nonconformist Council and Trades and Labour Council, were opposed to one another. Trades and Labour insisted that the Nonconformists were given preferential treatment in the 1895 local elections. Unable to reach an agreement before the selection process, the two resolved in February to instead select candidates for each seat who would potentially compete against one another in the election.

The Nonconformists supported Councillor Nicholson, a draper, for re-election in the Central Ward seat. They also put forth T. Ford, a checkweightman, to represent the Nonconformists in the Common Ward. Trades and Labour selected Councillor James Cockram for re-election for his Woodhouse seat. A checkweightman named Joseph Smith was selected for the Central Ward, along with F.G. Parsons, secretary of the Normanton chapter of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. In late February they were also in talks about a Common Ward representative, ultimately choosing Thomas Herbert.

Rev. J.T. Heselton, secretary for the Nonconformists, wrote a letter to Trades and Labour announcing their intention not to compete Woodhouse seat. He also revealed they had previously sought Smith to be their own candidate for Central, and finished the letter by asking that Trades and Labour honour their offer by not putting a candidate up against theirs. Trades and Labour voted to disregard Heselton's advice.

## Results

### Central Ward

As the Central Ward had two seats available, both Cumberbirch and Nicholson returned to the council.

## Sources

1. ↑ York Herald - Friday 28 February 1896.
2. ↑ *Yorkshire Evening Post* - Thursday 05 March 1896.
3. ↑ *York Herald* - Monday 24 February 1896.
4. ↑ *Leeds Times* - Saturday 22 February 1896.
Band of Hope

**Band of Hope** was a Christian temperance movement started in Leeds in 1847. It sought to change the cultural impact of alcohol in British society in order to stop alcohol abuse through encouraging children to avoid bars. It currently survives as Hope UK.

## In Normanton

Normanton is known to have been the site of Band of Hope marches. In August 1885, 1,418 people are recorded as having taken part in the local demonstrations, with marches having come from the Normanton, Altofts, Hoptown, Streethouse and New Sharleston Primitive Methodists; the Normanton and Streethouse Congregationalists; the Normanton Baptists; the Altofts, Altofts Common and Whitwood Wesleyans, the Hopetown Free Churchgoers. Normanton Church (Now 'All Saints') was criticised for its lack of support for the demonstration.

## Sources

*Leeds Times* - Saturday 08 August 1885.
United Kingdom general election, 2010

The **2010 general election** took place on 6 May 2010. It saw the Conservative Party as a whole gaining the most seats, displacing the Labour Party. However, it failed to gain enough to command a majority, and so formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

## Campaign

### British National Party

This was the final general election for Normanton with the BNP.
Albert Roberts

**Albert Roberts** (14 May 1908 – 11 May 2000) was a British politician and Member of Parliament for Normanton from 1951 to 1983.

## Early life

Roberts was educated at Whitwood Technical College and worked as a mining engineer and mines inspector for the Yorkshire Safety Board 1941-51.

## Political career

He was elected a councillor on Rothwell Urban District Council 1937-51, serving as chair in 1948.

Roberts was Member of Parliament for Normanton from 1951 to 1983. His career was controversial for his support for Francisco Franco, his relationship with the corrupt architect John Poulson and his regular votes in favour of capital punishment. His successor was Bill O'Brien. He was vice-chairman of the British branch of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Normanton Bridge

**Normanton Bridge** is one of only two direct links between Normanton and Altofts following the construction of the railway in the 1840s, the other being the tunnel at the Pipin linking Altofts with Normanton Common.

## History

The bridge was not originally considered when railway construction began, and traffic between Normanton and Altofts was limited to the tunnel at Normanton Common. However, due to its distance, people frequently crossed the railway lines instead. Following several deaths, pressure was put on the railway companies to construct the bridge as a more direct link.