Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,241 pages of information and 244,492 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

William Murgatroyd

From Graces Guide

William Murgatroyd (c1896-1865)

1845 Of Birks Hall, Bradford. Director of Leeds and Bradford Railway.[1]

1848 Built Bankfield House (2017 ia a hotel).

1851 Living at Bankfield House, Bingley: William Murgatroyd (age 50 born Bradford). Wool Stapler and Alderman of the Borough of Bradford. With his wife Sarah Murgatroyd (age 50 born Bradford) and their two children George Murgatroyd (age 19 born Bradford), Wool Stapler, and Martha Murgatroyd (age 22 born Bradford). Three servants.[2]

1854-56 Mayor of Bradford

1861 Living at Bankfield House, Bingley: William Murgatroyd (age 64 born Bradford), Magistrate. With his wife Sarah Murgatroyd (age 64 born Bradford). Four servants.[3]

1865 April 26th. Died, of Bank Field, age 69.[4]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Railway Magazine 1845/03/22
  2. 1851 Census
  3. 1861 Census
  4. Bradford Observer - Thursday 27 April 1865