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Name

Biographical notes

1-Feb-1893 

(later Sir) Charles Scarth  *

Woollen Manufacturer and Councillor (1886-1921 [deceased]). Affiliated to Liberals.  Congregationalist.  Mayor 6 times.  Freeman of the Borough – 1903

1-Feb-1893 

Oliver Scatcherd  *

Solicitor and Councillor (1886-1905 [deceased]). Son of Historian Norrisson, Grandson of Watson Scatcherd.  The Scatcherds were local Squires since C17.

1-Feb-1893 

Joseph Schofield  *

Woollen manufacturer. The first Mayor of Morley and councillor (1886-1894).  Chairman of the Water Committee of 1889.

1-Feb-1893 

John Dixon  *

Councillor (1886-1900) and Farmer (at Scholecroft, Scotchman Lane).  Conservative.

1-Feb-1893 

David Thackray  *

Blacksmith and Councillor (1886-1891).  County Councillor. Lived on Victoria Rd.

1-Feb-1893 

William Holton

Cloth Manufacturer and Councillor (1886-1897).  Anglican.  Conservative politics.

1-Feb-1893 

Samuel Rhodes  *

Cloth Manufacturer and Councillor (1886-1917). Mayor 4 times.

1-Feb-1893 

Edward Fletcher Scholes

Cloth Manufacturer (Quarry Mills) and Councillor (1886-1896 [deceased]).  Anglican (St. Paul’s).  Strong associations with Chamber of Commerce.

1-Feb-1893 

Daniel Hinchcliff

Member of the First Morley Board (1862). Churwell man.  Liberal.  Wesleyan. Overseer of the Poor.

1-Feb-1893 

John William Hepworth

The longest serving Morley Magistrate.  Associated with the Junction Dyeworks, Churwell.

1-Feb-1893 

Joseph Kirkby

Manager of Morley Coop.  Asscociated with this for 28 years.  Congregationalist.

1-Feb-1893 

Thomas Sutton Smeeth

Iron Merchant. Father was first Superintendent at Queen St Methodists. Conservative. Lived at Croft House (Town End) in 1891 but moved to Ilkley by 1897.

28-Feb-1895

Samuel Stockdale *

Woollen manufacturer.  Mayor when Morley received  its Commission of Peace. Councillor (1886-1899 [deceased]).

25-Jan-1897

Edwin Butler

Headmaster of St Peter’s Church School.  Retired to Stretford, Manchester. 

25-Jan-1897

Thomas Clough  *

Councillor (1886-1902 [deceased]) and Quarry owner.  The last Chairman of the local board.

25-Jan-1897

Hercules Wormald

Mining Engineer.  Local agent for Lord Dartmouth. Conservative.  Anglican (St Peter’s).  Killed by lightning near Bridlington, when retired.

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09-Dec-1901 

Tom Baines

Cloth Manufacturer. Conservative. Anglican (St. Andrew’s). Keen sportsman.  On board of governors of Batley Grammar School.

09-Dec-1901 

John Walter Binks

Joiner and Builder. Councillor. Conservative (1894-1905 [deceased]). Chairman of School Board.

09-Dec-1901 

Ezra Holliday

Colliery Proprietor. Conservative.  Anglican (St Andrew’s).

09-Dec-1901 

Edward Jackson

Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1891-1894).  Liberal.

09-Dec-1901 

John Henry Smith

Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1886-1894; 1900-1915 [deceased]).  Unionist Party sympathies.

03-Aug-1906 

Henry Aveyard

Check weightman.  President of Morley Co-op and early Labour Party worker.

03-Aug-1906 

James Theaker Horsfall

Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1894-1927 [deceased]).

03-Aug-1906 

Henry Pearson  *

Stone Mason. Councillor (1894-1906). Liberal politics.  Cricket enthusiast.  Died whilst in office.

03-Aug-1906 

Samuel Sharp

A magistrate till his death when 94 years old.  Baptist lay preacher. 

13-Mar-1916 

Brian Bradley Barker  *

Woollen Manufacturer. Councillor (1902-1948 [deceased]). Director of Morley Mutual Fire Insurance Co.  Given Freedom of the Borough in 1934.

13-Mar-1916 

Philip Buckley

Consulting Mechanical Engineer. Councillor (1904-1919).  On Waterworks committee and also Technical & Evening Schools committee.

13-Mar-1916 

Albert Glover

Councillor (1894-1904;1911-1913). Cloth Manufacturer. Director of Ackroyd & Best. Member of School Board.

13-Mar-1916 

Benjamin Peel Hepworth  *

Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1891-1944 [retired]). Wesleyan Methodist. Active in Chamber of Trade. Brother of John William Hepworth (also a Magistrate)

13-Mar-1916 

William Law Ingle  *

Self-employed Currier with big factory in Millshaw. Councillor (1900-1906;1908-1921). Member of Yorkshire Archaeological Society.

13-Mar-1916 

John Hartley

Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1886-1894).  Strong interest in Horticulture.

13-Mar-1916 

Walter Stead

Cloth Manufacturer.

13-Mar-1916 

Thomas Souden

Manager of Morley Co-op.

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14-Sep-1921 

Henry Hedley Watson  *

Cloth manufacturer and Coal Merchant. Councillor (1904-1929 [deceased]).

14-Sep-1921 

John Stockdale  *

Cloth manufacturer.  Mayor 3 times. Councillor (1904-1921 [retired]). Father: Samuel Stockdale (also a Magistrate). Methodist.  Retired to Torquay.

14-Sep-1921 

George Edwin Baines

Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1901-1907). Brother of Tom Baines (also a Magistrate).

14-Sep-1921 

George Wakelin

Tailor & Outfitter.  Councillor (1920-1949 [retired]).

14-Sep-1921 

Emma Holliday

Housewife, Charity/Health Care Worker.  Husband: Ezra Holliday (also a Magistrate)

14-Sep-1921 

Louisa Wilson

Housewife.  Quaker.  Education Worker. Husband: John Wilson of Wilson & Swallow, Cloth manufacturers.

14-Oct-1921 

Walter Walsh

Cloth manufacturer.

14-Oct-1921 

Thomas King Schofield

Grocery Manager, Morley Co-op.

24-Oct-1925

James Askey  *

Miner and ex-Regular Army. Wounded 3 times in WW1.  Councillor (1919-1951 [deceased]).  Member of Morley Trade & Labour Council.  Friendly Society worker.

24-Oct-1925

John Samuel Binks

Builder and contractor.  Anglican.  Poor Law Guardian.  Conservative.  Father: John Walter Binks (also a Magistrate)

10-Oct-1929 

Emily Annie Asquith

Headmistress, Peel St. Girls’ School. Special responsibility for the Juvenile Court.

10-Oct-1929 

Walter Crowther Atkinson

Accountant. President of Batley & Morley Liberal Association.  County Councillor.

10-Oct-1929 

Edwin Barrowclough  *

Railway Worker.  Long time Labour Councillor (1912-1942 [deceased]).

10-Oct-1929 

Dr. Walter Travers Clarke

General Practitioner. School Medical Officer for many years.  Lived in Bank House.

10-Oct-1929 

Ethel Ingle

Housewife. Husband: Cllr L.A. Ingle.  Father: Sir William Middlebrook.

10-Oct-1929 

Ernest Kirkby  *

Butcher.  Anglican (St. Andrew's). Councillor (1908-1937).  Education Committee.

10-Oct-1929 

Thomas Arthur Marshall  *

Cloth Manufacturer.  Councillor (1910-1945 [deceased]).

10-Oct-1929 

Ben Simpson

Active In Morley Labour Movement.  Councillor (1913-1945).

10-Oct-1929 

Joseph Kirk

Cloth Manufacturer.  Councillor (1905-1912; 1913-1931 [deceased]).  Played major role in the erection of the Morley War memorial.

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03-May-1938

James Barker  *

Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1936-1964 [retired]). Father: Brian Bradley Barker (also a Magistrate). Territorial Army man.

03-May-1938

Sydney Broadhead

Morley Co-op Executive.  Colliery Worker.

03-May-1938

Alfred Horsfall  *

Woollen Manufacturer.Councillor (1934-1949 [deceased]). .Son of J.T. Horsfall (also a Magistrate).

03-May-1938

Doris May Rhodes

Charity (NSPCC and others) Worker.  Methodist.  Husband:  R. Stanley Rhodes, Cloth manufacturer.

03-May-1938

Harold Rhodes  *

Woollen Manufacturer. Councillor (1915-1938). Father: Josiah Rhodes of J&S Rhodes.

03-May-1938

Lilian Riley

Headmistress, Social And Trade Union Worker. Father: Alderman Matthew Riley.

03-May-1938

Samuel Rushforth

Councillor (1915-1945).  Proprietor of the Brickworks.

03-May-1938

Harold Smith  *

Dyer in Bruntcliffe. Councillor (1915-1945). Council Waterworks chairman.  President of Morley Conservative Club.  Worker for Children's Charity.

03-May-1938

Dr Ella Barbara Sykes

General Practitioner. Well known social worker. Father: Dr W.Travers  Clarke (also a Magistrate).

03-May-1938

Joseph Whitehead

Vice President Of Morley Textile Society.  Councillor (1928-1945). Gildersome man.  Keen cricketer.  Worker for hospital charities.

03-May-1938

Peter Woollin  *

Labour Councillor for W.Ardsley (1923-1951 [deceased]). Colliery Worker.  Miners' Union worker.  Methodist. Charity worker.  Keen interest in W. Ardsley Brass Band.

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11-Jun-1942

Alexander Wilson  *

Woollen Manufacturer.  Councillor (1921-1945). Chairman of Local National Emergency Committee in 1939.

01-Oct-1948

John Dews  *

Labour Councillor (1933-1961 [deceased]). Railway Clerk.

01-Oct-1948

Ernest Bates

Director at Ambler's Mill, Charity Worker.  Vice-President of Gildersome Nursing Association.

01-Oct-1948

Henry Bower

Drighlington man. Manager at W&T Avery, Scales Manufacturer.  Special constable in WW2.

01-Oct-1948

Dr Edward Francis Kenny

General Practitioner.  Ran St Mary's First Aid Post in WW2.  Catholic.  Interest in ambulance work.

01-Oct-1948

Humphrey Akeroyd Bradley  *

Woollen Manufacturer. Councillor (1934-1956). Organised the AFS in WW2.

01-Oct-1948

(later Sir) Harry Hardy

County Councillor. Textile And Wool Waste Manufacturer. Active in the Church (St Peter's) and Amateur dramatics.

01-Oct-1948

Clara Elizabeth Hepworth  *

Morley's first female mayor. Councillor (1949-1970).  Keen leader of local Girl Guides. Social Worker. Father: B.P. Hepworth (also a Magistrate).

01-Oct-1948

Joseph Kemp

Councillor (1942-1960). Poultry Farmer in Drighlington. MBE for services to the Ministry of Food Advisory Committee.

01-Oct-1948

Rufus Scargill

Councillor (1945-1949). Railway worker. Member of Morley branch of NUR.  Served in WW1 for 3 years and as an ARP worker in WW2.

01-Oct-1948

James Walsh

Textile Worker before becoming a Grocer. Councillor (1933-1952). President of Morley Trades Council Club.

01-Oct-1948

Williamina Robertson Watson

Secretary of Morley NSPCC.  Husband: Cllr Mayo Watson, a coal carrier and woollen manufacturer.

06-Nov-1950 

Charles Stinton

Councillor (1945-1957).  Railwayman. Lifelong Trade Unionist.  Member of Divisional Education Executive.

06-Nov-1950 

Ethel Whitehead

Strong association with Liberal Party and Gildersome.  Baptist.  Husband: Joseph Whitehead (also a Magistrate).

28-Apr-1951 

Gweneth Mary Barker

Social Worker. Served in WAAF In WW2.  From Mill-owning Family.  Mayoress In 1972-73.

23-Apr-1951 

Albert Glover

Managing Director at Glen Mills and the Beacon Works. Congregationalist. Vice-President of Morley Cricket Club.

23-Apr-1951 

Madeline Garnett Phillips

Headmistress of Gildersome Girls’ School. Interested in Road Safety. On the Local Savings Committee.

23-Apr-1951 

Rose Emma Woollin

Labour Party Worker.  Co-op Director. Governor at Morley Grammar School.  Died at the age of 90 in 1999.

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10-Aug-1960

Percy Ingleby

Councillor (1953-1965).  Education Administrator.

10-Aug-1960

Rachel Margaret Marshall

Housewife, Education Worker.  Husband: T.E. Marshall, cloth manufacturer and Councillor.

10-Aug-1960

Harry Sturgeon

Self-employed Builder.

10-Aug-1960

Lily Woollin

Labour Councillor (1956-1967) in W.Ardsley.

20-Mar-1962

Jack Fawcett

Warehouse foreman at Churwell leatherworks.  Lay preacher on Wesleyan Methodist circuit in Gildersome. Councillor (1969-1972)

20-Mar-1962

Isabella Margaret Lawson Wilken

Formerly a nurse in Edinburgh and Manchester. Social work (Meals on Wheels).  Husband:  Dr. Wilken of Ardsley.

20-Mar-1962

Arthur Wood

Textile worker in finishing department. Conservative councillor (1960-1963).  Youth group work.

20-Mar-1962

Harry Brewster  *

Engineering works manager.  Independent councillor with interests in Housing, Sewage.  Keen sportsman.  Charity worker. Councillor (1954-1968 [deceased]).

9-Oct-1967

John Dews

Insurance agent.  Trustee at E. Ardsley Methodists. Keen cricketer.  Father: Ald. J. Dews (also a Magistrate)

9-Oct-1967

Leonard Peel

Deputy Headmaster at Bruntcliffe Secondary School.  Strong connections at Greenside Methodists.

9-Oct-1967

Alan Schofield

Publishing Production manager. Steward at Central Methodist Church. Member of Youth Council.

13-May-1968

Robert Bewick

Joiner and carpenter.  Former councillor.  East Ardsley.

13-May-1968

Shirley Mary Binks

Housewife. Living in Gildersome. Husband: Councillor J.S. Binks, the last Mayor of Morley before the union with Leeds.

13-May-1968

Connie Clifford

Housewife.  Husband: Asst. Production Manager at Yorkshire Egg Packers, Drighlington.

13-May-1968

Joseph William Firth

Director of a Roofing contracting firm in Morley.

13-May-1968

Elizabeth Dawson Mackintosh

Housewife, living in Morley.  Husband: Albert Mackintosh, joint director of Kenyon’s Corn Merchants.

13-May-1968

Ian David Slack

Technical director of Plasticisers, director of Slack Bros, in Drighlington.

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Oct-1970

Dennis Leslie Griffiths Fisher

Chief officer at Morley & Batley Co-op.  Morley Civic Society links.

Oct-1970

Anthony Hugh Smith

Director of family mungo-shoddy business.  Trustee at Central Methodist Church. Keen cricketer.  President of Morley Music Society.

Sep-1971

Michael Terence Elliott

Schoolmaster and Conservative councillor (1969-1974). 

Sep-1971

Barbara Green

Independent councillor (1968-71)

Sep-1971

John Graham Inman

Independent councillor (1968-71).

Sep-1971

Alan Walton

Mechanical engineer. Trade union worker.

1973

Sheila Dixon

District nurse.  Councillor (1971-74).

1973

Mary Phillips

Private secretary.  Anglican.  Fund raiser for Gildersome Parish Church.

1973

Alan Geoffrey Stockwell

Rag and Mungo businessman.

The following were made Magistrates in the period 1977-1999 when Morley was no longer independent of Leeds.  The court sessions were still held in Morley, however.

1977

Jeffrey Woollin

1988

Michael Lewis Holliday

1980

Hilda Vivian  Peyton-Lister

1988

Philip Anthony Naylor

1981

James McKenna

1990

Janet Scholes

1981

Margaret Cooper Wilcock

1991

Wendy Barbara Teace

1982

Judith Raby

1991

Marjorie Jane Gracie

1983

Anthony Brooke

1991

Frank Senior Hepworth

1983

Phyllis Andrea Caffoor

1992

Carolyn Ainsworth

1983

Helen Dean

1992

Robert William Gettings

1984

Peter Lyndon Milner

1994

Brian Thomas Scarth

1985

Andrew George Walker

1994

Geoffrey Teale

1985

Sandra Margaret Westwood

1996

Angela Mary Bradshaw

1986

Celine Eleanor North

1996

Eric Drake

1986

Sandra Witchell

1997

Elaine Angela Hollingworth

1988

Kathryn Mary Darby

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