Diaries
| Description | Date | Catalogue Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Battye, solicitor, pocket book and diary | 1838 | KC315 |
| Henry Berry, Shelley, diary (entitled "Account of things") | 1864-1881 | S/SM/1/6 |
| J. Blackburn & Co. Ltd., woollen manufacturers, also James Beaumont, joiner, includes diary containing religious notes and observations (probably belonged to Samuel Beaumont) | 1872 | KC197 |
| Frank Bonser, Deighton, diaries | 1977-1991 | KC854 |
| Hannah Briggs (nee Heaton), Birstall, papers, including diaries | 1865-1995 | KC753 |
| William Carr, doctor, magistrate and antiquarian, of Gomersal House, and
later of Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk, diary |
1867-1902 | DD/CA/6 |
| Francis William Cawthra, Bell Street, off Newsome Road, Huddersfield,
diary |
1914 (January to October, just a few entries from November) | KC815/9 |
| John S Crossley, Huddersfield, diary extracts re Ramsden Street Chapel (copied by his son, Frank Crossley, in 1902) | 1843-1848 | KC150 |
| John Dawson, excise officer in London and Kent, journal | 1692-1765 | KC688 |
| Eli Exley, millworker and Liberal activist, Kirkburton, record of local
and national events |
1847-1893 | KC168 |
| Adam Eyre of Haslehead, an officer in the army under General Fairfax,
diary and accounts. (Part has been published by the Surtees Society, vol 65, edited H J Morehouse, 1875) |
1641-1688 (mainly for 1647-1649); | KC312/5/3 |
| Albert Field, Skelmanthorpe, journal (transcript) | 1852-1861 | KX320 |
| Victor Hardy, private, Rifle Brigade, diary relating to his first
weeks in the Army (photocopies) |
1915 | KC327 |
| Crosland Hirst, Longwood (of firm of C & J Hirst) diaries | 1885-1897 | KC592/7/1 - 7/l2 |
| James Hirst, weaver, Worts Hill, Pole Moor, diary and notes (photocopies); also extracts from diary c1899 | 1795-1897 | KX390 and KC592/2/9 |
| George Horton, diary of 22 day voyage aboard the "Agadir" to coast of
Morocco and Grand Canary (photocopies) |
1910 | KC614/1/35 |
| Ralph Jepson, weaver, diary mainly re his religious work | 1879-1880 | KX415 |
| Sir John Lister Kaye of Denby Grange, diaries (photocopies)
including detailed accounts of his journeys in North America 1884-1890 |
1883-1896 | KX276 |
| Florence Lockwood, feminist and Liberal activist, Linthwaite, war diaries | 1914-1920 | KC329 and KC909 |
| William Mallinson & Sons, builders and quarry owners, Lockwood and Crosland Moor, business diaries | 1894-1904 | KC999 |
| Robert Meeke, clergyman, Slaithwaite, transcript of the surviving parts of his diaries by Mary and Margaret Freeman | 1689-1704 | KX367 |
| Moldgreen Congregational Church, records including diaries | 1865-1992 | WYK1113 |
| Rev John Murgatroyd, Lingards, master of Slaithwaite Free School to
1786, diaries (7 vols) and notebooks 1768-1791 containing some diary entries (2 vols) |
1781-1804 | KC242 |
| John Nowell, scientist and antiquarian, Farnley Tyas, weather diaries | 1854-1869 | KC312/13/3-4 |
| Sir John William Ramsden of Byram and Longley, business diary relating
to the Huddersfield Estate |
1899-1910 | DD/R/C/vol 1 |
| Rev William Sagar, curate of Meltham, "diary" (basically memoranda and
accounts) (transcript by Philip Ahier, made from a copy in commonplace book of William Sykes) |
1729-1767 | DD/AH/95 |
| Beaumont Stephenson, Canada, diary re life in Canada and return to
England (transcript by Clifford Stephenson) |
1906 | KC668/1 |
| W B Stocks, railway enthusiast, Huddersfield, dairies 1943 and 1946 re
Second World War and its aftermath; also diary 1977-1978 re the Huddersfield Light Railway which he built in his back garden |
1943-1978 | KC435/1/1-3 |
| Eleanor Sykes, teacher, Netherton, daries 1921-1975, and diary of trip to
USA on Concorde |
1979 | KC520/28 and 31 |
| George Sykes, artist, Huddersfield, diary | 1886 | KC520/17 |
| William Sykes, schoolmaster of South Crosland, notebooks (photocopies and transcripts) | 1752-1803 | KX256 |
| Mrs. Polly Taylor, diary | 1951-1963 | KC1056/29 |
| G Norman Tapp, scout master, Liversedge, diary | 1913 | S/SVS/28 |
| Catherine Thackray, CND member, Huddersfield "Diary of a Provincial
Peace Woman or Carry Greenham Home" |
1983-1984 | KC378/8/1 |
| Richard Tolson, Leeds, diary from the time of his going to
school in Holland in 1776 (written in English in German script) |
1776-1784 | DD/TO/2 |
| Richard Tolson, Leeds, diaries of his business journeys to Holland,
Germany, and Flanders (4 volumes) |
1779-1794 | DD/TO/3-6 |
| William Turner, diary , mainly about births and deaths in
Huddersfield and district, but includes some other information (transcript by Philip Ahier) |
1750-1772 | DD/AH/88 |
| Fred Unpleby, boy scout, Cleckheaton, dairy | 1914 | S/SVS/29 |
| Joe William Wilson, tinsmith, Lockwood, two "diaries" - first contains
historical notes about Huddersfield (mainly births and deaths) 1827-1869; second contains notes about deaths 1888-1920 mainly in Huddersfield district |
1827-1920 | B/JWW/1-2 |
| Joseph Wood, Quaker Minister, Birdsedge, diaries | 1773-1820 | KX400 |
| Book of notes and accounts late 16 cent to early 18 cent, including
diary for a few days in 1704 about an attack of gout (2 pages only) |
Late 16 cent to early 18 cent | DD/WBE/I/130 |
| Two pages entitled "Diary at London etc 1712", comprising short diary
entries in cipher and accounts of items bought |
1712 | DD/WBH/40 |
| Weather diary (possibly belonged to Peter Carter of Marsden?) | 1833-1863 | KC391/17 |
| Diary, probably of Samuel Beaumont, joiner and builder, Batley, includes religious notes and observations | 1872 | KC197/81 |
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