__________ (del barr sent to derek deShelfe on 30 Apr 2003) [Extract from book by James Parker,pub. 1904] On 25th.August 1875,29 Ratepayers and property owners,submitted a Requisition to the Churchwardens of the Township of Wike,for the said Township to be constituted a Local Government District. 1)Hiram Holdsworth,School House,Wike 2)John Whittorn,M.D.,Low Moor 3)William Brigg,New Road Side 4)Charles Naylor,Storr Hill,Slack,Wibsey 5)John Williams,New Road Side,Wike 6Joseph Brook Barrowclough,High Fearnley 7)Richard Bywater,New Road Side,Wike 8)William Rayner,Storr Hill,Wike 9)Edwin Holdsworth,New Road Side,Wike 10)Humphrey Holdsworth,New Road Side 11)Uri Holdsworth,New Road Side,Wike 12)John Smith,New Road Side,Wike 13)Sam Smith,New Road Side,Wike 14)Isaac Horsfield,New Road Side 15)Thomas Holdsworth,New Road Side 16)William Garside,New Road Side 17)Abraham Rodger,New Road Side 18)Alfred Hardy,Mary Place,Wike 19)Samuel Sugden,Wike 20)Fred Hardy,Storr Hill 21)John Crowther,New Road Side 22)Richard Priestley,New Road Side 23)James Hind,Wike 24)Thomas Greenwood,Wike 25)John Hind,Wike 26)John Holdsworth,Norwood Green 27)Sam Wright,Griffe House,Wike 28)Edward Eland,Bowling Green Lane 29)Squire Holdsworth,Cliffe Villa,Wike ====================================== Hope some of these names ring a bell.The Holdsworths among you have 7 gentlemen to claim as 'yours'!!! Cheers-------Derek.