> I've found no connection between PRIESTLEY and Spring Hall but there > are repeated mentions of a PRIESTLEY family and a place called White > Windows. Could this be connected with Spring Hall? > > I notice that there is a place called White Windows cottages in > Sowerby near Halifax, > > 4 attachments. > > Times 16 Mar 1819, Joseph PRIESTLEY of White Windows > > Times 28 May 1819, Edwin PRIESTLEY of White Windows > > Times, 14 Feb 1832, Spring Hall, Elizabeth BATES marriage > > Times 3 April 1849, George PRIESTLEY of White Windows > A moment's Googling indicates that White Windows, Fore Lane, Sowerby Bridge, nr Halifax, is now a Leonard Cheshire care home. Google also produces references to the Priestleys of White Windows who apparently appear in the notorious diaries of Anne Lister of Shibden Hall, the lesbian lady whose life and diaries were the subject of a recent TV drama. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE