Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all our readers - and welcome to the first post of the year.

A reminder that this Blog is for anyone who is a Hiley (or Highley), or who is related to one, or who has an interest in family history and genealogy. I would be pleased to include anything that others would like to contribute, either about Hileys or about a related topic.

This year, look out for posts featuring some history of  early Hiley families from near Halifax, and of Hiley families from further afield. And also more about Henry Hiley's service in the Royal Navy in WW2.

And a new regular feature:  On this day... An event or story about a family member from a particular day in the past.

This year I will continue to include occasional posts on the following:

Alfred Hiley

Notable Hileys

Already in this series:

Alfred Hiley (1831-1911) - a clergyman, mathematics teacher and writer of text books.

Wilfred Hiley (1886-1961) - a forest economist of world fame.

Thomas Alfred (Tom) Hiley (1905-1990) - an accountant, politician and public servant.

Joseph (Joe) Hiley (1902-1989) - Member of Parliament for Pudsey in Yorkshire from 1959 to 1974.

Hileys killed in WW1

Already in this series:

John Clifford Hiley's grave

Thomas Edward Hiley - his steam trawler struck a mine in the North Sea.

Herbert Hiley - his ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German U Boat off the Dutch coast.

Frank Hiley - killed in Italy when an enemy shell he was inspecting exploded.

James Highley - a Rifleman from Halifax, killed in action on the Somme.

John Clifford Hiley - a Bombadier in the Royal Horse Artillery, killed in action in Belgium.

Albert Edward Hiley - an errand lad from Sheffield, Albert was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

James Joseph Hiley's grave

Horace Highley - from Halifax, Horace fought on the Western Front, was wounded and died three days later.

Leonard Hiley - fought with the Salford Pals and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Norman Hiley - the youngest of seven children from Shipley, Norman was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Joe Hiley - a Lance Corporal with the York and Lancaster Regiment 8th Battalion which suffered very heavy losses including Joe on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

James Joseph Hiley - from Halifax, James was killed in action whilst fighting with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment.

Families connected with the Hileys

Henry Heap

  Already in this series:

  The Heaps of Cornholme

  The Parsonses of Sabden 

A few reminders

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Looking from Hathershelf across to High Lee Green and High Lee. In the distance on the left is the Warley hillside across the Calder valley.

The Yorkshire Hileys came from this area.