A family history trip to Calderdale - 6 Box Trees

There are several references to Boxtrees amongst records relating to the Hileys and Highleys of Halifax and district.

In 1633 Edith Hileley, of Boxtrees in Ovenden, made her will. Edith was the widow of Edmund Hileley of Sowerby, and previously the widow of Robert Starky.

James Crowther (who married Mary (Mally) Highley in 1811 - see no.1 in this series of posts) was born in 1787 while his family were living at Boxtrees.

The photos below show Boxtrees in May 2023. 

The next photo shows the view from Boxtrees across the valley to Mount Tabor and Pellon. Part of the woodland beyond the railway is Ramsden Wood.  John Crowther, son of James and Mary, was born here in 1811.

The railway is the 'Wheatley Viaduct', a 10-arched, 100 foot high viaduct which carried the High Level Railway across the Wheatley valley. The line carried passengers from 1890 to 1917, then became a goods-only line until 1960, and was finally dismantled.